Washington Post opinion columnist Paul Waldman joins us to discuss Trump corruption, North Korea, Canada trade, and the breaking New York Attorney General suit against the Trump empire.

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The naysayers are wrong. Donald Trump got every concession he wanted in the summit with North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un: A photo opp that guarantees him coverage in every paper in the world. Cliff and I dissect the summit, and explain why it's as bad as everyone is saying.

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Democratic strategist Paul Begala, who played a key role in helping get President Clinton elected to the White House in 1992, has a free-ranging discussion with us about the Trump era and whether America can survive the unprecedented attacks on our norms and democracy itself. Paul talks in particular about Mitch McConnell, and how he singlehandedly sold our country out when we needed him most, at the onset of the Russia election hack. And he examines what Democrats (including himself) did wrong in 2016, and how we can fix things going forward, such as reaching out to Trump voters without selling our souls, and promoting a concrete positive message for the midterm elections (Paul details a health care "contract with America" that he favors). Paul Also talks about our chances in the fall elections, and his thoughts on impeachment. This is a good one, I know you'll enjoy it. (Image courtesy of CNN.)

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Writer Will Bunch joins us for a discussion of how Trump is following the playbook of a number of dying democracies around the world, from Europe to South America, and what we can do to stop him, including impeachment.

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Trump's bizarre Memorial Day tweet, the Orange One's latest conspiracy theory and his attempt to discredit the results of the upcoming midterm elections, Roseanne's racism that led to the cancellation of her TV show, the high cost of health care (for dogs and people), the dissolution of the social contact under Trump, Trump and ZTE, Missing Melania (or Melanie, as it were), and Stephen Miller: Closeted Heterosexual.

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Author Sarah Kendzior ("The View from Flyover Country") talks to us about how the media continues to enable Donald Trump, and how they/we can more effectively confront the Trump "kleptocracy." Sarah is an expert on the former Soviet republics (also known as the "stans"), and she also provided an interesting comparison of the Trump autocracy with the modern-day dictators of the former Soviet Union -- and she talked about how lessons-learned from challenging those dictators could be used to confront Trump. We also had a lengthy discussion about political hagiography, and the importance of not treating politicians, of either party, as gods. And finally, we wrap up with a chat about the North Korea fiasco, and then Sarah's book. Overall, just a great talk. Sarah is simply fascinating. We know you'll enjoy this one. (Photo credit: C-Span.)

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John Weaver is a longtime GOP presidential campaign manager (McCain 2000 & 2008 (for part of the campaign), Huntsman 2012, Kasich 2016) who, rare among campaign operatives, also nearly worked for the Democrats in the 2000s. A vocal Never-Trumper, John spoke to us today about John McCain and the "Stockholm Syndrome" grasp that Donald Trump has on today's Republican party. John also talked to us about just how rare it is for a presidential campaign to have any foreign contacts at all, let alone the 75 contacts with Russians that Donald Trump's campaign had, and then hid. We also talked to John about impeachment, which he favors if Mueller catches Trump with the goods. After John left, Cliff and John A. discuss North Korea, and Trump's meltdown this weekend over his delusion that the FBI "infiltrated" his 2016 presidential campaign (they didn't). John Weaver rounds out our recent deeper-dive into the Never-Trump movement. Hope you enjoy. (Image of John Weaver courtesy of C-Span.)

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Shannon Watts, the head of Moms Demand Action, is brilliant, amazing and inspiring. One of the things I most enjoyed about talking to Shannon is her positivity. I never fully appreciated how many successes the gun safety/gun control movement has had in the past several years, and Shannon set me straight. It's a great and hopeful interview. I think you'll really enjoy it, and learn a few things about gun politics along the way. In addition to specific topical issues like reciprocity, concealed carry, and whether the NRA is really 10 feet tall (spoiler alert: Shannon says they're not), we also talk a good deal about the upcoming March for Our Lives, taking place around the US on Saturday, March 24th.

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Ohio Democratic party chair David Pepper talks to us about: Ohio's recent successful gerrymandering reform; his extensive Russian background, the three years he spent working with Vladimir Putin in St. Petersburg, and his impressions of Putin; Russian election interference and how the Ohio case sadly mirrors the confusion and disinterest that Trump is showing the issue at the federal level; about a series of Ohio scandals that should help Democrats in November; and more generally a discussion of key Ohio races taking place this fall. And finally, David talks about his new book, "The Wingman."

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Prominent Never-Trumper and CNN contributor Amanda Carpenter joins us for a discussion of her new book, "Gaslighting America: Why We Love It When Trump Lies to Us." Among the topics: Trump's birtherism; why the GOP fell for Trump and the importance of "the Flight 93 essay"; why Ted Cruz caved after initially publicly challenging Trump; how the GOP prepared the ground for Trump eventual arise; how the GOP ostracizes Trump critics; whether Trump should be impeached; and still, throughout all of this, why there's cause for hope (which Amanda still, amazingly, has). It was another really interesting interview, we hope you enjoy.

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