MS NOW’s Lawrence O’Donnell details how a federal judge said “no” to Donald Trump, finding that his lawsuit against the IRS “did not actually involve two sides, but was really Donald Trump suing himself,” meaning that Donald Trump “and his cowardly Treasury Secretary and his now-sanctioned lawyers, will not be allowed to defile the very temple of justice.”

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“I didn’t expect that performing this service was going to put me in the position of explaining to my children what a bulletproof vest was or why I had to wear one.”

Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett described personal threats she’s faced while testifying on Capitol Hill on the court’s request for increased security funding.

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#SCOTUS #amyconeybarrett #swatting

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MS NOW’s Alex Tabet spoke to travelers at the newly renamed Donald J. Trump International Airport in West Palm Beach, Florida, and got their reactions to the name change.

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We’re just days away from the confirmation hearing for Trump’s former defense attorney and now acting Attorney General Todd Blanche to become the 88th U.S. Attorney General. During his tenure, political rivals have been targeted, journalists have been subpoenaed, and election officials have been threatened not in the pursuit of upholding the rule of law, but upholding the rule of one man. Plus, MS NOW is reporting that “Two Atlanta-based FBI intelligence analysts were fired last week after refusing to participate in the Trump administration’s investigation of Georgia’s 2020 presidential election,” according to three people familiar with the matter. MS NOW legal analysts Melissa Murray and Andrew Weissmann join “The Weekend” to discuss. 

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#Trump #ToddBlanche #DOJ

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Jacob Soboroff shares a reminder that it is ALREADY illegal for noncitizens to vote and that cases of noncitizens voting are extraordinarily rare (even according to conservative think tanks)!

Is the White House searching for a problem that simply does not exist?

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