After more battles about books, drama over drag shows, and gaslighting about gas stoves over the past 24-hours, the panel discusses why these messages are so powerful and why even some Democrats are now warning about wokeness. Plus, an alarming glimpse into what went on behind the scenes during the Southwest Airlines meltdown. And, George Santos and the shamelessness of 2023 politics.

Also this morning: the suspect in the Dallas Zoo animal thefts allegedly admits to stealing two tamarin monkeys and trying to steal a snow leopard, Joe Rogan is accused of using an anti-Semitic trope on his podcast, the death toll reaches over 15,000 in the Turkey-Syria earthquake, news on the future of NFL star Damar Hamlin’s playing career, and which seat on the plane is safest?

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