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'White nationalism and white supremacy is now a key ideology of the Republican Party: MSNBC's Mehdi Hasan

MSNBC host Medhi Hasan cited Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY), who once protested the Republican National Convention because of former President Donald Trump, but now she has gone all in.

Discussing the new GOP conspiracy from "critical race theory" to the "great replacement theory," Hasan explained it's just another opportunity for Republicans to promote white supremacy.

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'You've messed up when you ban Rosa Parks': Children's book author denounces Pennsylvania ban

After the right-wing ginned-up outrage over fake controversy "critical race theory," one Texas school has banned a children's book about Rosa Parks.

During the debate over CRT, many argued that the racist policies banned teaching civil rights leaders like Martin Luther King Jr. and others, but the outrage was so insistent that the censorship laws were passed anyway.

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Newsmax reporter suggests Biden is punishing Ron DeSantis by withholding COVID-19 meds from Florida

The White House correspondent for the right-wing Newsmax network suggested on air that the Biden administration was withholding COVID-19 medication from Florida to politically hurt Gov. Ron DeSantis.

Emerald Robinson agreed with host Rob Finnerty, who was, in turn amplifying a conspiracy theory floated by Donald Trump Jr., that President Joe Biden was punishing his political enemies by "restricting their ability to secure life-saving monoclonal antibody treatments for all that need them."

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New Lincoln Project ad brutally rips Texas Gov. Abbott's botching of the COVID-19 crisis

The Lincoln Project issued a new ad lambasting Texas Gov. Greg Abbott's handling of the coronavirus pandemic.

The conservative advocacy group's advertisement notes that Texas is now one of the leading states in COVID-19 deaths, with more than 60,000 fatalities -- which would add up to 3.6 million feet in lumber needed to build their caskets.

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Video catches Texas cops dragging screaming Black man across the road

A horrifying video was just released showing a San Antonio Police Department detective dragging a Black man down the street while handcuffed, reported KSAT News.

The department released a statement saying that they had suspended Det. David Pantoja for 20 days and he's already back to work. The incident happened just after 3 p.m. on Jan. 30 and the investigation took six months.

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Asian-American man viciously beaten in terrifying encounter caught on video

An Asian-American man was brutally beaten in the Bronx in an attack interrupted by police -- who aren't sure whether to call it a hate crime.

The victim crashed Monday night into the rear of a black Honda Fit on the Cross Bronx Expressway, and both he and that driver pulled over on the side of the road in the rain -- along with a Mercedes minivan without a license plate, and about 10 people got out of the other two vehicles and surrounded him, reported WABC-TV.

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MSNBC's Morning Joe believes he knows the real reason GOP 'idiots' are calling Gen. Mark Milley a traitor

MSNBC's Joe Scarborough ripped Republicans who are calling Joint Chiefs chairman Mark Milley a traitor -- and revealed the real reason they're angry at the four-star general.

The White House is defending Milley against Republican criticism for reportedly communicating with his Chinese counterpart in the waning days of Donald Trump's administration, when he conducted backchannel communications to prevent a military strike that neither side wanted, and the "Morning Joe" host again called out GOP hypocrisy.

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WATCH: Preacher with sign saying ‘women belong in the kitchen’ gets decked by college student

A campus preacher carrying a sign saying "women belong in the kitchen" was assaulted Tuesday by a female student at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.

"A witness to the incident who captured it on video told AL.com the pair were carrying signs saying things to the effect that women "belong in the kitchen, they shouldn't be in college....just really misogynistic stuff,'" AL.com reports. "The video shows a female, believed to be a student, striking the man who said he was a preacher and knocking him to the ground. It was then that UAB campus police intervened."

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Brett Kavanaugh probe must be reopened after FBI allegedly ignored thousands of tips about him: Ex-federal prosecutor

Former federal prosecutor Glenn Kirschner is demanding an investigation into the FBI after it was revealed that there were 4500 complaints filed against then-Judge Brett Kavanaugh that went ignored and were merely handed over to the White House.

The Guardian reported that the FBI claimed they didn't have the authority to investigate Kavanaugh during his nomination process. It comes while the FBI is facing demands of a probe into how it mishandled allegations that Dr. Larry Nasser was molesting and raping Olympic gymnasts.

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'Oh my goodness': Pentagon's Kirby aghast after reporter asks if Gen. Milley committed treason

Reporters hammered Pentagon spokesperson John Kirby about the recent revelations in the book "Peril" by Bob Woodward and Bob Costa. According to the book, Joint Chiefs of Staff chair Gen. Mark Milley spoke to his Chinese counterpart, trying to calm any fears that former President Donald Trump would start a nuclear war with them.

Over and over Kirby explained to reporters on Wednesday that he wasn't in the Pentagon when this was happening, he doesn't work with the people who were there at the time and, even now, he doesn't know the specifics outlined in the book because he hasn't read it. All of these alleged events happened in the final month of the Trump administration and it happened even after Trump fired Defense Secretary Mark Esper.

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MSNBC's Morning Joe absolutely shreds GOP outrage over Milley: 'Are you stupid?'

MSNBC's Joe Scarborough brushed off Republican outrage over Joint Chiefs chairman Mark Milley conducting backchannel conversations with his Chinese counterpart, saying there's plenty of historical precedent for such communications.

Republican senators, including Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL), are irate over Milley's communications with China in the waning days of Donald Trump's administration, but the "Morning Joe" host pointed out several examples of Cabinet and military officials speaking to their foreign counterparts to prevent possible war.

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MSNBC's Morning Joe breaks down why GOP's California recall failure spells great news for Dems in 2022

MSNBC's Joe Scarborough said the results of California's failed recall of Gov. Gavin Newsom should be seen as good news for Democrats heading into next year's congressional midterm elections.

The county-by-county results largely mirrored Democratic wins in last year's presidential election, and the "Morning Joe" host said they should take comfort in those numbers ahead of the 2022 voting.

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'Wow Dan Quayle comes to the rescue of the republic': MSNBC's Andrea Mitchell shocked by new book revelations

MSNBC host Andrea Mitchell and Michael Schmitt of NY Times reported on revelations being published in Bob Woodward's latest book "Peril," which consists of over 200 interviews in the final days of Donald Trump's administration.

Among the things mentioned was that Vice President Mike Pence was getting a lot of pressure from Trump and his allies to stop the certification of the 2020 election at the joint session on Jan. 6. He sought advice from former Vice President Dan Quayle about Trump's demand to refuse to certify the election, asking if he could actually do that.

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