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Chuck Rosenberg on Sen. Perdue: ‘If he’s trading on insider info, it’s not just a problem. It’s a crime’

On Sen. David Perdue’s stock trading under scrutiny, Chuck Rosenberg says "If he's trading on inside information ... that's not just a problem, that's a crime."

Dr. Vin Gupta: Cancel your travel plans

Dr. Vin Gupta says the next few months will be crucial as virus cases skyrocket and hospitalizations rise across the United States. 

Season 4 of The Oath with Chuck Rosenberg

As a bonus for The ReidOut listeners, we’re sharing a special preview of “The Oath with Chuck Rosenberg.” “The Oath” returns for Season 4 with more revealing conversations with fascinating men and women who took an oath to serve America. In the first episode, Chuck talks with former FBI Director, Robert Mueller, about his service in Vietnam and his ascent through the Justice Department to become the FBI Director. Listen to the first episode and subscribe to the series: https://link.chtbl.com...

DOJ investigating potential pay-for-presidential pardon scheme

The U.S. Justice Dept. is conducting an investigation into allegations of a bribery scheme for a presidential pardon, according to court documents unsealed Tuesday. Tom Winter joins The ReidOut for more. 

New York AG calls Trump’s efforts to subvert the census ‘more anti-immigrant rhetoric’

The Supreme Court heard President Donald Trump's plan to exclude undocumented immigrants from the census figures that are used to calculate each state's representation in Congress. New York Attorney General Tish James calls it ‘more anti-immigrant rhetoric:’ "Regardless of your immigration status, you don't cease to be a whole person."

Mitch McConnell refusing to move on covid relief talks as programs set to expire by end of year

Policies from covid relief are set to expire by the end of the year if the Senate doesn’t take up the House’s HEROES Act. Sen. Chris Murphy blames Sen. Mitch McConnell: "He has refused to negotiate with anybody ... because he's afraid of splitting his caucus."

GSA says Biden transition can formally begin

In a letter from GSA Administration Emily Murphy, The Trump administration has authorized resources and services to be made available to Joe Biden for the presidential transition.

Joy Reid: It looks like Republicans 'want to hand Biden mega crises' and a country that's broken

Regarding Trump’s refusal to concede in the election along with his mishandling of the pandemic, Joy says it looks like the Republicans ‘want to hand Biden mega crises and a country that’s broken and destroyed.’ 

Fmr. Surgeon General says mask mandates a policy 'we should have everywhere because it saves lives'

Fmr. Surgeon General and Biden Covid Task Force member Dr. Vivek Murthy joins The ReidOut to talk about the importance of mask wearing and why states should consider mandates. 

Trump fires DHS Cybersecurity chief who debunked voter fraud claims

President Trump has fired Chris Krebs, the director of CISA, over Krebs' statements debunking various myths about 2020 election voter fraud that were advanced by President Trump and his allies.

Joy Reid: ‘Trump is going for the biggest lie of all, that he won the election’

With President Trump still refusing to concede in the presidential election that he lost, Joy says he’s going for ‘the biggest lie of all.’

Jon Ossoff on the stakes of his Senate run: GOP won’t let Biden pass his agenda

Georgia Senate candidate Jon Ossoff joins The ReidOut to talk about his upcoming runoff election against Sen. David Perdue.

Raphael Warnock: I’m focused on access to affordable health care, dignity of work, voting rights

The campaign for the Georgia runoff Senate race is in full swing. Rev. Warnock joins The ReidOut to talk about his campaign: "I've spent my 15 years there as the pastor of that church focused on the concerns of ordinary people. Fighting for access to affordable health care, standing up for voting rights, standing up for the dignity of work."

Joy Reid: Trump is refusing to accept the will of the people

As President Trump continues to promote false claims about voter fraud, Joy says Republican Party continues to "coddle" their leader.

Joy Reid: America can breathe again, it's time to 'bind up the nation's wounds'

Joy outlines what the United States accomplished with its vote for Joe Biden and what challenges the upcoming administration faces, namely the pandemic and a divided country. 

Introducing: Do No Harm

As a bonus for The ReidOut listeners, we’re sharing a special preview of “Do No Harm”, a new, six-part original podcast series from NBC News and Wondery. “Do No Harm” is the terrifying true story of one family’s fight against a system so committed to protecting children, it sometimes fails to protect innocent parents. Hosted by NBC News Investigative Reporter Mike Hixenbaugh. Listen to the first two episodes and subscribe to the series: https://link.chtbl.com/dnh_drop

Joy Reid on Trump saying he may fire Dr. Fauci: ‘I can’t think of a worse closing argument’

On Trump saying he may fire Dr. Anthony Fauci after the election, Joy says “I can’t think of a worse closing argument than ‘Fire Fauci.’”

