Republican propagandists have backed their party into an impossible corner

We've Got Issues

This week, Joshua Holland kicks off the show with a look at how the FBI is at the same time pursuing more investigations into increasingly violent right-wing extremism and also making subtle changes to its definition of terrorism that are resulting in a lower priority for some of that extremism.

Then we are joined by Oliver Willis to talk about how the GOP's messaging apparatus has become so successful that it's left the party wildly out-of-touch with the concerns of normal Americans and, in many cases, just kinda weird. We also preview the coming GOP House majority and inevitable intra-party crackup.

Then we're joined by Lindsay Beyerstein to talk about the real scandal that lies at the heart of the right's clumsy conspiracy theories about Twitter, big tech and Hunter Biden's laptop.

Playlist

• Véronique Sanson "Chanson Sur Ma Drôle De Vie"
• Eddy Mitchell: "Fortissimo"
• Sylvie Vartan: "La Plus Belle Pour Aller Danser"