The historic Kennedy-Nixon 1960 debates:
Candidates were in a TV studio
No overtime statements or loud interruptions allowed from either candidate
No in-person audience
Huzzah

Abbott will try to tell you that the biggest threat to law and order in Texas is immigrants. Or President Biden. Or college students.

But it’s him.

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GOP Sen. Lankford: President Biden was correct in the things he was laying out about the bipartisan border bill. It would have increased the number of border agents, the number of asylum officers, it would have radically changed the way we did processing. Republicans killed it

. Lawrence O'Donnell points out that the Republican courthouse congressional delegation gathered in front of the pile of microphones outside of Trump's criminal trial, small though it is, is still the largest gathering of Trump supporters outside of the courthouse so far.

The USA Singers Lawrence O'Donnell just pointed out this evening that Alito is Baby Bush's lasting gift to America. The Supreme Court matters in this election too. Heck, it matters in every election.

#VoteBlueToStopTheStupid

After the 2020 presidential race, some Trump supporters spread the Big Lie that the election was stolen. They displayed upside-down American flags in protest. One home flying an inverted flag was the residence of Supreme Court Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. nytimes.com/2024/05/16/us/…

News --> Clarence Thomas still won't clarify whether he repaid the principal on a $260,000 loan from a rich friend that he used to buy his RV, Sens Wyden and Whitehouse say. If loan was forgiven, they argue, it should have been reported as taxable income:
newrepublic.com/article/181627…

I am so excited to be joining Lawrence O'Donnell tonight to talk about our campaign’s big win last night and how we are going to keep Maryland blue this November.

Stay tuned and see you tonight!

Last night’s big winner in Maryland.

The unnoticed debate prep challenge for President Biden is what can he say about the Trump indictments?

Answer: maybe nothing.

TONIGHT: Simon Rosenberg returns on The #LastWord with Lawrence O'Donnell. Tune in!

TONIGHT: Angela Alsobrooks joins Lawrence O'Donnell on The #LastWord . Tune in!

TONIGHT: Senator Jon Tester joins Lawrence O'Donnell on The #LastWord . Tune in!

On this day in 1970, police opened fire on a crowd of students at Jackson State College in Mississippi, killing two students and injuring dozens more. calendar.eji.org/racial-injusti…

Newsmax: More warning signs for Donald Trump after Nikki Haley's zombie presidential campaign continues to rack up votes. Remember, she's out of the race but take a look at what happened in Maryland last night. 20% of Republicans voted in opposition of Donald Trump, almost 50,000

When Michael Cohen is played by a great actor, as he surely will be, we’ll see a compelling tragicomic character.

Prosecutors ask judge to order Steve Bannon to report to prison nbcnews.com/politics/justi…

Have to admit I’m surprised that Speaker Mike Johnson wants to be in the “I cheated on my wife with a porn star” club. I guess he’s not that concerned with teaching morality to our young people after all.

Best provisions in Biden proposal: (1) Cutting off a candidate’s mic when his time is up—only way to insure fair allocation of time; (2) No live audience—a disruptive, irritating distraction. Many of us have advocated for these rules for years.

NEW: A jury of 12 and 4 alternates has been seated in Senator Bob Menendez's bribery trial.