Symone D. Sanders Townsend

co-host of "The Weeknight"

Symone D. Sanders Townsend is an author and a co-host of “The Weeknight,” which airs Monday through Friday at 7 p.m. ET on MS NOW. She is a former deputy assistant to President Joe Biden and a former senior adviser to and chief spokesperson for Vice President Kamala Harris.


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Symone D. Sanders Townsend

2w ago
Opinion

The biggest mistake Democrats can make at Trump’s State of the Union

Now is not the time for a timid response.

1mos ago
Opinion

Trump’s Kennedy Center ‘renovations’ explanation is a fig leaf for something darker

President Donald Trump is showing his desire to control American culture, echoing similar moves by autocrats around the world. And the Kennedy Center is a test case.

2mos ago
Opinion

The future warning I took away from Jack Smith’s hearing

While Democrats focused on the historical record, Republicans showed the threat hasn’t gone away.

2mos ago
Opinion

Jan. 6 was not just a day. It was a strategy

It was the predictable outcome of sustained lies about a stolen election.

4mos ago
MS NOW Opinion

The quiet victories keeping American democracy alive

Trump’s attempt to gerrymander permanent Republican rule is faltering.

5mos ago
MS NOW Opinion

How Republicans are trying to steal the midterms before they even start

The North Carolina gerrymander is the latest attempt to insulate themselves from public opinion.

5mos ago
MS NOW Opinion

Democrats proved the insiders wrong on the shutdown

The conventional wisdom was that a shutdown was a losing fight.

6mos ago
MS NOW Opinion

From Kimmel to Comey, President Trump is checking names off his ‘enemies list’

The late-night talk show host and the former FBI director earned his ire for doing their jobs.

6mos ago
MS NOW Opinion

Americans who push back against Trump are winning

From the Federal Reserve to the streets of Chicago, Trump critics are showing how to fight.

6mos ago
MS NOW Opinion

Charlie Kirk’s killing is part of chilling pattern that threatens America’s future

The shooting is the latest in a disturbing string of violent attacks.