Hi, I'm Andy Levy, former Fox News and CNN-HLN guy and current cable news conscientious objector.

I'm a former libertarian who now sits pretty comfortably on the left.

Hi, I'm Danielle Moody, former educator and recovering lobbyist.

But today, I'm an unapologetic, woke commentator on America's threats to democracy.

And I'm producer Jesse Cannon, and I'm here to make sure things don't go too far off the rails.

We're here to have fun, smart conversations with some of the most knowledgeable and entertaining people

in politics, media, and beyond.

Our goal is to try and make sense of our current crazy world, our new abnormal, and hopefully

even make you laugh through the tears.

Welcome back to another bonus episode of the new abnormal, and we make you laugh through the tears. Welcome back to another

bonus episode of the new abnormal and we thank you so much for being here. Today we have author

Chad Lewis and he's here to talk all about his new book, The Persuasion Game, the influence

peddlers to the Trump administration who jeopardized America, which examines how foreign interests

used Trump's inner circle, especially America's

mayor, Rudy Giuliani, to influence U.S. policy for their own gain. But first, let's have some fun.

Are you guys ready to listen to some clips? Clips. Clips. Well, I'm going to warn you,

this is a really stupid edition. Let's say it saying something since there are usually some pretty stupid editions of this show.

Brace yourselves.

Okay, we have a guy named Representative Self, which, yeah, it feels like a thought experiment,

but there's no thought going on here, I assure you.

He's going to do an interesting quote, and then Representative Johnson is going to reply.

I'm going to leave you, and I'll yield back a little bit of my time, a direct quote from Joseph Gerbiltz.

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