Election. Though the dispute is technically over the handling of evidence, its become a proxy war of the expresident s mob boss tactics. Its a little complicated, but incredibly important. Here is where things stand right now. Federal judge chutkan was ordered a hearing over the Justice Departments request for a protective order. The rules governing the process between prosecutors and the defense team. The Washington Post notes such orders can be technical but are routinely approved by judges to protect witnesses and government investigative methods and priorities by limiting evidence by the defense to people authorized by the court. In its argument for a protective order, the Justice Department made a nod to the fact that the defendant has prosecutors explained they wanted to immediately turn over evidence to speed Defense Trial Preparations but were concerned in part over trumps history of posting on social Media Associated with cases against him. Trumps defense team complained the g
war on woke is it just exudes bad faith, right, the war on migrants by doing the martha s vineyard stunt, reaching into texas and shipping them, just shows bad faith. it s not a constructive way to address immigration. the war on trans youth and trying to intervene with a medical counsel youth get is bad faith. the war on voting rights is bad faith because there is not a policy agenda pursuing equity. i think that is why this ethos of ron desantis is hitting such a challenge. he is seen as somebody that continues to act in bad faith in these culture wars and on critical issues of race and equity, ron desantis appears determined to just run for the white house to represent white america. that now six months into this is basically his brand, it s not working. jason, your shrug really just said it all there. look, you know, a reboot is going from like christian bail batman to ben affleck, right, or
we re on the verge of a dramatic escalation in the gop war on voting rights. in texas the house and senate have been playing ping-pong with their brutally restrictive bill, working on its final language. this afternoon the house there adopted what is called a conference committee report. hours later the senate followed suit with a party-line vote, all before it heads to governor abbott s desk where it will almost certainly be signed into law. the timetable on that, a matter of days. as the clock ticks down, voting rights advocates have said it again. the clearest path, at this point the only path to a remedy is federal voting rights legislation, seemingly held up or challenged now by the prospect of a republican filibuster. the question on the table is, is what we are seeing to voting rights in the states across the country really a five-alarm fire
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in a tweet texas democrats summed up the situation like this. in the dead of the night, ted cruz blocked critical federal voting rights legislation in the senate. this morning, texas republicans are hunting down our legislators for fighting for the freedom to vote. the assault on our democracy has never been more dangerous than it is right now. the republican war on voting rights is where we start this hour with some of our favorite reporters and friends. political strategist and founder of country over party matt dowd is back and co-author of politico play book and msnbc contributor eugene davis is here and political analyst cleric mccaskill starts us off. i don t want to get wrapped around will they or won t they blow up the filibuster but will they or won t they protect the right to vote in what is now 22 states that have passed not just voter suppression laws but laws to really change who counts the