Cliff Schecter, the Founder and President of public relations and political strategy firm, Libertas LLC fills in for Leslie today. He's joined by Lowell Feld, the proprietor of Blue Virginia and John Hlinko, the proprietor of Left Action, an over 1 million strong activist base of progressives on Facebook and elsewhere.

Cliff and his guests discuss the backlash against the Trump administration's decisions in the first few weeks of his presidency, the multitude of large protests that have taken place across the country, and the importance of filling open seats in local/state elections with Democratic candidates in the coming months and years.