more ludicrous by the day and exposes republicans contempt for women. because apparently it s okay for walker to pay for an abortion, but they want harsh penalties for women who need the procedure. also tonight, less than five weeks to the midterms and republicans are pulling out all the old fear and loathing playbook, trying to scare voters about crime. also, democrats are fighting back. also fighting back is tonight s reidout democracy defender, who s working with michelle obama and a lot of other amazing people to increase voter participation. meanwhile, republicans are doing just the opposite, suppressing the vote and nominating a staggering number of candidates, who might well cancel your right to vote altogether. we begin with a crucial component of the abortion debate that often goes unscathed, often unnoticed. the men. since the birth of baby jesus, conception without sexual intercourse hasn t really been a thing. meaning it takes two to conceive. but in anti-abo
2020 election results. if they are denying about the past while seeking power you can bet they will act on those lies in the future. you can see the quote here from the washington post. they are running in every region of the country and nearly every state. over half, 174, are running for what are called safely republican seats, while another 51 are in tightly contested races. a sobering account from the washington post. the reason those numbers matter is if you follow politics you probably know while we hold these elections across the country, the midterms have every house seat for example up for grabs, the numbers, the way the districts are drawn and other factors mean of the races are all by decided. when they refer to safe seats they re referring to republicans who are vowing in the future to do what they failed to do in the past in some sense, which is act on the lies and say, whether they win or lose, they ll work to keep their party in power. if that lie becomes a
i m ari melber. our top story is this new gag order that binds defendant donald trump in his new york civil trial. the gag order is back on. the judge also noting they ll be enforcing it regular rousely and vigorously, and we ve seen the judge deliver on that promise before. as discussed, these things matter but only become this big a fightf you have the rare case of defendant who is flout the law against their interest. trump s already been fined on for this on two occasions, violating this order and been forced to payorit. you may say, what does he care about fines? itas fines that forced him into deposition as well. it is how the system, however slowly, enforces theseul trump s move comes after court filings show the judge and law clerk were receiving threats, a deluge of threats after trump was deliberately using his public following and online profile to try to whip up antagonism or worse, potentially other things, menacing things against these individual who is administ
that s one of the best ways to connect with me. sign up for my writing. again, our thanks to bun b. and his kind words, and the big question, what is the american-made music that you think connects or that we might need now today as our country goes through so many different things. we started with georgia on my mind. you tell me the other ones. maybe we ll update some of them on the show. that does it for us. the readout with joy reid starts now. readout with joy re starts now tonight on the reidout what s your reaction to people so close to you, your son, a mother someone says that she s the mother of your kid saying that you re lying, what s the reaction to people so close to you saying, don t trust you? just like what i just said, the democrats are desperate for this seat this quarter. but your family i love my family. i always love my family. i m going to win this race. i know i m going to win this race and stuff. herschel walker s spin gets