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On guns and the continued gun violence we see in this country and white has become such a rallying cry for the far-right. >> of course, the far-right has always used these absurdities, like they tried to twist waco, as walter said, if you can make a person believe absurdities, you can make them commit atrocities. they want to support david correct. he was a pedophile, hes raping children, he was stockpiling machine guns, hand grenades, and silencers. he ultimately murdered for federal agents and...

Facts, evidence, expertise verification in reverse is whe you take something thats al already been nailed down, an you introduce doubt about it and that releases a lot of energy, and it causes commotion, leads to controversy, needs to culture war. and with this energy, you ca power your political movement, maga, because maga works thi way, that republican party looks less and less like a normal traditional political party, because maga works this way, the conservative movement needs its own medi...

President on the republican side this was his exchange with don lemon that apparently was a factor in his being let go take a listen. >> black people secured their freedoms after the civil war its a historical fact, don. just study it, only after their second amendment rights were secured. >> that is not -- you are discounting reconstruction, youre discounting a whole host of things that happened after the civil war when it comes to african americans, including the whole reason that the civil ri...

Going out of the window is absurd. one of the absurdities that i have pointed out to a colleague yes that you cant even teach the history of florida outside of all of this, you cant teach the fact that the state of florida owes its origins as a u.s. tour or tory territory, in part to cut off an escape route for enslaved people in georgia who have been given shelter by indigenous communities there. and that is part of the reason why the united states had the war, the first war that culminated in ...

Absurdities that i have pointed out to a colleague yes that you cant even teach the history of florida outside of all of this, you cant teach the fact that the state of florida owes its origins as a u. s. tour or tory territory, in part to cut off an escape route for enslaved people in georgia who have been given shelter by indigenous communities there. and that is part of the reason why the united states had the war, the first war that culminated in the u. s. seizing florida from spain. >> the ...

The regular social justice warriors its based on. and i left us as much is that. which is more entertaining to me? they are both equally entertaining and both equally constructive in their absurdities. whether its a troll or it isnt, he is still annoying people. i mean, they should still remove him from the school. the fact that the school is paralyzed shows so much. >> greg: its amazing. hes telling an amazing story. i know that was a "south park" pot years ago, i believe, but this is an incred...

Its so egregious this morning today, and yesterday, the head of the minnesota police and peace officers association the rank and file members of the law enforcement here in. minnesota put out a press release saying how ridiculous these accusations have been. ive done nothing but help local law enforcement. this is just really an illustration of how gutter politics and outright lies and absurdities have infiltrated our politics and, frankly, fox news and many of the commentators who work there, a...

Vital to kevin mccarthy, and i think thats really dominating his thinking here. but im really interested in how you are calling it the san jose party. because when i look at george santos, and i see this sloppy paperwork, this lack of concern for the roles of democracy, this untruthfulness -- you know these absurdities, i see someone who is essentially, you know, the raw distillation up everything we have seen with kind of the maga movement, and they griffey right-wing influencer cycle. and i th...

As he said, mentally and physically strong enough to run the church any more. then at the age of 95 there will be a great deal of concern about his condition. the actor and comedianjohn bird has died at the age of 86. he was best known for satirical comedy, working with john fortune and rory bremner, as they exposed some of the absurdities of politics and public life. our entertainment correspondent colin paterson reports. id like your reaction to the remarks made by the archbishop of canterbury...

(both laughing) julie: hello? im sitting right next to him. biden wants to talk to you. ♪ jamie raskin: hello? oh, mr. president. ♪ voltaire said, "anyone who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities." president trump declared his conduct totally appropriate, so if he gets back into office and it happens again, well have no one to blame but ourselves.