that is all the time i have for today, here's alicia menendez, back here for more american voices. i handed over to many has been, i 90. >> hello alicia, and thank you so much, have a great rest of whatever is left to sunday night. but everyone else, keep watching, tonight on the mehdi hasan show. human trafficking as a political stunt, don't shake your head, my panel breaks down the latest inhumane dirty tricks on the gop's top governors, plus the gop dark money machine that's helped allow donald trump to go in front of a judge that he appointed, to get ridiculously favorable positions. sheldon whitehouse is here to discuss, then the legal controversy surrounding the sale of impostor --

men in jerry joins me live. jerry joins me live good evening, if you thought the era of republicans using a migrant children as political pawns ended in 2017, as donald trump's cruel and discussing child separation border policy was exposed to the world. well, you would be sadly mistaken. i want you to take a long hard look at this newborn baby, this infant who along with some 50 other mainly venezuelan asylum seekers was she noted family man greg abbott, texas governor to the doorstep of vice president kamala harris as d.c. residents early yesterday. a baby, who uses a baby to score partisan points? the texas governor's move was just a latest development in a

vial game of political one-upmanship, taking place on the gop. as we placed trump want to be point out that there are more than racist enough to be the party's new standard standard bearer. in the past you've probably heard of what would jesus do, from the american right, i may be muslim but i think i could rather confidently tell you that jesus, he wouldn't be doing this. he wouldn't be spending millions upon millions of taxpayer dollars for no other reason than to own the libs. he wouldn't be playing a glorified game of populated with babies, literal davies. again i must reiterate this isn't just one republican governor going rogue. no no no, apparently flinging unwanted to brown people across the country is now the bigotry du jour for aspiring gop 2024 presidential candidates. seeking to outshine proud, christian, fears, bible loving

node family man to craig abbott. was ron desantis, who dubbed into his states 12 million dollar anti-immigration fund to relocate, not asylum seekers from his own state, but asylum seekers from thousand miles away in texas, and relocate them to the remote island enclave of martha's vineyard. i really should correct myself, because he didn't wreak locate, them he effectively kidnap these people, luring them onto planes with promises of jobs, expedite visas, free housing involved in, and then proceeded to tell them something to a tiny island with no support services, and no warning for the people there. if that's not what most people would call kidnapping, that's not what a lot of people would call human trafficking, i don't know what is. and if you think i'm being hyperbolic, consider these comments from -- a top immigration and criminal defense attorney, and a radio analyst for fox, of all places. >> they were lied to again and again. and fraudulently induced to

board the claims, they were told there was a surprise present for them, and that there would be jobs and housing awaiting for them when they arrive. this was obviously statistically. >> sadistic indeed. but, if that immigration lawyers outrage isn't enough to move you, listen to this back and forth from two d and twiddle -- just watch. >> but they went down to the border and i bought a big truck with me, and i picked up a bunch of illegal immigrants, and i started transporting them across the country. would i or when i not likely be arrested for human trafficking, and would it be illegal to do that for me, if i did that? >> for you, a citizen, you could easily be arrested -- >> so, illegality from the horse's mouth. they're not saying the quiet part out loud, folks, there bellowing it.

here's the thing, we can get as worked up about this is we want, we can pound our fists and fire off some all caps tweets, and seeing america the beautiful in for the supreme court lake house democrats did after roe is overturned, in other words we can do absolutely nothing or this democratic administration and this democrat democratic congress could open investigation hold hearings and see if there's a legal criminal case to be made against the likes of ron desantis. because otherwise as the midterms approach we will continue to see brown families brown children brown babies held across the country like political footballs. what's that say? oh yeah, the cruelty is the point. joining me now are molly zhang hat faust contributing writer for the -- elie mystal correspondent for the nation magazine and kurt volker delhi and's former spokesperson for the republicans back in the day on that house oversight committee

thank so thank you all for joining me it's not the case of catching rhonda santos in the act he said he plans to spend millions keeping on doing those meaning millions from a florida fund that is what we do for people from florida not texas how could any of this be legal under florida federal law? >> it shouldn't be, i think history should start there. as i don't give people false hope. not every evil statistic bigoted racist thing these people do is illegal. some of those bigoted things are just allowed in this country. this is a country that has cut its teeth on the forced to coerce relocation of nonwhite his citizens start american history. joe biden says that is not american, sorry mister president, this is strangely america using nonwhite people and weaponizing them, and carting them around the peak the country. this is what the country has done in the past however, in this specific case, i think especially when you look at the

