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The Bulwark’s @timmiller.bsky.social tells Joe that Donald Trump has spoken “to the id of the Republican base voter,” in his blood and soil, nationalist approach to politics. Prior to Trump, Miller explains, GOP leaders seemed to repress that instinct within the party.
On Friday, President Donald Trump swatted down a question on the record-breaking deployment of the USS Lincoln, telling a reporter the ship hasn’t been deployed “nearly long enough” despite concerns from family members of sailors who report deteriorating conditions on the ship.
At an Atlanta rally Sunday, Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-GA, jabbed at President Donald Trump, telling the crowd that, amid pressing international concerns, the president is sleeping through meetings, golfing and trading stocks.
On NBC’s “Meet the Press,” Attorney General Todd Blanche declined to condemn President Donald Trump’s decision to pardon Jan. 6 rioters. He also told Kristen Welker the Justice Department is “consistent” in its message that it will protect law enforcement.
The AP reports that, on Sunday, President Donald Trump ordered the Pentagon to scale back annual military exercises with South Korea because, he said in a Truth Social post, South Korea refused to help with “denuclearization” efforts against Iran.
Emmy Award-winning actor Jeff Daniels joins Morning Joe to discuss his new historical political drama “The Brink of War,” in theaters today.
Army veteran Cait Conley is set to face off with Rep. Mike Lawler, R-NY, in the race for New York’s 17th Congressional District in November.
MS NOW’s Laura Haefeli speaks with an active-duty Army sergeant whose wife was detained by ICE in front of their 6-year-old daughter. His case comes as Democrats investigate ICE enforcement involving military families and warn of consequences for military readiness.
The USS Abraham Lincoln, which left San Diego on Nov. 21, has set a modern-day record for most continuous days at sea.
Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan is set to face retired NFL sideline reporter Michele Tafoya in the race for Minnesota’s senate seat.
Minnesota’s progressive Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan defeated moderate Rep. Angie Craig, D-MN, in Tuesday’s Democratic senate primary. Now, she will face former NFL sideline reporter Michele Tafoya in November’s general election.
After beating Democratic socialist Francesca Hong in Tuesday’s Democratic gubernatorial primary in Wisconsin, @davidcrowley4wi.bsky.social says “it’s time for us to come together.”
Sailors aboard the USS Lincoln have been deployed for more than 260 consecutive days at sea, a modern-day record. Now their family members are sounding the alarm over worsening conditions on the ship.
Rev. Al Sharpton tells Morning Joe that Democrats’ public perception problem is due, in part, to the fact that the party allows for internal dissent.
With midterm elections just around the corner, former “Hardball” host Chris Matthews says Democrats need to oppose the Democratic Socialists of America’s extreme agenda.
After Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley shocked the country by beating Democratic socialist Francesca Hong in Tuesday’s primary for Wisconsin governor, @joe-scarborough.bsky.social says Hong “just wasn’t a good political athlete.”
On Monday, President Donald Trump signed an executive order reducing the childhood vaccine schedule from 18 diseases to 11 and suggested that the number or timing of vaccines could be linked to rising rates of autism.
On Monday, President Donald Trump signed an executive order reducing the childhood vaccine schedule from 18 diseases to 11 — an initiative of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
@joe-scarborough.bsky.social condemns Democratic lawmakers for declining to distance themselves from members of the far-left over controversial views surrounding Hamas' Oct. 7 attacks on Israel.
Megan Romer, co-chair of the Democratic Socialists of America, told New Yorker editor David Remnick she “probably” would have attended a pro-Hamas rally that took place in New York City just one day after the attacks on Israel in 2023.
President Donald Trump said Sunday that, rather than ramp up military operations against Iran, he’s prepared to let economic pressure intensify.
Academy Award-nominated actor Willem Dafoe joins Morning Joe to discuss his latest film “Late Fame,” in theaters now. Dafoe plays Ed Saxberger, a forgotten New York poet working in a post office until a young fan attempts to revitalize his work.
After the Supreme Court struck down President Donald Trump’s efforts to end birthright citizenship, the president signed two executive orders aimed at limiting the scope of it.
Early Friday morning, Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-AK, announced she would not vote to confirm acting Attorney General Todd Blanche for the permanent position.
In a piece he co-authored with Nancy Youssef for The Atlantic, Jonathan Lemire reports that, due to the war in Iran, the country’s stockpile of long-range weapons is too diminished to combat a threat in Asia, officials say.
Andrew Shue, best known for his role as Billy Campbell in the prime-time soap “Melrose Place,” now hopes to combat partisan extremism with his new initiative: The Forum.
@massgovernor.bsky.social Maura Healey, D-MA, joins Morning Joe to discuss the Protect Act, a new law she signed Wednesday that enacts the strongest protections against ICE in the country.
Sen. Thom Tillis, R-NC, voted to advance acting Attorney General Todd Blanche’s nomination Tuesday to the permanent role after Blanche issued an order to terminate President Donald Trump’s “anti-weaponization fund.”
At a rally in Las Vegas on Wednesday, President Donald Trump told a crowd: “The economy is the greatest economy we’ve ever had by far.” He also went on to mock the issue of affordability.
@abdulelsayed.bsky.social, the progressive former public health official and nominee in the Michigan Democratic Senate primary race, says on Morning Joe that Medicare for All is the “cause of my career in public service.”