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im ari melber. we begin with breaking news. donald trumps federal trial is back on because this court is ruling against defendant trump today. theyre green lighting the trial sought by special counsel jack smith. this spruling sets a precedent for holding a former president accountable. we have special coverage weve been working on since this broke early on the east coast today. we start with the basics. you dont need to be a lawyer or constitutional scholar to understand this. the rul...

decades of progress destroyed by six concern of justices whose rulings were dishonest, misleading, and filled with bs. is it not time for democrats to rebalance and expand this road to supreme court? bus, when donald trump looks and amir, does he see richard nixon staring back at him? how one disgraced ex president pave the way for the latest disgraced ex president. msnbc exclusive tonight, the former prime minister of pakistan joins me to discuss human rights and democracy in his coun...

rebalance and expand this road to supreme court? bus, when donald trump looks and amir, does he see richard nixon staring back at him? how one disgraced ex president pave the way for the latest disgraced ex president. msnbc exclusive tonight, the former prime minister of pakistan joins me to discuss human rights and democracy in his country and the case against him. why we in america should all care. good evening, im mehdi hasan. perhaps the two most important weapons in american polit...

with his attempt to win the nomination, the courts say his name belongs on the ballot. secretary of state asked the states highest court to review her decision to remove trump from the republican ballot. the same judge already paused her decision until the u.s. supreme court rules on a case out of colorado. joining the conversation is marc elias, founder of the democracy docket, hes also a partner. thank you for joining us and person. you have argued in front of the supreme court more ...

ruling against rudy giuliani, a sum that will bankrupt the former mayor of new york city. >> his attorney said it is basically a death penalty for him, an economic death penalty. plus an update from capitol hill on foreign aid negotiations, the package which would provide critical funding for ukraine. its been held up by republican demands for stricter immigration policies. >> but it looks like theres progress there. >> might be some. well get analysis on the biden administrations pu...

its 4:00 in washington d.c. a hail mary move by the disgraced ex-president that serves as an indication that special counsel jack smith may well be close to making a decision on whether or not to indict donald trump. were at donald trumps dear attorney general, the special counsel is being mean to me phase. make no mistake we have been here before. late yesterday lawyers for the ex-president asked for a meeting with merrick garland. the letter itself was brief, filled with the usual tr...

about it. those questions are significant enough that we wanted to find someone who could provide a definitive answer. elon musk seemed like the right person. musk has been thinking about ai and worrying about it for most of his life. nearly a decade ago he help founded a non-profit research project called open ai. the pint was in the name. if were going to have artificial intelligence, and apparently we are, it ought to be open, open to the willed world. that would help inner ensure i...

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politicsnation tonights lead, a dangerou precedent. robert right now, the eyes o the nation are on tennessee, o the eve of a vote that may reinstate one of the two democrats expelled from thei seats in the state house las week and tomorrow, a county counselor in nashville wil vote on the next step for on of those vacancies a majority of its members on record saying they will vote t reinstate former state representative justin jones, along with justin pearson, was voted out by republica...

to a team of about six or seven and be able to keep on top of the problem. and how he welcomed back banned accounts. bang out the machete, boom in her face, and then grip her up by the neck, "shut up, bitch!" leaving users feeling unprotected. i would ask, why are these accounts that are bullying i and harassing people - still allowed on the platform? im the bbc�*s disinformation and social media correspondent. some of twitter�*s 350 million users have been getting in touch with me...