Immigrants. When a judge temporarily blocked the ban on friday, trump attacked in a tweet, saying, the opinion of this socalled judge, which essentially takes Law Enforcement away from our country is ridiculous and will be overturned. Democratic leader Chuck Schumer says trumps attack raises the bar for his new Supreme Court nominee, neil gorsuch. Joining me now is democratic congresswoman barbara lee of california. Thank you for being with us, congresswoman. Good morning, reverend al. Glad to be with you. Now, when the president says, first of all, a personal attack on a federal judge, this socalled judge, how do you respond to that . I mean, this seems to be a little over the line to, you know, a sitting president attacking a federal judge as a socalled judge. Lets start there. Its outrageous. First of all, another bit of evidence that this president doesnt either understand or respect the three branches of government in this democracy. And when you denigrate and dismiss the judiciary, a judge, and a judge that president george bush nominated for the bench, come on this is another clear indication that something is very, very wrong with this administration in terms of how they are attempting to undermine our democracy here and our form of government. Its dangerous, its serious, and people need to continue to protest and raise their voices and put that street heat on this administration, because were at a very, i think a defining moment in our country. Now, when we see the street heat and the continued demonstrations from various constituencies on various issues, but really coming together questioning this, one of the things that has become of serious concern is now his nomination for the Supreme Court. And in light of the fact that this nomination is to really supersede the nomination that president barack obama had given a year ago this month when Justice Scalia passed. Now, many, including me, have said we cant just walk past the fact that they in many ways have went around what is procedure, normal, traditional, whatever term you want to use, and denied even a hearing to judge garland, who was the nominee of president obama, and are we going to proceed here and really establish now a historic pattern, congresswoman, where parties are allowed to just ignore, decide, sidestep a nomination of a sitting president if its a president that they dont like, dont agree with, or not of their party . What is the historic precedent here . And in light of that, how do you and other members of congress go forward on dealing with the nomination of donald trump without dealing with that . Theres no precedent, reverend al. First of all, senator Mitch Mcconnell and the republicans in the senate, they really stole the seat. Its a stolen seat. And so, we have to remember that as we move forward. Secondly, when you look at this nominees record, you know, and Donald Trumps criteria, its very dangerous when you look at some of his decisions, especially as it relates to roe versus wade, the litmus test in terms of womens Reproductive Health care. And so, as the senate moves forward, you know, were going to be raising our voices, especially from the Congressional Black Caucus in terms of how this nominee would, you know, at least judge in terms of the criteria as it relates to fairness and justice, but also remembering that, you know, we have to play by the same rules, and theyre not playing by theame rules. And it was really outrageous, it was ridiculous it was unfair that at least judge garland did not get a hearing. It was disgusting, really, when you look at how the republicans treated judge garland and the obama administration, and i would say that we need to really look at the rules and how they changed the rules and understand what we have to do to ensure fairness and justice. But what can you do . When you say look at the rules, what can you do . Can there be a showdown by the democrats in the senate and the congress, saying, wait a minute, you changed the rules to block garland, now what are going to be the rules here . Were going to play by the same rules here to block gorsuch, or were going to all agree that you robbed it last time, you were wrong, and this is going to be the precedent . I mean, can we call for this to be a showdown and define what is going to be the procedure from now on . Absolutely i think members of the senate can do that. They can also filibuster. And they have to game this out how they want to do it, but as a member of the house, i would suggest that, first you know, we have to say weve got to play by the same rules. If those were your rules, why arent they our rules, and really move forward on that basis. Reverend al, may i pick up on one appointment go ahead. Of the administration, steve bannon . I just want to say how dangerous it is to ve nancy pelosi described him as a white supremacist sitting on the National Security council. Members of congress of the progressive caucus, black, hispanic and asiapacific caucus, we sent a letter to President Trump and said that he should be removed from the National Security council, but also, he should be removed from the white house. His fingerprints are all over Foreign Policy issues now, and especially as it relates to the muslim ban that has been, thank goodness, you know, suspended. And so, i think we need to look at the dangerous nominees that hes placing forward in terms of what it means to our country. Also, here we are now looking at a possible confirmation of senator Jeff Sessions next week during black this is black History Month someone who has stood on the wrong side of civil and human rights. And so, i hope that the public really understands that. And Voting Rights. And Voting Rights. Civil rights, Voting Rights, human rights, all of the issues. Im glad you brought up, though, about steve bannon, because twice in nancy pelosi, the minority leader of the house, twice in her