President Trump told reporters that federal agents would remain in Portland, Oregon until "they've secured their city." The president claimed "anarchists and agitators" were part […]
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Combative Barr Defends Trump In Norm-Breaking Hill Testimony | The 11th Hour | MSNBC
Trump attorney general Bill Barr appeared before House lawmakers and voraciously defended Trump while battling with House Democrats. Chuck Rosenberg reacts. Aired on 7/28/2020. » […]
Continue readingFederal Encroachment On Local Police Raises Mission Creep Concern | Rachel Maddow | MSNBC
Mayor Quinton Lucas of Kansas City, Missouri, talks about the concerns he shares with other U.S. mayors that the federal forces Donald Trump is sending […]
Continue readingSeattle Mayor: Looks Like Trump Is Rehearsing For Martial Law | Rachel Maddow | MSNBC
Mayor Jenny Durkan of Seattle talks about how Donald Trump's deployment of federal forces in Portland and other cities has antagonized protesters and made circumstances […]
Continue readingIs Portland Crackdown Trump’s Martial Law ‘Dress Rehearsal’? | The 11th Hour | MSNBC
Seattle's mayor warned that Trump sending federal agents to police American cities is a 'dress rehearsal for martial law' from the president. Barbara McQuade reacts. […]
Continue readingFormer RNC Chairman Calls Trump ‘P.T. Barnum On Steroids’ | Deadline | MSNBC
The clashes between protesters and federal agents in Portland escalate as other protests pop up across the country. Meanwhile, Donald Trump lashes out at the […]
Continue readingRep. Val Demings: ‘Trump Is Doing Everything He Can To Instill Fear’ | MSNBC
Democratic Rep. Val Demings of Florida, a top contender for Biden’s vice-president, says Trump’s racist dog-whistles about the suburbs and his deployment of federal law […]
Continue readingVelshi: Protests Are The Sound Of Democracy In Action | MSNBC
MSNBC’s Ali Velshi says Trump’s use of federal troops in Portland violates the fundamentally American right to protest and represents a shift from democracy to […]
Continue readingCalling Out Trump-Era Racism, Ice Cube Talks Police, Racial Justice And Anti-Semitism Allegations
Rapper Ice Cube discusses racism, police brutality, what has changed – and what hasn’t – since his iconic song “F—The Police” in this extensive interview […]
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