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On today's show, we got another chapter of MAGA in disarray,

as Candice Owens spreads some truly insane conspiracy theories about Charlie Kirk's murder,

and separately, the MAGA base is getting more and more disappointed with Donald Trump.

We'll also indulge in some harmless 2028 speculation coming out of the DNC winter meetings here in L.A.

last week. And bad news, if you were counting on the Washington Post's new AI-generated podcast to stay informed,

you may want to double-check the quotes and facts you're hearing, if you can believe that.

Then CNN's Jake Tapper talks to Tommy about the fate of his network now that its parent company is for sale,

the decimation of the Pentagon Press Corps, and his new book, Race Against Terror, chasing an Al-Qaeda killer in the dawn of the

Forever War. But let's start with how our government is responding to the onslaught of horrifying

tragedies over the weekend, both here and around the world. On Saturday, we found out that three

Americans, two Iowa National Guard soldiers and a civilian

interpreter were killed in Syria during a counterterrorism mission against ISIS.

Trump has promised retaliation.

Hours later, there was a mass shooting in a Brown University econ classroom that killed two

students and injured nine.

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