A Weird Week

Episode #73

Bill and Phil take a lighter look at the wacky week of politics, including stories of an ultra-nationalist presidential candidate in France being put in a headlock, a male senator in Australia growling at a female colleague during her speech, Mark Meadows calling his own book “fake news” after Trump told him so, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis proposing his own military force for Florida, and Representative Thomas Massie’s Christmas card showing his family gathered around the tree with assault rifles.

Links related to this week’s episode:

• “Far-right French presidential candidate put in headlock by protester at rally” By Rick Noack and Rachel Pannett in The Washington Post

• YouTube Video: Éric Zemmour: "I am a candidate for the presidential election"

• “‘‘I keep my legs shut’: Fresh sexism allegations dog Australian politics” by Frances Vinall in The Washington Post

• “The reckless timeline of Trump’s positive coronavirus test” by Aaron Blake in The Washington Post

• “Trump Just Bullied Mark Meadows Into Calling His Own Book Fake News” by Paul Blest for Vice

• “DeSantis proposes a new civilian military force in Florida that he would control” on CNN

• “Opinion: The MAGA cult of violence is having predictable consequences” by Jennifer Rubin in The Washington Post

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