Joy Reid: 'Everything we care about is on the line in this election'

We’re less than 4 days away from Election Day and Joy wants to make sure you vote: "Vote for all people who were denied for centuries this basic right of citizenship."

GOP hoping 2020 election will be decided in the courts

You may have stumbled on the promising Supreme Court rulings allowing longer deadlines for absentee ballots in PA, NC. But these are also 'wait and see' rulings. The Supreme Court is reserving the right to decide the election at a later date, if it's close. Joy says, “We may be on the cusp of the Supreme Court, and not the people, deciding the election for the second time in 20 years.”

Our experts answer questions you have about voting and the election

Sen. Sherrod Brown: Biden is the most pro-worker candidate ‘we’ve nominated in a generation’

Senator Sherrod Brown is making a prediction about his home state in the 2020 election: "He's (Biden) going to win Ohio because he's the dignity of work candidate, he's the most pro-union, pro-worker candidate we've nominated in a generation. Contrast that with Trump's betrayal, Trump came here with a phony populism."

Preview Episode 5 of Kamala: Next In Line

Preview Episode 5 of Kamala: Next In Line

‘Not true’: Joy fact checks Trump’s false claim that ‘we’re rounding the corner’ on the pandemic

Joy fact checks some of Trump’s false claims during the debate and his rally in Florida, taking a look at his false claim that the United States is ‘rounding the corner’ on the pandemic when the United States reached another milestone in cases. 

FBI announces Iran, Russia interfering in election

The FBI announced that Iran and Russia have ‘taken specific actions to influence public opinion relating to our elections.’ Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe says that Iran was trying to meddle in the election and that Russia has obtained American voter information.  

Joy Reid: Republicans distancing from Trump are pretending they haven’t been his sycophants

Some Senate Republicans are gearing up for a bloodbath in 2020, losing potentially the majority along with the White House. Joy says, "Senate Republicans are freaking out warning of a potential bloodbath and pretending they haven't been Trump's sycophants."

Trump keeps attacking Hunter Biden, but Trump’s kids have been accused of ethics violations

Lipi Roy says White House herd immunity strategy ‘will lead to mass murder’

Here’s what Lipi Roy thinks of the White House strategy to ride out the pandemic via herd immunity: "Herd immunity has never been used as a strategy to address an epidemic, let alone a pandemic ... It will lead to mass murder."

GOP suddenly concerned with 'fiscal restraint' after 4 years of deficit spending

The Republican Party is gearing up for a potential Biden presidency, aiming to bring up ‘concerns’ over the national debt after 4 years of deficit spending by the Trump Administration and a massive tax cut for the rich. 

Amy Coney Barrett refuses to answer whether presidents should commit to a peaceful transfer of power

Sen. Cory Booker asked Supreme Court Nominee Amy Coney Barrett whether she believed every president should make a commitment to ‘the peaceful transfer of power.’ Barrett refused to answer, saying “Well, senator, that seems to me to be pulling me in a little bit into this question of whether the president has said that he would not peacefully leave office and so to the extent that this is a political controversy right now as a judge I want to stay out of it.”

'They're running out of beds to put all the patients:' Several states seeing record new cases

Several states are seeing a record number of coronavirus cases, and states like North Dakota are reaching ICU bed capacity with the new rise. 

Preview Episode 3 of “Kamala: Next in Line”

As a bonus for ReidOut listeners, we’re sharing a special preview of “Kamala: Next in Line,” a six-part podcast from MSNBC and Wondery, hosted by Joy Reid. The latest episode picks up just months after Kamala was sworn in as San Francisco District Attorney. A police officer is shot and killed and Kamala Harris faces her toughest test: stick with her values or cave to public pressure. Her decision gains her enemies - and will plague her as she rises in California politics. Listen to the first...

Rep. Maxine Waters: 'Long past time' to invoke 25th amendment on Trump

As Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi starts to look into legislation that would create a bipartisan commission to determine a sitting president’s ability to carry out the duties of the office, Congresswoman Maxine Waters thinks it’s time to invoke the 25th amendment on the president.

‘The real danger is Donald Trump’

Immigration activist says ‘no question’ Trump’s child separation policy is a human rights abuse

Sergio Gonzales of the Immigration Hub says it’s ‘no question’ that the Trump Administration’s child separation policy is a human rights abuse: "I've often said that when you look at immigration in particular, cruelty has been the point of this administration."

Beto O’Rourke calls GOP voter suppression efforts in Texas ‘a sign of desperation’

Last week, Republican Governor of Texas Greg Abbott ordered counties across the state to provide just one drop-off location for voters to cast their absentee ballots. Beto O’Rourke calls these moves a sign of desperation by the party and thinks that Texas can flip towards the Democrats. 

