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'Reckless and dangerous': Sen. Booker on why Dems walked out of Bove's judicial nomination hearing
MSNBC· 2025-07-18 03:20
You were among Democrats on the judiciary committee who walked out at the moment of a vote to elevate Mr. . Boie to lifelong tenure as an appellet judge. Why.Well, first of all, the list of problems with Emil Boie are historic. You don't see this many of former prosecutors. We we see former judges coming forward, Republicanappointed judges and Democrat appointed judges, all coming forward and saying, "Don't put this man on the bench." He is have one of the worst uh accusations of a Brady violation by a judg ...
Bondi 'you've got to come clean': Sen. Van Hollen on Epstein files
MSNBC· 2025-07-16 16:16
Justice Department Transparency - The Senate Appropriations Committee unanimously passed an amendment requiring the Attorney General to retain, preserve, and compile records related to the Jeffrey Epstein investigation and submit a report to Congress within 60 days [1][2][3] - The amendment aims to provide Congress and the American people with records and answers to important questions regarding the Epstein case [3] - There are concerns about potential cover-ups or misleading information within the Department of Justice regarding the Epstein files [6][7] - The call for transparency is to maintain confidence in the Justice Department and ensure accountability [5][8] - There are allegations of the administration withholding information related to the Epstein case [5][9] Appropriations and Budget - The Senate voted to advance legislation to claw back $9 billion in funding already approved for foreign aid and public broadcasting [10] - Democrats are fighting against the clawback, arguing it undermines confidence in the appropriations process [11] - The funds are allocated for important purposes such as public radio and global health investments [11] - Republicans are criticized for cutting these investments after giving tax cuts to the wealthy, increasing the federal debt by over $4 trillion over the next 10 years [13]
Lawrence: Because of Trump, America has become a place where 'they can do that to anyone'
MSNBC· 2025-07-11 04:33
They can do that to anyone. Many people have said that since Donald Trump has ordered people snatched out of their homes or off the streets in this country and shipped off to foreign countries, sometimes countries that that person has never visited. I for one wasn't sure that that was true the first time I heard that statement.Surely that couldn't happen to someone who was in the United States legally. But then it did. And then I said that it could happen to anyone.I never would have thought that it would h ...
Nicolle Wallace breaks down Donald Trump's Epstein problem
MSNBC· 2025-07-08 21:30
Um, as someone who I think has labored alongside me to understand why the base tolerates all the destruction of of norms, of institutions, of decency, what they get back from him is this fellow journeyman in sticking it to the libs, sticking it to the media, sticking it to the elites. And this seems very politically perilous for Trump to side with the institutions, the elites, the establishment, and the last Justice Department. Yeah.I mean, I think it's I think it's perilous. I look I don't know, Nicole, yo ...