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For the first time in US history, a speaker has been kicked out. A group of Trump-supporting Republicans carried out a coup to remove him from the chair of the House of Representatives.

How did it come about? What does it say about the Republican Party? Put simply, what the hell happens now? Americast is called to order to shed light on the situation in Congress.

And on the theme of political division, Naomi Klein explains her theory behind what\\u2019s making America hard to govern and why not everyone on the left wants to get behind Joe Biden.

HOSTS:\\n\\u2022 Justin Webb, Radio 4 presenter\\n\\u2022 Katty Kay, US special correspondent\\n\\u2022 Anthony Zurcher, North America correspondent\\n\\u2022 Marianna Spring, disinformation and social media correspondent

GUESTS:\\n\\u2022 Naomi Klein, liberal writer and activist\\n\\u2022 Victoria Spartz, Ukrainian-born Republican congresswoman

GET IN TOUCH:\\n\\u2022 Join our online community: https://discord.gg/qSrxqNcmRB\\n\\u2022 Send us a message or voice note via WhatsApp to +44 330 123 9480\\n\\u2022 Email Americast@bbc.co.uk\\n\\u2022 Or use #Americast

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This episode was made by Daniel Wittenberg, with Rufus Gray and Catherine Fusillo. The technical producer was Ben Andrews and the sound designer was David Crackles. The editor is Jonathan Aspinwall.