on the back of what trump s trying to do. and i think hillary clinton commented, even with facebook, it isn t even hard to do that. frank figliuzzi, errin haines, thank you so much for starting us off. charlie sykes is sticking around. when we come back, as the gop folds in the face of the disgraced ex-president s continued lies, our next guest, a lifelong republican, argues there s only one way to save american democracy. vote for the democrats. that s next. plus, texas s near total ban on abortion back in effect thanks to a decision by a federal appellate court. this was the worst case scenario. we ll look at the impact the gop s war on reproductive liberties is having on women and people there and how crazy have republicans become in texas? so cray cray that a candidate for governor there felt compelled to rail against the covid vaccine and vaccine mandates from his hospital bed as he was suffering from, wait for it, covid. deadline white house continues after a quick break. d