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Victor Shi writes, "Everything that Elon Musk has done to the app, every decision he has made, has stood to benefit the extreme voices on the right – making it unbearable for everyone else."

On this episode of The Enemies List, Rick Wilson and Leigh McGowan, the "PoliticsGirl", explore the dangers of the current political climate and the rise of autocracy. Leigh is a Webby Award-winner, who Mark Hamill called a "national treasure."

Pres. Biden & Tommy Tuberville offer a sharp contrast in priorities, leadership, and intellect between Dems and the MAGA GOP. Could these opposing styles, viewpoints, and competency give us a glimpse into the strategies of either side going into ‘24? How do you fight stupid? Reed, Rick, Stuart, and Joe have got the answers.

Kris Goldsmith, Army veteran and modern-day Neo-Nazi hunter joins former Navy SEAL and VFRL President Dan Barkhuff along with Iraq veteran and historian Jason Belcher to recount the horrors he experienced in Iraq and why he founded Task Force Butler to counter the rise of violent extremism in the United States.

Olivia Julianna is a 20-year-old abortion-rights advocate and the Dir. of Politics and Government Affairs at Gen-Z for Change. With the help of her substantial TikTok following, Olivia initiated the takedown of an anti-abortion website that encouraged Texans to inform on their neighbors and raised over $2.3 million after a Twitter battle with Congressman Matt Gaetz.

Jen Mercieca warns of the propaganda power of nostalgia: Your memories about the past are incomplete, easily shaped by others, and a vulnerability to propaganda. Fascists know that.

David Pepper reminds us this week of the devastating results of the Dobbs decision. Manipulation of memory and reality continues to be used effectively by the GOP.

Was the Supreme Court decision in Moore v. Harper a big win - or a bullet dodged? UCLA law professor Rick Hasen rejoins Joe and Alex to discuss the implications of what looks like a big win for democracy -- but could it also be a time bomb?

Teri Kanefield discusses what our own Stuart Stevens calls "The Conspiracy To End America." The truth is that the truth is under attack.

How have threats to democracy changed the way you view patriotism and its symbols?

Dueling egos. Name-calling. Insult swaps. Authoritarian ambitions. Hooves for hands? Ron and Don are a match made in Hell, but Ronna ROMNEY McDaniel is patchin' things up. Or not. By the brilliant and hilarious @HistoryFalls.

Margaret Hoover, conservative political commentator, political strategist, and media personality, joins Rick for a dive into reshaping political dialogue in the US, the rise of the downtrodden white dude, the extreme goals of the social conservative movement, and the need for bipartisanship and a safe, legal, and rare abortion policy.

Ryan Busse spent 25 yrs in the gun industry and is a former exec of a major firearms manufacturer. He saw the number of mass shootings grow exponentially during his tenure, which prompted him to quit. Ryan’s book Gunfight exposes the gun industry’s “McCarthyesque” internal policing and its shift away from safety and ethics to fear, conspiracy, and intolerance.

David Pepper joins Joe and Alex to talk about... multiple coups this week? Why the failed coup in Russia is bad news for Putin. Plus - what's next after the Moore v. Harper decision? What does it mean for 2024?

A warning from Stuart Stevens: "We must face the reality that today in America, there are people who wake up every day with the intent to end the American Experiment."

Calling Out a Lawless, Anti-Democratic Theory

Republicans' interpretation of the Constitution is simply another way to change the rules to enshrine their own power even as the country evolves into a multiracial democracy, write Reed Galen.

This experiment called “American Democracy” has officially breached its previously restrained hull, to the point that the Founding Fathers would call for the ship to be abandoned, write Amee Vanderpool.

Ruth Ben-Ghiat examines the potential for a wartime erosion of power, jump-started by Wagner Group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin's show of force, to eventually take down Russian President Vladimir Putin too.