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January 23, 1973: The day's top story was President Lyndon Johnson's death. Another big headline, though, was the landmark Roe v. Wade decision.
Let @mehdirhasan take you back to that day, and show you how @NBCNightlyNews covered the monumental SCOTUS ruling (h/t @SteveKornacki)
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.@ProfMMurray says Justice Alito's draft SCOTUS opinion overturning Roe has “troll energy.”
“Alito has always been known for his caustic demeanor on the bench and with his colleagues and with litigants,” she tells @mehdirhasan, “and that definitely is translated here.”
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Overturning Roe would upend half a century of precedence on abortion rights.
What's scarier, @mehdirhasan says, is “what this draft opinion is doing is not just ending the right to abortion, but opening the door to the ending of multiple other rights we now take for granted.”
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The tragic reality, if Roe v. Wade really is struck down, is that abortion access will be decided state by state — that is, by elections.
Will that motivate voters to turn out? @Dr_CMGreer and @feministabulous discuss with Mehdi tonight. Make sure to watch on @MSNBConPeacock
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So who leaked the draft Supreme Court opinion that would overturn Roe v. Wade? We may never know, but one thing’s for sure, according to @ProfMMurray, “There are lots of theories.”
Watch the rest of her conversation with @mehdirhasan tonight on @MSNBConPeacock
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If Roe v. Wade is overturned, abortion access will be decided state by state — that is, by elections. Will that motivate people to vote and elect lawmakers who will defend those rights?
@Dr_CMGreer & @feministabulous discuss with Mehdi tonight — tune in on @MSNBConPeacock.
Democrats are pushing to codify abortion rights protections into federal law. But even though they control the White House and both chambers of Congress, they don't have the votes — and are unlikely to find them under Capitol Hill's current configuration. nbcnews.to/3F9rpc6
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There’s a battle in the U.S. between those who *want* to address the skeletons in our closet — namely, a legacy of white supremacy and genocide of Native Americans — and those pushing to keep them locked away.
Let @mehdirhasan tell you about the similar debate in Britain:
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Trump says the same five things on repeat — including boasting about his cognitive function.
But @mehdirhasan points out: After bragging about passing a test that’s supposed to prove you don’t have dementia, Trump messed up the name of the person he was trying to endorse.
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.@TaraSetmayer questions why it has taken so long for new details to emerge about Trump’s violent response to 2020 BLM protesters: “I'm sick and tired of these former Trump officials who all of a sudden found morality now…Where the hell were they when it mattered?”
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“Can’t you just shoot them? ...in the legs or something?”
A new account of the WH attack on BLM protests, @mehdirhasan says, confirms “What most Americans already know: Donald Trump was the most insecure, bloodthirsty, self-absorbed chief executive of our lifetimes.”
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New details on Trump’s decision-making behind-the-scenes of the June 2020 crackdown on Lafayette Square protesters shed light on the ex-president’s knee-jerk authoritarian bloodlust.
Mehdi discusses tonight with @TaraSetmayer and @ruthbenghiat, on @MSNBConPeacock
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“I am the wife of a federal law enforcement officer. I bleed blue,” @TaraSetmayer tells @mehdirhasan about new details of Trump’s violent 2020 crackdown on BLM protesters. “Watching that disgraceful abuse of power…was despicable.”
Catch the full convo tonight on @MSNBConPeacock
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"Asian American doctors disproportionately fought on the front lines against COVID over the last two years... let us all please recognize their hard work,” @MehdiRHasan says in recognition of the start of AAPI Heritage Month.
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“Donald Trump is in a far more vulnerable position now within the Republican party than he might have been two years ago or four years ago,” @MarkLeibovich tells @MehdiRHasan, adding: “I think he’s a very beatable Republican nominee.”
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A potential Biden visit to Kyiv could force Russia to shift from a war of self-defense and into a proxy war. @ZeeshanAleem tells @MehdiRHasan that it’s important for the U.S. to stay focused and “not make this an inter-Imperial Great Powers conflict.”
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How does Virginia Delegate @pwcdanica respond to reports that Elon Musk is seeking to buy Twitter, in part, because a satirical news site was suspended for misgendering a top Biden health official? "I honestly don't give a damn about Elon Musk,” she says.
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Elon Musk and others insist the Democratic Party has moved further to the left than the Republican Party has moved to the right. The evidence? Feelings not facts… @MehdiRHasan debunks their claims about a “vibe shift.” WATCH:
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“The evidence is very, very clear,” @NormOrnstein tells @MehdiRHasan, debunking Elon Musks’ baseless claims that the Democrat Party has moved far to the left while the GOP has remained ideologically stable over the last few decades.
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“People don’t think that audiences want to see brown faces in leading roles unless they are a particular type of character,” @GurinderC tells @MehdiRHasan, about the representation in her film “Bend it Like Beckham.” But, she adds, “we are seeing it change in front of our eyes.”
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