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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

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