Where were all going to be together. Tvs dont get turned off this week. Exactly. Ill see you tomorrow, speaking of. I shall. Thanks, jen, appreciate it. And thanks to you at home for joining us this hour. Really happy to have you here. Super tuesday of course is tomorrow, State Of The Union is on thursday. On friday the leading republican president ial candidate has invited to his home the authoritarian dictator of hungary for a visit. It really is going to be a big week. Did you see the movie Black Panther . I heard about that movie in fact, when i saw the trailer for that movie, i thought this is not my kind of movie. Im not into Superhero Stuff at all. Im not into like alternate worlds and Magic Elements and, you know, things that give you superhuman powers and flying and stuff. Like i just its just not my thing, but i watched it anyway, and i absolutely loved it. I watched it one weekend and then i went back the next weekend and i watched it again. Black panther is fantastic. Even if you dont like movies like that. Its the first ever Superhero Movie to receive an oscar nomination for best picture, totally deserved it. I say that as a not superhero person, a fantastic and landmark film. Here is the serving republican Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina on that movie, on Black Panther. He says it is both created by an agnostic jew and put to film by a satanic marxist. He calls it, quote, this trash that was only created to pull the shekels out of your schvartze pocketsment ladies and gentlemen, the republican the Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina. Tomorrow on super tuesday, hes actually going to be running in the North Carolina primary to try to become his partys nominee for governor of the great state of North Carolina. Here he is calling survivors of school gun massacres, quote, media prostitots as in prostitutes but prostitots. He calls them spoiled little bastards who need to shut up. This is for kids who lived through a School Shooting that killed 17 of their classmates, they need to shut up. He calls Public School teachers, quote, wicked people, and not for nothing, he says this about the holocaust. He says, quote, Hitler Disarming Millions Of Jews and then marching them off to Concentration Camps is a bunch of hogwash. He is the Republican Partys leading candidate to be their partys nominee for governor of the state of North Carolina. He will be on the ballot tomorrow in that state. Hes already Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina. On friday in florida, republicans in that state Legislature Passed yet another new law to restrict any teaching about racism in the United States. This happened just this past friday just a couple of days ago in florida, and in the debate over this new florida bill, one republican Florida State representative said that while this bill overall will restrict teaching about racism and things like slavery in florida, he said there is one specific thing that he wanted to make sure is included in Public Education in florida from here on out. He said while he supports this bill, he does want to make sure everybodys aware that slaves were paid. That slaves were, quote, paid for their work. And so he wants to make sure thats taught in schools. And then he voted for the bill. This of course comes in florida after the states republican governor tried to claim during his president ial campaign that there were actually a lot of underappreciated benefits of slavery for the people who were enslaved. Now in the state legislature, republicans are saying that slaves, you know, among other things, it seems like they made a pretty good living because they were paid. The chair of the Florida Democratic party put out a statement in response clearly just mystified saying, quote, Florida Republicans are hell bent on teaching our children that slavery wasnt bad. And it is hard to argue. I know, its insane, but it keeps happening. Pop over to oklahoma, in Oklahoma Republicans control the State Government there too, and like just about everywhere, thats true, Oklahoma Republicans have now banned abortion in almost every circumstance, but that apparently is not enough for them. Oklahoma republicans are now moving a new bill that would create a State Registry of every woman who does still find a way to get an abortion. I wonder what Oklahoma Republicans will want to do with a State Database of women who have undergone abortions. Im sure they want it for only the most respectful and responsible reasons. Other lawmakers are warning that the way the oklahoma bill is written, it looks like its also in addition to creating a registry of women who have had abortions, it also seems intended to ban Contraception Including forms of contraception like the iud. Thats what Oklahoma Republicans are up to. In alabama, you may remember the nine republican justices on the Alabama Supreme Court issued a unanimous ruling that effectively outlawed Fertility Treatment in that state, after alabamas Supreme Court republicans did that, democrats in congress, in washington, introduced federal legislation to protect Fertility Treatment and protect ivf. That legislation was blocked by republican u. S. Senator cindy hydesmith. You know, after the Alabama Supreme Court ruling, all the republicans came out and said how much they valued Fertility Treatment, how much they valued ivf. They wanted to make sure theyd protect it, but then they blocked protection for it when it came up in congress while republican judges in alabama are outlawing it in that state. Seriously, do not bother paying attention to what they say. Watch only what they do. They can say all they want about how much they want to protect Fertility Treatments and ivf when they have a chance to ban it, their actions speak a lot louder than their words. There are 219 republicans in congress right now. In the house theres 219. Of that 219 number of republicans, 125 of them are cosponsors of legislation that would ban ivf. And arguably many popular forms of contraception as well. 125 house republicans, more than half the republicans in the house cosponsored that, including the republican speaker of the house. 