I think it's happy Monday, although as I just was saying to somebody, I feel like I've

taken crazy pills this morning, but that was probably because I spent too much time listening

to some of the audio from former President Trump's rallies over the weekend, Marjorie Taylor,

Greene, etc.

Hey, before we get started, some news is you, as you know, we're holding our first live

in-person event next Thursday. It is sold out. I have to tell you, even before our announcement,

this morning of our special guest, Officer Michael Fanon, one of the heroes of January

6th, and he's going to be joining me for a live discussion and, of course, a podcast about

the insurrection and his new book, which is coming out tomorrow. It is called Hold of

the Line. It's making some news. You can check it out. We talk about it in the newsletter

this morning, morning shots. Also, do a quick review of how that House Judiciary Committee

Republican tweet is working out. Remember that one, the one where this is the official account

of the House Judiciary Committee Republican put out a cryptically bizarre tweet three words,

Kanye, Elon Trump. This, of course, was right before Kanye went on his anti-Semitic meltdown

rant, Elon Musk, of course, welcoming his good friend back to Twitter. But because Elon

Musk is not actually in charge of Twitter, Kanye has now been kicked off of both Facebook

and Twitter for this anti-Semitic rant. And of course, as you know, conservative media

and Republican officials are rushing forward to denounce this outburst of anti-Semitism,

just kidding. You know, none of that is happening. So we have a lot to talk about this week.

And to put some of this in some sort of a context, because I know that there are people will

say, well, you know, we've been through tough times before. Why would this be different?

How do these threats stack up against previous threats, including the anxiety about the

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