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Norm Ornstein on Trump, the Midterms, and the Critical Importance of Pursuing Accountability in a Democratic-Controlled Congress

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CA AG Rob Bonta on Trump, the Midterms, and the Efforts to Protect Democracy Before, On, and After Election Day

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Alex Gibney on his Terrific New Film MUSK

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MI Lt. Gov. Garlin Gilchrist on Protecting the Midterms and his Campaign for Secretary of State

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Frank Rich on his Latest New York Magazine Essay "Trump's Shameless Collaborators"

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Dana Bash on the Midterms and her Fascinating New Book "The Elections That Changed the World: Fifteen Pivotal Moments That Shaped How We Live"

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Kerry Kennedy on her Terrific New Book About her Mother: "Ethel Kennedy: The Extraordinary Life and Bold Legacy"

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James Henson on Texas Politics, the Midterms, and Whether the Lone Star State is Finally Turning Blue

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George Conway on Trump, the Midterms, and Whether the 'Inflection Point' is Finally Here

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Cait Conley on her NY-17 House Campaign Against Trumper Mike Lawler

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Nikki Fried on Florida's Key Midterm Races and Democrats' Chances of Winning the House and Senate

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Marc Levin on his Terrific New Documentary DAUGHTERS OF 9/11

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Rick Wilson on Trump, the Midterms, and If a Blue Tidal Wave is Coming

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S.E. Cupp on Trump, the MAGA Meltdown, the Midterms, the Media Ban, and More

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Dr. Zaldy Tan on his New Book "What to Remember When You Are Forgetting: How to Live and Thrive with Memory Loss, Alzheimer's, and Other Dementias"

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Tara Setmayer Says "Please Dems Don't Blow It!": Trump, the Midterms, and the Fight to Save Democracy

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Stephanie Grisham on Trump's Second-Term Behavior; the Midterms and Election Integrity; Natalie Harp; and More

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Mark McKinnon on 9/11, 'Trump-a-palooza', Paxton v Talarico and Texas Politics, the Midterms, and More

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Jessica Tarlov on her New Book, Role on The Five, and if Civil Discourse is Possible in Donald Trump's America

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Michelle Kinney on the Drama, Chaos, and Danger of Trump 2.0 As We Head Towards the November Midterms

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Michael Steele on Trump, DSA, Republican Incompetence, the Midterms, and More

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Julie Roginsky on DSA, Michigan, Florida, the Midterms, and Natale Harp and the Divinity of Donald Trump

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Nevada Secretary of State Cisco Aguilar on the Trump/Republican Attempt to Steal the Midterms and the Fight to Stop Them

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MI Attorney General Dana Nessel on Trump's Assault on Our Electoral System and the Battle to Protect the Midterms

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Adrienne Elrod on the Democrats' Establishment vs Progressive/DSA Rift and It's Potential Impact on the Midterms

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Lee Kirk on his New Green Day Film NIMRODS

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Tom Nichols on Trump 2.0, the Iran War, the Midterms, Abdul El-Sayed and More

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Amy Littlefield on her Book Killers of Roe: My Investigation into the Mysterious Death of Abortion Rights

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Dr. Annie Andrews on her Campaign to Flip Lindsey Graham's South Carolina Senate Seat

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Miles Taylor on Lindsey Graham, Trump, Iran, Israel and Netanyahu, Ukraine, the Midterms, and More

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S.E. Cupp on Trump 2.0, Iran, Hegseth, MAGA, the Midterms and More

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Joe Walsh on Trump, the Parties, MAGA, Midterms, Democracy and More

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MI Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson on her Campaign for Governor, Election Integrity, and the Upcoming Midterms

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Dan Osborn on his Independent U.S. Senate Campaign in Nebraska. And Stick Around for the Trump, Sanders and Jimmy Stewart Impressions!

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Cait Conley on her Campaign to Beat Mike Lawlor and Flip NY's 17th Congressional District

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Brian Tyler Cohen on Trump, SCOTUS, the Midterms, Democracy, Platner, Mamdani, Iran, and his Terrific New Book The Day After

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Emily Suttle-Braun on Dating Graham Platner and her Newsweek Op-ed About Believing his Accusers

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Suzanne Vega on Life, "Luka", her Recently Released Film LOVER, BELOVED, and More

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Rina Shah on Being a "RINO" and How America Can Ultimately Have a Functioning Two-Party Political System Again

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Jyllian Gunther and Stephanie Schwam on Their Terrific New Documentary BANG MY BOX: THE ROBIN BYRD STORY

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Robert Stone on his Terrific Documentary About the 1974 Patty Hearst Kidnapping and its Special Screening/Q&A July 1 in Rhinebeck, NY

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Dr. Mary Anne Franks on Trump's Autocratic Overreach and the Complicit Supreme Court and Tech Broligarchy; Free Speech and Online Harassment; the Abuse of Power; and More

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TN State Rep. Justin J. Pearson on Redistricting, Racism, Affordability and the Midterms, his Congressional Campaign, and More

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Marisa Renee Lee on Life, Love, Loss, Grief, Hope, Healing and her New Book Waiting for Dawn: Living with Uncertainty

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Jeffrey Toobin on Trump's Assault on Democracy, How SCOTUS has Empowered him, and Whether the Guardrails are Holding

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Barb McQuade on her New Book The Fix: Saving America from the Corruption of a Mob-Style Government

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Adam Mockler on How to Effectively Beat Back Republican BS...and So Much More!

