New york times reporters Jonathan Martin and alex burns, an excerpt shared with the Washington Post, mcconnell is described as exhilarated by trumps political implosion. The sick part is that it took mutilated Capitol Police officers and our own damaged democracy to get mcconnell that animated on the topic, but i digress. Heres how the Washington Post describes the new reporting on mcconnell, quote, i feel exhilarated by the fact that this fellow finally totally discredited himself, mcconnell told Jonathan Martin, one of the authors of a new book called this will not pass when asked about his feelings on the violence and the rioters. Trump, the Kentucky Republican said, was pretty thoroughly discredited by this, quote, he put a gun to his head and pulled the trigger, mcconnell said standing in a doorway of the capitol after midnight. Quote, it couldnt have happened at a better time. Well, not so fast. The disgraced expresident and the big lie still loom large over the party, which has
Brandnew Blockbuster Reporting in the New York Times pulls the curtain back on this new push by the stop the steal movement, which is based on the completely baseless idea that the 2020 election, which of course took place more than 15 months ago now, can be in the words of that movements leaders, desert fied. Quote, allies of mr. Trump including the lawyer john eastman are pressing for states to pass resolutions rescinding Electoral College votes for President Biden and to bring lawsuits that seek to bring baseless claims of large scale voter fraud. Some of those allies are casting their work as a precursor to reinstating the former president and even though there is no chance, zero chance, that the election will be decertified, this election has the potential for seeding more chaos, especially as the expresident plots another run from the white house in mmxxiv. Democrats an somes have raised concerns about the efforts. They warn of Unintended Consequences including the potential to i
neil gorsuch took the stage at a banquet hosted by the federalist society. at this point i would show you a sound bite of justice gorsuch s comments or remarks. but sadly, i can t do that. why? because the media was barred from listening in. doesn t sound shady at all, right, senator? in case you forgot, the federalist society is a highly influential organization for conservatives and libertarian lawyers. it has served as a vetting pipeline for many republican judicial choices, including gorsuch himself. if you re doubting just how political this event was, other speakers including former vice president mike pence, ron desantis, kayleigh mcenany. it s not a who s who of bipartisan politicians from both sides of the political divide, is it? does that speaker s list sound like a non-partisan organization to you. senator kennedy, while you seem to be spending time and energy on the impartiality of a future justice, wouldn t your time be better spent worried about one already on
They have three items weapons, weapons and more weapons. Just how much help will ukraine get from Western Allies . Ill talk to Dmytro Kuleba and National Security adviser Jake Sullivan. Plus Ketanji Brown jackson confirmed. As americas first black female Supreme Court justice. In my family, it took just one generation to go from segregation to the Supreme Court. Winning three republican votes after a parade of republican attacks. It goes back to incredible character and integrity she possesses. Also, inflation fears. Its scary to think about where its going. Ill talk to someone who predicted inflation was coming and now says a recession is likely next year. Former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers. Join me for inside analysis, anna palmer, former republican congressman Carlos Curbelo, Kimberly Atkins stohr, and josh lederman. Nbc news correspondent. Welcome to sunday. Its Meet The Press. From nbc news in washington, the longest running show in television history, this is Meet The Press
Donald trumps attorneys are doing everything they can to get charges against him thrown out. Today in Fulton County, that meant repurposing an old argument on the First Amendment. They say that Everything Trump did or said regarding the 2020 election was covered by free speech. The prosecutors argument, its not protected at all, if he was using that speech to break the law. Plus, take a look at this video, giving all of us flashbacks. Remember when they were president and vice president. Now President Biden and former president obama getting off Air Force One heading to manhattan where theyll join former president clinton for an extremely rare and extremely lucrative fundraising event, likely bringing in more money ton than donald trump raised all of last month. And officials trying to map out next steps following the baltimore bridge collapse from clearing that mountain of metal and debris under the water to finding the bodies of the four workers still missing. The ntsb now says it co