Radical right wing mass violence sits dangerously close to Republican politics

May 9, 2023 - Rachel Maddow, joined by Kathleen Belew, an expert on the white power movement in the United States, looks at the interconnectedness of radical, right-wing mass killings and Republican politics under Donald Trump that has embraced some of the same ideology. 

 

Joy Reid: Republicans are basically saying the second amendment is a death pact

May 8, 2023 - Mass murder has become a regular occurrence in red states like Texas, as Republicans apparently keep trying to gaslight us about how the guns somehow have nothing to do with it. Joy and her panel discuss how to demand common sense gun reform now.

 

Lawrence: I hate the predictability that the next mass shooting will happen

May 9, 2023 - Examining what journalist Pete Hammill called America’s “secret filthy heart” after the assassination of Robert F. Kennedy, MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell analyzes the details of another tragic mass shooting in Texas.

 

OPERATION DISCHARGE PETITION - Randi Rhodes Show @ 05.03.23

May 3, 2023 - Bio: "Intellectual Badass" Randi Rhodes is the number-one ranked progressive radio talk show host, political commentator, entertainer, and writer. The Randi Rhodes Show was broadcast nationally on Air America Radio, and Premiere Radio Networks from 2004–2014. Rhodes represents aggressively independent media.   

 

Are New Supreme Court Ethics Rules Needed as Justices Gorsuch, Roberts and Thomas Face Disclosure and/or Recusal Questions ... ?!

May 3, 2023 - Democracy Now: Three conservative Supreme Court justices are now embroiled in a growing ethics scandal about their personal and financial connections. Recent reporting has revealed that Justice Neil Gorsuch sold property he co-owned to the head of a major law firm that has since had many cases before the court, Justice Clarence Thomas failed to disclose lavish gifts and payments from billionaire and conservative activist Harlan Crow, and the wife of Chief Justice John Roberts was paid over $10 million in commissions as a job recruiter placing lawyers at elite law firms. Legal experts and lawmakers are increasingly pushing for ethics reform on the high court, with the Senate Judiciary Committee holding a hearing on the issue on Tuesday. “Because they don’t have an ethics code, you don’t know whether they’re doing things in an above-board way,” says Vox senior correspondent Ian Millhiser. He also discusses growing frustration that California Senator Dianne Feinstein has not resigned her seat amid a prolonged absence from the Senate due to illness, which is stopping Democrats from confirming federal judges.

 

Watch The ReidOut With Joy Reid Highlights: April 28

Apr 29, 2023 - Tune into The ReidOut weekdays at 7 p.m. ET on MSNBC.