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Rhiannon12866
Rhiannon12866's Journal
Rhiannon12866's Journal
September 20, 2023
Presidents Biden and Zelenskyy addressed the United Nations on Tuesday. President Biden is improving America's world standing, many say, while critics believe Donald Trump threatens to blow it up again after his tumultuous presidency. The crisis of American democracy on the world stage is analyzed by Joy Reid and her expert guests. - The ReidOut - MSNBC - Aired on 09/19/2023.
Joy Reid: Biden has improved America's world standing, Trump threatens to blow it up all over again
Presidents Biden and Zelenskyy addressed the United Nations on Tuesday. President Biden is improving America's world standing, many say, while critics believe Donald Trump threatens to blow it up again after his tumultuous presidency. The crisis of American democracy on the world stage is analyzed by Joy Reid and her expert guests. - The ReidOut - MSNBC - Aired on 09/19/2023.
September 20, 2023
Speaker Kevin McCarthy is reportedly under pressure as a government shutdown nears. Rep. Ro Khanna joins Joy Reid to discuss saying, “Let’s see what Kevin McCarthy does. The Democrats are acting responsibly. Kevin needs to do that.” - Aired on 09/19/2023.
'Going day-by-day to survive': McCarthy called out as being on verge of losing speakership - ReidOut
Speaker Kevin McCarthy is reportedly under pressure as a government shutdown nears. Rep. Ro Khanna joins Joy Reid to discuss saying, “Let’s see what Kevin McCarthy does. The Democrats are acting responsibly. Kevin needs to do that.” - Aired on 09/19/2023.
September 20, 2023
Ben Meiselas and Michael Popok of Legal AF report on Trump’s latest desperate and doomed effort to disqualify the judge presiding over the DC Election Interference case, which may leave him 0-3 so far in getting rid of judges he doesn’t like. - 09/19/2023.
Trump's PROFOUNDLY STUPID Move in Court Will BACKFIRE IN HIS FACE - Meidas Touch
Ben Meiselas and Michael Popok of Legal AF report on Trump’s latest desperate and doomed effort to disqualify the judge presiding over the DC Election Interference case, which may leave him 0-3 so far in getting rid of judges he doesn’t like. - 09/19/2023.
September 20, 2023
President Biden stood before the United Nations General Assembly to describe an “unthinkable” new partnership between the United States and Vietnam. MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell says that this proves that “there should be no limit on hope” for the future of the United States and the world. - Aired on 09/19/2023.
Lawrence O'Donnell: Biden gave the country a lesson in hope - The Last Word - MSNBC
President Biden stood before the United Nations General Assembly to describe an “unthinkable” new partnership between the United States and Vietnam. MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell says that this proves that “there should be no limit on hope” for the future of the United States and the world. - Aired on 09/19/2023.
September 20, 2023
New reporting reveals more examples of Donald Trump's mobster-like style of communicating without explicitly saying something incriminating, but there are so many examples of him doing so that it may have lost its utility as a defense.
Andrew Weissmann, former federal prosecutor, and George Conway, lawyer and columnist, join Alex Wagner to discuss. - Aired on 09/19/2023.
'He will be destroyed on the stand': Trump's rhetorical tricks wear thin as evidence mounts - Alex Wagner
New reporting reveals more examples of Donald Trump's mobster-like style of communicating without explicitly saying something incriminating, but there are so many examples of him doing so that it may have lost its utility as a defense.
Andrew Weissmann, former federal prosecutor, and George Conway, lawyer and columnist, join Alex Wagner to discuss. - Aired on 09/19/2023.
September 20, 2023
In a new court filing in Georgia, Trump co-defendant Kenneth Chesebro claimed that the false Georgia electors were "duly elected and qualified." The fact is that the electors were elected, but they were elected by the Republican party, not by Georgia voters. - 09/19/2023.
Ex-Trump attorney makes COMICAL argument in Georgia case - Talking Feds
In a new court filing in Georgia, Trump co-defendant Kenneth Chesebro claimed that the false Georgia electors were "duly elected and qualified." The fact is that the electors were elected, but they were elected by the Republican party, not by Georgia voters. - 09/19/2023.
September 20, 2023
“Because there were not charges pressed immediately against Epps, this theory continued to gain so much more attention for weeks, months, and actually years,” says Brian Stelter on Ray Epps, the Jan. 6 rioter targeted by right-wing conspiracy theories. - Aired on 09/19/2023.
'Victim of Fox': Feds charge man at center of Jan. 6 conspiracy theories - All In - MSNBC
“Because there were not charges pressed immediately against Epps, this theory continued to gain so much more attention for weeks, months, and actually years,” says Brian Stelter on Ray Epps, the Jan. 6 rioter targeted by right-wing conspiracy theories. - Aired on 09/19/2023.
September 20, 2023
MeidasTouch host Ben Meiselas reports on the complete and utter chaos caused by MAGA Republicans as a full fledged revolt against Kevin McCarthy has broken out as the GOP refuses to fund the government. - 09/19/2023.
Kevin McCarthy LOSES ALL CONTROL as Republicans REVOLT and Attack Each Other - Meidas Touch
MeidasTouch host Ben Meiselas reports on the complete and utter chaos caused by MAGA Republicans as a full fledged revolt against Kevin McCarthy has broken out as the GOP refuses to fund the government. - 09/19/2023.
September 20, 2023
Chris Hayes on the 2024 Republican primary field: “Somehow they have not learned what was probably the single most important lesson of when he crushed the previous field in 2016, which is this: you cannot successfully defeat Donald Trump in a Republican primary by running to his right.” - Aired on 09/19/2023.
Chris Hayes: How GOP 2024 candidates are helping Trump re-run the 2016 playbook - All In - MSNBC
Chris Hayes on the 2024 Republican primary field: “Somehow they have not learned what was probably the single most important lesson of when he crushed the previous field in 2016, which is this: you cannot successfully defeat Donald Trump in a Republican primary by running to his right.” - Aired on 09/19/2023.
September 20, 2023
“Since ascending to the Senate, he’s become the subject of this truly stupid, insidious, and honestly pretty funny conspiracy theory that he has been replaced by an identical body double,” says Chris Hayes on Sen. John Fetterman. - Aired on 09/19/2023.
'Preposterous': Conspiracy theorists think John Fetterman uses a 'body double' - All In - MSNBC
“Since ascending to the Senate, he’s become the subject of this truly stupid, insidious, and honestly pretty funny conspiracy theory that he has been replaced by an identical body double,” says Chris Hayes on Sen. John Fetterman. - Aired on 09/19/2023.
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