
About this episode
Garrison talks about how politicians and media figures weaponize public acts of violence though the lens of partisan political ideology.
Sources:
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/29/us/michigan-church-attack.html
https://x.com/bennyjohnson/status/1972323666705973589?s=61
https://bsky.app/profile/aric.bsky.social/post/3lxmr4jq3qs2d
https://x.com/jamesstout/status/1972669516384539066
https://www.kenklippenstein.com/p/the-ice-shooters-motive
https://x.com/KenPaxtonTX/status/1975581768876237115
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/north-carolina-bar-shooting/
https://time.com/7323442/south-carolina-judge-diane-goodstein-house-fire-trump-political-violence/
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