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1/2 Let’s read - and talk about - the books they DON’T want in schools and libraries. We’re starting the #VelshiBannedBookClub , where we feature books that’ve are being challenged across the country. And we want YOUR input…

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"They’re not normal.” @JRubinBlogger has had enough of mainstream media inviting Republicans on talk shows without taking them to task. “This is absolutely untenable.” She says her former GOP is now the party of “ridiculous culture memes,” “violence” and “outright lies.” #Velshi

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BREAKING: Amid Pres. Trump's decision to remove US troops from northern Syria and his vocal criticisms of US military presence in Middle East, the Pentagon announces the deployment of more US troops and weapons to Saudi Arabia “to assure and enhance the defense of Saudi Arabia.”

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Have you noticed that Jan. 6 rioters haven't received many harsh sentences? @JoyceWhiteVance says there's a reason for that. "It leaves room for prosecutors to continue to charge more significant crimes...as they move up the chain of responsibility." #velshi

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. @steveschmidtses adds, “We have invented a lot of things in America…the greatest invention in the history of the country is the peaceful transition of power which began in this country in 1797…that is what is being attacked here." #velshi

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After @melissagira reported the CO web designer case before #SCOTUS had a MADE UP plaintiff, Supreme Court lawyer @neal_katyal says the case should be revisited. "There is a procedure in court to seek re-hearing and to get this decision stricken from the books." #velshi

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MSNBC’s David Gura sets the record straight on why @nytimes and the @washingtonpost won their Pulitzer Prizes after President Trump renewed his attacks on journalists this week.

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Raise wages and then you no longer HAVE a labor shortage. “Republicans are trying to starve people back to work” by ending emergency unemployment benefits in at least 16 states, says @SenSanders . “I say pay people a living wage, and they WILL work.” #velshi

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. @IlhanMN was ahead of the curve on impeachment this week. “I don’t know what could be more important than us standing up for our democracy and our republic.” On resistant colleagues? “It's a shameful thing" #velshi

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Trump told reporters in Ireland that he may still testify in his rape trial. So the judge gave him thru the weekend. “The judge has called Trump’s bluff,” says @joycewhitevance . “[He] forecloses Trump’s opportunity to tell everybody what a terrible, biased judge he had.” #velshi

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The fmr. president “is not trying to engage in a principled stance to protect the office of the presidency”, says @JoyceWhiteVance of his attempts to block docs from the 1/6 committee. “Trump was not engaging in executive privilege...he was engaging in self protection.” #Velshi

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"Who gets to make the decision about abortion? Is it the woman whose body this whole issue is going on in?...Or does the state of MS get to tell women they have no control over their own lives?" @JoyceWhiteVance #velshi

Joyce Vance: ‘Let’s not be delicate’ about abortion Supreme Court case

Millions of women could lose their right to choose to have an abortion if the Supreme Court decides to side with the state of Mississippi and its law that bans abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy....

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“I am more convinced than ever that Donald Trump and the people who were directly enabling him have to be prosecuted” says @JRubinBlogger amid the stunning revelations about how Trump plotted to overturn the 2020 election results “We need this as a deterrence factor” #Velshi

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"This is not about feminism. This is not about ageism. This is about a job. You have a job to serve the public," says @MollyJongFast of Sen. Feinstein's noticeably long medical leave with no plan of stepping down. "This is really a mistake." #velshi

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It was the telling and spreading of “a big lie” after defeat that led Hitler to power in post-WWI Germany. @TimothyDSnyder says the U.S. is now facing a challenge. We can keep telling ourselves lies, or we can do the right thing. Face the facts, get history right. #velshi

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After all but 7 Senate Republicans voted to acquit Trump, Rep. @IlhanMN says their decision “was a calculation based on power and violence being more valuable to them than protecting this democracy.” #velshi

Rep. Ilhan Omar: Republicans who voted to acquit Trump value ‘power and violence’ over democracy

Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) joins ‘Velshi’ to discuss the results of the Senate impeachment trial. The fact that “nearly every single senate Republican voted to block even the consideration of charges...