Trump takes mask off as he returns to the White House

Trump returns to the White House from the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center -- and takes his mask off before going inside. The GOP reckons with what Trump's COVID-19 diagnosis means for their party. And Ari Berman and LaTosha Brown discuss the GOP's efforts to suppress votes.

Introducing Kamala: Next in Line

As a bonus for ReidOut listeners, we’re sharing a special preview of Kamala: Next in Line, a six-part podcast from MSNBC and Wondery that goes inside the cross-cultural journey that led Senator Kamala Harris from her humble roots to become the first African-American woman to be the Vice Presidential nominee for a major party. From Oakland to Howard University, and California to Washington DC, experience her story as it has never been told before. Hosted by MSNBC's Joy Reid, the show features...

President Trump hospitalized for COVID-19

President Trump has been hospitalized at Walter Reed Medical Center after testing positive for COVID-19. We break down what that means for the country and what happens next, weeks ahead of the election.

Steve Schmidt says Trump gave a ‘lock and load order’ to white supremacist groups during debate

On President Trump telling the Proud Boys, a white supremacist organization, to ‘stand back and stand by,’ Steve Schmidt says “Donald Trump gave a lock and load order to heavily armed, paramilitary, white supremacist, militia organizations. The white supremacist organizations are reveling in the support of the president today. They're celebrating."

‘The beginning of the end for Donald Trump’

Michael Cohen, President Trump's former lawyer, calls the new revelations on Trump’s tax returns the beginning of the end for the president. 

Gov. Andrew Cuomo calls Trump's tweet about withholding a vaccine from New York 'a threat'

When asked about President Trump’s tweet insinuating that New York will be last in line for a coronavirus vaccine, Governor Andrew Cuomo says, "That's called a threat. That's called, 'I will put New York at the end of the list.' That's what he's trying to say. But look, I don't trust the president."

Bob Woodward says Trump has ‘failed miserably’ as president

Bob Woodward is out with a new book detailing his interviews with President Donald Trump. Here’s what he said about Trump’s job as president, using the president’s own grading system: "I asked what's the job of the president. And he said the job of the president is to protect people. On that front, he's failed miserably." 

Joy Reid: Trump is not protecting pre-existing conditions, and has no real plan to replace ACA

Joy talks to Congresswoman Donna Shalala about Trump’s Executive Order on pre-existing conditions, and both agree that the president is not aiming to protect one of the most popular portions of the Affordable Care Act. Congresswoman Shalala says, "There's no way that you can cover pre-existing conditions with an executive order ... what he's doing is raising peoples' prices if they have a pre-existing condition."

Mehdi Hasan says ‘let’s call it the Trump virus’ because Trump is ‘objectively pro-covid’

On coronavirus cases continuing to climb and the president’s mishandling of the pandemic, Mehdi Hasan says, "Fine, let's call it the Trump virus ... Put it this way: if you wanted to spread the coronavirus, if you were trying to get people to get the virus, what would you do differently that Donald Trump's already not doing right now?"

Joy Reid: Who among us is surprised Lindsey Graham is hypocrite-in-chief in SCOTUS fight?

Sen. Lindsey Graham has changed course on comments he made in 2016 about the nomination of a Supreme Court justice in any president’s final year of their term. He now supports the filling of the vacancy during a presidential election year. Joy asks, "Who among us was actually surprised that Lindsey Graham would actually be the hypocrite in chief in the looming political battle over the Supreme Court vacancy?"

Jon Meacham: Ruth Bader Ginsburg represented ‘the best of a devotion to the American experiment’

On Ruth Bader Ginsburg's legacy, Presidential Historian Jon Meacham says, "Justice Ginsburg represented the best of the American tradition, the best of a devotion to the American experiment ... She believed in the journey toward a more perfect union."

Joy Reid: ‘Absurd and infuriating’ for Barr to compare shutdowns to slavery

On Attorney General Bill Barr calling the coronavirus lockdowns the greatest intrusion of civil liberties since slavery, Joy responds “Let's just be clear: 245 years of forced labor, rape, and the breeding, selling, and violent subjugation of human beings is slavery. And nothing, certainly not being asked to cover sneezes in Walmart, comes anywhere close to that."

Michael Cohen thinks Trump is ‘setting himself to be an autocrat’

Michael Cohen joins The ReidOut to talk about his time working for Donald Trump. Cohen believes the president is setting himself to not only win in 2020, but beyond that as well.

Breonna Taylor family attorney calls the settlement a significant step

The city of Louisville, Kentucky, has reached a $12 million settlement with Breonna Taylor's family six months after she was killed in her home during a police drug raid. This includes a set of police reforms. 

San Francisco Mayor London Breed: Trump is denying climate change when ‘it’s right at our heels’

On President Trump dismissing the threat of climate change during his visit to California, San Francisco Mayor London Breed mentioned how she woke up last week to red, orange skies like ‘it was the end of the world.’