The Trump administration attempts to preemptively interfere with the midterms. The Comeys are back in the news and a federal judge channels Dr. Seuss and enrages Trump.

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Mary and Andrew examine the “extraordinary efforts of the federal government to preemptively interfere with the midterm elections,” starting with the Ninth Circuit’s ruling against DOJ’s attempt to block more than 20,000 alleged noncitizen votes. Mary and Andrew call the suit “outrageous.”

The DOJ filed what Mary calls a “frivolous” lawsuit to block the certification of the Senate race in Alaska if the Republican candidate on the ballot, Dan Sullivan, loses, noting potential confusion with the independent candidate of the same name. Put simply, Andrew says, “That’s not the way it works.”

They talk about “a tale of two Comeys”: James Comey is charged for the third time while a judge rules that his daughter, Maurene Comey, was unlawfully fired by the Trump administration dealing a significant blow to Trump and his DOJ.

Trump gets mocked by a judge blocking him from cutting down trees at an iconic public golf course in Washington, D.C. The judge saying “I am not the Lorax. I do not speak for the trees. I am a judge.”

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With the midterms days away, Trump vet Ty Cobb talks to Ari Melber about concerns the Trump DOJ will meddle with the midterms as well as signs the president is growing increasingly disinhibited, attacking reporters and slurring his speech.

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Even though election attorney Marc Elias, founder of Democracy Docket, is confident that the lawsuit filed by Donald Trump’s Justice Department against the state of Alaska over anything other than a Republican Senate victory will fail on the legal merits, that doesn’t make the lawsuit any less alarming and important. Elias explains to Jen Psaki what Trump is really up to.

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A New York state court has blocked Texas prosecutors from filing legal action against a New York doctor who prescribed and sent abortion pills to a woman in Texas. The Ulster Country clerk of court refused to recognize Texas’ filing and cited New York’s abortion shield laws as protecting the New York-based doctor from legal action for providing abortion care. This is likely to set up a legal battle, bringing this issue to a federal court to decide which state’s laws count, how and when. MSNBC legal analyst Lisa Rubin breaks it down.

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