mccaskill, it's great to end the year with you, claire. i'm excited, a bit trepdacious, and somewhat terrified for the next one. thank you as always for riding along with me. >> well, we'll be together next year. >> we will, sister. >>> coming up, in the past two national election cycles we have seen conspiracy theories fray the fabric of our electoral system. we're going to show you how one arizona radio station is fighting back against disinformation. but first we'll take you back to florida where this year white lash against black studies threaten the town's ability to teach its own history. that's next. town's ability to teach its own history. that's next. i got this $1,000 camera for only $41 on dealdash. dealdash.com, online auctions since 2009. this playstation 5 sold for only 50 cents. this ipad pro sold for less than $34. and this nintendo switch, sold for less than $20. i got this kitchenaid stand mixer for only $56. i got this bbq smoker for 26 bucks. and shipping is always free. go to dealdash.com right now and see how much you

senator from missouri, claire mccaskill.e is the co-host of the terrific msnbc podcast so topical right now, "how to win 2024". so, george, here's what i can't get over. even if you are another conservative justice, you are watching this happen with clarence thomas, it's embarrassing. it makes the court look bad. is there anything they can do? >> there is nothing they can do. they have no authority over each other, even the chief justice does not have authority over individual justices and decisions to recuse, or decisions to disclose, or decisions to accept or reject. >> they did do the toothless ethical thing, which, they could've been better there. >> i don't think the supreme court can, itself, in force solution to this. the solution goes much beyond anything the supreme court can do. i think the supreme court justices, and judges, generally, state and federal, are underpaid. if you look at $174,000 is a lot of money, but fact of the matter is, 29 year old lawyers who clerk on the court, go to new york law firms, or wash

mccaskill, it's great to end the year with you, claire.xcited, a bit trepidatious, and somewhat terrified for the next one. thank you, as always, for riding along with me. >> we will be there together next year. >> we will, sister. >>> coming up, in the past two national election cycles, we have seen conspiracy theories fray the fabric of our electoral system. we are gonna show you how one arizona radio station is fighting back against disinformation. >>> but first, we will take you back to florida, where this year, white lash against black studies threaten the town's ability to teach its own history. that's next. ♪ ♪ ♪ you're replacing me? customize and save with liberty bibberty. he doesn't even have a mustache. only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪ i got this $1,000 camera for only $41 on dealdash. dealdash.com, online auctions since 2009. this playstation 5 sold for only 50 cents. this ipad pro sold for less than $34. and this nintendo switch, sold for less than $20. i got this kitchenaid stand mixer for o

senator from missouri, claire mccaskill. of the terrific msnbc podcast so topical right now, "how to win 2024". so, george, here's what i can't get over. even if you are another conservative justice, you are watching this happen with clarence thomas, it's embarrassing. it makes the court look bad. is there anything they can do? >> there is nothing they can do. they have no authority over each other, even the chief justice does not have authority over individual justices and decisions to recuse, or decisions to disclose, or decisions to accept or reject. >> they did do the toothless ethical thing, which, they could've been better there. >> i don't think the supreme court can, itself, in force solution to this. the solution goes much beyond anything the supreme court can do. i think the supreme court justices, and judges, generally, state and federal, are underpaid. if you look at $174,000 is a lot of money, but fact of the matter is, 29 year old lawyers who clerk on the court, go to new york law firms, or washington law firms

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>> you know, we're talking about language. >> yeah, we're talking about language, claire mccaskill.fact, even in lindsey graham's defense of trump or the idea we shouldn't use language, he used the term "invaded" which is another one of those terms. david jolly's point is valid. all of this is infusing a conversation that, a logical conversation we could be having about immigration but we're not. we are having a fearmongering, anti-immigrant racist conversation about immigration. >> yeah, and i don't get it. i just don't get it. i don't get why lindsey graham can't say what he really means. donald trump shouldn't say that. i disagree with donald trump, that immigrants are not poisoning the blood of america. it is ridiculous. all of these people kowtowing to this guy who is -- the people that donald trump is lifting up, i have listened to lindsey graham over and over again in the armed services committee say what a danger they are to the world. kim jong-un, viktor orban, putin. lindsey graham knows that he is playing footsie with the bad guys, and the notion that lindsey graham doesn

claire mccaskill is with us as well.decision to disqualify donald trump from the 2024 ballot because of his role in the january 6th attack on the u.s. capitol. garrett haake as the latest. >> reporter: the legal ruling that could keep donald trump off colorado's primary ballot looming large on the campaign trail with his republican rivals defending the man they hope to defeat. >> just because these liberal justices don't like him, they want to take him off the ballot. that's not a democracy. >> reporter: bill barr, who has been critical of donald trump, questioning the legal merits of the case, arguing it will work to his former boss' advantage. >> he feeds on grievance. >> reporter: the colorado supreme court citing donald trump's own words as evidence of inciting an insurrection. >> we fight like hell. if you don't fight like hell, you're not going to have a country anymore. >> reporter: president biden calling donald trump's role in the capitol attack self-evident. >> it's an insurrection, no question about it. >> rep

