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We have such a great show for you today, the Lincoln Project's own Rick Wilson.

Joins us to talk about Trump's authoritarian takeover of our nation's capital.

Then we'll talk to journalist Gene Guerrero about her book, Hate Monger, Stephen Miller, Donald Trump, and the White Nationalist Agenda.

But first, here are some of the most important news stories we've been following.

So, Molly, great news for Friends of the Show, Media Matters.

A judge has done the right thing and gotten in and blocked the FTC's demands against them.

We're in extra legal, some might say illegal territory where the federal government is trying to punish media matters and it's not okay.

So a federal judge granted a preliminary injunction to halt the Federal Trade Commission's civil investigative demand against media matters, finding that the FTC likely engaged in retaliatory conduct violating the First Amendment.

You'll remember the First Amendment is the

amendment that Republicans pretended to love and to be free speech absolutists. Well, you'll be

shocked to know that they are hypocrites. The judge ruled that the FTC's demands would deter reporting

and that media matters had shown they had they had sort of followed

what they were supposed to do.

The judge noted that the FTC chair, who was basically brought into that job because Trump

thought he would do what he wanted him to do.

Andrew Ferguson had previously called for investigating groups criticizing online disinformation.

One of those few bits of good news.

So enjoy it, folks, because there's plenty bad stuff to counterbalance.

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