Republicans really want revenge; plus, can AI take a chill pill?

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🗓️ 7 June 2024

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What is our justice system for? Many Republicans over the past week have suggested it's for revenge, calling for the prosecution of Democrats across the country following Trump's guilty verdict. Brittany looks at how the justice system can be politicized with NPR's national justice correspondent Carrie Johnson and national political correspondent Mara Liasson.

Plus, we all have examples of how bad those those new artificial intelligence search engine results can be. So why does it seem like every tech company is all in on the hottest tech trend? Brittany gets into it with NPR's technology correspondent Bobby Allyn and disinformation correspondent Shannon Bond.

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0:00.0	Hello,
0:03.0	hello, I'm Brittany Loose, and you're listening to It's Been a Minute from NPR,
0:07.0	a show about what's going on in culture
0:10.0	and why it doesn't happen by accident. This week we're connecting the dots between a prison sentence, the presidential election, and 30,000 misleading statements.
0:27.5	I know, I know, you think you know how these things are connected, and you're almost right. It is about
0:34.8	former President Trump's guilty verdict but the connection between these dots is
0:38.8	so much more. We're going to find out why with NPR's national political correspondent, Mara Liason, and
0:45.3	NPR's National Justice Correspondent, Carrie Johnson.
0:48.7	Mara, Carrie, welcome to it's been a minute.
0:50.5	Hey there, Brittany.
0:51.5	Happy to be here. Oh, so wonderful to have you both and
0:53.8	really quick Carrie can you do me a little favor and tell me who is talking here?
0:58.4	Hillary Clinton I didn't say locker up but the people don't say locker up okay who was that? That's our former president and current
1:06.2	GOP front runner Donald J. Trump. You are right. That was Trump this past
1:10.9	Sunday on Fox and Friends claiming he never said lock her up.
1:15.2	Now Mara this one's a little tougher because it's from eight years ago but can you
1:19.7	tell me who is talking here? For what she's done, they should lock her up, she's
1:25.0	disgraceful.
1:26.0	It's disgraceful.
1:27.0	Sounds like the same guy to me.
1:29.0	Right again.
1:31.0	And you'd be right if you guessed Trump for this one.
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