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Harrison Butker response proves Kansas City Chiefs kicker on wrong side of history
The average football fan may not now who Harrison Butker is. But they probably should. The three-time Super Bowl-winning kicker for the Patrick Mahomes-Travis Kelce era of the Kansas City Chiefs is looking to help his team do something that no team has ever done: win three straight Super Bowls. But the kicker's stellar performances on the field were overshadowed this weekend when Butker took the podium at a commencement ceremony at Benedictine College in Kansas and espoused viewpoints that might...
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Supreme Court rejects CFPB funding challenge too extreme for even Clarence Thomas
It's a sign that your legal theory is too extreme when Justice Clarence Thomas leads a lopsided majority in rejecting it. That just happened in a case that highlights not the greatness of the Supreme Court but, instead, the radicalism of the even-further-right 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which the Thomas-led court had to reverse. The appeal involved a payday lender-backed challenge to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Breaking new ground, a Donald Trump-appointed 5th Circuit panel...
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Biden asserts executive privilege over Robert Hur tapes
President Joe Biden has asserted executive privilege to block House Republicans from obtaining the audio recording of his interview with special counsel Robert Hur, whose investigation of the president's handling of classified documents led to a report that has fueled GOP attacks on Biden's fitness for office. “The absence of a legitimate need for the audio recordings lays bare your likely goal — to chop them up, distort them, and use them for partisan political purposes," White House counsel...
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Aaron Rodgers praises Putin in Tucker Carlson interview
Thanks to injury — and apparently, arrogance — Aaron Rodgers has recently spent far more time podcasting than playing in football games. He’s been busy promoting conspiracy theories and other far-right rhetoric on seemingly any platform willing to have him. That continued when the New York Jets quarterback sat for a friendly two-hour interview with ousted Fox News host Tucker Carlson. As NBC News noted, Rodgers pushed multiple conspiratorial claims during this chat, released on X. But what...
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A new Netflix documentary on Ashley Madison offers a clear warning
It was hard to feel bad for the victims of the Ashley Madison hack when the news dominated headlines in 2015. From its inception, the website — launched in 2002 with the express purpose of making it easier for married people to cheat on their partners — always seemed to push up against the boundaries of bad taste. With controversial billboards featuring unauthorized images of everyone from Hillary Clinton to Mitt Romney, the site never shied away from negative publicity or outright hate. For...
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Andrew Weissman attends Trump trial: 'I don't usually see the defendant asleep'
MSNBC legal analyst Andrew Weissmann reports on what he saw from former President Trump and his "unusual reaction" to closing his eyes as Michael Cohen testified in the hush money trial.
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'Why are you cheering that on?': Joe reacts to Trump's 'bizarre' praise of Hannibal Lecter at rally
Former President Trump, speaking at a New Jersey rally, made an unusual comparison of migrants to Hannibal Lecter, calling the fictional character "wonderful." Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski react to the latest "bizarre moment" from the former president.
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Trump hails 'wonderful' Hannibal Lecter at New Jersey rally
Former President Trump, speaking at a New Jersey rally, made an unusual comparison of migrants to Hannibal Lecter, calling the fictional character "wonderful." Meanwhile, President Biden was busy on the West Coast, engaging in fundraisers and criticizing Trump's rhetoric. Biden is gearing up for a return to the West Coast for a star-studded fundraiser in Los Angeles next month, and plans an early summer fundraiser with Bill and Hillary Clinton. The Associated Press' Darlene Superville joins Way...
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Duncan Levin: While DA paralegals are ‘boring,’ they ‘lay down all the pieces’ for Cohen testimony
Multiple paralegals from the Manhattan District Attorney’s office are taking the stand to discuss the phone records and contacts lists that lay out the connections between former President Trump, Allen Weisselberg, and David Pecker in connection to the hush money payment made to Stormy Daniels. Catherine Christian and Duncan Levin join Ana Cabrera to react.
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Paul Butler: ‘Zero to 100 real quick’ that’s how Trump’s lawyers will ‘cross examine Michael Cohen’
Former Trump fixer Michael Cohen is expected to take the stand in the former president’s criminal hush money trial next week. Barb McQuade, Paul Butler, Catherine Christian and Duncan Levin join Ana Cabrera to look at how the prosecution and defense could use his testimony and share their thoughts on the trial thus far.
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Trump appeal in Georgia puts Fulton County election case deeper into limbo
Donald Trump’s New York state prosecution could be the only one of his four criminal cases that goes to trial, at least before the 2024 presidential election. And possibly ever. That was already true heading into this week. But we received the latest indication of that possibility on Wednesday, when Georgia’s appeals court signaled that it will consider Trump and his co-defendants’ request to disqualify Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis. As a reminder, Judge Scott McAfee said in March...
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‘Make America gag again’: Daniels' testimony sparks 'visceral reactions' in overflow room
Former U.S. Attorney Joyce Vance and MSNBC legal analyst Kristy Greenberg join Morning Joe to discuss the significance of Stormy Daniels' testimony. Greenberg argues that Stormy Daniels' testimony effectively portrayed Donald Trump as a 'creepy old man' and reinforced the prosecution's point that he made the payment to keep the story out of the public domain.