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but once you get to governing and then i'm dealing with mitch mcconnell, john boehner and ben and robert byrd and and sometimes progressives in particular overestimate the degree to which high rhetoric is going to actually move votes. because the country's first and and what i wanted to add that and where i wanted to go from there young people you said you were writing this book explicitly to people. so what is your diagnostic for unfinished business that they have to take up as they move alongside us and they as they come to lead us? well, i am so to see this generation coming up if if us old folks will just get out of the way and and and that's culturally it's true in terms of our politics now i think instincts are really they in it is second nature for them to believe that all. have have intrinsic worth and dignity. it is second nature for them to not discriminate against people their differences in race or. gender identity or. you know, who, who they pray. and and their sophisticated, smart, they they're taking in, you know, culture from not just all across the country but all around

joining me now, brendan buck, former press secretary to former house speaker john boehner and paul ryanst. and michael hardaway, former communications director for congressman hakeem jeffries. now, brendan, some are comparing these justice department's resignations to richard nixon's saturday night massacre that led to the downfall of his presidency during watergate. but this is a very different president, a different congress. do you think there's anything to that comparison? >> well, look, i would imagine in the long, you know, full picture of the trump presidency, this will probably just be a blip. i can't imagine that this will be the most extraordinary thing that happens, certainly with with the doj. let's remember, this is a president in one of the first, if not the first acts of taking office was freeing hundreds or more than a thousand people who stormed the capitol on january 6th. it's very clear that this is a person who does not have any real sense for what the word justice means, or any any respect for our system of government checks and balances and basic norms. this is not

brendan buck was an aide to republican house speaker paul ryan and john boehner. he is also an msnbc political analyst. paul butler is a former federal prosecutor, georgetown law professor and msnbc legal analyst. so while the president has been talking about closing the department of education down, how much and how does that match up with what linda mcmahon is saying? >> exactly? he has suggested that he would seek even an executive order to dismantle the department of education. let's be clear, this department has been a longtime target of republicans. long before donald trump entered republican gop apparatus. right. this for donald trump, though, is a potential to claim a major victory in the effort to consolidate departments, agencies and cut back not only the federal workforce, but at a time in which republicans on capitol hill are looking at these next year's budget here. this is an opportunity for them to question the funding that goes directly to the department of education. but you said it. how do you get rid of the department of education? right. there'

gillespie, founder and principal of bluestack strategies, former press adviser to then house speaker john boehner. good to see you guys tomorrow. let's talk about the faa and what we are, what we were just hearing from pete muntean. and you heard from the head of that union representing these are people who install and maintain air traffic control, communications, the radio, the computer systems, which clearly are critical for keeping us safe in the skies. the doge effort clearly is not slowing down, but this becomes a political problem when that's the question. i think i've got this morning. >> so i think, you know, you've already seen, unfortunately, terrible accidents with, you know, airplanes recently. i do think that public. >> opinion is one of the. >> biggest factors. that donald trump. >> the president, cares about. >> and so if public. opinion starts to show him that they are not happy with these decisions. >> that's going to be a problem for him. if his approval ratings go down based on. actions that his subordinate elon musk is taking. i do think that largely, americans find that the f

every congress, every congress, republican or democrat, from nancy pelosi, majority leader to john boehnerng to tackle waste, fraud and abuse. there is a way to do this in which you are systematically looking at programs, and you're looking at departments and you're saying, oh, we got these efts that we don't need. they're not filled. there's nobody in this job right now hasn't been in this job for. >> that. >> is waste. that's waste. so let's either eliminate that position or consolidate it. that's what doge is supposed to be doing. but oh, no, folks. what? they're starting with die a very specific criteria. you either touch it directly or even indirectly, but even it gets even better. in the washington post story. >> the veterans. >> yes, yes. go there, go there. >> targeted our veterans affairs office that works to ensure all veterans receive equal access to care, and an office within health and human services that provides information about the health of minority populations. >> how so? >> veterans of dei. >> are these coders and these young people, these aides that work for elon musk?

