Week 9: Donald Trump’s Napoleon Complex

MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell broke down into tears over Amber Nicole Thurman's preventable death due to Trump's abortion ban in Georgia. O'Donnell explained how we got here and gave former President George W. Bush credit for her death, too. The MSNBC host noted ProPublica's jaw-dropping report, which notes that Georgia made performing a routine D&C procedure a felony with few exceptions.

The Federal Reserve cut its key interest rate by 0.5 percent, or 50 basis points, yesterday, triggering a pout by a certain Orange Cheeto. Via The Daily Beast: Asked for his reaction at a New York City campaign stop, the former president said, “I guess it shows the economy is very bad to cut it by that much—assuming they’re not just playing politics.

West Coast Teamsters announced their endorsement of Kamala Harris yesterday, just minutes after national Teamsters leadership declined to issue a presidential endorsement. Via Politico: The move represents a sharp break within the powerful union’s membership in liberal states like California, where former President Donald Trump remains a widely unpopular political figure.

A new Harris Walz campaign ad is gut-wrenching, featuring Hadley Duvall who became pregnant after her stepfather raped her at age 12. Duvall speaks out on the real-life consequences of abortion bans thanks to Donald Trump. In the "Monster" ad, Duvall explains that she had options that girls today no longer have because of Trump. Hadley was victimized by her stepdad for years but she was not forced to have his baby at age 12.

If you are looking for something funny, watch this! Hal Sparks has a burning question about Donald Trump Jr. 's relationship with one-time Fox News host and many-time attendee at her plastic surgeon, Kimberly Guilfoyle. So Hal and Cliff Schecter pour the tea on Hal's streaming podcast. It turns out there are important philosophical questions to be answered here, yet the key question Hal and Cliff seek to answer is not "I think, therefore I am." But has Don Jr.

This summer, Stephen Richer, the county recorder in Maricopa County, Ariz., ran for re-election as an unabashedly pro-democracy Republican. That was a bold stance in Maricopa, which had been overrun by baseless allegations of widespread voter fraud in the 2020 and 2022 elections. Richer spent the past four years defending the integrity of his county’s election administrators and coming up with new ways to encourage citizens to see with their own eyes how their votes are counted.