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a little earlier than usual. i hope you re warm and comfortable. settle in, we ll be here for a while. and we have something to talk about, because we finally have, finally have donald trump s tax returns. today, house democrats released thousands of pages of the ex-president s tax records, covering six years from 2015 to 2020. of course, that s the period when trump was campaigning for the president and subsequently the president of the united states, four years in the white house. the release of this information is the culmination of a years long quest undertaken by a whole bunch of folks, civil society lawyers, reporter, democratic members of congress alike. you ll remember when donald trump came down the golden escalator to announce his presidenty. in have been a ton of questions about his finances and conflicts of interest as he entered the white house and existed within it. he claimed over and over again that the irs was auditing him. i want to release my tax r ....
just maybe things in this country would snap back into something resembling a pre-trump normal. dangerous elements of the far right would crawl back into their dark caves and corners that want harm done to the foundations of our most prized institutions, relentlessly maligned for years under donald trump would repair themselves. maybe even overnight. simply because trump is no longer the person sitting behind the resolute desk. sadly it appears that any of those hopes were in vain. more proof this afternoon that the destruction he left in his unhinged wake, the moral wrought he spread quietly continues to spread to this day inside some of our most important and revered institutions. considering chilling new reporting in today s the new york times, cataloging attacks on the fbi. the piece centers in part on a somewhat dishonest effort by a group of former agents calling themselves the suspendables. they wrote a letter earlier this month of accusing the fbi from discrim ....
but the threat of violence also looms directly over the jewish community like never before in recent american history. attacks on jewish institutions, they are up 61% from 2020 according to the anti-defamation league. just yesterday, the fbi warned of what it describes as a broad threat to synagogues in new jersey. the new york times reports that as a result of a warning, the new york police department immediately announced it had stepped up its monitoring to ensure the safety of every area that encompasses our jewish citizens and synagogues. of course, we all know that none of this is happening in a having vacuum. it s bubbling through sports, culture and our politics. they re the anti-semitic outbursts on social media by kanye west. there s the refusal by kyrie irving to disavow a post he made linking to a documentary filled with conspiracy theorys about jewish people. he s been suspended for at least five games. a statement from the team reads in part kyrie ....
thank you for sharing your day with us. joe biden warns democracy is in mortal danger with ballots packed with republican election deniers, the president saying your vote is an inflection point for the american experiment. you must in this moment dig deep within yourself and recognize we can t take democracy for granted any longer. plus, the midterm map offers no safe zones for democrats. solid blue territory in california, nevada, oregon, washington state now looks, well, not so solid. and are lawmakers safe? a congresswoman demands answers on hard questions. why didn t the force prevent the attack on paul pelosi and are capitol police capable of stopping future attacks on members of congress? up first for us, though, president biden making democracy the centerpiece now of his midterm closing argument. we are just five days out from election night. already 30 million votes cast across 46 states. this sadly, this part of it is the united states 2022 which means th ....
now. great to see you here. i m yasmin vossoughian at msnbc headquarters. the president hitting the campaign trail with five days left until the midterms. he s heading out west, making stops in mexico, california as well with new urgency around threats to our democracy. here is part of the message that he delivered last night. there s no place for voter intimidation or political violence in america. whether it s directed at democrats or republicans. no place, period. no place ever. democracy is on the ballot this year. will it actually help or matter with voters? the new york times notes this, while in agreement with the message, not every democrat thought it was helpful to make the address when candidates are trying to distance themselves from the president who s approval ratings are in the mid-40s and polls are focused on inflation as well as immigration, crime and abortion as well. and poll after poll showing in this closing stretch, it is still the economy t ....