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Are you suffering from 2020 election burnout? You’re not alone.
Friday’s Mini-Report, 10.30.20
Russian hackers target hospitals in a deadly new trend. The White House isn’t helping.
Trump delivers a curious pre-election pitch to the Supreme Court
‘A sustained phenomenon’: A record number of women could win in the House, Senate
Transcript: Could Black Men Help Flip Florida?
Voting has a violent history in the U.S. There’s a reason we’re talking about it so openly now.
Has Trump surrounded himself with ‘only the best’ people?
Friday’s Campaign Round-Up, 10.30.20
Mary Mazzio’s incredible journey from Olympic rower to social justice filmmaker
Yet another former Trump admin official steps up, denounces Trump
‘I had to advocate for myself’: Morgan Radford on her ‘learn your value’ moment
Perdue becomes the latest Senate Republican to balk at a debate
Despite reality, Trump Jr says COVID numbers are ‘almost nothing’
The painful simplicity of Trump’s new Turkey scandal
As Election Day nears, Trump sounds disinterested in the economy
A pollster’s Halloween nightmare: An election decided within the margin of error
Thursday’s Mini-Report, 10.29.20
‘Exciting,’ ‘Important,’ ‘Our right’: Why these early voters waited in line for hours at the polls
Trump’s attacks on the FBI hurt the bottom line for the police he claims to support
The list of Republicans backing Biden grows a bit longer
Thursday’s Campaign Round-Up, 10.29.20
Justice Kavanaugh corrects an error, but leaves others intact
The line blurs between Trump’s cabinet and Trump’s campaign
Trump grows reliant on ‘wide-scale efforts to depress the vote’
Unemployment claims improve, but remain high
Could Black Men Help Flip Florida?
Heartening report on economic growth comes with some fine print
Trump’s intelligence director accused of making stuff up
Trump’s rally playlist is the best metaphor for his shallowness
Senate Democrats’ guide to counting votes and what to expect on Election Day 2020
Wednesday’s Mini-Report, 10.28.20
‘Anonymous’ White House author comes forward
The Supreme Court will not protect our voting rights. Here’s who actually might.
5 ways women can boost their confidence during the COVID-19 pandemic
Team Trump helps explain its rationale for super-spreader rallies
Wednesday’s Campaign Round-Up, 10.28.20
Trump expects to see declining coronavirus totals in ‘two weeks’
Women in charge: Incoming MSNBC president Rashida Jones
Prospects for a pre-election economic aid package evaporate
Despite reality, White House office says Trump is ‘ending’ pandemic
When Team Trump (literally) leaves its supporters out in the cold
Obama targets an overlooked Trump vulnerability: his jobs record
Trump downplays seriousness of kidnapping plot against governor
Trump is ignoring Covid-19 defeat by using War on Terror-era language
Trump has found a whole new way to make the government worse, whether he wins or loses
Transcript: Into Getting Black Men to the Polls
Tuesday’s Mini-Report, 10.27.20
Obama asks why Trump is bragging about support from dictators
Reckoning with a 6-3 conservative majority of the Supreme Court
Tuesday’s Campaign Round-Up, 10.27.20
‘I am seeing a therapist’: Kate Snow discusses teletherapy, stress of COVID-19
Why Kavanaugh’s mistakes in a key voting-rights case matter
Judge blocks DOJ’s gambit in Trump’s E. Jean Carroll case
McConnell effectively dares Senate Dems to do more than complain
On Capitol Hill, the ‘because we can’ standard emerges
Amy Coney Barrett’s first decision as a justice was a wrong one
The data predicting a big Joe Biden win are no match for Democrats’ anxiety
The U.S. voting system is its own form of voter suppression
Monday’s Mini-Report, 10.26.20
A Republican moon tweet highlights the GOP’s anti-science beliefs
Trump says we’re ‘learning to live’ with Covid. Maybe if you’re white.
Mike Pompeo faces (yet another) federal ethics investigation
Monday’s Campaign Round-Up, 10.26.20
How new Boogaloo Bois violence shattered Trump’s pro-police facade
GOP leaders reverse course, embrace radical candidate in Georgia
Doctors, nurses push back against Trump’s latest conspiracy theory
The White House health care plan is still not a health care plan
Trump would like us all to stop talking so much about the pandemic
Women who inspire: Culturists breaking through during Covid-19
Why the coronavirus outbreak in Pence’s office is so striking
White House: ‘We’re not going to get control of the pandemic’
Biden needs to listen to FDR and end lifetime appointments to the Supreme Court
Trump has forgotten the ‘forgotten man’ of 2016
Friday’s Mini-Report, 10.23.20
The GOP doesn’t remember the Bork nomination as well as it should
Why this young mom wants to be the next mayor of Boston and reimagine its politics
Already in a health care ditch, Trump gets shovel, keeps digging
Friday’s Campaign Round-Up, 10.23.20
Brooke Shields went completely broke twice, and it taught her to know her value
Trump’s unfortunate belief that he’s an expert on wind power
On minimum wage, Trump stops pretending he differs from his party
Initial polling suggests Joe Biden fared well (again) in debate
Republicans have a history of weaponizing ‘socialism.’ But do they understand what it is?
