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will even smell good. >> oh, yes, the pungent scent of graft. donald trump and many of his colleagues are shamelessly cashing in on the elections. it is a preview of his presidency, where there will be no lines drawn between the trump administration and the trump moneymaking machine. also tonight, rfk jr. could soon be the nation's top health official and trump is giving him the green light to get the old gang back together. you know, polio, measles, meningitis, those guys. but, we begin tonight with one of the trump's -- no, not him, but his daughter, and no, not that daughter, the other one, tiffany trump, the daughter that isn't ivanka, but rather, the daughter of the model that trump cheated on ivanka's mom, ivana with, before dumping that wife for

melania. seemingly snubbed at the rnc when she went in for a kiss in a moment that went viral. tiffany might not be daddy's favorite, but she seems to be doing well for herself. she married michael blose, the son of a lebanese reported billionaire in 2018, which i am sure please dear, old dad, who really, really likes billionaires. there is tiffany with michael and donald the day before her mar-a-lago wedding in 2022. but, now, we are learning that there is more and in some ways, less to the story. the new york times reports that tiffany trump's father-in-law asad blose isn't a billionaire, after all. he just allowed people to say he was a billionaire when he really wasn't. he also happens to be trump's incoming middle east adviser, and led trump's campaign outreach to arab-americans, especially in michigan. trump loves the guy, even called him a dealmaker. but, his public profile doesn't match the actual records. he is described as a billionaire businessman with a law degree, but he is neither a billionaire, nor a lawyer. instead, he ran a trucking

company and his money mostly comes from the woman he married, sarah for dual, who, per the new york times, said that she worked alongside her husband for a time, but then after an evangelical awakening, she said god called her to dad's. so, she said of the society for the performing arts in nigeria -- true story -- where she calls herself the vision year. society teaches dance to young nigerians, runs some accounts, and puts on performances. she posts videos of herself on social media waving flags to christian praise and worship music including at our favorite pentecostal church in legos, the house on the rock, whose lead pastor actually gave a blessing at tiffany and michael's wedding in 2022. the performance gene is, shall we say, strong in the house of boulos, because once again from the times, in nigeria, the

most famous member of the boulos family is not sarah or michael, but michael's brother, fares. president biden six used to perform reggae music -- seriously -- on youtube, under the name -- and again, i am not making this up -- farastafari. well, now, farastafari poses on youtube and tiktok and his recurring characters include the character of a black woman, mama thank god, sort of a white guy culturally tone deaf. and you thought your in-laws were colorful. it all goes with the trump theme. he loves billionaires. it doesn't matter if they aren't really who they say they are, that is how bad he wants to be around them. get their attention and agitation. and he loves doing them favors which is why tech giants are now kissing his rather bulbous behind. meta's mark zuckerberg donated $1 million to trump's inauguration, something his company has never done before. washington bowser and -- the

washington post is reporting basals plans to make the pilgrimage to mar-a-lago to neil -- i mean, sorry, sit down -- with the president elect next week. the google ceo was also scheduled for an audience in west rose, florida. this despite trump filing lawsuits against facebook, twitter, and google in 2021, accusing them of censorship. but, it is elon musk who sits closest to the throne as trump's newly adopted son, and who is tasked by trump with dismantling government bureaucracy, because after all, he is not just a mega troll, but the richest billionaire of all. the $250 million he gave to the trump campaign made him the biggest political donors since at least 2010. his net worth tops $400 billion, an historic first, a fortune that increased by 77% since the election.

the tesla and spacex ceo and major defense contractor stands to benefit from the trump transition, recommending that the incoming administration dropped a car crash reporting requirement opposed by tesla, among other things. fitting that donald trump has always been a used car salesman. he's really good at slapping his surname on everything from crappy stakes, two failed hotels, two failed casinos, to a failed university, and turning a quick buck. now, with the presidential platform again, he has a wider reach a broader ability to sell merged to anyone who wants to curry favor, or pledge allegiance, or just get down with the maga brand. just look at what he has been talking during and after the recent campaign. the nft playing cards, the $300 sneakers, overpriced coins, christmas ornaments, chinese made bibles, $100,000 watches, a $10,000 trump time guitar, and "fight, fight, fight," which he sold by posting this image of first lady jill biden and himself at the notre dame reopening in paris.