-- to martha's vineyard. we have reports that they were lied to, that they were tricked and they were induced with false promises to get on planes, and then shipped someplace where they were told where they were going. that, to me, is a violation of the federal kidnapping statues, the legal term of art is invading. i think most people's horton horse sands can understand. if i roll down and find a bunch of teenagers and say look kids, hop in my van, i'll take you to disney world. and i think that the bush gardens. i take them to old williamsburg, that's kidnapping. i didn't take the kids where i said i was gonna take the kids. i think that in this case, ron desantis told these people, including children that there would be taken to one, place boston, which would have services where that get expedited work visas and housing and then sent him to a different place. that is kidnapping, and the person that we need to understand that, is unfortunately this point not

ron desantis, not greg abbott, we need merrick garland once again to understand that, and bring the full -- down on these people >> who is an ellis island yesterday, talking about immigration. molly, your atlanta colleague coined the line, the cruelty is the point what person, let alone a proud christian ships a newborn baby across the country like livestock, merely to make a political point, to own the libs the cruelty and cynicism is unfathomable. >> well, it's interesting, because this is where we're seeing these mini trump's, and they're trying to out-trump each other for the 2024 nomination. so we are seeing these kind of abbots doing it, and then desantis is doing it, and it is really the cruelty is the point and ultimately the problem is here that once you start dehumanizing people at least

all sorts of terrible things as we've seen throughout history, so that is quite scary. and i'd also say that doesn't seem to me like republicans are getting better, it seems like they're getting worse. it seems like the message of trump's just to be as bad as you possibly can because the base loves it. it doesn't seem like there's any kind of backing up happening and be more investigations into that here's what he said yesterday have a listen. >> republicans are playing politics with human beings, using them as props. what they're doing is simply wrong, un-american, reckless, and we have a process in place to manage migrants at the border where we're gonna make sure it's safe and orderly and humane is that enough, current?

shouldn't democrats be mounting a full court press against this elated with child separation? >> one of the things we need to realize here is that context in which this is happening, the political environment has become very toxic and poisonous for the republicans heading into the midterms, because of the radical extreme stance on abortion, there are salt on women's rights in america. how convenient the as the political and start changing they start turning to the stunts. we've seen integrations of this before. remember last, time there were these migrant caravans. they're invading us, admittedly election ended that story went away from them this is just taking that playbook on steroids to a whole new level that's what they're doing they don't want to spending any time talking about their efforts to try to mandate forced birth in this -- there was talk about issues that they have known about for so long, going back now about two decades they see the issue of immigration in migrants they

think that's their wheel house they think that's where that could win. >> we can't forget caravans, from 2018 the last time we had caravans if these were white families or white babies -- how much outcry would be in comparison. >> they never do this to white people, we all know it, the fact that these people are nonwhite is baked into the system it's baked into how they are allowed and how they think they can get away with treating people this despicably and treating them as if they are garbage barge that could be sent around the country right the facts and i want to pick up about what coaches say the fact the republicans think that think treaty nonwhite people in this way is a winner for them kind of tells you all you need

to know about the state of the republican party and i think that at some kind of deep level i don't often make a distinction between maga republicans and other republicans they all look the same to me. but this i will make a distinction, because not all republicans are like this this is a specific kind of twisted bigoted evil that people like desantis are willing to truck in, and works them it tells you all you need to know about the monsters that support people like ron desantis >> on the note of ron desantis, all of this underscores that he is the most cynical cynical people. he didn't ship cubans from inside of his own state where they've been turning up off the waters of south florida to martha's vineyard, no, he's elected venezuelans from not in his state to pull off this stunt i mean this guy, i don't want to say he makes trump look good, but he certainly giving trump some competition in that

