Every day in every state across the country, our political system is bankrolled by an army of fundraisers, pulling in millions of dollars a race. Sometimes it looks like you might imagine knocking on doors, calling every name in the phone book, and emailsso many emails. But for all those Little Fish throwing 100 to their local race, its the whales those campaign fundraisers really need powerful, rich individuals and companies. And when they donate 25,000, 100,000, A Million dollars, they want a Favor. Or 10. It should be obvious thats corrupt, but with a wink and a nod, political Deals Toe the Bribery Line every single day. And we may never have noticed that if a certain illinois Governor Hadnt flung back the curtain with an unrepentant ego, a political corruption crime spree, and a set of unprecedented Audio Recordings that shined a bright light on the inner workings of american political power. Ladies and gentlemen, meet Rod Blagojevich. It was early morning, cause i used to get up e
Brooklyn, how we doing . When the host and Creative Director of Msnbc Life and we are so excited to welcome you to our very first of soldout fanfocused event. Thank you. This is where you get to meet and greet your favorite msnbc personalities live and in person , and i can let you guys in on a little secret. Steves khakis are just the same as in real life. Over the course of the day, we will give you our take on the state of this crazy election. Are you enjoying it so far . Its only september. All right, lets get this thing kicked off. You may have seen them reporting from the dnc. They are going to tell you what it was like to be there in that electric atmosphere, but first theyre going to dig into what is at stake in november. Please welcome to the stage, the host of the readout, Joy Read and Alex Wagner. Thank you. Add a selfie. So smart. Hello. Thank you all for coming. How amazing is this . Amazing. Thank you, brooklyn. I think we are going to just jump right in because really wh
Donald trump says the tv debate was rigged against him, and he was asked this in the spin room afterwards. What did you think of the moderators what did you think of the moderators fact what did you think of the moderators fact checking what did you think of the moderators fact checking you throughout? i think the moderators were very unfair. Trump supporters described it as three against one because he was fact checked more than kamala harris. But he said much more that was not true. In springfield, they are eating the cats, they are eating the dogs. It prompted one of the more unlikely fact checks. There have been no credible reports of pets being harmed by the individuals. Well, i ve seen people on television. . . After sourcing that claim to people on television, trump also said this. Her vice presidential pick says abortion in the ninth month is absolutely fine. He also says execution after birth, execution, no longer abortion, because the baby is born, is ok. And that s not ok
And he was asked this in the spin room afterwards. What did you think of the moderators fact checking you throughout? i think the moderators were very unfair. Trump supporters described it as three against one because he was fact checked more than kamala harris. But he said much more that was not true. In springfield, they are eating the cats, they are eating the dogs. They are eating the pets of the people that live there. It prompted one of the more unlikely fact checks. Abc news did reach out to the city manager there. He told us there city manager there. He told us there had city manager there. He told us there had been no credible reports there had been no credible reports of specific claims of its being reports of specific claims of its being harmed, orabuse within its being harmed, orabuse within the immigrant community. Well, i ve seen people on television. . . After sourcing that claim to people on television, trump also said this. Her vice presidential pick says abor
He was a very divisive and controversial figure. He was a very divisive and controversialfigure. What he was a very divisive and controversial figure. What has been the reaction to his death? as you might expect, mixed reactions. He was incredibly divisive and so many people praising his legacy, many people calling him the best president peru ever had. He was celebrated by his followers for defeating the left in the early 19905 defeating the left in the early 1990s and also putting the economy back on track after massive hyperinflation at the end of the 1980s that round to 7000%. Hit the tractors also make his detractors also making the point he was a very authoritarian leader and also convicted of human rights violations and sentenced to 25 years also by rampant corruption in 2009. And to death squad massacres for which the family members are still demanding justice and they say never received an apology from fujimori or any reparations that he was obliged to pay as part of his senten