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Under president trump, the it is being run by this man, scott pruitt. he is a darling of the oil and gas industry whose epa hit back hard against that ap report in an unusually nasty and caustic statement that almost has to be read to be believed. despite reporting from the comfort of washington, the ap reporter had the audacity to imply that agencies are not being responsive to the devastating effects of hurricane harvey. there were two reporters and the ap didn't notice that the other one visited the site. he brought back this video from the highland acid pit. the epa did not point to a sing...

Counterculture prior to that. >> the 1970s were a fertile time for humor. and you people were a bitter, caustic, bitter, smutty, funny. >> drunk. >> drunk. and outrageous. >> the vietnam war was lost. the civil rights movement had won. and the argument was over. but of course, the craziness of that period is one thing that made "national lampoon" a su succe success. people needed to laugh. >> you did a parody of "the joy of sex" "the job of sex." >> we did "the job of sex." punching in, workman's compensati compensation. >> at "national lampoon" there was enjoyment of being edgy and shocking. ...

Back at home and often facing caustic town halls. the comments were at times nasty, including for republican doug lamalsa in chico, california, who drew boos when he told the crowd of several hundred that he doesn't buy that man made activity is responsible for climate change. at an elks lodge session one man reportedly told him may you die in pain over his vote to overhaul obama care. take a listen to this. >> i think our constituents have been misled by a lot of the things going on in the media, on the internet, and the talking points that sometimes they're handed to say this and that becaus...

"m.a.d. magazine," all the intentionally toeplicate whatever was being parodied. and that was a big difference from what had been in the counterculture prior to that. >> the 1970s were a fertile time for humor and you people were bitter, caustic, smuty, dirty, funny and -- >> drunk. >> drunk. and largely outrageous. >> the hopes of the '60s had given way to the frustrations of the '70s. the vietnam war was obviously lost. the civil rights movement had won and the argument was over, but of course it wasn't. >> the craziness of that period is what made "national lampoon" a success, people needed...

Inappropriate but he's telling a lie saying he wasn't on the beach when there are photos of him on the beach. this is something new jersey voters put up with and i think the accumulation of it over nearly a decade really just kind of came to a head with this. he clearly has no future in electoral politics at least in new jersey, and this is again part of sort of the caustic chris christie style where he pretty much will say he has no interest in polls, in what the voters think of him. he'll lay out on the beach, lie about it, attack people personally. the christie era is basically over. >> wha...