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EPISODE · Feb 19, 2026 · 40 MIN

Trump Cabinet's tone deafness makes election outreach plan ridiculous

from The Briefing with Jen Psaki · host Annie Farmer, Gov. Wes Moore, Keisha Lance Bottoms, Jen Psaki

The Trump administration is rolling out a strategy to send Cabinet members to electorally competitive districts ahead of next year's midterms. Jen Psaki considers the political damage this strategy will cause for Republicans as everyone in Trump's Cabinet is somewhere on the scale from weird and tone deaf to personally repellant.Maryland Governor Wes Moore talks with Jen Psaki about dealing with unwanted attention from Donald Trump, who seems to have not enough to do as President of the United States. Keisha Lance Bottoms, former mayor of Atlanta, discusses Donald Trump's past and ongoing efforts to corrupt voting in Georgia.Les Wexner, former Victoria's Secret boss, and a close associate of Jeffrey Epstein, told members of Congress that the FBI and DOJ investigators never reached out to him despite his close relationship with Epstein. Annie Farmer, a survivor of Epstein's abuse talks with Jen Psaki about the shockingly poor job investigators did holding Epstein to account. To listen to this show and other MS podcasts without ads, sign up for MS NOW Premium on Apple Podcasts. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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The Trump administration is rolling out a strategy to send Cabinet members to electorally competitive districts ahead of next year's midterms. Jen Psaki considers the political damage this strategy will cause for Republicans as everyone in Trump's Cabinet is somewhere on the scale from weird and tone deaf to personally repellant.

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