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As Trump continues to battle with Democrats over the wall, a federal judge considers saddling longtime Trump confidant Roger Stone with a gag order. Daniel Dale, Barbara McQuade, and Manuel Roig-Franzia join to discuss. » Subscribe to MSNBC: http://on.msnbc.com/SubscribeTomsnbc MSNBC…

Joy Reid shows that while it may seem as though U.S. politics is caught in a state of constant campaigning, historically it's not especially early for candidates, like Senator Cory Booker today, to add their names to what is expected…

Filmmaker Michael Moore says he wishes that Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was old enough to run for President because she is currently the person showing Democrats » Subscribe to MSNBC: http://on.msnbc.com/SubscribeTomsnbc MSNBC delivers breaking news and in-depth analysis of the headlines,…

Michael Moore thinks Virginia Governor Ralph Northam should have resigned the moment the racist photos were revealed and that President Trump knows his support has eroded in the Midwest. » Subscribe to MSNBC: http://on.msnbc.com/SubscribeTomsnbc MSNBC delivers breaking news and in-depth…

NAACP President Derrick Johnson reacts to Virginia Governor Ralph Northam's vow to serve the remainder of his term after he admitted to appearing in a yearbook photo of figures in blackface and a KKK hood. » Subscribe to MSNBC: http://on.msnbc.com/SubscribeTomsnbc…

NEW YORK (AP) — The steady loss of local newspapers and journalists across the country contributes to the nation's political polarization, a new study has found. With fewer opportunities to find out about local politicians, citizens are more likely to turn to national sources like cable news and apply their feelings about national politics to people running for the town council or state legislature, according to research published in the Journal of Communication. In 1992, 37 percent of states with Senate races elected a senator from a different party than the presidential candidate the state supported. In 2016, for the first time in a century, no state did that, the study found. "The voting behavior was more polarized, less likely to include split ticket voting, if a newspaper had died in the community," said Johanna Dunaway, a communications professor at Texas A&M University, who conducted the research with colleagues from Colorado State and Louisiana State universities. "We have this loss of engagement at the local level," she said. Many larger daily newspapers that have remained open have effectively become ghosts, with much smaller staffs that are unable to offer the breadth of coverage they once did. About 7,100 newspapers remain. Dunaway said voters in communities without newspapers are more likely to be influenced by national labels -- if they like Republicans like President Donald Trump, for example, that approval will probably extend to Republicans lower on the ballot. "They have to rely on party 'brand names' and are less about 'how I can do best for my district,'" she said.

After another power play from Nancy Pelosi effectively telling the president he's not welcome to give the State of the Union while the shutdown is ongoing, Trump sends a late night tweet saying he'll do it after the shutdown ends.…

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Nancy Pelosi blocked President Trump's effort to give his State of the Union speech in the House on Tuesday and the nickname Donald Trump hurled at Pelosi afterwards showed how "crushed" he was. Cameras were rolling on the moment the…

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