'Smells like corruption': Maddow points out bizarre pattern of overpayments for warehouses by DHS
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What corruption is highlighted in the DHS warehouse overpayments?
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The president has a 33% approval rating and a 62% disapproval rating. The president is now sending American ground troops, thousands of them, and special forces as well, to join his inexplicable war in Iran, which is now entering its second month. That war is even less popular than the president himself is, specifically the idea of U.S. troops Having boots on the ground in that war? That is even less popular than the overall war. There is now a 10-foot-tall golden toilet on the National Mall at the Lincoln Memorial. It says, quote, "...a throne fit for a king." In a time of unprecedented division, escalating conflict, and economic turmoil, President Donald Trump focused on what truly mattered—remodeling the Lincoln bathroom in the White House.
The plaque next to the 10-foot-tall gold toilet says Trump is, quote, an unwavering visionary who looked down, saw a problem, and painted it gold. The gold toilet president this weekend was also the target of one of the largest single-day nationwide demonstrations in American history. Organizers say more than 8 million Americans protested against President Donald Trump this weekend. These were the third no-kings protests against Donald Trump in 10 months. And there were more than 3,000 separate protests all over the country, which, if I went one by one, it's too many for me to show you all in one sitting. But, you know, the organizers in advance of this weekend's protests had said that they were noticing a little bit of a theme, sort of a trend.
They were noticing not only that there were going to be more no-kings protests against Trump in more places than there ever had been before, but they said specifically they'd noticed kind of a red state spring happening. More signups, more planned protests against Trump in red states. And in places specifically, even within red states, that voted for Trump. They had said to expect that based on what they'd seen from signups. And then that's what happened this weekend. Look, this is what No King's protests look like this weekend in Northern Alabama, in Huntsville, Alabama, also in Red State, Alaska, in Anchorage, in the Villages in Florida, which is the biggest retirement community in the country.
It's famously a nest of Republican votes for Republican politicians. But this was the Villages' huge No King's anti-Trump protest this weekend. Also, check out Jonesboro, Arkansas. The county where Jonesboro, Arkansas is, Trump won that in 2024 by a 37-point margin. But now, look, this weekend, Jonesboro, Arkansas is no kings. This is Nebraska. Hastings, Nebraska, up there in the upper left. Adams County is where Hastings, Nebraska is. Trump won there in the last election by 40 points.
How is Trump's strategy influencing the situation in Iran?
But now here's Hastings, Nebraska. No kings. Look at North Dakota. In the last election, Trump won that state by the largest margin in that state in a presidential election in more than 70 years. But you're looking in the upper right there. You're looking at Minot, North Dakota, where Trump won by nearly 50 points. Well, yeah, that was then. This was mine at North Dakota this weekend. No kings. This is not some, you know, caricature of liberal America. Lower left there, that's Topeka, Kansas. Lower right there, that's Rapid City, South Dakota this weekend. I mean, behold, famously liberal Wyoming! Lower left there. WyomingNews.com says there were at least 20 different No Kings protests this weekend in Wyoming, including this one in Cheyenne at the state capitol.
The local press reported that Cheyenne protest was significantly larger than previous No Kings protests at that site. Up in the upper left, that's Tupelo, Mississippi.
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Chapters
4 chapters
1
What corruption is highlighted in the DHS warehouse overpayments?
0:00–3:31
2
How is Trump's strategy influencing the situation in Iran?
3:31–8:06
3
What are the implications of the No Kings protests?
8:06–24:42
4
How is the Department of Homeland Security involved in election interference?
24:42–45:03
Speakers
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