- i'm the mistress? - okay, everybody, let's take this next hill. - excuse me. yeah, i'd appreciate it if you'd just let me run this. - you know what? you had your chance. you're no leader. up out of your seat, let's blast! - don't listen to him, we're approaching a cooldown down a gentle hill. - no! the hill's a trap. let's take the dirt road off to the side. - no, guys, no. we're just cooling down-- - if they catch us, they will rape us. go for the cliff. and three, two, one-- jump! no! you're dead, you're dead, you're dead. good jump. you're barely alive. okay, now nice cooldown. check your pulse rate. ♪ ♪ >> announcer: coming to you from new york city, the only city in america, it's "the daily show." tonight... the election denier that wants your vote. mira murati.

and ralph macchio. this is "the daily show with trevor noah." ♪ ♪ [cheers and applause] ♪ ♪ [cheers and applause] ♪ ♪ >> trevor: hey, what's going on, everybody? welcome to "the daily show." i'm trevor noah. thank you so much for tuning in and thank you for coming out in person. good to see you! good to see you! thank you so much for being here! take a seat, everybody. we've got a really fun show for you tonight. a mcdonald's legend is saying goodbye forever, we expose the truth behind recycling, and do you want to know what trump and address look like? stay tuned to find out. so let's do this, people! let's jump straight into today's headlines. ♪ ♪ [cheers and applause] all right, before we get into the big stories, let's catch up on a few other things going on in the world. starting with some fashion news.

adidas has officially ended its partnership with kanye west after his numerous anti-semitic remarks. but good news. you can still get a pair of yeezys, you'll just have to microwave a normal pair of sneakers for 30 minutes. in environmental news, a new study by greenpeace usa declares plastic recycling a "failed concept," saying that only 5% of plastic waste was recycled last year. and i can't wait to tell this to the people who got mad at me for not putting my plastic in the recycling. this is why i didn't do it. i mean, i didn't know this at the time. this is why i did it. for the future. but you realize what the solution is? we need to stop using single-use plastic. we just need to stop using it. no more plastic water bottles. we all do it, i do it, no more. we need to be jumping out of

materials that are easy to use like glass or tin or the skulls of our enemies. our ancestors knew what they were doing! "i have thirst! bring me the skull of jehosephat! unless my garfield mug is clean, is the garfield mug clean? no? okay, then bring me the skull of jehosephat!" in fast food news, macdonald has announced that once again they are bringing back the mcrib, but this time they claim it could be the last time ever. i never thought that people that need to make rib would out live it. all right, let's turn to the big news of the day: the midterm elections. that all-important day in november where you vote for a senator, or a governor, and then a bunch of positions you're not even sure are real. but this november, there's one governor's race that could change things not just for their state, but for everyone. i'm talking about arizona. it's the state for people who

like texas, but wish it had more scorpions and old people. right now, in arizona, republican kari lake is in a neck and-neck race against democrat katie hobbs, and if lake wins, it could change the course of american democracy itself. so let's get to know her better, in our latest installment of "fringewatching." ♪ ♪ [cheers and applause] meet kari lake: arizona gubernatorial candidate and "boss who's gonna keep making you go back to starbucks until you learn the difference between flat white and latte, you moron." of all the newcomers, kari lake is making the biggest waves. she defeated a mainstream republican in the primaries, she is endorsed by donald trump himself and she insists on saying merry christmas even in july. every time she opens her mouth, every single time she speaks, you can see why the trump crowd

loves her. >> as governor, i will issue a declaration of invasion. finish president trump's wall. blow up the cartel's drug tunnels and surveillance drones, and deploy the arizona national guard to stop illegals from entering. >> between anti-american history that is being taught, and appropriate sex education, and the racist critical race theory -- or as i like to refer to it all, "woke curriculum" -- it is teaching our children hatred. >> it is time to take a sledgehammer to the mainstream media's lies and propaganda. ♪ ♪ >> during pride month, she tweeted that "they kicked god out of schools and welcomed the drag queens. they took down our flag and replaced it with the rainbow." >> katie hobbs thinks there are 47 different genders. why don't you go out and try to milk a bull and tell me how that goes?

