MAGA makes a mess all over the Capitol, including tanking their own border deal for Trump. Tucker Carlson goes to the Kremlin to be Putin’s mouthpiece.

This week’s panel:

Ron Steslow

Mike Madrid (Lincoln Project cofounder)

Molly McKew (writer and lecturer on Russian influence and information warfare)

Segments this week:

(03:00) Republican dysfunction in Congress

(27:11) Tucker Carlson interviews Putin and evolving Russian information warfare

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