In a dark week in American history, the unelected extremist Republican super-majority packed onto the stolen US Supreme Court canceled reproductive rights, allowing states to force women into childbirth against their will, and disregarded the Constitution's plain text ('well-regulated') to cancel states' rights to regulate firearms. Justices Alito and Thomas fabricated justifications for rescinding rights, and Thomas called for overturning rights to contraceptives, same-sex marriage and intimacy. Pres. Biden detailed actions to defend reproductive freedoms and called on Americans to vote in November. Plus Desi Doyen has our latest 'Green News Report.'

Guest: Lisa Graves, former Deputy Ass't. Attorney General; Heather 'Digby' Parton, Salon

Day 5 of the House Jan. 6 Committee's public hearings detailed another pillar of Trump's multi-pronged scheme to steal the 2020 election from the American people: his failed attempt to decapitate Justice Department leadership and install a low-level apparatchik to do his bidding. Three former top DOJ officials revealed how narrowly the nation averted an unprecedented constitutional crisis. The J6 Committee revealed that 6 GOP congressman sought pardons for their part in the coup attempt. Columnist HEATHER DIGBY PARTON of Salon, and LISA GRAVES, former U.S. Deputy Asst. Attorney General and Deputy Chief for the US Court system, now current Exec. Director of True North Research, offer deep insight and analysis into the day's proceedings. Also: Rightwing SCOTUS overturned states' rights to regulate firearms, and undercut Miranda rights.

Guest: Marilyn Marks, Coalition for Good Governance

The House Jan. 6 hearings show that Georgia's GOP Sec. of State Brad Raffensperger did the right thing in not helping Donald Trump steal the 2020 election. But election security expert Marilyn Marks explains that Raffensperger is not a hero, due to GA's 'sloppy' procedures and voter suppression laws, and delves into disturbing details of how Raffensperger's office appears to be covering up a serious breach of the state's voting system carried out by Trump supporters and GOP election officials in Coffee County. DOJ issues new subpoenas to fake Trump electors. Plus Desi Doyen has our latest 'Green News Report.'

Guest: Heather 'Digby' Parton, Salon; 'Driftglass', Professional Left Podcast

Special coverage of Day 4 of the bipartisan House January 6 Committee hearings investigating the Jan. 6 Insurrection and Trump's multiple failed efforts to steal the 2020 election and overthrow the government. Progressive commentators Heather 'Digby' Parton of Salon and 'Driftglass' of the Professional Left Podcast offer insight and analysis of the day's proceedings, as the committee presented in detail the facts of how loser Trump was central to the coup plot. Gripping testimony from four witnesses debunked Team Trump's relentless election lies and detailed the high personal cost of being publicly targeted by Trump, his henchmen and his mob., among several disturbing revelations...

Poll shows 6 in 10 Americans believe Trump should be charged with crimes over his attempt to steal the 2020 election. Gun-toting disgraced former GOP MO Gov. Greitens in ad calls for 'RINO (Republican in Name Only) hunting'. Extremely conservative former federal Judge J. Michael Luttig warns that Trump and Republicans are a 'clear and present danger' to American democracy for publicly pledging that they will attempt to overthrow that 2024 election. Former Young Republicans leader warns Republican voters of the many ways the GOP has been lying to them for decades. Callers weigh in...

Guest: John Nichols, National Correspondent for The Nation

Guest Host Nicole Sandler speaks with John Nichols, National Correspondent for The Nation, about the 1-6 hearings and our future as a Democratic Republic, or whatever it is we are... and what it'll take for this country to survive.

Guest: Heather Digby Parton, Salon; Randall Eliason, George Washington University Law

Special coverage of Day 3 of the bipartisan House January 6 Committee investigating the Trump-incited Jan. 6, 2021 Capitol Insurrection and Trump's attempts to steal the 2020 Election, with former Asst. U.S. Attorney, George Washington University law professor,RANDALL D. ELIASON, and HEATHER DIGBY PARTON of Salon. Today's hearing focused on Trump's corrupt efforts to pressure former VP Mike Pence to steal the 2020 Election for him, featuring testimony from top White House officials, conservative former Judge Michael Luttig, previously unseen video, and shocking new revelations, including that Trump knew that Pence didn't have the authority to invalidate the election and doing so was illegal and unconstitutional. Plus Desi Doyen has our latest 'Green News Report.'

Primary elections this week underscored problems with with computerized voting systems and MAGA election officials who are already trying to disenfranchise 2022 voters in bad faith. Nevada GOP nominee for Sec. of State is a 2020 election denier and fake elector who said he would not have certified Biden's 2020 win in the critical swing state. We debunk Trump's laughable 12-page 'rebuttal' to the House January 6 Committee's investigation into his attempt to steal the 2020 election. A House J6 video preview focuses on Trump's corrupt pressure campaign against VP Mike Pence.

Guest: Mark Joseph Stern, Supreme Court reporter, Slate

Supreme Court expert Mark Joseph Stern reports on a whole passel of recent and coming-soon opinions that are shaking/about to shake the American legal system to its core, including rulings that effectively end the 6th Amendment right to competent counsel, allow lower courts to overturn precedent, eliminate privacy, marriage and reproductive rights, and much more. Also today: Republicans show they are able to swiftly pass laws protecting certain people from gun violence. Plus Desi Doyen has our latest 'Green News Report.'

Guest: Heather 'Digby' Parton, Salon and Hullabaloo

On Day 2 of hearings by the bipartisan U.S. House Select Committee investigating the January 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol, Donald Trump's greatest con continued to unravel. Salon's opinion columnist HEATHER DIGBY PARTON delves into the revelations from Monday's hearing -- including damning testimony from top officials and campaign aides about how Trump knew he lost the 2020 election but continued to lie relentlessly, how he bilked his supporters out of $250 million that did not go to legal challenges but into his own pocket, and more. Callers weigh in...