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Judge J. Michael Luttig describes some ‘self-evident truths of freedom’ realized when the U.S. declared independence from Great Britain, and the truths of tyranny we face today; Rep. Madeleine Dean discusses exactly who gains and who suffers from the GOP’s ‘One Big, Beautiful Bill’; how and why the OBBB is the biggest anti-abortion victory since Dobbs

What’s behind the accounting gimmick the GOP is using to justify the expensive cost of their latest tax cuts in the ‘One Big, Beautiful Bill’, and how they’re paying for them with devastating cuts to healthcare; the latest on the search, rescue, and recovery efforts in central Texas following deadly flooding; the good, bad, and ugly of the current American economy; the vast consequences of the Trump administration diminishing America’s soft power

Republicans’ One Big Beautiful Bill Act is now law and it’s set to devastate healthcare for millions of Americas. This country is moving backwards at a dangerously fast pace; what we can expect from Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu’s upcoming visit to the White House and what it means for a potential ceasefire deal in the Middle East; and the so-called “Alligator Alcatraz” detention facility opened in Florida this week to much fanfare from Republicans. But when did we become a country that celebrates the incarceration and deportation of others?

The Trump Administration now plans to prioritize revoking the citizenship of naturalized Americans who disagree with its policies, which could upend the lives of millions; Texas officials give an update on the deadly flash flooding; Rep. Adam Smith discusses the consequences of the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” and the fallout from Trump’s recent call with Vladimir Putin

Donald Trump's "One Big, Beautiful Bill Act" is now law and expected to leave nearly 12 million Americans uninsured. America’s notoriously inadequate healthcare system just got even worse; an update on the devastating flash floods in Texas that killed more than two dozen people; what to expect from Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu’s upcoming visit to the White House and what it means for a potential ceasefire deal

Senators Andy Kim (D-NJ) and Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) on working against the GOP’s ‘One Big, Beautiful Bill’; a live report from NYC’s Pride parade; why unemployment among black women has been rising this year and what it tells us about the state of the American economy.

Why the Supreme Court’s latest ruling on nationwide injunctions by lower courts couldn’t come at a worse time; fmr. FEMA administration Deanne Criswell describes the danger of Trump’s cuts to the agency as we head into hurricane season; the life and death implications of RFK’s new vaccine advisory board

The future of Trump’s ‘One Big, Beautiful Bill’ hangs in the balance; The New York Times’ Nikole Hannah-Jones opines on how Trump upended 60 years of civil rights in just two months; and Mahmoud Khalil and his wife sit down for their first TV interview since his release from ICE custody.

As Republicans scramble to pass Trump’s ‘One Big Beautiful Bill,’ Democrats are reportedly drumming up new tactics to slow down the process; NYC Comptroller Brad Lander discusses the importance of bearing witness to, and pushing back against, Trump’s immigration crackdown; and what the president plans to do with the new power the Supreme Court allowed him to seize from judiciary.

How the Supreme Court helped President Trump seize power away from the judiciary, giving him an opening to move forward with a host of consequential policies; in the week since Donald Trump ordered strikes against Iranian nuclear sites, we have heard conflicting stories about how successful the operation was. Why we can't get a straight answer out of the Trump administration?; and today’s edition of the Velshi Banned Book Club dives into ‘World War Z’ by Max Brooks.

What’s inside Trump and the GOP’s “One Big Beautiful Bill” and why it’s even more devastating than initially believed; New York City Comptroller Brad Lander, who was recently arrested by ICE while escorting an undocumented immigrant through court, explains what he’s learned first-hand about the impact of Trump’s immigration crackdown; and after winning the Democratic Mayoral Primary in NYC, it’s clear that Zohran Mamdani’s message of making the city more affordable has struck a nerve. Could it be a new inflection point in American politics?

How Trump’s hot-and-cold approach to Iran, his back-and-forth on ICE raids, and GOP gridlock on his ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’ is causing chaos everywhere; why Trump’s ICE raids, detentions, and deportations are changing not just immigration in America but the meaning of U.S. citizenship; and how the celebration – and the struggle continued this Juneteenth, amid the president’s anti-DEI crusade.

