The January 6th insurrection was the most conspicuous recent example of homegrown extremist violence, but America has a sad history of this stuff.

To discuss the emergence and evolution of America's contemporary wave of politically motivated violence, we're joined by Patrick Eddington, former CIA analyst and now Cato Institute senior fellow.

* Here's the article of Pat's we discussed on the episode.

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