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This is the day Blast from the New Republic, produced and presented by the DSR Network.

I'm your host, Greg Sargent. Donald and Lara Trump are making it clear.

Retribution is coming.

On Tuesday, Donald exploded with fury at Judge Juan Mershan after he refused to dismiss the

hush money conviction of Trump in Manhattan.

Trump also filed a deeply frivolous new lawsuit against Iowa pollster Ann Seltzer for getting

her pre-election survey wrong, suggesting more bullying of the media is coming.

Meanwhile, Donald's daughter-in-law, Lara Trump, suggested in a striking interview that

Cash Patel is being installed as FBI director precisely for the purpose

of carrying out revenge for Trump. So what's going to happen to the targets of Trump's retribution

tour? How should they defend themselves? Today we're talking about this with Josh Marshall,

the founder and editor-in-chief of Talking Points memo. Josh has an interesting new piece arguing that these targets need to band together on the face of what's coming.

Thanks for coming on, Josh.

Thanks for having me.

I want to start with Lara Trump because it's so brazen.

She and a right-wing interviewer were talking about supposed wrongdoing by Liz Cheney during the January 6th committee

investigation. Listen to what Lara Trump said next. This is just the beginning, Benny. If you think this

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