Notices by Ali Velshi (velshi@mastodon.world), page 2

#Project2025 aims to shield domestic rightwing extremists from FBI scrutiny despite a surge in threats.
Former U.S. Attorney Barbara McQuade warns "vigilante violence” will follow. “If we ignore those kinds of threats, we're doomed to have more of them.”#InsideProject2025 #Velshi
https://www.msnbc.com/ali-velshi/watch/project-2025-plans-to-shield-rightwing-extremism-will-lead-to-vigilante-violence-218382917620

There's a "big secret" Senator Bernie Sanders wants to share: "All progressive ideas are enormously popular.” That's why so many people at last week's DNC cheered for so many of the policies he has long championed. #Velshi

https://www.msnbc.com/ali-velshi/watch/sen-bernie-sanders-the-big-secret-about-progressive-ideas-217944133971

You can look at Project 2025's goals as going after the health of women," says fmr. HHS Sec. Kathleen Sebelius. Many of its proposals will lead to poor outcomes for women. "We're not just talking about repro. health. We're talking ALL health." #Velshi
https://www.msnbc.com/ali-velshi/watch/-a-terrifying-place-to-be-fmr-hhs-secretary-warns-about-project-2025-s-plans-for-women-s-health-217946181817

In overturning #Roe, #SCOTUS has ushered in a new period of "Jane Crow," says Michele Goodwin. "When you take people’s ability away to be able to care for themselves, you affect every aspect of their life." #Velshi
https://www.msnbc.com/ali-velshi/watch/the-jane-crow-era-why-the-abandonment-of-morality-by-scotus-is-a-matter-of-democracy-217923141536

Going #InsideProject2025’s labor policies with Seth Harris: they would create a hostile labor market for workers and weaken unions…and allow teenagers to operate heavy machinery. Because that is what we needed. #Velshi
https://www.msnbc.com/ali-velshi/watch/inside-project-2025-s-plan-to-weaken-unions-and-lower-workers-wages-217920069973

The GOP have spent decades pitting low-income Americans against each other for political gain. Rev. Dr. William Barber III says if the 30 million Americans living in poverty united and voted, they would be "the largest potential swing vote in the country." #velshi
https://www.msnbc.com/ali-velshi/watch/-racist-tropes-block-americans-from-seeing-full-poverty-picture-rev-william-barber-iii-217396805671

Abortion bans are leading doctors to deny women the medical care that they need, resulting in near-death medical complications and permanent damage to their reproductive systems. These abortion bans mean that every single person of reproductive age with a uterus is at risk. #velshi
https://www.msnbc.com/ali-velshi/watch/why-every-single-person-of-reproductive-age-with-a-uterus-is-at-risk-217374789635

Abortion bans continue to put lives at risk, as more and more women are denied necessary emergency abortions. Nancy Northup of The Center for Reproductive Rights says “This should scare anyone who is pregnant in a state where abortion is a crime” #velshi

https://www.msnbc.com/ali-velshi/watch/-really-frightening-women-waiting-until-near-death-for-reproductive-care-217376325562

As president, Trump tried to revoke the independence of U.S. media agencies, but he fell short. #Project2025, argues Vox's Zack Beauchamp, “gives Trump a blueprint for how to wield power more effectively” and succeed this time. #Velshi
https://www.msnbc.com/ali-velshi/watch/project-2025-s-plan-for-turning-gov-t-funded-independent-media-into-a-bully-pulpit-215814725970

"The Dobbs decision is just the beginning." That's the warning on page 6 of #Project2025, which proposes plenty of ideas for further restricting reproductive rights. "This is all about dismantling the autonomy of women," says Michele Goodwin. #Velshi
https://www.msnbc.com/ali-velshi/watch/-all-about-dismantling-the-autonomy-of-women-project-2025-warns-that-dobbs-is-just-the-beginning-215848005930

It's shocking how much Trump got away with during his first term, so it's worth asking: how much more anti-democratic could a second Trump term be? Well, let’s talk about Project 2025. With Melissa Murray and David Pepper. #Velshi
https://www.msnbc.com/ali-velshi/watch/-a-downward-spiral-toward-extremism-how-project-2025-policies-are-already-transforming-states-215851589741

“And Tango Makes Three” authors Peter Parnell and Justin Richardson didn’t write the book for themselves, they wrote it for children who didn’t see themselves or their families represented in their school libraries. #VelshiBannedBookClub #Velshi
https://www.msnbc.com/ali-velshi/watch/velshi-banned-book-club-and-tango-makes-three-215321669900

#SCOTUS punt on emergency abortion is a cynical pre-election dodge on the heels of a new study showing a spike in infant death rates in TX. The US is now the "most dangerous place" to be pregnant among industrialized nations, says Michele Goodwin. #Velshi

https://www.msnbc.com/ali-velshi/watch/u-s-most-dangerous-place-to-be-pregnant-among-industrialized-nations-scotus-punts-on-emergency-abortion-213970501715

"It's going to be an America you won't recognize." Kermit Roosevelt III warns how the country could transform if Republicans succeed with #Project2025. "The only way to take the Supreme Court back in the near term is court expansion." #Velshi

https://www.msnbc.com/ali-velshi/watch/an-america-that-you-won-t-recognize-legal-scholar-kermit-roosevelt-iii-on-scotus-and-project-2025-214355013697

The “incoherent” presidential immunity decision from #SCOTUS is “one of the worst decisions in all of constitutional history,” says top legal scholar Akhil Amar. A decision so awful, it renders the “Constitution itself unconstitutional.” #Velshi

https://www.msnbc.com/ali-velshi/watch/-incoherent-immunity-decision-renders-constitution-itself-unconstitutional-top-legal-scholar-akhil-reed-amar-214354501940

"It is important to not simply roll over and play dead" in the face of SCOTUS's "astonishing" immunity opinion, says Laurence Tribe. He lays out some of the ways this decision can be reigned in — as well as how the Court can repair its reputation. #Velshi

https://www.msnbc.com/ali-velshi/watch/tribe-we-cannot-roll-over-and-play-dead-in-face-of-astonishing-immunity-ruling-214334533646

SCOTUS overturning Chevron shows "total lack of humility," says Jody Freeman. Elie Mystal calls it "massive power grab" shifting power from agency scientists to unelected conservative judges. #Velshi
https://www.msnbc.com/ali-velshi/watch/-massive-power-grab-by-scotus-throws-out-decades-of-established-law-213950021505

"You come out and you swing — and you swing hard." Trump's former personal attorney Michael Cohen has some thoughts on how to get under Trump's skin." I would have come straight out and talked about his criminal convictions." #Velshi

https://www.msnbc.com/ali-velshi/watch/-this-man-has-lied-35-000-times-michael-cohen-shreds-trump-s-debate-performance-213948485762

"This fool tried to take credit for insulin prices," @RepJasmine said on Trump's debate lies as Dems panic over Biden. "He's now trying to take credit for MY legislation. I would have double-dog-dared him to tell me what bill that came out of." #Velshi
https://www.msnbc.com/ali-velshi/watch/-people-need-to-wake-up-rep-jasmine-crockett-pushes-back-against-biden-debate-criticism-213947973853

“It’s not a plan, it’s a manifesto”: Elie Mystal details the terrifying #Project2025 scheme to place the Department of Justice and FBI under Trump’s political control. #Velshi

https://www.msnbc.com/ali-velshi/watch/-it-s-a-manifesto-the-most-terrifying-details-in-project-2025-213053509826