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Hunting trips, luxurious vacations, and expensive meals. a plan that worked. a few weeks ago, schenck told the new york times that he was tipped off in advance to the supreme court landmark 2014 hobby lobby decision by a wealthy couple he personally recruited to get close to justice alito and his wife. the implication here is that justice alito himself, or his wife, offered the information to the couples, something alito now denies. and yes, that leak is problematic. but so is the shameless and ...

The supreme court has a massive accountability problem. politico, the new york times, in others, has just put it on full display. and light of these reports, senator sheldon whitehouse and congressman hank johnson, sent a letter to chief justice roberts. demanding answers and asking for formal inquiries. and tonight, the house judiciary committee announced that it will be holding a hearing next week to investigate this conservative lobby a campaign. which may very well have led to the leaks of t...

Use this deal to get it around the ukraine sanctions. they want to have the trade economic financial pipeline through iran to get the things they cant get because they are being sanctioned for ukraine. were basically not being invited to lot of meetings now. we had issue last week with more friendly nations in the region. stories really remarkable. senior officials at the uae and saudi arabia not willing to take the presidents phone call. it is credibility problem. a respect problem. weve seen p...

And now three house committees are investigating whether or not president trump and his personal lawyer, rudy giuliani, pressured the ukrainian government to insist in trumps re-election through profession of dirt. im joined by rick tyler, glen kirschner. former federal prosecutor. you know, the politico guy like ive been. what is wrong? theres no sense about regs, this president keeps punching into cotton. theres nobody stopping him. >> we dont have a coequal branch of government in congress. l...

Im joined by rick tyler, glen kirschner. what is wrong? theres no sense about regs, this president keeps punching into cotton. theres nobody stopping him. >> we dont have a coequal branch of government in congress. look adnadlers committee, he sends out subpoenas, calls witnesses three months late, calls out subpoenas, nobody shows up. he gets a low level fired political hack to show up, and he mocks them. and people are supposed to take that seriously? hes so screwed up the accountability probl...

>> joining me to dive in, the author of the heated newsletter that focuses on cliemds. one of the foremost climate journalists in the country. emily, you were helpful to me in preparing for this because one of the differences is this is a conversation about climate thats happening in mainstream media. and it is something that journalists like you have been critical of the way we have done this in the past. i want to get your sense of what we have to do. were a quarter of the way through this thi...

Drug, just cant kneel to protest against african-americans. does the nfl have an accountability problem and if so, how does that change? >> you saw kareem hunt who was accused of violence against a woman was almost immediately solicited by other teams and just signed a contract with the browns and we have a long history of them looking the other way. you know theres three big power imbalances in this country right now. theres the income inequality, the powerful billionaires. the patriarchy imbal...

And the new headline popping up up. ill put the big question of the moment to you. do you believe that the agency of i.c.e. should be abolished? >> look, i mean, the reality is that we face a lot of problems with what i.c.e. is doing. and there is clearly a leadership and accountability problem here. theyre not behaving in a manner that is appropriate for american citizens. at the same time, we recognize that, you know, i.c.e. is the agency that keeps human traffickers in check. i.c.e. does impo...

Lawyers and judge. this past may, that judge reviewed his record, determined he was not a danger and ordered his release. took nine months. >> thanks to drew griffin with that report. the head of i.c.e. is out. tom hohman retired yesterday as a dozen agents and several lawmakers are calling for an end to the agency. that call is not getting widespread support. democratic congressman seth molten is calling out leadership issues, yes, but stopping short of saying it would should be abolished. >>...

The affairs within your party and the new headline popping up up. ill put the big question of the moment to you. do you believe that the agency of i.c.e. should be abolished? >> look, i mean, the reality is that we face a lot of problems with what i.c.e. is doing. and there is clearly a leadership and accountability problem here. theyre not behaving in a manner that is appropriate for american citizens. at the same time, we recognize that, you know, i.c.e. is the agency that keeps human traffick...