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.
The story of how America became the kind of place where a pair of billionaires can be put in charge of slashing government spending, the truth about Donald Trump’s tariff agenda, and how Senate Republicans are faring against his pressure campaign to give up their constitutional duty of advice and consent