How MAGA infighting is leaving President Trump looking like The Undecider; the politicization of policing in America; and Kevin Henkes’ “Olive’s Ocean” is the subject of this week’s Velshi Banned Book Club

President Trump’s impulsiveness and growing infighting among MAGA delivers chaos to a delicate situation in the Middle East; how Trump’s ICE raids, detentions, and deportations are changing not just immigration in America but the meaning of American citizenship; and where the GOP is trying to overturn voter-approved ballot measures protecting abortion rights.

The high stakes question of what could happen if Donald Trump were able to wear down some of the features of the American military that make it a natural bulwark to authoritarian slide, what we’ve learned about the new resistance to the president after a massive day of protests, and what the military parade looks like up against the president’s record on the military.

Why it’s easy to become numb to authoritarian creep, the ways we’re seeing just such a creep in Donald Trump’s crackdown on Los Angeles protesters, and the massive impact of Trump administration cuts to programs you may not know you need.

What we learned from a day of pomp and circumstance and protest, the true story of President Trump’s record on the military, and how recent ICE raids are coming to embody the same kind of cruelty that was a feature of the first Trump administration’s family separation policy.

What President Trump’s latest travel ban is really about; why a Tea Party Republican just joined the Democratic Party; and what it means that President Trump has deployed the National Guard to Los Angeles against the wishes of state and local leaders.

Rep. Lloyd Doggett and fmr. Rep. Charlie Dent discuss the bogus accounting Republicans are using to sell Trump’s ‘One Big Beautiful Bill’; Fmr. Gov. Jay Inslee addresses President Trump’s decision to deploy national guard troops to Los Angeles; and the New Yorker’s Evan Osnos exposes the new Gilded Age that’s exploding into view.

The latest on the situation on the ground in Los Angeles after President Trump sent in the national guard following anti-ICE protests; Tennessee State Rep. Justin Jones explains how to fight for democracy during the era of Trump 2.0; and a dangerous new chapter in the post-Roe era marked by imperiled emergency care and prosecuting of miscarriages.

Why Elon Musk’s expectation of gratitude is the most telling part of the Trump-Musk falling out; an on-the-ground report from UNICEF in Gaza; and author Téa Obreht discusses the classic novel “Animal Farm” in the Velshi Banned Book Club.

How Donald Trump could build a more MAGA judiciary; what the math looks like when you add up Trump’s new steel tariffs; and Molly Jong-Fast discusses her new book ‘How To Lose Your Mother’

Former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen weighs in on the explosive end to the Trump-Musk alliance; the story behind the USNS Harvey Milk and what it really means to be a warrior; fmr. U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Bridget Brink on why she resigned her post in protest and whether she’s considering a run for congress; and an on-the-ground report from UNICEF in Gaza

President Trump is spending his second term remaking America’s system of politics and governance in his own image, where everything is a transaction; the latest on Ukraine’s major drone attack deep inside Russian territory; and how to survive Donald Trump’s chaos economy.

How Trump is remaking American governance in his image; how the president’s trade war is endangering a key piece of NATO’s air defense system; and what’s coming for a Supreme Court that empowered a president who seems bent on diminishing its own authority.

What happens when campaign promises meet reality; an introduction to the pediatrician who is challenging Sen. Lindsay Graham in South Carolina; and Donald Trump’s brain drain

What Americans can do to secure their democracy; President Trump declares a ceasefire is “very close” between Israel and Hamas; and the Velshi Banned Book Club features “Pride Puppy,” a children’s book by Robin Stevenson that is at the center of a U.S. Supreme Court case.

President Trump tests America’s democracy and the limits of its legal institutions; why Americans on the right see Hungary as a model to emulate; and deporting migrants proves lucrative for American companies with ties to the administration.

What Americans can do to secure their democracy; President Trump declares a ceasefire is “very close” between Israel and Hamas; and Elon Musk’s tenure in the U.S. government has come to an end, but is DOGE really done?