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“NATO has been built to defend democracy,” says @kasparov63 . “What’s happening in Ukraine now, it’s not just a Ukrainian invasion anymore. I think that Putin is demonstrating that he can do whatever he wants…it’s a campaign of terror.” #Velshi

Garry Kasparov: Putin’s war is “a campaign of terror”

Garry Kasparov is calling on NATO to do more to help defend Ukraine, arguing that while “technically there is no NATO obligation to defend Ukraine, it’s not just about legal obligations. It’s about...

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“This has never been a partisan fight and that’s what frightens me so much,” @JoyceWhiteVance says about the fight for voting rights in the U.S. “Your exercise of the right to vote is the most fundamentally American thing that we have to hold onto.” #velshi

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. @ElieNYC give his take on the 4th of July: "1776 wasn't really for me."

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Justices Coney Barrett & Kavanaugh expressed skepticism during the #SCOTUS hearing on the TX abortion bill last wk. They “seem to have gotten cold feet,” says @JoyceWhiteVance . The “vigilante justice system didn’t look so good when it was exposed in that light.” #Velshi

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“This is legislation for working people - not for the rich, not for wealthy campaign contributors,” says @SenSanders of #ARP . But it’s still just an emergency bill. “Clearly we have structural problems in our economy that have to be addressed that our bill does not do.” #velshi

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Russian opposition politician @vkaramurza says “so-called opinion poll numbers” alleging vast support for Putin’s invasion of Ukraine are “meaningless in an authoritarian state where people have no access to objective information” #Velshi

Vladimir Kara-Murza: “Every independent television network in Russia has been shut down..this war...

Vladimir Kara-Murza is a Russian opposition politician, author, and historian who has twice suffered sudden, severe illnesses he believes were brought on by deliberate poisonings while in Moscow as...

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“We have to hold people accountable,” says @JoyceWhiteVance . “We will have to figure out who left bombs.” Vance praises the incoming #DoJ team, who have “deep experience” prosecuting white supremacist terror #velshi

Joyce Vance on incoming DoJ team: They understand what white supremacist terror looks like

Former U.S. Attorney Joyce Vance joins Ali Velshi to discuss the nationwide manhunt that is underway for rioters who stormed the Capitol and the future of the Department of Justice. She has faith...

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A mystery draft of an unsigned executive order that would have seized voting machines and kept Trump in office, you say? “I have a lot of questions about this memo that demand answers,” says @JoyceWhiteVance . #Velshi

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"We accept this objectification of women in ways that should have been done away with centuries ago. To see it happen in Congress & have pushed under the rug is something we need to have a conversation about" - @JoyceWhiteVance re: the Rep Gaetz allegations #velshi

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"It almost looks as if it was done by a brilliant political scientist," says @BeschlossDC of Trump manipulating the weaknesses in our political system over his 4 years and on Jan. 6. "We have to ask who was behind this, who advised the Trump circle." #velshi

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"[Trump] is legitimately a cult leader," says his former lawyer @MichaelCohen212 , on Trump’s embrace of QAnon. "He doesn't care about you as an individual, he doesn't care what you stand for— as long as you stand for him." #velshi

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FACT CHECK: The IRS isn't coming for your gun or $75k salary. "They're going after the Cayman Island people," @oneunderscore__ clears up the recent uproar at the IRS. But conspiracy theorists are giving militias "real life targets," like innocent IRS agents. #velshi

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"I say this as a proud gun owner… We do an absolutely sh*tty job in this country of making sure that people who shouldn't have guns don't get them," says @WalshFreedom . "Nothing's going to happen until gun owners like me get engaged and tell the NRA to go jump." #velshi

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Putin “was looking for a chance – for a crack in our system. And Trump put a crack in our system,” says @levparnas . Americans were “always united against Russia,” but not anymore. #Velshi

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The Trump-incited riot was a “fitting end to Pres. Trump’s presidency” says @Yamiche . He watched the madness go down “from a security bubble in the WH, as everyone else who was in the Capitol’s lives were in danger…the heart of democracy was pierced.” #velshi

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Russia calls its war on Ukraine a “special military operation” but it's really “a campaign of terror,” says @Kasparov63 . He adds that the world must understand that “as long as Putin stays in power, there will be no peace in Ukraine.” #Velshi