statement she referred to bannon as a white supremacist. Twice. And i thought that that was very, very, very telling of the attitude o many of his record. And to have him on the ncs, National Security, nsc correcting myself is something that is alarming at best. So im glad you went there. What can be done in the congress to really fry and force the president to at least try and remove him from there, if he cant be removed from the white house, other than a bully pulpit . Right now, we are actually looking at legal ways to approach this in terms of the research were doing to see if we can find a mechanism to remove him if President Trump does not remove him. Right now, the public pressure and the street heat, the marches and the protests will help. And the more we expose this man and who he is as a white supremacist, his background, Breitbart News, you know, many of the terrible, dangerous statements that hes made, and to see those statements now and his views reflected in our Foreign Policy, its dangerous, its wrong, its serious, and we have to fight every way we can to make sure that he is removed from the nsc and also from the white house. So, were in the process now of trying to determine if we have some legal mechanisms to really remove him, if the president wont. What is the danger . If im sitting at home this morning sipping my coffee before doing whatever i do on sunday, explain to me, congresswoman, the danger of having someone with the radical thoughts and radical expressions of steve bannon on the nsc. Look at the chaos, for example, that the muslim ban has created for people who should be able to enter into our country, to refugees, people who have been vetted. Look at the madness that it really really shows as it relates to our International Standing in the world. When you have someone there who has made statements and is antimuslim, for example, then these views are reflected in an executive order, come on this is dangerous. This is serious. And hes made statements and believes things about other people, and its a very serious moment when you have a white supremacist, a White Nationalist making influence in the direction of our Foreign Policy. The immediate situation as it relates to the ban is a clear example of the confusion and the disregard for the constitution and for the humanitarian concerns, for the economic concerns of the country. Were a country built on immigrants, and he just has no clue in terms of executing or putting forth his views, you know, on this religious ban, which is what it is. Well, thank you for joining us this morning, congresswoman barbara lee. Thank you. My pleasure. Coming up, democrats are fighting back against the Trump Administration on all fronts, but will it be enough . Stay with us. Im hall of famer, jerry west, and my life is basketball. But that doesnt stop my afib from leaving me at a higher risk of stroke. Thatd be devastating. I took warfarin for over 15 years. Until i learned more about oncedaily xarelto®. A latestgeneration blood thinner. Then i made the switch. Xarelto® significantly lowers the risk of stroke in people with afib not caused by a heart valve problem. 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Senator orrin hatch called democrats idiots for boycotting Committee Votes on some of President Trumps nominees. Democrats sat out votes for treasury secretary, health and Human Services and epa administrator, but republicans simply changed the rules and voted them through anyway. Joining me now, liz plank, Senior Correspondent for vox. Com, and jamal simmons, democratic strategist. Let me go to you first, liz. The street heat is there. We had a civil rights march. We had the womens march. We had the immigration marches. Street heat is there. And many of us were saying we wanted to see the democrats in Congress Stand up. They began standing up. They boycotted at least three of the hearings. Right. Republicans just changed the rules, voted anyhow. What do they do . I mean, how do they break through with some wins here . Or do they need some wins or do they just need to keep fighting . Right, i mean, i think the secret weapon of the Democratic Party isnt necessarily Chuck Schumer or nancy pelosi. Its the voters. I mean, donald trump is extremely unpopular. And in fact, there is a poll that came out this week showing that since weve been doing polls, there has been no president that has been this unpopular. And the democrats need to start governing. I mean, what theyre doing is governing lik a minority party, but theyre the opposition party, and thats what Elizabeth Warren said last night, and i think its starting to, you know, its a message thats starting to ring true with a lot of them. But you know, they need to recognize that donald trump is a minority president and that a lot of the things that hes doing, hes not governing for everybody. There has been no pivot since the election, and democrats have an opportunity to have a proactive agenda to fight against him. Well, jamal, but he was elected a minority president. I mean, he lost by 2. 