The conversation we need to be having after what happened to Paul Pelosi

Frank Figliuzzi says that in a time of rising threats, it's time to mobilize to protect lawmakers. [View in browser]( [Image]( November 1, 2022 THE LATEST [Alternate text] The conversation we need to be having after what happened to Paul Pelosi]( by Frank Figliuzzi As Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi is second in line to the presidency. That's why it's "confounding," [Frank Figliuzzi says](, that her home "had no fixed police presence." A man who invaded the speaker's home when she was away attacked the speaker's husband, Paul Pelosi, authorities say, and Figliuzzi says that in a time of rising threats, it's time to mobilize to protect lawmakers. "The security of our lawmakers shouldn’t be a partisan issue," he [writes](. "We want and need our members of Congress to be visible and accessible, not sheltered in some bunker." It's what we need to do, Figliuzzi writes, "if our democracy is to remain alive and well." Read Frank Figliuzzi's [full analysis]( in your Tuesday [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] [Image of Elon Musk]( [Charlie Sykes]( [Elon Musk proved his critics right — in just 72 ridiculous hours]( Twitter's new overlord isn't practicing what he preaches (to advertisers). [Read more.]( [Image of Mark Finchem]( [Dean Obeidallah]( [Arizona's Republican secretary of state candidate wants to sabotage elections]( An election-denying, antisemitic extremist is on the ballot? What could go wrong? [Read more.]( [Photo of Trump and Bolsanaro shaking hands]( Steve Benen]( [Trump went to excessive lengths to support the losing presidential candidate in Brazil]( Brazilian voters made a dramatic change in leadership. It was the opposite outcome of what Donald Trump pushed for. [Read more.]( [Photo of a family watching TV in the 1950s]( [Ja'han Jones]( [Most Republicans want 1950s America back, poll finds. Why might that be?]( [Is it really any wonder why a party that boasts white supremacist lawmakers is nostalgic for the pre-Civil Rights Act era?]([Read more.](   TOP VIDEOS [Alternate text] [Photo of Nancy Pelosi]( [The ReidOut]( [Joy Reid: There's a long history of gaslighting and toxic politics regarding Speaker Pelosi]( [Image of Kari Lake]( [All In]( [Kari Lake mocks violent Paul Pelosi attack on the campaign trail]( [Photo of Supreme Court]( [José Díaz-Balart]( ['A place that wasn't built for us': Students weigh in on affirmative action as SCOTUS hear cases]( [Photo of Elon Musk]( [The Mehdi Hasan Show]( [Possible changes to blue check marks has Elon Musk's Twitter in a frenzy](   MORE FROM MSNBC [Alternate text]   [A graphic of WITHpod]( To understand the partisanship and bitterness of American politics today, we have to consider what happened in 1994, Steve Kornacki points out. That's the story he tells in a new six-part original podcast series called '[The Revolution](,' all about how Georgia Congressman Newt Gingrich ushered in a wave of confrontation and conservatism. Lucky for us, Kornacki took some time away from the Big Board to walk through the history and distinct structural features of midterms, how we got to this moment and the numerous ways the elections this fall could parallel 1994.   [A graphic of Rachel Maddow Presents: Ultra on a cell phone]( The fifth episode of MSNBC’s newest original podcast series, "Rachel Maddow Presents: Ultra" is available now. In the latest episode, the walls begin to close in on members of Congress and the America First movement who are actively involved in a Nazi plot to spread misinformation and propaganda across the country. [Listen now.](   [Image] [Image]   [Privacy]( [Unsubscribe](listvar=sub_daily)