Ali Velshi @velshi.com · 12hYou've probably interacted with an LLM, the AI programs behind everything from ChatGPT to customer service chats. But as LLMs become widespread, it's important to remember their limitations, faults, and dangers. And while they produce human-like writing, LLMs are not human. 910932
Ali Velshi @velshi.com · 14h“Donald Trump and MAGA sold the American people a false bill of goods.” Voters have made it clear that they want Congress to address the high cost of living. Instead, the GOP held a sham hearing trying to trap Jack Smith. “I think the American people can see through it,” says Rep. Joe Neguse. 519840
Ali Velshi @velshi.com · 14hYou've probably interacted with an LLM, the AI programs behind everything from ChatGPT to customer service chats. But as LLMs become widespread, it's important to remember their limitations, faults, and dangers. And while they produce human-like writing, LLMs are not human. 411636
Ali Velshi @velshi.com · 29/09/2026Ali Velshi does the math calculating how much more Donald Trump’s policies are costing the average American household. 813352
Ali Velshi @velshi.com · 29/09/2026The State Dept. contradicts a U.S. ambassador's claim that Trump offered to sell China weapons, and the FBI deputy director resigns amid several bureau controversies. Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi says "our adversaries are cheering" watching this dysfunction from the Trump administration. 39530
Ali Velshi @velshi.com · 29/09/2026MS NOW, CNN, and Politico filed a new motion for a preliminary injunction, asking the judge for a longer-term block on Trump's ban of the three news outlets from The White House. 212430
Ali Velshi @velshi.com · 29/09/2026The State Dept. contradicts a U.S. ambassador's claim that Trump offered to sell China weapons, and the FBI deputy director resigns amid several bureau controversies. Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi says "our adversaries are cheering" watching this dysfunction from the Trump administration. 28622
Ali Velshi @velshi.com · 29/09/2026“Make stuff cost less” is the slogan for the campaign of Roy Cooper – the Democratic nominee for Senate in North Carolina. He joins Ali Velshi to discuss how ending the war in Iran and getting rid of Trump’s “chaotic” tariffs will do just that. “We know how critical this is," Cooper says. 410021
Reposted by Ali VelshiMS NOW Public Relations @msnowcomms.bsky.social · 26/09/2026NOW: @velshi.com is live at the big board in Texas, unpacking the history of the country’s voting system and offering a deep dive into the latest polling data. 58514
Ali Velshi @velshi.com · 26/09/2026“If you’re confident in your position…then you have no reason to ban the media.” Journalist Evan Smith responds to Donald Trump’s ongoing efforts to block news outlets he does not like. 515240
Ali Velshi @velshi.com · 26/09/2026Every single American voter is one tiny light. Together, we are bigger than the darkness, and more powerful than any voter suppression. 20487153
Ali Velshi @velshi.com · 26/09/2026Texas State Representative Gina Hinojosa is hoping to deny incumbent Republican Greg Abbott a fourth term and become the state's first Democratic governor in decades. She accuses Abbott of doing "the bidding of moneyed interests and not the people of Texas." 722650
Ali Velshi @velshi.com · 26/09/2026“The perfect storm.” Evan Smith – co-founder of The Texas Tribune - ticks through the three factors that are giving Democrats real reason to believe that they could win a statewide race in Texas for the first time in three decades. 313028
Ali Velshi @velshi.com · 25/09/2026MS NOW's race on our radar takes us to Florida's 22nd congressional district, which was drastically redrawn by Republicans this year to make it more Republican-friendly. But that aggressive gerrymandering may actually backfire in a race that is being targeted by both national parties. 49014
Ali Velshi @velshi.com · 25/09/2026A new letter sent by acting Secretary of the Navy revealed there has been 8 suicide attempts associated with the USS Abraham Lincoln while deployed to the Iran war. 615257
Ali Velshi @velshi.com · 25/09/2026Emily St. John Mandel's novel 'Exit Party' is a time-bending work of speculative fiction that speaks to our divided present moment. Mandel tells Ali Velshi that the novel addresses "the idea of compliance and acquiescence" with authoritarianism that is "something that we're seeing today." 29216
Ali Velshi @velshi.com · 25/09/2026Democrat Pia Dandiya is fighting to win Florida’s re-drawn 22nd congressional district, which she says “was gerrymandered to try and pull a fast one” on voters. But she says, “not on our watch.” 012931
Ali Velshi @velshi.com · 24/09/2026A ruling is expected soon in a lawsuit filed by MS NOW, CNN, and Politico after Donald Trump banned these outlets from the White House. George Washington University Law Professor Mary Anne Franks tells Ali Velshi that Trump's actions show "he's afraid of anyone who is not his lackey." 68612
