Anna Merlin News Today

domestic agenda, the affordable care act, obamacare, if you will. bringing health care to tens of millions of americans. the next item on their agenda was another historic piece of legislation. a desperately needed climate bill to address the growing threat posed by global warming. democrats had already coalesced around the bill that was written by two democratic house members, then congressman henry waxman, and ed markey. in washington and around the country, that bill became known as...

of the great recession by early 2010, they had passed a major part of the presidents domestic agenda, the affordable care act, obamacare, if you will. bringing health care to tens of millions of americans. the next item on their agenda was another historic piece of legislation. a desperately needed climate bill to address the growing threat posed by global warming. democrats had already coalesced around the bill that was written by two democratic house members, then congressman henry w...

Bobby Kennedy Jr. is no longer the lone voice pointing out the Emperors got no clothes -- or sense. 

Subject to examination. >> anna, thanks for your explanations. we appreciate. it anna merlan is a senior staff writer advice. we appreciate your time tonight. >> thank you. >> still to come tonight, conservatives invited the authoritarian ruler of hungary to speak at their conference in dallas yesterday. but that was actually just the beginning. the latest antics from cpac our next. pac ou next aleve x. its revolutionary rollerball design delivers fast, powerful, long-lasting pain relief. aleve ...

Account. but that big dollar amounts still sends a message. it sends a message to alex jones, and do people likes like alex jones pushed conspiracies for profit. that they can and will be held accountable. and this is just the first of three damages cases about sandy hook that alex jones is facing. so whether or not hes actually broke now, he might be soon. joining us now is anna merlin, senior staff writer advice who has been following this trial incredibly closely. anna, thank you for joining ...

Actually dont have a transparent picture of jones or his business finances other than taking their word for it. we have no way of knowing if that companies actually broke. the other complicated factor is that there is a texas law that caps punitive judgment. so it isnt exactly clear that big 49 million dollar judgment will actually be the amount taken out of joness bank account. but that big dollar amounts still sends a message. it sends a message to alex jones, and do people likes like alex jon...

In the conneticut case -- it was recently and it obviously did not. so, i would think that if these cases actually do end up in court room, that will be big focus on part of these attorneys, trying to create some transparency about where alex joness money is and to really examine these claims that he has made repeatedly during the trial in the courtroom and on air on infowars that he is broke, that he is personally insolvent, that the company is going to have to start laying people off and cance...

A global trafficking ring, thousands of pedophiles and one man who will vanquish this evil, now former president donald trump. it sounds ridiculous, but some studying qanon say there are reasons why so many people are drawn to it. >> we all have a desire to fight for what is right and feel like we are part of something, something big and heroic. >> our leaders are using the blood of children for everything. >> conspiracy theories tap into peoples desire forfection, for people who might have been...

Well, just too bad. that is just your problem. and it is especially sort of surprising that this view continues to be promoted at a time when folks have their children going back to school, many of whom are not old enough to get vaccinated at the moment. what it is saying is that we are willing to take that risk of sickening our kids who have no protection at the moment. >> anna merlin, that was great. thank you very much. >> thanks for having me. next, the new texas redistricting maps that ge...

Success was making their relationship more difficult. its easy to think of conspiracy theories as something new. a byproduct of the digital age, the journalist anna merlin points out, this has happened over and over again in america? conspiracy theories tend to come to prominence more during times of social upheave am, social change, confusion of major world events, all of those things can lead to an environment where peoples imaginations can run wild, in the mid-20th century, most conspiracy ...