Full Broadcast 22Nov17 Real News with David Knight GUESTS: • Lionel — why is it the gun grabbers who are typically grabbing our private parts (and our privacy & rights) TOPICS • Abortionist’s demonic rant gets his license pulled & his clinic closed • Vegas to ban human drivers after shooting. Is this what 4Chan warned us about? • Uber cover-up of the hack isn’t the creepiest thing they’ve done
[from Alex Jones and his merry band of batshit bullshitters]
The Political Left With Try To Destroy America By Any Means Necessary
Happy Thanksgiving from the War Room! In the final War Room before Thanksgiving, we have some fun with Hillary Clinton, take a deep look into all the sexual assault allegations that are being reported, and look at the double standard and lunacy that is coming from the political left.
[from Alex Jones and his merry band of batshit bullshitters]
Fmr prosecutor: “Inexplicable” Kushner not “walled off”
The Beat With Ari Melber 11/22/17
Special Counsel Mueller is probing Jared Kushner’s possible role in the Comey firing, and Vanity Fair reports Kushner asked a friend, “Do you think they'll get the President?" Duration: 11:02
Trump hits the golf course in Florida one day after publicly supporting alleged sexual predator, Roy Moore as a new campaign ad is released with all 9 accusers Duration: 5:22
New concerns Trump is using the Justice Department as a weapon to attack his opponents. From urging the DOJ to investigate Hillary Clinton to blocking the AT&T – Time Warner deal. Michael Conway, who wrote part of final report recommending President Nixon’s impeachment calls it “the essence of abuse of power” Duration: 10:37
Melber to Zuckerberg: Discrimination is more than a “technical failure"
The Beat With Ari Melber 11/22/17
A ProPublica investigation reveals Facebook’s ad targeting allows discrimination by letting advertisers excluded race and religion. Ari Melber’s special report breaks down why “Facebook failed.” Duration: 11:18
Legal fund ambiguity a complicating influence in Trump probe
The Rachel Maddow Show 11/22/17
Rachel Maddow looks at how daunting the legal bills can be in for staffers in the Trump campaign and White House, and how a loose promise of a reimbursement fund might be used to influence testimony in the Mueller Trump Russia investigation. Duration: 24:42
Trump risks 'hush money' accusations with witness legal fund
The Rachel Maddow Show 11/22/17
Michael Beschloss, NBC News presidential historian, talks with Rachel Maddow about why Donald Trump needs to be careful about making vague offers to cover legal fees for Trump Russia probe witnesses given the precedent set by Richard Nixon. Duration: 3:56
Trump SoHo Hotel owner pays Trumps to leave as business flounders
The Rachel Maddow Show 11/22/17
Andrea Bernstein, senior editor at WNYC, talks with Rachel Maddow about the problems the Trump family has had with the Trump SoHo Hotel and today's news that the owner has paid the Trump's to exit the contract early, as the Trump name is seen as damaging to business. Duration: 8:15
High schooler challenges with essay on Thanksgiving's 'absurdity'
The Rachel Maddow Show 11/22/17
Rachel Maddow shares an odd episode in U.S. history when a Rhode Island high schooler named Mary Moran won an essay contest about Thanksgiving and happiness whose message was too intense for the state's governor to endorse. Duration: 3:06
New GOP Sex Scandal as Republicans Grapple with Roy Moore
The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell 11/22/17
The Washington Post reports that U.S. Rep. Joe Barton (R-TX) threatened to report a woman he had an affair with to the Capitol Police if she exposed his secret sex life. And Republican strategist Tim Miller also explains how Roy Moore caused him to make his first donation ever to a Democrat's campaign. Indira Lakshmanan and David Jolly join the discussion. Duration: 17:16
Lawrence Summers on Trump’s “Nonsense” Tax Numbers
The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell 11/22/17
Former Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers joins Lawrence to dissect the Trump-Republican tax plan and explain why there is “nothing” to support the promises and predictions from the White House about the tax cuts’ effect on the national debt and Americans paychecks. Duration: 9:50
In what Lawrence calls “mandatory reading” on the election of Donald Trump, The Atlantic's Adam Serwer writes “a majority of white voters backed a candidate who assured them that they will never have to share this country with people of color as equals.” Lawrence discusses with Serwer and Eugene Robinson. Duration: 9:13
