The Weekend on MS NOW

"He’s trying to silence me but he’s not silencing me. I’m still speaking out." @captmarkkelly.bsky.social on threats from President Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to prosecute or court-martial him over a video reminding servicemembers not to follow illegal orders.

“All these cabinet members can go over [to the Kennedy Center] and get prizes instead of doing the kind of things they’re doing” @comstockb.bsky.social says Trump’s FIFA peace prize is a great performative distraction from the awful things he and his administration are doing.

Reproductive rights are already under attack in Trump's America and Republicans are attempting to take those restrictions to new extremes. The Weekend hosts discuss.

“This was never about immigration enforcement.” @skyeperryman.bsky.social reacts to the data showing that most immigrants arrested in Trump’s immigration city crackdowns have no criminal record counter to Trump's promises that he would focus on immigrants convicted of violent crimes.

“He’s going to watch this play out and try and figure out what is best for him” @davidmdrucker.bsky.social breaks down how Trump is carefully evaluating how he will portray his involvement in the potentially illegal military airstrikes in the Caribbean.

Next week, people in more than 20 states could lose federal funding for SNAP benefits due to a threat from President Trump’s Agriculture Department. Michigan AG @dananessel.bsky.social and Hawaii AG Anne Lopez discuss the Administration’s latest attack on food aid.

“This effort to continue these cases really represents a certain level of desperation to do what the president is asking the Justice Department to do." @joycewhitevance.bsky.social weighs in as the DOJ struggles on the next steps in the James Comey and Letitia James cases.

“Simply calling them terrorists does not make them so. It does not unlock some hidden lethal power.” Retired Army Lt. Col. Daniel Maurer, a former Judge Advocate General, on legal questions surrounding the September 2 strike on an alleged drug boat during which a second strike killed two survivors

Sunday at 7am ET - Atty. Gen Anne Lopez (D-Hawaii) and @dananessel.bsky.social

Sunday at 7am ET - @khanna.house.gov

Sunday at 7am ET - @captmarkkelly.bsky.social

"We paid for that video” @eugenedaniels2.bsky.social reminds us that taxpayer dollars paid for the White House’s new video attacking Sabrina Carpenter yet again.

“Whenever the most powerful man in the world is referring to a group of Americans as ‘garbage’, this is often a precursor to hate crimes” @ag.state.mn.us reminds Trump that racist, xenophobic attacks on communities have consequences as the President ramps up his hate campaign against Somalis.

“The problem is they promoted these conspiracy theories…and the material they are uncovering in no way supports” them. @glennthrush.bsky.social highlights how Deputy FBI Dir. Dan Bongino, who once pushed those about the Jan 6 pipe bomber on his podcast, is now trying to distance himself from them.

“Pete Hegseth is a fundamentally unserious person… he should resign or be fired immediately.” Rep Maggie Goodlander (D-NH) blasts Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth after a Pentagon watchdog report found his Signal chat about a planned military strike in Yemen could have endangered troops.

As the clock ticks for the Justice Department to release all the Epstein files, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene says President Trump is “furious” over her support for the release. The Weekend hosts weigh in.

“I and my colleagues couldn’t sleep last night” American Academy of Pediatrics President Dr. Susan Kressly blasts the CDC advisory panel’s decision to roll back Hepatitis B vaccine guidance for newborns and warns “America’s children are less safe”.

“This followed a different course” Former State Department Inspector General Diana Shaw compares Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s use of the Signal app to discuss military strikes to what the process of sharing information typically entails.

“A prosecutor is more likely to get struck by lightning then they are to go into a grand jury and walk out empty handed without an indictment.” @lawyeroyer.com explains how DOJ prosecutors are embarrassing themselves in order to perform for Trump as they fail to re-indict Letitia James.

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Saturday at 7am - Rep. Pete Sessions (R-Texas)

Saturday at 7am ET - @ag.state.mn.us

Saturday at 7am ET - @repjamesclyburn.bsky.social

Saturday at 7am ET - Rep. Maggie Goodlander (D-N.H.)

“I know people in my own network of friends who are now paying triple what they were paying under last year’s health care system” Fmr. Maryland Congresswoman Donna Edwards weighs in on the ongoing battle in Congress to extend ACA health care subsidies before the Dec. 15 deadline.

“I called for Pete Hegseth’s resignation back in the spring; the guy is totally and woefully unqualified” @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social say’s it’s “long past time” for Secretary Hegseth to step down after he repeatedly ordered what could be illegal airstrikes in Venezuela.

“This suit is about saying enough is enough...in this case and every case it has to be the truth over Trump.” Rep. @ericswalwell.bsky.social on why he’s not cowering to the President’s retribution efforts and is standing firm in his battle against a Trump official over mortgage fraud allegations.

"Something’s not right here...You can’t go around and kill people who you don’t know their identity.” Marc Polymeropoulos, Former CIA Senior Intelligence Operations Officer, on reports Defense Sec. Pete Hegseth gave an order to “kill everybody” during a strike on an alleged drug trafficking boat.

“[Trump] is trying to show people a reality they’re not living in...For Democrats all they have to do...is show them what is happening.” @ameshiacross.bsky.social weighs in on the advantage Dems have ahead of the close race in the Tennessee congressional special election.

Sunday at 7am ET - @repsuhas.bsky.social