trumpian malfeasance continues. the latest on american democracy s brush with death and what still needs to be done to untangle a booby trap justice department. also my conversation with the parents of two students, one black and one white, who had to share one top academic honor after a mixup that roiled the town and resurfaced the community s legacy of racism and segregation. velshi starts now. it is saturday, june 19. juneteenth, the day marking the true end of slavery in the united states of america. 156 years ago, the general announced in galveston that the union had won the war and that all enslaved americans were free. it was more than two years after the emancipation proclamation was signed.