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    | title           = June 16, 2003
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    | episodeNumber   = 601
    | length          = 01:16:17
    | airDate         = September 29, 2021
    | coverageDate    = June 16, 2003
    | episodeType     = [[:Category:2003 Investigation|2003 Investigation]]
    | appearance      = [[Dr Charles Cell]], [[Jeff Charlotte]], [[John Stadtmiller]], [[Mike Lindell]]
    | previousEpisode = [[600: September 22, 2021]]
    | nextEpisode     = [[602: Sandy Hook Response]]
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Today, Dan and Jordan dip back into the past. In this installment, Alex horribly fumbles a story that he could have nailed, gets suspiciously defensive about how he cut his finger over the weekend, and is super condescending toward a guest from Harper's who mysteriously agreed to be on the show.

==Tidbits==

*Alex wants to talk about Dr Charles Cell, mentally ill dentists who committed medical fraud
*Guest: Jeff Charlotte of Harper's
*Background: The Family, extremist Christian group
*VirginUtah.com: Alex tried to push a libertarian community
*Alex cut his hand on a boat but won't take painkillers for it and may have cursed at someone
*Guest: John Stadtmiller, says Dr Cell case is a waco coverup
*The ATF will plant pipebombs on your property
*Harper's article says The Family likes Hitler
*Alex owes his money to The Family by radicalizing [[Mike Lindell]]
*Jeff describes how the family operates, sounds like Alex
*Alex tries to expand on Jeff's research
*Reading Nietzsche makes you evil
*Alex tries to out research Jeff
*Jeff: who would believe in the book of Revelations?
*Jeff: They don't realize they want a dictatorship
*Jeff: They're fundamentalist Christians
*Alex: I'm a fundamentalist Christian
*Caller: Conservatives fetishize authority
*Alex won't let caller compliment Jeff
*Caller: State of Michigan just raped and pillaged my family

==Detailed Show Notes==

Topics covered<ref>[https://knowledgefight.com/research/2021/9/28/episode-601-june-16-2003 Episode #601: June 16, 2003]</ref>:

*The [https://www.nytimes.com/2002/12/26/us/jailed-man-fights-efforts-to-medicate-him-for-trial.html case of Dr. Charles Sell] and [https://cases.laws.com/sell-v-united-states whether or not] the state can forcibly medicate someone so they can be competent to participate in a trial
*The [https://www.aclu.org/press-releases/us-supreme-court-strikes-order-forcibly-medicate-mentally-ill-defendant ACLU petitioned the court] on behalf of Dr. Sell
*[https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/539/166/ Sell v. United States], Supreme Court decision
*The CCC are [https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/extremist-files/group/council-conservative-citizens a bunch of white nationalists]
*Jeff Sharlet's [https://harpers.org/archive/2003/03/jesus-plus-nothing/ 2003 article in Harper's] about The Family
*Archived page of [https://web.archive.org/web/20030620001920/http://www.virginutah.com/ Alex's Virgin, Utah website]
*Kennesaw's [https://www.kennesaw-ga.gov/demographics/ government website] discusses their population increase
*Kennesaw's gun ordinance is [https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/kennesaw-gun-law/ unenforceable]
*The coverage of the Georgia Republic Militia bomb story is [https://apnews.com/article/72de799e39bb88c98a5472e53be7d39b missing some details]
*[https://www.salon.com/2021/09/03/how-mypillow-guy-mike-lindell-came-to-jesus--and-to-donald-trump_partner/ Salon article] about how Mike Lindell found God and right-wing politics at the National Prayer Breakfast, run by The Family

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