>> g.o.p. strategist say she is taking trump's message on morphing it into her own. spaghetti and call me trump and a dress and i any day. >> trevor: no! no! why did she say that? now i am picturing it. trump in a dress. i didn't want that image in my head. i can see it now. the balls are dangling in the breeze. they look like two tiny mandarins. each one has a comb-over. why did she say that? why? as you can see, kari lake is full on maga. she hates illegal immigrants, drag queens, and the mainstream media. did you see how she smashed the shit out of the tvs, which for some reason are all from 30 years ago. really, why are those tvs is old? there is a whole campaign just an excuse to clean out her garage? "big government is just like this lawn mower that i no longer

need. yeah!" for the record, if you disagree with what you see on one channel, you don't have to sledgehammer the whole tv, you can just change the channel to something different. we have that technology now. it's the future. now, if you have only been following her for this election, you might think she is your standard right wing republican. you know, maga this, hang mike pence that. but what makes her story fascinating is not who she is, but who she used to be. >> kari lake used to be known in arizona as a charismatic newscaster. >> he's a lion. hear him roar. >> a staple on phoenix tvs for more than two decades. >> just over a decade ago, she was an obama donor, her friends described her as liberal. yet, you saw her shift slowly and gradually over the last decade. >> in 2015, several of her friends say she found trump to be funny and defended his crassness. she began spreading internet conspiracy theories.

>> you can take the hydroxychloroquin as a preventative. >> although kari lake has criticized drag queens, she was friends with a popular local drag queen for 20 years and after to often went to his drag shows. >> trevor: believe it or not, kari lake went from being a popular local news caster to heating the media. she was personal friends with a drag queen and now she says that they are a danger to children. plus, she was a donor to barack obama's campaign -- a donor -- now she rolls with a guy who thinks obama is not american. i have heard with people being open to change for this is almost not the same person. i wouldn't be shocked if we found out that the real kari lake is locked up in a basement somewhere where there's a maga alien pretends to be here. because this is a bigger transformation than the drag queens that she suddenly hates. which, by the way, is particularly shittflush shitty , it's awful to betray any

friend but especially the one who got your contouring on point, unforgettable. over the past few years, seems to have happen to a lot of people. like, everywhere. everyone has a story about this, they used to be normal, living a chill life come up with a make clicked on the wrong facebook post, they got sucked in by a few youtube videos of the next thing you know, they believe that care bears are democratic sex cult that will penetrate your children with rainbows. and while she sounds just like trump on most issues, there is one thing kari lake has in common with trump that is especially dangerous, and i'm not talking about her friendship bracelet with kim jong un. no, no, no. i'm talking about her refusal to take an election "l." >> anybody who was involved in that corrupt, shady, shoddy, election of 2020 -- [cheers and applause] lock them up. >> no more stolen elections. >> we have this illegitimate president biden. we will no longer accept rigged elections. who's with me on that? >> you've said that you think

trump won arizona in 2020. do you still believe that? >> i believe biden is the president just like oj is innocent. the system is corrupt. >> in arizona, the republican candidate for governor is refusing to say whether she'll accept the results of the upcoming election if she loses. >> will you accept the results of your election in november? >> i'm going to win the election and i will accept that result. >> if you lose, will you accept that? >> i'm going to win the election and i will accept that result. >> trevor: i'm going to win the election and i will accept the results. i will win the election and i will accept the results. thanks to trump, every republican running for office now is just a whiny little kid who refuses to lose a board game. they used to be like,

"we are the party of personal responsibility." "looks like you lost the election. do take responsibility for that?" "it's not my fault, it was stolen! i'm the governor, i am!" and by the way, it's ridiculous to compare trump's election loss to oj's murders. i mean, for one thing, oj had a much better legal team. and also, that was the system doing its thing! but maybe you think kari lake's election denials don't concern you. maybe you're thinking, "hey, i don't live in arizona. the only issue that affects me there is whether their iced tea stays at 99 cents." but you'd be wrong, because arizona isn't just where your aunt gets all her turquoise jewelry. no, it's also a key swing state that helped push joe biden over the top in 2020. and if kari lake becomes governor, she could have the final say over who wins it in 2024. and it doesn't sound like she's