he captured it "a fragrance your enemies can't resist." but, it is not even him, it is the griffey people around him, from his wife, to newly selected ambassador to israel, mike huckabee, and his pick for medicaid and medicaid services, dr. oz, all of whom have a history of hocking the merge. >> after i left the white house, i established my two platforms, where i design, where i have collectibles, like ornaments. every season, this is the third season. and many other collectibles that are available now. >> hi, this is mike huckabee. isn't it amazing how so much that president trump said still rings true? but, schools and the media don't want our kids to hear anything positive and that is why my team created a kids' guide to president trump. >> shop right now at iherb for exclusive promotions in all of these categories for beauty,

sports, and other categories. my friends, living your best life is easy to achieve when you shop at iherb. >> lord, help! donald trump has turned his presidencies into a walking qvc, minus the shoals and air fryers. although, there is still time, i, for one, am old enough to remember when prominent republicans took the bedroom out of the white house. they were so upset, they demanded an independent counsel to investigate, but that was then, would trump had just two of his five bankruptcies in the bag. today's maga party, really doesn't care. so much so that the upcoming house republican retreat was moved -- wait for it -- to trump's golf club in miami. pitching! joining me now is staff writer for the atlantic and democratic strategist, tara lindell. tara, i will start with you. for my director, i'm sorry, i'm skipping around here, but melania selling ornaments to me is one of the funniest things, because it's 122 melania

doesn't even like christmas. this is her talking about christmas when she was first lady to her seniormost aid. >> they say i'm complicit. on the same like him, i support him, i don't see enough. i don't do enough. where i am, i put -- i'm working like my ass stuff about christmas stuff who gives a about christmas stuff and decorations, but i have to do it, right? >> you know who get the f about christmas? melania trump now that she has to sell ornaments. what is happening? this litter the is like a tv show where they are just going to sell merge and steal. your thoughts? >> that is exactly right. if it wasn't for double standards, that is literally the only standard the trump family has, if double standards. if it weren't for double standards, there would be no standards, that is the only standard. so, look, for them, they see this as opportunity.

they see it as opportunity not just for the immediate trump family, but for everyone in trump's orbit, because i guarantee you -- and i think this will be born out later -- we will find out that he has gotten a piece of everything that all of these other billionaires, that he is frankly hooking up, have gotten. >> and i wouldn't be surprised if it is just him. mark, you have republicans talking about getting rid of the free tax filing. what is that? they have money in h&r block? what is happening? i do remember republicans not that long ago screaming about hunter biden and saying hunter biden is part of the biden crime family because he sat on boards. donald trump jr. and the trump boys are out there talking about they are going to be in saudi arabia making trump towers. they are already lining up to profit from international deals. they will literally put an atm inside of the federal government that is going to be the american tax dollar and just start drawing out money, and the right suddenly doesn't care about nepotism. >> i mean, look, i mean, the blurring of the lines here is pretty stark. it is not even subtle at this

point. and the fact is, there is a level of hucksterism here that the american people seem to be okay with. i mean, i hate to say it because it sounds counterintuitive and it sounds certainly defiant of the ethics and the good taste that a lot of people assumed you would have at the highest levels of government, but this was all, you know, basically previewed in the first administration. this was all out there. i think this is the aesthetic of donald trump, and it is kind of -- i mean, it is a form of populism, in some ways, because the average american person doesn't really look down on the qvc is him of america anti- hucksterism of america as a qualifying thing and it is kind of depressing in a way. that is kind of how they see influence at this point and they think the president should be an extension of it. >> no, i totally agree with you. and tara, "the apprentice", one of the things it did, it may trump a celebrity, and what we have seen since the kennedys, the american people reducing,

and reducing, and reducing their demands on the presidency. there used to be a demand of a certain high ideal, right? and if not for a few intellectual people, like barack obama, most americans think, if you are the son of a president, george w. bush, we will take you, you know? with donald trump, it literally is the culmination of the celebrity presidency. i don't know that his base will mind if they are up there, stealing for themselves. or, if they are selling the merge on twitter, or using their tiktok shops while they are serving in office and i'm not sure how much the american people will resist this, and i think to mark's point, this is the culture, the presidency us started to live down to the consumerization of everything. >> i would argue, though, that the american people seem to mind a little bit more when it is a democrat and don't seem to mind as much when it is a republican.

