I'm Sarah Kensier, the author of the bestsellers, the view from flyover country and hiding in plain sight,

and of the book, They Knew a culture of conspiracy keeps America complacent.

And I'm Andrea Chalupa, a journalist and filmmaker, and the writer and producer of the

journalistic thriller, Mr. Jones, about Stalin's genocide famine in Ukraine.

The film The Kremlin doesn't want you to see, so make sure to watch it.

And this is Gaslit Nation, a podcast covering corruption in the United States and rising

autocracy around the world.

And we are having a live taping of the show on May 23rd at 1.30 p.m. Eastern, followed by a Q&A

with the live audience. And also every month for the next year, we are giving away a copy of our

brand new book. Drumroll, please. Dictatorship. It's easier than you think. A book that Sarah

and I co-wrote all about the life and times that we're in and how we got here and how to get out

told through a zany comic book

form. You want to get a hand on that because it's a great book. It's powerful and it's honest and

it's heartfelt and we love it. We're thanking our community on Patreon. So all you have to do is

make sure that you're signed up at the truth teller level or higher. And every month, we're selecting one member of our

Patreon community to receive a copy of dictatorship. It's easier than you think as a thank you

tribute to our community. The copy could be yours. So make sure you're signed up at the truth

teller level or higher on Patreon. And so on that note, on with the news, our dictatorship graphic novel

will seem uplifting compared to everything that we've had to witness this week. You know,

this was a dire week, a tough one to watch a lot of mass murders and murders with impunity.

And so that's what we're going to talk about today.

You know, the week started off with the murder of Jordan Neely,

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