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Tonight's guests are Rep. Zoe Lofgren, member of the January 6th Committee; and Jeh Johnson, former secretary of Homeland Security and former general counsel for the Defense Department.

January 6th Committee finds Trump White House metadata on potentially illegal letter

Tonight's guests are Brandy Zadrozny, NBC News senior reporter covering misinformation, extremism and the internet; and Stacey Abrams, candidate for Georgia governor.

As arsenal for fighting Covid comes together, anti-vaxxers are literally eating dirt

Tonight's guests are Nancy Northup, president and CEO of the Center for Reproductive Rights; Dahlia Lithwick senior editor and legal correspondent for Slate; and Rep. Bennie Thompson, chair of the January 6th Committee.

Anti-abortion Supreme Court justices fooling no one with 'neutrality' act

Tonight's guests are Nancy Northup, president and CEO of the Center for Reproductive Rights; and Rep. Lauren Underwood.

Activists on edge ahead of 'biggest Supreme Court case in years'

Tonight's guests are Dr. David Kessler, chief science officer for the Biden administration's Covid-19 response; Will Sommer, political reporter for the Daily Beast; and Rep. Pete Aguilar, member of the January 6th Committee.

'We have the tools to handle this': Health officials brace for Omicron variant

Tonight's guests are Gwen Keyes Fleming, former DeKalb County, Georgia district attorney; Derrick Johnson, president and CEO of the NAACP; Jean Peters Baker, prosecutor for Jackson County, Missouri; Bill Nye, CEO of the Planetary Society, also, science guy.

Democrats seeing positive economic signs face further challenges, including messaging

Tonight's guests are Roberta Kaplan and Karen Dunn, co-lead counsels for plaintiffs in the Charlottesville trial; and Hillary Clinton, former senator, former secretary of state, and now novelist.

U.S. Nazis lose big in Charlottesville trial; Hillary Clinton is Rachel's guest

Tonight's guests are Wisconsin State Rep. Sara Rodriguez; David Fahrenthold, reporter for the Washington Post; and Charles F. Coleman Jr., former prosecutor.

Pelosi keeps working as right-wing echo chamber produces death threats from Trump fans

Tonight's guests Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi; Shaquille Brewster, NBC News correspondent; and Kyle Clark, anchor and managing editor of "Next with Kyle Clark."

Surprise Biden shift of USPS board could mean DeJoy's exit

Tonight's guests are Rep. Pramila Jayapal, chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, and Ari Berman, senior reporter for Mother Jones.

Galveston a test case for Republicans redrawing districts to make elections irrelevant

Tonight's guests are Sherrilyn Ifill, president and director counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund; and Jena Griswold, Colorado secretary of state.

FBI involved after Trump acolyte in thrall of Pillow Guy compromises election equipment

Tonight's guests are Anne Applebaum, staff writer for the Atlantic; and Rep. Adam Schiff, member of the January 6th Committee.

Infrastructure bill a victory for Biden as well for democracy as a system of government

He was brash. Politically incorrect. An “outsider” political candidate who rose to the White House, out of nowhere, with a reputation as a “counter-puncher.” But Vice President Spiro Agnew was also something else… an active criminal whose secrets were about to be exposed. What happens when a “counter-puncher” in the White House suddenly sees his political future directly threatened by investigators inside his own Justice Department?

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