Everyone (yes, everyone) is mad at Lindsey Graham

A national 15-week abortion ban is not what Republicans wanted to talk about ahead of November. [View in browser]( [Image]( September 14, 2022 THE LATEST [Alternate text] Everyone (yes, everyone) is mad at Lindsey Graham]( by Hayes Brown When Sen. Lindsey Graham on Tuesday introduced his bill to ban abortion nationwide after 15 weeks, he was adamant that he was acting in the Republican Party's best interests. Aside from the fact the legislation has no chance of passing a Democrat-controlled Senate, it's also far more likely the bill will "act as a lightning rod for Democrats to draw even more pro-abortion voters to the polls," [Hayes Brown writes](. Since the Supreme Court's Dobbs ruling, Brown notes, Republicans have struggled to "blunt the damage" the decision has caused to "their chances of retaking Congress this fall." Many Republican candidates have previously backtracked on calls for total abortion bans, and several of Graham's Republican colleagues, including Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell, distanced themselves from the bill. "So," asks Brown, "this all begs the question: Who was this bill really for?" Read Hayes Brown's [full analysis]( in your Wednesday [MSNBC Daily](. Stay informed with curated match-ups, race updates and key midterms analysis from experts like Steve Kornacki in our new pop-up elections newsletter: Countdown to Midterms. [CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP](   TOP STORIES [Alternate text] [Noah Rothman]( [Why my money's on Republicans routing the Democrats]( For all the flaws the GOP's nominees bring to the race, both contests remain competitive. [Read more.]( [Zeeshan Aleem]( The disturbing 'what-if' following Ukraine's success against Russia]( Putin is facing a classic authoritarian dilemma. [Read more.]( Ja'han Jones]( [The Border Patrol's Stephen Miller scandal is deeper than tweets]( The history of anti-immigrant extremism in West Texas spans even further back. [Read more.]( [Esther Choo]( Americans refuse to learn the one lesson that could help curb Covid]( Pandemics are curbed by caring and by persistent urgency. The lack of these may cost us as a nation in many ways. [Read more.](   TOP VIDEOS [Alternate text] [Deadline White House]( [Judge unseals more portions of Mar-a-Lago search warrant affidavit]( [Hallie Jackson]( [Judge hands down guilty verdicts to two Jan. 6 defendants]( [All In]( [Former U.S. attorney Berman reveals how Trump weaponized the DOJ]( [The ReidOut]( [Joy Reid: Lindsey Graham has now said midterms are about whether women will be full citizens](   MORE FROM MSNBC [Alternate text] On Sunday, MSNBC Films presents 'Model America,' from co-directors Michelle Major and Dani Goffstein. The four-part series dissects the country's complicated relationship with race through the lens of Teaneck, New Jersey – a supposed "racial utopia" that became ground zero for the modern Black Lives Matter movement – and highlights the wounds that have yet to heal after the 1990 killing of a Black teenager by a white police officer. Watch the premiere episode of '[Model America](' on Sunday at 10 p.m. ET on MSNBC and streaming on Peacock.   The United States hasn't seen inflation like current levels since the late 1970s. The pandemic prompted unusually high levels of fiscal stimulus, including the rollout of relief through programs like the American Rescue Plan, which some have blamed for inflation. But our guest this week shares that increased economic relief isn’t really the biggest contributing factor leading to inflation. Author Matthew Klein points out that supply chain disruptions created by the COVID crisis, along with the war in Ukraine, actually explain the majority of the changes we're experiencing. Klein has reported for numerous outlets including Bloomberg, the Financial Times, and Barron’s. He joins [WITHpod]( to provide a gut check on the economy and to discuss why he believes the Fed has raised interest rates, the role that supply and demand plays in global financial systems, the impact of monetary policy changes on economic recovery efforts and more.   [Image] [Image]   [Privacy]( [Unsubscribe](listvar=sub_daily)