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# Tara Setmayer
SiriusXM Guest Host
Tara Setmayer is a former  political commentator, contributor to  and former GOP Communications Director on . She's appeared numerous times on 's  as a guest host,  contributed to ABC's  and Nightline programs and has joined 's . She regularly appears as an on air commentator on MSNBC and other various news outlets.
On January 9th, 2020, Setmayer was named as a  Resident Fellow. Also in January 2020, she joined  as a senior advisor and hosts the live show  along side co-founder , on the organization's streaming channel, LPTV.
Setmayer currently serves as a University of Virginia, Center for Politics, Resident Scholar for the 2023-24 academic year. In collaboration with the Center for Politics, she narrated the Emmy nominated 3-part documentary,  which aired nationally on PBS stations in September 2020 and is currently streaming on Amazon Prime.
After spending 27 years with the Republican Party, Setmayerin November 2020 after Donald Trump refused to concede the election to Joe Biden after losing the electoral vote. She now identifies as a conservative independent.
Setmayer focuses her "tell it like it is" commentary and analysis on political issues that impact America's democracy. During the 2016 presidential election cycle, she earned the reputation of being an outspoken conservative critic of  and challenged his surrogates on the veracity of their claims.  recognized her as one of 2016's "Top 20 Election Coverage Stars" on TV. She continued her fierce commentary and pro-democracy advocacy during the 2020 election to help support the election of President Joe Biden and defeat Donald Trump. That work continues into the 2024 election cycle.
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# Dr. Anthony Mazzarelli
Anthony Mazzarelli, MD, JD, MBE is Co-President & CEO of Cooper University Health Care and the Dean of Clinical Affairs for Cooper Medical School of Rowan University. Cooper University Health Care is a $2.2B Academic Health System with over 100 ambulatory locations and a 750-physician multi-specialty faculty practice plan representing over 70 different specialties. Along with his responsibilities as an executive, Dr. Mazzarelli continues to practice emergency medicine. He is the co-author of two books, *Compassionomics: The Revolutionary Scientific Evidence that Caring Makes a Difference*, and *Wonder Drug: 7 Scientifically Proven Ways That Serving Others Is the Best Medicine for Yourself*.
Dr. Mazzarelli received his medical degree from Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, his law degree from University of Pennsylvania Law School, and his master's in bioethics from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. In 2010, he was awarded the Halo Award for leading a team of 18 health care providers from Cooper into Haiti in the days immediately following the 2010 earthquake. Dr. Mazzarelli has been repeatedly named one of the 50 most powerful people in New Jersey health care and in NJ business by NJ Biz and NJ-ROI.  He has also received numerous commendations for his leadership.
As a doctor, healthcare executive, lawyer, bioethicist and associate professor he uses this unique background to engage audiences of all types, both medical and nonmedical groups. He is a regular guest on multiple local and national media outlets and is a regular fill-in host on  Sirius/XM and Audacy, where his nonpartisan approach to current events reaches a national and international audience.
# Danny Cevallos
Danny Cevallos is a legal analyst for NBC and MSNBC and co-founder of the law firm Cevallos & Wong, LLP. He focuses his practice in the areas of state, federal, and territorial criminal defense and civil litigation.