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I have a line in my book, strongmen, which trump is in it, so is mussolini, they believe him because they believe in him. what trump has managed to do is create this alternate reality and to set himself up as the only arbiter of truth. there are those people. then there are other people who dont believe him, and there are studies actually showing that some people like the fact that hes, like, a rogue figure and that he is kind of not telling the truth. thats part of his lawless appeal. there are...

Make no mistake. this is a very, very dangerous and significant storm. >> we will continue to bring you updates throughout this evening. this week, the grand jurors in georgia who voted to indict trump are facing a barrage of threats. the addresses of the jurors were posted on social media platforms and far-right forums. state police are now investigating. also this week, a texas woman was arrested and charged with threatening to kill federal judge tanya chutkan in washington, the judge overseei...

Message at the federal courthouse where she said, in part, you are in our sights. we want to kill you and, quote, if trump doesnt get elected in 2024, we are coming to kill you. worth noting, trump has publicly attacked judge chutkan online, calling her biased and unfair. clint watts is back with us. also with us is ruth ben-ghiat, she is a professor of history and author of strongmen -- mussolini to the present. it is good to see you both. clint, first, talk about what the investigation into th...

Judge chutkan on line, calling her biased and unfair. clint watts is back with us. also with us is ruth ben-ghiat, she is a professor of history and author of strongmen -- mussolini to the president. it is good to see you both. clint, first, talk about what the investigation into the threats on judge chutkan -- what role does the fbi play in addressing the dangers there? >> yeah, in the case of the fbi, their national jurisdiction and the fact that they can also piece together with these online ...

Institution of his office, and quote. i implore you to read this article in full. it has been published this morning. joining me now is ruth bin got, a professor of history at nyu. shes the author of the newsletter that follows threats to democracy, shes the author of the very important book, strongmen. mussolini to the president. were thank you for being here this morning. i appreciate. you will recall, unite discussed when donald trump posted that thing about the termination of the constitutio...

What the never trumpers and former republicans who are now out to beating the drums to say , you cannot support him and you cannot support the people who support his attitude towards our country. >> on the issue of healing and getting better as a country, reading your article, i feel like i get the diagnosis. we talk about how things essentially diagnosed this problem of loneliness being a health problem in the country and you describe it as a real political problem. i get in a fundamental way t...

Coexist of a constitutional margin. >> the president who is attempting to unravel the foundations of our constitutional republic. we have to choose because republicans cannot both be loyal to donald trump and loyal to the constitution. >> with that in mind we are all here but we are also joined by ruth ben-ghiat, professor at nyu, author of strongmen, mussolini to the president. welcome to the discussion. >> thank you. >> we talk so much about law and even if it wasnt a we are in a society even ...

Destroyed our country. theyre opening our borders, theyre weaponizing our federal law enforcement against patriotic americans who love this nation as we should. we know that only through forced do we make any change in a town like washington, d.c.. >> only through force. the kind of rhetoric should be used to be rare. its a norm now in republican politics. and her newsletter she, writes for the seasoned information warrior, even the iowa state fair, a family event is fair game. working and calls...

Moments. now his most recent threatening post has a virts authoritarian signaling, his campaign is doubling down, calling it, quote, the definition of political speech. joining me now, new york university history professor, and the author of strongmen, from mussolini to the presents, ruth ben-ghiat. ruth, its always too nice iselin time with. you always land such a perspective for us to understand how all this. vets we kind of gets deep in the weeds sometime on the legal issues, et cetera. you r...

Want those ratings. thats donald trumps ploy on this entire country. a ploy for ratings. going to businesses and going to people who feel left out and appealing to them and getting their support. crowd size, ratings, thats his sweet spot. thats how he gets people under -- >> you left out the most important thing for him hessian -- he wants money. we were talking about the $250 million that he stole from people for the, quote, stop the steal effort. >> mm-hmm. >> i think jack smith has to circle ...