defamation, claiming the network pushed a, quote, fantastical story about him. well, they did day after day after day. how many lawsuits? ray epps and his wife have had to move to an undisclosed location because their life has been threatened so many times because of the lies that a former fox news host told about them. new this morning, hollywood actors are swapping scripts for picket signs as failed negotiations late last night set the stage for another strike in the entertainment industry. this is a big one. it is a big one, willie. i mean, got a lot to talk about today. obviously, the strike. also, ray epps, that s incredible, what s happened to him. tragic what s happened to him and his wife. but also, the christopher wray testimony yesterday, if you want to look at how perverse trumpism is and what it s done to my former party, look no further than the disrespect they show to the fbi, talking about defunding the fbi, lying about the fbi, making up conspiracy t
you re wonderful. you can be the strongest, most dynamic, successful republican and conservative in america, but if you don t kiss that ring, then he ll try to trash you. barely a week later, desantis kissed that ring. endorsing trump and putting an end to one of the biggest campaign failures in political history. leaving behind a trail of destructive policies in florida that he and his obedient republican legislature shoved down the throats of floridians, all to advance his personal political ambitions. meanwhile, trump is predictably birthering nikki haley who is now the only noninsurrectionist left in the republican race. plus, how the abortion issue continues to haunt republicans of roe v. wade, the landmark 1953 supreme court decision enshrining women s bodily autonomy that was killed by republicans. but we begin tonight with karma. you reap what you sow, what goes around comes around. all that good stuff. karma can be cruel, ironic, but it s always right on time. at
Lieu laid out, you attack tony fauci, the fbi, all these people who have a message of reality which is inconsistent with your own. the second thing you have, of course, is what about-ism. okay, i understand some of the most sensitive secrets on the planet were found in a ballroom in mar-a-lago, but what about hillary clinton s emails? that, of course, is a defense we wouldn t accept from our 3-year-old child, but that s what you re left with when you are a fully paid member of the cult of trump. this is a similar group of right-wing republicans, also trying to use the military budget. happens every year. using the bill to kill america s aid to ukraine. the group also looking to use budget talks to end military funding on issues like travel-related costs for abortion services, medical care for transgender service members. debate on the nearly $900 billion budget came yesterday. the wish list of the far-right members stands little chance of passing the house as a whole, but those membe
Discussing this cult. we have an expert on cults, that worked to get people out of them. he knew ginny thomas in 1996, and he s here to discuss all of this. the new yorker has also reported on this prior coverage before this latest scandal. noting that thomas flunked the bar exam, and fell in with that they called a cultish self-help group. what everyone thinks of that reporting and that group, thomas did break out of it a long time ago, and became a public advocate and critic of these cults. trying to help people avoid this face. as we learn about the connection potentially to what we re going through today, we re joined by the doctor himself. with over 40 years of experience, including what he
To support overturning the 2020 election. thomas also appeared to invoke conspiracy theories and lies that have been widely debunked, including the qanon idea that the left was committing a heist and that the biden crime family will be living in barges off gitmo to face military tribunals for sedition. so ginni thomas is now in the news because of her own conduct. it s her words and deeds, what she did in relation to the election. all of this has renewed scrutiny on these two very powerful people, and specifically ginni s history, including her involvement with many have called a cult. there s a newly released visit video that shows her in 1996