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. >> joining me now, jonathan lovitz, a former senior adviser in the biden administration, and tara setmayerof the seneca project and a former gop communications director. tara, i'm starting with you. do you believe trump? we just heard president zelensky saying, you know, there ain't going to be no peace deal without us. and then the president says, is he going to be invited? and he says, i believe so. yeah, yeah, he'll be invited. will he be invited? >> the answer is no. >> donald trump. >> is a lying. liar who lies. >> this is the same guy who got impeached the first time over, trying to impound money for ukraine to use against his political opponent. >> he has. >> sold ukraine out completely to russia. i suspect. that ukraine. if they. are present at any point. >> will. >> probably be. after trump and putin. >> have already. struck a. >> deal and forced them to accept it, which is a travesty. >> an absolute travesty. >> we should. be 1,000% behind ukraine and what the ukrainian people have been doing, fighting for their own survival and democracy in europe. and most republicans, before t

ryan riley tara setmayer and julian castro are back with me. so, mr.led the department of housing and urban development. when we're looking at the fbi and doj or any other department, will they provide any checks and balances to president trump? and what happens if they don't? >> well, they ought to, right. i mean, the whole idea is that the attorney general, the department of justice, is serving the american people, and it's not supposed to serve a president. and trump wants to turn that around. he absolutely is looking for a department of justice, fbi, cia, everybody that is serving his interests and his interests alone. and that's what we see. that's at the heart of this, alex. yes, there's a lot of petty revenge here. and going after the agents that were involved in january 6th. but we've also seen a lot larger scale effort than that, buyouts that are meant to be able to turn over employees and insert new people whose fealty is to president trump. obviously, the political appointees that are already being appointed, who have 100% loyalty to trump,

i welcome you and tara setmayer worked as a republican spokesperson on capitol hill. trenches knocking our heads, and now we're knocking our heads on behalf of democracy. when you look at the news of this week, especially what we've seen happening with sensitive information out of treasury, as a former member of congress, what does that say to you? what concern red flags do you see? >> well. >> there are no constraints on. >> this president and. this administration. >> and to the detriment. of the american people. >> to employees who are. >> at those departments. >> the information is, you know. it's sensitive, it's private. if it's in the wrong. >> hands. >> it can be, you know, put to bad uses. and we don't. >> know who these. >> people are that elon. >> musk has. working for him. >> we don't know what they're doing with this, this information. there's no accountability at all. >> and this. >> is really dangerous for the american people. >> on that point, it's the washington post is reporting elon musk is d.o.j. is feeding sensitive federal data into ai to target cut

. >> tara setmayer. >> will weigh in. >> the soul of the gop. >> what it

donna edwards and tara setmayer, thank you both. that is all in for this week. chris will be back on tuesday. you can catch me, symone sanders townsend and alicia menendez hosting the weekend this saturday and sunday at 8 a.m. eastern. the rachel maddow show starts right now. good evening rachel. >> good evening michael. >> working triple. >> time i see. >> no rest. >> no rest. >> for. >> the wicked. >> everybody's all in. >> all the time. >> i'm learning from the best. >> well. >> get some sleep. >> you got about five minutes. >> to sleep. >> before you're due. >> back here, michael. >> thank you. >> my friend. >> thank you. well done. >> and thanks to. >> you at. >> home. >> for joining us tonight. >> really happy to. >> have you. >> here on. >> a friday. >> night just. >> after. >> the election, three days. >> after the election. >> a right wing streaming network. >> started airing. >> a. six part. >> russian propaganda. >> special attacking the fbi. >> now, i say it was a russian. >> propaganda special because. >> specifically it was. >> made by a. >> produc