On Monday, the State Department released a 100-page report titled “Cuba: The Capital of 21st Century Communism”, which blames the country for the rise of Democratic socialism and warns that it is a threat to the United States. Rep. Mark Pocan (D-WI), who just returned from a trip to Cuba, joins Antonia Hylton with his reaction to the report.

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New polling from Fox News shows Americans trust Democrats more to handle key issues. According to the poll, voters surveyed said Democrats are doing a better job on income inequality, healthcare, inflation, the economy, and foreign policy. This comes as President Trump continues to mock Democrats for focusing on the affordability issues affecting scores of Americans and make baseless claims about election interference, all while there is no end in sight for the war in Iran. The Morning Joe panel breaks down the poll numbers and debates whether Trump is really interested in helping Republicans in November. 

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Antonia Hylton spoke with Brian Tyler Cohen about why hopes for bipartisanship may actually be getting in the way of Democrats’ ability to regain power on Capitol Hill — and what may need to change for that to happen.

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Police fusion centers are intelligence hubs created after 9/11 to share information among local police, the FBI, the Department of Homeland Security, and other federal agencies. Brennan Center’s Faiz Patel says fusion centers started as a counterterrorism tool, but moved to a broader purpose. They “have access to broader pools of information at the same time, very few rules governing how that information is used.”

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Troy Jackson has officially been nominated by the Democrats to take on Republican Susan Collins in the critical Maine Senate race. “I think it’s very clear that the state of Maine is with him,” says V Spehar, founder of Under the Desk News. When discussing the working class and how to help people it “felt like he was speaking from the heart,” said Jason Selvig, member of The Good Liars political comedy duo.

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