How the House GOP’s passage of President Trump’s ‘One Big, Beautiful Bill’ set up a massive upward transfer of wealth in America, why the actions we are seeing right now from the Supreme Court are more confusing than usual, and policing in America five years after the killing of George Floyd

Judge J. Michael Luttig discusses the impact President Trump’s attacks on the judiciary is having on American democracy. And what’s exactly at stake in Trump’s battle against Harvard and why it’s more than just a fight against an elite school

Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) discusses how the passage of President Trump’s ‘One Big, Beautiful Bill’ sets the stage for a major upward transfer of wealth in America, how Trump’s tariffs and cuts at the Small Business Administration are squeezing small businesses nearly out of business, and why the action we are seeing from the Supreme Court is more confusing than usual

How President Trump’s apparent disregard of due process and attacks on immigrants are an attack on us all, fmr. Sen. Jon Tester (D-MT) discusses how Trump’s policies are harming American farmers, and with the criminalization of miscarriage and the decriminalization of clinic harassment happening side-by-side post-Roe America is getting scarier

How President Trump’s sweeping and unprecedented deportation crackdowns have landed him in the middle of multiple lawsuits and why it’s an alarming window into his assault on due process and judicial review. What Trump’s relationship with Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu means for the future of the War in Gaza, and the author of “Fun Home” Alison Bechdel joins for this week’s meeting of the Velshi Banned Book Club.

Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) joins to discuss this week’s threats to democracy from President Trump, fmr. Sen. Jon Tester (D-MT) talks about how Trump’s policies are harming American farmers, and Trump’s retribution presidency continues to expand.

What happens when the president is running a get-rich-quick scheme on the side; why Republicans’ plans to slash Medicaid would have consequences reaching far beyond even the 72 million Americans who rely on it for healthcare; and how the slash-and-burn approach to dismantling the government is having dire consequences for FEMA, heading into hurricane season.

Ali Velshi is joined by Yale University Professor Jason Stanley, host of SiriusXM’s ‘The Dean Obeidallah Show’ Dean Obeidallah, owner of ‘Busy Baby’ Beth Benike, and MSNBC Legal Correspondent Lisa Rubin.

The danger of a new normal, where profiting from the presidency is routine; plus former HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius reveals what the slashing of Medicaid would really mean, not just for Americans who rely on it for healthcare but for all of us.

What comes next in the budget battle now that members of President Trump’s own party blocked his ‘Big Beautiful Bill’; why the damage of Trump’s chaotic tariff rollout can’t be undone; and Stacey Abrams discusses being targeted by Trump, being investigated by Republicans, and a new potential run for governor of Georgia.

How Donald Trump’s return to the Middle East made him look less like the leader of a democracy and more like a visiting fellow monarch. Plus, a new photo-essay shows the desperation faced by millions suffering the consequences of Sudan’s civil war and the Trump administration’s cuts to humanitarian aid. And Malinda Lo, author of “Last Night At The Telegraph Club”, joins for this week’s meeting of the Velshi Banned Book Club.

From tariff chaos to price hikes to a credit downgrade to the President’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ being blocked by members of his own party, how the practical impacts of Trump’s economic chaos is causing damage that can’t be undone

Trumpism on the world stage, former Senator Doug Jones (D-AL) discusses the power of speaking up to save democracy, and how the president’s economic policy chaos is exposing cracks in the GOP

With the White House arguing that the U.S. is “drastically over-regulated”, former FDIC Chair Sheila Bair discusses the dangers of living in a world without regulations. Plus, why the Trump administration is threatening to arrest members of Congress.

President Trump is heading to the MIddle East, while Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is in Switzerland negotiating a trade deal with China, as Trump’s budget throws the congressional GOP into chaos

Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman gives her first-hand account of Newark Mayor Ras Baraka’s arrest by federal authorities outside an ICE facility, how President Trump’s talk of dolls is code for austerity, and Valeria Luiselli discusses her book ‘Tell Me How It Ends’ in this week’s meeting of the Velshi Banned Book Club

What happens when a real crisis unfolds in the new Trump era, with the civil service gutted and career experts run off? Plus, the cautionary tale of the NC state election that almost beat democracy. And the anti-abortion movement’s backdoor plot to target medication abortion.

