Notices by Ali Velshi (velshi@mastodon.world)

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

Accustomed to the McCain ethos, some registered Republicans in AZ are no longer feeling represented by their party.

“It's become easier and easier to not vote for people who don't stand for normal conservative principles.”

#Velshi #VelshiAcrossAmerica

https://www.msnbc.com/ali-velshi/watch/-we-ve-seen-what-he-s-capable-of-az-voters-tell-ali-velshi-why-they-re-voting-harris-walz-222184517923

As a result of Trump’s family separation policy, 1,300 kids still remain separated from their parents. Filmmakers of “Separated,” Errol Morris and Jacob Soboroff call the policy one of the “most shameful chapters in the history of our country.” #Velshi

https://www.msnbc.com/ali-velshi/watch/-government-based-on-meanness-errol-morris-and-jacob-soboroff-expose-trump-policy-in-separated-221625413865

Trump’s relationship with Putin has consequences - it undermines national security, empowers authoritarianism & destabilizes global alliances. If elected again, Trump will continue what he started. “This is a very scary moment,” says Bill Browder, head of the Global Magnitsky Justice Campaign. #Velshi

https://www.msnbc.com/ali-velshi/watch/bill-browder-this-is-a-very-scary-moment-221595717768

The Supreme Court has “accrued more power to itself” than actual voters, warns Elie Mystal, The Nation's justice correspondent.

A third of the justices have “emotional support-billionaires,” contributing to widespread loss of faith, adds Melissa Murray, an NYU law professor. #Velshi

https://www.msnbc.com/ali-velshi/watch/scotus-heads-into-new-term-backed-by-emotional-support-billionaires-221027909675

“Like a tyrant.”

New Jack Smith filings reveal “Trump was acting not under the rubric of his office, but simply as…a frustrated and angry political candidate,” says Rep. Raskin. “He was acting as an outlaw candidate." #Velshi

https://www.msnbc.com/ali-velshi/watch/-acting-like-a-tyrant-rep-raskin-slams-trump-after-new-smith-filings-221025861966

#Project2025’s plan for USAID would take the U.S. “deeply out of step with where the world is,” says Jeremy Konyndyk by pulling funding for climate change and mandating that NGOs restrict abortion. "This is not trivial stuff.” #Velshi #InsideProject2025
https://www.msnbc.com/ali-velshi/watch/-this-is-not-trivial-stuff-project-2025-s-plan-to-ally-the-u-s-with-authoritarians-worldwide-220366917969

"No one else can give you freedom," says Timothy Snyder. "The moment you think it comes from outside, or from the past, or from somebody else, you’re basically asking for authoritarianism." #Velshi
https://www.msnbc.com/ali-velshi/watch/historian-timothy-snyder-freedom-is-positive-and-being-joyous-is-the-first-step-219893829918

The GOP has "morphed" into an "incredibly dangerous" party, says Ken Burns. "It's going to be difficult for the Republican Party to figure out a way to escape the specific gravity of the darkness that engulfs it.” #Velshi
https://www.msnbc.com/ali-velshi/watch/ken-burns-on-the-incredibly-dangerous-party-that-the-gop-has-morphed-into-219893829982

Louisiana is about to make it harder for doctors to access a lifesaving drug that stops women from bleeding out post-labor. Why? Because that drug can also be used to induce an abortion. It's "intellectually dishonest," says Dr. Joia Crear-Perry. #Velshi
https://www.msnbc.com/ali-velshi/watch/abortion-drugs-and-procedures-are-part-of-lifesaving-treatments-because-abortion-is-healthcare-219873349818

Abortion bans reduce women to breeding stocks– and that’s exactly the point. #Velshi
https://www.msnbc.com/ali-velshi/watch/abortion-bans-reduce-women-to-breeding-stocks-and-that-s-exactly-the-point-219395141661