Donald Trump’s poor decision-making in the first year of his second term, including handing his administration over to the whims of his top donor, Elon Musk’s budget-cutting fancy, are now having consequences for the American public. One example among many is cuts made by DOGE to a forest maintenance program to prevent forest fires in the Superior National Forest in Minnesota, which is now struggling with wildfires.

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MS NOW’s Lawrence O’Donnell explains how Donald Trump’s “lust for vengeance” is leaving Republicans without a clear economic message heading into the midterms. Lawrence also examines why voters may care more about a candidate’s record and competence than their age – and why Trump’s own behavior has made the age debate even more complicated.

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The Cook Political Report has shifted Texas and Iowa Senate races to toss-ups, seats that have historically been red. MS NOW Congressional Reporter Mychael Schnell, MS NOW White House Reporter Laura Barrón-López and Wall Street Journal Washington Coverage Chief Damian Paletta join Erielle Reshef with more details ahead of the midterms.

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Jen Psaki exposes outgoing Trump press secretary Karoline Leavitt’s gimmick of calling on the “new media seat” in a ploy to waste time with fluff questions to flatter Donald Trump instead of serving the American people with information.

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Jen Psaki considers Senator Jon Ossoff’s charge that Donald Trump doesn’t actually want to be president and would rather spend time with his sycophantic aides flying around on his fancy Qatari airplane, and posits that Trump’s interest in only the most superficial aspects of the presidency makes his administration more akin to movie production than government.

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