Hasan Piker joins MS NOW’s Symone Sanders-Townsend and Eugene Daniels for a wide-ranging interview on Clock It. The Twitch streamer and political commentator has a massive following with growing influence in progressive politics. But he is controversial. It has Fox News talking about him all the time and many Democratic politicians denouncing him for offensive comments. But instead of talking about him, Symone and Eugene wanted to talk to him. In this wide-ranging conversation, Piker joins them to discuss his evolution from livestreamer to increasingly visible political influencer, and what that high profile means in this crucial midterm election cycle. They debate who the “working class” and the Democratic base really is and what’s driving the left in this political era. Piker is confronted on what he says is the “majority position” of Democrats with Symone asking him to prove it. Piker is also challenged on whether his influence can actually win, with Symone making clear that if she were running a political campaign, she would tell her candidate to “disavow” him to win. There is much more in this compelling interview, with the Clock It hosts asking Piker the hard questions.

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Barack Obama and Donald Trump held dueling rallies in battleground states and offered voters a vision for America that’s in stark contrast of each other. History professor Tim Snyder joins Ali Velshi to discuss the “historical opportunity” of these midterms.

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Earlier this month, Punchbowl News reported the Department of Justice sought to indict Cassidy Hutchinson. In a huge blow to the Trump DOJ, a Washington, D.C. grand jury declined to indict the former White House aide and Trump critic on charges of lying to Congress. Nicolle Wallace is joined by Carol Leonnig and Miles Taylor for reaction on Deadline: White House. Plus, Lawrence O’Donnell examines why Hutchinson’s courage in testifying against Trump’s role in the January 6 attack on the Capitol made her a target of his revenge campaign.

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On this episode of The Best People podcast, author and history professor Heather Cox Richardson joins Nicolle with lessons from American history to help contextualize the current state of the nation ahead of the midterms. She draws from an idea that Americans seem to have “lost” since Reagan’s presidency — a determination to mend the government to fit the needs of its constituents. As Election Day looms and President Trump’s priorities seem more and more out of touch with the needs of everyday Americans, Richardson encourages us to exercise the right to change our government when it no longer works to serve us: “The Constitution literally begins, ‘we the people,’ and we have the right to vote. Instead of being afraid to vote, we should make them afraid to stop us from voting.”

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The Supreme Court denied the Trump administration’s bid to temporarily block California from counting the mail-in ballots of about 20,000 voters whom the federal government claimed it had “identified as likely noncitizens.” Nicolle Wallace is joined by Norm Eisen, whose group is defending California voters, for his instant reaction to the ruling. Plus, President Trump delivered his closing message at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. Jen Psaki joins Ari Melber on “The Beat” to discuss the final stretch of the midterm elections. Meanwhile, Chris Hayes explains why Americans’ refusal to be intimidated may already be a victory for democracy.

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