and the humiliation that s come with that here in front of the whole nation. tonight we begin with how we got here, because everyone s been absorbing the days of chaos, headlines about the failure of the republican majority to get its work start in the its new congress. a story that really goes beyond politics and it s reaching people who don t always follow the swearing in or the speaker s race. if you approach this with fresh eyes as many americans have, saying what s going on over there? you may wonder why the big chaotic fight continues with rolling losses for republicans. why is it happening at the finish line of a win for the gop in the midterms? and why is the big fight in washington within one party, not between one of the typically warring factions between parties? there are many factors but three reasons loom large. first a crop of republicans who are more focused on hijacking than running. second, this trump internet industrial complex that puts the content, the tr
this is called command by negation. all you got to do is band together. mr. bannon is of course also convicted due to his defiance of the january 6th congressional committee, which has now officially ended with republicans taking the house. my guest here is michael moore, and as planned we want to bring in a yale historian, tim snider who s a expert on authoritarianism who joins michael. tim, you made some intellectual waves when you analyzed the january 6th insurrection problem as an issue between gamers, people who work within the technical rules to try to game the system, not unlike the gerrymandering in michigan michael just mentioned, and then the breakers. certainly we have convicted seditionists now. mr. bannon is convicted for defying congress and others convicted for breakers if not worse. wanted to get your views on anything you see in this dysfunction on the house floor as well as the overlap between