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Determined the u.s. was at serious risk of violence. again, this is 2019 because the country was showing all the signs that spark it. here is what they said. we know that violence is more likely in countries where its happened before, it thrives on polarization, and begins with a dehumanization of opponents, opportunistic politicians test the system, seeing how they react to violence language to determine the potential cost. what have you seen, l.z.? what have you seen that matches just right th...

The news comes after a string of attacks or threats of violence against lawmakers and federal workers. just yesterday a man waving a bat assaulted staffers at the office of democratic congressman gerry connolly. his father says the suspects father says he was suffering from skins fren ya. in march, one of republican republican rand paul staffers was stabbed in washington. in february, democratic congresswoman angie craig was assaulted in the elevator of her apartment building. and the most sever...

Its a new -- its a new edition. its scary because i dont know -- even on both sides. i dont know unless youre educated and follow politics religiously, youre going to listen to things that are out there in -- on twitter or facebook or whatever and believe it as fact. unless you dive into it and figure out, wait a minute, theres some untruths here, it will be a problem. its not just the videos, its the memes, too. >> sometimes the truth doesnt matter because its already been shared 3 billion time...

By political violence. we really need be careful in terms not making this a black or blue or red or white were all vulnerable to this because the temperature of the country has been risen so much. >> absolutely. >> i want to read you something, l.z., youre speaking to something, i was looking to figure out where we are. its hard to tell if were in a worse place than we have been in the past. first, i want to show you what we have seen according to the u.s. capitol police. on the threats being ma...

Reporting during donald trumps first impeachment when even though a lot of his allies thought that a potential impeachment trial would be potentially politically beneficial to him, he did not want to have an impeached president on his resume, and its very similar. i think right now, as much as i think a lot of people are arguing that potentially this indictment could politically benefit him in the long run. he doesnt want to be indicted, and hes going to say otherwise. publicly hes going to say ...

>> we have yet to see footage of that. the people who remove the books from the classrooms and they take the books out of libraries, they are usually not the good guys. >> hold on, i have a political question about him, l.z.. is he in danger of becoming a one-trick pony? this is very success nfl florida, but he is playing the hits again, and maybe he is introducing it to a national crowd, but its starting to sound -- maybe because we play it so much, but its sounding familiar. >> it is awfully f...

And i would pay you for the answers. >> yeah, excellent. well done. all right, how much time do we have left? oh, all right. anyone with any other question? first, you won. all three of you tied, and l.z., i think you threw the game and you took it, a two-point loss. >> the idea of michelle obama going to mcdonalds after the inauguration sounds wonderful to me. >> dont you like here going to drinks with george bush. >> i like that she did what everyone did. i cried longer and i drank heavily. >>...

Secure enough to actually strike. thats also a mental toll that im not sure if chris rock has processed enough. i think thats an aspect of the conversation that would have been interesting for him to flesh out a little bit more, but hes not required to do so. and i dont think that is fair to require black artists and black comedians to address every single ill that impacts the pl black community. there needs to be a space for them to have levity and fun. i think its a fair balance. i think there...

Smith. it still hurts. it got summertime ringing in my ear. i love will smith, my whole love, i loved this [ bleep ]. my whole i root for this [ bleep ], okay? and now, i watch "emancipation" just to see him get whooped. >> joining me now, "l.a. times" op-ed columnist and host of "life out loud," the podcast, l.z. granderson. why are you laughing? >> good morning. because that was funny! >> okay, so before -- >> thats a good joke. >> so a lot of it was social commentary, which dave chappelle doe...