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'I don't even care what the charges are': Democracy expert reacts to Trump's weaponization of DOJ
MSNBC· 2025-08-25 21:58
This is not about fighting crime. This is about Donald Trump searching for any justification to deploy the military in a blue city, in a blue state to try and intimidate his political rivals. This is about the president of the United States and his complicit, lackey Steven Miller, searching for ways to lay the groundwork to circumvent our democracy, militarize our cities, and end elections. There is no emergency in Chicago that calls for armed military intervention. >> Hi again everyone. It's now 5:00 in th ...
'Orbán 101': Trump's authoritarian playbook amid Colbert fallout
MSNBC· 2025-07-23 02:15
Look, late night isn't just jokes. This is a part of our civic conversation. It is a part of the culture, right. And this is a a play again out of the authoritarian playbook where >> this is Orban 101.>> Orbond 101. You go after the culture. It's the first thing he did in Hungary.And I take people back to Donald Trump appointing himself as the chair of the Kennedy Center board. Why. Taking hold of the culture.Now he wants to dictate who can be in and out of late night. Take trying to take hold of the cultur ...