8 million popular votes. The question is, how do the democrats in the senate and the congress proceed . I just talked to congresswoman lee about how you deal with gorsuchs nomination. Do they just keep using their opposition as a public platform, a bully pulpit to keep the public informed as we head towards the Midterm Elections, or are there things they can do that will actually block what trump is trying to do . Reverend al, theyve got a tough twostep in front of them. On one hand, theyve got to continue to show that they are in stark opposition, do things that make sense. Look, last week, we had one of the most courageous acts ive seen in public life when sally yates, who was the acting attorney general for donald trump came out and said she would not told the Justice Department not to enforce trumps bad muslim ban and then donald trump fired her. Shes the kind of person, sally yates, that people on the left like because shes got courage and shes willing to take a bullet for this president or for her beliefs from this president. So they want to see democrats do that kind of thing. On the other hand, they also want to see positive i think americans want to see positive agendasetting from the democrats. What is it that we would do if bewere in charge . We all know why donald trump is bad. We knew that in november when we all went to vote. The question was, people werent so sure what the democrats want to do. So, looking forward to 2018 and even further to 2020, democrats have to have a positive agenda that people are going to rally around. And i wanted to follow up on that, liz, because i think its the lack of defining an agenda that jamal just raised is somewhat a part of what happened in the last years election, even though they did receive the majority of the vote. The refining, being clear, even people like me really not clear on what is the agenda in the areas that were concerned about. So, this can be a defining moment as they use opposition. Absolutely. And one of the biggest issues with the election was the low voter turnout with demographics who are usually very loyal to the Democratic Party. So you have people of color, millennials. I mean, if youre looking at 2018 as a Pivotal Moment where there could be, you know, democrats could take back some seats, the millennial voter turnout at the last Midterm Election was 21 . Its so low. But whos out in the streets . Ive been to the protests. Theres a lot of young people, theres a lot of millennials. And the leaders of a lot of these rallies, carmen perez, these are all young Millennial Women of color, and the Democratic Party has an opportunity to embrace that. And there have been millennials at the demonstrations around immigrion, millennials at our civil rights rc Mary Pat Hector and reverend shane harrison, other millennial leaders, in traditional civil rights organizations. But the question is, these same leaders are not the ones that the Democratic Party listened to last year and have really brought in, jamal. How do you get the Democratic Party to expand their base while they define their jebd and define what theyre standing for, going back to your point . Well, reverend, you know, like i do, cornell belcher. Cornell has the best handle, i think, on the polling out there about what happened. And if you take a look at it, the problem for democrats is not that we dont have a base of people that agree with us. I mean, weve got 54 of the country voted against donald trump. What weve got to do is find a way to get those missing voters, the people who chose not to participate, those who went for a thirdparty candidate, we have to channel the energy they have into democratic candidates. And that means those candidates have to build relationships with those communities. They cant outsource it. Weve all learned this time and time again. Barack obama and michelle obama, who we love more than anybody else, are not going to seal the deal for you with this population. Youve got to go out there and build it yourself. And thats what i want democrats to understand. And in the course of this dnc campaign for dnc chair, democrats have to understand that they have to build relationships with these communities, find out what they want. Ive got a radical idea why but they dont seem to know who they are. And its not even about just relationships, its what they stand for. But how do we gauge, where do we determine that this is victory . How but thats what are the goals here . Thats the radical point i was about to make. Why dont we have democrats go ask people what they want and then offer to do it for them . Its not that hard. But liz, where do we understand victory . I mean, whene lead protests around voting, we say we need to make this happen. Weve done it around racial profiling. We did it in new york with stop and frisk. Weve done it in terms of private sector. I know what were after. We did the march a couple weeks ago. We know what were after. Where do we know the dramatic partys change agenda . Wheres the wind . Explain to me where we gauge this. Well, i think there was a huge one this weekend at the local level with attorney generals who have been standing up against trumps policies since hes been in power. What weve been seeing is incredible and something that we dont often talk about is what happens at the local level. There are mayors. I mean, most mayors of major cities are democratic. And so, they can truly become champions and have these wins and then have those wins become a National Story and have a national effect on whats happening at the national level. And jamal, isnt that how the Tea Party Movement translated into a majority of republicans in the house and the senate and on to Donald Trumps election, is they started very local and began with the state legislative seats, went on and built up . Movements start from the bottom up, not the top down . They do. And democrats are going to have to do better at tapping into that energy to elect those people. I think we started the segment off talking about the senate. The senate can take symbolic actions, but the republicans have already proven theyre going to change the rules to get what they want. The donald trump from the access Hollywood Video is the president well see. Hes going to grab what he wants to get what he wants. The question will be in the courts. And the courts will have to go out there and i think the lawyers are going to go out there and fight this fight for us to protect american liberty in the courts. All right. Thank you to liz plank and to jamal simmons. Thank you. Still to come, Trayvon Martins parents join me to talk about their new book, rest in power. You dont want to miss it. Pain used to shut me down during pickup games. But with odor free