What the president really means when he says kids can make do with two dolls, why the arrest of the Newark mayor is a flashing red warning light, and how the administration exposed the real reason for its war against elite universities

The importance of courage when the only thing standing in the way of Donald Trump’s unraveling of democracy are the American people; how Trump’s crypto meme coin dinner is the latest sign of a new red flag to watch out for; the impact of Trump’s attacks on dissent, a pillar of American democracy

A torrent of terrible poll numbers show there’s already a lot to dislike about the Trump economy, and it’s going to get much worse; the dangerous philosophy that the Trump administration is increasingly using to claim the right to define parameters of war without congressional approval or due process; 100 days of Project 2025 promises kept; George M Johnson is back for this week’s meeting of the Velshi Banned Book Club.

Brand new polling has bad news for President Trump’s signature policies, the CEO of Michigan Planned Parenthood describes the consequences of closing three clinics due to Trump’s funding cuts, and Congressman Bennie Thompson (D-MS) discusses his visit to the Louisiana ICE facility where two detained international students are being held and the vital importance of due process in America

The arrest of a Wisconsin judge marks a major escalation in the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown as well as its posture toward the judiciary, and the churn within his cabinet continues

Continued national protests with high turnout show there is an anti-Trump movement underway, but what can the Democratic Party do with it 19 months until the next federal election; Trump campaigned on a promise to make America affordable again, but he’s actually just making things worse; The Trump Administration is using surveillance technology from a private prison company to track immigrants, but this may only be just the beginning

The Trump administration has proven time and time again that it is more interested — or perhaps more comfortable — in the court of public opinion rather than in the courts of law.

The impact President Trump’s tariffs are having on America’s global financial standing, and the consequences to Democracy after American law firms capitulate to Trump’s threats

President Trump is packaging together a mixture of chaos and bunk and peddling it as 'the art of the deal', all while using the power of the presidency to order investigations into his perceived political enemies.

How the resistance is evolving as President Trump’s approach to seizing power has adapted, what the Trump administration’s attacks on birth control mean for the future of women’s healthcare, and how decades of politicians and the Supreme Court eroding personal freedoms could play directly into Donald Trump's hands

The economic chaos being caused from Trump’s sweeping tariffs, what former President Obama says about Trump’s attacks on democratic values and our role as citizens in the fight to keep American democracy alive, and an important conversation with the lawyer for detained Columbia grad student Mahmoud Khalil.

Sen. Alex Padilla and Rep. Madeleine Dean discuss the seriousness of the Signal chat scandal which President Trump has taken to calling a ‘witch hunt’, a former senior Social Security official explains why the program is in more danger than ever, and the cultural damage that will be done by the president’s targeting of American history.

New revelations shed light on the Trump administration’s Signal chat scandal; two law firms are fighting back against President Trump’s campaign of retribution; and Rep. Ayanna Pressley reacts to a college student being snatched off the streets of her district on the orders of the Trump administration.

Ali Velshi is joined by Michigan State Sen. Mallory McMorrow, Wisconsin Candidate for Congress Rebecca Cooke, Russian opposition politician Vladimir Kara-Murza, Princeton sociology professor Matthew Desmond, Tennessee State Rep. Justin J. Pearson, Rep. Kelly Morrison (D-MN), independent journalist in Israel - Noga Tarnopolsky, author of “The Human Scale” Lawrence Wright & former FTC Commissioner Lina Khan

Ali Velshi is joined by Professor Emeritus at Harvard Law School Laurence Tribe, Pulitzer Prize-winning Columnist with The New York Times Nicholas Kristof, The Washington Post columnist Karen Attiah, Professor of Philosophy at Yale University Jason Stanley, Renowned Presidential Historian Jon Meacham, fmr. Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin, author of ‘The 57 Bus’ Dashka Slater

Ali Velshi is joined by Dr. Peter Hotez Co-Director for the Center for Vaccine Development at Texas Children’s Hospital, Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD), fmr. Gov. Jay Inslee (D-WA), fmr. HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), first amendment scholar Mary Anne Franks, and Pulitzer-prize winning journalist John Harwood

Ali Velshi is joined by Harvard Economist Kenneth Rogoff, Wesleyan University President Michael Roth, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones, Canada’s Consul-General in New York Tom Clark, constitutional law and global health policy professor Michele Goodwin, two-time Newbery medalist Erin Entrada Kelly, and Columbia Professor Rachel E. Adams.

