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🗓️ 9 August 2025

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Tonight on The Last Word: Texas Republicans’ attempt to remove Democrats goes to the state Supreme Court. Also, the Justice Department requests for the unsealing of the grand jury exhibits and transcripts in the Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell cases. Plus, nearly two million Americans are receiving unemployment benefits. And the Supreme Court is poised to come for the Voting Rights Act. Texas state Rep. Gina Hinojosa, Rep. Jasmine Crockett, Heather Long, Conor Lamb, and Melissa Murray join Jonathan Capehart.

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0:00.0	The last word starts right now with Jonathan Capert in the anchor chair. Hey, Jonathan.
0:05.2	Hey, Jen. So, hmm, Ambassador Tereckievic. That sounds like...
0:09.9	Are you interested in that one?
0:11.7	I mean, actually, I've always wanted to go to Iceland, but maybe...
0:15.0	Me too. Not like that. Also, Scott Besson, with another job, as you pointed out. He's
0:20.5	Treasury Secretary. He's sort of like the Marco Rub job, as you pointed out, he's Treasury Secretary.
0:21.9	He's sort of like the Marco Rubio, who's got like 12 jobs in addition to be the Secretary of State.
0:28.5	It's a little, and I'm not, I don't really think the Treasury Secretary should also be the IRS
0:32.7	commissioner, but yeah, he's got a full-time job. Lots to be done by the Treasury Secretary.
0:37.6	Yeah, lots. And now he's got even more. Jen, he's got a full-time job. Lots to be done by the Treasury Secretary. Yeah, lots.
0:38.4	And now he's got even more.
0:40.5	Jen, you've got a weekend to go enjoy.
0:44.1	Thank you very much.
0:45.5	Thank you, John.
0:46.0	Have a great show.
0:46.8	All right.
0:48.1	Things aren't going Donald Trump's way.
0:50.8	That's the headline of a new article written by my MSNBC colleague Jonathan Lemire for
0:55.6	the Atlantic. Jonathan writes, the mood in the White House has darkened in the past month as the
1:01.8	president's challenges have grown deeper. Trump's superpower at home has long been to command intense
1:07.9	loyalty from fellow Republicans, yet that power might be hitting its limit.
1:13.2	He was able to pressure the GOP to pass his one big beautiful bill last month, but some Republicans,
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