blueemu continuous pain relief spray, i can box out any muscle or joint pain immediately. Blueemu continuous pain relief spray, it works fast and you wont stink. In a social Media Firestorm set off by the reverend al sharpton, after he slammed President Trumps border order by calling jesus a refugee. On sunday he tweeted, before you head to church today, remember to thank god for his son, jesus, a refugee who fled to egypt. Well, thats not exactly accurate. Well, according to the bible, its really not. Some folks are relying on alternative facts to challenge my criticism of President Trumps immigration policies and my reference to jesus as a refugee. Lets start with websters definition of refugee one that flees, especially a person who flees to a foreign country or power to escape danger or persecution. Now lets go to the bible. Matthews second chamt, 13th verse tells us, and when they departed, behold, the angel of the lord appeareth to joseph in a dream, saying arise and take the young child and his mother and flee into egypt and be thou there until i bring thee word for herod will seek the young child to destroy him. That is fleeing persecution. And then in the 14th verse when he arose, he took the young child and his mother by night and departed into egypt. So, the fact is, jesus was a refugee, according to the bible and the dictionary. I dont know which one my critics need to read, but either way, i got you. What are you doing . Getting your quarter back. 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He was acquitted of seconddegree murder and manslaughter in 2013, but trayvons death sparked a national movement. Now his parents, tracy martin and sybrina fulton, have written a new book, rest in power a parents story of love, injustice, and the birth of a movement. This week i sat down with them and asked them what motivated them to write this book. We wanted to tell a parents version of what happened and who trayvon was. We wanted to just be our voice for our son. And so, we felt it was important to write the book from a parents point of view. You know, tracy, i remember when i first heard about this from the killing of trayvon from ben crump, the attorney, and you and he came right here. We met, you did the show that night. I had just heard about it. And there was no way you or any of us knew a movement would develop. And you arecount in the book tht after we were finished, i told you to go down, to union square there was a rally and then they went on and on and on and beyonce and everybody got involved in the movement. These things are not planned. They kind of just ha. But the thing i most remember is how you and sab rybrina always stayed levelheaded and calm and wouldnt be pushed or pulled. You always had this commitment, you wanted trayvon to be remembered for something big, but not violent or destructive. Correct. And i think thats just a part of who we are as people, and thats a part of the book. We wanted everybody to know who we are as parents, who trayvon was as a child, and we just felt that it would have been a dishonor of service to him to go out and do something that goes against what we believe in. I know, sybrina, that it has been painful, and i know that theres been ups and downs. Part of this book tells people how to deal with tragedy and disappointments. I remember you at National Action network convincing, when you and tracy, when the prosecutor called and talked about they were going to indict. And then i remember right after the acquittal, we had organized 102 cities and you and i and tracy stood with jay z and beyonce here in new york at a rally that i personally led as other chapters did their thing. So, youve been to the highs and the lows. But what touched me is you kind of, like, were counseling others on how to deal with the highs and lows in this book. Because what i felt that i needed to do was nobody really gave me a blueprint of what to do. And so, iind of felt my way through. Anso, i want to try to make the pain, lighten the burden on another mother that was going through the same thing that i was going through. So, i feel its necessary for me to talk to other mothers. And so, i try to encourage them, i try to tell them to lift their heads up and make sure they surround themselves with positive people. And so, those were some of the things that i did. Im not the specialist, im not an expert on it, but im just telling them simply what i did and what got me through. Tracy, one of the things that i heard all over the country, as this movement built, we were all right in the center of it, is that you were an example of, no matter what happens in life, sticking by your family, sticking by your son. And black men this is black History Month have been given an image that in many cases is unfair, of not keeping a relationship with their children. How important is that to you . And do you discuss that in the book . Yeah, i discuss it in the book, but i think the importance of it, rev, is that we as black men have been removed from the home, whether it is through breakup through our marriages or through the legal system. Weve been removed from the home, which gives our young men a sense of resentment towards the absent father. So, i thought it was you know, i just felt that me growing up without my father in my home, it was important for me, even though i was not in the me, but to be engaged in my kids life. And so, with the events that we hold, the mens conference that we have, i think that just keeping our men engaged in our young men and young womens lives are real prevalent to what were doing. You have the mens conference. You had a very effective foundation and have been the face of mothers of the movement. Certainly, you didnt expect to be in the middle of all of that, standing on the stage of the democratic convention, at the white house and all with the president. Now people are saying yall should run