They did follow up with a segment about how a handful of Oath Keepers were highly organized in the insurrection - but the preceding segments portrayed this group as an aberration.
Nowhere did they explain that the entire Oath Keepers org is designed to violently oppose the USG.
The Tennessee GOP legislature is trying to create a brand new state court - with members to be appointed by the GOP Governor - that will expressly hear "constitutional" cases.
Coupled with GOP/ALEC plans to "nullify" Biden admin policies, this is especially concerning.
"based on a theory [never tested/upheld in a federal court] that states have the right to veto federal policies or declare them “null and void” within their borders if they believe they are unconstitutional."
"A new proposal is moving through the House Civil Justice Committee that would allow Governor Bill Lee to appoint judges to a state court that exclusively listens to challenges of the constitution."
Every day that passes without Dems capitalizing on this clear advantage, is another day that they allow shrewd liars in the GOP to muddy and confuse the issue, and make it less effective as a tool in the information space.
Dems can still capitalize on this; they need to do it
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Dr. Stenner's work is a big part of what informs my understanding of our political environment, and it informs threads that I have written like the one below.
These are natural human tendencies across all groups of people - and they can be 'triggered.'
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Another very important body of work is The Righteous Mind by @JonHaidt.
This shows how emotional messaging is used to interact with our political "moral foundations," and teaches us why specific language is *effective* at pushing those triggers.
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Now that Chuck Todd is pushing the “border crisis” narrative too, do you think Biden has someone looking into the accuracy of that CNN video report about migrants paddling across the river, and whether CBP members were involved in coordinating it?
I would be.
Read this thread explaining the way the CBP and Republican operatives generate media controversy around the border situation using false and misleading claims, to manipulate the public narrative for political purposes.