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New restrictions on abortion rights are motivating people to take part today in the first post-Trump era Women’s March. @JoyceWhiteVance knows why. “The ultimate question here is always who gets to make decisions about women’s bodies: women themselves, or the state?” #Velshi

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A growing chorus within the GOP now opposes future American support for Ukraine. “The Republican Party, the Grand Ole Party, the Party of Lincoln - is now the party of Putin,” says @AVindman . #velshi

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“We made life Hell for John Boehner…Us Tea Party guys did” recalls @WalshFreedom . But the “radicalized House” the country is about to see is somethin' else. “These people don’t care about governance,” says @JRubinBlogger . “They don’t care about being productive” #velshi

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‘Twas not a banner week for one Ron DeSantis, losing out on endorsements and $$. “He’s a jerk. It’s hard to disguise being a jerk when you’re running for President of the United States.” @JRubinBlogger #velshi

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ICYMI here's @ElieNYC reaction to Trump's tweets last night attacking @IlhanMN #uppers

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ICYMI @AliVelshi helps rescue a baby squirrel in Texas, names it "Larry" #velshi #Laura #hurricanelaura

Watch: MSNBC's Ali Velshi Helps Free Squirrel After Hurricane Laura

The MSNBC host noticed a baby squirrel barely moving in Orange, Texas, a few miles away from the Louisiana border.

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"I think they exceeded everyone's expectations - maybe even their own," says @JoyceWhiteVance of the Jan 6 committee. "DOJ has a rare opportunity to piggyback off of Congress's work here." #velshi

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“Michael Cohen can really help guide the Manhattan DA’s office...so Cohen being called in for an 8th interview is not good news for Trump.” @JoyceWhiteVance joined Ali to discuss how the fmr. President can no longer avoid legal liability as he faces over 10 civil lawsuits. #velshi

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“It’s terrible for our country that we have to prosecute an ex-president, but it’s worse not to.” In the wake of stunning revelations about Trumpworld engaging in potential witness tampering ahead of the 1/6 hearings, @CynthiaAlksne says “It needs to be done yesterday.” #Velshi

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With Trump's inner circle shrinking, who could've possibly tipped off the FBI about the top secret documents at Mar-a-Lago? @MichaelCohen212 has a guess. "I've always thought that Kushner was the guy who would end up turning." 👀 #Velshi

Michael Cohen: “Nothing goes on in Mar-A-Lago…without Trump’s specific knowledge”

Ever since the FBI conducted a search at Mar-A-Lago and retrieved top secret documents, Donald Trump has been trying to deflect and feign ignorance. His former personal lawyer and fixer Michael Cohen...

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Earlier on UP, we aired a poll graphic that inadvertently left off @AndrewYang . This was a mistake that we've since corrected on air. We apologize to Mr. Yang. Here's the correct graphic:

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“We keep saying West Virginia is a red state. It really is not, it’s an unorganized state,” says @RevDrBarber about Sen. Manchin’s opposition to key Democratic priorities. “It’s a state where poor and low wealth people have not been inspired.” #Velshi

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Workers are not robots. Workers are human beings who deserve to have a say in their work day. @SenSanders weighs in on Amazon warehouse workers' failed effort to unionize in Bessemer, Alabama. #velshi

Sen Sanders says 'we need strong pro-labor legislation' after Amazon defeated the union effort in AL

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) joins Ali Velshi to discuss Amazon warehouse workers' failed effort to unionize in Bessemer, Alabama. He says, “companies have so much power to threaten and intimidate, to...

