that does it for us here on the beat with ari melber joy reid picks it up next. tonight on the reidout under new york state law, it is a felony to falsify business records with intent to defraud and intent to conceal another crime. my lawyers came to me and said there s nothing here. they re not saying what you did. the defendant repeatedly made false statements on new york business records he also caused others to make false statements trump is still lying as local prosecutors pursue criminal charges against him doing the work that the doj should have been doing all along. despite warnings to refrain from inciting violence, trump is still attacking d.a. bragg the judge juan merchan and their families big breakthrough in wisconsin. but the challenge to democracy remains very real with republicans pushing minority rule and we begin with defendant donald j. trump, back at his mar-a-lago home after facing his first taste of the criminal justice system and
throw in the mix here is while we re talking about women, we should also talk about young people as a group. these reproductive rights issues and also these gerrymandering issues have real resonance with young voters and there were lines of young voters in madison, in o claire, in green bay around the state and so i do think there s a shift going on and if you can kind of generate the level of support that protasiewicz got in a non-partisan, off year, spring election on one of the rainiest, stormiest nights wisconsin had in a long time yeah. then could you do that in november of 2024 i think you could. yeah. and i would argue that for democrats nationally, guns and reproductive rights and i would throw in lgbtq rights and protecting history, those are winning issues republicans think they re winning issues for them. they are 100% wrong. john nichols, thank you very much. up next, another win for progressive last night this time