After the death of 58 Palestinian protesters, Republican strategist Steve Schmidt says Trump is using incitement to shore up his base -- consequences be damned.
with more from Joy-Ann Reid and Richard Engel tonight:
— May 14th, 2018
Richard Engel, NBC News chief foreign correspondent, reports live from Jerusalem on Donald Trump sending his daughter to open the provocative new U.S. embassy in Jerusalem while Israel killed dozens and wounded thousands of Palestinian protesters in Gaza.
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Reverend Dr. William Barber perseveres despite the corrupt and greedy GOP:
House Republicans are “cost cutting” with harsher work requirements for the poor.
There are currently about
42 million Americans living below the poverty line, almost half of whom are children, who rely on SNAP to purchase food.
It’s expected that roughly 2 million would be pushed off the rolls altogether, or see reductions in already meager stipends.
This is what Reverend William Barber is working for. People
— May 14th, 2018
Rev. William Barber, co-chair of the Poor People's Campaign, talks with Joy Reid the issues behind a revived effort to bring attention to impoverished Americans amid a political leadership riven with greed and untethered to morality. (pdf)
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I hesitate to describe any person as evil, but if there is evil in the world, these are of those stories - good vs evil