Velshi

A look at the role everyday Americans are playing in the fight against Trump’s authoritarianism; The Washington Post’s former Executive Editor, Marty Baron, discusses the current state of the publication amid mass layoffs and a recently resigned CEO; how DHS is using a secretive legal weapon to target regular people who question the ICE crackdown To listen to this show and other MS podcasts without ads, sign up for MS NOW Premium on Apple Podcasts. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Democrats outperform Republicans by wide margins in recent special elections is fueling GOP angst ahead of the midterms; Arizona authorities announce new developments in the Nancy Guthrie case; what new nuclear talks between the U.S. and Iran mean for stability in the region; President Trump’s calls to ‘nationalize the voting’ fuel fears of election interference To listen to this show and other MS podcasts without ads, sign up for MS NOW Premium on Apple Podcasts. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

President Trump wants to  ‘nationalize the voting’ in several states; The Washington Post under Jeff Bezos goes from ‘Democracy Dies in Darkness’ to a shell of its former self; the Velshi Banned Book Club tackles the Aldous Huxley classic "Brave New World." To listen to this show and other MS podcasts without ads, sign up for MS NOW Premium on Apple Podcasts. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Why organizers say the next "No Kings" Day will be the biggest yet - and why it has to be; how to tell ICE agents from other deployed federal officers; what Minnesota’s top election official thinks about the Trump administration’s latest demand for the state’s voter rolls; and a look at the pricey, state-of-the-art technology that helps ICE track its targets. To listen to this show and other MS podcasts without ads, sign up for MS NOW Premium on Apple Podcasts. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Unions are stepping into a critical role in the resistance against Trump’s ICE crackdown and authoritarian slide; volunteer “rapid responders” speak out about tracking ICE deployments in the Twin Cities in real time; and a conversation about why sustained defiance is what’s needed now to meet this moment. To listen to this show and other MS podcasts without ads, sign up for MS NOW Premium on Apple Podcasts. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

The next "No Kings" Day, general strikes, and what it will take to create a sustainable protest movement to meet the current moment; the surprising results from special elections in Texas; why Democratic election officials are planning crisis scenarios for the upcoming midterms; retired Army Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman discusses his run for U.S. Senate in Florida. To listen to this show and other MS podcasts without ads, sign up for MS NOW Premium on Apple Podcasts. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

The fight for America and the latest from Minneapolis; Ali delivers a personal essay on the power of music as resistance; how far-right influencers are framing ICE resistance as domestic terrorism; Greg Ketter, the 70-year-old bookstore owner who went viral during the Minneapolis protests, joins a special and important meeting of the Velshi Banned Book Club To listen to this show and other MS podcasts without ads, sign up for MS NOW Premium on Apple Podcasts. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

The ICE resistance and the power of economic protest; Jim Acosta discusses Trump’s latest attack on America’s freedom of the press and the arrest of his former colleague Don Lemon; an explainer on how to protest safely To listen to this show and other MS podcasts without ads, sign up for MS NOW Premium on Apple Podcasts. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

The Trump Administration’s latest threat against constitutional rights, is an attack on the freedom of the press; Rep. Angie Craig discusses the ongoing protests in Minneapolis and explains why it’s important her colleagues are on the right side of history; Rep. Suhas Subramanyam reacts to the latest release of Epstein files; how the Trump administration has resurrected The Big Lie from the 2020 election with the Fulton County raid, and what comes next To listen to this show and other MS podcasts without ads, sign up for MS NOW Premium on Apple Podcasts. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

The latest on the ground in Minneapolis following yesterday’s deadly shooting of Alex Pretti by federal agents; a frame-by-frame analysis of the videos from the shooting; Rep. Angie Craig (D-MN) discusses why it matters that the Trump administration continues to lie about shootings by federal agents in Minneapolis; Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) breaks down what Congress can do to fight Trump’s ICE deployments; former ICE Acting Director John Sandweg explains how the agency has strayed from its original mission; Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA) urges Democrats to leverage their minority power in the Senate to halt funding to the Department of Homeland Security. To listen to this show and other MS podcasts without ads, sign up for MS NOW Premium on Apple Podcasts. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.