and for those who have been wronged and betrayed, i am your retribution. i am your retribution. donald trump at cpac over the weekend, feeding his followers the dark conspiracy driven vision for america that they crave. just like fox news, trump and the rest of the republican party would rather fill their followers brains with lies than tick them off by telling them the truth. also tonight, trump pledges to run in 2024 even if he s indicted. the strongman principle used by other indicted leaders around the world where criminal charges actually make them more popular with their base. plus, how ron desantis is creating just the right kind of right wing safe space marjorie greene was asking for where you re free to lead your cruelty fly and the children of white christians won t have to worry their delicate, fragile minds learning anything that makes their right wing parents uncomfortable. we begin tonight with jim jordan s subcommittee on the weaponization of the federal
to hide his true intentions. he said he wants to make it easier to sue media outlets, aiming to overturn the 1964 new york times company versus silver supreme court decision. that case centered around a full page ad in the paper from civil rights groups fund-raising for reverend dr. martin luther king jr. s defense in 1960 describing a wave of terror in police actions across the south. most of the charges were accurate but there were some factual errors. they sued for libel, claiming it implied him, and he won, but the supreme court justices overturned the lower court finding that public officials must show that what was said was done with actual malice. it s also the supreme court precedent that fox news, by the way, is using to defend itself against voting machine company dominion s $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit. how s that for irony? joining me now is state