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America’s Standing As a Liberal Democracy Is at Risk

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MS NOW, Ali Velshi

Politics, News, News Commentary, Ms Now, Versant Media, Versant, Ali Velshi, Government, Weekend News

4.7793 Ratings

🗓️ 22 March 2026

⏱️ 41 minutes

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VP of Infrastructure, Housing at Arnold Ventures Jenny Schuetz; University of Gothenburg professor Staffan Lindberg; SiriusXM host Dean Obeidallah; Fordham University's Prof. Christina Greer

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0:00.0

Good morning. It's Sunday, March the 22nd. I'm Ali Valshi. We're watching the Middle East

0:10.8

closely this morning. We're learning that at least two Iranian missiles have penetrated

0:14.8

Israel's sophisticated, multi-layered air defense systems. We're going to go live to the region

0:19.1

for an update on that. Plus, the Senate is set to convene in the next hour to debate the president's voter suppression

0:24.7

bill and to hold a procedural vote on the nomination of Mark Wayne Mullen to lead the

0:29.3

Department of Homeland Security. This says Trump promises to deploy ICE agents to run security

0:34.6

at American airports if a deal is not reached to reopen the DHS.

0:40.3

We're watching those developments as well. And what better time for a massive nationwide protest

0:45.3

than the middle of an expensive and deadly war of choice, a violent federal immigration crackdown,

0:50.5

and a widening scandal over the cover-up of the Epstein files. The next No Kings Day,

0:55.4

one week away, is almost here. I'm going to be talking to the legendary Bill McKibbin,

0:59.5

who's among the national organizers about what is coming in the next chapter of this new

1:04.4

resistance. We begin this hour with another reason to resist, an economy that is increasingly

1:10.6

not working for working

1:12.2

Americans in a country that is run by a real estate developer who's populated his cabinet

1:16.6

with billionaires. I want to zoom in specifically on the housing crisis in this country because

1:21.9

its causes are complex and its consequences are dire. Last week, you'll remember I told you

1:27.3

the story of Jackson Hole, Wyoming, a vast open

1:30.5

landscape nestled beneath towering mountains founded and built by working people who were

1:35.4

driven by grit, ambition, and an entrepreneurial spirit.

1:39.4

And I told you that despite those roots, the people who sustain Jackson Hole today, the workers,

1:46.0

can no longer afford to live there. Some are living in their cars just to stay close to their

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