Welcome to the World War on Podcast. I'm Charlie Sykes. Boy, in the BFD stories of the day,

I think that the top of the list has to be this New York Times report. Justice Department

issues 40 subpoenas in a week expanding its January 6th inquiry. Seize the phones of top

Trump advisors, which the time says is a sign of an escalating investigation two months before

the midterm elections. And clearly, they are also going after all of the fundraising activities.

And as the time reports, the fact the Justice Department is now seeking information related to

fundraising comes as the House Committee examining the January 6th. The attack has raised

questions about money, Mr. Trump's solicited under the premise of fighting election fraud. So for

those of us who were somewhat skeptical about how aggressive Merrick Garland might be

in going after Donald Trump and his circle, I think we're getting the answer. So I want to discuss

all of this with today's guest David Corn DC bureau chief of mother Jones and analyst for MSNBC

and author of the new book, which is out today. American psychosis, an historical investigation

of how the Republican Party went crazy. I'm sorry to laugh there David. You know, the American

psychosis hit you know, this feels very timely. And I don't know how you feel about this, but

it feels like it becomes more timely all the time. And when you set out to write this,

did you think it was simply an historical account as opposed to putting or crazified America on the

couch? You know, I started this book, you know, somewhat over a year ago. And when I began, I did

it obviously because the subject interested me. This is a history of the Republican Party's

interactions with far right fanaticism and how the GOP for seven decades has encouraged and

exploited extremism, tribalism, bigotry, paranoia, conspiracy theories and so forth.

But I didn't, I did not think that when it came out, it would be as timely as it is. You know,

we seem to have finally caught on, we collectively, the political media world, to this very important

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