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As the GOP is further enveloped by "the logic of authoritarianism," historian @ruthbenghiat says we need all new language. “‘Conservative’ no longer fits a party that perpetrated a coup and would do it again tomorrow." #Velshi

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One crucial detail we learned from Cassidy Hutchinson, according to @guardian 's @HugoLowell : The night before the Capitol attack, Trump ordered his chief of staff to call Roger Stone and Michael Flynn— both connected to the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers. #Velshi

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Beware of laughing at #CPAC , says @MollyJongFast – it’s a testing ground for ideas that become mainstream GOP. This year, it was the "soft authoritarian launch,” including the praising of the Hungarian gov’t. “You ignore them at your own peril.” #velshi

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FL officials are reportedly looking into ways around possibly extraditing Trump to NY if he's indicted. @JoyceWhiteVance says if that scenario played out “it would reach a level of ridiculousness that would ultimately ensure that he'd be delivered to the state of NY” #velshi

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“The idea that any official who would engage in insurrection would be barred from taking office except the Presidency is incredibly surprising,” says CO Sec of State @JenaGriswold . “It basically means that the Presidency is a get out of jail free card for insurrection” #Velshi

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Director of Kyiv’s Center of Civil Liberties @avalaina is collecting evidence of Russia’s war crimes in Ukraine. Genocidal intent can be difficult to prove, but “we can find this genocidal intent in Russian propaganda.” #Velshi

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Trump continues to try to distance himself from former WH aide Cassidy Hutchinson after her explosive 1/6 testimony. “Every mob says that your key witness against them is just the covfefe girl,” says former U.S. Attorney @JoyceWhiteVance . #Velshi

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Fmr. Pres. Trump downplayed and then essentially admitted to Trump org. tax crimes. 🧐 “This is more than fringe benefits fraud,” says @joycewhitevance , “This is a 15 year conspiracy...not some sort of garden variety activity.” #Velshi

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“Policy differences don’t matter right now,” says former Republican congressman @walshfreedom . “Right now it’s all about saving democracy. So right now I’m on team democracy, which means vote for the Democratic Party, as tough as that can be at times.” #velshi

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The bill that places a near-total ban on abortion in Texas is intended to be “confusing and complex,” says @JoyceWhiteVance . “Confusion means people are afraid to exercise their rights.” #Velshi

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"My first book was banned." @Billbrowder says his work is not welcome in Russia and infuriated Putin. "We are translating 'Freezing Order' into Russian, we're giving it away for free on the internet...Nobody in Germany is ready to publish my book either." #velshi

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Most Republicans are convinced the FBI planted evidence in Mar-a-Lago, says @WalshFreedom . "Here is the danger. Just like the stolen election, the 2020 election lie is now gospel truth among most Republican voters. This FBI lie will become gospel truth, as well." #velshi

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The Senate has passed lend-lease legislation to get aid to Ukraine, the type of program last used in WW2. Says @AVindman , “In a lot of ways this would be finally getting off the sidelines for a reluctant administration, a reluctant national security council." #Velshi

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"We need to give the Ukrainians everything that they need...why are we going to wait until the next increment in this war?" asks @AVindman . "We secure the United States by arming Ukraine to win and win as quickly as possible." #velshi

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. @JoyceWhiteVance on Ivanka Trump and her role in the WH #uppers

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“Until we vaccinate the global south – Africa, Latin America and Southeast Asia – we’re going to have devastating variants” @PeterHotez , fresh off approval of his COVID vaccine in India and beyond, “hopefully this will help start filling the gap.” #Velshi

New “no strings attached” TX-based COVID vaccine looks to combat global spread

Dr. Peter Hotez, Co-Director of the center for vaccine development at Texas Children’s Hospital, talks about his new COVID vaccine, approved for use in India this week, and efforts to combat the...

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When @ElieNYC starts the show singing Meatloaf...you know it's going to be a good hour #uppers

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The House 1/6 committee may be zeroing in on its highest profile target yet, according to new reporting from @hugolowell . “The committee is now looking at whether Trump personally oversaw a criminal conspiracy”. #Velshi

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@RepRaskin : ‘The bottom is falling out’ on Trump’s legal cases #Velshi

Rep. Raskin: ‘The bottom is falling out’ on Trump’s legal cases

Rep. Jamie Raskin joins Ali Velshi to discuss the “constant soap opera” of Trump’s legal and political dramas, as the fallout from Judge Engoron’s ruling in the N.Y. civil fraud trial continues. They...

