John Nichols
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Oct 8, 2026
Katy TurHOST
All righty.
Katy TurHOST
Joining us, Hofstra University law professor and author of Who Decides Who Decides on Substack, James Sample, executive editor at The Nation, John Nichols, and MSNBC now political analyst and host of the Fast Politics podcast, Molly Jong-Fast.
Katy TurHOST
Honey, please.
Katy TurHOST
[laughs] Molly.
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Katy TurHOST
The DOJ's Civil Rights Division brought the evidence to a federal grand jury on Tuesday, and more evidence and witnesses could be presented soon.
Katy TurHOST
MS Now has reached out to the Justice Department for comment on this.
Katy TurHOST
Back with us, James Sample, John Nichols, Molly Jong-Fast.
Katy TurHOST
Cassidy Hutchinson, what do they get out of prosecuting Ca- Let's talk about the politics first before we talk about legal stuff.
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It is coming from MAGA, some of whom say the ad is racist against white people.
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John Nichols, back with us.
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So why is this landing so badly?
John NicholsSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Well, look, there's a lot of history on ads, uh, that attack folks who receive benefits from the, from the government.
Katy TurHOST
Love me, love me, love me.
Katy TurHOST
Joining us, co-host of MSNOW's The Weekend and Weeknight, excuse me, and former RNC chairman Michael Steele, staff writer at The Atlantic and MSNOW political contributor Mark Leibovich and executive editor at The Nation, John Nichols.
Katy TurHOST
So, Michael, you have some insight into how these things generally work.
Katy TurHOST
How bad was it for Donald Trump to reverse himself?
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Katy TurHOST
Michael Steele, Mark Leibovich.
Katy TurHOST
Got people laughing in the studio.
Katy TurHOST
John Nichols, I appreciate.
Katy TurHOST
John, you're sticking around.
Arnie ArnesenHOST
He's despicable, cruel.
Arnie ArnesenHOST
He upends the law's rule while making the lawless his friends.
Arnie ArnesenHOST
Without proof, he bombs boats, kills their men, sends Israel bombs once again.
Arnie ArnesenHOST
International law just means nothing at all to the Don and his criminal friends.
Arnie ArnesenHOST
So how in the world do we stop him? At the moment, our prospects look grim.
Arnie ArnesenHOST
Those who should keep him checked have been swept off the deck.
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Peter GabrielSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
I've changed my name.
Peter GabrielSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
But no one wants you when you lose.
Arnie ArnesenHOST
And then, of course, I realized that after the huge hurricane hit Helene, it had devastated so much of Asheville, North Carolina, and suddenly this story of a disaster was personal for me in a way I could not even imagine it.
Arnie ArnesenHOST
And then I saw a piece at The Nation magazine, and as you know, we read The Nation all the time and hang out with John Nichols.
Arnie ArnesenHOST
He's a really good friend.
Arnie ArnesenHOST
And the title of the piece was the following: Two Years After Helene, North Carolina's Unsettled Recovery.
Katy TurSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
That is why with just five weeks left until the midterms, the party is finally making affordability its focus.
Katy TurSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Sam Stein, Scott McFarland, John Nichols still with us.
Katy TurSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Scott, what are they doing?
Scott MacFarlaneHOST
let me call your attention to the lead story in today's long beach california newspaper i'm just going to bet you haven't read it yet you were going to but here's what i got for you it profiles the truck driver who has the most expensive fill up in u.s history 8.44 cents a gallon for diesel in long beach it cost him 1300 bucks for two fill-ups and he's making clear this is all coming your way this is all coming downstream we're all going to pay for this at some point So what message can you push through on diesel prices and gas prices that works at this point? Showing you care, showing you're giving it a try is a start.
Ben BurgisHOST
But again, I think there's a fair amount of conceptual blurriness there.
Ben BurgisHOST
Bernie Sanders, who I was just talking earlier about how much I love the guy, actually co-wrote a book with John Nichols called It's Okay to be Angry at Capitalism.
Ben BurgisHOST
And that, okay, that sounds pretty definitive, right? So we're talking not just about, okay, we shouldn't have private health insurance.
Ben BurgisHOST
We should have Medicare for all.
Katy TurHOST
We'll heal how it now.
Katy TurHOST
Joining us, Bulwark Managing Editor Sam Stein, Midas Touch Chief Washington Correspondent Scott MacFarlane, MSNOW Senior National Security Reporter David Rhoad back with us, and The Nation Executive Editor John Nichols is with us as well.
Katy TurHOST
Guys, in the commercial break before the top of the show, John and I were going through all of his predictions for Senate.
Katy TurHOST
And, oh, boy, it is a list.
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Katy TurHOST
I don't know where it is.
Katy TurHOST
Okay, because I promised it.
Katy TurHOST
Here are John Nichols.
Katy TurHOST
Here's his predictions.
Erin RyanHOST
States' rights, you say? Hmm, I think I've heard this song before.
Erin RyanHOST
Writing for The Nation, John Nichols argued that Collins peddled the states' rights line, echoing the arguments of the people who fought hardest against civil rights coalitions.
Erin RyanHOST
And she did it while civil rights groups were pointing at more than 400 voter suppression measures introduced across the country.
Erin RyanHOST
Now, not for nothing, Collins' purported hero, Margaret Chase Smith, voted for the Civil Rights Act of 1957, 1960, 1964, and 1968.
John WienerHOST
That included even Fox News.
John WienerHOST
John Nichols has our analysis.
John WienerHOST
And we'll also have your Minnesota moment and update on national popular vote.
John WienerHOST
But first, election protection and media independence.
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Norm EisenGUEST
Thank you, John.
Norm EisenGUEST
Look forward to being back with you again soon.
John WienerHOST
For this week's political update, we turn, of course, to John Nichols.
John WienerHOST
He's executive editor of The Nation.
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