

Velshi
MS NOW, Ali Velshi
Ali Velshi brings his sharp analysis and perspective to weekend mornings.
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Mar 16, 2025 • 1h 21min
The Math Ain’t Mathin’
Why Donald Trump is underwater on the economy, what’s at stake as he slashes health research, and why more people aren’t speaking out against creeping authoritarianism
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Mar 15, 2025 • 1h 21min
With Friends Like These…
How Donald Trump’s trade war is souring America’s relationship with Canada, the ultimate aim of his administration’s attacks on higher education, and the next target in the Right’s backward march against personal rights
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Mar 9, 2025 • 1h 22min
The Battle to Hold the Line Against Trump’s Power Grab
Representatives Jamie Raskin (D-MD) and Bennie Thompson (D-MS) discuss the funding fight in Congress, the battle to hold the line against Trump’s power grab, and the continuing fight for civil rights in America
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Mar 8, 2025 • 1h 23min
Challenging Trump in Congress and the Courts
Congressman Al Green (D-TX) talks about challenging President Trump with “righteous incivility” while the courts are increasingly viewed as the last, best, clearest line of defense against presidential overreach.
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Mar 2, 2025 • 1h 23min
Global Disarray and “Alternative Math” in the Trump Era
Europe prepares for a world without the U.S. as a reliable ally, Canada readies for Trump’s tariffs, and Republicans work toward slashing health and nutrition programs to pay for tax cuts
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Mar 1, 2025 • 1h 21min
Allies, Adversaries, and Who’s in Control
Trump takes Russia’s side, the White House seizes control over the press pool, and post-Roe America brings echoes of the real-life stories that inspired The Handmaid’s Tale
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Feb 23, 2025 • 1h 22min
Past & Prologue
How America’s foreign policy realignment under Donald Trump threatens to unravel decades of global alliances and what history tells us about what might come next
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Feb 22, 2025 • 1h 23min
Purges, Cuts, and Turnabouts
What’s behind an extraordinary series of late-night firings at the Pentagon, the truth about Republican cost-cutting, and what the new American administration’s reversal on Ukraine means for the war-torn country
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Feb 16, 2025 • 1h 25min
It Doesn’t Have to Be This Way
Even with both chambers of Congress at his disposal, Donald Trump continues to unilaterally bulldoze his way through government, consolidating power. At every turn the president flouts the proper channels and procedures necessary to accomplish his goals, and instead Trump chooses chaos. But it really doesn’t have to be this way.
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Feb 15, 2025 • 1h 27min
Constitutional Questions and Political Pressure
The judicial branch is now under threat as the Trump administration continues its power grab in Washington and tests the limits of the president’s power. Will America’s system of checks and balances hold?
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