If you feel conflicted about America’s 250th anniversary celebrations, when Black Americans are being gerrymandered out of power, and immigrants are getting locked up indefinitely in detention centers, you’re not alone. In his new book “America, U.S.A.: How Race Shadows the Nation’s Anniversaries,” Eddie Glaude Jr. calls this a “double consciousness” that’s inherent in all Americans: the feeling that “America imagines itself as a beacon of freedom and as a white republic.” 

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MS NOW’s Lawrence O’Donnell is joined by Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) of the Senate Judiciary Committee to discuss the breaking news that Donald Trump plans to nominate his former criminal defense attorney, Todd Blanche, to be the next attorney general of the United States.

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MS NOW reports that the Trump administration is planning to abandon its highly controversial $1.8 billion “slush fund.” MS NOW’s Melissa Murray reports and is joined by former SDNY civil prosecutor Maya Wiley and The New York Times’ Molly Jong-Fast. (The Beat’s YouTube: https://ms.now/ari)

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A tense back-and-forth erupted when Rep. Madeleine Dean (D-PA) asked Todd Blanche whether his obligation was to Jeffrey Epstein’s victims or to President Trump. Blanche pushed back, saying the Department of Justice “will always protect victims.”

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Democrats believe their path to retaking the Senate runs through Iowa. MS NOW Reporter Alex Tabet has the latest from Des Moines. Democratic strategist Basil Smikle joins Chris Jansing to share his outlook.

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