RFK Jr.’s affront to his family legacy

Plus, 2 dead and 28 injured in Baltimore mass shooting

VIEW IN BROWSER MSNBC DAILY Understand today's news VIEW IN BROWSER MSNBC DAILY Understand today's news Monday, Jul. 03, 2023 THE LATEST Why the latest batch of Supreme Court hot takes won't age well — at all By Steve Vladeck The effective end of the Supreme Court's term on Friday touched off what has become an annual tradition: hot takes summarizing the justices' work over the preceding nine months based upon data aggregated from the justices' decisions.   These accounts typically focus on surprising-sounding results (50% of the decisions were unanimous!) in service of pushing back against the most obvious summary of the current court: that it is sharply divided. You can spin the data however you want, but the reality is actually simple. The conservative majority is pushing American law decisively to the right.   Statisticians call this phenomenon the "tyranny of averages" — the fact that averaging a data set tells us nothing about the size, distribution or skew of the data. But these kinds of "judge the Supreme Court by its data" assessments are even worse than just ordinary statistical errors.   This is a preview of  Steve Vladeck's latest article. Read the full column here. TOP STORIES JOY-ANN REID Joy Reid: I had top grades and SAT scores. But I was questioned the minute I got to Harvard. I got into Harvard because of affirmative action. Some of my classmates got in for their wealth. Read more. ERIC GARCIA RFK Jr. is tearing down a crucial pillar of his family's legacy — and replacing it with a dangerous lie The presidential candidate's views about vaccines and autism depart from those of his more progressive relatives —  and have led some to publicly disavow him. Read more. JA'HAN JONES The conservative justices want to kill white guilt. They just might. In their longing for "colorblindness," the court's right-wing effectively excused white people from considering their privilege and oppressive power. Read more. AJA BARBER The Shein influencer debacle exposed a very ugly truth about fast fashion  Critics have warned us about the dangers of the fast fashion industry for years. Now, time is running out. Read more.         TOP VIDEOS KATIE PHANG 2 dead and 28 injured in Baltimore mass shooting, nearly half under the age of 18 SYMONE Biden's Domestic Policy Chief slams Supreme Court for 'turning back on diversity' ALI VELSHI Reporter finds man named in 303 Creative case never requested wedding website, raising concerns about ruling legitimacy KATIE PHANG Michael Cohen: Donald Trump operates in a world of chaos MORE FROM MSNBC A new bonus episode of Rachel Maddow's chart-topping podcast "Bag Man" is now available. Rachel picks up the story of former Vice President Spiro Agnew and his crimes inside the White House, speaking with the three prosecutors in the investigation and exploring its relevance to the indictment of former President Trump. Listen now. Tuesday, MSNBC Films presents a holiday marathon of documentaries, kicking off with an encore presentation of "Loan Wolves" at 4pm Eastern and rounding out with "From Devil's Breath," part of the MSNBC Films documentary series "The Turning Point," at 11pm. Watch the MSNBC Films July 4th marathon, Tuesday beginning at 4pm Eastern on MSNBC. 30 Rockefeller Plaza New York, NY 10112 PRIVACY | CONTACT | UNSUBSCRIBE PRIVACY | CONTACT | UNSUBSCRIBE