Notices by Ali Velshi (velshi@mastodon.world)

Now that Republicans have taken power in Washington, there's an effort to re-write the history of the Jan. 6 insurrection. “People saw it. They believe it," says Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-MS). “What we have right now is the Donald Trump retribution process on steroids.” #Velshi
https://www.msnbc.com/ali-velshi/watch/-retribution-process-on-steroids-rep-bennie-thompson-on-trump-s-first-week-230305861929

Let’s take a note from Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. – “if you can’t run, walk; if you can’t walk, crawl; but by all means keep moving.” The preservation of our democracy relies on you and I standing up for justice every day. Join me today on #Velshi w/ Jon Meacham.

Nobel Prize winning journalist Maria Ressa was arrested by Rodrigo Duterte’s government in the Philippines for her reporting. With Donald Trump set to take back office, Ressa says, “We’ve been here in the Philippines. There’s going to be a tremendous push to give in” to pressure. #Velshi
https://www.msnbc.com/ali-velshi/watch/-without-journalism-you-have-no-democracy-nobel-prize-winner-maria-ressa-s-warning-229681221681

Zuckerberg decided to cut ties with third-party fact-checkers like PolitiFact and Snopes, claiming that they’ve gone “too far.” Ending this program isn’t a defense of free speech – it’s a catalyst for misinfo, lies, and conspiracy theories. Heads of these fmr. Meta partners join me at 10aET. #Velshi

Jimmy Carter biographer Jonathan Alter says Carter would speak with a Black bishop on his front lawn, because his father would not allow him into the house. Carter’s experience growing up in the Jim Crow South shaped his stance on civil rights. #Velshi
https://www.msnbc.com/ali-velshi/watch/-from-tokenism-to-true-diversity-jimmy-carter-s-influence-on-politics-rooted-in-his-small-town-past-228490821656

"Hyperpartisanship does not work." GOP Rep. Don Bacon pushes back on Steve Bannon's idea that Republicans need to double down and become hyperpartisan. He adds: "James Madison designed this to insist that there has to be some kind of consensus between various factions." #Velshi
https://www.msnbc.com/ali-velshi/watch/gop-rep-pushes-back-on-bannon-and-musk-hyperpartisanship-does-not-work-227701317599

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In 2020, many corporations made public DEI goals only to back off them in the wake of backlash this year. But DEI doesn’t run counter to merit, says Adia Wingfield. In fact, when done right, it helps businesses grow. “They got the facts completely wrong,” says Dr. Jennifer Piscopo. #Velshi
https://www.msnbc.com/ali-velshi/watch/-the-way-to-do-the-work-is-slowly-surely-and-over-time-corporate-america-and-dei-225880133614

In Sudan, the world’s largest humanitarian crisis has left more than 11 million displaced and 25 million at risk of starvation. Sudan’s people are “dying from neglect,” says IRC country director Eatizaz Yousif, who herself has been displaced due to the war. #Velshi
https://www.msnbc.com/ali-velshi/watch/-no-safe-place-people-of-sudan-dying-from-neglect-225850949612

When rumors of banning LGBTQ+ books hit the library board in a small Louisiana town, librarian Amanda Jones took action, facing death threats. For her, silence was never an option.
“Hell hath no fury like a librarian scorned,” she writes. Join us at 11aET for the latest #VelshiBannedBookClub #Velshi

Oklahoma’s school superintendent wants to force schoolchildren to watch him pray– part of a nationwide effort to infuse Christianity in school curricula. Christian nationalists under Trump want to “blow up” the separation of church and state, warns NYU Prof. Melissa Murray.

https://www.msnbc.com/ali-velshi/watch/-conservatives-want-to-blow-up-the-separation-of-church-state-225300549863

For marginalized groups, the threat of a second Trump administration is "immediate" and "unsettling." There's no easy solutions to the problems the country faces, but "we can't capitulate to it," says Eddie Glaude. #Velshi

https://www.msnbc.com/ali-velshi/watch/eddie-glaude-we-can-t-capitulate-224073797723

Women have held the highest seats of power - via succession or election - throughout history and across the globe. But not in the United States. #Velshi

https://www.msnbc.com/ali-velshi/watch/almost-everywhere-but-here-the-american-problem-of-women-and-the-highest-office-224070213909

Trump doesn’t have unlimited power, says Laurence Tribe, and the Constitution isn’t just a “piece of prose.”

“We are about to see all of the institutions activated in a way that we haven’t had to see before.” #Velshi

https://www.msnbc.com/ali-velshi/watch/laurence-tribe-it-s-not-over-the-resistance-is-about-to-ignite-224025669597

"Please don't do that": Senator Bernie Sanders warns against sitting out this election or casting a protest vote. He says that Trump and Netanyahu are "in bed together" and that the GOP are "far, far worse" on many important issues. #Velshi

https://www.msnbc.com/ali-velshi/watch/bernie-sanders-trump-in-bed-with-netanyahu-gop-far-worse-for-gaza-223382597663

The LA Times non-endorsement and its owner's excuse for it is the "ultimate expression...of the both sides-isms of the media," says Mehdi Hasan.

"Journalists should have a bias—towards 'small-d' democracy." #Velshi

https://www.msnbc.com/ali-velshi/watch/-ultimate-expression-of-both-sides-ism-mehdi-hasan-takes-down-la-times-non-endorsement-222796357882

“In the modern world, most autocrats are democratically elected” and once in power “they begin to dismantle the state,” warns @anneapplebaum. #Velshi

https://www.msnbc.com/ali-velshi/watch/today-s-autocrats-rise-to-power-through-elections-and-then-dismantle-the-state-222765125962

As president, Trump said he would hire “the best people.” 🤨
Cabinet secretaries & Sr. advisers found out they were fired by tweet. Others resigned after improperly using gov't money. This time, he has only one job qualification: loyalty. #Velshi

https://www.msnbc.com/ali-velshi/watch/donald-trump-said-he-would-hire-the-best-people-his-time-in-office-suggests-otherwise-222216773787

Bulletproof glass, 3 layers of fencing, FBI agents & snipers. AZ is doing all it can to make sure elections & election workers are safe. “We’ve got to secure ourselves against ourselves & that’s terrible,” says AZ Secretary of State Adrian Fontes. #Velshi

https://www.msnbc.com/ali-velshi/watch/-securing-ourselves-against-ourselves-election-officials-in-az-go-big-on-security-measures-222184005653

Trump continues to call Dems “the enemy from within”, threatening retribution. “When Donald Trump tells you what he intends to do, understand that he has already done it before,” says Michael Cohen. “He intends to do it again.” #Velshi

https://www.msnbc.com/ali-velshi/watch/-he-intends-to-do-it-again-michael-cohen-sounds-new-alarms-on-trump-s-retribution-plans-222184517531