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Yanis Varoufakis joins Emily to react to Donald Trump’s major “Liberation Day” announcement at the White House on Wednesday evening. Varoufakis argues the Trump tariffs will upend the global financial system.

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Emily reports from Wisconsin on Elon Musk’s failure to help conservatives regain control of the state’s Supreme Court. High turnout and money from Musk were not enough to get Brad Schimel over the finish line.

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Economist Vance Ginn, host of Let People Prosper, joins Emily to share his experience working in the first Trump White House. Ginn argues that Trump’s tariff regime will hurt workers and promote an “America Last” economy.

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Emily reacts to an upcoming hearing in Congress on censorship where Democrats called Nina Jankowicz, a self-avowed opponent of “free speech absolutism” to testify.

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Mark Hemingway joins Emily to discuss Democrats' dilemma between populism and the 'abundance' agenda. Without a clear leader, Hemingway argues, the party is flailing for a response to the right's new coalition.

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Christian Parenti joins Emily to discuss his latest piece for UnHerd, arguing the real story of Signal-gate is Donald Trump’s willingness to greenlight strikes on Houthi targets despite campaigning against forever wars. Parenti warns that Trump’s policies could spiral quickly into a broader war with Iran.

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Ashley Rindsberg joins Emily to react to NPR CEO Katherine Maher’s congressional testimony on Wednesday. Rindsberg explains why Republicans grilled Maher, and where her support for left-wing causes will go from here.

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Emily reacts to breaking news in the case of Michael Waltz’s Signal scandal with Jeffrey Goldberg. After Goldberg released some of the messages he previously claimed were too sensitive to publish, Waltz and the White House claimed victory.

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Greg Lukianoff joins Emily to analyze the Trump administration’s efforts to deport non-citizen student protesters. Lukianoff also weighs in on how Trump’s DEI rollback is influencing speech rights.

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Lee Fang joins Emily to break down how MAGA influencers were caught taking money to post in favor of soda companies. Fang explains how corporations are plotting to divide MAHA from MAGA.

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Emily reacts to wild news that National Security Adviser Mike Waltz accidentally added an anti-Trump journalists to Signal messaging thread about planned strikes on Houthis.

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Dave Weigel of Semafor reports back from embedding with Bernie Sanders and Democrats around the country as they rally the party’s base in opposition to Donald Trump and Elon Musk. Weigel, who covered the Tea Party and rise of MAGA, explores whether Democrats may be facing a populist boost of their own.

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Inez Stepman joins Emily to react to Donald Trump’s decision to sign an executive order on Thursday instructing Linda McMahon to begin the process of closing the Education Department. Stepman argues the Department caused an “explosion of bloat” and Trump’s move to shutter it won’t harm students at all.

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Evita Duffy-Alfonso joins Emily to break down newly released files from the National Archives related to the assassination of John F. Kennedy. Duffy-Alfonso argues the documents remained redacted for so many years because the intelligence community was protecting its power.

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Emily is joined by author and professor Eric Kaufman, who argues that Donald Trump is actually weakening the cause of global populism by prioritizing imperialist ambitions. Cultural priorities, Kaufman argues, are much more powerful.

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Emily reacts to new numbers showing Donald Trump’s approval is at an all-time high while Democrats, still reeling from the shutdown controversy, are plunging to new lows.

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Emily interviews Sen. Ron Johnson live at the Conservative Partnership Institute’s Off the Record event on Capitol Hill. Johnson discusses how the Make America Healthy Again movement is adapting to taking charge of Washington.

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Emily reacts to Steve Bannon’s appearance on This Is Gavin Newsom, the California governor’s new podcast. Is Newsom trapping conservatives by hosting them on his show?

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Justin Goodman joins Emily to explain the research behind Trump's much-derided "transgender mice" claim, arguing the situation is actually even more serious than the president conveyed in his joint address. Goodman also weighs in on the media coverage of his efforts to expose the use of taxpayer money on animal testing.

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Emily reports live from Black Lives Matter Plaza outside the White House, where demolition crews are spending the next 6-8 weeks removing the art installation the city installed in 2020, during the protests over the death of George Floyd. Republicans threatened to take federal funding away from DC over the plaza, after which the city’s Democratic mayor decided to remove it.