>> oh, for sure. >> and i think ultimately, it is about the ultimate check on both parties, the base of that party. so, democratic voters do care, republican voters do not care. in fact, they are the ones consuming all the merge that donald trump is talking. and i think there is another important point to make for the people who do care, and for the people who do care to share with other people. at the end of the day, the dirty, little secret is that government is ultimately about the distribution of resources. that is what it comes down to, what it boils down to. and the billionaire class -- and i would argue the multimillionaire class in this country -- fundamentally understand that. and part of how they became billionaires and multimillionaires is through government contracts. >> yes. >> the other dirty, little secret. that is also the recipe for how black americans, latinx, a api americans, women are also able to move up. so, you see them -- and i will take this back to dei -- that is why you see them dismantling those requirements for women on businesses, for

women owned businesses, for black-owned businesses, that the government has been putting in place, it is to concentrate all the money to them. the other thing that they do, the other dirty, little secret, and maybe not so much of a dirty, little secret for people watching this show, is that they get into these positions, they give money, they donate money to campaigns, they host a private fundraiser, $500,000 a plate, and they sit in a room and they offer a wish list. a lot of times, what that wish list is, is changing the barrier of entry, so no one else can get into the market. i am a small business owner, and what they do, they fight for legislation that stops people like me from being able to get into certain opportunities. and so, i think that is so dangerous about what is happening right now, the average ceo pay in this country in 2023, pay ratio to the employee, was 268:1. that is going to get worse. what people like elon musk want to do, is they want to take

over parts of the government so they control it and they get all the funding that goes to things like nasa. spacex will get to take over that. that's what people need to understand. >> and that is such an important point, because at the same time that there has been this dumbing down of what a president has ought to be, he is entertaining them and his base literally doesn't care if they never get anything, if he doesn't bring progress, i'm not sure they would care. but, there is a sliver of voters who do. there are the swing voters, mark, who are very much focused on economics. they voted on him even if they weren't enthusiastic trumpeters, they voted specifically on bringing prices down and i feel like that is the venn diagram between left and right, of people who are mad as hell at unitedhealthcare, the people who are mad at billionaires, the people who are sick and tired of what they see as a giant gripped by billionaires. when they are now watching that happen at the highest level of government, and the people who are supposed to be bouncing the government literally grifting while they are suffering, i think those are the people that

will care big time. people like peter thiel out there sweating bullets, talking about the american healthcare murder, because i think they can see that eventually, you end up with a french revolution kind of situation. >> i mean, look, it is obviously -- it is a big jump. no one wants to see that. >> no! >> but, what the standard is, the standard, though, is that president's will behave in a certain way, and the question is, what kind of standard are democrats, republicans, any citizens, going to hold their presidents too? because yes, i do think there is a double standard between what democrats expect of their leaders and what republicans expect. i think i 100% agree with that. but, i also think there is this kind of mythmaking around the trump machine that salesmanship equates to leadership. look, he is the guy that plays the rich guy on tv, so that is going to be enough and we are

just going to assume that he knows what he is doing and he is going to make our grocery prices go down. i mean, it's not -- people don't think very hard about this, obviously. i think, ultimately, that is sort of -- i certainly wouldn't say "genius," but that is the formula of donald trump's political career, which is just to sort of perpetuate the myth and hope people don't ask too many questions. >> if people want to understand why people like mitch mcconnell, who privately despised donald trump and tell everyone off the record that they despise him, claim to him anyway, is because the greatest trick that the superrich can ever pull, is number one, take over the government themselves, just own it themselves, and also convince broke people that the interests of the superrich are their interests, too. and donald trump is the perfect salesman for that. forgetting people who don't have money to believe that giving people like donald trump all the money they want will help them. great trick, republicans pulled it and they got their man, that is why they love them. mark, tara, thank you both so much. coming up, the alarming news about trump's cabinet picks goes on, and on, and on.

a lawyer has literally petitioned the government to revoke its approval of the polio vaccine, which has saved countless lives, including mitch mcconnell's! stay with us. stay with us.

