Okay, everyone, I'm just going to acknowledge from the outset here that there is a lot of stuff happening right now that may feel confusing, scary, like you have a lot of questions.

I mean, Donald Trump's plans to essentially unravel

the federal government and basically gut our law enforcement agencies, that's unfolding

before our eyes. A federal funding freeze earlier this week shook communities in every corner

of the country, maybe yours too. Elon Musk and his cronies just gained access to the entire federal payment system,

which everybody should be paying attention to.

Trump just fired the first shots in a trade war yesterday that he admitted this morning

will cause pain for American consumers and confirmation hearings this week

further exposed just how dangerous some of his picks are to lead government agencies.

It is a lot. I get it. I want to underscore something that I think is really important for all

you to remember. And that is Trump and his team really do think that all of this is inevitable,

that they will be able to do all of this without pushback.

But they won't.

They think they will all just, that we, all of us, will just stand by, eyes glazed over,

and not even bother to question and to understand what they are doing.

But we're not.

We won't.

It's such a cliche, but knowledge really is power in this moment.

Understanding and questioning and learning is power in this moment.

So today we're going to try our best to explain this stuff with some very smart people.

I am so happy we're able to talk to us today.

Senator Amy Klobuchar had some of the sharpest questioning of Kash Patel during his confirmation hearing for FBI

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