now, this is a good time to remind people that clair mccaskill was actually a united states senator. he married a migrant. yeah, that's what donald trump is talking about jas tuesday effects are all around us. they can't justify any of it. blather on about trump is hitler if he wins never hold another election. absurd. politicians may lie but numbers do not. trump is leading in every major poll by margins once thought impossible. he is up by 4 national in the latest fox poll. and the new monmouth university poll biden's approval rating at a dismal 34%. that's another new low in that survey. meanwhile 54% of democrats proving again what a petty biden is. reportedly blaming not himself, not his policies for these night mariucci numbers, but his campaign staff. now, after he pardoned the thanksgiving turkeys. he acted like one himself. because, according to "the washington post," at a meeting with campaign staff, biden delivered some stern words for the small group assembled. his poll numbers were unacceptably low and he wanted to know what his team and his campaign were going to do abo

joining me now is claire mccaskill, former democratic senator from missouri. for making the time. first of all, what is your reaction to this ruling? and secondly, calling a states supreme decision a partisan attack, what do you make of that? >> well, first of all, it's not surprising that he is going to call this a partisan attack. anything that happens to him is a partisan attack. he never does anything wrong. it is always people that are doing things wrong to him. he is the ultimate victim and tries to be a martyr, always, but when i look at this decision, alex, i kind of have two hats. one hat is the lawyer who had to pass the bar exam and his head to hold my hand up and take an oath to uphold the constitution a number of times in my career. the irony of this decision is, it is so steeped in the very theories that this supreme court seems to hold closest to them. and that is originalism and contextual-ism. if you look, for example, at the gun case that clarence thomas wrote, i think he rode it, where he said no gun laws can be passed that don't fit within

claire mccaskill served two terms antisemitic democratic senate of missouri. she is a msnbc political analyst, and she joins me now. what do you think? >> did you notice when you asked, are you going to run again? he said, yeah. he was like, -- >> you can't make news on that. >> i can say no. i think, republicans need to realize that they got a problem. look at the history of speakers that the republican party has produced, and look what has happened, going back to gingrich. there has been scandal. ryan is the only one that internally served until democrats took over. boehner got to start in october. after them, an election, previous november, meanwhile, pelosi, and by the way, democrats are easier to get together, no, they're not. >> there are harder. >> of course. >> they're harder, there are structural factors that make them a more unyielding coalition. >> correct, but the differences, they really do want to govern and get things done. in moments where it matters, they stay together. pelosi was able to keep them together over some rough waters, and hakeem j

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claire mccaskill served two terms antisemitic democratic senate of missouri. is a msnbc political analyst, and she joins me now. what do you think? >> did you notice when you asked, are you going to run again? he said, yeah. he was like, -- >> you can't make news on that. >> i can say no. i think, republicans need to realize that they got a problem. look at the history of speakers that the republican party has produced, and look what has happened, going back to gingrich. there has been scandal. ryan is the only one that internally served until democrats took over. boehner got to start in october. after them, an election, previous november, meanwhile, pelosi, and by the way, democrats are easier to get together, no, they're not. >> there are harder. >> of course. >> they're harder, there are structural factors that make them a more unyielding coalition. >> correct, but the differences, they really do want to govern and get things done. in moments where it matters, they stay together. pelosi was able to keep them together over some rough waters, and hakeem jeffr

senator, now an nbc news and msnbc political analyst, claire mccaskill, host of the podcast "on brandutsch" is with us, political columnist for politico jonathan martin, jack my allah mainly and mike barnicle with us as well. >> senator, i'm not being glib when i say i'm proud to be an american. i have been my entire life. i'm so proud of the men and women in uniform. i can't thank them enough for their service and read history and know history and i also know that our military right now relative to the rest of the world, stronger than it has been since 1945. and yet, you have republicans like tommy tuberville trashing them and saying they are weaker than ever. what gives? >> well, first of all, everything is upside down. the idea that they are hijacking aid to ukraine as a loyal member of nato and they're hijacking aid to israel and they're hijacking aid to taiwan over domestic policy that they have not managed a bipartisan vote on since 2013 when i was still in the senate, but i got a kick out of tuberville yesterday. he's so dumb. you know, couch actually said to the press outside

