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Today we go over the weeks’ craziest news. We talk about the recent terrorist attacks in Chelsea, New York and Elizabeth, New Jersey and how fixation on the background of Ahmad Khan Rahami misses the mark. We discuss the history of terrorism and the process of radicalization and what it may mean for the election cycle. Ali makes are argument tying the issue to Trump’s recent declaration that he was no longer a birther. After spending some time on the absurdity of birtherism, we take a closer look at the issue of race and othering at the heart of the birther movement.
