Rachel Maddow

It's kind of the same feeling in terms of the import of it.

Ezra, I wanted to ask you.

You know, one of the things that's happened between the last huge No Kings Day protest and this one this Saturday is, of course, the killing of two protesters in Minneapolis and the brutalizing of protesters in some other places.

Do you think that's affected the way people are thinking about showing up for this kind of event?

Ezra Levin, co-founder of Indivisible.

Ezra, good luck this weekend.

Keep us apprised.

We'll have you back soon to talk about it.

Thank you.

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The American people are basically telling the president that they are not okay with any of this.

Tonight, the U.S.

Senate has confirmed, as the new Secretary of Homeland Security, former Oklahoma Senator Mark Wayne Mullen.

He replaces Kristi Noem, whom President Trump fired earlier this month.

Noem's top adviser, Corey Lewandowski, is at the center of new reporting alleging what sure looks like a series of proposed kickbacks and other kinds of financial corruption

Within the Homeland Security Department, NBC News reports that some Homeland Security contractors have told the White House that Corey Lewandowski told them he wanted to be paid in exchange for helping them get Homeland Security contracts.

When the companies refused, they say Lewandowski then blocked them from being granted government contracts.

Lewandowski has denied these claims roundly and adamantly.