Secret Chinese bank account remains a problem for Trump
Trump’s immersion in a far-right bubble does him no favors
In debate, president takes a trip to a strange place: Trump Land
We have to improve the presidential debates before 2024
Joe Biden-Hunter Biden photo is a teachable moment on fathers and masculinity
Into Getting Black Men to the Polls
Thursday’s Mini-Report, 10.22.20
Trump managed to make the New START nuclear gambit much worse
On health care, Trump undercuts himself with ’60 Minutes’ video
With less than a week before Election Day, voting experts share 5 ways YOU can make a difference
Lindsey Graham’s hypocrisy takes a ridiculously brazen turn
Transcript: Into Amy Coney Barrett’s Record on Race
Even the best contact tracing app needs a national Covid plan to work
Thursday’s Campaign Round-Up, 10.22.20
’60 Minutes’ bothers Trump with the truth about the economy
Trump finds yet another Democrat he’s eager to ‘lock up’
On COVID, gov offers inapposite example of ‘Republican leadership’
Trump struggles to defend lie about Mexico ‘paying for the wall’
Progress on economic aid elusive as jobless filings remain high
Why the Dems’ boycott of today’s Amy Coney Barrett vote matters
Trump still weak on Russia despite FBI actions and DOJ indictments
Obama’s speech in Philadelphia was powerful. Is it enough?
Transcript: For the Prosecution
Wednesday’s Mini-Report, 10.21.20
Reports of Trump’s secret Chinese bank account spark controversy
What you can steal from an unexpected TV show that will help reset your life
Team Trump’s attacks on Biden take an amazingly ironic turn
Wednesday’s Campaign Round-Up, 10.21.20
Offered hypothetical do-over, Trump wouldn’t change COVID response
Do you have ‘election stress disorder’? 3 ways to cope
NIH chief: It’s been a while since Trump met with COVID taskforce
Despite Trump’s criticisms, perhaps ‘boredom’ is underrated
Why hasn’t Trump donated more money to his own campaign?
Echoes of Nixon reverberate as Trump presses Barr to target Biden
McConnell tries to derail economic aid package ahead of elections
Google is the new Microsoft. Europe holds the biggest clue for how that plays out.
Barr’s defense of Trump in E. Jean Carroll’s suit could give presidents carte blanche
Trump and Biden likely won’t answer these questions before Nov. 3. Let’s ask anyway.
Trump fatigue is setting in hard at the worst moment for his campaign
Tuesday’s Mini-Report, 10.20.20
White House to court: Trump’s declassification tweet wasn’t true
5 benefits to negotiate for at work (when a raise is off the table)
Where did the Trump campaign’s $1 billion go?
Tuesday’s Campaign Round-Up, 10.20.20
Trump tells journalist he’s ‘a criminal’ for ignoring story Trump likes
We may never recover from the damage Trump has done to the Supreme Court
The unprecedented presidential endorsements stand out for a reason
Office of Special Counsel to examine Pompeo’s election antics
Instead of creating a scandal, Giuliani’s in the middle of one
Admiral from bin Laden raid endorses Biden in dramatic fashion
For reasons unknown, Trump says Biden ‘should be in jail’
Trump campaign’s 2020 shot-for-shot remake of 2016 is flopping hard
Democrats would rather mock Ice Cube then grapple with what he represents
Into Amy Coney Barrett’s Record on Race
Monday’s Mini-Report, 10.19.20
Trump is patient zero for misinformation. And we don’t have a cure.
As Election Day nears, Trump escalates offensive against Fauci
Monday’s Campaign Round-Up, 10.19.20
Does Team Trump realize that Hillary Clinton isn’t running?
Mocking Biden for listening to scientists, Trump turns to Atlas
By Pence’s own standards, Trump’s pandemic response is failing
5 young innovators who are shining bright during Covid-19
Things go from bad to worse for Giuliani’s anti-Biden gambit
Targeting Whitmer, Trump eyes someone else he’s ready to ‘lock up’
Facing possible defeat, Trump ponders ‘leaving the country’
Republicans are ready to remember they hate the deficit again under Joe Biden
Americans are ready for politics to be boring again
Friday’s Mini-Report, 10.16.20
Transcript: Into Intimidation at the Polls
Why is the Trump admin refusing California wildfire disaster aid?