gonna be shy about getting the result she wants. >> in the the last 24 hours, you have said the 2020 election was stolen. would you have certified arizona's results? >> hell no. >> in 2024, would you be willing to put the country in a position, potentially, of a constitutional crisis by not certifying arizona's results? >> in 2024? >> if you were governor, that would come down to you. >> let me ask you, vaughn. would you certify a crooked, corrupt election? would you certify a crooked, corrupt election? just to make peace. yes, no? that's not how i operate. >> trevor: woof. you know things aren't looking good when the future of your country's democracy is being decided in a home depot parking lot. but think about what kari lake is saying. she's saying that if the election in 2024 is "stolen" for biden the same way the last election was "stolen" for biden,

then she's not going to approve the results. and that would be chaos. that could throw america into a constitutional crisis like it's never seen before. who knows, maybe even another civil war! which is bullshit! think about it. some local newscaster gets way too into trump fan-fiction and now i've got to grow out muttonchops? huh? i mean, can i pull it off? yeah! but it's got to be for the right reasons! and you might be saying, "relax, trump tried to do a coup last time and it didn't work." yeah, the only reason it didn't work is because there were various republicans in key positions who didn't go along with it. but if those people get replaced by people like kari lake, it's a whole different story. because you don't need to storm the capitol when your people have the keys. all right, that's it for the headlines, but before we go, let's check in on traffic with our very own roy wood jr. [cheers and applause] >> yeah, i'm looking at it right

now. free beer. free beer all over the freeway. judgment i-20 on the off-ramp. free beer. take the truck. it's bud light. we will still drink it. we can make a lot of money. let me get you back. hey, what's going on, man? >> trevor: are you -- >> traffic. >> trevor: it looked like you were -- >> free beer. >> trevor: you were telling your friends to get beer for me truck -- >> to rescue the beer. the beer needed to be rescued. i'm still listening to you. you are talking about karen like. >> trevor: kari lake, not karen. >> she still got a karen haircut, so it fits. >> trevor: let's get to the traffic. >> i will get to the traffic. the mcrib. you said the mcrib is gone. the last ride for the mcrib? >> trevor: the last chance for it. >> i don't -- what did the mcrib do? did it say something about

jewish people or something? i thought the mcrib -- the mcrib as an ally. the mcrib has been an ally for years and years. we all know why mcdonald's canceled the snack wrap. we know what the snack wrap said. >> trevor: i don't know, what did the snack wrap say? >> i'm not going to repeat that on television. also, you can't cancel the mcrib. the mcrib is friendly, it is eco- -- eco -- good for the environment. the mcrib is recycled. every mcrib this year is just an unsold mcrib from last year. >> trevor: oh! what? >> that is how they do the mcrib. >> trevor: no. >> when the mcrib season ends, they put them in storage in a warehouse in indiana, like christmas decorations. they put them in the attic. >> trevor: no, i don't want to think of that. >> the mcrib, man, look. i don't know what your relationship is with seasonal food. but the mcrib comes around every year, and its joy. that's joy.

the mcrib, that uncle that shows up once a year, you have a good ass time with that uncle. that uncle teaches you how to fish, he lets you set that has lot behind the wheel so you can blow when the tubes of his car starts. he teaches you about cocaine. this is a good uncle. he teaches you all of the ropes, then he just disappears. and you miss him, but you know deep down that your life is probably better off without him. you want me to do the traffic. >> trevor: thank you. >> the other thing, you know what mcdonald's need to get rid of? they need to get rid of the damn shamrock shake. that's what they need to get rid of. >> trevor: why do they need to get rid of the shamrock shake? >> it looks like sewage. sipping on sewage. >> trevor: they are not getting rid of that. >> i don't think it's right. get rid of all them other mystery meets. talking about the mcrib, the mystery meat.

beyond meat? why does a need to be beyond? an impossible burger, if it's impossible, how do you eat a burger if it is impossible? that is stupid. i don't know beyond meat, i don't know where impossible burgers come from, but i know where the mcrib come from, the rib. i know that. half the time, the sauce you have to work anyway in the mcrib. could be a dish sponge. i don't know. you want some traffic though, right? >> trevor: it's gone now. let's do the traffic. >> look, i will be real with you, brother. i'm not worried about this. i'm not worried about this. i will stay positive, i will stay positive because all of the greats take a break, then they come back. all the greats take a break, they come back. jay-z took a break, came back. jordan took a break, retired, came back. jesus left, came back. so the mcrib is up there with the greats. the mcrib better come back -- in fact, let me talk. i got to talk to mcdonald's.

