Hi, I'm Andy Levy, former Fox News and CNN-HLN guy and current cable news conscientious objector.

I'm a former libertarian who now sits pretty comfortably on the left.

Hi, I'm Danielle Moody, former educator and recovering lobbyist.

But today, I'm an unapologetic, woke commentator on America's threats to democracy.

And I'm producer Jesse Cannon, and I'm here to make sure things don't go too far off the rails. We're here to have fun, smart conversations with some of

the most knowledgeable and entertaining people in politics, media, and beyond. Our goal is to try and make

sense of our current crazy world, our new abnormal, and hopefully even make you laugh through the tears.

What a great show we have for you today.

Ellie Mistal, Justice Correspondent of the Nation and host of the Contemptive Court podcast,

joins us to break down the legal chaos of the failure to check Trump's authoritarian moves

and how Elon Musk's growing influence is accelerating the administration's dismantling of democracy.

Then Meredith Shiner, journalist and New Republic contributing editor joins us to talk about her recent piece,

primary every Democrat, and why the party's leadership is stuck in the past and frankly just missing the moment.

But first, let's have some fun.

So, another week and more fun stuff to talk about, Danielle, I guess. Let's start with what happened,

I guess, over the weekend, on Friday and bled into the weekend, which was Donald Trump

firing the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, an Air Force general named CQ Brown,

and also firing the head of the Navy, an admiral named Lisa Fran.

I don't know if it's Franchetti or Franke.

She was the first woman to lead a military service.

And not to be overlooked, they are also removing the judge advocates generals for the Army,

Navy, and Air Force.

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