Charles Coleman Jr. is in for Ali Velshi and is joined by Rep. Jamie Raskin, Rep. Bennie Thompson, Ruth Ben-Ghiat, Douglas Brinkley, Janai Nelson, Lisa Rubin, Caroline Randall Williams, and Imani Perry.

Melissa Murray is in for Ali Velshi and is joined by Rep. Al Green, fmr. Education Secretary Arne Duncan, Judith Browne Dianis, Kate Shaw, Joyce Vance, Leah Litman, Barbara McQuade, Caleb Silver, Joanne Freeman, and Michele Goodman.

Ali Velshi is joined by former Estonian President Toomas Ilves, Canadian Ambassador to the UN Bob Rae, Chris Hayes, Congresswoman Kelly Morrison, Edward Fishman, and Jim Acosta.

Ali Velshi is joined by Alexander Vindman, Ben Rhodes, Garry Kasparov, April Ryan, Symone Sanders Townsend, Jessica Valenti, and Samira Ahmed.

Ali Velshi is joined by Pulitzer Prize-winning historians Anne Applebaum and Jon Meacham, former Obama Deputy National Security Adviser Ben Rhodes, and Nastya Shpot, who was a 15-year-old Ukrainian refugee fleeing the Russian invasion when Ali first met her in Poland in 2022.

Ali Velshi is joined by Rep. Seth Moulton, Rep. Brendan Boyle, former HHS Secretary and Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius, constitutional law professor Kermit Roosevelt III, Ukrainian MP Oleksiy Goncharenko, and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Yaroslav Trofimov.

Hon. Chrystia Freeland, candidate for Canadian Prime Minister, joins on the possible impact of tariffs and the relationship between the U.S. and Canada; Ivo Daalder, Fmr. U.S. Ambassador to North Atlantic Treaty Organization, explores the NATO conference in Brussels this week; Harvard’s Steven Levitsky and Georgetown Law’s Victoria Nourse explain whether or not we’re in a Constitutional crisis and what happens next; Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) and Fmr. Republican Congressman Joe Walsh join on the realities of Trump’s government so far; Georgetown Law’s Michele Goodwin explores the real-life “The Handmaid’s Tale” our country is facing; and Michigan Law School’s Barbara McQuade and NYU’s Ruth Ben-Ghiat explain what ‘holding the line’ really means.

Laurence Tribe and Larry Summers discuss the Trump administration potential Constitutional overreach; inside the rift erupting at the DOJ following the Trump administration’s move to dismiss charges against NYC mayor Eric Adams; how Elon Musk and his business empire may be benefitting from DOGE's efforts to dismantle the government; fmr. VA Inspector General Michael Missal discusses the lawsuit he and his colleagues have filed against the Trump administration; Gillian Flynn, author of “Gone Girl”, is this week’s guest on the Velshi Banned Book Club

Senators Chris Van Hollen and Tammy Baldwin discuss plans being floated in Congress to fight the Trump-Musk dismantling of the federal government; fmr. Education Secretary Arne Duncan explains what's at stake for America's children if the Department of Education is shut down; Russian opposition politician Vladimir Kara-Murza offers a warning about what happens when big tech coddles dictators; Imani Perry and Errin Haines discuss why eviscerating the civil service could hit the Black community hardest.

Rep. Debbie Dingell, Rep. Lloyd Doggett, Rep. Ayanna Pressley, Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser, Rep. Gwen Moore, Joyce Vance, and fmr. RNC Chair Michael Steele discuss the dangers of President Trump and Elon Musk’s dismantling of the federal government; plus the Velshi Banned Book Club features one of the student plaintiffs suing the state of Idaho over its book banning law.