mcdonald's, hey, ronald. how are you doing, ronald? it's me, roy wood jr., customer of the month, mcdonald's, birmingham. if you dare, as an organization, to certify the cancellation of the mcrib, i will not accept those results. i will get a group of people together and we are going to travel and we are going to march down to mcdonald's headquarters. we are going to mcdonald's the first week of january to start the year off with a bang! you with me on that? >> trevor: no, no, no! marching in january? that sounds -- that's a familiar road. >> this is a whole brand-new plan. we will hang grimace. we wow he ain't got no neck. you coming with me? >> trevor: i think we should cut this off. >> that's what i'm talking about. the media. as soon as you start talking about something, the media shuts you down, they are controlling

you. >> trevor: we've got to take a quick break. when we come back, we will talk about how a.i. is going to change art forever. so don't go away. [cheers and applause]

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holding a trophy, you can type it in and a few seconds later, there it is. anyway, we wanted to find out more about this technology, which is why my first guest is the chief technology officer of openai, the company behind dall-e 2, the artificial intelligence system that can generate images from text. >> dall-e was created by training a neural network on images and their text descriptions. through deep learning, and not only understands individual objects, like a koala bears and motorcycles, but learns from relationships between objects. and when you ask dall-e for an image of a cabal of air riding a motorcycle, and knows how to create that or anything else relating to an object or action. >> trevor: please welcome mira murati! [cheers and applause] ♪ ♪ mira murati, welcome to "the daily show." >> thank you for having me. >> trevor: so, many people have

seen the images that dall-e creates. many people may even think they understand it. but let's get into it. how does an ai create an image? because it is not copying the image. it is not taking from something else. it is creating an image from nothing. how is it doing this? >> exactly. it is an original image, never seen before, and we have been making images since the beginning of time, and we simply took a great deal of these images and we fed them into this ai system, and it learns this relationship between the description of the image and the image itself. it learned these patterns. and eventually, it was generating images that were original, they were not copies of what it had seen before. and basically, the way that it learns, the magic is understanding the patterns and analyzing the patterns between a

lot of information, a lot of training data that we have fed into the system. >> trevor: there are people who are terrified about this. for instance, there was an art competition and the winner in the art competition used a version of this kind of software whether it was dall-e, i don't remember, they used this version of the software to create an art piece that won the competition, artists were livid. this is not art. they said, the same way you use a brush, i use a computer. that's how i designed this. in creating ai, are you constantly grappling with how it will affect people's jobs and what people even consider a job? >> yeah , that's a great question. the technology we are building has such a huge effect on society, but also the society can and should shape at. and there are a ton of questions that we are wrestling with every day. with the technologies that we have today, like dall-e, we see

them as tools, so an extension of our creativity, or i were writing abilities, it is a tool. there isn't anything particularly new about having a human helper. the ancient greeks had this concept of human helpers, you know, that when you would give something, you know, infinite powers of knowledge or strength or so on, maybe you had to be wary of the vulnerability is. so these concepts of extending the human abilities and being aware of the vulnerabilities are timeless, and in a sense, we are considering this conversation by building pai technologies today. >> trevor: it might be frightening because some people go, the world is going to end because of this technology. but in the meantime, it's very fun, i'm not going to lie. because, like, dall-e for instance doesn't just create an

image from text. you have also gotten it to the point where, as a company, you have designed it so that it can imagine what an image would be. for instance, there is that famous image. you know, it is the girl with a pearl earring. it is a famous image. but what dall-e can do, you've got the famous image and then dall-e can expand that. everything you see there never existed. so dall-e is like some of this is what i think it would look like if there was more to this image. it can assume, it can create, it can inspire. >> at can inspire. it makes this beautiful, sometimes touching, sometimes funny images and it is really just an extension of your imagination. there is a a canvas or the boundaries of paper are not there anymore. >> trevor: how do you safeguard then? some people might look at this technology, and go, you could type in a politician was caught doing something here and now i've got the image. and now all the politician says, that is not me, it was made by

the fake program. we can very quickly find ourselves in a world where nothing is real and everything that is real isn't and we question ed. how do you prevent or can you even prevent that completely? >> you know, misinformation and societal impact of our technologies, these are very important, and difficult questions. i think it is very important to be able to bring the public along, bring these technologies in the public consciousness, but in a way that is responsible and safe. and that is why we have chosen to make dall-e available, with guard rails and consumer restraints because we do want people to understand what ai is capable of and we want people in various fields to think about what it means. but right now, we don't feel very comfortable around the mitigations on misinformation, so we do have some guardrails,