cruelty, bigotry, out of this world stakes. >> the problem with desantis is that he was like trump but he's smart, right. so he doesn't want to alienate -- you know cubans are huge voting base for florida, and he knows that -- even though he's very likely to get reelected, i don't think he wants the cuban community mad at him, air go, he goes to a different state to get different people, i think look he's quite smart, and i think that is going to be really be a problem. the baseness and the genuine kind of cruelty of what he is doing i think ultimately i'm not sure that even -- >> understand those groups to like that but i think the majority of americans really down or at least i don't, i hope -- >> i guess, molly, the republicans of realize they don't need to worry about the majority of americans, they can get elected with minority of

americans. kurt, last quick question to, you let's talk about elephant in the room donald trump held a rally in ohio last week something really weird and disturbing happen this week have a look at these images of his supporters holding up their arms and holding up their fingers while speaking. i think we have pictures of that, people have to see the stuff. this is what they were doing as they are speaking this time. apparently there was some qanon-ish music playing, although that still up for debate. but it's just a whole weird scene, very kiltey, kurt. >> first of all, the battle going on between donald trump and ron desantis, it's basically the battle of the pastors play out before our very eyes politically speaking, and this ridiculous effort of them to try to mimic nazi propaganda gestures, or really in this case they are actually stealing the gesture that roman rains uses everything single day they can't come up with everything -- samoan heavyweight champions gesture make it their own just

goes to show you that this is desperation this is depravity, this is the portrait of america that they want to pursue they are not hiding yet they're showing us every single day revealing to all of us how horrible and dangerous they are we need to take them out there were the when they say these, things do these things, when they forecast, they are not exaggerating. >> it's a vision i would hope a majority of americans would reject, but isn't majority enough in today's america? molly jong-fast, elie mystal, kurt von -- thank you all. >> coming up, trump has transformed the american judiciary in a really bad way, but what can democrats do about, it my conversation with senator sheldon whitehouse who sits on the judiciary committee is up next. is u next customizes your home insurance, here's a pool party. ♪ good times. insurance! ♪ only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪

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in florida is heating up. late friday night, the doj filed an appeal to over writes parts of judge i cannons order about documents seized by the fbi, over trump's mar-a-lago resort residents. judge canada denied the doj's quest, and got them -- from a special master's review of the material, a special master asked for by trump. let me give you a little background and reminder the back in 2020 then 38-year-old cannon was confirmed to the bench after trump had already -- relatively junior asian youngest lawyer, now will serve out a lifetime appointment in the southern district -- during his four years in office, trump appointed more than 200 federal judges as well as to

supreme court justice is, many of these appointees had things in common, they were regularly young and ultraconservative. through the appointment of judges like cannon, the former president with the help of mitch mcconnell, the federal society, and millions of dollars in dark money, effectively transformed our federal judiciary. so i have to ask, what are democrats gonna do about it? one democrat's been making a lot of noise on this issue, it is sheldon whitehouse, last year he gave his 18th speech on the senate floor, talking about the influence that had dark money is had on our judiciary, earlier i had the chance to speak to senator whitehouse. >> senator whitehouse, thanks for joining me on the show tonight. what would you say to those who described judge cannon's bizarre pro trump ruling so far as flawed, biased, as part, isn't as corrupt even >> i think all of that is correct, i

think it is wise of them to try to move forward under the judges order in order to avoid lots of time. at the same, time appeal the more egregious portions of the order, if there's one thing that is executive branch, it is the criminal investigation authority, and the idea of a judicial branch, specifically an appointee of the subject of the organization project themselves into it too slow or stop down the investigative process is unprecedented, which would be an easier to use. >> senator the reality is that we talk about trump packing the court with effectively stolen seats. but he packed the judiciary from top to bottom the same amount of appellate judges in one term as barack obama pointed in two terms isn't the

