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For this weeks rise up, i want to kick off black history month with the story of a true pioneer. in a matter of months, we are likely to see the confirmation of the first black female justice to the u.s. supreme court. just last year we inaugurated our first black female vice president. but none of it, none of it, would have been possible if it wasnt for shirley chisholm. she was the first black woman elected to congress in 1968, just four years after the civil rights act of 1964 was signed into...

Towards a position where they may try and cut a deal. tell us a bit more about the history. what is the basis of written �*s claim to the islands, and what was the basis of the legal case against britain? 50. what was the basis of the legal case against britain?— against britain? so, in the 1960s, britain was _ against britain? so, in the 1960s, britain was negotiating _ against britain? so, in the 1960s, britain was negotiating with - britain was negotiating with america, which wanted to pu...

Terrible. . >> and there is an s there, as in plural, even before nixon was elected. you wrote about the madam chenault affair. >> this was an episode from the 1968 campaign, closing days of the election, where we actually see some of the only credible treason allegations in u.s. history. richard nixon, as he battles hubert humphrey for the campaign, intervenes in the paris peace talks to try to push the south vietnamese to delay the talks, let him win, and keep the war in vietnam winning. its c...

1968 kind of mindset of the way we win elections and the way we hold power is through white men voting for us. >> and a lot of people will point to fox news eight years of coverage of the obama presidency as being a link to that. jeremy reports that out and an incredible example of one maga lawmaker and how his behavior speaks volumes as to where the party is today. more on the other side of a break. dont go anywhere. the other sid break. break. dont go anywhere. pods, your personal moving and s...

Whatever, like, you know, barnical, you know, he was smoking dope in the 60s he was listening to the beetles, what were people like me doing? we seen this song in "ferris buehlers day off." i am a shallow generation, a gen xer and ferris buehlers day off is our movie. >> we walked into 1967, 1968. >> thats my frame of reference. everything i do, all day. >> we know that. we know that. chair, what about you? what year are you locked into in. >> im probably a motown girl. i, you know kind of spend...

Affirmatively said, donald trump -- and i, lost this election. there was no fraud that mattered. thats the line. we have to be where this cheneys, or the rest doesnt really matter. the key reality here is, when will the president be -- a presidential nominee at a republican party, when will we have one who will assert that joe biden was legally elected? which all that assertion is to be -- its unimaginable to me that in 24 there will be republican nominee who will be running on the platform that...

Years, they were tired of it. just as we are. the problem is, the virus wasnt tired with them, and it isnt tired with us. so what happened in 1920 is another wave, in some places, deadliest wave of all, and we are -- same thing happened not only after that pandemic, the big one in 1918, but similar minor pandemics in 1957, 1968 and 2009. again, several years after the initial outbreak, you got a variant that came back and bit you and in some ways was the most dangerous yet. i hope that doesnt ha...

>> well, hes one of several. miss chenault is very much in there. >> shes very close to john. >> the embassy is telling the president, the president is acting on the advice, that they ought to hold out because nixon will not sell you out like the democrats sold out china. theyve been quoting you indirectly that the thing they ought to do is to just not show up at any conference and wait until you come into office. >> right. >> now they started that and thats bad. theyre killing americans every d...

Trading on her famous republican name that included two republican candidates president, former michigan governor george romney, a liberal republican, a presidential candidate in 1968, of course romney was -- in 2012 when ronald mcdonald proudly called herself big run up romney mcdaniel. she did not want to walk into any room with her married name masking the fact that she is mitt romneys niece. so she was rana romney mcdaniel until donald trump rose to power and displayed his public hatred of m...

>> yeah. georgia, indiana, new mexico, who celebrate washingtons birthday or presidents day in december or november. >> can you do that? >> apparently, you can. why cant you? it is to give an extra holiday around thanksgiving or christmas. you get extended weekends. >> to be clear, this is not washingtons birthday? . >> no, it is not washingtons birthday. neither is this. neither is that. >> what is? >> his real birthday is february 22nd under the current calendar system we have. it should be no...