Hans Georg Masin,

Maasen, Germany's former head of the office to counter right-wing extremism

is now reportedly under investigation for right-wing extremism.

Kind of funny, huh?

According to the press, Masen has landed on the wrong side of the office

he used to lead because of his quote, increasingly radical commentary on mass migration into Germany. The man spent a lot of time researching

what is going on in Germany and after learning a lot he ended up on the

right. Now I am not particularly interested in German politics,

but I am interested in the political principle that can be deduced from this case,

namely that the greatest predictor of right-wing extremism today is

knowledge of politics. I'm Michael Knowles, this is the Michael Noles Show. Welcome back to the show Elmo asked people how we were doing and the internet broke down over it.

We'll get to Elmo in just a second.

First though, speaking of the threat from the far right and trying to make sense of these far right-wing extremists,

the Guardian has a helpful guide out.

The Guardian has a headline, to beat Trump, we need to know why Americans keep voting for him.

Psychologists may have the answer. They're asking psychologists. They could ask economists. They could

ask sociologists. They could ask border patrol agents. They could ask, border patrol agents, they could ask, why would anyone ever vote for Trump?

Because people don't like when millions

and millions of foreigners illegally flood into their country and invade their country.

They don't like when our jobs are shipped overseas.

That's been a long simmering tension for a long time.

They don't like when there's a ton of crime in the streets. They actually don't

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