for office. Is that something that is in your even in your slightest dreams, sybrina, just between us . Now, weve been tight. Well, the question was posed to me about maybe about a week and a half ago, and it actually aired this weekend. And i said it was something that we are exploring. I never said im going to be in the white house. I said i was going to start with local government, that were just doing our research and our homework right now to see what area we can be the most effective in and see where we can make the biggest difference and the most change. We want to see change, and we know that we have to be a part of that change, and thats simply what i said, so we are looking at it. And you are committed to staying in the change movement. Definitely. Absolutely. What do you hope people walk away from this book with . When they put it down, what is the message you want them to walk away with . I want people to walk away with inspiration. I want them to see it from a parents point of view. I want them to know a little bit more about who Trayvon Martin was at 17 as a person, as a person, not a person with a hoodie on, not a kid thats walking and had been chased, followed and killed, but who Trayvon Martin really was. We hope that this book offers some support to families who have lost a child through senseless gun violence or maybe suicide or maybe a car accident or some type of way. It helps other parents to know that they are not alone. I think that for the most part, we want them to know that this book is therapeutic, that its good for the soul, its a good read, that we want them to walk away with feeling inspired, motivated, and most of all, educated and informed. Tracy martin and sybrina fulton, authors of rest in power. Thank you very much. Thank you for being yourselves. Thank you, rev. Thank you. Up next, donald trump commemorates black History Month. How did it go . Stay tuned to find out. Here . becky ive seen such a change in einstein since he started eating beneful. The number one ingredient in it is beef. einstein the beef is fantastic becky hes a very active dog. He never stops moving. He has enough energy to believe that he can jump high enough to catch a bird. 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Martin luther king jr. , he couldnt resist painting a grim picture of black america, again. We need safer communities, and were going to do that with Law Enforcement. Were going to make it safe. Were going to make it much better than it is right now. Right now its terrible. If you remember, i wasnt going to do well with the Africanamerican Community, and after they heard me speaking and talking about the inner city and lots of other things, we ended up getting i wont go into details, but we ended up getting substantially more than other candidates who had run in the past years. Joining me now is James Peterson, msnbc contributor, and aisha moodiemills, president and ceo of the victory fund. Let me go to you first, james. President trump clearly not knowing Frederick Douglass was no longer with us for over 100 years, but aside from that, really pivoting toward raising the issue of crime and violence, something that we all denounce, something that we all want to deal with, but clearly, you cant give this onedimensional picture of black america over and over and over again, as hes done, like thats the only issue in black america, and really not even dealing with the underlying issues to the violence in chicago that he refers to. Yeah, it seems like he has kind of a onetrack mind when he thinks about the experience of black folks in the united states. Its quite ironic, rev, that hes not literate about the history of Frederick Douglass, given the fact that so much of Frederick Douglass first nairive was how literacy led to freedom for him. So the fact that they dont know much about black experience and black history and this administration couldnt give you any information at all about Frederick Douglass or the sense that they know what he did or role he played in this country, what extraordinary privilege, rev. To be a 70yearold white man as president and not even know who Frederick Douglass is, someone seminole in forming the concept of liberty in this nation, its insane. But it also is sort of in the same vain that the Trump Administration, every time they want to talk about policy when related to africanamericans, its often about policing. And what he doesnt understand is that while policing and law foement narratives with respect to inner city america may sound good to his base, that doesnt sound good to the folks who work in inner cities, who work around folks who are wrestling with Police Departments. Look at the doj reports on the Police Departments of chicago and of these other cities that are being challenged. Its clear to me that thats not the only solution to some of the challenges these cities face. Chicagos under consent decree. You cant talk about the feds coming into chicago, working with the local policemen without dealing with the report on how policing in chicago has been unfair to blacks. You cant divorce one from the other. But what was interesting to me is that he talks to people that have supported him, people that clearly have been the cheerleaders in the black community, and points out like he met with africanamerican leadership. No policy people, no leaders of national organizations, none that are out there, which even president obama, president bush used to meet with all of us i mean, to have this kind of meeting with people who were connected directly to your campaign and act like you met with black leaders. And i mean, he can meet with who he wants, and certainly, they can meet with him. Im not saying they shouldnt meet, but lets not mischaracterize what was in and what was not in the room, who was not in the room, and therefore, what was not discussed. Yeah, yeah. Yes, sir i mean, youre