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Nominated by trump. the ex-president has spent, as we have covered on this program, as resulted in multiple citations for contempt of gag orders, every possible moment screaming at the people prosecuting him and the judges and court officers and essentially issuing demands calling for other people to be prosecuted. painting a target on the backs of people who were anonymous officers of the court. and as trumps authoritative vision of justice takes over the entire republican party, which is reall...

Dear fellow graduates of the Republican School for Performative Outrage: Two very not-real developments require our immediate overreaction.

Taylor Swift’s new boyfriend has been hauled over the coals for laughing at some jokes on a comedy podcast.

That brought britney griner home. [speaking non-english] [speaking non-english] >> now if youve been paying attention to the republican reaction to the deal that was made to secure the release of britney griner from russia, you may have noticed a theme. disingenuous performative outrage. outrage that brittney griner was freed but the former marine, paul whelan whos been in prison for in russia since 2018 was not. even though the biden administration said whelan wasnt an option. even though he ju...

Intensified in the final few months before the world cup kicks off reveals the depths of western prejudiced, performative outrage, and perhaps most significantly, gross double standards. full disclosure, i lived in and worked in qatar for five years. as a muslim, im acutely aware of the social conservatism and the societal limitations qatar has. to balance in welcoming fans from different backgrounds -- and as an avid soccer fan, i also plan on attending the world cup. as an arab american, im ex...

Being conclusive against him. for him, its incredibly beneficial to rally his base. >> a fascinating echo of the last trump campaign that worked, i suppose. michael shearer, thank you. and thank you all for being with us this hour. chuck will be back tomorrow with more "meet the press daily." msnbc coverage continues with geoff bennett right now. it is great to be with you. im geoff bennett. a meteor is headed to crash into our economy. that is a direct quote from president biden at the whit...

"God Almighty," you are sighing, "what will these assholes think of next?" Or perhaps "G-d Almighty" or, my personal favorite, "Gd Almighty." Because at Hebrew school they taught us it was bad form to write out the Lords "name," and, although Ive grown into an adult who believes that an all-powerful deity wouldnt get worked up about spelling, old habits die hard. But not hard enough! The GOP is currently engaged in a news cycle of performative outrage because Rep. Eric Swalwell "misgendered Go...

Rate should be instead of this. this guy is a nazi, and that sort of thing, or this guy a communist or whatever it is. in the emotional and psychological economy of social media it rewards that sort of hysteria and performative outrage. you can take this with the hearings earlier this week. thats not politics. thats theater. >> and you write in the book its not representative of much. lets take twitter for example. you know it alone isnt a big number compared to the population of the united stat...