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We talked on yesterday's show about the 100-year history of fascism or right-wing authoritarianism in

the Western world,

that was mostly a history segment and only contained a little bit about how Donald Trump's

first presidency and his plans for Trump 2.0 might take the United States further down that road.

Talked about that risk, just a little. So coming up in a minute, we'll get more specific about the present

and very specifically about Trump's new nominee for FBI director, Cash Patel, who is far enough

out on that ledge that he has said, we're going to come after the people in the media who

helped Joe Biden rig presidential elections, unquote.

So do they really plan to use the FBI to renew the authoritarian project of claiming

the 2020 election was rigged and take journalists to court for reporting what is actually

not a controversial fact?

We'll dig into the implications of Cash Patel for FBI director

and of Pam Bondi for Attorney General with a perfect guest for this. Journalist David Rode,

who some of you know before the election, released his book where tyranny begins, the Justice

Department, the FBI, and the War on Democracy.

And remember, David Rode knows something about being imprisoned for reporting the truth.

Again, some of you may remember this.

He was kidnapped by the Taliban.

Yeah, that guy, that David Rode.

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