After the FBI’s search at Mar-a-Lago, Republicans aren’t arguing that Trump is innocent; they’re arguing that it doesn’t matter if he’s guilty. (via @MaddowBlog) msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show…
ICYMI: @peacockTV's new drama “The Undeclared War" is about a cyberattack on the UK and stars a Muslim woman who’s one of “the good guys,” @mehdirhasan says.
Fellow star @simonpegg: “To have a Muslim character in the lead role felt like, for me, a really important thing to do."
British actor Simon Pegg says “it was a pleasure” to see UK PM Boris Johnson announce his resignation:
“There was a lot of obfuscation of the truth and a lot of mistakes,” Pegg tells @mehdirhasan. “Having said that, another one of his kind will just take his place.”
“The Undeclared War,” a new @peacock drama about a cyberattack on the UK, stars a Muslim woman who’s one of “the good guys,” @mehdirhasan notes.
“To have a Muslim character in the lead role felt like, for me, a really important thing to do,” fellow star @simonpegg says.
Fox News then: worried about protecting SCOTUS justices from pro-choice protests. Fox News now: lacking the same concern for the judge who signed off on the Mar-a-Lago search warrant…. Roll the tape!
Republicans are attacking the FBI after Monday’s search at Mar-a-Lago. @selectedwisdom warns that those attacks, whether on TV or social media, could lead to physical violence against law enforcement.
A new British drama, “The Undeclared War,” centers on the alarming new battleground for election system threats — cyber warfare — in a post-pandemic world.
@simonpegg joins @mehdirhasan to discuss his leading role in the new Peacock series. Watch their convo on @MSNBConPeacock!
It’s not too big a stretch to look at the FBI's Mar-a-Lago search and think the walls could be closing in on Trump — especially as he & his advisers start pointing fingers.
@selectedwisdom & @swin24 join @mehdirhasan to break it all down. Watch on @MSNBConPeacock.
A new TV series starring Simon Pegg centers on British politics in a post-pandemic world, prophetically saying Boris Johnson had resigned — before it happened in real life.
Was Pegg said to see him go? “Not in the slightest.”
Watch his convo w/ @mehdirhasan on @msnbconpeacock
A slew of Trump-backed, election-denying candidates in states like Minnesota and Wisconsin saw victories in Tuesday’s primaries.
@mehdirhasan’s take: “Let’s face it, Tuesday was a bad night for anyone who believes in the sanity or decency of the Republican Party.”
.@RepHoltzman, who in 1973 was the youngest woman to serve in Congress, is running again for a seat in the House — this time, in the crowded Democratic primary for New York’s 10th district.
“I’m not someone who likes to sit on the sidelines,” she tells @mehdirhasan. Watch:
Watergate has become the gold standard for political corruption & misconduct — and Trump knows it. Which is why he loves to say his perceived political enemies are “worse than Watergate.”
Let @mehdirhasan explain the former president’s obsession with the Nixon scandal:
“Donald Trump has a really big mouth…where there’s no criminal liability," @AWeissmann_ tells @mehdirhasan. But he has "scrupulously avoided testifying" in forums "that would expose him to criminal liability if he merely repeated the lies that he says to the public.”
“I do think there is an argument to be made” for the Justice Department to speak publicly about its document probe of Donald Trump, @AWeissmann_ says:
“The very target of the search has publicly revealed the investigation and the search warrant,” he tells @mehdirhasan.
Before we can even consider the prospect of Trump’s actions (maybe) catching up to him, we must remember one thing, @mehdirhasan says: He has a GOP "that will do anything to defend him.”
But as right-wingers flood the zone with their rhetoric, Dems are just letting it happen:
Donald Trump is obsessed with calling his perceived enemies "worse than Watergate." What's with this bizarre comparison? @mehdirhasan asks two people involved in investigating the Nixon scandal.
Watch his convo with @JillWineBanks and @RepHoltzman on @MSNBConPeacock.
The Mar-a-Lago search caused a freakout from right-wing media and Trump’s defenders in the GOP. So why aren’t top Dems calling out the so-called “law and order” party who seem to believe Trump untouchable?
@AWeissmann_ joins @mehdirhasan to weigh in — tune in on @msnbconpeacock
"No one stands up to them within the party — not even people who’ve had their own lives threatened," says @mehdirhasan after Mike Pence denounced the FBI Trump raid Tuesday.
“Mike Pence should be ashamed of himself,” his former aide @OliviaTroye says. “He knows better.”
“Trump breaks the law every morning he wakes up. I wish the Democrats, like with every single issue, were more aggressive,” @WalshFreedom tells @mehdirhasan. “I want to hear every Democrat out there say, ‘Trump’s no victim. We’re all treated equally under the law.’”