In overturning #Roe, #SCOTUS has ushered in a new period of "Jane Crow," says Michele Goodwin. "When you take people’s ability away to be able to care for themselves, you affect every aspect of their life." #Velshi msnbc.com/ali-velshi/wat…

Going #InsideProject2025’s labor policies w/Seth D. Harris: they would create a hostile labor market for workers and weaken unions…and allow teenagers to operate heavy machinery. Because that is what we needed. #Velshi msnbc.com/ali-velshi/wat…

Palestinian Americans were shut out of the speakers lineup at the DNC, so GA State Rep Ruwa Romman @ruwa4georgia spoke just outside its walls. “We all wanted to come to a place of unity & a place of yes... I'm not really sure where we go from here."#velshi msnbc.com/ali-velshi/wat…

Writing 'Whale Talk,' author ChrisCrutcher was inspired by children he taught. "I had to go to those kids and find out how I could teach them." #VelshiBannedBookClub #Velshi msnbc.com/ali-velshi/wat…

There's a "big secret" Bernie Sanders wants to share: "All progressive ideas are enormously popular.” That's why so many people at last week's DNC cheered for so many of the policies he has long championed. #Velshi msnbc.com/ali-velshi/wat…

The long list of immigration policy proposals #InsideProject2025 include child detention, mass deportation, and even eliminating many paths to *legal* immigration. “#Project2025 is in many ways a manifestation of deep xenophobia,” says @PaoRamos. #velshi msnbc.com/ali-velshi/wat…

#Project2025 was a popular stage prop at this week’s DNC. Mallory McMorrow & Rep. Malcolm Kenyatta both brought their copies to the podium. Its abortion policies would create “Hell for women,” says McMorrow, seeing them as “nothing but vessels for bearing children.” #Velshi

You can look at #Project2025's goals as going after the health of women," says fmr. HHS Sec. Kathleen Kathleen Sebelius. Many of its proposals will lead to poor outcomes for women. "We're not just talking about repro. health. We're talking ALL health." #Velshi msnbc.com/ali-velshi/wat…

#Project2025 is the Heritage Foundation's 9th “Mandate for Leadership.” The 1st ed. saw 60% of the think tank’s recs implemented by Reagan, when "the Republican Party had a lot of pluralism,” says Rick Perlstein. “But those moderates are gone.”😬🚨#velshi msnbc.com/ali-velshi/wat…

This year will be the first presidential election since the fall of Roe v. Wade. With so many abortion initiatives on the ballot this year, how the politics of reproductive rights could affect the race will be particularly consequential. #Velshi msnbc.com/ali-velshi/wat…

"The abortion issue gets people to the polls – especially women," kathyspillar & Mini Timmaraju warn not to underestimate the power of the female vote. "[Trump] is going to say anything he can to distract from his record and get voters confused." #Velshi msnbc.com/ali-velshi/wat…

"I really had to separate training in med. school & in the lab vs. what I felt as a Black woman in America," says Ala Stanford MD of grappling with Covid solutions in 2020. "People were looking to me for guidance, right? I didn't take that lightly." #Velshi msnbc.com/ali-velshi/wat…

#Project2025 aims to shield domestic rightwing extremists from FBI scrutiny despite a surge in threats. Barb McQuade warns "vigilante violence” will follow. “If we ignore those kinds of threats, we're doomed to have more of them.”#InsideProject2025 #Velshi msnbc.com/ali-velshi/wat…

“We just can’t afford it. We don’t have time.” From triple-digit heat waves in the U.S., to "corn sweat", to potentially 180F in Iran, climate “crises are going to pile up here like car crashes,” warns fmr top @noaa official Monica Medina. "Vote." #Velshi

"Every vote matters," Lowndes County Democratic Party Chairwoman Thameka Miller Akpan says, urging voters to educate themselves and inspire others ahead of the election. "Bring 5 people to vote with you...if you do that, we will make a difference in this election." #Velshi

"I am demanding accountability from Corporal Vance," Gold Star widow Kait Wyatt slams JD Vance's integrity after Trump's political visit to Arlington National Cemetery "desecrated" the hallowed grounds. "It's just very un-Marine like." #Velshi msnbc.com/ali-velshi/wat…

Trump campaign’s ever-shrinking definition of “American” now excludes public service workers. Meanwhile, the Harris-Walz ticket is reclaiming patriotism. Here’s how. #Velshi msnbc.com/ali-velshi/wat…

GOP strategy is “trashing public service” and attacking Black voting rights, says Thom Hartmann. While MAGA has “co-opted patriotism,” the Harris-Walz ticket is reclaiming it with an inclusive message, says Christina Greer. #Velshi msnbc.com/ali-velshi/wat…

Not only does #Project2025 “not offer solutions to our existing housing crisis,” says Andre M. Perry, but it “doubles down on our existing architecture of segregation.” #velshi #InsideProject2025 msnbc.com/ali-velshi/wat…

Season 2 of the #VelshiBannedBookClub podcast begins next Thursday 9/12! Ali Velshi will speak with some great authors and give context to book bans as a threat to democracy. Listen to the trailer here & follow wherever you listen to podcasts:  link.chtbl.com/vbbcs2_social