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Abby Phillip fact-checks Mitch McConnell’s claims about the filibuster
CNN's Abby Phillip explains history of the filibuster and how it was used, at times, to further racism. #CNN #News
Continue readingJon Meacham: With Joe Biden, What You See Is What You Get | The 11th Hour | MSNBC
Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer and historian Jon Meacham reacts to what we've seen thus far from the 46th president and his performance on the job. Aired […]
Continue readingFeingold: Voting Rights More Foundational To Democracy Than Filibuster Ever Was | All In | MSNBC
“These voting rights are foundational to our democracy. They are more foundational to our democracy than the filibuster ever has been or ever will be,” […]
Continue readingBoston’s Mayor Kim Janey Draws Insight From Racist Chapter In City’s History | Rachel Maddow | MSNBC
Mayor Kim Janey, in her first national interview as the mayor of Boston, talks with Rachel Maddow about how living through the racist backlash against […]
Continue readingRacist Scandal Lurks In Background Of Cornyn Obstruction Of Gupta Nomination To DOJ | Rachel Maddow
Rachel Maddow revisits a racist scandal from 1999 in Tulia, Texas in which dozens of people were arrested and convicted on bogus drug charges. While […]
Continue reading‘Tool Of The White Supremacist South:’ Hayes On Racist History Of Filibuster | All In | MSNBC
Mitch McConnell said the filibuster has “no racial history at all.” However, “the actual use of the filibuster as its developed has been, almost more […]
Continue readingHow Manchin & A Broken Senate Squandered U.S. Will For Gun Reform After Sandy Hook | Rachel Maddow
Rachel Maddow looks back on how Joe Manchin, with Pat Toomey, in the wake of the Sandy Hook gun massacre, supplanted President Obama's call for […]
Continue readingWhy Are Some Tennessee Republicans Defending The First Grand Wizard Of The KKK? | All In | MSNBC
Nathan Bedford Forrest traded slaves and massacred union soldiers. And some Tennessee lawmakers say he deserves a place of honor in the capitol. TN state […]
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