'Toxic': DeSantis push to transform university drives out students, faculty
...Plus, 'Which country do we want to be?': U.S. faces reckoning in right-wing backlash to racial progress
Aug 30, 2023•41 min
Trumpland with Alex Wagner
On “Trumpland with Alex Wagner,” Alex travels the country talking with the people on the frontlines of Trump’s policies and promises. For the first 100 days of the new administration, she’s taking a break from the anchor’s chair to get out into the field to bring you conversations you can't always find on TV. You’ll get a 360 degree-view of what’s happening both at home and abroad now that Donald Trump is once again president of the United States.
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Episodes
Georgia defendants move for speedy trials, federal trials, and severed trials
...Plus, The striking parallels between Watergate and the Georgia indictment
Aug 26, 2023•41 min
'Almost impossible': Judge in Trump Georgia case 'stress tests' legal system with limits on Trump
...Plus, Is it odd for a 'billionaire' to use a bail bondsman? Yes.
Aug 25, 2023•40 min
BONUS: “Velshi Banned Book Club”
As a bonus for listeners, we’re sharing the first episode of a new MSNBC podcast, “Velshi Banned Book Club,” an act of resistance against the epidemic of book banning. In each episode, a different author of a banned book joins Ali Velshi—including Margaret Atwood, Nikole Hannah-Jones, Laurie Halse Anderson and more—to talk about why their work is being targeted and about the literature itself. “Velshi Banned Book Club” is a series rooted in literary and cultural analysis and in the notion of rea...
Aug 24, 2023•38 min
'Naive' Secret Service seemed oblivious to nature of Oath Keepers ahead of Jan. 6: report
...Plus, DeSantis eager to disclaim his elitist roots to curry favor with MAGA populists
Aug 24, 2023•43 min
Trump witness flipped after dumping Trump-aligned lawyer, court docs reveal
...Plus, 'Mad, mad world': Republicans make a mockery of primary debate before it even starts
Aug 23, 2023•42 min
Florida town, students fight to preserve record against state's war on Black history
...Plus, Despite years of kowtowing and sucking up to Donald Trump, he is spurning their Republican primary debate. Was it worth it?
Aug 19, 2023•35 min
GOP elites 'scared to death' being stuck with Trump going into 2024: McCaskill
...Plus, How a weird McConnell video may explain the embarassing leak of DeSantis' debate strategy
Aug 18, 2023•42 min
'A frightened little boy, deep down': Defendant Trump struggling with new status: Mary Trump
...Plus, Republicans in legal trouble find limit to "back the blue" stance
Aug 17, 2023•42 min
Giuliani finds himself on the wrong end of his favorite anti-Mafia tool in Georgia case
...Plus, Former Kanye publicist named in Trump Georgia case; could mean justice for election workers
Aug 16, 2023•41 min
'She knows who she is dealing with here': Judge sets limits for Trump; violation seems inevitable
...Plus, First Family scandals hardly unique to Biden
Aug 12, 2023•42 min
'Jaw-dropping': New report details extent of billionaires' luxury gifts to Clarence Thomas
...Plus, How the history of Lahaina compounds the tragedy of the Maui fire devastation
Aug 11, 2023•41 min
Trump's Twitter habit comes back to haunt him; Here's what a search warrant might reveal
...Plus, 'His mouth has been his biggest enemy': Trump Georgia indictment could come with a gag order
Aug 10, 2023•41 min
Now it's serious: Special counsel's new focus threatens Trump's piggy bank
...Plus, Ohio voters defeat Republican proposal seen as obstacle to codifying abortion rights: AP
Aug 09, 2023•41 min
Trump's mask slips further with choice of Alabama political event
...Plus, Why a psychology curriculum can't ignore the people Republicans don't like
Aug 05, 2023•41 min
Most likely court tactic for Trump: Delay, delay, delay (and do not take the stand)
...Plus, Fani Willis indifferent to Trump's crowded court calendar
Aug 04, 2023•42 min
'I think we're going to see a lot more indictments': Michigan AG on overlap in Trump cases
...Plus, How the Ku Klux Klan Act ended up in the Donald Trump election subversion indictment
Aug 03, 2023•43 min
Why 'Employee 2' could be Donald Trump's worst nightmare
...Plus, 'Every accusation is a confession': Trump telegraphs misdeeds with wild accusations
Jul 29, 2023•42 min
Why Jack Smith waited until now to charge Trump for secret Iran document flaunted on tape
...Plus, 'A mobster type approach': Trump superPAC paying legal fees of co-defendants, witnesses
Jul 28, 2023•41 min
'You can't lie in the court of law': Trump's Big Lie hits brick wall in court
...Plus, Pence in a panic: Ex-veep begs for 'even one dollar' in bid to make GOP debate stage
Jul 27, 2023•42 min
'The evidence is going to be significant': Trump's own words are Georgia prosecutors' best weapon
...Plus, Right-wing online group's programming approved for Florida students
Jul 26, 2023•42 min
Alabama GOP invites court smackdown; defies order to draw fair map
...Plus, Harris rips Florida going soft on slavery; DeSantis seeks GOP favor, attacks Black history
Jul 22, 2023•41 min
'Poisoning the well': Florida middle schoolers to be dragged into DeSantis' war on history
...Plus, McCarthy burned by reported promise to placate crabby Trump by expunging impeachments
Jul 21, 2023•42 min
How to understand the statutes cited in Donald Trump's latest target letter
...Plus, Republicans insist on alternate reality at the expense of U.S. military and even democracy
Jul 20, 2023•42 min
State prosecutors begin to pick apart Trump's fake elector house of cards
...Plus, 'The very center of the entire conspiracy': Raskin hails DOJ progress in Trump probe
Jul 19, 2023•41 min
More indictments likely in Trump cases, new reporting suggests
...Plus, Civil rights dominos set to fall as conservative activists get Supreme Court's message
Jul 15, 2023•41 min
'Complete disrespect': Fran Drescher, SAG-AFTRA president, rages at media execs over impasse
...Plus, 'Clowns': GOP primary field struggles in shadow of Trump's dominance
Jul 14, 2023•42 min
As GOP works the law enforcement refs for Trump, important policing issues go fallow
...Plus, Pillow guy and Trump cohort learn election denialism is bad for business
Jul 13, 2023•41 min
'Right around the corner': Legal peril for Trump gets real as grand juries are seated
...Plus, Bittigieg calls out opponents of infrastructure bill now trying to take credit
Jul 12, 2023•42 min
Jack Smith zeroes in on the White House meeting that spawned Trump's 'will be wild!' tweet
...Plus, ...Plus, Trans candidate looks to make history as GOP is mired in anti-woke freak-out
Jul 08, 2023•42 min