Academy Award-Nominated documentary “The ABCs of Book Banning” has brought together 2 key members of the #VelshiBannedBookClub: 101-year-old book banning activist Grace Linn and author of the inaugural feature “All Boys Aren’t Blue” George M Johnson. #Velshi https://www.msnbc.com/ali-velshi/watch/new-documentary-the-abcs-of-book-banning-underscores-who-is-being-affected-by-book-banning-efforts-school-children-204418629667
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Buckle in for a trip to Donald Trump’s America — a dark future that is not only possible, but promised, if he rises to power again. #Velshi
https://www.msnbc.com/ali-velshi/watch/velshi-when-trump-says-the-quiet-parts-out-loud-believe-him-205337157648
Louisiana women are undergoing unnecessary C-sections instead of getting standard abortions, as doctors fear criminal prosecution. “It’s real life,” says Michele Goodwin. “It’s no longer science fiction.” #Velshi
https://www.msnbc.com/ali-velshi/watch/unnecessary-surgeries-instead-of-abortion-it-s-real-life-it-s-no-longer-science-fiction-207555141706
Congress "came together on a bipartisan basis to get our infrastructure bill done," says Secretary Pete Buttigieg of the divided Congress debating federal funding for MD. "They can cooperate to help America and Baltimore deal with this tragedy." #Velshi
https://www.msnbc.com/ali-velshi/watch/buttigieg-bureaucracy-can-never-be-a-barrier-to-getting-this-work-done-in-baltimore-208036933600
The GOP have spent decades pitting low-income Americans against each other for political gain. Rev. Dr. William Barber III says if the 30 million Americans living in poverty united and voted, they would be "the largest potential swing vote in the country." #velshi
https://www.msnbc.com/ali-velshi/watch/-racist-tropes-block-americans-from-seeing-full-poverty-picture-rev-william-barber-iii-217396805671
In overturning #Roe, #SCOTUS has ushered in a new period of "Jane Crow," says Michele Goodwin. "When you take people’s ability away to be able to care for themselves, you affect every aspect of their life." #Velshi
https://www.msnbc.com/ali-velshi/watch/the-jane-crow-era-why-the-abandonment-of-morality-by-scotus-is-a-matter-of-democracy-217923141536
If you ban abortion, you ban healthcare for women. That has always been true. And the people behind the anti-abortion movement -- the people who worked for decades to overturn Roe v. Wade have always known it. #Velshi
https://www.msnbc.com/ali-velshi/watch/if-you-ban-abortion-you-ban-healthcare-for-women-218825285769
Fact check: “abortion after birth” isn’t a thing. But the lie is as dangerous as it is ludicrous. For years, anti-abortion extremists have been inciting violence by equating abortion - which is healthcare - to murder #Velshi
https://www.msnbc.com/ali-velshi/watch/the-abortion-after-birth-lie-is-as-dangerous-as-it-is-ludicrous-219368517734
It is increasingly evident that Trump is running a shadow foreign policy. At the same time, Trump’s shadow looms large over several international elections, including in the country of Georgia. #Velshi
It's the first presidential election in post-Roe America, & abortion is a top issue. "I don't think it's poll-able," says Rachel Maddow. People don't "know how viscerally & gutturally this is affecting people’s understanding of what’s at stake here." #Velshi