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Power. >> they talk about the elite. the elite. do you ever see the elite? theyre not elite. youre the elite. you are the elite. [ cheers and applause ] youre smarter than they are. you make bigger incomes, youve got everything going. >> back with me, david jolly, joining now politics editor for theroot.com jason johnson and nationally syndicated columnist connie schultz. donald trump went to ohio because the republican party is worried. theres a race there with a republican who should be well a...

Sovereignty in 2016, propped up a dictator in syria in 2015 by military intervention, annexed crimea in 2014, seizing land for the first time since world war ii in europe so the goal is not just to forget about those things, just to get along and i think president trump doesnt understand that basic thing of diplomacy. for putin, its really simple how to make this successful. if trump doesnt remember any of that history and they just say lets just get along, thats a giant victory for putin. thats...

The shop, made for tv unveiling of the supreme court pick brett kavanaugh. shine controlled details like flattering lighting for trump and the timing. it happened to coincide with the a-block of fox host and trump pal/adviser sean hannitys primetime show. trumps adoration of all innings fox serves as the backdrop of his trip to europe as he consistently bashes any other outlet as fake news. joining me is gabe sherman, vanity fair, eric bowler, senior writer. lillian maxwell, director of progress...

Shaquisha cleem ents or the two men arrested at a philadelphia starbucks just minutes after arriving or the coroners report released this week that shows an unarmed black man stephon clark was shot three times in the back by sacramento police. as i said before, black america cannot count on this white house to recognize grief or greatness unless, of course, youre a friendly rapper. joining me now is tiffany cross, managing editor of "the beast d.c." and jason johnson politics editor for theroot....

Roundtable. jason johnson is politics editor of theroot.com and msnbc political contributor. dan everheart is a fund-raiser and annie linskey is national reporter for "the globe," "the boston globe," pronounced as that. "boston globe." i want to start with you, annie. this, trump, he does bring it back to himself. but it does seem to be, this is a messy game being a trumpy. zpl >> it really is. the amount of turnover "the times" revealed in that story, its stunning to be reminded of that. and th...

With a lack of sleep, and not at least find out how the county voted. stay up and i promise i will stay up with you. in the meantime well well bring in folks to talk about everything going on. jason johnson theroot.com and msnbc contributor, jonathan altar, kaitlin burns, they are back with us. i was saying in the break, im almost running out of questions. but maybe i just take a minute here to appreciate, you know, if youre anybody watching at this hour, youre an election junkie or insomniac. l...

Welcome back. im david gura. there is nothing quite like a trump rally, something the president said last night in pennsylvania. president trump sounded more like candidate trump. the chief washington correspondent for bloomberg news, also is jane newton small arc "times" magazine contributor, politics editor at theroot.com and msnbc contributor. kevin, take us back down memory lane. how similar is what you heard last nit to the trail. >> it was like flashbacks. seriously, this is exactly what w...

Welcome back. im david gura. sports fans across the country are anticipating monday nights s.e.c. face-off in atlanta for the college football national championship, and the possibility of president trump attending the georgia versus alabama game, two states he carried in the 2016 election, have many wondering if this is a political play. alabama voters dealt trump a blow last month by electing democrat doug jones, and for months, the president has battled the nfl over players kneeling to protes...

Welcome back to the world famous rockefeller center in new york city and the seventh annual revvie awards. here again is your host, reverend al sharpton. >> thank you for joining us for our end of the year celebration. i look back on what that year was in politics. joining us this morning, robert traham who is a former bush-cheney senior adviser, joan walsh, national affairs correspondent at "the nation," dean obidala, political comedian and radio host and jason johnson, the political editor of ...

As what frederick douglass called the slave masters religion versus the religion of christ. its always been a part of the american construct that we misinterpret. >> on that note, i want to bring in jason johnson, who is politics editor of theroot.com. at a certain point what i think a lot of people dont understand is how raw self-interest doesnt over come this. these are the same people who are cutting out health care, who are taking away living wages, who are denying minimum wage increases, wh...