Way. By the middle of next month about a dozen more states will be early voting, which is to say we have truly entered a critical time in this unprecedenteD Campaign. It is not lost on kamala harris, who spoke to a Capacity Crowd of more than 10,000 people last night. In many ways, you heard me say before. He is an unserious man. The consequences of putting them back in the White House are extremely serious. Extremely serious. On the republican side this moment seems to bring out some ugly tactics and rhetorics that do not appear to have much strategic value at all. On Friday Donald Trump Address the Israeli American Council Warning that if he loses the election, it is jewish peoples fault. I did all of these things and i got 29 . I was not treated right. It is only because of the Democrat Hold or curse on you. You cannot let this happen, 40 is not acceptable. In my opinion, the jewish people would have elected me with the loss of i met 40 . That link which has raised fears that he could be incited against jews and have political violence. Trump untaxed the Muslim Community in the same speech. Trying to reinstate has muslim ban if he returns to office but neither Trump Nor J. D. Vance have backed down from the Exhaustively Debunked lies about haitian migrants eating hats in springfield, ohio. Even as the world watches the town buckle under threats of violence that have closed at schools, Lockdown Hospitals and shuttereD City hall. J. D. Vance continue to attack and sprinkleds Haitian Population as a legal despite their protected status, not a legal at all and repeateD Claims that are spreading infectious diseases like hiv. The mayor invokes temporary emergency powers this week to address the rising public safety concerns. This kind of talk, that jews are a plaintiff we lose and muslims are out there eating pets. There is a reason that Trump And Vance and the gop under the Leadership Kip leaning on these dangerous tactics. Since but Maga Movement they have replaced Subsidence Policy proposals with an us versus them narrative but the poll numbers continue to slip heard that is causing republicans to leave on the only other Tool Donald Trump has shown an affinity for. Rigging the game. Trump has still never admitted that he lost the 2020 election to joe biden. He continues to peddle his lie about that election even as he devises a new light that will be readymade if he uses the election this year. Repeatedly casting doubt on the upcoming election and saying he will only accept the results if they are, quote, honest and implying that if he loses, it will be because of fraud. Trump is getting plenty of help this time around. The Google Probe Trump sorry, Georges Pro Trump Election Board voted to require counties to hanD Count all ballots. A move is a recipe for a coup designed to disrupt the November Election idling the reporting of the results. Election officials alike one that Hand Counting ballots will take a long time and lead to errors. Even republican State Attorney general office, which advises the board deemed the decision unlawful. This is what republicans do when they lose control, they launch coos and threaten more clues. They disenfranchise democratic voters they reject their extremism. Across american republicans are undermining the rule of Law And Rigging the system to seize power by force, much like a president ial nominee, a former Reality Tv Star who has been convicted on 34 counts in multiple states and voters have rejected those tactics. Republican lawmakers double down. Take ohio for example. After voters electeD Candidates to reform a far right School Board in 2023, the governor and the statehouse passed legislation stripping the board of all of its powers. The takeover was indirect of Science Defiance which put in the School Board processes to protect against political influence. On jerry manning, voters have rejected orders to gerrymander the gop has become even more extreme. In utah, for example, the legislature has been trying to amend the State Constitution to overturn a recent Voter Referendum that declared gerrymandering illegal. As it should be. The proposed amendment would not just affect gerrymandering, it would empower lawmakers to repeal all Voter Led Measures and limiting what one judge called the constitutional right to reform the government. As my next guest, a lawyer, the rider, the former ohio party chair, David Pepper notes, it is all about if you cannot win an election because her policies, then cheat read what we are seeing, if you look around the country, the closer you get to end gerrymandering the more extreme and lawless republicans get. They do not quit. The Abuse Power worse. Im joined by David Pepper, former chairman of the ohio democratic Party And Author of perspective, a series about project 2025 and the author of books including saving democracy a Users Manual for every american. Thank you for being here. You argue that the more republicans based resistance on issues like gerrymandering or the more extreme their taxes become one of you seen firsthand in terms of how this plays out . They know where the power comes from it comes from gerrymandered districts and other forms of lawlessness. The closer the voters get to throwing those things off, the more lawless they get, the harder the fight and more disinformation they put out. You mentioned the utah example. We are seeing a similar thing in ohio. We have something in ohio called issue on on the ballot in this november. We are one of the most gerrymandered states. It would throw the politicians off the board with the Districting Process and would ban partisan gerrymandering once and for all. They are desperate to keep their Gerrymandered System they recently approved Ballot Language that makes it look like the thing that will reform the process to end gerrymandering is going to leave the gerrymandering. On the ballot of ohio voters, they are so lawless that they are making it look like the reform means you vote no as opposed to vote yes. The closer you get to throwing away their corrupted power, the more lawless and the more egregious the behavior gets. They know that if we get rid of things like gerrymandering, they will lose because, as you said, their views are very unpopular. If you had to defend Abortion Bans or tax on public educations , in their districts, they know they would lose. They cling to Gerrymandering And Rick every lover of power they can to keep hold on the power that they have. Let us talk about utah and ohio, obviously. Early this week the Ohio Supreme Court voted for that confusing Ballot Language that tricks people into voting for gerrymandering. This is an example of what happens when institutions of your state are taken over by i dont