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Today, Dan and Jordan check in on how [[Marjorie Taylor Greene]] has been showing up more on Infowars lately.

Content warning: this episode does cover a fair amount of transphobic territory

==Detailed Show Notes==

Topics covered<ref>[https://knowledgefight.com/research/2022/3/10/episode-658-its-easy-being-greene Episode #658: It's Easy Being Greene]</ref>:

*Marjorie Taylor Greene has been making more frequent appearances on Infowars
*Most of [https://www.congress.gov/member/marjorie-greene/G000596?q=%7B%22sponsorship%22%3A%22sponsored%22%7D&r=1 the bills Greene has introduced] are meaningless right-wing media bait
*When Teddy Roosevelt did his Man In The Arena speech, [https://www.archives.gov/milestone-documents/19th-amendment women couldn't vote]
*Unfortunately, the first woman in the Senate was [https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2022/01/10/rebecca-felton-last-enslaver/ a full-on white supremacist who had slaves]
*The America First Caucus had [https://punchbowl.news/wp-content/uploads/America-First-Caucus-Policy-Platform-FINAL-2.pdf some pretty bad ideas], and also was [https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/04/16/trump-loyalists-start-america-first-caucus-promote-us-uniquely-anglo-saxon/ a complete bust]
*Elaine Chao's family has [https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/02/us/politics/elaine-chao-china.html business interests in China], but it doesn't seem to justify claiming she's "on the Chinese payroll"
*Greene [https://www.govtrack.us/congress/members/marjorie_greene/456814 has been fined approximately $78K] for refusing to wear a mask in Congress, which is about [https://censusreporter.org/profiles/50000US1314-congressional-district-14-ga/ 3 times the annual per capita salary of people in her district]
*Greene's [https://projects.propublica.org/represent/members/G000596-marjorie-taylor-greene voting record]
*The [https://www.losangelesblade.com/2022/02/19/non-binary-camp-counselors-enrage-parents-of-los-alamitos-fifth-graders/ underlying story] about the non-binary counselor at a science camp
*Camp Pali is [https://www.paliinstitute.com/best-luxury-science-camp-in-southern-california/ a pretty high-end camp], and the cabins are not rustic, outdoorsy cabins. [https://paliadventures.com/about/accommodations/ They are essentially hotels]
*Georgia is the state with the [https://williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu/publications/trans-adults-united-states/ fourth highest population of people who identify as trans]
*Alex is lying about a story about [https://www.arabnews.com/node/1923996/sport an MMA fighter dying after a fight]
*[https://www.congress.gov/roll-call-votes List of roll call votes] in previous sessions of Congress
*[https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/marjorie-taylor-greene/contributors?cid=N00044701&cycle=2022&recs=100&type=I Greene's contributors] this election cycle
*[https://www.propublica.org/article/marjorie-taylor-greene-appeared-in-a-super-pac-ad-asking-for-money-that-might-break-the-rules Greene's shady behavior] with the Stop Socialism Now PAC
*Greene and [[Matt Gaetz]]'s attempted PAC [https://www.salon.com/2021/10/17/matt-gaetz-mtgs-pac-has-blown-through-all-of-its-money-in-last-six-months-report_partner/ didn't work out]
*Greene was in Texas to [https://www.texasmonthly.com/news-politics/marjorie-taylor-greene-houston-collins/ try to support a losing candidate] in a GOP primary, along with [[Mike Lindell]]
*[[Roger Stone]] goes with the "[https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/interactive/2022/roger-stone-documentary-capitol-riot-trump-election/ deep fake defense]" for the videos of him doing shady stuff that got released by the Washington Post
*Greene's [https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-resolution/968/text Congressional Voting Accountability Act] is destined for failure
*[[Thomas Jefferson]]'s [https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/HMAN-112/pdf/HMAN-112-jeffersonman.pdf Manual of Parliamentary Practice]

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