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rush to close up shop for the holidays, we are practically in inundated fleeces a material. there was the committee s final report, the clocked in at over 800 pages, then there were just thousands of pages of deposition transcripts and court documents and exhibits from the committee s hearings, and dozens of videos. it s hard to believe that there was anything the committee did not release. and yet today we learned there was something. today the washington post published this draft memo, prepared by a team of committee staffers focused on social media and extremism. they were known as team purple. the team apparently hoped that there 100 plus-page memo would be adapted into a chapter in the investigation s final report. but the committee decided to leave most of it on the cutting room floor. among team purples most damning findings was in the run up to january six. social media platforms like twitter and facebook bent over backwards, they bench their own rules to allow ....
Political reporter, sahel kapoor. sahel, good to see you. thanks for being here. a lot of choices remain on capitol hill today. what is the reaction of republicans who are not in the most extreme wing of the republican party? to this election of lauren boebert, marjorie taylor greene, paul gosar, scott perry for these plum committee assignments? there certainly were a lot of choices made in a lot of very important choices made alex. of the 20 holdouts food out cuba mccarthy 14 humiliating defeats of the house of representatives before ultimately electing him speaker, all of them have gotten committee assignments that would range from good to great. there are several of them that are freshman, forced her members who have gotten committee assignments on the homeland security committee, financial services committee and the appropriations committee. i texted that one aide house ....
Less chaotic, a lot less stressful. but we all are waiting for the other shoe to drop so to speak. we know that the pervasive sentiments that have been created by rhetoric of the big lie have not gone away and we know there are still a lot of people out there who genuinely believe that the election was stolen and who also believe that the only way to deal with political conflict is to address it through violence. and this just reiterates what i have said and what my colleagues have said since 2020. the rhetoric has to stop. because it is not just a political tactic anymore. it is creating actual violence in our communities, it is affecting human beings and ....
That an organization called the propane education and research council, or p.e.r.k., has spent millions on this kind of messaging for tv, print and social media. that is despite the fact that the overwhelming majority of the scientific community agrees that the burning of fossil fuels is hurting our planet and propane can emit toxic chemicals. but they are spending money to get to you spend your money on a product that in many cases doesn t make a lot of sense. this year p.e.r.k. plans to spent another $13 million on its anti-eelectricity if i indication campaign. so next time you settle into at the couch, be alert, the propane lobby may be the real star of that show. but it is not just propane and ....
Governing, i think. when it comes to funding the government, like comes to lifting the debt ceiling. an optional pieces of legislation, because a lot of what these members have got to do on these committees is you know, right legislation that never passed the senate, can ever get signed into law by president biden, things that occur since the oversight functions which are also very important. but there are some important matters of governing, you know, which have a very very serious consequences. okay. okay, moderate wing. use your power wisely, i guess. nbc s senior political reporter sahel kapoor, always great to see you sahel, thanks for your time. joining us now is mark leap of, mark an author of thank you for your of two, donald trump s ....