In late August 1992, Randy Weaver and his family were refusing to come down from the remote Idaho mountaintop where they lived.

Weaver, a fugitive on a federal firearms charge, has been hold up in a cabin near Naples for more than a year.

The government thought Randy Weaver was a dangerous, possibly violent extremist.

Randy and his wife Vicky thought the government

was an agent of Satan on earth. When it was all over, three people were dead, and the government

had spent millions of dollars to catch one man. We'll find out why the siege at Ruby Ridge

unfolded the way it did, and think about some of the questions it raises.

What should we do about white supremacists? Why has the story of Ruby Ridge become an enduring

myth for the far right? And whose fault was it anyway?

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I can honestly say I've never watched an episode of Jimmy Kimmel live before this week.

But when Disney announced that the late night host was coming back on the air Tuesday,

I knew I'd figure out how to, if not tune in, well, there'd definitely be a YouTube link somewhere.

What stands out to me from Kimmel's monologue Tuesday night, without looking back, it's

the way his voice cracked when he talked about Charlie Kirk.

You understand that it was never my intention to make light of the murder of a young man.

I remember him imploring his audience to take the threats to free speech and an independent press seriously.

They want to pick and choose what the news is.

I know that's not as interesting as muscling a comedian, but it's so important to have a free press,

and it is nuts that we aren't paying more attention to.

And he also made what felt like this sincere call to national unity.

He was invoking people like Candace Owens and Senator Ted Cruz,

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