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"This [North Korean] regime has one goal: to preserve the regime." Jul 12, 2017

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"Let's stop thinking of these guys as crazy," says Fareed Zakaria, host of CNN's Fareed Zakaria GPS. "Let's start thinking of them as shrewd and smart." He discusses how we should view the enigmatic nation and potential diplomatic solutions for dealing with them.

"The functional majority of the United States Congress does not lie in the hands of one party or the other." Jul 12, 2017

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Rep. Dan Kildee (D-MI 05) joins Rick Ungar and guest co-host Ron Christie to discuss whether the GOP-controlled Congress will be able to pass major legislation by the end of the year. Former Watergate prosecutor Jill Wine-Banks shares her thoughts on the evolving Donald Trump Jr. story and the similarities to Watergate.

"Everything the Trump campaign was doing is now subject to scrutiny." Jul 11, 2017

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Darren Samuelsohn, a senior White House reporter for Politico, takes us through Donald Trump Jr.'s 2016 meeting with a Russian lawyer linked to the Kremlin and discusses the legality of the meeting.

"This meeting was held to establish who was the alpha dog." Jul 08, 2017

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Career counterintelligence officer Malcolm Nance shares his thoughts on the meeting between President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin. Ali Watkins, a national security reporter for Politico, talked about how the Trump administration's crackdown on leaks has created an atmosphere of fear at U.S. intelligence agencies.

"Democrats, over the last two to three cycles, have made voters feel stupid. They've made voters feel other than American." Jul 07, 2017

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Rick and Michael pan the Democrats' "Better Deal" campaign strategy for the 2018 midterms. Former State Department official Max Bergmann discusses President Trump's speech in Warsaw and previews the G20 Summit as well as Trump's upcoming meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

"You watched North Korea launch their first missile...19 years later, how did this happen? Jul 06, 2017

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Dr. Bruce Bechtol, President of the International Council on Korean Studies, shares his thoughts on North Korea's ICBM test and how the U.S. should respond. Robert Costa, national political reporter for the Washington Post, talks about New Jersey Governor Chris Christie's beachgate controversy and his fall from political grace.

"Trump says he hits back 10 times harder, but he actually hits himself in the face 10 times harder." Jul 01, 2017

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Rick Ungar and guest co-host Rick Tyler wonder whether President Trump's tweets are hurting the country. The guys also debated whether the president's attempts to fulfill campaign promises could lead to a trade war.

"You are a grown-ass man. You cannot engage this way!" Jun 30, 2017

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Michael and Rick discuss President Trump's disparaging tweets about Mika Brzezinski and how his support among independents is collapsing. Theresa Cardinal Brown, director of immigration policy for the Bipartisan Policy Center, explains the rules for the newly-implemented travel ban.

"You need to know who he really is, not the image he has created." Jun 29, 2017

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Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter and author David Cay Johnston discussed his book, 'The Making of Donald Trump', and revealed some interesting insights into how President Trump became the man he is today. Rick and guest co-host Rick Tyler looked at whether repealing the Affordable Care Act could end up killing more people per year than guns do.

"This is a terrible bill." Jun 28, 2017

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Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney (D-NY 18) weighs in on the future of healthcare reform after Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's decision to delay the vote on the Better Care Reconciliation Act. Ambassador Marc Ginsberg breaks down the White House's recent statement against the Assad regime and discusses the evolving chess game in Syria.