Velshi

MSNBC
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55 snips
Mar 23, 2025 • 1h 22min

The Growing Resistance against Trump 2.0

Vladimir Karamurza, a Russian opposition politician and Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist, discusses the evolving resistance against Trump and the significance of civic engagement in today’s politics. He highlights the distinct differences between past and present protests, stressing how grassroots activism is reshaping political discourse. Karamurza also tackles economic inequality and the impact of oligarchy on the working class, while exploring the urgency of uniting various political factions to advocate for reform. His insights shed light on the battle against authoritarianism and the importance of public participation.
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Mar 22, 2025 • 1h 23min

Trump vs. The Courts, and What Comes Next

President Trump and his allies’ increasingly contentious rhetoric towards America’s judiciary is ramping up fears of an historic clash that could have dire consequences for democracy, while Trump’s assault against the freedom and independence of America’s colleges and universities is taking us down a dangerous path that will cost us all
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Mar 16, 2025 • 1h 21min

The Math Ain’t Mathin’

Why Donald Trump is underwater on the economy, what’s at stake as he slashes health research, and why more people aren’t speaking out against creeping authoritarianism
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Mar 15, 2025 • 1h 21min

With Friends Like These…

How Donald Trump’s trade war is souring America’s relationship with Canada, the ultimate aim of his administration’s attacks on higher education, and the next target in the Right’s backward march against personal rights
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Mar 9, 2025 • 1h 22min

The Battle to Hold the Line Against Trump’s Power Grab

Representatives Jamie Raskin (D-MD) and Bennie Thompson (D-MS) discuss the funding fight in Congress, the battle to hold the line against Trump’s power grab, and the continuing fight for civil rights in America
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Mar 8, 2025 • 1h 23min

Challenging Trump in Congress and the Courts

Congressman Al Green (D-TX) talks about challenging President Trump with “righteous incivility” while the courts are increasingly viewed as the last, best, clearest line of defense against presidential overreach.
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Mar 2, 2025 • 1h 23min

Global Disarray and “Alternative Math” in the Trump Era

Europe prepares for a world without the U.S. as a reliable ally, Canada readies for Trump’s tariffs, and Republicans work toward slashing health and nutrition programs to pay for tax cuts
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Mar 1, 2025 • 1h 21min

Allies, Adversaries, and Who’s in Control

Trump takes Russia’s side, the White House seizes control over the press pool, and post-Roe America brings echoes of the real-life stories that inspired The Handmaid’s Tale
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Feb 23, 2025 • 1h 22min

Past & Prologue

How America’s foreign policy realignment under Donald Trump threatens to unravel decades of global alliances and what history tells us about what might come next
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Feb 22, 2025 • 1h 23min

Purges, Cuts, and Turnabouts

What’s behind an extraordinary series of late-night firings at the Pentagon, the truth about Republican cost-cutting, and what the new American administration’s reversal on Ukraine means for the war-torn country

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