case that trump could disappear tomorrow night's judges will be producing ridiculous reactionary corrupt rulings for the next 30, 40, 50 years? >> yes, the plan to salt the courts -- with right-wing hacks and partisans, has been very effectively deployed but i would not give trump too much for credit for it, he was a passenger on that train, and i think that train departed long before he was president, and it looks like the people behind the scheme have spent over half a billion dollars on this court packing enterprise. so, it is a big deal. >> let's talk about the supreme court. you did this great thread the other day, breaking down how dark money groups are trying to get the supreme court to allow gop state legislatures to basically overturn election results come 2024, you referred to the court that don dark money, builds and years of packing extremists on to the court to build an obedient

supermajority, all true, all well, centrist senator. my question, is whether you and your fellow democrats willing to do to stop them, why no endorsement even now of court expansion, i just don't get it. . >> we have an array of reforms that we have already put out. that are pretty strong, and some cases. a lot of it is transparency, just bringing the cord up to speed with the executive, and legislative branches, and their own lower courts. some of it is a little bit stronger in terms of putting term limits on the judges, i think like any good lawyer, you want to make your case before you ask for your extraordinary relief. and we have not yet, i don't think, fully made the case to the american public, although they are really listening now in the ways of wake of the dobbs decision, the new york guns case, and the novel theories dropped and laws against polluters.

so nbc surprised if there is more activity that is very soon. but you make your case first and then -- >> someone out make the case tonight, to the viewers on msnbc, why not make the case for why the court won't be expected to rebalance court, someone who so to have a passion about the subject. >> the case would be this, that for several decades, big right wing billionaires and their front groups have run through an array of front grooves, and thrown money into the republican political system. a scheme to pick the judges, which was effectively approved by donald trump and his counsel, when they gave the federal society of the right to pick the list of who would be hot on the court, -- and his reward is getting 1.6

billion dollars drop down to one of those front groups, by guess, what a right-wing billionaire. there's more to it than, that but these are some high points of how right-wing special interests capture the court. >> would you personally support expanding the court? >> i'm not going to get ahead of my skis here. my job is to put out the case -- you remember the green new deal? great idea. but the rollout got bought so badly, and we've got so far ahead of the iris cues that mitch mcconnell called the green new deal vote. we have to roll this out in an orderly and thoughtful way. once the public understands how this court was stolen from them, essentially in broad daylight by dark money, i think we'll

have the public support do a lot of things to clean it up. >> and last quick question, 30 seconds, left i know you've criticize judge roberts for not holding an investigation to clarence thomas's refusal to recuse himself. -- -- we're waiting to see the results of that before we take any further action. >> okay fair enough. we have to leave, there were out of time, senator sheldon whitehouse, thank you for, time i appreciate it. >> thank you so much. >> still ahead, ben & jerry's are taking their parent company to court, over where to sell their ice cream, oh explain next, but first richard louis is here at the headlines,.

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founders been cohen and jerry green field. they join me now for a -- parent company of ben & jerry's over the sale of those ice creams in the occupied territories. thank you both for joining me. john, it's called ben & jerry's, the brand. it's named after you both, because you founded it together in 1978, even though you no longer run it. you sold it to you know lover in 2000. what is the brand supposed to stand for? what is the social mission of the company that you're trying to defend tonight? >> so there is a three-part mission to ben & jerry's, i financial mission, our product mission, and most importantly, a social mission. the company uses its power to address social and environmental problems around the world, and that social mission is part and parcel to the success of the company. >> so ben, what is your objection to what you is doing

specifically in the occupied west bank in terms of allowing the continued sale of ice cream in illegal settlements by selling off your brand to a local franchisee? how does that all come together with your social mission? >> well, this is essentially an issue of governance. you know never served a binding -- that agreement gave authority over the social mission to the -- unilever has usurped their authority and reserve versed a decision that was made. we can't allow that to happen. we can't sit by when that happens, because that saying, well, the independent board doesn't matter, and they can make any decision that they want regarding the social mission. but unilever it's just gonna overturn it, ignore it. >> you know, in order for us to

