The GOP's frontrunners are already making 2024 a horror show

Former President Donald Trump has been on a tear in the past two weeks, Hayes Brown writes.

VIEW IN BROWSER MSNBC DAILY Understand today's news VIEW IN BROWSER MSNBC DAILY Understand today's news Feb. 4, 2023 THE LATEST The GOP's frontrunners are already making 2024 a horror show by Hayes Brown Former President Donald Trump has been on a tear in the past two weeks, working to convince his supporters that he's the only one who can save their children. He's pledged to purge "the radical zealots and Marxists" from the Education Department, vowed to have federal agencies "stop" gender-affirming care for minors across the country, and called for parents to be allowed to elect their children's school principals directly. Trump's current focus on children and education may diverge from his past campaigns, but he's only following the road map that Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has drawn. Though DeSantis hasn't officially announced that he'll challenge Trump for the GOP nomination, he has captured the heart of many Republicans who want a more polished version of Trump's gleeful denigration of minorities. And it's already clear that the cold war between the two ahead of the 2024 presidential primaries will be brutal, nasty, and anything but short.   This is a preview of Hayes Brown's latest article. Read their full column here. TOP STORIES JORDAN RUBIN Raskin: Trump is a 'one-man crime-wave.' Here's why charges are inevitable. The Deadline: Legal Blog caught up with Rep. Jamie Raskin to discuss Jan. 6, Trump's impact on the GOP, the Supreme Court and more. Read more. STEVE BENEN McCarthy disagrees with Greene about Babbitt — and Trump is not pleased Trump apparently doesn't much care for the consensus view of what happened to Capitol rioter Ashli Babbitt. Read more. JA'HAN JONES Russia's influence over police in the U.S. could be far greater than you think Federal officers aren't alone in being vulnerable to infiltration. Read more. ZEESHAN ALEEM 109 Democrats just took some very cynical GOP political bait The GOP's bad faith attempt to divide Dems and stigmatize the left succeeded. Read more.         TOP VIDEOS THE REIDOUT Pentagon confirms a second Chinese 'surveillance balloon' over Latin America while first continues flying over U.S. THE LAST WORD Velshi: GOP debt limit threats could derail Biden's historic economic victory THE BEAT WITH ARI Ari Melber: One clear sign shows Bill Barr is in hot water — and knows it ALL IN Chris Hayes: The U.S. is an extreme outlier on this one problem that Biden should address during State of the Union BLACK HISTORY, UNCENSORED 'Black History, Uncensored' is a ReidOut Blog series that highlights work by Black creators targeted by GOP bans.   White fragility and willful ignorance of Black history have always posed an obstacle to the truthful teaching of America's past and present. But we haven't seen conservatives this rabid — and coordinated — in their effort to hide these truths since the post-Civil War Redemption era.   Here, we explore works Republicans want to keep under wraps.   Why Kimberlé Crenshaw makes Republicans nervous Why Ron DeSantis wants to ban bell hooks' work Ta-Nehisi Coates has conservatives in a frenzy MORE FROM MSNBC Tomorrow, MSNBC Films presents "Guerrilla Habeas," the latest installment of the documentary series The Turning Point. The film offers an intimate look at immigrants in the U.S. threatened by deportation and the determined lawyers who stop at nothing to keep those families together.   Watch "Guerrilla Habeas" tomorrow at 10 p.m. ET on MSNBC, and stream it on Peacock. This Black History Month, "Into America"  celebrates the 50th anniversary of hip-hop with a special mini-series, "Into America presents Street Disciples: Politics, Power and the Rise of Hip-Hop." Hosted by Trymaine Lee, the series explores how our country's political and economic forces shaped half a century of hip-hop, and how over time, hip-hop shaped the country. The first episode details how the concrete jungle of New York in the 1970s led to the birth of hip-hop.  Listen now, wherever you get your podcasts. 30 Rockefeller Plaza New York, NY 10112 PRIVACY | CONTACT | UNSUBSCRIBE PRIVACY | CONTACT | UNSUBSCRIBE