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facing a likely contentious confirmation hearing, rfk jr., trump's pick for secretary of health and human services, will head to the hill next week to meet with senators.

the new york times is reporting that kennedy's lawyer, a noted vaccine skeptic, aaron siri, joined kennedy in questioning and choosing candidates for top health positions. deepening concerns about vaccine hesitancy taking the wheel and driving us back to when we had to be concerned about diseases like the measles, diphtheria, and polio. the new york times adds that in 2022, he petitioned the government to revoke its approval of the polio vaccine, saying that because the clinical trials relied upon to license this product does not include a control group, the fda, therefore, must either withdraw or suspend the approval of this project, adding, "it is likely and wrongly believed that this product can prevent infection and transmission." late today, rfk jr.'s spokesperson responded to this report, telling nbc news in a statement that "the polio vaccine should be available to the public and thoroughly and properly studied."

"and properly studied." it is worth a reminder that by the mid-20th century, polio was killing or paralyzing over half 1 million people a year around the world. but, after the vaccine became widely available, cases decreased by a reported 99% since 1988, which helped to prevent an estimated 20 million cases of paralysis in children. before the vaccine, polio afflicted many unnamed people, and some people you are familiar with, like fdr. and in more recent history, senator mitch mcconnell, who was treated for polio as a child. now, ahead of the transition, some fear that history is starting to look more like a prequel, with noted vaccine skeptics in an administration filled with multimillionaires and billionaires, people who may look at diseases as a way to turn a profit, people gearing up to make america go back to worrying about communicable diseases, as if trump's handling of covid wasn't bad enough. joining me now is dr. irwin red letter, nbc news public health

analyst and a founding director of the national center for disaster preparedness at columbia university. thank you for being here. i want to start with this claim by mr. siri, that the polio vaccine, because they didn't use a control group, i guess by allowing some people to get polio and see what happens, the vaccine is not safe and should be taken off the market. your thoughts? >> so, yeah, hi, joy. i am astounded that we are having this conversation. >> same. >> medicine has been all about, we have a disease that is killing people, or injuring people, we try to treat it, then we try to prevent it. it has been a steady progress for 50 to 100 years, now. and the great triumphs of medicine are mostly about vaccinations. they have prevented millions and millions of people from suffering lifelong paralysis, or death, or brain injuries, and it is just amazing to me.

i mean, even thinking about having a control group where some children got the polio vaccine, and some didn't, exactly which children would we not give the vaccine to? since we know, for an absolute fact, that it prevents the disease. it is extraordinary, really. and it is hard to even grasp how absurd this entire position is. so, yeah, it is crazy. >> i mean, the idea of a "control group," that was the tuskegee experiments just letting people get whatever the disease is and see what happens. it is extraordinary some people want to do the tuskegee experiment on the whole country. mitch mcconnell -- it is not like we don't know anyone who had polio. mitch mcconnell has it as a child. here's what he said, and he is as hard right, maga, helping

trump as much as he gets. "the polio vaccine has saved millions of lives and held out the promise of eradicating a terrible disease. efforts to undermine public confidence and proven cures are not just you uninformed, they're dangerous. anyone seeking the senate's consent to serve in the incoming administration would do well to steer clear of even the appearance of association with such efforts." if i thought he would vote against rfk jr., i would implement them for that, but they want to do more than mess with the polio vaccine, potentially. pre-vaccine cases of the measles, 530,000. after the vaccine, 13. diphtheria, 200,000, now zero. mumps, 162,000. we don't even hear about moms anymore. 621. rubella, 48,000, goes down to six. smallpox, 29,000 20. polio, 16,000 20. we could go back to the numbers on the left side of the screen, right dr., if we go back to no vaccines? >> we absolutely would go back and one of the things that is interesting about this senate, joy, is that the senators know

that polio vaccine prevents polio and the other vaccines prevent the other diseases. i think there is a conflict here where they think that somehow, requiring children to get these life-saving vaccines, will somehow violate their freedom or their parents' freedom to make a choice. and it is not that, at all. we are talking about the public's health. if your kid is not going to get vaccinated and many other kids are not going to get vaccinated, that actually puts a lot of other people at risk. so, you know, if you break your leg and you don't want to get treated for it, i'm sorry for you. but, if you don't get vaccinated, you are not just endangering your self or your child, you are endangering my children and my grandchildren. and that is what the senators really need to realize. i wish i could sit down with all of them, joy, and just say, "listen, we understand the freedom issue, we are not disputing that.

