polarizing decisions, issued by the court on abortion, gun rights, and today s ruling limiting the epa s authority to fight climate change. we are going to have much more that ruling specifically, and on the future of the court, and its newest member just ahead. before we get to all of that, do you remember when the donald trump campaign was caught scam in its own donors. i just have to redo the lead from the new york times, the story that broke the scandal open. quote, stacey black was in hospice care and september 2020, listening to russia limbaugh s dire warnings about how badly donald trump s campaign needed money, when he went online and shipped in everything he could. $500. it was a big sum for a 63 year old battling cancer, and living in kansas city unless than $1,000 a month. but that single contribution, quickly multiplied, another $500 was withdrawn the next day, then $500 next week, and every week through mid october without his knowledge, until mr. blasts bank acc
intelligence and british intelligence that this thing would be over in a matter of days. the thing that changed it now it s the weapons coming from the west by the things that change in the early days on snake island, when those ukrainians told those russians what they did, was pure gumption. it was pure guts. yes, it really was, it really showed us for the first time with the russians were up against. yep. and why they cannot succeed their. that s right. thanks, ali. have a good show. thank you. today, 233 years after the first supreme court justice took his first oath of office, ketanji brown jackson was sworn in as the 116th supreme court justice, making history in more ways than one. she is the first black woman to serve on the supreme court. and she has increased the number of women on the supreme court to an historic high of four out of the nine justices. justice jackson s husband, doctor patrick jackson, held the jackson family bible and the supreme
high mars, a rocket systems supplied by the united states, which ukraine began fealty last week, probably of the foreign -based foreign policy institute, the russians abandon mint of the island, is possibly a tangible result of nato arms deliveries to ukraine. ukraine is not asking for long term promises or diplomatic visits, they want weapons and they want them now, and when those weapons are delivered in a timely manner, they can make a difference in the timely war, case in point snake island. watch this space. that does it for us tonight, we will see you again tomorrow, it s time now for the last word with lawrence o donnell, good evening lawrence. i can t wait for the snake island movie. yes. it is quite a story from the beginning, from that first moment when they told the russians what they thought they should do. it was very early on, lawrence, but it gave us insight into what the russian troops and with the russian people were going to be like in this war. you will rec
russian invasion, vladimir putin s where troops were attacking ukraine on many separate fronts, you ll recall. it was sort of an eyebrow raising moment when they decided to use their biggest ship, deployment, guns i had this tiny ukrainian outcropping the middle the black sea called snake island. what happened next is one of those well-known stories of the war to date. because, instead of surrendering as your order, to the ukrainian soldiers posted on the island told the russians to go f yourself. the excitement didn t last long, russia eventually took control the island, by seizing snake island, he effectively set up a naval blockade, stopping anything from getting in or out of ukraine s biggest port city of odessa. this noticeably included food cargo. ukraine is traditionally one of the world s leading suppliers of grain, and sunflower oil. so, for four months, now the russians have occupied the island, blocking anything the tries to move past. and because ukraine had very
intelligence and british intelligence that this thing would be over in a matter of days. the thing that changed it now it s the weapons coming from the west by the things that change in the early days on snake island, when those ukrainians told those russians what they did, was pure gumption. it was pure guts. yes, it really was, it really showed us for the first time with the russians were up against. yep. and why they cannot succeed their. that s right. thanks, ali. have a good show. thank you. today, 233 years after the first supreme court justice took his first oath of office, ketanji brown jackson was sworn in as the 116th supreme court justice, making history in more ways than one. she is the first black woman to serve on the supreme court. and she has increased the number of women on the supreme court to an historic high of four out of the nine justices. justice jackson s husband, doctor patrick jackson, held