Trump’s offensive against mask-wearing takes a ridiculous turn
We are all tired of trying to convince Trump racism is real. We have to keep trying.
Trump is eyeing another corporate tax cut (for the wrong reason)
What it will take for women to survive — and thrive — during this ‘shecession’
Friday’s Campaign Round-Up, 10.16.20
Country music’s reckoning: Black women forge their own path in whitewashed industry
Despite reality, Trump says China could pay for economic aid package
McConnell, not Pelosi, balks at Trump’s demands on economic aid
To the 865,000 women who left the workforce last month …
Trump apparently fooled by satirical story about Twitter
GOP senator: Trump, among other things, ‘kisses dictators’ butts’
Giuliani’s ‘October Surprise’ already shows signs of backfiring
Trump struggles with crackpot conspiracy theories at townhall event
Trump has become his own biggest foreign policy adversary
Trump’s praise for extrajudicial killings cancels out his ‘law and order’ message
Trump loves white men. These ‘recovering Republicans’ no longer love him back.
Into Intimidation at the Polls
Thursday’s Mini-Report, 10.15.20
As elections near, Pompeo plays the role of political operative
White House’s private pandemic message contradicted its public one
5 things I’ve learned about getting back into shape post-baby during COVID-19
Thursday’s Campaign Round-Up, 10.15.20
Why the Senate GOP is suddenly against an economic aid package
Democracy isn’t on the GOP’s side. Why should they pretend to care about it?
On jobs, Trump’s record is not what he thinks it is
As US cases rise, Trump’s policy panned as a ‘dangerous fallacy’
GOP dithers on aid package as jobless filings reach two-month high
Why Trump won’t commit to keeping Bill Barr on in a second term
Republican voter suppression efforts were banned for decades. Here’s what changed.
We’re just beginning to understand the extent of Covid-19’s feminist nightmare
Donald Trump and Joe Biden town halls underscore America’s parallel realities
Advice from women at the top: NBCU Telemundo’s Mónica Gil
Why Trump’s desperate ‘Bidengate’ Hail Marys keep backfiring
Wednesday’s Mini-Report, 10.14.20
GOP senator: Dems are only pretending to care about the ACA
White House’s drug-discount-card plan faces election-season trouble
Wednesday’s Campaign Round-Up, 10.14.20
Transcript: Into the Black Creeks Pushing for Tribal Citizenship
Trump’s conspiracy theorizing reaches unsettling new depths
Team Trump uses Russian footage in its advertising (again)
In his chess match with North Korea, Trump is clearly losing
Even now, Republicans still don’t know what to say about Biden
On multiple fronts, Trump’s plan to exploit Justice Dept unravels
To defeat Amy Coney Barrett’s Supreme Court nomination, Democrats can copy RBG
What happens when Trump sides with enemies of the state? America may find out.
Covid-19 is forcing Americans to ask what we owe each other
A Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett would erase the Constitution’s history
Tuesday’s Mini-Report, 10.13.20
What does looking ‘professional’ mean now?
Suze Orman shares the No. 1 lesson she learned from a recent health scare
Trump campaign used top general in ad without permission, too
Tuesday’s Campaign Round-Up, 10.13.20
Lindsey Graham inadvertently bolsters the Dems’ point on ACA
The political futility of Trump’s offensive against Anthony Fauci
Republicans say a bit too much about their health care problem
Hoping to shore up support, Trump directs more money to farmers
Trump expects voters to fall for the same health care trick twice
Into the Black Creeks Pushing for Tribal Citizenship
Monday’s Mini-Report, 10.12.20
Transcript: Into a High-Stakes VP Debate
Asked for a second-term agenda, Trump’s answer falls far short
Monday’s Campaign Round-Up, 10.12.20
Those waiting for Trump’s ‘middle-income tax cut’ should give up
In style and substance, Trump leans on authoritarian tactics
Why Trump’s newfound interest in California matters
White House’s line on economic aid descends deeper into incoherence
Women who inspire: 5 must-know leaders in medicine, science and tech
As hearings begin, a ‘power grab without principle’ comes into view
As coronavirus cases climb, Trump peddles false ‘disappearing’ pitch
VP Pence points to elusive health care plan, pretends it’s real
Why it matters that Trump is pointing to a ‘cure’ that doesn’t exist
Trump: Pence’s best debate answer was balking at peaceful transition
Friday’s Campaign Round-Up, 10.9.20
Another former RNC chair explains his support for Biden’s candidacy
Even McConnell isn’t comfortable with Team Trump’s COVID protocols
This is what it’s like coping with an eating disorder during COVID-19
Women in charge: NBCU News Group’s Yvette Miley
As Trump lashes out, even Mike Pompeo isn’t spared
On economic aid, Trump seems to realize he ‘messed up tactically’
Meet the Black woman advocating for greater disability visibility
The one question Trump won’t answer about his viral infection
Following thwarted kidnapping plot, Trump slams Michigan governor
Transcript: Into Trump, Coronavirus and Conspiracy Theories
Thursday’s Mini-Report, 10.8.20
6 ways to strengthen your optimism muscle during uncertain times
Plot to kidnap Gov. Whitmer thwarted in Michigan
On his coronavirus infection, Trump points at Gold Star families
Thursday’s Campaign Round-Up, 10.8.20
On troop withdrawals, Team Trump can’t keep its story straight
Lobbying Barr, Trump demands prosecutions of his political foes
Trump asked doctors to sign non-disclosure agreements in 2019?
