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good morning. happy new year. welcome to a special new year s day edition of morning joe. we re on tape this morning with some of our top, recent conversations. we begin with a discussion about donald trump s increasing use of authoritarian language in his speeches and social media posts. in recent months, trump has repeated fascist rhetoric, including saying immigrants are, quote, poisoning the blood of our country, and referring to his political enemies as vermin. we pledge to you that we will root out the communists, marxists, fascists, and the radical left thugs that live like vermin within the confines of our country. the threat from outside forces is sinister, dangerous, and grave, more than the threat from within. donald trump echoing the words of 20th century authoritarians at a rally earlier this month. joining us now, national affairs analyst john heilemann. special correspondent at vanity fair and host of the fast politics podcast, molly jong-fast. ....
from me. dana: so much for russian disinformation. hunter biden ace lawyers admitting that the contents of the infamous laptop are, in fact, real. and they are now calling on state and federal agencies to investigate the unauthorized access claiming the first son is the victim of, quote, failed dirty political trick. hunter s attorney insists that this does not confirm that the laptop is the president s son, just the data that s been spread widely. so the disclosure is a big black eye for the 51 former intel officials who dismissed the story as russian disinformation right before the 2020 election. as i and several of my former colleagues have pointed out publicly that it does bear the hall marks of russian disinformation. to me, this is this is classic textbook soviet russian trade craft at work. and so all of a sudden, 2.5 weeks before the e leaks, this laptop appears somehow. dana: somehow. so then presidential candidate joe biden used what those intel chie ....
credential allowed him a secret service clearance. these photos that you re looking at right now of the couple in kgb uniform were shared in court. prosecutors call for the couple to be held without bail. and in tampa, florida indictment alleges operative with u.s. political groups to spread prorussia propaganda. prosecutors say alexander i know individuals in florida, georgia, and california to act as instruments of the russian government and political and social media fears. other krpghts want to clearly undermine our democracy so why isn t this getting more coverage? let s bring in former cia station chief and moscow dan hoffman and formerrings dina intel officer of putin playbook thank you y all so much for joining the program so dan we have depended on you for a lot of our national security. should we be concerned right now? we should be. you know vladimir piewten one of the was serving in the kgb for him espionage is an instrument of his national security strate ....
credential allowed him a secret service clearance. these photos that you re looking at right now of the couple in kgb uniform were shared in court. prosecutors call for the couple to be held without bail. and in tampa, florida indictment alleges operative with u.s. political groups to spread prorussia propaganda. prosecutors say alexander i know individuals in florida, georgia, and california to act as instruments of the russian government and political and social media fears. other krpghts want to clearly undermine our democracy so why isn t this getting more coverage? let s bring in former cia station chief and moscow dan hoffman and formerrings dina intel officer of putin playbook thank you y all so much for joining the program so dan we have depended on you for a lot of our national security. should we be concerned right now? we should be. you know vladimir piewten one of the was serving in the kgb for him espionage is an instrument of his national security strate ....
credential allowed him a secret service clearance. these photos that you re looking at right now of the couple in kgb uniform were shared in court. prosecutors call for the couple to be held without bail. and in tampa, florida indictment alleges operative with u.s. political groups to spread prorussia propaganda. prosecutors say alexander i know individuals in florida, georgia, and california to act as instruments of the russian government and political and social media fears. other krpghts want to clearly undermine our democracy so why isn t this getting more coverage? let s bring in former cia station chief and moscow dan hoffman and formerrings dina intel officer of putin playbook thank you y all so much for joining the program so dan we have depended on you for a lot of our national security. should we be concerned right now? we should be. you know vladimir piewten one of the was serving in the kgb for him espionage is an instrument of his national security strate ....