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'Waterboy' actor had a meltdown when asked to wear a mask at a restaurant -- and it was caught on video

TMZ revealed a video of "Waterboy" actor Peter Dante having a meltdown when asked to wear a mask. He refused, so the restaurant refused to serve him.

Dante was out for Korean BBQ and went to a Los Angeles restaurant that has a sign up saying "No Mask No Entry." He got in the face of the hostess, calling her "garbage" and a "c*nt" before demanding to speak to the manager.

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Expert reveals two major 'warning signs' pointing to civil war in US -- 'at a surprisingly fast rate'

One of the world's leading experts on civil war on Tuesday revealed some of the disturbing signs that the U.S. may be headed toward violent conflict.

Barbara Walter, a political science professor at the University of California at San Diego, has studied the outbreak of political violence in Syria, Iraq, Mozambique and Northern Ireland, and she told MSNBC's "Morning Joe" that some of the factors that caused those conflicts can be observed since Donald Trump entered politics.

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'Appalling and absurd!' Sparks fly as police kick protesters out of Ron DeSantis presser

A group of people was arrested at the Duval County Health Department Tuesday ahead of a press conference by Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis. As the cases of COVID-19 are dramatically increased in the state, protesters were on hand at the public health building demanding answers.

Things turned against the group when the facilities manager threatened to remove anyone who wasn't a member of the press. DeSantis foe, Daniel Uhlfelder took to Twitter to point out that the allegations of trespassing were "unconscionable" because it's a state-building, a public facility in which the governor is holding a public press conference.

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'They need marching orders': MAGA is 'desperate' for Trump's Jan. 6 speech

Donald Trump's biggest fans are eagerly awaiting his speech on the one-year anniversary of the Jan. 6 insurrection.

Reporter Ben Collins, who tracks online extremism, told MSNBC's "Morning Joe" that the twice-impeached one-term president has disappointed his supporters by boosting COVID-19 vaccinations, and they're looking for him to redeem himself in their eyes with new orders.

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'The gravy train is off the rails': Pro-Trump grifters fighting for scraps as their social media schemes flop

Donald Trump's far-right allies have fallen into a cycle of "chaotic melodrama" as they fight for attention from the twice-impeached one-term president and his fans that make up their audience.

Former national security adviser Michael Flynn and attorney Lin Wood are feuding bitterly, along with other election conspiracy theorists trading insults and recriminations, and reporter Ben Collins -- who tracks online extremism -- explained what was happening to MSNBC's "Morning Joe."

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The privilege log from Giuliani pal Bernard Kerik has embarrassing typos and shocking revelations: reporter

Disgraced former New York Police Commissioner Bernard Kerik has been linked to Rudy Giuliani as one of those in a Trump "war room" at the Willard Hotel on Jan. 6. Kerik, who has never served in the White House or executive branch of government, is still attempting to declare executive privilege for the subpoena from the House Select Committee on the attack on the U.S. Capitol.

The privilege log documents published by Politico, range from bizarre to embarrassing. Columnist Will Bunch wrote Monday morning that one document could ultimately be the "smoking gun" to show Trump was trying to use the Insurrection Act to use the military to overturn the 2020 election.

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Rachel Maddow: Will the Republican Party pay for Ivanka and Don Jr's legal fees too?

New York Attorney General Letitia James warned President Donald Trump and his children that she intends to pursue swift action to compel their testimony or hold them in contempt. The statement made it clear that if the Trump family thinks they can get away without testifying in the Trump Organization fraud case, they are sadly mistaken.

MSNBC host Rachel Maddow brought up the legal problems that Donald Trump Jr. and Ivanka Trump are facing.

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How an anti-vaxxer was radicalized into a 'Proud Boys friend' and then a Trump insurrectionist

Speaking to MSNBC host Chris Hayes on Monday, reporter Brandy Zadrozny described her team's efforts in following white supremacists, militia groups and other extremists for the year after the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.

One of the things that she noticed is that people angry about Jan. 6 went from obsessing over Trump's "Big Lie" to working on culture war issues like, "critical race theory."

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Jordan Klepper describes 'mob mentality' of MAGA crowds when he interviews them at Trump rallies

"The Daily Show's" Roy Wood Jr. hosted MSNBC host Chris Hayes and Jordan Klepper for this week's podcast ahead of the first anniversary of the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, the Daily Beast reports.

During the podcast, Klepper discussed attending an Iowa Trump rally and he noted that there was no "coherent narrative" among supporters about why the insurrection was wrong. Some spouted conspiracy theories like Antifa was really behind it or that it was a "false flag" operation by the "deep state." Others claimed nothing happened at all.

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Liz Cheney 'has the goods' on Trump and doesn't need Bannon or Meadows to comply: reporter

MSNBC's Punchbowl News founder Jake Sherman explained that Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) doesn't need former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows or Trump ally Steve Bannon to testify to have the information necessary to sink former President Donald Trump.

Speaking to "Deadline White House" host Nicolle Wallace, Sherman made it clear that Cheney is making other Republicans "uncomfortable" because of the amount of evidence she and the Select Committee on Jan. 6 has and who they will expose.

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Jan. 6 panel moving closer to establishing Trump's state of mind during Capitol riot: Morning Joe panelists

Congressional investigators are getting closer to building a case for Donald Trump's state of mind during the Jan. 6 insurrection, according to panelists on MSNBC's "Morning Joe."

Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) revealed the House select committee has "firsthand testimony" that Ivanka Trump asked her father to call off his supporters from storming the U.S. Capitol, and chairman Bennie Thompson (D-MS) says the panel has "significant testimony" that the White House was asked to intervene, but the former president waited nearly three hours before half-heartedly urging the rioters to go home.

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Have you seen these people? Here are some of the 350 insurrectionists the FBI is still looking for

It has been a year since President Donald Trump's supporters attacked the U.S. Capitol and attempted to assassinate Vice President Mike Pence.

While the FBI said that they've arrested 725 people they linked to the attack, there are still 350 more that the FBI has identified that are still at large.

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Former US Attorney cautions Giuliani colleague he's sadly mistaken he thinks he has executive privilege

Former U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance explained that Rudy Giuliani's colleague, Bernard Kerik, submitted documents to the House Select Committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. Some of those documents, however, he's attempting to claim "executive privilege" on.

Speaking to MSNBC on Saturday, Vance explained that someone who never worked in the White House can't claim executive privilege. It's the same tactic that Steve Bannon attempted and it not only didn't work, he was indicted by the Justice Department for criminal contempt.

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