for example, we do not allow generation of public figures. so we will go into the data set and we will eliminate -- >> trevor: so you type something in, you can't -- it can't create a politician for you. there will not be a picture of that person. >> so that is the first step in the training of the model itself, just looking at the data and auditing it, making interventions in the data set to avoid certain outcomes, and then later in the deployment stage, we will look at filters, applying filters, so that when you put in a prompt, it will not generate things that contain violence or hate and make it more in line with our content policy. >> trevor: so let me ask you this, then. obviously come a part of your team has to think about the ethical ramifications of the technology you are creating. do your team also then think about the greater meaning of work or life for the purpose that humans have?

because most of us define ourselves by what we do, i.e., our jobs. as ai slowly takes away what people's jobs are, we will find a growing class of people who don't have that same purpose anymore. do you then also have to think about that and wonder, what does it need to be human if it is not my job? can you tell me what that is? >> [laughs] you know, we have philosophers and ethicists at openai, but i really think these are big societal questions that, you know, shouldn't even be in the hands of technologists alone. we are certainly thinking about that. and i -- you know, the tools that we see today, they are not the tools that are automating certain aspects of our jobs. they are really tools, extending our capabilities, our inherent abilities and making them far better. but it could be that in the far future, we have the systems that can automate a lot of different

jobs. it just seems that with other revolutions, we have gone through, there will be new jobs and some jobs will be lost, some jobs will be new, and there will be some retraining required as well. but i am optimistic. >> trevor: it is interesting, it is scary because change always is, but as long as we have -- bless you. because as long as we have cobol as riding bicycles, i think we are heading in the right direction. thank you so much for joining me on the show. when we come back come out "the karate kid" himself, ralph macchio, will be joining me right here. thank you very much. [cheers and applause]

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♪ [cheers and applause] >> trevor: welcome back to "the daily show." my next guest tonight is an actor and producer uniform films like "the karate kid," "my cousin vinny," and the hit netflix series b24. here is here to talk about his memoir, "waxing on: the karate kid and me," which is available now. please welcome ralph macchio. ♪ ♪ [cheers and applause] "the karate kid" himself. >> yeah, kind of. >> trevor: how are you? [cheers and applause] >> i'm good. >> trevor: welcome to "the daily show." >> thanks for having me. great to see everyone here. [cheers and applause] >> trevor: you are somebody who has defined a generation, you are somebody who now is in

the next phase of defining a new generation on streaming, on netflix. your face became synonymous with a move, you've got that on the book and you wrote a story that i will tell you is one of the more honest accounts of anybody's life. i would love to know why you chose to go into the depth that you went into because you could have kept it safe. but you tell everything. >> it is very specific. i walked in the shoes of this character that has been so impactful and so inspirational, aspirational. wish fulfilling for decades. you know, i was the lucky guy that got the part. so i wanted to be honest about what that journey has been. it has never gone away from me, it has always been a part of me, the fans give so much back. for the 38 years -- yes, i set it out loud -- [cheers and applause] >> trevor: [laughs] >> but there is such a two way street of inspiration, and now with the "cobra kai" show

exploding the way it has an opening up in the next generation, i have 12-year-old kids that know who mr. miyagi is. >> trevor: you talk about when he came in to the addition, everyone was like, i don't know if this guy. >> they didn't want him for some of the studio on the producers did not want him for the role because they were looking like some of these "seven samurai" actors, and so pat was -- she was arnold from "happy days" for me as well, part of my tuesday nights. so we all kind of questioned the depth and breadth of his jobs. i can only explain it as a soulful magic, which is what i entitled his chapter, and it was instantaneous, it was a give and take, a great deal goes to the

writing. but it was elevated by the two guys that were meant to play those parts. >> trevor: that is what i love about how you told the story. i can't imagine mr. miyagi being this buff, kung fu -- what made him so special -- >> he was a human yoda. >> trevor: that's exactly what it is. exactly at. [applause] you also are really vulnerable in the book, which i appreciate. as you said, many people looked at your life and mind, man, this guy is lucky. and in many ways you were. you were "the karate kid." it was a massive blockbuster. it was all over the world. and then, because of that, your career was essentially done. you talk about how you couldn't get another job because people said, you are "the karate kid." you can't be anybody else. >> yeah, i had two things working for and against me. one, i was associated with a role that was famous for being an iconic character right away.

