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Tonight's #AmericanSwamp (9PM ET on @MSNBC) is all about how screwed up our voting system is.

This episode is one of my favorites.

I've said it before here, but I'm obsessed with elections and own two historic voting machines.

Here's one.
@MSNBC Here's the other one.

It's a punch card "hanging chad" voting machine from Palm Beach County in 2000.

When @KatyTurNBC and I were on @colbertlateshow talking #AmericanSwamp, Stephen wanted to talk about this (and how weird it is?) but we ran out of time. See photo behind couch.
@MSNBC @KatyTurNBC @colbertlateshow Fun fact: before I was a journalist I was an election reform advocate and went around the country asking politicians if they know why we vote on Tuesday (most don't, and there's no good reason).

I gave this Ted Talk about it.

#AmericanSwamp
On Election Night 2018 I reported live from Orange County, CA — one of USA’s biggest and most consequential election jurisdictions.

Yeah, yeah, the alarm went off, but I promise it’s not because I breached any type of election security.

#AmericanSwamp
All that to say I'm stoked about tonight's #AmericanSwamp.

@KatyTurNBC and I went from NY to DC to NC to GA to explore ways our "democracy" doesn't represent everyone and how to fix it.

With @staceyabrams @EricHolder @MsLaToshaBrown @TheMLKIII and more.

9ET. @MSNBC. /thread

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I’ll be anchoring another @NBCNews special report about the rise of antisemitism in the United States.

Tonight at 10:30PM on @NBCNewsNow.

I hope you’ll join us.
I shared more info this morning on @TODAYshow about “Epidemic of Hate: Antisemitism on the Rise.”
@TODAYshow Additional details here: press.nbcnews.com/2023/11/15/nbc…
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Two years after creating a task force to reunite them, Biden's DHS says over 600 have been, but 998 remain separated.
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This was a truly remarkable story to report and thing to witness. Researchers at @Stanford think they may have discovered a remarkable breakthrough when it comes to treating Parkinson’s patients — and it’s as simple as putting on a pair of gloves.
Here’s where people interested in being a part of the study by @peter_tass can find more information: med.stanford.edu/tass-lab
You can also e-mail Dr. Tass and his team at parkinsonsvcr@stanford.edu to reach out and connect.

Thanks so much for the feedback to this story and to @AudreyKolina and @XavierNBC for producing it.
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NEW: Your “legal” pot might be cultivated by victims of labor trafficking at black market grows, as we saw in the Mojave Desert. It’s something now happening across the country. The first of our two @NBCNightlyNews reports.
More from our @NBCNews exclusive: Raids on black market cannabis farms uncover human trafficking victims.

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