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The Trump Administration Is Ramping Up Their Cruelty At The Border Apr 09, 2019

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We now know that the reason Trump ejected the head of DHS is because he wanted to implement CRUELER policies at the border and she disagreed. This means that whoever is going to head DHS next is going to do whatever Trump wants. And that could be very scary.

A Chinese spy infiltrated Mar-A-Lago with advanced spy material. The Trump administration is not equipped to handle this serious threat.

Plus, ANOTHER DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE announced overnight.

We talk to Daniel Lippman from Politico, Igor Volksy, the author of the new book Guns Down and Molly O'Toole from LA Times!

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Trump Forces The DHS Secretary Out Of A Job Apr 08, 2019

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Donald Trump pushed Kirstjen Nielsen out of her role as DHS secretary over the weekend. While she was unspeakably cruel in her pursuit of Trump's agenda, she wasn't willing to go as far as Trump wanted. Which should scare the hell out of us when the NEXT DHS Secretary is appointed. Whoever it is will be far more cruel than her.

Democrats are fighting to get Trump's tax returns. The Trump team is pushing back and saying that this will "be the hill that they die on." Of all the issues out there to fight for, this is the hill that they'll die on? Says a lot about the Republican party.

We talk to Hanna Trudo from National Journal, Nikki Schwab from the NY Post and Niels Lesniewski from Roll Call!

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Will Trump Put Up A Fight Over His Tax Returns? Apr 05, 2019

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Democrats have moved to get their hands on Trump's unreleased tax returns. Trump says he's going to fight them. The law seems to be very clear about this. Hopefully Democrats hold their ground!

We have ANOTHER candidate into the Democratic primary. Rep Tim Ryan announced that he's getting in the race.

Plus, Trump adds a familiar name to the Federal Reserve Board. Who could it be?

We talk to Jack Jenkins from Religion News Service, Alan Pyke from ThinkPorgress and Emily Atkin from New Republic!

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It Turns Out We Didn't Get The WHOLE Story on the Mueller Report Apr 04, 2019

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Attorneys who were involved in the Mueller Report have spoken out and say that AG Barr didn't tell the whole story of the investigation. Is anyone surprised? It's another good reminder that we still haven't seen the report and anyone claiming that it totally exonerates Trump isn't being honest.

Congress moves to subpoena the Mueller Report and also moves to get Trump's tax returns. Trump says he won't give them up. So he's saying that he's above the law?

We talk to Sam Baker from Axios, Rep Mark Pocan from Wisconsin and journalist/author Jessica Yellin.

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Will The Trump Administration Close The Southern Border Apr 03, 2019

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The Trump Administration is continuing their threat to close the Southern border of the United States. This is despite the pushback within the Republican Party, where they know how damaging this would be to the country and the party. It's not clear if they'll follow through on their threat, but they aren't blinking on it.

We've learned about some of the fundraising efforts within the Democratic primary and, so far, Bernie is leading the way. There's still a LONG way to go!

We talk to Steven Shepard from Politico, Dara Lind from Vox and Rep. Ruben Gallego from Arizona!

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The Trump White House Ignored Security Warnings About MULTIPLE Staffers Apr 02, 2019

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A new story says that 25 different members of the Trump administration had their security clearances denied when they were hired. That didn't stop Trump. He overrode the national security experts and granted them jobs in the White House anyway.

Multiple 2020 candidates spoke to the We The People summit in Washington DC this week. What did they have to say?

We talk to Laura Barron-Lopez from Politico, Alexander Bolton from The Hill and Lauren Gambino from The Guardian

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Joe Biden Faces Allegations of Inappropriate Touching. Are They Disqualifying? Apr 01, 2019

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Lucy Flores has come forward and accused Joe Biden of touching her and kissing her head. She says she is NOT accusing him of sexual harassment, but that women have agency over their own bodies and Joe Biden didn't respect it. She also says that it's disqualifying for him to run for President. Do you agree with that?

The GOP is gearing up ot take on the ACA.....again. You're seeing more and more Republicans go on the record and saying that this is a BAD idea. And they blame Mick Mulvaney and the Freedom Caucus.

We talk to Michael Brune from the Sierra Club, Jon Allen from NBC News and Elaina Plott from The Atlantic!

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Trump Rallies the Base In Michigan Mar 29, 2019

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A week after the Mueller Report was wrapped up, Donald Trump went to Michigan to rally his base and take a victory lap. He called again for the firing of Rep Adam Schiff, he backtracked on HIS budget plan to strip funding for the Special Olympics and the Great Lakes Restoration, and he picked fights with every Democrat who cooperated with the Russia investigation.

We also found out that the original Mueller Report was over 300 pages long. How does it shrink from that to the 4 page summary that AG Barr released?

Guest host Jason Dick talks to Jen Shutt from Roll Call, Clyde McGrady from Roll Call and Ryan Reilly from HuffPost!

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Trump Is On The Attack After The Mueller Report Mar 28, 2019

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Donald Trump and The GOP Want To Take Away Your Healthcare Mar 27, 2019

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Donald Trump has renewed his attack on affordable healthcare coverage for Americans. After Republicans lost on the issue in 2018, is this a smart idea for them to go back and fight about this again? Does Trump want to run on THIS for re-election?

Plus, the Mueller Report SHOULD be made public. Will Trump and the DOJ allow us to see it? Even Republican Senators are calling for the release of the FULL report.

We talk to Joe Perticone from Business Insider, Alice Ollstein from Politico and Parker Molloy from Media Matters!

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