James and Al fire off on the extreme actions of Republican state governments in Texas and Tennessee that are actively undermining our country.  Then, they welcome revered journalist Thomas Edsall to discuss the Right’s radical rejection of centrism and former D.C. Police Officer Michael Fanone to share his experiences at The Capitol on J6 with insight into how he now feels about the MAGA movement. Email your questions to James and Al at politicswarroom@gmail.com or tweet them to @politicon.  Make sure to include your city, we love to hear where you’re from! Get More From This Week’s Guests: Thomas Edsall: Twitter | NYT | Columbia University | Author Michael Fanone: Bio | Author Please Support This Week’s Sponsors: Lomi:   Turn your food waste into dirt with the press of a button with Lomi. Use the code WARROOM to save $50 at lomi.com/WARROOM Hold On Bags: Shop plant based bags and replace single use plastics all over your home by visiting holdonbags.com and enter promo code: WARROOM at checkout to save 20% off your order.