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Andrew McCabe on the Current State of the FBI under Kash Patel and the Impact on the Bureau's Credibility, Hiring and Firing, and Morale

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Batya Ungar-Sargon on her New Book The Jews and the Left

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Alisyn Camerota on Life, Loss, Grief and Reinvention

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Keisha Lance Bottoms on her Campaign for Georgia Governor and her New Memoir, The Rough SIde of the Mountain

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Danielle Crittenden on her Terrific New Book Dispatches from Grief: A Mother’s Journey Through the Unthinkable

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MI State Sen. Mallory McMorrow on her U.S. Senate Campaign

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Asha Rangappa on the Iran War, Trump's Autocratic Overreach and DOJ/FBI Weaponization, the Administration's Incompetence, and How Democrats Need to Fight Back and Win in November

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Ruth Ben-Ghiat on Trump, Orban, Xi/China and Whether She's Still Optimistic About American Democracy

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Kristy Greenberg on Trump's $1.776 Slush-Fund and IRS Immunity Deal, Blanche, Bondi, Comey, Epstein...and the KNICKS!

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Jonathan Jordan on his Terrific New Book IKE AND WINSTON: World War, Cold War, and an Extraordinary Friendship

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Andrew Weissmann on his New Book Liar's Kingdom: How to Stop Trump’s Deceit and Save America

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Nate Soares Explains How and Why AI May Ultimately Kill Us All

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Jonathan Vigliotti on his New Book Torched: How a City Was Left to Burn, and the Olympic Rush to Rebuild L.A.

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Elie Honig on Epstein/Lutnick/Bondi; Patel; Comey; SCOTUS/Virginia; Kimmel, Disney/ABC and the FCC; and Birthright Citizenship

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Rep. Pat Ryan on the Iran War, Hegseth's Incompetence, the Economy, the Midterms and More

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Tara Setmayer on Trump, the Republican Assault on Voting Rights, the Midterms and More

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EPISODE 500! Rep. James Walkinshaw on Epstein, Bondi, Iran, Hegseth, the Economy, Redistricting, and the Midterms

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Olivia Troye on her VA-7 Congressional Campaign and the Midterms, Trump, Iran, Hegseth, DHS, Gabbard, Miller and More

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Mimi Rocah on the Comey Indictment

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Jackie Corin on March For Our Lives' Efforts to Fight Gun Violence and Achieve Gun Reform Legislation

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Isabel Vincent on her Bombshell New Biography RFK Jr.: The Fall and Rise

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Josh Turek on his Incredibly Inspiring Journey and Iowa U.S. Senate Campaign

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Jonathan Greenblatt on the Alarming Rise of Antisemitism and Hate Crimes; Israel, Gaza and Lebanon; Trump and Iran; Mamdani; and More

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Adrian Fontes on Defending and Protecting the Election Process as We Head Towards the Midterms

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Rick Wilson on the Iran War, Epstein, MAGA, the Midterms, and Trump v Pope

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Andrew Goldberg on his New Documentary WHITE WITH FEAR

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Cait Conley on her NY District 17 House Campaign, Trump, Hegseth and the Illegal Iran War

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Shawn Harris on his Georgia 14 Campaign to Replace Marjorie Taylor Greene

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Elie Honig on the Legality of the Iran War, SCOTUS and Birthright Citizenship, Bondi's Epstein Subpoena, Trump's Pursuit of Tish James, and the META Rulings

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S.E. Cupp on the Iran War, MAGA, the Midterms, and the General Chaos, Dysfunction and Danger of Trump 2.0

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Survivor Jess Michaels on the Latest Epstein Developments

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Bill Kristol on Trump's Iran "Excursion" (War), How and When it Might End, What Comes Next, and More.

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Alexis Coe on Trump's First 14 Months, his Continued Autocratic Overreach, the Midterms and More

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Graham Nash on Crosby, Stills & Nash; Neil Young and CSNY; Joni Mitchell; Woodstock; the 60's and 70's; and More

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(repeat) Tom Nichols on the Iran War

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Vicky Ward on the Latest Epstein Developments

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Tom Nichols on the Iran War

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Alex Vindman on Trump's Illegal Iran War and his Very Promising Florida U.S. Senate Campaign

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Kara Swisher on Nvidia Earnings, the Paramount/Netflix Battle for Warner, Hegseth's Anthropic Threats, CBS News and 60 Minutes Debacle, and the Latest Epstein Bombshell

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Joe Walsh on Trump, the State of the Union, the Midterms, and the BOMBSHELL News in the Epstein Cover-Up

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Ricki Lake on Love, Life, Loss and Longevity in her Nearly 40-Year Illustrious Career

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Andy's Vacation Rant on SCOTUS and Tariffs, GDP, and the latest Epstein News

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It's Vacation Week! So a Replay of Our Awesome Mary Trump Episode

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Mimi Rocah on the Bondi Testimony and the Corruption at DOJ

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Gretchen Carlson on the Latest Epstein Developments

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Tim Heaphy and David Harbach on Their New Law Firm, Trump, Bondi, DOJ, SCOTUS, Epstein, the Midterms and More

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Dr Zeke Emanuel on his Terrific New Book "Eat Your Ice Cream" About Achieving Happiness and Longevity

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Dave Aronberg on Trump, Bondi, and DOJ Weaponization; Lemon Arrest; Epstein Cover-Up; and More

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Mary Trump on Donald's Rapidly Declining Mental and Physical Health

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Anthony Scaramucci on the Domestic and Global Impact of Trump's Chaos and Corruption

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Special Episode: My 7-Minute WTF Rant on the New Alex Pretti Video and the Georgia FBI Raid

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Michelle Goldberg on Trump, Noem, Homan, Bovino and the Minneapolis Madness; the Crockett v Talarico Texas Showdown; and Why Repubs Are So Terrified of 'Wine Moms'

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Frank Bruni on Minneapolis, the Melania Doc, Trump's Nasty Middle Finger and Twisted Psyche, and What Chicanery he May Attempt Between Now and the Midterms