

Velshi
MS NOW, Ali Velshi
Ali Velshi brings his sharp analysis and perspective to weekend mornings.
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May 11, 2025 • 40min
Trump’s Policy Chaos
Trumpism on the world stage, former Senator Doug Jones (D-AL) discusses the power of speaking up to save democracy, and how the president’s economic policy chaos is exposing cracks in the GOP
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May 11, 2025 • 41min
A World Without Regulation
With the White House arguing that the U.S. is “drastically over-regulated”, former FDIC Chair Sheila Bair discusses the dangers of living in a world without regulations. Plus, why the Trump administration is threatening to arrest members of Congress.
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May 11, 2025 • 41min
Trumpism at Home and Abroad
President Trump is heading to the MIddle East, while Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is in Switzerland negotiating a trade deal with China, as Trump’s budget throws the congressional GOP into chaos
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May 10, 2025 • 42min
Arrests & Escalations
Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman gives her first-hand account of Newark Mayor Ras Baraka’s arrest by federal authorities outside an ICE facility, how President Trump’s talk of dolls is code for austerity, and Valeria Luiselli discusses her book ‘Tell Me How It Ends’ in this week’s meeting of the Velshi Banned Book Club
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May 10, 2025 • 33min
The Real-World Danger of Trump 2.0
What happens when a real crisis unfolds in the new Trump era, with the civil service gutted and career experts run off? Plus, the cautionary tale of the NC state election that almost beat democracy. And the anti-abortion movement’s backdoor plot to target medication abortion.
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May 10, 2025 • 38min
Pointless Austerity
What the president really means when he says kids can make do with two dolls, why the arrest of the Newark mayor is a flashing red warning light, and how the administration exposed the real reason for its war against elite universities
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May 4, 2025 • 2h
Courage & Dissent Could Save Democracy
The importance of courage when the only thing standing in the way of Donald Trump’s unraveling of democracy are the American people; how Trump’s crypto meme coin dinner is the latest sign of a new red flag to watch out for; the impact of Trump’s attacks on dissent, a pillar of American democracy
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May 3, 2025 • 1h 51min
Trump's Economy
A torrent of terrible poll numbers show there’s already a lot to dislike about the Trump economy, and it’s going to get much worse; the dangerous philosophy that the Trump administration is increasingly using to claim the right to define parameters of war without congressional approval or due process; 100 days of Project 2025 promises kept; George M Johnson is back for this week’s meeting of the Velshi Banned Book Club.
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Apr 27, 2025 • 1h 23min
Trump’s Bad New Polling
Brand new polling has bad news for President Trump’s signature policies, the CEO of Michigan Planned Parenthood describes the consequences of closing three clinics due to Trump’s funding cuts, and Congressman Bennie Thompson (D-MS) discusses his visit to the Louisiana ICE facility where two detained international students are being held and the vital importance of due process in America
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Apr 26, 2025 • 1h 22min
Escalations, Crackdowns, and Churn on Day 96
The arrest of a Wisconsin judge marks a major escalation in the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown as well as its posture toward the judiciary, and the churn within his cabinet continues
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