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Both hosts at 7.5. Craig's highest number in 9 months of the show.
Nick Mortensen and Dr. Craig Johnson both come in at seven and a half this week. That number matters. In nine months of this show, Dr. Craig — whose scale is logarithmic, meaning a four is much worse than a three — has never gone higher. A seven and a half from Craig is not a mood. It is a professional assessment from a man with a PhD in fascism studies who does not use words carelessly.
They earn it.
Two episodes ago, the show previewed an election in a German state called Saxony-Anhalt. They were careful — every number was…
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