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Tune in Mondays through Fridays at 7pm ET for MSNBC's new show "The Weeknight," hosted by Symone Sanders Townsend, Michael Steele, and Alicia Menendez.

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The Weeknight on MSNBC @weeknightmsnbc.bsky.social · Jul 30

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“Republicans are AWOL”: @welch.senate.gov, a member of the Senate Judiciary and Finance Committees, slams GOP absence during shutdown

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WATCH: Democratic Senators Ruben Gallego and Mark Kelly confront Speaker Mike Johnson outside his office for refusing to swear in Congresswoman-elect Adelita Grijalva.

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@msnbc.com’s @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social talks with demonstrators in Chicago as crowds rally against the National Guard deployment. One participant calls the protest “a mechanism to push against the regime.”

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@msnbc.com’s @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social: National Guard deployment in Chicago is an “unwanted, unwelcome incursion into the city”

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BREAKING: Trump just said Israel & Hamas have agreed to the first phase of a peace plan – which he says includes the release of all hostages and an Israeli troop withdrawal. @msnbc.com White House Correspondent @lbarronlopez.bsky.social joins The Weeknight with the latest.

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Plus: The Senate struck down the same two short-term government funding measures today for the sixth time, extending the shutdown with no end in sight. @welch.senate.gov joins The Weeknight to discuss the escalating standoff.

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Breaking: Comey pleads not guilty at a closely watched arraignment. Meanwhile, National Guard troops roll into Chicago amid growing protests. @lawofruby.bsky.social was inside the courtroom for Comey’s arraignment, and @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social is on the streets of Chicago. Tune in at 7PM/ET.

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The Weeknight host @michaelsteele.bsky.social slams Attorney General Pam Bondi as a “petulant political hack” for insulting Democrats during a Senate hearing and refusing to answer their questions.

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"Blatant defiance, a coverup”: @blumenthal.senate.gov joins The Weeknight to break down an explosive hearing where Democrats pressed AG Pam Bondi on Trump’s retribution targets.

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“Pam Bondi is a fool”: @democracydocket.com founder @marcelias.bsky.social joins The Weeknight to unpack AG Pam Bondi’s grilling in the Senate and its implications for the Justice Department.

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Trump aides have "given up on democracy": @chrismurphyct.bsky.social discusses why Trump’s inner circle sees the left not just as political opponents, but as an existential threat to their power.

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@chrismurphyct.bsky.social took to the Senate floor to blast what he calls the GOP’s plan “to destroy American democracy and create a new set of rules that will allow Trump and his allies to rule forever.” He joins The Weeknight to warn of an ongoing authoritarian takeover.

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Retribution against political enemies is part of what @chrismurphyct.bsky.social is calling a “plan to try to destroy American democracy and create a new set of rules that will allow Trump and his allies to rule forever.” He joins The Weeknight as the Comey case escalates.

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Plus: @blumenthal.senate.gov joins The Weeknight to discuss his efforts to hold AG Pam Bondi accountable during a Senate Judiciary Hearing. He’ll also weigh in on Donald Trump’s government shutdown and the cracks beginning to emerge within the GOP as negotiations remain stalled.

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AG Pam Bondi was in the hot seat on Capitol Hill today, facing tough questions before the Senate Judiciary Cmte. on the Epstein files, the targeting of ex-FBI head James Comey, and much more. @marcelias.bsky.social joins The Weeknight to discuss.

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“Legislative insanity”: House Democratic Leader @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social says Republicans want a government shutdown

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“When politics can't reach people, the culture always does”: Hosts praise Bad Bunny's SNL monologue

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America isn't a country that “polices its communities using the military”: Oregon @agdanrayfield.bsky.social blasts National Guard deployment

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“Absolutely no communication”: @adelitaforcongress.bsky.social responds to the GOP-led efforts to delay her swearing-in ceremony and details why she thinks they’re stalling to prevent a vote on the Epstein files.

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Trump’s retribution fight is “punishing the progress”: Symone responds to new reporting from MSNBC’s Carol Leonnig and Ken Dilanian that a top prosecutor is refusing to seek charges against New York Attorney General Letitia James.

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Day 6 of the government shutdown is coming to a close with no end in sight. @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social joins The Weeknight with the latest as Republicans abdicate responsibility for the shutdown and Trump is enthusiastically preparing to lay off thousands of federal workers.

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And, @adelitaforcongress.bsky.social promised to be the tie-breaking signature on a discharge petition that would force a vote on the Epstein files, but House Speaker Mike Johnson keeps pushing back her swearing-in ceremony. She joins The Weeknight to respond to the GOP’s shady delay tactics.

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@msnbc.com Exclusive: As Trump ramps up his retribution campaign on perceived enemies, MSNBC’s @carolleonnig.bsky.social and @kendilanian-nbc.bsky.social report a top prosecutor is pushing back, refusing to seek charges against New York Attorney General Letitia James. Tune in at 7pm for the latest.

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@repstansbury.bsky.social: GOP “lying in the faces of the American people'” about government shutdown

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BREAKING: FBI agent fired for refusing to perp walk James Comey

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