Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) and former Obama aide Melody Barnes on Donald Trump's campaign against Senate confirmation for his cabinet picks; Thom Hartmann and Jason Stanley on how the Supreme Court chipped away at the walls between money and politics; Masha Gessen on the "dark, unspoken promise" of a second Trump term; Ian Bremmer on Trump's tariff plan; and Congressman-Elect Eugene Vindman (D-VA) on what a new Trump term will mean for the war in Ukraine.

Rep. Stacey Plaskett and Olivia Troye on finding the guardrails in a new Trump era; Kathleen Sebelius on Donald Trump's move to put vaccine skeptics in charge of public health; Mary Anne Franks on the myth of the First Amendment as a great equalizer, Gov. Jay Inslee on states taking over the climate crisis ahead of a new Trump term; and Doris Kearns Goodwin on how America has found light after its darkest days in the past.