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>> strong man politics are ascending suddenly. where by elections and some pretense of democracy are maintained, the form of it, but those in power seek to undermine every institution or norm that gives democracy meaning. unfortunately too much of politics today seems to reject that very concept of objective truth. people just make stuff up. they just make stuff up. we see the utter loss of shame hmong political leaders where they are caught in a lie and they double down and lie some more. as pe...

Whereby elections and some pretense of democracy are maintained, the form of it, but those in power seek to undermine every institution or norm that gives democracy meaning. unfortunately, too much of politics today seems to reject the very concept of objective truth. people just make stuff up. they just make stuff up. we see the utter loss of shame among political leaders where theyre caught in a lie and they just double down and they lie some more. and just as people spoke about the triumph of...

Disturbing headlines. but also hitting even closer to home. listen. >> unfortunately, too much of politics today seems to reject the very concept of objective truth. people just make stuff up. they just make stuff up. we see it in the growth of state-sponsored propaganda. we see it in internet-driven fabrications. we see it in the blurring of lines between news and entertainment. we see the utter loss of shame among political leaders, where theyre caught in a lie and they just double down and th...

. do i have social skills? i dont know. i have social media, thats for sure. i dont know about skills but i have a lot of media. >> the president certain linly s how to use social media to get his message. hes using of his so-called spygate allegation of no proof. trump is eroding public trusts and institution and undermining the idea of objective truth and sowi sowing widespread suspicion.

Do i have social skills? i dont know. i have social media, thats for sure. i dont know about skills but i have a lot of media. >> the president certainly knows how to use social media to get his message. hes using of his so-called spygate allegation of no proof. trump is eroding public trusts and institution and undermining the idea of objective truth and sowing widespread suspicion. "the american electorates remained undivided. here to talk about it is clint walt. this new book full title is "m...

Axios, sabrina sidique with the guardian and margaret cross. a lot of definitely articles here. the, the, the. jonathan, we all try to figure him out. why does he get away with it? this is beyond rascal. he lies and makes up conspiracy theories like obama is from africa. he makes it up usually with an ethnic slur and people like him. 40% of the country say i approve of him. he makes up stuff like ted cruzs father helped kill kennedy. makes it up. >> during the campaign, he used this tactic, i do...

Political, chris. it was chuck grassley on the floor of the united states senate who sent a message to chief justice roberts said our confirmations will cease to be political when you stop making political decisions in the court. the whole thing is political and we have to thread it all together. in the end, its we, the people, who are sovereign. theyll decide with elections and their public opinions. we have to trust that. what im concerned about is often the culture gets moved in the wrong dir...

Moving forward. but it is an interesting juncture. those figures on public opinion were fascinating. and you remember what it was that actually really flipped public opinion, of course. it was the tapes. there was testimony. there was ongoing testimony that implicated the president. it was when finally we learned of and then knew we were going to get the tapes that proved it. that kind of changed everything. >> sure. >> that was the tipping point. the real tipping point. and i think clearly in t...

Autocratic at the same time. the people who are the base, they may view this as authenticity, they may love it. >> to the point where its a cliche. the media safari into trump country. >> what hes getting done for them, hes agitating the establishment and media, all these things they dont like. i think maybe the biggest thing hes done in his first year is from the oval office, really challenged the possibility of objective truth in a democracy. thats at the heart of our democracy. we deal with i...

>> yes. i think the attacks on the fbi have demoralized the bureau. they started back during the campaign. lets remember. the fbi has had a really rocky year and a half going back all the way to james comeys handling of the clinton investigation. not the decision not to bring charges, but his highly unusual decision to give a public statement, which we know really rankled a lot of people inside the bureau and led to a good deal of controversy. for them to come out of that tough year in the elect...