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Stuart Stevens warns those expecting the GOP to rise to the challenges it faces: there are too many lies that have been told for too long.

The obligations of American citizenship are something we don't often think about- Rick and Richard Haass discuss what is going on in today's politics and how it affects those obligations. They also talk about radical thought, education, and a familiar name on the enemies list.

In 121 years, third-party candidates have won 186 Electoral Votes. Total. That's it. And 88 of those went to Roosevelt, who had already been president. Stuart Stevens, Rick Wilson, and Joe Trippi looked into the past, present, and future catastrophes of the third party. It's not pretty.

Bodice-ripper? Maybe not so much given Republicans' fantasies are more in the vein of "DirtyImmigantExpulsionFlights.com. Whatever they are, Rick Wilson says they can dream on.

Strongmen like Erdogan are at their worst when their people need them most.

Idiocracy has become the chosen method to the GOP's madness. Tom Nichols joins Rick to discuss what is happening with education in Florida and some of the other crazy ideas being introduced by the GOP.

Speculation and leaked information in criminal proceedings are just that, so don't be surprised when speculation turns out to be wrong and the motive for leaking information comes back as less than idealism or a compulsion to reveal the truth.

The two dozen or so ‘moderate’ House Republicans raced to line up behind McCarthy as he sold the House to MAGA. There is nothing moderate or brave about sitting in the majority playing blind, deaf, and dumb while your party shreds the Republic.

Senator from Illinois Tammy Duckworth reflects on her first term in office, the current issues facing the Senate, and what she hopes to accomplish in her second term

GOP attacks on education, marriage equality, LGBTQ children, abortion rights, and thinly veiled (and blatant) racism put them outside the mainstream and on the wrong side of the majority of Americans on cultural issues and the future.

The youngest generation of voters has made its feelings about the GOP clear at the ballot box: They're not fans. But how do they feel about the State of the Union after Joe Biden's first two years, and do they want four more?

Trump abdicated American leadership, so Putin thought he could roll into Kyiv and Ukraine would roll over. He grossly misjudged the fortitude of Ukrainians and of America under Joe Biden's leadership.

DeSantis seeks to prevent kids from developing the empathy that would lead them down the path of civil rights activists in the US and anti-authoritarian resisters everywhere.

We as a society must honestly ask ourselves how we deal with the danger of a generation of lost men infatuated with violence and lacking the judgment to know when to use it, who are being actively recruited to commit violence against fellow citizens.

Fascists want to control what we talk about and how we think about it. To save democracy, we have to weirdify what fascists desperately want to make normal.

To many, it seems the GOP has gone off the deep end. Mother Jones' DC Bureau Chief, David Corn, argues the escalation to crazy has been happening for many years and brings the receipts. And, Rick looks to his home state of Florida for this episode's addition to The Enemies List.

Rumors and scenarios are swirling about the 2024 GOP primary. Charles Sykes joins Rick to talk about how ugly this race could become. From Trump running to how well Ron Desantis can take a punch, Rick and Charles cover a lot of ground.

Wannabe "Strongmen" have been using disinformation to create legends about themselves and deceive the masses for as long as there have been unscrupulous, power-mad people - in other words, forever. That makes the current ones no less dangerous.

Does Biden have a black belt in political jiu-jitsu? Political columnist Greg Sargent says Biden's major accomplishments are blows to the MAGA grievance machine. Plus, why DeSantis' culture crusades could be his undoing - even in the GOP primary.