but right now, we are talking about the public's health and well-being." we cannot go backwards in medicine. that would be an absolute disaster for the country. and the fact that robert f. kennedy jr. even hangs around with someone like erin siri is a warning sign to senators. please, exercise your responsibilities. do not let these people into america's healthcare system. it is many, many steps backward, joy. >> yeah, rich dilettantes with no scientific training deciding they can create public policy for all of us because they decided on vibe with vaccines. it is a terrifying reality and here we are. thank you so much, i wish you could talk to the senators, as well. coming up, new reporting on 's final hours in syria, before fleeing for russia. don't go anywhere. anywhere. (balloon doug pops & deflates) and then i wake up. is limu with you in all your dreams? oh, yeah. only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty, liberty, liberty, liberty. ♪

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his maternal cousins were similarly left behind, as damascus fell to the rebels, according to a syrian aid and lebanese security official. the executive director of the regional think tank tells reuters, assad didn't even make a last stand. he didn't even rally his own troops. he let his supporters face their own fate. today, nearly a week since the collapse of the assad regime, there is still a lot of uncertainty about serious future, and what, if any, role the u.s. should play in shaping it. joining me now to discuss all of it, really quickly, my friend, i want to talk about assad, the cowardice of his exit, leaving his own family behind. how much of a mess did he leave behind for this now successful group to take control of? >> hi, joy. i mean, we are discovering now the extent of the depravity and

the crimes that he and his family committed. when you have all these dungeons, but now we are discovering the extent of his bloody regime. i mean, joy, think of that. his father killed 40,000 people in a small town, and then bashar al-assad goes on and she kills hundreds of thousands of people. the revolution started 11 years ago. actually, 14 years ago in 2011, and people were not violent. they were actually demanding dignity, freedom, social justice, they were demanding simple things and he basically unleashed terrorism on them. he basically would arrest people and murder them, and torture them, and went on to deploy including chemical weapons. the first victim was a child. he went on to not only his apparatus to torture him, but

then to torture him and forced the family to sign a paper that the islamists had killed them. this was the regime he ran, it was a corrupt regime and he didn't care about his own people. basically, he left with billions of dollars and he never cared about the country. he understood that his regime was about to collapse, so he saved himself and his family. >> yeah, and now let's talk about the man who is now in leadership. he is somebody who did fight in iraq in 2003, during the u..s- led invasion. he was detained by the u.s. military, per the associated press. he now remains on a terrorist watch list with a bounty on his head from the u.s. talk about now his role? it seems to me that he needs to be taken off that list if he is the leader of the country, right? and how is the west and also the region reacting to him? >> i just came back from the

region, joy, and the region remembers very well the war on terror and they continue to tell the west, especially the united states, that they need to stop looking at the region and treating the region for either israel dominance, over the region, but also through the war on terror. i was reminded through my visit to syria on multiple occasions, that juhlawnei and others were tortured by assad but the united states itself also delivered others to be tortured by the assad regime. the most famous case was a canadian citizen of syrian descent, he was arrested here in new york city in the united states in 2002 during the war on terror, delivered to assad, who tortured him, that he was released and he was never charged. so, yes, juhlawnei, he was on a terrorist list. but, if we want the refugees to go back, if we want syria to be

civilized, not only do we need a system with more money, and more -- you know, use the economic arsenal, the political arsenal, so syria can be stable and inclusive. juhlawnei himself, in these hours, you know, he exited from al qaeda, from isis. he is talking about forgiveness, he is talking about, you know, reaching out and treating them a certain way. we need to seize that opportunity and help the syrians achieve their potentials. >> and very quickly, israel is still bombing syria, no? even now? >> yes, yes. yes, yes. and not only bombing syria, the united nations today called on the israeli government to stop seizing territories, especially in areas in the golan heights. i mean, they bombed, 500 times, this country that just exited a dictatorship that lasted 60

