A really bad weekend is becoming a terrible week

-- On the Show:

-- Brian Tyler Cohen, progressive political commentator with over 5 million YouTube subscribers, joins us to discuss his new book, "The Day After: How to Wield Power in a Post-Trump World"

-- Unsubstantiated rumors claim foreign adversaries poisoned United States Senator Lindsey Graham after his diplomatic trip to Ukraine

-- Donald Trump uses media appearances meant for United States Senator Lindsey Graham to focus entirely onto the SAVE America Act

-- The left must reject uninspiring centrist policies and activist purity tests and focus on a practical social democracy platform

-- Trump fires commissioners from the Election Assistance Commission, dismantling the agency responsible for securing voting systems

-- The Trump administration uses grand jury subpoenas and FBI assets to target journalists reporting on presidential security

-- Donald Trump derails a live interview by launching into conspiracies about Barack Obama and fabricated California election fraud

-- Donald Trump posts a social media tirade filled with insults toward journalists and accusations labeling Democrats as communist

-- On the Bonus Show: The race begins to replace Lindsey Graham in the Senate, Mamdani adds more immigrant neighborhoods to a list after backlash, the Trump administration pulls back smoking warnings, and much more...

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(01:18) Lindsey Graham dies at 71

(10:27) Trump uses Graham's death to push SAVE Act

(20:12) The left must stop with the purity tests

(28:20) Trump fires workers who secure elections

(34:02) Trump keeps targeting journalists

(42:49) Brian Tyler Cohen interview

(57:50) Trump derails Lindsey Graham tribute

(1:04:39) Trump's latest social media tirade

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