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with us now, democratic strategist julie roginsky and pete seat, former spokesman in the george w bush white house. and julie, there's a two page memo here. and i'm going to talk about this with lawyers because there are some legal questions. i mean, big legal questions about how much power the president has to do this. but the tone is set by the explanation, sort of, for why they're doing this. and this memo written by the trump administration official here. federal agencies must temporarily pause all activities related to obligation and disbursement of all federal financial assistance and other relevant agency activities that may be implicated by the executive orders, including financial, foreign aid, non-government organizations, die woke gender ideology, and the green new deal. the green new deal. >> doesn't exist. >> doesn't exist. so what does this tell you? >> it tells me that we. >> don't. >> live in a monarchy. no matter how much donald trump wants that to be the case. he is not a medieval monarch. he can't just seize money that's been appropriated. >> by congress. >> and i'm

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msnbc analyst and former republican congressman david jolly is here, along with julie roginsky, a democraticategist and author of the salty politics newsletter on substack. welcome all. so on. after the court's decision was announced, donald trump said everyone must respect the ruling, but give us a sense of how his position has evolved on this and what now. >> right. and he suggested that he needs time to review the supreme court's decision. of course, he has suggested that he wants to do whatever he can to try to save the app. and he said that just today in a phone call with president xi of china that he, the two men discussed tiktok. and this is a moment where let's be very clear, back in august of 2020, during his first administration, he signed an executive order. donald trump, then president trump, signed an executive order to effectively seek the ban of tiktok in the united states, citing national security concerns and the collection of personal data of more than 150 million americans that use the app. and you fast forward, donald trump's tune has changed really over the last months,

julie roginsky, a democratic strategist and author of the salty politics newsletter on substack, andlie mystal, justice correspondent at the nation and author of the upcoming book bad law ten popular laws that are ruining america. and julie, i'll start with you. i mean, gavin newsom wants to take this opportunity to rebuild. he's considering it of a sort of a marshall plan to rebuild l.a. once we get through this chapter. but he may not have a willing partner in the in the white house, given donald trump's track record on not just california, but natural disasters in places where he may not like the politics of that place. >> look, donald trump is going to demand that governor newsom either fly to the white house or to mar-a-lago and kiss the ring. that is exactly what he's going to expect and demand until before california gets a penny from the federal government. he's got supposedly kristi noem, who's known for politicizing her own tragedies and her own state by sending the national guard down to the border, as opposed to actually addressing problems in her own state with the natio

julie roginsky pete seat. keith boykin, t.w. jauregui and mark sanford. americans with different perspectives aren't talking to each other, but here they do good evening. i'm abby phillip in new york. let's get right to what america is talking about. the purge. four days until donald trump returns to power, and that power is starting to take shape. first, there is drama on capitol hill after speaker mike johnson ousted mike turner as head of the powerful house intelligence committee, he replaced him with a trump loyalist. and in case you're not familiar, turner supports ukraine. he voted in favor of aid. he also voted to certify the 2020 election, which of course, broke ranks with many maga lawmakers. now, the speaker insists that trump played no role in the firings. but listen to the top democrat on the committee about what this all portends. >> mike turner knew more about, you know, the national security of the united states than any 20 members of congress wandering these halls. so we lost a huge amount of experience there. but i also think, you know, i

kara swisher, arthur aidala van lathan, gail huff brown, chuck rocha and julie roginsky americans with different perspectives aren't talking to each other, but here they do. a good evening, i'm abby phillip in new york. let's get right to what america is talking about. as the song says, everybody wants to rule the world. and for president trump, let it be known he is the ruler. in his first address to global powers since his returning to power, it included leaders from businesses, from politics. he declared that america is now open for business, and if you don't join the party, expect to be punished. he also used his time at the davos summit to talk about everything from culture wars to his predecessor. listen. >> my administration is acting with unprecedented speed to fix the disasters we've inherited from a totally inept group of people. president biden totally lost control of what was going on in our country. if you don't make your product in america, which is your prerogative, then very simply you will have to pay a tariff. it's also reported today in the papers that saudi arabia w

armed services committee or to your chair and ranking member from fox news, gretchen carlson and julie roginskynduct at fox news and co-founders of a nonprofit organization dedicated to eradicating silencing mechanisms in the workplace. we write to you to share our perspective. while hegseth has allegedly released the survivor from her nondisclosure agreement, his attorney has threatened to sue her for defamation if she were to come forward to discuss what happened to her and if her testimony were to prevent mr. hegseth confirmation hexes. threats cast a chilling pall on women who simply want to speak out about sexual misconduct and should be, in and of themselves, disqualifying. have you asked your ranking member to talk to the accuser, or what efforts have the democrats made to ascertain the truth about these disturbing accusations and allegations? >> we've sought more details, nicole. >> but let's be very clear. >> the attorney for pete hegseth has threatened the accuser, the survivor of that sexual assault, with a lawsuit, defamation, part of a purposefully and relentlessly conducted campai