a cure. just why are members of congress allowed to buy stock? plus the taliban moving with frightening speed to take back afghanistan. they ve got to fight for themselves, fight for their nation. the terrible end to the terrible 20-year war. when all in starts right now. good evening from washington, d.c. i m in for chris hayes. it s friday, august 13th. for most of you today is significant probably not beyond a warm summer friday. for the one in three republicans in this country who believe donald trump will be installed as their rightful president today is a very significant day indeed. it is reinstatement day. the reason they believe this deranged nonsense has a lot to do this man the my pillow guy mike lindell. his is in many ways a harrowing life story from the depths of his crack addiction that cost him his home and marriage. he found god. founded a successful business. most importantly he found donald j. trump. he never found common sense. you see, in the bi
that, because it is astonishing how bad i am, i never make fun of anyone else s singing no matter what. god bless america my home sweet home that was the rendition of god bless america that greeted conferencegoers at the cyber symposium that has been underway all week in south dakota, hosted by the ceo of a pillow company named mike lindell. he s been in the week this week, you might have seen, because of a very conservative trump appointed judge in d.c. just allowed a massive multi-billion dollar lawsuit to go forward against him and rudy giuliani and trump lawyer sydney powell. that lawsuits was filed by dominion voting systems. the voting machine company that has been vilified by former president trump and his supporters with all sorts of wild conspiracies about how that company is somehow to blame for the conspiracy that led trump to appear to lose the election when secretly he won. dominion s massive lawsuit against giuliani and powell and mr. lindell, this w
you know how some people can like sort of sing like math to know but they are not good at carrying it to, and i cannot sing at all. people cry when i sing happy birthday. when i sing that national anthem, it sounds like a crime. i m just absolutely terrible. the only saving grace in my relationship is that susan is equally terrible. so we can sing together but nobody else can. because i m so terrible at that, it s astonishing how bad i, am i never make fun of anyone else is singing. no matter wet. [noise] that was the rendition of god bless america. that greeted conference goers at the cyber symposium that has been underway all week in south dakota, hosted by the ceo of a pillow company whose name is mike lindell, mr. lindell has been in the news this week you will have seen because of a very conservative trump-appointed judge lawsuit to go forward against him and rudy giuliani and trump lawyer sydney powell. that lawsuit was filed by dominion voting systems systems
towards her desk. beto o rourke tweeted this show of support. unlike the filibuster in the u.s. senate, the filibuster rules in the texas senate requires senatoring a have a al alvarado not able to eat, drink, use the restroom. we re with you. ultimately the senator s long-shot effort ended with this plea my friends, voter suppression anywhere is a threat to democracy everywhere. as we have drawn this sdougs an end it is my sincere hope that simple acts by everyday texans from the senate floor to the ballot box can help to shed the light on all important issues. what do we want our democracy to look like? do we want our state to be more or less inclusive instead of making it easier to vote? this bill makes it easier to intimidate. instead of making it harder to cheat, it makes it harder to vote. republicans true to their brazen commitment to rolling back access to the polls and totally impervious to the fact there was no fraud, ignored alvarado s plea and passed the res
the rapid spread of the highly contagious delta variant now pushing the number of new covid cases to over 100,000 per day. but some unvaccinated americans clearly getting the message. more than 860,000 doses administered on wednesday, the highest number in a single day in more than a month. also tonight, investigations into embattled new york governor andrew cuomo s conduct expanding. at least six county district attorneys requesting investigative material from the state s attorney general to determine if the allegations of sexual misconduct lodged by multiple women amounted to potential crimes. and president joe biden honoring heroism of police officers who defended the capitol on january 6th, signing a bill awarding the congressional gold medal to capitol police and d.c. police forces. the tragedy of that day deserves the truth above all else. we cannot allow history to be rewritten. we cannot allow the heroism of these officers to be forgotten. we have to understand