solve the company, it was essential that we had this unique agreement in place. without the agreement, the sale never would've occurred. and the agreement lasts in perpetuity. and so, and must be respected. the independent board has authority over the social mission of the company, and over the essential integrity of the brand. that's just the way it is. >> so jerry, do you regret selling ben & jerry's do you know lever in 2000? some might say this was an avid-able. unilever is a massive corporation, fourth biggest consumer good company in the world. something like this was gonna happen. do you regret some the company to them? >> we did everything we could not to solve the company, but at the time, ben & jerry's was a public company, which essentially meant anyone could purchase shares. so we did what we could to really assure that the values of the company would remain in

place, and we had a legally binding structure that was agreed to, and it needs to be adhered to. >> ben, a lot of bad faith actors try to claim that not wanting to sell ben & jerry's ice cream in the occupied territories, illegally octopus pride, it somehow anti-jewish, antisemitic. as someone yourself who is jewish, but has been critical of israel's occupation for many years, what's your response to those critics? >> you know, i've been thinking about that lately. i mean, if i care about the people in palestine just as much as i care about the people in israel, is that antisemitic? >> i mean, you tell me. you posed the question. people would say -- >> i don't know. there people. their families, there's mothers,

fathers, sisters and brothers, and i care about them. i care about the human rights, and those mothers, fathers, sisters, brothers in palestine that i care about. i care about the human rights. >> you know, i think the thing to keep in mind -- then and i were not involved in that decision. the decision by the company not to sell ice cream and the occupied palestinian territories. it's consistent with the values that the company's had throughout its history. fighting for human rights and dignity. the reason we're on here talking is not about that decision. as it's been said, it's about the governance. that's about the independent board having the authority to do what it is granted to do in the acquisition. >> while, we'll have to see what happens in the next step of this legal struggle. i know it's coming up in a few weeks. we appreciate you taking time out, but we'll have to leave it there. ben cohen, jerry green field,

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one of the first podcasts i ever binged nearly a decade ago was serial -- chronicled the story of adnan syed who is can victims of murdering his ex girlfriend and 1999 when he was 19 years old. he sat in jail for more than two decades, maintaining his innocence. but now, you may be getting out thanks and part to the tireless efforts of his childhood friend, lawyer and broadcaster -- and newly discovered evidence, or evidence that should've been seen before.

this, week prosecutors asked the judge to vacate adnan syed 's conviction -- newly-developed information regarding two alternative suspects as well as unreliable cell phone tower data. with a hearing set for 2 pm monday afternoon, adnan syed could maybe, maybe walk out of prison a free man in less than 24 hours time. joining me now is that childhood friend, raba. she's an attorney in co-host of the undisclosed podcast. she also has a memoir coming out -- fatty fatty boom boom, a memoir of food, fat and family. i for one can't wait to read that one. robbie, welcome to the show. i have to start with what got us here. what was the main legal issue, point, argument, that got prosecutors to pursue vacating adnan syed's conviction. that's unheard of, hearing prosecutors say, yeah, let it go. >> thank you for having me. it's exceedingly rare. i mean, it's so rare, but also it's not just that they're asking for the conviction to be

vacated, but also that he'd be released without any condition. it's rare upon rare. i think there's a number of things going on. if you read the motion itself, it's available online, you'll see that they laid out the case for his innocence. they make a case for it, but i think the big linchpin and what made them say, this conviction cannot stand, is the fact that they found evidence that was hidden by the former prosecutor in 1999 that should've been disclosed to the difference. that's a violation. when this is discovered, a defendant deserves a new trial. >> yeah. the violation, there seems to be so many over the years following both the original podcast in your own podcast. the whole thing was outrageous. what is it been, rabia, what is it been like for you? you've been pushing the story for years and years. what does it feel like tonight? on what could be the eve of a very historic moment? >> i'm on an emotional rollercoaster. i feel like -- i keep feeling the sense of

bliss. everything is cool, then i feel like i'm having a panic attack. i was in the courtroom on the day that adnan was convicted. i'll never forget that moment, when he turned around after the conviction and addressed us because we were sobbing, and said, a lot knows i'm innocent. it's okay. tomorrow, i'm hoping will once again be behind him but sobbing enjoy, -- it's surreal, but i can't wait for my children to meet their uncle adnan, he's such a wonderful human being. >> have you spoken to him recently? what's his reaction to all this craziness? >> yeah. we spoke on the night that the motion was filed on wednesday. i could hear the joy in his vice. i think however the judge rules, i think the fact that we're finally not fighting the state and their prosecutors who believe that they might have gotten this wrong, it's such a vindication for him. such validation for him. he's in good spirits and his family is to. >> rabia, you're not just