absolutely right. You know, guys, we are sitting here trying to have a thoughtful, intellectual conversation about black history and the president s role in some way in showing leadership and understanding history, and heres the reality what we saw is that this president does not have any interest in intellect or history, one. Exactly. The conversation that he had that day was and every day, for that matter, which is whats so embarrassing was mostly giving shoutouts to the handful of black people that said something nice about him on tv and pushed back against, you know, the news outlets that he didnt like, essentially is what he had to say. There was no policy conversation. There was nothing fruitful to come out of that, other than popping his own collar about some socalled, you know, performance that he had in the election with black voters, 90 plus of whom voted for the other candidate. So you know, i find myself really struggling to try to find anything to point to about anything that this president says that in some ways suggests that he has the intellectual ability or even the care to want to have the intellectual ability to, like, process history, what is happening, curre affairs with our Africanamerican Community in america and any policy solutions that hes going to put forward. And the last thing ill add to that is that we need to look no further than his adviser, steve bannon, who is a white supremacist, to know everything about what this president thinks about black america. Thats exactly right. Let me push there, james, because i talked to congresswoman lee at length this morning about steve bannon. But let me push there that people in dismissing the lack of intellectual discourse and dismissing the seriousness, there are some very serious issues around this that the president needs to be dealing with, needs to have to come to the table on, like putting someone like senator Jeff Sessions in charge of the Justice Department when were dealing with Voting Rights issues and dealing with them saying theyre going to have a National Stop and frisk, when youre dealing with education with devos. I dont want us to give the perception, james, to people that because he may appear less than serious that the situations are not less than serious, and in fact, could lead to even more dire circumstances than weve seen, and theyve been bad as they are. Yeah, i mean, the administration seems to have a strategy of disinformation to create chaos to distract the media and distract sometimes even their own constituents from some of the machinations that theyre engaged in that have real, real serious consequences for all americans can but certainly for people of color. Obviously, if you look at how the news cycle gets bifurcated between what hes tweelt etweet what outlandish thing hes doing or whats timely happening in terms of policy, there is a chaotic distraction sort of process that the administration engages in. You can look back to history to see that this is a very calculated effort to not only keep us sort of on the defensive and keep the media and folks who are trying to hold this administration to account in some sense of disarray, but the disinformation campaigns are something that Breitbart News and folks who are interested in keeping america fragmented along the lines of race or class or culture or religion, they invest in those things to try to weaken our capacity to critique them, rev. Where are we at this point in black history . Its black History Month, but we are making black history every day, good or bad. Where are we right now . Im out of time, but i just want you to quickly assess, what are the challenges for black history right now in america . We have made tremendous progress, and i want us all to hold on to that and be reminded in we just had a black president for the last eight years, so i think we are still postured in a place of hope and opportunity. If we look around us, we see so many africanamericans as still first but as leaders in our businesses, our communities and driving our economy in multiple ways and education, et cetera. So i want us to be reminded that we are still making black history, but we continue to drive ourselves forward and we have momentum. Yep. And that history is threatened if we dont stay focused on what gave us the ability to make those historic leaps forward. They did not happen by themselves. Thank you, James Peterson and asia moody mills. Thanks, rev. Thanks, rev. Up next, for my final thoughts, another history lesson. Stay with us. Dont just eat. Mangia bertolli. They all. Want. To. How charge me. Xes going . Have you tried credit karma . Does credit karma do taxes now . Yeah, and theyre totally free, so theyll never take any of your refund. File your taxes for free with credit karma tax. Hey, searching for a great used yeah you got it. 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Winston churchill was a clear imperialist that clearly was an advocate for england colonizing and having imperialistic policies toward india and parts of africa, the caribbean, all around the world. So, at best, putting that bust back in the oval office sends a mixed signal. And in fact, to those that were colonized by england under churchill, it sends a clear signal of what mr. Trump finds applaudable. I wonder what dr. King, whose bust is still there, would say to churchill, who was very derogatory toward dr. Kings mentor, mahatma gandhi, one he admired and studied. So, you have the american gandhi facing englands imperialist who derided gandhi and indians. Looks like a contradiction . I guess i shouldnt be surprised of contradictions in the trump presidency. That does it for me. Thanks for watching. And to keep the conversation going, like us at facebook. Com politicsnation. And follow us on twitt twitter politicsnation. Ill see you back here next sunday. 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