know what else you can call them other than radicals and fundamentalists. In ohio, for example, the Ballot Board which designs the language of the ballot, they use that to manipulate the voters. The supreme court, we won the supreme court a few years ago. They immediately change the rules to make the court partisan because they did not want that to be a Check And Balance on the legislature. That supreme court is partisan and it upheld the Ballot Language. In utah the minute the Utah Supreme Court said, you broke the law or you potentially broke the law, they are now trying to do a Ballot Initiative to overturn that ruling. The lesson is very clear. It is important lesson for those who champion democracy. When you think you have a victory, dont assume they will quit. They will fight harder. They will break the law more. In ohio, they violated the Ohio Constitution Seven times to lead to maps that right now, in ohio, still violate the constitution. We have 99 Statehouse Members and 50 members of congress who are sitting in current districts that are illegal. That is how screwed up our lack of democracy is in ohio. The closer you get to victory, if your for democracy, the harder they will fight back. In The End, the secret is they know that without all this rigging and without all this cheating, the core policies they push for are deeply unpopular and they would lose. They know that so clearly that they are willing to break laws, manipulate language and Abuse Power. So much of this, like this Ballot Board language. Utah, also, the legislatures in utah, a court stop them. They put forward Ballot Language that was completely misleading. It gave the opposite view of what they were doing. They are abusing power in evie any lover of government and it is incumbent on voters to see. Keep watching closely because these guys are trying to manipulate their way to wins when they know they would otherwise loose. This does bring up an important point. There is still people in america republican, democrat or uncommitted who say, depending on where you live, my vote does not matter or count. It matters in seven or eight states. If i live in california or New York. None of that is true. In large part because of gerrymandering. North carolina is a good example they routinely elect democrats to statewide elections but has a super majority of republicans in the legislature. Your vote actually always counts. Whether it is a referendum or popular vote, Senator Or Governor or for your member of congress. Our systems to apply your vote equally, so you have to actually vote. They are showing us how much our Vote Counts. Here is the other important point, your boats count whether you are a blue suede, a red state. Their front might and the attack on democracy are statehouses. Gerrymandered statehouses. That is not only in the five or six Swing States for federal elections. Look at nebraska they are trying to screw up the electoral college. That would be through a statehouse. North carolina, they have been surprising vote with what one of the worst parts about this impression that we are left with , which is the only races that matter our federal Swing State races is we stop seeing the Front Line of the right Wing Attack on our democracy and our freedom is through statehouses like ohio. If we do not pay attention to those races and we think our votes do not matter because it may not be a Swing State for the presidency, we allow them to continue to do all the damage they are doing at the Statehouse Level were almost all the damage to democracy happens in america. Be it tennessee or florida, or missouri that is where it is happening more than washington. For the most part, nothing happens. In the states is where most of it look we have dobbs, at a mississippi your Vote Counts everywhere but if you care about democracy your vote up and down the ballot whether it is a referendum in ohio for he elected to statehouse in missouri, if you care about democracy, that is the most important vote you will cast for the long battle of protecting democracy. All of your votes count david, thanks as always. A former chairman of the Ohio Democratic Hardy and the author of numerous books. A new Louisiana Law will make it more difficult for medical professionals to access and administer a lifesaving drug a drug that stops women from bleeding out after labor or during a miscarriage. Another deadly consequence of drew Carney And Abortion bans across the country. And Todays Meeting of the velshi banned Book Club. Why is dystopian literature so important . I will speak with Scott Westerfeld Author of uglies. You are watching velshi on msnbc. Employees get the information they need instantly. 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Palestinian officials say 17 people have been killed and then loses it would involve a strike on the school which was sheltering thousands of displaced palestinians the Government Office in gaza says most injured are women anD Children. The military allege that Hamas Compound was located in the building. The latest attack brings a depth in gaza to around 41,390 since the start of The War Last October This as a war widens in the region the lebanese capital of beirut is recovering from his leg israeli airstrike on friday that killed 31 people including two has four commanders. This follows the detonation of pages and walkietalkies belonging to has a lot members earlier in the week. In that attack 37 people were killed and hundreds more injured. Israel is not publicly claiming responsibility for of attack that has law has concluded that israel was behind the explosions. Joining me now from beiruts chief international Correspondent Keir simmons. Good afternoon to you. Iran is now saying they are on the brink of war. What sense can you make of what is going on right now . Reporter that is obviously right, it is coming from the iranians who play a part in this, clearly. They have the capacity to de escalate just as much as other sides in this conflict, this growing conflict. Where we are right now, about three miles away from where that bomb landed. We heard israeli jets overhead and minutes later saw the destruction that you are seeing there. Lebanon has lived with the threat of an All Out War here for almost a year. That is the destruction that one is really bomb can do. The numbers of dead have been increasing over an hours. We do know according to the lebanese Health Agency that three women and seven children were among the numbers of dead. Israeli defense forces say the strike killed 16 hezzbollah members including 12 syria commanders, among those commanders this is trying to make commander who according to the u. 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