involved in adnan's case, you've been involved in a number of miscarriages of justice to campaign for criminal justice reform. what does adnan syed's case -- we know from the podcast, he's a famous convict. what about the thousands of people out there who we know who are behind bars wrongfully convicted who don't have a podcast for him? what happens to them? what happens to the movement to try to overturn some of their unfair unjust convictions? i mean, since cyril covered his case, and i went on i was disposed to cover this. well my colleagues have covered 24 in this case cases, and there's thousands and thousands like this. their innocence projects around the country, -- but they are also, they don't have enough resources to take in all the cases that need the attention. -- we had a few that we are actively investigating, and these were all they were's of

love, it takes 20 or 25 years -- the head prosecutor, that is one of the most important elections in the entire landscape. so i really urge people to get the right people in office. >> well said, i mean let you, go you've got a big day ahead of you tomorrow. thanks for taking the time out tonight. >> still ahead, the right wokeism outrage continues. amen and i will discuss why they're giving the dumbest arguments against a black little mermaid, coming up next. mermaid, coming up next it's a delicious night on... for everyone at the table. panera. $0 delivery fee for a limited time. when moderate to severe ulcerative colitis persists...

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show will be posted every evening, monday through thursday. -- good evening. before i go and let you take over, you and i, just two weeks ago, we're here discussing how right wingers losing their minds because black people are being cast in roles that weren't always black. a lot of the rings, game afghans, now, it's disney's live action remake of the little mermaid, starring holly bailey. you have to hear -- over the daily wire tried to argue. have a listen. >> from a scientific perspective, it doesn't make a lot of sense but have someone with darker skin who lives deep in the ocean. i mean, if anything, not only should the little mermaid be pale, she should actually be translucent. if you look at deep-seated tree chose, the translation. they don't have pigmentation whatsoever. just these horrifying, skeletons floating around in the ocean. that's with the little mermaid should look like. >> so, we're not racist for

objecting to black mermaids. it's just that the science tells us the idea of a black mermaid, only a wet one. the science. that's why -- [inaudible] >> people like him, who believe this staunchly and -- [inaudible] people like him simply can't stand the idea that young brown and black girls will be able to see themselves and beautiful, magical, fantastically inspiring movies. it's a sad day, really. >> it's a sad and crazy day. that's all i can say. the science on movies -- never thought i'd be live on tv talking about that. >> exactly. >> always good to see him, my friend, enjoy the rest of your evening off. coming up tonight, bad policies, bad candidates, bad polling. republicans are sinking and swing districts just weeks before the midterms.

congressional candidate max rhodes joins me live in studio to discuss that and more. plus, new indications that criminal charges are coming into new york in the georgia trump investigations. and merrick garland's migrant story. after a week of needlessly cruel actions from republican governors, the attorney general since a very different message to immigrants. we'll tell you about that more. let's get started. so on saturday morning, 50 migrants, including a one month old baby arrived outside vice president kamala harris's residence in washington, d.c.. these men women and children originally from venezuela are part of a disgraceful, inhumane act of political theater being carried out by republican governors. later in the show, we're gonna continue our coverage of these officials horrendous treatment of asylum seekers. we bring it up now because we

want to point out that while their treatment is cruel, it's also a distraction. you might be action, from what? a new poll out this morning could give us a little insight into this. democrats have not pulled even within republicans on the congressional midterm ballot, with both parties locking in 46% approval. -- mitch mcconnell actually saw this coming. in fact, last month, he downplayed his own party's chances of slipping the senate, setting issues with candidate quality. last -- another name to its roster, when dan bullock won new hampshire's republican u.s. senate nomination. bullet, and retired army general -- referred to his own state's republican governor as a, quote, chinese communist sympathizer. bullock has styled himse