Ali Velshi is joined by Barbara McQuade, Ryan Reilly, Sen. Chris Van Hollen, Nikole Hannah-Jones, Mehdi Hasan, Ravi Agrawal, Richard Cordray, and Randi Weingarten

Ali Velshi is joined by Joyce Vance, Tim Weiner, Tom Nichols, Anna Merlan, Eddie Glaude, Melissa Murray, and Christopher Paul Curtis

Ambassador John Bolton and Rep. Bennie Thompson discuss what President Trump’s first week back in office means for American national security; inside the dangerous new efforts to undermine laws that were enacted to curb violence against abortion providers; what the rise of the new American oligarchy means for America's democracy and the working class; Peter Beinart on the future of the war in Gaza; Paula Ramos discusses her alarming conversation with a prominent member of the Proud Boys following his presidential pardon

Barbara McQuade, Charles Coleman Jr., Joyce Vance and Elie Mystal on how justice is already being reshaped one week into Trump’s new term; inside the president’s late-night firing of federal agency Inspectors General; Attorneys General Keith Ellison and William Tong on fighting back against Trump’s push to end birthright citizenship; Jen Rubin on how to hold the line for democracy; and Manuel Munoz on his short story collection, “The Consequences” on the Velshi Banned Book Club.

Former CIA Director John Brennan and the Atlantic’s Tom Nichols on Trump’s top cabinet nominees, former Washington Governor Jay Inslee on the politicization of disaster relief, Maria Ressa on journalism in a new Trump era, Akbar Shahid Ahmed on the fragile ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas, and Emily Danforth and Bruce Robbins on “The Grapes of Wrath” by John Steinbeck, this week’s selection for the Velshi Banned Book Club.

Erika Andiola and Viviana Marquez share personal stories from when their own immigrant families were caught in the crosshairs of America’s broken immigration system ahead of a promised crackdown by Donald Trump; Pulitzer Prize-winner David Rhode previews Senate hearings for John Ratcliffe’s nomination to head the CIA; and Orange County, California Fire Chief Brian Fennessy explains how game-changing new tech could transform wildfire detection.

Orange County Fire Chief Brian Fennessy on advanced fire-fighting and prevention technology; what’s next in Trump’s hush-money case with Melissa Murray and Lisa Rubin; the heads of PolitiFact and Snopes discuss what the end of Meta’s fact-checking program means for the spread of disinformation; Lois Lowry and Jason Stanley join the Velshi Banned Book Club to discuss Ray Bradbury’s ‘Fahrenheit 451’

Reps. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) and Stacey Plaskett (D-USVI) on the anniversary of the January 6 insurrection, Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE) on the new Republican congress, Sen. Gary Peters on what happens when a government is uninterested in accurate information in national security matters, Caleb Silver on why both President Biden and President-Elect Trump opposed the U.S. Steel deal, and Zeke Hernandez and Stuart Stevens on the immigration battle playing out in Republican politics.

Rep. Debbie Dingell and Fmr. Rep. Charlie Dent on what Republican governance will look like; Samm Sacks on the threat posed by a sophisticated Chinese espionage campaign targeting multiple U.S. telecom companies; and Rep. Hank Johnson on the legacy of President Jimmy Carter

What the future holds for Trump’s cabinet picks as Senate hearings near; inside the problematic history and racial disparities of the death penalty; the discriminatory policies that undermine black homeownership; an interview with a star 13-year-old political influencer.

What we should expect on President-elect Trump’s first day back in office; the year in Trump trials; the renewed effort to exonerate Marcus Garvey; the importance of counting all pregnancy-related deaths in TX; how corporations are preparing for Trump.

Congressman Don Bacon (R-NE) on power dynamics in the Republican Party, David Miliband on the potential for Syrian refugees to return home, Jason Stanley and Melissa Murray on suppression of data as a tool of propaganda, Jennifer Rubin and Stuart Stevens on the shape of the new Republican majority, former FDIC Chair Sheila Bair on reports of discussions in Trumpworld about dismantling the FDIC, and Indira Lakshmanan and Zack Beauchamp on role of journalism in holding the line on democracy.

Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett, Norm Ornstein and Michael Shure on the Republicans’ government shutdown showdown; Nobel Prize winner Maria Ressa on holding up democracy against autocratic pressures; Congressman Wiley Nickel and historian Joanne Freeman on a true opposition party strategy for Democrats; CFPB Director Rohit Chopra on the future of the agency; and author Paul Hawkins on her banned book, “The Girl on the Train.”

New Trump administration picks, the power of the pardon, Republican efforts to expand the reach of state abortion bans, inside Trump’s mass deportation plan, and more.

