
Episodes
Trump: How to Collapse a Winning Coalition
2/8/2026
President Trump’s election coalition to victory in 2024 worked in part by bringing Hispanic and other minority voters to his fold, but they are now souring on Trump amid his deeply unpopular immigrant crackdown; Caleb Silver discusses new reports warning of a surge in layoffs and a slowdown in hiring; the GOP bill which repackages old school voter suppression, and the Supreme Court’s decision that corrupted election campaign finance
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Duration:00:41:21
The Role Clergy Play in the Protests Against Trump’s Agenda
2/8/2026
Clergy members are in the forefront of protests against Trump’s agenda; we follow the latest developments in the search for Nancy Guthrie; The Washington Post’s former Executive Editor Marty Baron criticizes owner Jeff Bezos amid mass layoffs of Post journalists; all the ways in which the math is getting worse for Republicans ahead of the midterms
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Duration:00:40:51
What everyday Americans can do to stand up to Trump’s agenda
2/8/2026
Inside the role everyday Americans are playing in the fight against Trump’s authoritarianism; The Washington Post’s former Executive Editor Marty Baron discusses the current state of the historic publication; how DHS is using a secretive legal weapon to target regular people who question the ICE crackdown
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Duration:00:40:42
Democrats Outperform in Special Elections
2/7/2026
Democrats outperform Republicans by wide margins in recent special elections fuels GOP angst ahead of midterms; Arizona authorities announce new developments in the Nancy Guthrie case; what new nuclear talks between the U.S. and Iran mean for stability in the region; President Trump’s calls to ‘nationalize the voting’ fuel fears of election interference
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Duration:00:40:22
Trump Demands Fuel Election Integrity Concerns
2/7/2026
President Trump wants to ‘nationalize the voting’ in several states; The Washington Post under Jeff Bezos goes from ‘Democracy Dies in Darkness’ to a shell of its former self; Aldous Huxley’s classic ‘Brave New World’ is discussed in this week’s Velshi Banned Book Club
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Duration:00:40:40
The Resistance Turns a Corner
2/1/2026
Why organizers say the next No Kings Day will be the biggest yet - and why it must be; how to tell ICE agents from other federally deployed officers; what Minnesota’s top election official thinks about the Trump administration’s latest demand for the state’s voter rolls; and a look at the pricey, state-of-the-art technology that helps ICE track its targets.
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Duration:00:40:25
Protest & Labor In Trump’s America
2/1/2026
Unions are stepping into a critical role in the resistance against Trump’s ICE crackdown and authoritarian slide; a ridealong with volunteer “rapid responders” who track ICE deployments in Minneapolis in real time; and a conversation about why sustained defiance is what’s needed to meet this moment.
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Duration:00:41:26
Next Steps In The Fight For America
2/1/2026
The next No Kings Day, general strikes, and what it will take to create a sustainable protest movement to meet the current moment; the surprising results from the TX Special Elections; why Democratic election officials are planning crisis scenarios for the upcoming midterms; Alexander Vindman discusses his run for U.S. Senate
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Duration:00:40:49
The Struggle Continues in Minneapolis
1/31/2026
The fight for America and the latest from Minneapolis; Ali delivers a personal essay on the power of music as resistance; how far-right influencers are framing ICE resistance as domestic terrorism; Greg Ketter, the 70-year-old bookstore owner who went viral during the Minneapolis protests, joins a special and important meeting of the Velshi Banned Book Club
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Duration:00:41:59
The Power of Protest
1/31/2026
The ICE resistance and the power of economic protest; Jim Acosta discusses Trump’s latest attack on America’s freedom of the press and the arrest of his former colleague Don Lemon; an explainer on how to protest safely
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Duration:00:42:29
The Fight for America
1/31/2026
The Trump Administration’s latest threat against constitutional rights, is an attack on the freedom of the press; Rep. Angie Craig discusses the ongoing protests in Minneapolis and explains why it’s important her colleagues are on the right side of history; Rep. Suhas Subramanyam reacts to the latest release of Epstein files; how the Trump administration has resurrected The Big Lie from the 2020 election with the Fulton County raid, and what comes next
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Duration:00:40:45
The Lie the Government Told Us about Minneapolis
1/25/2026
The latest on the ground in Minneapolis following yesterday’s deadly shooting of Alex Pretti by federal agents; a frame-by-frame analysis of the videos from the shooting; Rep. Angie Craig (D-MN) discusses why it matters that the Trump administration continues to lie about shootings by federal agents in Minneapolis; Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) breaks down what Congress can do to fight Trump’s ICE deployments; former ICE Acting Director John Sandweg explains how the agency has strayed from its original mission; Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA) urges Democrats to leverage their minority power in the Senate to halt funding to the Department of Homeland Security.
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Duration:00:43:42
Trump administration sows chaos in Minnesota
1/25/2026
Maine Gov. Janet Mills discusses ICE’s new operations inside her state; MS NOW reporter David Noriega discusses Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty’s lawsuit against the Department of Homeland Security in response to the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti in Minneapolis; why deploying armed and poorly trained paramilitary forces into America’s cities is a recipe for chaos
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Duration:00:41:12
The Administration’s Lies About Minneapolis
1/25/2026
The latest on the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti by federal agents in Minneapolis, including a frame-by-frame analysis of video of his killing with former NYPD Lt. Darrin Pocher, plus the lies the Trump administration is saying to justify Pretti’s death; in response, Sen. Chris van Hollen (D-MD) calls on Democrats to vote against DHS funding in the Senate budget bill; Minnesota state Rep. Aisha Gomez discusses the tensions on the ground in her South Minneapolis community
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Duration:00:43:21
Federal Officer Fatally Shoots Another Civilian in MN
1/24/2026
Breaking news coverage of new protests in Minneapolis following another deadly shooting involving a federal agent
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Duration:00:55:49
Another Deadly Shooting Involving a Federal Agent in MN
1/24/2026
Breaking news coverage of new protests in Minneapolis following another deadly shooting involving a federal agent
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Duration:00:53:53
The Urgency To Act
1/24/2026
A year of Trump 2.0 has clarified the clear and present danger America faces, and now is the time to act; how Trump’s tariff threats and global misadventures are shaping the economy; how Trump’s Greenland gambit and diminishment of NATO is reshaping the world order
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Duration:00:41:42
Cruelty Is Still the Point
1/18/2026
How the feds’ response to protests in Minneapolis are the latest manifestation of the Trump administration’s extremely cruel immigration policy; what president’s latest saber-rattling could mean for the current regime in Iran; Martin Luther King III and Arndrea Waters King reflect on Dr. King’s legacy, which has become more relevant than ever today.
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Duration:00:41:44
An ‘Unconstitutional Conspiracy’
1/18/2026
Why a federal judge accused Trump administration officials of engaging in an “unconstitutional conspiracy,” and what it means for the future of free speech in America; Rep. Adam Smith goes in on Trump’s misadventures in Venezuela, Greenland and Iran; Trump’s latest threat to place tariffs on American allies; and we go inside the current state of Trump’s economy
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Duration:00:40:50
Remember This Moment
1/18/2026
As we stand at this precarious moment in history, we look to draw lessons from past historical movements where violence was also unleashed on protesters by the state; how the 2015 Iran Nuclear Deal might have prevented the latest tensions between the U.S. and Iran; and the president has announced what he’s calling America’s ‘Great Healthcare Plan,’ but in reality it isn’t a plan at all.
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Duration:00:41:19