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Sep 28, 2025 41 min

Trump’s Next Big Crackdown Is Coming

from Velshi Hosted by Stacey Abrams, Ben Rhodes, Ali Velshi, Amy McGrath

Ben Rhodes discusses Trump’s threat to use the “full force” of the U.S. military in American cities and the threat posed by Trump’s weaponization of the government against his perceived enemies; Stacey Abrams discusses her new action plan to fight Trump’s creeping authoritarianism; why hundreds of America's top generals and admirals are scrambling to get to an unprecedented meeting with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, and the dangers of Hegseth’s new restrictions on the press reporting on the military 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 fmr. Deputy National Security Advisor Ben Rhodes, host of ‘Assembly Required’ podcast Stacey Abrams, Staff Writer at The Atlantic Tom Nichols, U.S. Marine Corps Veteran Lt. Col. Amy McGrath (ret.)

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