TONIGHT - The Supreme Court hands Trump massive wins on immigration, while JD Vance downplays Watergate and makes a bizarre comparison to Nixon. Plus, author/writer Ta-Nehisi Coates joins to speak on the role of Gaza in the November midterms and beyond.
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"We need a big tent Democratic party and right now we have a fake big tent where there is room for you as long you are not going to question those in power... but if you start jeopardizing those things, suddenly there's no room for you in our party." Gen-Z activist Morris Katz's advice for Dems.
@anthonycoley.bsky.social on Republicans breaking with Trump on Iran. "It looks like damage control... 13 Americans have died... Republicans are starting to see the downstream political impact of their inaction."
TONIGHT - America's hopes for a peace deal with Iran once again rest on JD Vance's shoulders, for better or worse. Plus, what Father's Day looks like under Trump's immigration crackdown.
Donald Trump is about “power for the sake of oppression.” @jamaalbowmanny.bsky.social rips Trump’s obsession with power and comparisons of himself to leaders like Hitler.
@ravireports.bsky.social on how he interprets President Trump’s latest Truth Social threat: Tolls on the Strait of Hormuz if a deal isn’t reached within 60 days: “We need to follow the rules, but if we don’t follow the rules only I can break the rules”
TONIGHT: Donald Trump's desperate push to end his war with Iran starts to collapse before his eyes as he faces a tough opponent: reality. Plus, the grandson of John F. Kennedy, Jack Schlossberg, joins to discuss his bid for Congress.
@ahylton26.bsky.social: "Are we better off right now... than we were when this whole war began?" Ayman: "No, we are not better off... you've had 13 American service members killed, thousands of Iranians, including schoolchildren killed... from a sheer human toll, we are not better off."
TONIGHT: It’s Donald Trump’s birthday and he is celebrating like everyone does on their 80th… with a cage fight on the White House Lawn. Plus, State Sen. Mallory McMorrow joins to discuss her contentious bid for the Senate in Michigan
@ross.house.gov weighs the possibility of Trump pardoning Epstein accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell: “Pardons are given out like Halloween candy. But he knows that this one is directly tied to him.”
"Texas has bigger problems... we are number one in school shootings... and from what I've seen... Ken [Paxton] seems to be focusing on Trump, Trump, MAGA, Trump, MAGA, Trump." Former Ken Paxton impeachment lawyer Dan Cogdell on why he's supporting James Talarico.
"[Mike Johnson] is not a Speaker of the House... he's President Trump's boy and he does whatever Trump wants." @repcohen.bsky.social
TONIGHT - Americans cheer Trump's latest humiliation: having his name stripped from the Kennedy Center. Plus, Trump is set to mark his birthday (and America's) with a White House cage fight, and can Americans believe ANYTHING the White House says about Trump's health?
@gtconway.bsky.social breaks news on The Weekend: Primetime on his campaign in the NY-12 Dem primary. "I'm only doing this for one term... I'm doing this because we need to do something now. We can't survive thirty-two more months of what we've seen for the past sixteen.
@daniellemoodie.bsky.social: "If [Trump] decided tomorrow, he wanted to come here with a crane and take down the Statue of Liberty and put himself in its place, [Republicans] would clap like seals."
"People should be up in arms!" @nickakerman.bsky.social sounds off on Trump nominating his former lawyer, Todd Blanche, to serve full-time as attorney general.
"This is like holding a winning lottery ticket next to an open flame... "60 Minutes" is a cash cow... if they were to burn this, it does great damage." @macfarlanenews.bsky.social
"I've seen war... what I saw in Gaza was not a war... I couldn't just go back to my practice and say I've contributed, and I'll do another trip next year." @hamawyfornj.bsky.social explains why he decided to run for Congress after serving as a doctor in Gaza.
TONIGHT - Despite Trump’s unpopular polling GOP Senators still fall in line behind him on immigration policy, meanwhile the president continues spreading election fraud conspiracy theories as California’s election results roll in. Plus who is Trump’s new spy chief?
@crampell.bsky.social: "I'm very curious about what happens in both of these (California] elections where Republicans have gotten a lot closer... to securing the leadership of the state and a deep blue city. Former Sen. Barbara Boxer: "No way... I don't want to leave here before saying no way."
TONIGHT: New restrictions at a New Jersey ICE facility after another night of chaos, plus the countdown to Tuesday's high-stakes primary for California governor. Also... where in the world is Congressman Tom Kean?
"If anybody is digging up this footage in the future, I just want them to know it is exactly as stupid as I thought. For my grandkids... it was exactly this dumb." @pablo.show reacts to Trump saying he'll hold a rally for his Freedom 250 event after several artists backed out.
@esglaude.bsky.social: "What Trump and America 250 or Freedom 250... what they're going to try to do is to tell a story of the country that emphasizes a particular understanding of America as White."
@skyeperryman.bsky.social an.bsky.social on her legal victory against Trump's $1.8B fund. "This administration is facing over 750 lawsuits, and they are losing far more than they are winning... they want to avoid any accountability... and yesterday you saw the federal courts flat-out say no way"
TONIGHT: Trump melts down after a brutal night of legal losses, our Primetime focus into Texas Senate candidate Ken Paxton’s shady history, and why on earth is the White House talking about Harambe?
TONIGHT - California Congressman Robert Garcia joins to talk Trump's controversial “anti-weaponization” fund. Plus, Keisha Lance Bottoms discusses her race for the Georgia governor's seat, and Jemele Hill on a Black sports boycott over gerrymandering in the South.
TONIGHT: After a week of blatant Trump corruption Andrew Weissmann joins to discuss, plus David Hogg breaks down what we did and did not learn from the controversial DNC 2024 autopsy. Also California Rep. Robert Garcia talks Trump’s so-called anti-weaponization fund.
“A meth lab of conservative grievance” – @profmmurray.bsky.social jokingly describes how conservative ideals from Supreme Court Justices make their way down to lower courts and end up becoming a real legal theory
"Cuba doesn't pose a threat to the U.S. National Security." Cuban Ambassador to the UN, Ernesto Soberon Guzman, weighs Axios report that the U.S. is assessing a drone threat from Cuba.
"Can't you get one woman? Can't you get one person who isn't an older white man? I sound woke; I sound positively woke here!" @elisejordan.bsky.social jokes about the guests for Stephen Colbert's final shows.