Trump says he’ll boycott next week’s presidential debate
GOP pushes Trump on economic aid amid high unemployment filings
Should you tweak your resume for different jobs? The answer may surprise you
Pressed to defend a failed coronavirus response, Pence comes up empty
Into Trump, Coronavirus and Conspiracy Theories
Wednesday’s Mini-Report, 10.7.20
Trump argues Biden ‘shouldn’t be allowed to run’ for president
White House prioritizes Supreme Court pick over economy, jobs
Transcript: The Education of Kamala Harris
Wednesday’s Campaign Round-Up, 10.7.20
In bid to keep tax returns secret, Trump loses in court (again)
Why it matters when Team Trump listens to herd-immunity advocates
As White House approves vaccine guidelines, Trump sees conspiracy
Trump calls for economic aid talks after ending economic aid talks
White House reportedly wonders about meds affecting Trump’s behavior
A president defined by gifts he was offered, but failed to accept
Tuesday’s Mini-Report, 10.6.20
Transcript: Into the President’s Health and the Public Trust
Trump announces he’s giving up on economic aid negotiations
The Education of Kamala Harris
Transcript: Introducing Kamala: Next in Line
Coming full circle, Trump returns to false, misguided ‘flu’ rhetoric
Tuesday’s Campaign Round-Up, 10.6.20
This is what hunger looks like in COVID-19 America
As Trump returns, West Wing becomes ‘a ghost town’
On vaccine standards, Team Trump is overruling the FDA
Why it matters that a GOP senator is criticizing Trump’s COVID failures
How to claim a seat at the virtual table – including Zoom
Justices Thomas, Alito aren’t yet done with marriage equality
Trump puts a dangerous new spin on his coronavirus infection
Into the President’s Health and the Public Trust
Transcript: Into the Black Doctors Vetting the Vaccine
Despite his hospitalization, Trump recklessly downplays COVID threat
After the president’s positive test, did Team Trump learn anything?
Monday’s Campaign Round-Up, 10.5.20
It’s not just Trump: US coronavirus cases on the rise again
White House trusts Russia’s word on election interference
Women who inspire: Entrepreneurs who are resetting amid COVID-19
5 ways Black and Hispanic women can jumpstart their journey toward better mental health care
Texas AG, ‘Lawyers for Trump’ leader faces corruption allegations
Secret Service agent on Trump: ‘He’s not even pretending to care’
Trump’s latest political theatrics described as ‘insanity’
White House tries and fails to overcome its credibility crisis
Introducing Kamala: Next in Line
Even now, Trump’s White House sticks to its worst habits
Why did some Republicans balk at a resolution condemning QAnon?
The 5-letter word that will put you back in the driver’s seat during the pandemic
About those ‘ballots’ that Trump said were found ‘in a river’…
Friday’s Campaign Round-Up, 10.2.20
Who’s most affected by Texas restricting ballot drop-off locations
As economic recovery cools, GOP balks at Democratic aid package
61% of women are looking to change careers amid COVID-19 ― Here’s how to do it SUCCESSFULLY
US job growth slows unexpectedly as summer comes to an end
As Trump tests positive for the coronavirus, what happens now?
Transcript: Into the Presidential Debate: Race, Protests and Police
Into the Black Doctors Vetting the Vaccine
Thursday’s Mini-Report, 10.1.20
Neuroscientist mom writes science adventure books for all kinds of kids
Does the race of your therapist matter?
McMaster sees Trump ‘aiding and abetting’ Russia’s election efforts
MSNBC App: Watch videos, stream live audio and read perspectives from top MSNBC experts
Thursday’s Campaign Round-Up, 10.1.20
Former commander of US forces in Afghanistan endorses Biden
Team Trump’s moves on religion, politics take a provocative turn
Is Team Trump using the Food Box Program as a campaign prop?
As Debate Commission eyes changes, Team Trump fumes
4 tips to help your business survive the coronavirus pandemic from beauty icon Bobbi Brown
Unemployment claims inch lower, but remain high
Pressed on white supremacists, Trump answers in a Trumpian way