The last word starts right now with Jonathan Kpart in for Lawrence.

Hey, Jonathan.

Hey, Jen.

Talk about a teaser.

I can't wait to listen to your interview with Governor Bashir.

He's interesting.

Is he as interesting now that you've done the interview?

Is he as interesting as I think he is?

Yeah, you know what's so interesting about him is on one hand, he kind of has stood up when

he's been absolutely attacked and obliterated by Republicans and his state over his support

for LGBTQ plus rights, right?

And he stood up for it and stood by it.

And then on the other, he also is telling Democrats and people out there, stop using fancy words and this language that nobody really understands. So we talked a lot about both of those things. But yeah, he's a really interesting. It was a really interesting conversation. I can't wait to listen. I got my phone. I'm going to hit that QR code as you instructed. Thank you. I'll show you in the office tomorrow if you need.

All right. Thank you very much, Jen. Thanks, Johns. Have a great show. Thank you. Tonight,

breaking news, we have been watching Democratic Senator Jeff Merkley of Oregon hold the Senate floor

for more than three hours now. Senator Berkeley is protesting Donald Trump's

threats to democracy and intends to hold the floor for as long as possible to ring the alarm

about Trump and his rubber-stamped Republicans. Let's listen in. To proceed to work together to stop a political extremist and that extremist ends up in power.

The mastermind behind Trump's 100 days of chaos and lawbreaking is Russ Vote.

He is director of the Office of Management and the Budget.

He directed that office at the end of Trump's first term.

In the intervening four years, he was the architect of Project 2025.

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