think we can turn it over to questions and answers is professor chomsky referenced this post by matt iglesias who is a by-product of this school near where we're talking. and he also works for the center for american progress which is, basically, an organization run by john podesta, the former clinton white house official, that was founded, in essence, to justify and defend whatever the obama white house does. with some exceptions here and there if you search hard enough but, basically, that's its function. and the fact that people who write for them do things and say things to mitigate or defend things like assassinating an american citizen with no due process, probably the most radical act that you can think of, really underscores an important point about the way the obama legacy is being defined and the way that lawlessness has become normalized. so if, you know, three years ago, and i say this as somebody who was doing it, if you were to go to an event and fill the room with 50% republicans and 50% democrats and you were to condemn things like wild assertions of executive authority, the i