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Campaign. All as part of an effort to undermine that investigation. Hes pardononing people, perhaps sending a message to witnesses who might testify against him that they, too, could be pardoned. So stay strong. If an effort to prop up the dying Coal Industry his administration is reportedly weighing an unprecedented intervention in the u. S. Energy grid which would basically order some folks to get their lick trits from coal plants. He tipped off wall street this morning about confidential employment numbers more than an hour before they were officially released. Possibly to give himself some...

This week we saw two comedians stepping over line. conservative comedian roseanne barr's racist tweet about a former obamaed a strooiz visor and liberal comedian samantha bee's comment about ivanka trump. it reignited arguments on both sides of the aisle about what constitutes appropriate and acceptable language. both the left and right are accusing each other when it comes to hypocrisy when it comes to calling out offensive language. i'm joined by charlie sykes, and eric digins. charlie, first to you. what do you make of the reciprocal anger from trump, the white house, and conservatives towa...

Distraction for the cause. the trump administration of course has seized upon this, that we are not talking about why did the president of the united states, why did the major network promote someone who, a vile racist like roseanne barr. and by the way, this was completely predictable. instead of that we are talking about the what aboutism. and that's self-inflicted. >> you know, i have got to say the samantha bee word blew that immigration story out of my rundown the other day. so don't worry, we are going to be talking about it. we are getting it back in. i promise. it's important. charlie ...

But he called ted cruz the p word on stage, and hillary clinton was shlonged by obama. he has a history but when it comes specifically to that word i never saw the president call out to any of these crowds and say to this person, hey, this is too far, this is not okay, you can do it. he almost condoned it. he certainly capitalized on that sort of anger and behavior in order to propel himself to the white house. eric, what do you think? why hasn't the white house come out, though, and tried to take a -- if they want to take a moral stan against samantha bee, should they have taken one with rose...

Her family and fans and her long-time girlfriend for a wonderful 2013. and that buzz from that single facebook post spread across social media, even the first lady commented with a tweet of support. this is what michelle obama tweeted. robin roberts, i am so happy for you and amber. you continue to make us all proud. roberts joins a cadre of high profile celebrities and public figures who are coming out, but you know, in 2013, is this really news? here to discuss, eric digins from npr. nice to have you on. >> thanks for having me. >> all the buzz, eric, is this news? >> all the buzz. yes, it i...