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Zaid Jilani joins Emily to weigh in on the Trump administration’s decision to pull $400 million of federal funding from Columbia University and arrest a recent graduate over allegations of support for Hamas. Jilani argues the right could jeopardize its own political goals by cracking down on critics of Israel.

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Will Chamberlain, senior counsel at the Article III Project, joins Emily to break down the conservative argument against the Supreme Court’s recent ruling on foreign aid. Chamberlain makes the case that Trump will ultimately win as the battle progresses.

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Emily reacts to Gavin Newsom’s podcast discussion with Charlie Kirk. Newsom’s decision to launch the podcast and engage with his critics, Emily says, is a promising sign for Democrats.

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Jonathan Lubecky, a combat veteran who advocates for his fellow soldiers, joins Emily to explain why news of sweeping cuts to the Department of Veterans’ Affairs might not be a disaster. Lubecky cautions that both Democrats and Republicans should be careful about treating veterans as political props right now.

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Emily reacts to Jay Bhattacharya’s Senate confirmation hearing to run the NIH. Bhattacharya answered questions about his perspective on the pandemic and performed well, despite facing harsh criticism from Anthony Fauci and others in 2020.

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Slavoj Zizek joins Emily to explain his position on the blowup between Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelensky. Zizek argues it’s actually Trump who should be thanking Zelensky, not the other way around.

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Daniel McCarthy joins Emily to argue that after his disastrous public meeting with Donald Trump, Volodymyr Zelensky should no longer lead Ukraine. McCarthy weighs in on whether Zelensky should face voters at the ballot box or be forced to step down.

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Batya Ungar-Sargon joins Emily to go deep on the feud between Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni. Ungar-Sargon argues it’s a story about sex, class, and feminism.

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David Leonhardt joins Emily to report back from his recent New York Times investigation into Denmark's immigration politics. Leonhardt explains why the Danish left navigated the issue better than others.

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Victor Davis Hanson, senior fellow at the Hoover Institution and host of The Victor Davis Hanson Show, joins Emily to analyze Donald Trump’s first month back in office through the long lens of history. Hanson explains where Trump’s “counterrevolution” could veer off course, and weighs in on how the left can regain political momentum.

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Katy Faust, founder of Them Before Us, joins Emily to discuss Elon Musk’s relationship with Ashley St. Clair. Faust argues that Musk’s personal life amounts to modern polygamy, and sets a dangerous example.

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Emily reacts to video of Joy Reid crying after MSNBC canceled her show.

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Josh Hammer, author of “Israel and Civilization,” joins Emily to discuss Israel’s ongoing negotiations over disputed territory. Hammer explains where the “Nietzshcean right” and “DEI left” go wrong in their approach to Israel.

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Balázs Orbán, political director to Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, joins Emily from CPAC to weigh in on the fragile geopolitical environment amidst Donald Trump’s verbal attacks on Ukraine. Orbán argues that JD Vance’s major address in Munich appropriately assessed serious problems in Europe.

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Emily is joined by Vince Coliagnese to react to Kash Patel's confirmation as FBI director. From the sidelines of CPAC, the right's biggest annual gathering, Coliagnese explains why Patel is beloved by conservatives.

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James Fishback joins Emily to shed light on his exchange with Elon Musk about President Trump sending taxpayers ‘DOGE dividend’ checks based on money saved by cuts to federal spending. Fishback argues the plan would give Americans more “skin in the game” and help heal the “social contract.”

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Branko Marcetic of Jacobin joins Emily to break down news from the Trump administration’s peace talks with Russia to end the war in Ukraine. Marcetic explains how Volodymer Zelensky lost leverage as the war became unpopular at home.

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UnHerd's own James Billot joins Emily to go behind the scenes of his buzzy new interview with Steve Bannon. Bannon, who let James into the War Room studio, weighed in on Elon Musk, DOGE, and more.

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Maurice Mitchell, national director of the Working Families Party, joins Emily to discuss how the Left can mobilize against Elon Musk without alienating voters. Mitchell shares his experience organizing opposition in the first month of the Trump presidency.

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Matt Stoller, co-host of the Organized Money podcast and author of the BIG newsletter, joins Emily to walk through Trump 2.0’s early decisions on Big Business. Stoller argues the picture is complicated and, at times, contradictory.

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Emily reacts to breaking news that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was confirmed as the Secretary of Health and Human Services on Wednesday morning.

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