David Graham, Jennifer Rubin, Rina Shaw, and Joyce Vance on President-Elect Trump’s pardoning plans; averting a government shutdown with Rep. Adam Smith; the Biden Administration’s plans for its final days in office with Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm; what Trump’s pick to lead the Civil Rights division of the DOJ means for the future of the department; and the future of journalism in a new Trump era with Nikole Hannah-Jones.

Joyce Vance, Lisa Rubin, Carol Leonnig and Mary McCord on Trump’s pick of Kash Patel for FBI Director; Tom Nichols on avoiding exhaustion from Trump’s strategically-sown chaos; Roger McNamee and Mary Anne Franks on Australia’s social media ban for kids; Jennifer Piscopo and Adia Wingfield on corporate America’s rollback of DEI initiatives; and former Ambassador Michael McFaul on the war in Ukraine.

Ali discusses the threat posed by Trump’s potential trade wars with Ron Insana, Fred Hochberg, and fmr. Amb. Gary Locke; what’s coming in the new post-Roe Trump era with Robin Marty; the Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire with Matt Bradley; the humanitarian crisis in Sudan with Eatizaz Yousif; and Amanda Jones joins the Velshi Banned Book Club

Rep. Stacey Plaskett and Olivia Troye on finding the guardrails in a new Trump era; Kathleen Sebelius on Donald Trump’s move to put vaccine skeptics in charge of public health; Mary Anne Franks on the myth of the First Amendment as a great equalizer, Gov. Jay Inslee on states taking over the climate crisis ahead of a new Trump term; and Doris Kerns Goodwin on how America has found light after its darkest days in the past.

Michael Steele, Joyce Vance, Jennifer Rubin, and Norm Ornsetin on Donald Trump’s post-election embrace of figures tied to Project 2025, NATO’s former Supreme Allied Commander Adm. James Stavridis on a new escalation from Vladimir Putin, Melissa Murray on the effort to chip away at the separation between church and state for America’s schoolchildren, former senior U.S. State Department advisor Aaron David Miller on shifting American politics around the war in Gaza, and author Becky Albertalli on her banned book “Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda.”

Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) and former Obama aide Melody Barnes on Donald Trump’s campaign against Senate confirmation for his cabinet picks; Thom Hartmann and Jason Stanley on how the Supreme Court chipped away at the walls between money and politics; Masha Gessen on the “dark, unspoken promise” of a second Trump term; Ian Bremmer on Trump’s tariff plan; and Congressman-Elect Eugene Vindman (D-VA) on what a new Trump term will mean for the war in Ukraine.

Nobel laureate Maria Ressa on safeguarding free speech against autocracy, Ben Rhodes on how Trump’s cabinet picks would “wreck” federal agencies and remake government “in the image of MAGA,” and best-selling author Jodi Picoult on what we can all do to fight the rising tide of book bans.

Attorneys General Kris Mayes and William Tong go “on offense” ahead of a 2nd Trump term, Eddie Glaude and Imani Perry on American democracy and what’s ahead, and a historical lookback on women coming to power globally (except in America) with Jennifer Piscopo and Molly Jong-Fast.

Ali Velshi is joined by presidential historian Jon Meacham, historian Tim Snyder, constitutional law expert Laurence Tribe, Center for Reproductive Rights President & CEO Nancy Northup, and journalist Chris Whipple.

Ali Velshi is joined by MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow, Gov. Roy Cooper (D- NC), Donald Trump’s niece Mary Trump, “The West Wing” actors Martin Sheen and Mary McCormack, Michigan Democratic Party Chair Lavora Barnes

Ali Velshi is joined by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I- VT), “On Tyranny” author Timothy Snyder, Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison, NBC News Presidential Historian Michael Beschloss, Wisconsin Democratic Party chair Ben Wikler, Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), State Representative Malcolm Kenyatta (D-PA)

Ali Velshi is joined by Founder, CEO, and Editor-in-Chief of Zeteo Mehdi Hasan, Law Professor and Historian at UC Davis Law School Mary Ziegler, Reporter for The New York Times Magazine Nikole Hannah-Jones, former Executive Editor for The Washington Post Martin Baron, former Editor-at-Large Robert Kagan, former Homeland Security Advisor and Counterterror Advisor to former VP Mike Pence Olivia Troye, Co-Founder of The Lincoln Project Rick Wilson