House GOP members push conspiracy theory that FBI instigated Jan. 6 despite lack of evidence - Velshi
National security contributor and disinformation expert Clint Watts and Nina Jankowicz, Vice President of Centre for Information Resilience, join Ali Velshi to discuss the role House Republicans have played in peddling conspiracy theories to the American public and the harm those conspiracies continue to cause, and how to actively fight them, even after they have been debunked. - Aired on 07/15/2023.
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Good luck with that! However, I have often wondered how history will remember this bizarre and unprecedented period in this country. How will they teach history in the future?? Or will they dispense with teaching it altogether? 
When I was in school, I remember learning about the Civil Rights Movement and our senators in 9th grade, 10th grade was World History and 11th grade was American History. 
I really don't know how people have lost all sense of logic...it just baffles me.
Too many aren't paying the slightest attention and will believe whatever they hear.
I may try again when I have more time and inspiration.
Would they be happy giving up all their rights - freedom to vote, freedom of speech?? Did those January 6th insurrectionists really want to overthrow the democracy we have and live under a Putin-like authoritarian government?? Or are they just hopelessly deluded? What did they think would actually happen? 
I guess I was lucky, here in New York we started early. As I said above, I remember learning about the Civil Rights Movement in 9th grade - and who our senators were. 10th grade was World History, there was no doubt that the nazis were horrible, not that we didn't already know that. And 11th grade was American History - we girls did skits and I portrayed James Garfield and John Hancock. Don't they still teach that history today?? 
I admit that I was shocked when we learned that the KKK was still active in Tennessee. There was a new boy in my class in 10th grade who came from SC - and the rumor was that his mother had been "secretary" to some high poobah in the KKK. And this guy was truly a bigot, and a misogynist, too. I was on a team with him and was better than he was so he did not like me at all. He was definitely an anomaly around here.
And thanks for the explanation, I understand the "freedom of speech" thing, but there has to be a way to prevent these right wing sites from spreading misinformation and inciting the violent and deluded. These are scary times and this is the reason.