Ali Velshi @velshi.com · 24/09/2026Despite promises by DHS that ICE officers should wear body cameras, the officer who shot a Venzuelan immigrant in Austin, Texas on Sunday was not wearing one. 716249
Ali Velshi @velshi.com · 24/09/2026A Maine voter told MS NOW's Elise Jordan, "TSA employees go through more training than these ICE agents," after a massive ICE operation in the state earlier this year. It's proving to be a hot issue for Mainers ahead of November's crucial Senate race. 115435
Ali Velshi @velshi.com · 24/09/2026As President Trump hosts China’s President Xi Jinping for a state visit, Eurasia Group’s Gerry Butts says Trump’s missteps like the Iran War are gifts to China which is doing well by sitting back “watching its adversaries engage in great acts of self-harm.” 311933
Ali Velshi @velshi.com · 23/09/2026Trump's speech at the United Nations was filled with "the kind of lies, contradictions, and unverifiable nonsense" that won't stand up to scrutiny, which is one reason why he is trying to ban the press from the White House. 35801273
Ali Velshi @velshi.com · 23/09/2026Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen are threatening another key waterway for oil in the Middle East. If they decide they want to put more pressure on the global economy,"They just block all kinds of shipping," says Bobby Ghosh 410626
Ali Velshi @velshi.com · 23/09/2026A Democrat hoping to flip Iowa's third congressional district says voters are “ready for a change.” President Trump's policies on war and trade are hitting the state’s farm economy. Sarah Trone Garriott says Iowans who voted Republican their whole lives are telling her, “I'm voting for you now.” 415530
Ali Velshi @velshi.com · 23/09/2026The Trump administration says it has a right to ban journalists from MS NOW, CNN and Politico from White House grounds, arguing “access to the White House is a privilege — not a right.” 66810
Ali Velshi @velshi.com · 22/09/2026A look back at the very first White House correspondent and where the press finds itself today. 215739
Ali Velshi @velshi.com · 22/09/2026Hisham Awartani, one of three Palestinian-American students injured in 2023 by a loan gunman in Vermont, is grateful that his shooter has been convicted of attempted murder for his crime. Yet, Hisham and his mother, Elizabeth Price, express frustration that the case wasn't prosecuted as a hate crime 613628
Ali Velshi @velshi.com · 19/09/2026During his first administration, Donald Trump revoked Jim Acosta's press credential, because the President didn't like his line of questioning. On Friday, the President renewed his attack on Acosta. 1224465
Ali Velshi @velshi.com · 19/09/2026Pres. Trump's policies are driving up diesel and fertilizer prices, which in turn are driving up costs for farmers and food prices for consumers. Former Montana Senator Jon Tester tells Ali Velshi that farmers "are looking at not being able to pay their bills because the energy costs are so high." 1615845
Ali Velshi @velshi.com · 18/09/2026Florida's 27th congressional district is a race on our radar, because Republican incumbent Maria Salazar publicly BROKE with Trump on his immigration policy. She's feeling the heat in a district that's heavily Latino. Democratic challenger Eliott Rodriguez now sees a chance to flip the House seat 412521
Ali Velshi @velshi.com · 18/09/2026With AI in the headlines, MS NOW's Josh Einiger visited West Virginia farmers facing the ground-level consequences of the AI boom. Einiger tells Ali Velshi, "There is huge antipathy" toward AI, because "people fear for their privacy concerns, they fear big tech overreach." 511024
Ali Velshi @velshi.com · 18/09/2026The GOP is worried that polls show voters upset by high costs tied to Trump's Iran war. MS NOW political analyst Peter Beinart notes that "Trump never made the case for this war" and "there's no prospect it's going to end" soon. 1114827
Ali Velshi @velshi.com · 17/09/2026Canada and the European Union are flirting with a new kind of trade partnership that would allow them to sideline Donald Trump and his trade war. It’s another example of how Mark Carney has been “forthright in standing up to Trump’s nonsense” – and winning support from the public because of it. 14536135
Ali Velshi @velshi.com · 17/09/2026In the new book “End Times Fascism,” co-author Naomi Klein argues that a far-right coalition of tech billionaires, Christian extremists, and ethno-nationalists are hastening and profiting from global catastrophe. “They’re not just building their own arks, they're also causing the floods.” 17607240
Ali Velshi @velshi.com · 17/09/2026Darline Graham is a "historically WEAK candidate" according to her opponent Annie Andrews, the Democratic trying to flip South Carolina's Senate seat blue. "The Senate seat does not belong to the Graham family. It doesn't belong to one political party and it doesn't belong to a president." 10477125
Ali Velshi @velshi.com · 17/09/2026On Sat., Sept. 26th, don’t miss the chance to attend “Together in Texas: We The People 2026.” As the country heads toward the 2026 midterms, we’re bringing our annual live community event to the place at the center of it all: Texas. Buy your tickets today: ms.now/together 410022
Ali Velshi @velshi.com · 16/09/2026The 11th Hour is over and tomorrow starts NOW…which means Velshi & Ruhle: Full Disclosure is live at 12 PM ET on www.ms.now/membership?i... Become a member and submit your questions. We'll answer you live every Wednesday. 77611
Reposted by Ali Velshi11th Hour with Ali Velshi @11thhourmsnow.bsky.social · 11/09/2026@velshi.com and @johnfugelsang.bsky.social react to J.D. Vance's explanation of Trump's $5,000 "dividend" for voters 2622461
Reposted by Ali Velshi11th Hour with Ali Velshi @11thhourmsnow.bsky.social · 04/09/2026“This administration is just going after us.” Washington Secretary of State Steve Hobbs tells Ali Velshi that Trump’s changes to election infrastructure is making state election officials’ work harder. “These advisors that are tied to cybersecurity and elections, they are gone.” 19030
Reposted by Ali VelshiPaul Tremblay @paultremblay.bsky.social · 02/09/2026A clip from my appearance on 11th Hour @velshi.com with me talking rabbits, tattoos, art, and you! (Well and Dead But Dreaming of Electric Sheep) 2418
Reposted by Ali VelshiHunter Walker @hunterw.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Talking about the slow rolling and ongoing attacks on our elections with Ali Velshi and MS NOW www.tiktok.com/t/ZTD3Dt37h/tiktok.comTPM's @Hunter Walker joined @Alivelshi on MS Now's @The 11th Hour to talk about the attacks on our elections. #politics #washington #msnbc #elections #vote TikTok video by Talking Points Memo 04210
Reposted by Ali VelshiHunter Walker @hunterw.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Will be joining Ali Velshi on MS Now in the 11pm hour this evening! 3563
Reposted by Ali Velshi11th Hour with Ali Velshi @11thhourmsnow.bsky.social · 27/08/2026“It looks like they’re spending most of their time trying to figure out how to punish the sailor.” MS NOW’s Priya Sridhar tells Ali Velshi about her latest report about a 19-year-old sailor who jumped overboard the USS Abraham Lincoln earlier this month and is now facing disciplinary action. 1013751
Reposted by Ali VelshiMS NOW @ms.now · 26/08/2026DON’T MISS IT: Join us Sat., Sept. 26th for “Together in Texas: We The People 2026.” As the country heads toward the 2026 midterms, we’re bringing our annual live community event to the place at the center of it all: Texas. Buy your tickets today: ms.now/together 1113622
Reposted by Ali Velshi11th Hour with Ali Velshi @11thhourmsnow.bsky.social · 26/08/2026RFK Jr. is “nothing more than a grifter and a conspiracy theorist.” South Carolina’s Democratic nominee for Senate Annie Andrews slams the HHS Secretary for eroding trust in the public health system. “This is one of the reasons Democrats winning across the country in November is so urgent.” 815941
Reposted by Ali Velshi11th Hour with Ali Velshi @11thhourmsnow.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Rep. Chellie Pingree (D-ME) tells MS NOW’s Ali Velshi that Trump’s trade war is “embarrassing” and costly. She's hopeful that Democrats will win the House majority in the midterms, but if so: “we have our work cut out for us, because he's done so much damage and been such an incompetent government." 69926
Reposted by Ali VelshiPaul Tremblay @paultremblay.bsky.social · 21/08/2026On a sudden, quick trip to NYC because I’m due to be on MS NOW’s 11th Hour with Ali Velshi tonight (Friday). Live! Eek! (I think I take over the airwaves around 11:30. You’ll all be sorry!) 3798
Reposted by Ali VelshiMS NOW @ms.now · 10/08/2026On Saturday, Sept. 26, see your favorite MS NOW hosts together live in Arlington, TX, for Together in Texas: We the People 2026. As the country heads toward the midterms, we're bringing conversations with top newsmakers to the place at the center of it all: Texas! Get your tickets: ms.now/together 2220851
Reposted by Ali VelshiMS NOW @ms.now · 08/08/2026On Saturday, September 26th, don’t miss the chance to attend “Together in Texas: We The People 2026,” our annual live community event. 149924
Reposted by Ali VelshiThe Philadelphia Citizen @thephilacitizen.bsky.social · 04/08/2026Weaponizing federal grants for political punishment? This week, Ali Velshi is joined by former Washington Governor Jay Inslee to discuss the Trump administration's tactics. bit.ly/4pWuRhAthephiladelphiacitizen.orgListen: Trump Cancels Grants to States Kamala Harris WonAli Velshi and Jay Inslee discuss how the Trump Administration is weaponizing federal clean energy grants for political punishment 26721