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Theyre not accountable. theyre not doing us a service by actively promoting 90% of the crazy stuff thats coming out of this white house. and then saying, dont worry, were preventing the other 10%. >> this person clearly wants to be seen as a hero and be fitted for their superman cape but who elected this person to run the government? by the way, theyre like, but were making sure the rich people get their tax cuts, dont worry. >> yeah, yeah, which is kind of like -- yeah, its -- it tells you exac...

First of all, theirs a few things people need to let go of. the republicans are not going to hold donald trump accountable. and the people in his administration, whoever wrote this article, and maybe it was a multiplicity of people that came together to pen this. we dont know. >> thats more risky if you do it in a group. someone could talk. >> they all talk. the administration is leaking like crazy. they spill their goats to bob woodward and now theyre denying as he has them on tape. but they al...

Signed the muslim ban. and if they truly, truly wanted to save this country, i agree with matt. they should come out in a very public way, in front of congress, in front of the american public and say exactly whats going on. but this is completely self-serving. and its like i say, covering their behinds. thats all this is about. >> you know, tara, in a lot of ways its exacerbating trumps most authoritarian instincts. theres talk of purges, talk of him going in and trying to use the department of...

Great, great tension he and his fellow prisoners were being tortured. i almost thought, i did think of that and i almost thought whoever wrote this might be trying to do the same. lets just assume and everyone is loathe and put names behind this and 12 officials said it wasnt me, it wasnt me, i didnt do it but lets assume its a very responsibility individual with long service and i dont think "the new york times" would call someone a senior official who was not genuinely that. they could be blin...

Ingeniously blinked the w0rd torture in morris code. he what signalling at a moment of great, great tension that he and his fellow prisoners were being tortured. i almost thought -- i did think of that and i almost thought whoever wrote this might be trying to do the same. lets just assume -- and everyone is loathed to put names behind this, now 12 officials have come out and said it wasnt me, it wasnt me, i didnt do it. lets just assume it is a very responsible individual with long service and ...

And sam seeder. >> your thoughts. >> i agree with richard clarke in terms of this op-ed. it is incredibly self-serving. if we find out who wrote this, there is going to be a half a dozen people who say they had a hand in this. distancing themselves from trump and distancing themselves from the conservative movements from trump. the only thing that is remotely interesting about this piece is it indicates that people think this is the time to do it. >> timing is as fascinating as anything about it...

Which was going to be an enormous mistake and cost hns of billions of dollars and hundreds of thousands of dollars. justifying it on a lie. i felt an obligation as a civil servant to get the truth out. >> that is an interesting thing for people to keep things in mind. thank you for your time tonight. >> thank you. >> for more on the continued fallout. i am joined by jennifer rubin. and sam seeder. >> your thoughts. >> i agree with richard clarke in terms of this op-ed. it is incredibly self-serv...

Up, the sweden democrat party which is anti-migrant invasion is going to win. >> the algorithm said that was sensitive, because i have a sensitive mark. why would i why would an algorithm pick something about immigration? >> laura: weve got to talk about this deal with the anonymous column. lots of allegations and very self serving. the anonymous guy looks like superman and the rest of us need to be saved. >> this man is a coward. if its a man or woman, is it really someone? but the idea that th...

On this because on the occasion that people have called and complained about things that we say on this show, it is always -- first of all, it is never about the presidents conduct. there are very few people who excuse his conduct any more, even the people closest to him. it is always about criticizing the inability of the staff to serve as a guardrail and the explanation and the defense is always what ashley parker just described. you have no idea what he almost did. >> yeah, ashley could not b...

It speaks -- and john mccain and i coming together. theres a chapter in there on john mccain. its not a policy tome. its a series of stories and anecdotes that talk about how america can work and how we now, you, me, citizens, have a responsibility to make it work. >> and for me for the first time it had me thinking about what might have actually happened had there been a kerry-mccain ticket, which we now know -- >> yeah, we talked about it very seriously. >> john kerry has a new book out as of ...