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SWALWELL/GONZALES RESIGNATION; JEN PSAKI; LEON PANETTA Podcast Episode · The Stephen A. Smith Show · April 16 · 1h 39m

🎧 LISTEN: @jenpsaki.bsky.social joined “Straight Shooter with Stephen A." to discuss her time inside the Biden White House, the stakes of the midterm elections and more.

Listen now & tune-in to @briefingwithpsaki.bsky.social at 9 p.m. ET tonight on @ms.now

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Analilia Mejia @analiliafornj.bsky.social

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Sometimes a pair of eyebrows are worth a thousand words.

"Just sickening." Senator Adam Schiff reacts to the allegations of sexual misconduct by Eric Swalwell.

LIVE EVENT NOTE!

Jen Psaki in conversation with Actor & Author Billy Eichner

Jun 14, 2026 • 5:00 pm ET at Sixth & I

Tickets are on sale now.

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"This is how fascists talk." Sen. Warnock reacts to JD Vance's comments earlier this evening that the Pope should be more "careful when he talks about matters of theology."

Sen. Warnock on Trump: "This man is not a person of faith. I think he actually has contempt for people of faith."

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Sen. Adam Schiff @schiff.senate.gov

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John Kirby
Robert Malley
Rep. Jamie Raskin @raskin.house.gov
Barbara Starr

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"President Obama refused. President Biden refused. President Bush refused. The only president who has agreed to this, obviously, is President Trump." Former Secretary of State John Kerry explains that Benjamin Netanyahu has been advocating for war against Iran across many U.S. presidencies.

MS NOW EXCLUSIVE: Tonight, @jenpsaki.bsky.social will speak with former Secretary of State John Kerry to discuss the ongoing war in Iran and more.

Tune-in to @briefingwithpsaki.bsky.social at 9 p.m. ET on @ms.now

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John Kerry
Rep. Robert Garcia @robertgarcia.bsky.social

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Bob Woodward
Rep. Jim Himes @jahimes.bsky.social
Shawn Harris @shawnforcongress.bsky.social

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Maryland Gov. Wes Moore responds to the larger context of the Baltimore Sun's investigation into his military service. Since 2024, the paper's owner is a Trump ally named David Smith, who is the executive chairman of Sinclair Broadcast Group.

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Sen. Mark Kelly @captmarkkelly.bsky.social
Gov. Wes Moore @govwesmoore.bsky.social
David Remnick

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Velshi: "American troops were in the middle of a rescue mission for a soldier stuck behind enemy lines and Trump was casually musing about taking Iranian oil like someone at brunch ordering fries for the table."

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Fmr. Gov. Roy Cooper @roycoopernc.bsky.social
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Jane Fonda: "We're the majority. We are. So we have to act like it."

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Jane Fonda @janefonda.com
John Brennan
John Kirby

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Jeffrey Goldberg @jeffreygoldberg.bsky.social
Mikie Sherrill @mikiesherrill.bsky.social
Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social

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Psaki: Trump's many awards are "like the EGOT for insecure man baby presidents"

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Rep. Pat Ryan @pkryan.bsky.social
Rep. Chris Deluzio @deluzio.house.gov
Rep. Jamie Raskin @raskin.house.gov
Rep. Ro Khanna @khanna.house.gov

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Sen. Ruben Gallego @gallego.senate.gov
Barbara Starr
Emily Gregory @emilygregory

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"Let's start with the fact that this is illegal..." FCC Commissioner Anna Gomez talks with Jen about problems with the approval of the merger between Nexstar and Tegna.

Watch the full, super helpful discussion of the dynamics at play with Iran here: youtu.be/FbObnCdYLho?...

"...this is globalized Vietnam." Robert Malley, former special envoy for Iran, explains why the U.S. military engagement with Iran is less straightforward than Donald Trump would have hoped.

Senator Ossoff tells Jen he doesn't think Donald Trump will even be able to convince legislators in his own party to support giving the Pentagon another $200 billion for his war on Iran.