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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

13d ago

Supreme Court reforms could be a fight to the finish line between GOP and Dems

President Joe Biden is preparing major reforms to the Supreme Court. He should go much further and add more seats.
15d ago

Trump’s RNC speech proved again there’s never a ‘New Trump’

Donald Trump's RNC acceptance speech was long, criticized Biden and Pelosi and was not the changed tone he promised after his assassination attempt.
15d ago

Joe Biden has big plans — and terrible timing

President Joe Biden's Covid diagnosis comes after the assassination attempt on Donald Trump overshadowed his second term 100 days in office agenda plans.
17d ago

The dangerous story Trump fans are telling themselves at the RNC

Donald Trump can't lose the 2024 election in the story Republicans at the RNC are telling each other after a failed assassination attempt.
18d ago

What history tells us about Trump's attempted assassination

The FBI has yet to release a motive for the shooter who attempted to assassinate Donald Trump, but if Theodore Roosevelt's is a guide the motive may not matter.
18d ago

Judge Aileen Cannon cleaned up her own mess by making a new one

U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon dismissed Jack Smith's classified document case against Donald Trump, leaving his appointment as special counsel in question.
20d ago

Heritage’s ‘simulation’ of the 2024 election was deeply flawed

Heritage Foundation, the group behind Project 2025, claimed after a war game that the 2024 election will not be free and fair if Donald Trump loses.
21d ago

Why AOC's case for impeaching Thomas and Alito is strong

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez introduced articles of impeachment against SCOTUS Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito, calling out their corruption.
22d ago

The SAVE Act saves nobody — but would make it harder to vote

The House passed a bill Wednesday that Speaker Mike Johnson and Donald Trump promised would fix the supposed problem of noncitizens voting in federal elections.
26d ago

The Roberts Court has checkmated the other branches

Chief Justice John Roberts has made the Supreme Court above Congress and the executive branch with his overturning Chevron and giving Trump criminal immunity.
29d ago

John Roberts pulled an impeachment bait and switch in his immunity ruling

The Supreme Court immunity opinion managed to block Trump from being prosecuted for "official acts" even if he were to be convicted of impeachment and removed.