August 22, 2026; 11am: MS NOW White House reporter Jake Traylor and MS NOW political analyst Molly Jong-Fast discuss why president Trump’s executive assistant Natalie Harp’s relationship with President Trump is problematic; MS NOW's Marc Santia explains how senior citizens are losing their savings to AI scammers at an alarming rate; MS NOW Legal analyst Barbara Mcquade explains the danger behind Todd Blanche’s suggestion that the Justice Department will follow President Trump’s orders as opposed to operate independent of the president; Gary, Indiana residents share how they’ve been living without power for 11 days; Rashad Robinson discusses his new book and explains how to make lasting social change when fighting for civil rights in present day

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August 22, 2026; 10am: President Trump is doing everything in his power to undermine the midterm elections and it is not working. Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes shares what the administration will find when they try to intervene; The Supreme Court will hear a major gun rights case that will decide whether the Second Amendment protects the ownership of semiautomatic rifles. Leah Litman and Mark Barden explain the weak links in this case and why gun safety is more important now than ever; Brian Esser joins with key insight on a story getting massive attention nationwide: a multi-state surrogacy battle that is now calling the rights of surrogates and intended parents into question.

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August 16, 2026; 12pm: As voter suppression and election denialism threaten the midterms, Attorney General Nick Brown shares what can be done to keep elections safe and successful; Laura O’Dea shares the importance of protecting the First Amendment and military family members speaking up and speaking out on behalf of American servicemembers; Jacob Soboroff heads to Union Square farmer’s market to ask New Yorkers about AOC’s egg freezing journey, Karoline Leavitt’s replacement, Trump’s ride in a catering cart and more. Arian Moayad and Jenny Hagel react.

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August 16, 2026; 11am: American tax dollars are being used to fund DHS spy campaigns on progressive groups and unions in Minnesota. Emilia González Avalos shares her reaction to learning an agent infiltrated her own activist meeting; Flock Safety’s controversial, AI-powered license-plate readers have come under fire for their surveillance practices. Joseph Cox and Aaron Fernando react to Flock’s attempt at a compromise; Dr. Brandon Crum sounds the alarm on an astonishing rise in cases of Black Lung disease.

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August 16, 2026; 10am: We are less than 80 days away from the midterms and election integrity is under attack. Katy Tur reacts to states taking matters into their own hands; President Trump is being sued over Truth Social selling early access to Trump’s posts. CREW’s Chief Counsel Nikhel Sus explains the organization’s plan of action for the lawsuit; Maggie Haberman shares what caught her attention the most in Trump’s catering cart escape from Air Force One.

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August 15, 2026; 12pm: Horrific reports from the USS Abraham Lincoln detail unlivable conditions for some of our nation’s servicemembers. Natalie Oliverio and Congressman Mike Levin react to the president and Defense Secretary’s handling of this crisis; Attorney General Todd Blanche is already creating loopholes to protect President Trump on a personal level. Rep. Robert Garcia shares the answers he is demanding from the DOJ about this new level of presidential immunity; Doctors Mark Perlmutter, Thaer Ahmad and Feroze Sidhwa join to discuss the new documentary they are featured in, “American Doctor,” spotlighting the horrors they saw while volunteering at hospitals in Gaza.

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August 15, 2026; 11 am: As 24,000 undocumented minors face deportation, their legal representation and only hope has deep ties to the Trump administration. Lindsay Toczylowski and Bridget Cambria explain the huge red flags in that arrangement; Teresa Benitez-Thompson is a Nevada Democrat on the rise. She joins with updates in her run for Congress; Pete Buttigieg explains why he is getting very involved in midterm races nationwide and reacts to the conditions aboard USS Lincoln.

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August 15, 2026; 10am: Disturbing conditions reported from the USS Abraham Lincoln are alarming Americans, but President Trump says sailors haven’t been out at sea “long enough.” Priya Sridhar and Rep. Seth Moulton react to this executive level gaslighting; Jacob Soboroff does a deep dive on the growing price tag for taxpayers to fund Trump’s obsessions; More Muslims are running for office, which has led to an uptick in anti-Muslim rhetoric from the right. Mehdi Hasan explains what weaknesses that rhetoric actually exposes; Katy Brodsky Falco details the devastatingly disproportionate consequences of cuts to NIH funding for women.

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August 9, 2026; 12pm: A jaw-dropping 95% of Americans are feeling the strain of Trump’s affordability crisis. Tara Raghuveer shares insight into the stunning amount of people struggling with homelessness and the underlying causes; MS NOW’s Brandy Zadrozny explores Charlie Kirk’s death and how it’s fueling the MAGA conspiracy wave; Jacob Soboroff speaks to Michiganders at Eastern Market in Detroit for this week’s Prediction Markets. Deja Foxx and Baratunde Thurston join to react.

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August 9, 2026; 11am: President Trump and his administration are leaning into historically violent and inhumane tactics for their anti-immigration agenda. Pablo Espinoza and Maria Hinojosa explain why this dangerous recreation of “Operation Wetback” should raise red flags for everyone; Shannon Heffernan shares her Marshall Project reporting on severe abuse and desperation within a mental health treatment center; Award-winning director and producer Alexandria Stapleton shares her expertise in fighting for justice with storytelling and shares how to tell important stories in such a tumultuous political climate.

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