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Michelle Bernard joins MSNBC’s “AM Joy” to discuss the legal questions surrounding Donald Trump, Jr’s meeting with a Russian lawyer promising opposition research. VIDEO HERE: Air Date:  July 16, 2017

Donald Trump’s lawyer Jay Sekulow defended the president vigorously on Sunday after revelations of Donald Trump, Jr.’s meeting with a Russian lawyer sparked controversy.  Michelle Bernard joins “AM Joy” to discuss.   VIDEO HERE: Air Date:  July 16, 2017

Michelle Bernard joins  “AM Joy” to debate Kevin Baker’s proposal first published in “The New Republic” in March 2017 that Blue States to “secede” from Red states.  Bernard argues that secession would be a cruel joke to the descendants of the enslaved people who built this nation. VIDEO HERE:   Air Date: July 2, 2017

Michelle Bernard joins “AM Joy” and her panel to discuss Democrats turning on leader Nancy Pelosi after the party’s special election defeat in Georgia.  Quoting Chance the Rapper, Bernard reasons that Pelosi was not responsible for the special election loss and would not have received credit if Jon Ossoff, the special election candidate, had won. […]

Michelle Bernard joins Joy Reid and her panel to discuss whether Senate Republicans will be able to pass their version of the healthcare bill which Bernard argue amounts to nothing more than a significant rollback to Medicaid, the nation’s largest health care provider   VIDEO HERE: Air Date: June 25, 2017

In the wake of Senator Sherrod Brown’s  (D-Ohio)  discussion with Joy Reid about why many of his colleagues on the other side of the aisle support a healthcare bill many Americans strongly dislike, Michelle Bernard joins Joy Reid and her panel to discuss  healthcare disparities and the differences in how the nation addressed the crack […]

Michelle Bernard, Ronald Brownstein and Brian Rosenwald  join Michael Smerconish to discuss the rise of polarized media and its role in deepening the partisan divide.   VIDEO HERE: Air Date: February 17, 2017

  First Lady Michelle Obama came under fire for saying many people are feeling ‘no hope’ now that Donald Trump has been elected. Joy Reid and her panel discuss poll numbers and more supporting Obama’s observation. VIDEO HERE: Air Date:   December 18, 2016  

  Will Donald Trump go back on his promise to protect Medicare and other safety net programs now that he is aligning with privatizers such as House Speaker Paul Ryan? Michelle Bernard joins Joy Reid and her panel do a deep dive. VIDEO HERE: Air Date:   December 18, 2016

Michelle Bernard joins Joy Reid and her panel to “undress the supposed “alt-right” for what it really is – merely rebranded, old-fashioned white supremacy and white nationalism.” VIDEO HERE: Air Date:   November 27, 2016