the state of our politics at this moment. even though some republican leaders have condemned the attack, news has been flooded with a what about and conspiracy theories and disinformation from a whole host of right-winged media figures. all of this happening while he s still in intensive care. and while an active investigation is underway, a little more than an hour ago, federal prosecutors filed two charges, attempting to challenge a federal official. federal officials allege the attacker broke into the home intending to kidnap and hurt speaker pelosi and he came armed with a hammer and brought a rope, white tape, and zip ties. he told paul pelosi, he wanted to speaker to, quote, tell the truth. political reports that the attacker had, quote, inhabited a vifd and resentment-fueled world of conspiracy while living a fringed existence, even by the standards of the san francisco bay area, that he appears to embrace falsehoods about the without outcome of the 2020 election. the
Larger argument. we have to essentially play this out to the hilt. so destroying that pipeline has severe effects in every single sector of our society. but in a university, as someone who has the privilege of of teaching the youth of america on a daily basis, when you re in a classroom and you re looking out on 35 students when i teach my intro to politics classes and they re from all over and we have diverse class backgrounds, we ve got diverse racial and ethnic backgrounds, we ve got diversity when it comes to generational status, some people are first generation, some people are third, some people are tenth. like myself. i m more than tenth generation american. so we have to understand it s more than just, you know, what i teach on the page. it s the conversations that students had. the reason why the price tag of universities is so high is you re paying to interact with so many students from around the country and around world where you re not going to get that in your local neigh