The weekend was dominated by the terror attack in London, on which I weighed in both in print and on camera. This morning I started the day on "Fox & Friends", and noted how the absurdities continue to pile up. One of the Saturday-night killers was not just a "known wolf" but had appeared in a Channel 4 national TV show about "extremism". As I remarked to Ainsley, Steve and Brian, he was an Emmy nominee for Best Jihadist in a British Extremism Documentary. Click below to watch:
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