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August 28, 2026, 7pm: Thousands of protestors gathered on the National Mall today to voice opposition to Donald Trump's new wave of voting restrictions measures. Rev. Al Sharpton, host of "Politics Nation," Martin Luther King III, and Arndrea Waters King join The Weeknight to react. Plus, Rep. LaMonica McIver joins the table to after a federal appeals court allowed assault charges against her to move forward. A federal judge says the prosecution might be an act of political retaliation.
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