Lawrence O'Donnell
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@lastwordmsnow.bsky.social MS NOW 10PM Author of 2 books: Deadly Force & Playing With Fire Former Executive Producer & Writer of NBC’s drama series The West Wing ms.now/Lawrence
TONIGHT: Former White House National Security Communications Advisor John Kirby joins @lawrenceodonnell.bsky.social on The #LastWord at 10pm ET.
More than 20 attorneys-general have challenged Donald Trump’s recent tariffs over alleged forced labour violations, threatening to kick off another protracted legal battle over the US president’s signature economic policy. ft.trib.al/bB4DwYV
James Talarico tells Rachel Maddow that if Democrats win the Senate seat he is running for, "I think we can build the political will to restore the Voting Rights Act." Watch:
Republicans--socialism is bad unless we do it. thehill.com/policy/techn...
Commerce Department quietly announces 7 new equity stakes in private companies
The Department of Commerce quietly announced this week it will designate more than $870 million in federal incentives for semiconductor manufacturing in exchange for a minority equity stake in seve…
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TONIGHT: @kendilanian-nbc.bsky.social talks to @lawrenceodonnell.bsky.social on The #LastWord at 10pm ET.
Trump Pardons 2 D.C. Officers Convicted in Fatal Chase and Cover-Up (Published 2025)
The death of a young Black man, Karon Hylton-Brown, led to days of protests in 2020, not long after the murder of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer.
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Eric Lipton NYT@ericlipton.nytimes.com · 2w agoJUST POSTED: A deep investigation by The NYT of shortcuts taken to get President Trump his Qatari-donated plane in time for POTUS to show it off during 250th anniversary events-compromises that leave the plane more vulnerable to potential threats (Free link) www.nytimes.com/2026/07/25/u...
TONIGHT: @joshturek4iowa.bsky.social joins @lawrenceodonnell.bsky.social on The #LastWord at 10pm ET.
New Bedford is considered the home of whaling's history in America — and now, home to the worst aquarium ever.
Whaling Museum goes viral for ‘worst aquarium ever’ T-shirts, totes
New Bedford is considered the home of whaling’s history in America — and now, home to the worst aquarium ever.
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Musk with a big wink to his fascist-loving audience. “Zero people ***who matter** died.”
Greg Sargent@gregsargent.bsky.social · last wk.On some level, fact-checking Musk's "zero died" claim misses the point. He's communicating in a coded race-war trope that his global fascist audience will instantly grasp: Zero people died *who matter.* He sees these USAID cuts as a dry run for much worse to come. newrepublic.com/article/2135...
TONIGHT: Former White House National Security Communications Advisor John Kirby joins @lawrenceodonnell.bsky.social on The #LastWord at 10pm ET.
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David Brouillette was “extremely mentally ill” and should never have been an armed federal agent, one relative said.
Killer ICE Agent Exposed as Bipolar Wife-Beating ‘Monster’
David Brouillette was “extremely mentally ill” and should never have been an armed federal agent, one relative said.
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A federal judge appointed by Donald Trump scolded the Department of Justice for submitting a court filing that included fake case law, which appeared to have been hallucinated by AI.
Trump Judge Rips DOJ Goons Over Embarrassing Blunder
She spotted an extraordinary error in the department’s paperwork.
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one of the supposedly damning docs the White House released tonight says Russia tried to undermine BIDEN. Also says China "prefers that President Trump be defeated" but actually "Beijing did not intend to try to affect the election" (!)
I watched the whole insane thing so you didn’t have to. It was a 25 minute pitch for one piece of legislation that the Republican Senate refuses to pass. Included gems like “We are winning big in Iran.” msnow at 10pm
