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May 19, 2019

Nicole Belle is off this week, so you all are stuck with me. I'll do my best.

Welcome to Gilead, no longer a work of fiction but real life. After a week of brutal assaults on women's health and civil rights, the Sunday shows ought to be full of righteous anger, but I'm not holding my breath.

Here's the lineup:

State of the Union With Jake Tapper Foreign policy: Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah). 2020 election: Presidential candidate Gov. Steve Bullock (D-Mont.). Panel: Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.); Rick Santorum; Bakari Sellers; Mia Love. (N) 6 and 9 a.m. CNN

Fareed Zakaria GPS Iran; tensions between U.S., China, and Russia relations: Author Jim Scuitto (“The Shadow War: Inside Russia’s and China’s Secret Operations to Defeat America”); Robin Wright, the New Yorker. U.S.-China trade war: Author Rana Foroohar (“Makers and Takers: How Wall Street Destroyed Main Street”); Kevin Rudd, 26th Prime Minister of Australia; Michael Pillsbury. Liberalism: Author Adam Gopnik (“A Thousand Small Sanities: The Moral Adventure of Liberalism ”). (N) 7 and 10 a.m. CNN

Face the Nation Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Kevin McAleenan. Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Burbank). Presidential candidate Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.). Author David Maraniss (“A Good American Family”). Panel: Peter Baker, the New York Times; Kristen Soltis Anderson, Washington Examiner; Jamelle Bouie, the New York Times; Ed Wong, the New York Times. (N) 8 a.m. KCBS

Meet the Press Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.). Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.). Panel: Rich Lowry, National Review; Janet Napolitano; Heidi Przybyla; Eugene Robinson. (N) 8 a.m. KNBC; 3 p.m. MSNBC

This Week With George Stephanopoulos Presidential candidates Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-Hawaii); former Gov. John Hickenlooper (D-Colo.); Rep. Seth Moulton (D-Mass.). Tensions between the U.S. and Iran: Former CIA Director Gen. David Petraeus. Panel: Jonathan Karl; Chris Christie; Heidi Heitkamp; Yvette Simpson, Democracy for America. (N) 8 a.m. KABC

Fox News Sunday With Chris Wallace Presidential candidate Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.). Sen. Pat Toomey (R-Pa.). Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer Robert Caro. Panel: Ben Domenech, the Federalist; Julie Pace, the Associated Press; Katie Pavlich, Editor; Mo Elleithee. (N) 8 a.m. KTTV; 11 a.m. and 11 p.m. FNC

Reliable Sources With Brian Stelter White House’s claims of social media “censorship;” Democratic candidates on Fox News: Irin Carmon; Jane Coaston, Vox; Oliver Darcy. White House press briefings: Joe Lockhart. Coverage of anti-abortion bills: Catherine Hadro, Pro-Life Weekly. Covering Trump’s businesses and finances: Susanne Craig, the New York Times. How “Game of Thrones” changed TV: Brian Lowry.(N) 8 a.m. CNN

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