founder and principal of blue stock strategies and former press advisor to then house speaker john boehner. i'm going to start with you, mara. we just heard from alayna treene some of the reporting about what is happening with doge, in particular, what's happening with elon musk. maura, when you talk to republicans, are they concerned at all about the power that musk is being given here? >> yes. >> i mean, you. >> know, federal. >> work is not necessarily always so glamorous, but there are concerns about how much we spend on federal, you know, federal funding and federal spending. and there's. >> going to be. >> abuses that happen. >> you know, we know stories. >> from the. >> government accountability office talking. >> about how. >> federal employees, you know. >> took advantage. >> and abuses. of the federal health plans. but by and large. >> to make. >> such swift. >> changes from someone who is not an elected official and who has. >> now gained. >> access. i think that republicans, if roles were reversed. >> would be screaming. >> from the rooftops. >> what a breach. >> of, you know,

campaign, and brendan buck, msnbc political analyst, also former press secretary to house speaker john boehner. we're going to talk in a minute. i just want to ask you guys on the heels of that question for you first, brendan, after what do you make of this? >> well, i think it's a. >> very clear instance of a quid pro quo here. it's also one in which we know that mayor adams has basically sold immigrant immigrant rights, and the sanctuary city status of the of new york up the river, and for lack of a better term at this point, just because he wanted to have what is essentially a preemptive pardon to walk away, get out of jail free card when it came to the federal charges that he was going to be facing. donald trump made it so that this man is going to be able to essentially walk. but to do that, he has to do the bidding of the president's administration. he has to do the bidding of project 2025. new york has a spotlight on its back when it comes to migrants when it comes to immigration. and at this point, they've also got the trump administration has a really good friend in the mayor of new y

, as well as brendan buck, msnbc political analyst and former press secretary to house speaker john boehner. amisha, i want to talk with you. first, let's discuss the practical impact. trump can issue all the executive orders he wants, but what actually can he accomplish when it comes to suppressing these die diver hiring programs that he seems to so low in his first couple days in office? >> well, first off, happy first day of black history month. no matter how donald trump. >> tries to erase. >> the achievements. >> and accomplishments and. >> history of black people. >> we still exist. >> beyond that, i. >> think that the executive orders serve to do one thing in particular. this is a messaging strategy. >> from this. >> president, a messaging. >> strategy that i would argue is fairly. >> working across many states. we're seeing colleges and universities roll back their dei campus relations and services provided to not only students. >> of color, but also students. >> with disabilities. >> students who. >> are first generation college students. >> you name it, they. happen to be affected

also, brendan buck, former aide to house speaker paul ryan and john boehner and an msnbc political analyst. welcome to all of you. so, hill, right now, where is the count? where does the vote stand? >> hey, alex, will the senate vote on the nomination of kash patel to be fbi director is still open, and it's looking like this is going to be a close one to the end, because we now have two republicans who have come out against kash patel. the first is susan collins, who made her opposition known earlier today. she said in a statement that she's not convinced mr. patel is the a political nominee that the fbi needs right now. she went on to say that his past four years have been characterized by high profile and aggressive political activity. that's according to her statement. she went on to say mr. patel has made numerous politically charged statements in his book and elsewhere, discrediting the work of the fbi, the very institution he has been nominated to lead, unquote. now, just in the last few minutes, she has been joined by senator lisa murkowski, the moderate from alaska, who put out a s

of course, communications strategist and former aide to republican house speaker paul ryan and john boehnerd reconciliation questions to ask you. but first, let's just start where we started on the comments that you saw president trump and vice president pence making a shifting of the sands on the world stage. really? >> yeah, absolutely. and in. >> some. >> ways. >> it's consistent with with the. trump world view. >> but it's interesting. that especially j.d. vance, who's talked so long about. problems in europe are not our problems. and we can. >> just ignore them. and it's so. >> interesting that. >> he feels that. he needs to go over there and frankly, lecture people there. now. >> i don't know how. >> well that's going to be received, but the. >> reality in what's consistent with them, i don't think he cares. i mean, he loves sort of trolling people and getting a rise out of people. whether that helps us, you know, strengthen our partnerships. >> over there, i think. >> is. >> is yet to be seen. >> it's certainly a different approach. and certainly if donald trump's. >> backing him up,

we did see previous speakers like john boehner and others marginalize certain members, punish them forconduct. that's really difficult to do when you don't have very many votes to spare. but yes, it is also an indication of how populist the republican party has come, a great departure from the republican party of reagan and the bushes. >> carlos curbelo. ryan nobles, gentlemen, thank you so much. and coming up, new details about the prisoner swap that led to the release of american schoolteacher mark fogel, who the u.s. is now handing over to the u.s. is now handing over to russia in prilosec knows, for a fire... one fire extinguisher beats 10 buckets of water, and for zero heartburn 1 prilosec a day... beats taking up to 10 antacids a day. it's that simple, for 24 hour heartburn relief... one beats ten. prilosec otc. want a next level clean? swish with the whoa of listerine. it kills 99.9% of bad breath germs for five times more cleaning power than brushing and flossing alone. get a next level clean... ahhhhh with listerine. feel the whoa! customize and save hundreds on car. >> insura