the co-host of "how to win 2024" with claire mccaskill. u.s. national editor at "the financial times," ed luce is with us. nbc news capitol hill correspondent ali vitali. louis told me the word. i got it. >> exactly. this has happened. >> i got it. >> this has happened before. jen, you know, people wonder why joe biden remains pretty calm about this while democrats across washington, d.c., in america wet their bed. he knows where the economy is. he knows where the economy is going. he knows there is a very long way to go. 1983, you know, where ronald reagan is, where joe biden was, reagan's approval rating got to as low as 35%. why? a recession. he averaged 41% in 1983, the year before his election that he won 49 states. we're not saying joe biden is going to win 49 states because there is, of course, the construct, the media construct that's enabled people to go out, tell lies about joe biden, and make money off of it. they'll keep telling lies about joe biden. they'll keep making money off of it. let them make their money. let them lie. joe b

senator, now an nbc news and msnbc political analyst, claire mccaskill.r" and host of "the fast politics" podcast, molly jong-fast, who has a great piece we're going to talk about this morning. >>> first, polling from monmouth university shows president joe biden's approval rating at the lowest point of his presidency. in the survey, just 34% of adults say they approve of his job performance, down 4% from september. 61% disapprove. biden also receives overwhelmingly negative marks for his handling of key policy issues. 52% disapprove of how he's handled infrastructure. um -- >> that really makes sense because he passed a historic bipartisan infrastructure bill. >> and was sure to say to republicans, "i'll see ya at the groundbreaking." >> yeah. >> 53% on jobs. >> which, again, jobs at historic lows. >> i have to laugh. >> keep going. >> 54% on climate change. >> they passed the most momentous climate change legislation. >> 68% on inflation. >> gone down. >> yeah. >> about 3%. >> 69% on immigration. >> yeah, that's bad. >> and he is working on striking a d

with me at the table is former senator claire mccaskill. so much of what i think remined open questions, even during and going into the end of the congressional committee's work was how will they prove intent, how will they show what he actually wanted to do. it seems that jack smith has taken on that challenge and then some and saying how about this for intent. it's what he always does, always the did, it's what he will always do. >> absolutely. by the way, welcome back. what a good day you chose to return. congratulations. i'm glad you're here today on this topic. this filing is full of revelations about jack smith's plan. his plan, seblly, to tell the story, a broad narrative of how donald trump rejected any election in which he was not the winner going back all the way now to something like 2014 in 2016 and again in the month before 2020 when he stoked essentially fears and conspiracy theories stoking the fears that those were rigged, somehow vulnerable to all sorts of malfeasance and interference, all of which was completely phoney. i

senator, now in this nbc political analyst claire mccaskill.e podcast on brand with donny deutsch. donny deutsch is with us and senior political columnist for politico, jonathan martin, jackie alemany and jack barnacle are still with us as well. >> senator, i'm not glib when i say i'm proud to be an american. i have been my entire life. i'm so proud of the men and women in uniform. i just can't thank them enough for their service. i also read history. i also know history, and i also know that our military, right now, relative to the rest of the world, stronger than it has been since 1945. and yet, you have republicans like tommy tuberville trashing them and saying they are weaker than ever. what gives? >> well, first of all, everything is upside down. the idea that they're hijack cain aid to ukraine and as a loyal member of nato, and their hijacking aid to israel. and they're hijack cain aid to taiwan over a domestic policy that they have not managed a bipartisan vote on since 2013, when i was still in the senate. but i got a kick out of tuberv

great to is you all. >> before we start with the news we have to go to claire mccaskill. memes on patrick mahomes crying about the call a couple nights ago, just lit up, lit up social media yesterday. what's your take, first of all, on the call, on the game, on the chiefs struggling, which i really don't understand the problem there, and also mahomes as a leader? >> well, it wasn't a great night, you know, but when you fly high, then everyone takes shots at you when you have a stumble, and i think everybody is making a lot more of this than they should. we have a problem, we have wide receiverers that can't hold on to the ball. i think all of us thought once we survived not having tyreek hill and won the super bowl we were beyond the problem of having wide receivers hold on to the ball, but we're making stupid mistakes and have people who don't have stickiy fingers. he does his best work when he's behind, and now the chiefs have been taken down a notch, and i feel pretty good about what's going to happen the rest of the season, honestly. >> it does really come down to the

mccaskill.avid, because i am old, i read your piece in the sunday "new york times" paper edition. >> he loves his paper edition. >> still have the ink coming up on the hands. >> holding onto that. >> you know, there are two things i found actually shocking in those poll numbers that you highlighted. i say shocking. i'll just say, very surprised. very surprised. one was the fact that the majority of americans not only identify with israel more than the palestinians, but the majority of americans, while being concerned about gazan casualties, actually support israel's use of force as just about right or not enough. that was surprising to me. the second thing was just how disconnected, should i call them the far left? it's not the left. i know a lot of people on the left who don't hold the views of what were identified as progressives, but there is a farer left element of american politics, the democratic party, that is on its own when it comes to the israel-palestinian conflict. by the way, that's