years. you know, the israeli government continued to act as a rogue state, continued to attack countries. and the syrian people didn't say anything about israel, or burned flags, or the united states. all they want is a chance to build a democratic, free syria. so, for israel to bomb them is actually sending a terrible message, and the worst messages that the united states is backing this. if you want a different syria, you need to start changing policies. >> indeed. rula jebreal, thank you so much. much appreciated. >> thank you. >> cheers. coming up next, republican senators are now talking openly about the maga pressure campaign to push through trump's most controversial cabinet picks, something he is probably not thrilled about. more details, next. more details, next. there we were, driver versus reptile. our battle was legendary. (♪♪) wait a second. you don't own a pet snake, do you?

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for relief that feels ♪ miebo ohh yeah ♪ ask your eye doctor about prescription miebo. donald trump's cabinet picks continue to make the hard sell to senators this week. although, his pick for director of national intelligence, tolson gabbard, has apparently left some senators unimpressed after meetings. but at least a few republicans are speaking out after the pressure campaign to get them on board. >> the approach is going to be, everybody toe the line, everybody line up, we got you here, and if you want to survive, you better be good, don't get on santa's naughty list here because we will primary you. my friend, joni ernst, who is probably one of the more conservative, principled

republican leaders in the senate right now, is being hung out to dry for not being good enough. and you are going to get primary. >> it is more important to get behind closed doors, address concerns, and have republicans come together as one, then to create controversy. i just think it is a short-term win but a long-term loss if you are not careful with that. >> the pressure is especially strong to approve trump's pick for defense secretary, pete hegseth, who spent much of the week walking back previous remarks on women in combat roles and gay people in the military. his book, released only this year, he says letting gay people serve openly in the military reflects a "marxist agenda." or, these comments he made in 2015. >> what you are seeing is a military right now that is more interested in social engineering led by this president than they are on war fighting, so as a result, don't ask, don't tell, women in the military, they will inevitably start to erode standards.

>> joining me now is author of "the left hook sub stack," aunt molly john fast, vanity fair special correspondent and host of "the special politics podcast." molly, i will start with you. pete hegseth has been very clear that having women and gay people in the military is a marxist agenda. apparently, maybe he has changed his mind. let me just remind him, though, because things to last forever on tape. here is pete hegseth on women in combat. >> i'm straight up just saying, we should not have women in combat roles. it hasn't made us more effective, hasn't made us more lethal, has made fighting more complicated. >> i also want an opportunity here to clarify comments that have been misconstrued that i somehow don't support women in the military, some of our greatest warriors, our best warriors out there are women. >> molly, which pete hegseth should senators believe? >> well, i don't know, but one

of those pete hegseth's is going to sit across from tammy duckworth during his hearing, and have to make the case that somehow she is a lesser soldier than a man. i mean, she lost both her legs. so, this is a tough situation for this person, who says wildly different things. i also want to remember that lisa murkowski actually lost her primary and won a right in. so, she is pretty amazing, electorally, anyway. so, i think it is pretty meaningful that she came out properly, and criticized the maga pressure campaign. >> for sure. and this is a guy who fundamentally believes that diversity is weakness, and he is now going to lead what is the most diverse military, in u.s. history, if he gets through. >> yeah, affirmative action for the most mediocre white men on earth, right? the bar is so low, that pete

hegseth can slither under it. this is a person who wrote a book called "american crusade." this is a person who in his book associates himself with extremist movements. this is a person who nine years ago yelled out "kill all muslims." this is a person who has multiple sexual assault allegations, a person who was allegedly let go by a nonprofit by economic misdeeds, alcohol problems, allegedly his own fox colleagues say that. you know what? we are worried about his drinking. you know, this is a man who will be replacing four star general lloyd austin, a black man. so, anyone who wants proof of white privilege, i give you pete hegseth. and also, i want to say, joy, completely unqualified, has white christian nationalist tattoos all over his body and when he was in the national guard, a colleague of his called them out as a potential insider threat. this is the man that maga wants as secretary of defense, but tell me more about affirmative action and low bars. >> i should note that he denies the rape allegation, i am required to say that.