reason, about the republican majority elected in 2010 and the leadership difficulties, speaker john boehner, majority leader eric cantor had in corralling the new tea party majority. telling the story is informative for people looking at republicans in congress now and the difficulty they have unifying. although it makes sense that you would not want an agriculture bill messed with given how important it is to south dakota, you had a colleague -- you talk about this in "not my first rodeo," -- that want to put work requirements for food stamps in the agriculture bill. while you felt that may have been worthy, you said it was a poison pill and you worked with leadership hard not to get -- not to bend on this and get the agriculture bill through. what struck me is as conservative as you are on policy, there is a pragmatic side to how you govern and you have sometimes been criticized for that from the right. talk about what that experience was like, and how it has sort of informed your policymaking style. gov. noem: i think it is good to understand that i viewed food policy as a national secur

. >> so then speaker of the house john boehner seemed to suggest that obama was overstepping with the, quote, pen and phone approach. mr. boehner tweeting, mr. president, we use the constitution, hashtag constitution to get things done. so, tom, as somebody who worked under a republican president, what do you make of this shifting republican attitude towards executive actions czars? i've never seen a czar as as powerful as elon musk outside of the soviet union. maybe 100 years ago. so. well, but but but again, like during the obama era, czars horrible executive actions, huge overreach. >> well, and don't forget president biden's overreach with his executive orders, the student loan forgiveness, various moratorium during the pandemic. >> all hammered down by courts. >> yes. and so what we see is, regardless of party, you are going to see presidents become very frustrated with the old fashioned way of making law in the united states, namely, sending a bill to congress, signing it into law. that can't be done anymore given our politically polarized state. so that's why you see presidents

everyone from john boehner to paul ryan has wanted to whittle down the income tax and replace it with a consumer tax. but trump isn't listening to garden variety republicans. we know he gets a lot of ideas from right wing media, fox, newsmax, or insert whatever manosphere podcast. one of his sons suggested that he listen in to. and anyone who knows anything about trump knows that he is highly suggestible to whoever is the last person in his ear these days. that includes elon musk, of course, and anti-immigration zealot stephen miller. those are the names you probably heard of, but there are a range of people you probably haven't heard of who may matter even more, because they're the ones who plant the seeds with the people who are in trump's ear. one of the louder voices in the maga influencer sphere is jack posobiec. semaphore found that he was by far the most influential voice, with dozens of republican strategists going into the 2024 campaign season, he is the most cited voice with more than 2 million followers on twitter and more than 1 million on truth social, according to the so

john boehner majority leader, eric cantor and their team had in coralling this new what was then a new tea party majority in telling these stories. sometimes i think is informative for people when they're looking at republicans in congress now and sometimes the difficulty they have unifying what it was surprised me into some degree, although it makes sense that you would not want an agriculture bill messed with given. how important this is south dakota was that you had a colleague and you talk about this in not my first rodeo that wanted to put work requirements for food stamps into the agriculture bill and this is where these things are dealt with. and while you felt that that may have been worthy you referred to it as a poison pill and you really worked over leadership hard not to bend on this and to get the agriculture bill through and that struck me. is that as conservative as you are on policy. there's this pragmatic side to how you govern i think sometimes you've been criticized for that from the right talk about what that experience was like and how it is sort of informed your p

blue stacks separate strategies' founder and principal, an adviser to former speaker of the house john boehnerhe negotiating that is going to be the needed here on the house republican side. maura, let's tart off with two full screens to show our viewer s what we've seen here. president trump batting a perfect -- he's pitching a perfect game, 16- 16 here on confirmations. and now he's got kash patel coming up for confirmation as chad pergram said this week. it seems like lori chavez a da roemer as his pick for labor secretary could be an issue for republicans. war your thoughts on the feign maining confirmation if battles -- remaining confirmation battles and the fact that the president has gone 16-16? >> thanks for having me, bryan. one thing that's important is the behind the scenes conversations that are happening. and role j.d. vance and others are playing in giving some of these senators the assurances. i think tulsi gabbard, a lot of senators were right to have concerns and probably still do, but they ended up voting for her because they the trust the trump white house more than they tru