June 27, 2021

How the Supreme Court green-lit Republican attacks on voting rights - Mother Jones

On June 25, 2013, Chief Justice John Roberts gutted a key section of the Voting Rights Act, ruling that states with a long history of voting discrimination no longer needed to get federal approval for changes to their election procedures.

“Things have changed dramatically” since the law’s enactment in 1965, Roberts wrote in Shelby County v. Holder, implying that there was no reason to think those states would pass discriminatory voting restrictions in the future.

But since that decision—which Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg compared to “throwing away your umbrella in a rainstorm because you are not getting wet”—new voter suppression laws have proliferated across the country. Twenty-six states have enacted new restrictions on voting since the Shelby ruling, according to an analysis by Mother Jones on the eighth anniversary of the decision, based on data provided by the Brennan Center for Justice and NAACP Legal Defense Fund.


Roughly 40 percent of these states previously had to clear their voting changes with the federal government—meaning that new restrictions on voting enacted by states such as Arizona, Georgia, and Texas likely would have been blocked if not for the Shelby decision.

“What we’ve seen since Shelby is a raft of voting restrictions across the country,” says Eliza Sweren-Becker, a Brennan Center attorney. “That trend has never been more obvious than in 2021, when we have seen so many states pass new voter suppression laws.”

The Shelby decision opened the floodgates to the suppression we’re seeing today. Watch our video explaining what’s happened in the eight years since.

June 27, 2021

Trump LASHES OUT and THREATENS Enemies with INSANE Rage - Christo Aivalis

Donald Trump is holding a rally in Ohio to threaten anyone in the Republican party that opposes him or plans to run against him in 2024. This is trump trying to say relevant and keep control over the GOP.

June 27, 2021

DOJ Joins Groups Suing GA Over Voter Suppression: 'Motivated By Discriminatory Purpose' - TRMS

Janai Nelson, associate director-counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, talks with Rachel Maddow about how the Georgia voter suppression law targets Black voters and other groups and what it means that the DOJ has joined the case.

June 27, 2021

Sydney, Australia, begins two-week COVID lockdown - CBS News

Sydney, Australia, on Saturday night began a two-week lockdown amid a surge in cases of the COVID-19 Delta variant. BBC News' Phil Mercer reports.

June 26, 2021

Judge Sends Message With Historic Prison Sentence For Derek Chauvin - Rachel Maddow - MSNBC

Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison talks with Rachel Maddow about his reaction to the sentencing of Derek Chauvin for the murder of George Floyd, and the upcoming trial of the other officers involved in Floyd's death as well as the federal civil rights case against all four officers. Aired on 06/25/2021.

June 26, 2021

Increasing Pressure Threatens To Burst Trump Bubble With Potentially Concerning Fallout - TRMS

Rachel Maddow rounds up the recent spate of bad news for Donald Trump, not the least of which is the new revelation that the business at the core of his identity could be threatened by criminal charges in a matter of days, and expresses concern for how Trump followers will react as their fantasy continues to fall apart. Aired on 06/25/2021.




Prosecutors Argue Banker Tried To Buy Spot In Trump Admin With Risky Loan To Manafort - Rachel Maddow - MSNBC



Rachel Maddow reports on the trial of banker Stephen Calk who is accused of giving pardoned Donald Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort millions of dollars in risky loans in exchange for a senior position in the Trump administration. Aired on 06/25/2021.

June 26, 2021

NYT: Trump Admin. Considered Using Military On Floyd Protests - The 11th Hour - MSNBC

The New York Times is adding more details to Trump's response to Black Lives Matter protests during the summer of 2020 in the wake of George Floyd's murder. MSNBC's Brian Williams is joined by Charlie Sykes and Bill Kristol. Aired on 06/25/2021.

June 26, 2021

Expected Charges Against Trump Org. Are Far From 'Minuscule' - The Last Word - MSNBC

Free rent at a Central Park apartment. Free private school tuition in Manhattan. Free car leases. All for several years. The fringe benefits for which the Trump Organization and its CFO Allen Weisselberg are expected to face criminal charges are not "minuscule," as Donald Trump's criminal lawyer argues. Daniel Goldman, Daniel Alonso and David Cay Johnston join Lawrence O'Donnell to discuss. Aired on 06/25/2021.

June 26, 2021

Prosecutor In Chauvin Trial: 'Sense Of Peace' With Sentencing - The Last Word - MSNBC

Jerry Blackwell and Steve Schleicher, lead prosecutors in the Chauvin trial, join Lawrence O’Donnell to discuss the conviction and sentencing of Derek Chauvin for the murder of George Floyd. Aired on 06/25/2021.

June 26, 2021

Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO) - 6/25/21

Monologue: Freedom!



Bill recaps the top issues of the week, including the #FreeBritney movement, the Supreme Court's First Amendment ruling and the GOP's voting rights blockade.




Quentin Tarantino: Once Upon a Time in Hollywood



Quentin Tarantino joins Bill discuss the novelization of "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood" and his decision to quit filmmaking at the top of his game.




The Panel: Derek Chauvin's Sentencing



Panelists Max Brooks and Dan Carlin join Bill Maher to discuss the impact of former Minnesota police officer Derek Chauvin's sentencing for the murder of George Floyd.




Future Headlines: Summer 2021



Bill reports all the news that has yet to occur.




New Rule: America Has a Drinking Problem



Bill stages an intervention for the Americans using liquor to take the edge off of their pandemic-exacerbated anxiety.




Here's a "bootleg" version of the show which includes the the entire interview with Quentin Tarantino (8:25) and panel discussion with Max Brooks and Dan Carlin (21:41), and complete New Rules (47:00). It won't last long, as usual: