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Hayes Brown

MSNBC Opinion Writer/Editor

Hayes Brown is a writer and editor for MSNBC Daily, where he helps frame the news of the day for readers. He was previously at BuzzFeed News and holds a degree in international relations from Michigan State University.

Hayes Brown is a writer and editor for MSNBC Daily, where he helps frame the news of the day for readers. He was previously at BuzzFeed News and holds a degree in international relations from Michigan State University.

Latest from Hayes Brown

8h ago

What the 2020 debates can tell us about the Biden-Trump rematch

When the first presidential debate starts between Joe Biden and Donald Trump many Americans will have forgotten what a different time 2020 really was.
1d ago

House GOP takes the worst-of-all-worlds options on gun violence

House Republicans want to defund gun safety enforcement despite a new surgeon general advisory calling firearms violence a public health crisis.
2d ago

Speaker Johnson wants to lower the debate bar for Trump

Speaker Mike Johnson said that the CNN will rig the presidential debate between Joe Biden and Donald Trump will be rigged when it starts on Thursday at 9 PM.
3d ago

A new Fox News poll gives false hope about the future of democracy

President Joe Biden will likely bring up the threat Donald Trump poses to democracy in the first presidential debate on Thursday but Republicans have a counter.
8d ago

The vibes are very off this Juneteenth

Juneteenth is an official holiday first held to mark the close of slavery after the Civil War in Texas, but the George Floyd protests made it mainstream.
9d ago

Trump's promised corporate tax cut has big business on the fence

Corporate CEOs are wondering if Donald Trump is a safer bet for profits than Joe Biden in the 2024 election with the corporate income tax rate on the line.
10d ago

MAGA Republicans are not behaving like the 'loyal opposition'

Donald Trump and his MAGA Republicans are not showing loyalty to the Constitution as befits the minority party, threatening elections and democracy.
14d ago

The GOP’s latest cheap shot is about more than Merrick Garland

The House voted to hold Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt of Congress. It's the latest attempt to make Donald Trump and Republicans look better.
15d ago

Joe Biden is right not to pardon Hunter Biden

Hunter Biden was convicted of federal gun charges. Joe Biden could pardon his son before sentencing but has said that he won't.
16d ago

Russ Vought is the most dangerous MAGA diehard you've never heard of

Russ Vought is an authors of Project 2025 at the Heritage Foundation, laying out the blueprint for Donald Trump's second term, and the GOP 2024 platform
19d ago

This new poll should give Biden some much needed encouragement

Donald Trump and Joe Biden are still close in polls after Trump was found guilty in a New York trial. But young voters and low-interest voters can be swayed.