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EPISODE · Aug 20, 2026 · 41 MIN

'Padding the Pockets of the President'

from The Weeknight · host Symone Sanders Townsend, Vaughn Hillyard, Elise Jordan, Kimberly Atkins Stohr, Angie Nixon, Brendan Ballou

August 19, 2026, 7pm: Trump’s corruption saga continues as he welcomes crypto executives to the White House after personally pocketing $1.4 billion from an industry he regulates.  MS NOW political analyst Kimberly Atkins Stohr joins The Weeknight to react. Plus, State Rep. Angie Nixon joins the table after her surprising victory in last night's Democratic Senate Primary in Florida.  For more, follow us on Instagram and BlueSky @weeknightmsnow and @ms.now.  To listen to this show and other MS podcasts without ads, sign up for MS NOW Premium on Apple Podcasts. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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Donald Trump hosted cryptocurrency executives at the White House today as his family’s crypto business is raking in billions, in a blatant show of his conflicts of interest. The Weeknight hosts and guests break it all down.

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