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For the first time in the state’s history, NY AG @TishJames will be suing the NYPD “to end a longstanding practice of NYPD using excessive force and for the false arrest of New Yorkers during largely peaceful protest.” #velshi

NY AG James on her lawsuit against NYPD: This behavior has gone unchecked

The Attorney General of New York Letitia James joins Ali Velshi to talk about her lawsuit against the NYPD for "years of [NYPD] using excessive force and making false arrests against New Yorkers,...

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WATCH: @RepDebDingell on the good she hopes comes out of “something that made me cry” #Uppers

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“Trump’s going to turn this into a political witch hunt if he becomes a target of a DOJ investigation no matter what his status as a candidate is,” says @JoyceWhiteVance about the former president possibly announcing a bid for reelection in order to help him legally. #Velshi

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Pulitzer prize-winning historian @AnneApplebaum traveled to Ukraine to interview Pres. Zelenskyy and says he has been very good at conveying a sense of “Ukrainian-ness”. “It’s not an ethnic identity. It’s a kind of civic patriotic identity” #Velshi

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By painting Biden and MAGA critics as “enemies of the state,” Trump is drawing from the Stalinist playbook, says historian @Beschloss . “That’s what Stalin and Stalinists had to say about people who stood in their way,” he said. “These things do have very dark echoes.” #Velshi

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. @ElieNYC : "Look Trump caved so hard that Thailand has offered to send a team of divers to come rescue him."

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. @DavidCornDC reacts to a fan throwing a cellphone at Pres Trump yesterday at the NRA "You need a good guy with a cellphone to combat a bad guy with a cellphone" #uppers

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Saturday’s tense police standoff with members of a militia group “shows how broad the domestic terror landscape really is,” says @JoyceWhiteVance . This group believes some wildly incorrect stuff. #Velshi

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"It’s time for responsible gun owners like me to get off of our ass and be part of this search for common ground," says @WalshFreedom . He says he's "pissed off" that the GOP still hasn't done anything. "Get to the damn table and get it done." #Velshi

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Should Trump continue to receive intel briefings? Intelligence veteran @MalcolmNance says this former president is likely to traffic in that information, as previewed by Kushner w/ the Saudis. "He didn't listen when he was in office, why should he have access now?” #velshi

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"When these maps are drawn in a way that manages to make it impossible for Black voters to elect the candidates of their choice, we know something is wrong," says @JoyceWhiteVance of deliberately gerrymandered Congressional maps. #velshi

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“This is the first time that anyone has threatened to use nuclear weapons for conquest,” says former Estonian President @IlvesToomas . “If you don’t respond now, you will be responding when they attack NATO.” #Velshi

Fmr. Estonian President: “If you don’t respond now, you will be responding when they attack NATO”

One of the main reasons NATO and other countries worry about getting militarily involved in the War in Ukraine is Russia’s nuclear arsenal, which Vladimir Putin has threatened to use. “This is the...

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After the failures of the last administration, WH Senior COVID Advisor @aslavitt46 tells Ali “The fundamental trust in government needs to be restored...We don’t sugarcoat things.” #velshi

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WATCH: @MSNBC @davidgura goes on a trip down memory lane sparked by Secretary Mike Pompeo’s comments the State Department is being bullied.

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. @SenSanders has a message for @JeffBezos : “Jeff you're worth $182B, that's a lot of money. What is your problem with allowing workers in Alabama to organize for better wages and working conditions? You can afford to pay them more.” #velshi

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Mark Meadows continues to defy the Jan. 6 committee’s subpoena and the House voted this week to hold him in contempt. @MichaelCohen212 has a simple message for him: “Hey stupid, you put out a book. They have the right to ask you about that.”

