trump s free speech. it is about his conduct. plus, new revelations about the extent of trump s pressure campaign, and we are talking to the man who is in charge of running secure elections there in 2024, we are going to get into the lasting effects of voting in the political process. then, we will take a timeout from donald trump so that our critics can weigh in against lizzo, and what the popstar has to say about it. i have something to say. we start with breaking news this evening, in spite of being warned by a judge not to temper with witnesses or jurors, or interfere with the administration of justice, former president donald trump fired off a threat within the last 24 hours. if you go after me, i am coming after you. now, this threat is the definition of political speech. as part of the prosecution s case against trump. if you hours go, the trial judge gave trump s negotiate deadline of five pm on monday, to respond to a protective order proposal submitted by the specia
that is what we are hearing from the white house about debt ceiling negotiations at this hour. house speaker kevin mccarthy sounding more confident now that a deal can and will be reached before the new june 5th deadly. chair of the congressional black caucus, congressman steven horsford is with us to discuss what is at stake. and let s talk about governor ron desantis roll out on twitter, y all. the florida republican officially announced he s running for president. but there was no crowd, no introduction of the candidate. i mean, it s almost the exact opposite of what you want to do to launch a presidential campaign. plus, three years ago, since george floyd was killed by police, police brutality is still a deadly reality in america today. we are talking to activist tamika mallory about confronting this ongoing crisis. i am symone sanders townsend. and i have something to say. a breakthrough or a breakdown? that is what is at stake in the next nine days. that ceilin
leaked audio revealed racist comments made by the council president. she has since i think some others need to step aside to. we will hear about an l.a. city council member about what happens next. i have something to say. the midterms aren t coming, they are already here. voting is underway in multiple swing states and it starts tomorrow in georgia. candidates are getting their final messages across in debates and polls are i need you to know something. while we talk a lot about these congressional gubernatorial races, because they are crucial, who you elect as secretary of state or who you elect to appoint your secretary of state, we will talk about that, we ll have a defining consequence for the future of our democracy. the secretary of state as the chief elections officer of their respective state. there are secretary of state races in 27 places across the country. that is more than half this november. at least four republican nominees in swing states have ref
at the juneteenth, y all, and happy father s day. i m simone sanders, and i ve got something to say. we re looking ahead to the next january 6th hearings and beyond to the former donald trump s potential prosecution. but before we dive in i have a little bit of a disclaimer. i know some of y all may be frustrated. frustrated at how winding the path to accountability is, and how long it takes to travel it, but even if donald trump is not charged. if he escapes all consequences, these hearings will not have been in vain. this week marks the 50th anniversary of watergate. it seemed like a standard burglary led to the first and only resignation of the u.s. president. richard nixon. but it didn t happen overwrought night, y all. it took years of federal hearings and exhaustive journalism to finally uncover how deep the corruption went. though he resigned, nixon never faced charges. he was actually pardoned by his successor. but thanks to efforts to hold him accountable, history re
pipe. we re going to hear from him in just a few minutes. and we are headed into the culture corner, y all. our culture critics weighing in on the rico charges for atlanta rappers. i m simone sanders and i have something to say. at least ten people are dead, according to authorities after a shooter opened fire at tops course around buffalo new york on saturday. the shooter did so in a zip code or nearly 80% of the residents are black. the shooter is now in custody and an apparent manifesto treated to him appeared online in the days before the attack. now this manifesto, it is races racist diatribes and antisemitic memes and frequently invokes the white supremacists great replacement theory. which has motivated other shootings in the past. now the great replacement theory falsely claims that jews are working to replace white people with people of color. with me now, i want to bring our first guest as former u.s. attorney general eric holder. he is the author of the new book,