molly, let me go to you for a minute, because on the other side, there have been a lot of talks over -- and i would say this is unfair to say, i think people sometimes fundamentally question the americanness of american muslims. i don't know if i'm being too extreme on that. you need to justify everything that happens in the muslim world, we will question whether you should be in the military, whether you should be fighting in the u.s. military. on the democratic side, the biden administration has very belatedly come out with their report on islam's phobia. you have gone through your report. tell us what is in it? >> the bar so low it is in hell but this is welcome because the president of the united states at white house is openly telling the world and america that it islamophobia, anti- arab bigotry has to be confronted. it gives you 50 steps and it is cross sectors, national, state, local level. it is telling you that american muslims and arabs have faced discrimination in housing, discrimination in lending, discrimination in schools,

dissemination when it comes to national security, right? pete hegseth said, "kill all muslims." the last word in particular especially with the war in gaza that amnesty international says is a genocide, with all the murder of a palestinian boy, palestinian students being shot, let them can't walk. we saw the ugly, ugly behavior of sanity can enter -- senator kennedy. so, this is a president of the united states saying this is a problem that must be confronted and at last it establishes a baseline with this president, president biden, to donald trump you said, and i quote, "i think islam hates us." is going to put this islamophobia pete hegseth and misogynist as secretary of defense is huge, so it is an encouragement an invitation for the rest of us to do better, and it is not just muslims. last thing i will say, the first hate crime after 9/11 was against a sick man, a saint. bigots aren't nuanced. all the people who hate muslims, they hate jews, latinos, black folks, asians, and women. they are coming after all of us, folks. >> indeed. and on top of all of that, which was so brilliantly put together, molly, there is just

the embarrassing nature, the nepotism. you have kari lake, donald trump's forever friend, now going to be the voice of america chair. you have, allegedly, don jr.'s ex-girlfriend being dispatched to greece to be ambassador just to get her out of the way because he has a new girlfriend. it's almost funny, except these people are in charge. >> yeah, and i mean, the voice of america is a really important organization that is supposed to spread democracy across the world, it is supposed to be a news organization that is available in lots of countries and it was started during world war ii. my grandfather actually worked there during the war, and it is meant to be a straight down the middle news organization that protects american values, but isn't on the opinion side. so, now, it is going to project the guys of kari lake, who thought she was governor.

>> i think she still thinks she's governor. i hate to break it to you, but i actually think she still believes that, at this very moment as we sit here, she still thinks she is still the governor. i will give you the last word on that, because it does feel like the whole idea of diversity, it draws donald trump space so much, but i will give you 10 seconds to respond to that. it is sort of depressing that that is part of what drove his win. >> phase eating leopard seat faces and now republicans meet the faustian bargain and they have to bend the knee because kash patel is going to be that of the sbi and has an enemy list, and guess who was on the enemy list, republicans, this is what you wanted, you created a monster, the monster escape the lab and it has now turned on fleckenstein, its creator. voil@. >> good 10 seconds to the max. guess what we are going to do, we are going to play win of the week. could it be taylor swift? who disclosed out the world's

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we made it to the end of another week which means it is time to play our favorite game -- "who won the week?" who won the week? >> who won the week? the syrian people overthrew a 60 year dictatorship, survived and entered a brutal 14 year civil war. we don't know what is going to happen, we can be cautiously optimistic, but for right now, we can say congratulations to the syrian people and better days ahead. >> seeing their joy gave me so much happiness and joy. loved it. love it, love it, love it. molly, who won the week? >> bluesky, because 25 million people not owned by meta, just its own thing. you will remember this week,

meta gave $1 million to the donald trump inaugural, and all the more reasons to get off of threads and twitter. >> amen. including myself, a woman owned business. i love it. we have a clip, let me play a clip which will set up my "who won the week?" here it is. >> you wrote in your harvard your bike or whatever that you want to be both a supreme court justice and a broadway star. i had a small part in "chicago," because my dreams were also broadway. >> did you? >> yes. >> is it too late? >> no! >> justice kentanji brown jackson fighting for democracy every day on the worst supreme court in history, and making her broadway debut in "& juliet", she gets to do something fun she deserves every moment of that joy she is going to feel. i won the week just by being with you guys. thank you so much. that is tonight's "reidout", and god bless taylor swift. "all in" with chris hayes starts now. tonight on "all in"