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“We don’t really know the truth of what really happened, and uncertainty doesn’t breed trust in the Justice Department.” @JoyceWhiteVance explains why “this is an all-hands on deck exercise at DOJ” #VELSHI

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Post-Roe, some doctors now seek legal consultation before deciding on treatment because many abortion laws are unclear. The confusion is "a feature, not a bug" that will prevent some people "from obtaining necessary medical services," says @JoyceWhiteVance . #Velshi

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Trump remains atop the GOP - but he's also facing multiple criminal investigations. "As long as Donald Trump has the capacity to return to public life...the DOJ has to consider whether there can be a measure of justice without prosecution," says @JoyceWhiteVance . #Velshi

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“The Russian army stumbled, and it’s failing,” says Garry Kasparov ( @Kasparov63 ). Putin’s lackluster May 9th celebration was, “the first indicator that Russia is looking for a face-saving operation rather than a decisive victory.” #Velshi

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Donald Trump is “feeling the heat” from the 1/6 committee. @hugolowell says Trump had "a meltdown at Mar-A-Lago" once former aides began cooperating. #Velshi

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Fox News is being sued by Dominion for $1.6B - the latest lawsuit against purveyors of election lies and disinfo that also includes Trump's weird lawyers & a pillow guy. @JoyceWhiteVance says Fox better have a better defense than the one Sidney Powell is pushing. 🔥🔥 #velshi

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In Mike Pompeo’s parting words to the nation, he said multiculturalism “is not who America is.” @nhannahjones response? “in a country that has been multi-racial since 1619, this is exactly who we are.” #velshi

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Lawmakers in red *and* blue states are using the framework from Texas’ SB8 anti-abortion bill to empower civilians in a very, very dangerous way. According to @JoyceWhiteVance “it’s a real slippery slope with no telling how far it could extend.” #Velshi

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"If Republicans had said, ‘this is bad, this is not what we do in a democracy, this is wrong’...we might have come back from this," says @MollyJongFast on GOP reaction to the insurrection. " I don't think there's any way we put this back in Pandora's box at this point. " #velshi

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As new details emerge on Trump’s efforts to overturn the election, @JoyceWhiteVance says, “The good comparison isn't Watergate, it's the Civil War.” #velshi

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“What happened, who was there, what did they do….understanding what the facts are without any varnish put on them.” That’s what @JoyceWhiteVance says we’re after when it comes to a Jan 6th investigative process and “what can be done to prevent a recurrence” #Velshi

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2/2 Make sure you're following us @velshi & @VelshiMSNBC to find out the banned book of the week. Grab a copy and join the conversation by sending in your questions/comments/reactions to mystory @velshi .com to be featured on @VelshiMSNBC ! #velshi

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After spending 4 years in a refugee camp as a child, Rep. @IlhanMN Omar speaks from experience when asking the American people to “allow their humanity to lead this conversation…we can't let the Afghan people down in their moment of need.” #velshi

Rep. Ilhan Omar, a former refugee, says U.S. has "made promises obviously that we couldn't keep"

Rep. Ilhan Omar was born in Somalia and later came to this country as a refugee in 1995. So, for her, the plight of the Afghan people seeking asylum is personal. She says, “we can't let the Afghan...

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Gold star father Khizr Khan on how Trump's immigration policy is "sowing division" and "hatred" #uppers

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200,000 people pass through prisons each week, according to the Marshall Project. @JoyceWhiteVance has been taking on prison conditions and says we need to start remembering that prisoners are just people, “they are part of our communities. We need to treat them that way” #velshi

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. @JonLemire And a reminder, we STILL do not know what was discussed between Putin and Trump in Helsinki #uppers

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The Jan. 6 cmte plans to issue criminal referrals along with its final report. "The real role they play here is explaining the crimes," says @JoyceWhiteVance . "This report may prove to be unusually influential in that regard." #velshi

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Trump directing a White House photographer not to take photos on Jan. 6 shows there was a coverup, says @danielsgoldman . The lack of official records show “they want to cover up what the President was not doing on that day.” #Velshi

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Right-wing Trump supporters are shouting "Civil War." Historian Joanne Freeman @jbf1755 says the unorganized violent actors need to cut that out. “This is largely extremist violence we are seeing right now. This is not a civil war.” #Velshi

People Need to Stop Calling Right-Wing Extremism a “Civil War,” says Yale Professor

As Donald Trump and his legal team continue to shift their narrative surrounding classified documents, the fear mongering by the former President and his allies continues to have a far-reaching...

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"It's a very low likelihood that Donald Trump will come testify" before the Jan. 6th committee says @BarbMcQuade . "He wants to maintain the charade that he has nothing to hide...I don't think any lawyer would let him come in and expose himself." #velshi

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