Trump's new alarming agenda

And rap video political ad calls Marjorie Taylor Greene 'Mayor of Magaville' [VIEW IN BROWSER]( MSNBC DAILY Understand today's news [VIEW IN BROWSER]( MSNBC DAILY Understand today's news Tuesday, Jul. 18, 2023 THE LATEST [Alternate text] [RFK Jr.'s latest Covid conspiracy theory has a predictably toxic chaser]( By Emily Tamkin Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Democratic presidential candidate and anti-vaccine conspiracy theorist, made news again last week with comments at a perennial sand trap for politicians with presidential aspirations: the private dinner. “COVID-19. There is an argument that it is ethnically targeted. COVID-19 attacks certain races disproportionately,” Kennedy [said in remarks first published by the New York Post]( (the Post also provided video). “COVID-19 is targeted to attack Caucasians and Black people. The people who are most immune are Ashkenazi Jews and Chinese.” On Twitter, Kennedy called the story “mistaken,” [writing](, “I have never, ever suggested that the COVID-19 virus was targeted to spare Jews…a 2021 study of the COVID-19 virus shows that COVID-19 appears to disproportionately affect certain races since the furin cleave docking site is most compatible with Blacks and Caucasians and least compatible with ethnic Chinese, Finns, and Ashkenazi Jews. In that sense, it serves as a kind of proof of concept for ethnically targeted bioweapons.” This is a preview of Emily Tamkin's latest article. [Read the full column here.](     TOP STORIES [Alternate text] [A photo of a Fox News sign]( [MATT GERTZ]( [Fox News is getting pummeled by former evangelists. And it could get worse.](//link.msnbc.com/click/32111540.9993/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubXNuYmMuY29tL29waW5pb24vbXNuYmMtb3Bpbmlvbi9hbGV4YW5kcmlhLW9jYXNpby1jb3J0ZXotYmlkZW4tZW5kb3JzZW1lbnQtMjAyNC1wcmVzaWRlbnQtcmNuYTkzNDE3P2NpZD1lbWxfbWRhXzIwMjMwNzE4JnVzZXJfZW1haWw9ZDdkYzc0NTE3Mjk3YjM5NzFhYTE0ZDZmMzMxMTM1YTA4NzhmOGY2NDBmYTFhMTAxOWYxNTdiNjVjMWI1ZGQxZA/58292da26e4adc7b0b8b4914B988e1fcc You no longer need to take the word of the network's many critics.[Read more.]( [A photo of Trump]( [ZEESHAN ALEEM]( [Trump's new agenda for amassing power in the White House is alarming]( If he returned to the White House, he could break troubling new ground in accumulating personal power. [Read more.]( [STEVE BENEN]( [Election suit from Arizona's Kari Lake leads to sanctions (yes, again)]( Several election lawsuits were so absurd that they led to court-imposed sanctions. In Arizona, however, it's happened more than once. [Read more.]( [A photo of two people looking at a phone]( [ANDRE BROCK]( [Elon Musk's takeover signals the end of Black Twitter as we know it]( Musk's antics have encouraged many Black users to seek out less problematic spaces.[Read more.]( TOP VIDEOS [Alternate text] [Marjorie Taylor Greene sitting in a gold throne with sunglasses in her political ad]( [THE REIDOUT]( [Rap video political ad hailing Marjorie Taylor Greene as 'Mayor of Magaville' called 'offensive']( [Donald Trump]( [RACHEL MADDOW]( [Georgia Supreme Court rejects Trump effort to derail Fulton County election probe]( [Split photo of Jack Smith and Judge Cannon ]( [THE LAST WORD]( [Lawrence on Trump judge hearing espionage case: Never get over how outrageous this is]( [JOE SCARBOROUGH PRESENTS]( [Christopher Nolan: The energy of 'Oppenheimer' comes from the performances]( MORE FROM MSNBC [Alternate text] The fifth episode of "Rachel Maddow Presents: Déjà News" examines how conservative governors are depositing migrants in liberal cities. Rachel Maddow and co-host Isaac-Davy Aronson reveal how this strategy was ripped from an earlier playbook in U.S. politics by revisiting the Reverse Freedom Rides of the 1960s. [Listen now.](   Sunday, watch the first episode of "Rainn Wilson and the Geography of Bliss." The five-part documentary series follows actor Rainn Wilson as he explores some of the happiest places on Earth and unpacks the science of happiness along the way. First up on Rainn's journey: Iceland. "Rainn Wilson and the Geography of Bliss" begins Sunday at 10pm ET on MSNBC and is streaming now on Peacock. MSNBC INSIGHTS [Alternate text] Have you ever wanted to provide MSNBC with your opinion about their TV programs, documentaries, and digital products, such as MSNBC.com, newsletters, and podcasts? Now is your chance! [Join the MSNBC Insights Community.](   [Image] [Image] 30 Rockefeller Plaza New York, NY 10112 [PRIVACY]( | [CONTACT]( | [UNSUBSCRIBE](listvar=sub_daily) [PRIVACY]( | [CONTACT]( | [UNSUBSCRIBE](listvar=sub_daily)