In this episode, Alex discusses his four-week “hiatus while he was abroad in Europe. Then he discusses the recent election in Italy in which Giorgia Meloni, the leader of the Brothers of Italy party, became Italy’s Prime Minister. Meloni has ties to Italian fascism, praised Benito Mussolini during her youth, and is against everything ranging from LGBTQ rights to immigration to non-traditional families.  Alex also discusses how the American right has normalized her views and defended her positions as “popular” and “moderate.” There seems to be a global coalition of far-right parties that is transnational and troubling.