125 of them. 195 of them voted against contraception full stop. The right to Contraception Act was introduced by democrats after the republican appointees on the u. S. Supreme court overturned roe versus wade. The right to contraception, only eight republicans in congress voted for that. 195 voted against. And lets just stick with Health Care Just for a second. Florida again, florida they are now contending with a super worrying outbreak of measles. Measles like its the 1800s or something. One of the most transmissible pathogens on earth, and one we dont typically have to worry about anymore in this country because for 60 fricken years weve had a totally effective vaccine against measles, except in Florida Republicans picked a very special state Surgeon General whos now telling florida parents, who am i to suggest that perhaps kids should be vaccinated against measles. Yesterday the Florida Department of health released a letter from Surgeon General dr. Joseph latipo emphasizing how contagious measles is, but did not urge parents to vaccinate their children. He does not which is an interesting letter from a Surgeon General. Beyond who am i to say your kids should be vaccinated, the handpicked handrepublicanpicked florida Surgeon General wouldnt even say that kids with measles should stay home from school, while theyre infectious and symptomatic with one of the most transmissible potentially fatal pathogens known to mankind. Measles in florida. Not to be outdone, now the Republican Partys leading president ial candidate is saying on the stump that he will withhold funding, withhold all funding, not a penny from any school anywhere in america if kids have to be vaccinated to come to school. Kids have to be vaccinated all over the country everywhere against measles and mumps and polio. I mean, its been true for decades. Its been true for generations, but just in case youve been missing, i dont know, iron lungs, the Republican Party is raring to go this Election Year with a new measles and polio for all the kids plan. And you know, what swing state busy mom and dad isnt going to want to get the whole family to lick that doorknob and vote gop this november with that kind of platform on offer to American People. Can we get a smallpox over here, how about some tetanus for the little ones, Whooping Cough like its going out of style. I do want to give the missouri Republican Party a little bit of a shoutout, though, a little salute, a little stiff armed salute perhaps. This gentleman, not the one in the klan robe with a sheet over his head, but the guy next to him, and you can see him also in this photo, he is not the guy with the full klan neonazi uniform on with the tie on the right, no, hes the guy next to him. You can see if you put the images next to each other, hes got the same little thing on in both images, the glasses around his neck. So that guy, the one who with the burning cross behind him is making the roman salute with the clansman and the neonazi uniform guy with the neonazi flag, he is running for the republican nomination for governor of the great state of missouri. And i said i wanted to shout out the missouri Republican Party here and i do because they are now frantically trying to remove him from the ballot so the neonazi klan guy cant be their republican nominee for governor. Once they announced that they were trying to get him off the ballot, he responded this weekend saying, quote, the gop knew exactly who i am. Republicans in missouri including the missouri Secretary Of State are trying to get him off the ballot now fast while also trying to explain away what appear to be themselves taking pictures with that guy, while he says you knew exactly who i was. Do you want one from georgia . In Georgia Republicans there are on the cusp of approving a new license plate, a new official license plate for the state of georgia, and this one comes with a little history. In 1944, right, this is the apex of the allies final push to defeat the nazis and win world war ii when fdr was running for his fourth term in office, the republicans ran thomas dewey against him in the 1944 election, there was also a third party in the mix in 1944. They ran a preacher for president in 1944 who called haims christian nationalist. He ran on a platform that said all American Jews should be forcibly sterilized and we did ported from the United States. That party was called the America First party. Around the same time, there was also an Organization CalledAmerica First incorporated, America First inc. , the leader of that group received a patent for a club that he said was specifically designed to murder jews in america. He patented it in mens and ladies sizes. He called it the kike killer, forgive me. He ran an Organization CalledAmerica First inc. Both those organizations, America First party and America First inc. In the 1940s were trial to capitalize with the notoriety and name recognition of the America First committee, which at one point had very popular in the United States but it started to wobble a little bit after its Chief Spokesman in 1941 Charles Lindbergh gave a big speech in iowa saying the only reason we were going to end up fighting in world war ii is because the jews were going to make us do it. The America First committee, and the America First party and America First inc. Georgia republicans are about to approve a new taxpayer supported Official State Georgia license plate that says America First on it. The Republican Party is kind of amazing right now. No matter where you look, no matter what state you look, heres another, my friend david corn at mother jones pointed this one out to me. I had not seen it before. This was last week at cpac. It was a man named steven moore speaking who is a trump adviser. One of the most evil Left Wing Organizations in america is the aarp. Right. And i want to make sure that we have were going to make a pact here today. I want to make sure that nobody joins the aarp. Whats the most evil organization in america . The retired people . The aarp. The American Association of retired persons, right . Thats the true evil that must be destroyed. What did he call it . One of the most evil organizations in america. Left wing, i want to make sure nobody joins the aarp. We must make a pact. The American Association of retired persons is the true evil that must be destroyed. Contraception, youre trying not to have a baby, thats over. Ivf if youre trying to have a baby, thats over too. The Holocaust Deniers should be the republican nominee for governor, the sterilized the jews and deport that movement should be memorialized on Official State Georgia license plates. We want really, really, really small government thats nevertheless big enough to make an Oklahoma State registry of every woman whos ever had an abortion, and well tell you later what were going to do with it. Slaves had it great actually. Slavery wasnt so bad. Let Florida Republicans tell you about it. Its retirees, its the aarp thats the real evil in america. Tetanus and measles, honestly, theyre kind of cute when its for babies. And did i mention that on friday the leader of the Republican Party, the next republican president ial nominee is going to host at his home the authoritarian dictator of hungary because dictators are kind of a thing for those guys right now, like polio is. Were back. I mean, the Republican Party is going through some things right now, right up to the top, and in every state in the country. And today we received another reminder that theres nothing magic that will fix it. Theres no magic wand. Theres no, you know, full stop legal remedy that is going to stop the Republican Party from being this way or that is going to stop them from ascending to take The White House again with donald trump at their helm. The United StatesSupreme Court ruled today, as expected, that the part of the 14th Amendment that says you cant hold federal office if you took part in trying to overthrow the government of the United States, the court ruled today that Donald Trumps role in the january 6th insurrection isnt enough on its own to trigger that constitutional protection, perhaps nothing is. So even the states can keep candidates off the ballot for lots of other constitutional reasons like being too young o