Mega Rich News Today

one the supreme court is about to hear a case you might not have heard of, that concerns a benign sounding theory about state legislatures. this case could quite literally and democracy as we know it. there is not been nearly enough conversation about this case, and we are gonna change that this morning. then every politico in the bell when trying to figure out how the republican overreach that landed us in this dystopian row post row reality is going to effect next months elections. o...

meanwhile, a court hearing is scheduled for today on the request to unseal the affidavit used to search donald trumps mar-a-lago home. well have new reporting on where that investigation stands. plus, new polling in the fight to control the senate from a tight race in ohio to the democrat in wisconsin expanding his lead over republican ron johnson. well have the latest numbers for you this morning. good morning. welcome to "morning joe." it is thursday, august 18th. joe, looking ah...

a dog trainer, a tech worker and a farmer when theyre at home, but now these three british volunteers are in ukraine helping to rescue the helpless. tens of thousands of rail workers will stage three days of national rail strikes later this month, the rmt union has announced. itll be the largest outbreak of industrial action in the industry in a generation and will shut down the entire rail network in england. with all the details im joined by our correspondent, jon donnison. talk to u...

A handful of mega-rich donors have emerged as key backers of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, collectively donating more than $50 million to support his candidacy.

From the blog of Jeffrey Levine at The Times of Israel

After mysteriously sailing into Hong Kong two weeks ago, Russian tycoon Alexey Mordashov’s $500m superyacht has departed for South Africa.

Long at such low interest rates through banks has created a distortion. wealthy people and corporations benefit directly from the feds long term willingness to keep interest rates low, which keeps money flowing to large businesses, and keeps stock prices high. why would you put your money in the bank as opposed to the stock market when interest rates are as low as they have been four years? but this does not apply to regular working people, many of whom are invested in the stock market, who depe...

And there will be asking for a pay rise as you said with inflation above 10%, we are told. but on average, workers are getting about 5% if you look at the latest figures, so if you are asking for more than that, youre asking for more than that, youre asking for more than that, youre asking for more than anybody else in the private sector and certainly in the public sector is getting. that private sector and certainly in the public sector is getting.— public sector is getting. that is simply un...

Our tremendous daily links: giant lizards, wolves save lives, social beatles, asteroid shot, Vitamin D, Draghi v. China, NATO nukes, 1/6, oil maneuvers, Kamala dissed, Dem tax cut favorites, Aubery summations, CVS loses opiod case, Dimon eyepokes China, health worker strike

Those presidents, massachusetts senator elizabeth warren. senator warren, welcome to the sunday show. >> thank you! its good to be here with you. >> so i have to read you this headline we have from mother jones, which i think is a great first question to you. the headline is, is kyrsten sinema ready to senator elizabeth warren. the senators hard lines could get democrats to put new taxes on the mega-rich. so is senator sinema ready to listen you? i know you have been meeting with each other? >> ...