and two, i decided to age very slowly. >> trevor: [laughs] you look great, by the way. >> thank you very much. [cheers and applause] >> trevor: you actually do. >> so now, i wasn't able to graduate, sort of out of it, and i had missed opportunities because i was locked into a three picture contract. so that made it, when there were certain other projects i wanted to be involved with, i couldn't, you know. the thing that i have been able to do -- and i write this in the book -- i have always kept 1 foot in and 1 foot out of it. and there in lies, for me, the balance. there you go, it's mr. mi mr. miyagiism. there are lessons from that film that i use in my own life and share with people, so it is with readers, it is about to navigate through that, keep your focus, and so stuff came back around, always through those drive, i

kept myself creative, i jumped into writing screenplays, shooting films, doing guest spots here and there and then somehow, the universe has me on netflix on a big tv show. >> trevor: on a massively successful tv show. a whole new generation loving your. and can i just say, i don't know who is working in ad agencies for antiaging creams and all these other -- if they do not design a line around you and they call it "wax on wax off," they are wasting their money. you are the face of it. congratulations on everything. thank you for everything. "waxing on" is available now. it's a fascinating book. we have to take a quick break. we'll be right back after this. [cheers and applause]

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[cheers and applause] >> trevor: well, that's our show for tonight, but before we go: i just wanted to remind you that peaceful protesters in iran are risking their lives to be heard. the center for human rights in iran is helping to bring their voices to the international stage, and it provides legal aid for political prisoners and victims of violence. so if you want to help them in this work, please follow the link below. until next time, stay safe out there and remember, to tell the mcrib in your life that you love it. because you never know when it will be gone. now, here it is. your "moment of zen."

>> mcdonald is bringing back the mcrib. >> i have never had that. have you? >> yes, i have. >> do you like it? >> i don't even remember ever having a mcrib. >> i don't think i've ever had a mcrib. >> i've never had one, no. >> have you had one? >> no. >> i've never had a mcrib. >> have never had a mcrib, none of us have. >> i've never had a mcrib. i guess now is the time to try. >> i've never had a mcrib, by the way. >> neither have i. >> i've never tried it because i am troubled by the concept. >> i've never tried one. >> i have never tried one. >> it's -- i'm not going to say. ♪♪ -from comedy central, this is "stephen colbert presents tooning out the news." ♪♪ -chevy. you're a big strong boy and not a total weiner.

-tonight on "tooning out the news," "hot take" warns congresswoman cori bush that trump's january 6th subpoena will cause another capitol invasion when our nation's gin-soaked lawyers rush to join his legal team. and "virtue signal" discusses barack obama's criticism of cancel culture, calling it a well-intentioned misstep for which he should be banished forever. but first, in the battle for congress, americans are staring the growing threat of fascism directly in the eyes and saying, "hey, you wanna move in together?" and i have a very real phone call with herschel walker. it's time for some "big news." ♪♪ good evening. i'm james smartwood. and i trust the future of this planet in the hands of whoever does tom brady's plastic surgery. the top story tonight -- with just 20 days until the election, republicans are offering a slate of candidates with only enough brain cells needed to salute an authoritarian strongman. and according to polls, voters are kind of digging it.

one of those republicans virtually tied with his opponent is georgia senate candidate herschel walker, who receives a daily briefing on who he is and what he's doing here. he is currently defending brandishing a police badge at a debate in an effort to steal valor from america's most noble profession. -that's a badge that i was given by a police officer. and i do have the badge. -you have it? -i carry it with me all the time. it's a real badge. it's not a fake badge. it is a real badge. this badge gives me the right -- wait. let me finish. if anything happens in this county, i have the right to work with the police in getting things done. -if you didn't already know herschel walker was a cop, you could have deduced it from his history of domestic-violence allegations. walker is just one of the self-appointed administrators of state aggression among the majority of republican nominees, 291 in all, who have denied or questioned the outcome of the last presidential election. i assume questioning in the same way cheetahs are simply questioning a gazelle. and yet, despite these candidates' un-american tendencies, americans tend to love them,