

Velshi
MS NOW, Ali Velshi
Ali Velshi brings his sharp analysis and perspective to weekend mornings.
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Jun 7, 2025 • 42min
Holding Court
How Donald Trump could build a more MAGA judiciary; what the math looks like when you add up Trump’s new steel tariffs; and Molly Jong-Fast discusses her new book ‘How To Lose Your Mother’
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Jun 7, 2025 • 39min
It’s a DOGE Eat DOGE World
Former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen weighs in on the explosive end to the Trump-Musk alliance; the story behind the USNS Harvey Milk and what it really means to be a warrior; fmr. U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Bridget Brink on why she resigned her post in protest and whether she’s considering a run for congress; and an on-the-ground report from UNICEF in Gaza
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Jun 1, 2025 • 41min
Power, Profit, and Pardons in the Trump Era
President Trump is spending his second term remaking America’s system of politics and governance in his own image, where everything is a transaction; the latest on Ukraine’s major drone attack deep inside Russian territory; and how to survive Donald Trump’s chaos economy.
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Jun 1, 2025 • 41min
Trump’s Transactional America
How Trump is remaking American governance in his image; how the president’s trade war is endangering a key piece of NATO’s air defense system; and what’s coming for a Supreme Court that empowered a president who seems bent on diminishing its own authority.
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Jun 1, 2025 • 39min
Truth & Consequences in Trump’s America
What happens when campaign promises meet reality; an introduction to the pediatrician who is challenging Sen. Lindsay Graham in South Carolina; and Donald Trump’s brain drain
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May 31, 2025 • 41min
Our Roles in the Fight For Democracy
What Americans can do to secure their democracy; President Trump declares a ceasefire is “very close” between Israel and Hamas; and the Velshi Banned Book Club features “Pride Puppy,” a children’s book by Robin Stevenson that is at the center of a U.S. Supreme Court case.
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May 31, 2025 • 40min
The State of Trump’s Economy
President Trump tests America’s democracy and the limits of its legal institutions; why Americans on the right see Hungary as a model to emulate; and deporting migrants proves lucrative for American companies with ties to the administration.
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May 31, 2025 • 40min
The People’s Guide to Securing Democracy
What Americans can do to secure their democracy; President Trump declares a ceasefire is “very close” between Israel and Hamas; and Elon Musk’s tenure in the U.S. government has come to an end, but is DOGE really done?
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May 25, 2025 • 41min
Trump’s Historic Upward Transfer of Wealth
How the House GOP’s passage of President Trump’s ‘One Big, Beautiful Bill’ set up a massive upward transfer of wealth in America, why the actions we are seeing right now from the Supreme Court are more confusing than usual, and policing in America five years after the killing of George Floyd
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May 25, 2025 • 41min
Trump vs. The Judiciary
Judge J. Michael Luttig discusses the impact President Trump’s attacks on the judiciary is having on American democracy. And what’s exactly at stake in Trump’s battle against Harvard and why it’s more than just a fight against an elite school
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