Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) and former Obama aide Melody Barnes on Donald Trump’s campaign against Senate confirmation for his cabinet picks; Thom Hartmann and Jason Stanley on how the Supreme Court chipped away at the walls between money and politics; Masha Gessen on the “dark, unspoken promise” of a second Trump term; Ian Bremmer on Trump’s tariff plan; and Congressman-Elect Eugene Vindman (D-VA) on what a new Trump term will mean for the war in Ukraine.

Nobel laureate Maria Ressa on safeguarding free speech against autocracy, Ben Rhodes on how Trump’s cabinet picks would “wreck” federal agencies and remake government “in the image of MAGA,” and best-selling author Jodi Picoult on what we can all do to fight the rising tide of book bans.

Attorneys General Kris Mayes and William Tong go “on offense” ahead of a 2nd Trump term, Eddie Glaude and Imani Perry on American democracy and what’s ahead, and a historical lookback on women coming to power globally (except in America) with Jennifer Piscopo and Molly Jong-Fast.

Ali Velshi is joined by presidential historian Jon Meacham, historian Tim Snyder, constitutional law expert Laurence Tribe, Center for Reproductive Rights President & CEO Nancy Northup, and journalist Chris Whipple.

Ali Velshi is joined by MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow, Gov. Roy Cooper (D- NC), Donald Trump’s niece Mary Trump, “The West Wing” actors Martin Sheen and Mary McCormack, Michigan Democratic Party Chair Lavora Barnes

Ali Velshi is joined by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I- VT), “On Tyranny” author Timothy Snyder, Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison, NBC News Presidential Historian Michael Beschloss, Wisconsin Democratic Party chair Ben Wikler, Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), State Representative Malcolm Kenyatta (D-PA)

Ali Velshi is joined by Founder, CEO, and Editor-in-Chief of Zeteo Mehdi Hasan, Law Professor and Historian at UC Davis Law School Mary Ziegler, Reporter for The New York Times Magazine Nikole Hannah-Jones, former Executive Editor for The Washington Post Martin Baron, former Editor-at-Large Robert Kagan, former Homeland Security Advisor and Counterterror Advisor to former VP Mike Pence Olivia Troye, Co-Founder of The Lincoln Project Rick Wilson

Ali Velshi is joined by former federal judge J. Michael Luttig, Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), Sen. Bob Casey (D-PA), Rep. Colin Allred (D-TX), The Atlantic's Anne Applebaum, Status author Oliver Darcy, and NBC News International Correspondents Raf Sanchez & Matt Bradley

Ali Velshi is joined by Former Republican Congressman, Joe Walsh, 3rd Term Republican Mayor of Mesa, Arizona, Mayor John Giles, Principal at Crisis-X, New York Times bestselling Author of, ‘REVENGE: How Donald Trump Weaponized the Department of Justice Against His Critics’, Michael Cohen, Reporter, Votebeat, Jen Fifield, Arizona Secretary of State, Secretary Adrian Fontes, Spokesperson, Arizona for Abortion Access (nonpartisan) and attorney, Chris Love, Award-winning Author of, ‘Forever’, Judy Blume, New York Times Bestselling Author of, ‘All American Boys’, Jason Reynolds