The political conversation around Thanksgiving tables probably looked a lot different this year than in 2016. Lawrence recaps all that’s happened since Donald Trump was elected- and since the Resistance mobilized to stop him from realizing his worst campaign promises. Ezra Klein and Steve Schmidt join. Duration: 11:56
Light shed on Trump's Oval Office meeting with Russians
The 11th Hour with Brian Williams 11/23/17
A new Vanity Fair report gives more detail on Trump's Oval Office meeting with two Russian officials back in May as NBC News reports Mueller is targeting Michael Flynn's business associate. Our panel reacts. Duration: 7:37
Trump last Thanksgiving: We need to heal our divisions
The 11th Hour with Brian Williams 11/23/17
Just after the 2016 election, Trump issued a Thanksgiving message calling for unity. This Thanksgiving Eve, he attacked the NFL again and called a private citizen an 'ungrateful fool' on Twitter. Duration: 10:36
Uncertain how Trump & GOP will react if Alabama elects Roy Moore
The 11th Hour with Brian Williams 11/23/17
As Moore's Democratic Rival Doug Jones releases a blistering new ad using the names and faces of Moore's accusers, it remains unclear how D.C. will react if Moore wins this Alabama Senate race. Duration: 6:30
Robert Mueller Zeroes in on Jared Kushner: A Closer Look
Published on Nov 22, 2017 by Late Night with Seth Meyers
Seth takes a closer look at how President Trump's aides are growing increasingly anxious about special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into the Trump team's ties to Russia.
Angela Merkel's German coalition crisis greatly exaggerated There has been a lot of talk about German democracy in crisis. But the government keeps ticking along, and politicians across nearly the whole spectrum say the situation is hardly as dire as some are making it out to be. http://www.dw.com/en/angela-merkels-german-coalition-crisis-greatly-exaggerated/a-41488263
Former ethics director: Kellyanne Conway violated Hatch Act with Roy Moore comments Walter Shaub filed an official complaint against Conway Earlier this year Conway got in trouble for plugging Ivanka Trump's clothing and accessory line http://www.cnn.com/2017/11/22/politics/kellyanne-conway-hatch-act/index.html
Walter Shaub Retweeted Christina Wilkie "Former Govt Ethics director says Kellyanne Conway likely violated the Hatch Act by attacking Roy Moore’s opponent on national TV." I have filed a complaint with the U.S. Office of Special Counsel, which investigates Hatch Act violations. https://twitter.com/christinawilkie/status/933319442141995008
'Do you think they'll get the president?': Kushner is reportedly worried as the Russia investigation heats up Jared Kushner, President Donald Trump's son-in-law and senior adviser, is said to be increasingly worried about the size and scope of the Russia investigation. Kushner reportedly asked a friend whether the probe would become big enough to "get the president." The investigation has expanded to include whether Trump attempted to obstruct justice when he fired James Comey as FBI director and whether Trump had a role in crafting a misleading statement his son Donald Trump Jr. released about a meeting with a Kremlin-connected lawyer at Trump Tower in June 2016. Kushner is a central figure in both of those events. http://www.businessinsider.com/kushner-worried-about-mueller-trump-russia-investigation-2017-11
Mueller is zeroing in on Michael Flynn Special counsel Robert Mueller is looking into Bijan Kian, a former business associate of former national security adviser Michael Flynn. Mueller is primarily interested in gauging what role Kian played in Flynn Intel Group's lobbying activity for a Turkish businessman with ties to Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Flynn has come under scrutiny because of his contacts with Russian officials and his work as a foreign agent, and recent revelations could mean Mueller is eyeing Flynn as his next target. http://www.businessinsider.com/robert-mueller-michael-flynn-russia-investigation-lobbying-turkey-2017-11
Exclusive: What Trump Really Told Kislyak After Comey Was Canned - 11th Hour open 11-22-17 During a May 10 meeting in the Oval Office, the president betrayed his intelligence community by leaking the content of a classified, and highly sensitive, Israeli intelligence operation to two high-ranking Russian envoys, Sergey Kislyak and Sergey Lavrov. This is what he told them—and the ramifications. https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2017/11/trump-intel-slip