Jim Jordan's antics fail again

And Fox News host holds Trump's feet to the fire

VIEW IN BROWSER MSNBC DAILY Understand today's news VIEW IN BROWSER MSNBC DAILY Understand today's news Tuesday, Jun. 20, 2023 THE LATEST Why Trumpists are insisting that the Justice Department isn't independent By Hayes Brown If you're to believe the loudest voices on the right today, the supposed "weaponization" of the government against conservatives is one of the top threats facing the country. This so-called scourge is most evident, they argue, in the Justice Department and FBI's treatment of former President Donald Trump. House Republicans have come up short on evidence to support the idea that leftists get a pass under the current system or that there's rampant politicization that has infected the DOJ's processes. But a pro-Trump think tank nevertheless has a solution to this nonproblem: Make the Justice Department less independent, giving presidents more direct control of how criminal cases are conducted. It's an absurd conclusion to draw, one that would only open the door to actual targeting of Trump's political enemies down the line.   This is a preview of Hayes Brown's latest article. Read more here. TOP STORIES STEVE BENEN Justice Department tells Jordan (again) what he didn't want to hear House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan's antics keep failing. Read more. JA'HAN JONES Kamala Harris is heading to 'The ReidOut.' The timing is perfect. Harris will sit down with Joy Reid tonight, ahead of the one-year anniversary of the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. Read more. NOAH BERLATSKY Hollywood's anti-Nazi obsession has a big blind spot. A new 'Indiana Jones' proves it. It's too bad that decades of anti-Nazi films have seemingly done so little to inoculate the U.S. polity against fascism. Read more. STEVE BENEN Team DeSantis takes a chance by challenging the GOP's 'Big Lie' How will rank-and-file Republicans respond to having their conspiratorial assumptions challenged like this? Read more.         TOP VIDEOS MORNING JOE Fox News host holds Trump's feet to the fire on classified docs CHRIS JANSING REPORTS Vessel exploring Titanic wreck goes missing, U.S. Coast Guard search underway JOSÉ DÍAZ-BALART Magistrate judge rules on Trump's handling of evidence in classified documents case ANA CABRERA REPORTS Why Galveston is known as the birthplace of Juneteenth MORE FROM MSNBC This week on "Into America," Trymaine Lee travels to Galveston, Texas, the home of Juneteenth, to learn about the history of the holiday and see how activists are trying to preserve land for Black residents in the historic city. Listen now. The second episode of MSNBC's original podcast "Rachel Maddow Presents: Deja News" is now available. As presidential hopeful Ron DeSantis wages his "war on woke," Rachel Maddow and co-host Isaac-Davy Aronson tell the story of Florida lawmakers in the 1950s and 60s who ventured down a similar path. Listen now. 30 Rockefeller Plaza New York, NY 10112 PRIVACY | CONTACT | UNSUBSCRIBE PRIVACY | CONTACT | UNSUBSCRIBE