MAGA's new delusion

And a Trump lawyer gets confronted [VIEW IN BROWSER]( MSNBC DAILY Understand today's news [VIEW IN BROWSER]( MSNBC DAILY Understand today's news Wednesday, March 22, 2023 THE LATEST [Alternate text] [Why Trump fans keep saying an indictment would be good for him]( By Hayes Brown Here's an old chestnut that's been threatening to become conventional wisdom in recent weeks: Any indictment of former President Donald Trump helps his chances in a presidential election. This view has been repeated in multiple rounds of analysis and reporting over the years, any time accountability for Trump becomes a topic of interest, from the Russia investigation to impeachment to the Jan. 6 committee. And it has risen once more as Trump faces possible charges in relation to Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg's investigation of a 2016 hush money payment to adult film star Stormy Daniels. But from where I'm sitting, there doesn't seem to be much basis for the claim that trying to strike Trump down will only make him more powerful. Instead, it seems more like the result of a feedback loop between Trump world and MAGA voters that deserves much more skepticism than it has been getting. This is a preview of Hayes Brown's latest article. [Read the full column here](.     TOP STORIES [Alternate text] [A photo of Michael Cohen speaking to press ]( [STEVE BENEN]( [The key reason the DOJ didn't prosecute Trump's hush money case]( Are the three House Republicans who questioned the Manhattan DA's probe unaware of these details, or did they simply choose not to care? [Read more.]( [A photo of Joe Biden]( [JA'HAN JONES]( [Biden quietly signs one of his term's most harmful and oppressive measures yet]( The president's power grab over Washington, D.C., has fed an insatiable, illiberal beast.Read more.]( [A photo of Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson]( [JORDAN RUBIN]( [Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson speaks out alone in dissent in abortion appeal]( The Biden appointee is continuing to make her views known when she thinks her Supreme Court colleagues are out of line.Read more.]( [A photo of Rand Paul]( [JA'HAN JONES]( [Rand Paul fails with 'groomer'-related gaffe in now-deleted tweet]( Sen. Rand Paul waded into a right-wing culture war over the weekend and was forced into an embarrassing retreat. [Read more.]( TOP VIDEOS [Alternate text] [A photo of Drew Findling]( [THE BEAT WITH ARI]( ['You want to quash an indictment that doesn't yet exist?': Trump's Georgia lawyer confronted]( [A photo of Donald Trump]( [THE LAST WORD]( [Rep. Schiff: House GOP wants 'immunity for their party leader']( [A photo of Fox News building]( THE REIDOUT]( [Katie Phang: New hostile workplace allegations against Fox News can help Dominion's lawsuit]( [A photo of Irvo Otieno]( [THE REIDOUT]( [Video shows final moments before Irvo Otieno's death in police custody]( [MORE FROM MSNBC]( [Alternate text] On Sunday at 10 p.m. ET, watch "Lowndes County and the Road to Black Power." The feature documentary spotlights Lowndes County, Alabama — an area that was 80 percent Black, but had zero Black voters - and the young organizers who fought for their right to vote at the end of the Civil Rights Movement. Watch "Lowndes County and the Road to Black Power" Sunday at 10 p.m. ET on MSNBC, and streaming now on Peacock.   There's been a marked rise over the last decade of nationalist and authoritarian politics. Global freedom declined for a 17th consecutive year in 2022, according to a Freedom House annual report. The rise of MAGAism in the U.S., neofacsism in Italy and hard-right politics in Israel are just a few examples of why democracy around globe continues to hang on a knife's edge. Our guest this week has experienced first-hand the deleterious effects of attacks, perpetrated by opponents of democracy, on civil, political and press freedom. Rula Jebreal is an award-winning journalist, bestselling author, foreign policy expert and visiting professor at the University of Miami. She joins [WITHpod]( to discuss the interconnectedness of the global authoritarian movement, the personal attacks she has witnessed, what is at stake, how authoritarian gains could be rolled back and more.   [Image] [Image] 30 Rockefeller Plaza New York, NY 10112 [PRIVACY]( | [CONTACT]( | [UNSUBSCRIBE](listvar=sub_daily) [PRIVACY]( | [CONTACT]( | [UNSUBSCRIBE](listvar=sub_daily)