I say what would happen if the boat sank from its weight and you're in the boat and you have this

tremendously powerful battery and the battery is now underwater and there's a shark that's approximately 10 yards over there.

By the way, a lot of shark attacks lately, do you table that brings together prominent former federal officials

and special guests for a dynamic discussion on the most important political and

legal topics of the day.

I'm Harry Littman.

If a time traveler from 20th century American government landed in today's political landscape,

she would be stunned by the sheer depth of the debasement.

Every conversation, every policy, every fact has become the subject of fierce dispute driven by a Republican Party that is reflexively contrary,

pure- aisle, and entirely under the sway of an apparent madman.

With the full backing of the Republican House, Donald Trump waged war on the very notion

of his conviction on 34 counts of falsifying

records. The entire Republican leadership now is promoting the delusion that a

conviction by a New York State jury on New York State

charges brought by a local New York City prosecutor is somehow the work of

President Biden. Trump has used this manufactured outrage to swell his

campaign coffers, raking in 53 million dollars in the 24 hours after the verdict.

At his first major rally since the conviction,

Trump compared the relative dangers of sharks and electric boat batteries.

Later that week, he returned for the first time since the insurrection to Capitol Hill, where

Republican lawmakers climbed over each other to kiss his ring.

Meanwhile, President Biden presented a stark and complete contrast to Trump

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