For the first time EVER, Nellie Bowles is coming to you from The Free Press Forum. The Queen of TGIF, co-founder of The FP, and Bari’s favorite Nellie will join us LIVE right here at 2:30 p.m. ET.  Have you ever wanted to see behind the scenes of TGIF, ask how Nellie is dealing with news anxiety after receiving some Tough Love, or just want her take on the latest bonkers headline?  She’ll answer as many of your questions as she can, so start dropping them early. We can’t wait to see you here!

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Ronald Reagan once famously said, “The trouble with our liberal friends is not that they're ignorant; it's just that they know so much that isn't so.” If the Trump years have taught me anything, it is this problem is not confined to the left. Before we can reasonably and rationally discuss the issues of the day, we need to have a shared set of facts. IMHO, we do not. I have spent the last couple of days having discussions with people who just know grandmas were arrested and imprisoned by the