Episode #612: October 31, 2021

Topics covered:

• The Lincoln Project did a dumb PR stunt at a VA gubernatorial election press event

• The Lincoln Project’s financial dynamics examined by Open Secrets, and later Huffington Post

• One of the co-founders of the Lincoln Project was accused by many of harassment

• Christopher Rufo has a new corporate seminar to be mad about, this time from AT&T

• Most of the fake outrage directed at the AT&T seminar is actually just about an op-ed from the Chicago Tribune, which the seminar included a link to

• Christopher Rufo has been very clear in the past that his pushing of fears about Critical Race Theory is a cynical attempt to rebrand racism as legitimate politics, following in the tradition of the John Birch Society and noted racist friend of Roger Stone, Lee Atwater

• Candidates endorsed by Trump actually do have a pretty good record in GOP primaries

• There was a pipe that burst at the State Farm Arena, but it had nothing to do with the video that people like Alex pretended captured vote counters cheating

• Bill Clinton’s approval ratings in Gallup do not reflect a large spike after the Oklahoma City bombing

• Alex and Tucker like to argue that January 6th was basically just tourists, but also like to forget that the FBI has released surveillance video of the suspect who planted bombs the night before

• The National Guard was not allowed to operate on federal property, which is why they were able to respond to Mayor Bowser’s request and come to DC, but not to the capitol itself, without federal approval

• It doesn’t seem like anyone actually shit on Nancy Pelosi’s desk on January 6. Someone shit on her driveway in September 2020, and rioters were alleged to have been shouting for someone to shit on her desk

• Alex is mad at Jim Acosta

• Neither Jim Acosta nor CNN were responsible for the allegations that Trump removed the bust of MLK Jr. That was a reporter with Time Magazine who made that mistake