I'll leave you and I'll yield back a little bit of my time, a direct quote from Joseph

Gerbiltz. It is the absolute right of the state to supervise the formation of public opinion,

and I think that may be what we're discussing here and yield back.

The gentleman yields back. With that, the representative from Texas as Johnson is recognized

for five minutes thank you so much mr. chairman I want to respond to what my

colleague from Texas just said when you're quoting Joseph Goebbels about state

the role of state and the public debate, we have a big problem.

Yep. Okay, that was Congressman Keith self-quoting the Yatzy arch propaganda minister,

Joseph Goebbels. That's where we're at. Just wanted to kick off this social commentary episode with a moment of Zen.

And I told you all the new format would be one geopolitical episode, one social commentary episode, and one possible breaking news episode every week.

This is the social commentary one, and it is about making politics your entire personality in the face of fascism. And to that end,

we are joined by Davidson Boswell activist and stand-up comedian coming to us from New York City.

We actually met at a breakthrough news panel in Manhattan last year, and I've been wanting to make

this happen because I love your commentary. You also walk,

rant into your phone, you know, while walking down the street. So solidarity for the old

walk and talk, West Wing, Aaron's Sorkin's screenwriting technique. Thanks so much for coming on.

Yeah, I appreciate you having me, man. I think the problem with right wing politicians taking

their talking points from Twitter X, you know what I mean,

is that you can frame things as like high-minded political principles and not read the subtext,

which is that the chief propaganda minister for Hitler wrote it. You know what I mean? So I think

they're just peeling that, running to the state

house floor and saying it without even a second thought. Yeah, what? It's just a good saying,

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