
The Extremists' Plans; Mayoral Candidate Loree Sutton; New York State Sen. Myrie; Congress Moves on Impeachment
The Brian Lehrer Show | Jan 12, 2021
Coming up on today's show:Â
- Andrew Marantz, staff writer at The New Yorker and author of Antisocial: Online Extremists, Techno-Utopians, and the Hijacking of the American Conversation Viking (October 8, 2019), talks about how online extremists are planning to organize in the days leading up to and on Inauguration Day and whether the de-platforming of Donald Trump and apps like Parler will make a difference or if it's much too little, too late.
- Loree Sutton, MD, retired brigadier general who served as the Army’s highest-ranking psychiatrist, and former commissioner of New York City’s Department of Veterans’ Services, now vying for the Democratic nomination for NYC mayor, talks about her mayoral campaign.
- Zellnor Myrie, New York State Senator (D-20th, including parts Brownsville, Crown Heights, East Flatbush, Gowanus, Park Slope, Prospect Heights, Prospect Lefferts Gardens, South Slope, and Sunset Park in Brooklyn) and Elections Committee chair, talks about the new Senate session and reacts to Gov. Cuomo's State of the State address.
- Susan Page, USA Today Washington bureau chief, discusses the latest on what the House of Representatives is doing on impeachment and the 25th amendment, days after a pro-Trump mob violently overran the Capitol Building.
Transcripts are posted to the individual segment pages as soon as they are available.

