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Aug 30, 2025 40 min

Firing Spree

from Velshi Hosted by Jennifer Egan, Thom Hartmann, Ali Velshi, Richard Cordray

The tightening of Donald Trump's authoritarian grip on power is in evidence this week in a series of legally dubious firings of top officials. We'll talk about the state of these standoffs and the one guardrail that will be hardest for Trump to break past; Dr Jennifer Layden, one of the top officials that resigned in protest from the CDC this week, speaks out about how the recent chaos at the agency will endanger public health; and this week’s Velshi Banned Book Club meeting features “Rebecca” by Daphne du Maurier. To listen to this show and other MS podcasts without ads, sign up for MS NOW Premium on Apple Podcasts.

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Ali Velshi is joined by syndicated talk radio host Thom Hartmann, former CFPB director Richard Cordray, and Dr. Jennifer Layden who just resigned from the CDC and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jennifer Egan.

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