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August 16, 2019
To be slaves no more. he takes that bull whip and starts lashing her mothers back. she didnt do nothing. she just goes off back to the field saying, im free. im free. i want my 14-year-old niece, i want my 7-year-old cousin, i want those two little black boys i saw in the a-train going uptown no matter how this country treats them, you say, there is a resource of freedom on the inside. >> right. >> a freedom that the world didnt give you and the world cant take away, but you have to nurture it a...
August 15, 2019
Country. she deserved to live in peace and human dignity. i am who i am because of her. the decision by israel to bar her granddaughter, a u.s. congresswoman is a sign of weakness because the truth of what is happening to palestinians is frightening. congresswoman omar just responded to the news writing in part, quote, it is an affront that israeli prime minister netanyahu under pressure from president trump would deny entry. trumps muslim ban is what israel is implementing, this time against tw...
August 15, 2019
Keep out congresswoman talib of michigan and omar of minnesota. benjamin netanyahu made no mention of the message, saying, the sole purpose of their visit is to harm israel and increase incitement against it. the first palestinian american woman to serve in congress has relatives in the west bank, she and congresswoman omar are the first two muslim women ever elected to congress and are advocates of bds, which stands for boycott, divest, sanction. which calls for those actions against israel. le...
August 15, 2019
Them from the country received strong rebukes from democrats as well as republicans, some republicans. and the top pro-israeli lobbying group in the use, apac tweeted we disagree with representatives omar and tlaibs support for the anti-israel and anti-peace bds movement" -- thats the sanctions moment -- along with tlaibs calls for a one-state solution. we also believe ever member of congress should be able to visit and experience our democratic ally israel firsthand. in a statement this afterno...
August 15, 2019
Between 1865 and 1870, the reconstruction amendments established birthright citizenship making all black people citizens and granting them equal protection under the law and gave black men the right to vote. this was also the promise, there was also the promise of compensation. but you go on to write any financial progress that black people made was regarded in an affront to white supremacy. a much longer period of racial violence would wipe nearly all of it away. the. >> story by story, just go...
August 14, 2019
Direct affront to the chinese leadership. they have evolved into a broader push to protect hong kongs autonomy and civil liberties, including a call for free elections that would be a nonstarter for beijing. the chinese government has called the protests terrorism, and look at this. they have released very meticulously this propaganda video, seeming to show a military mobilization. president trump weighed in on twitter this afternoon. quote, our intelligence has informed us that the chinese gove...
August 14, 2019
If they send troops, then we burn. we all burn. if we burn, they burn with us. >> the city of hong kong is bracing for another day of violent protests. chaos erupted for a second straight day on tuesday, crippling one of the worlds busiest and normally one of the worlds best-run airports. pro democracy, protesters and police violently clashed inside the airport shutting down air travel, dramatically increasing tension with the chinese government. video from inside at one point shows a group of p...
August 14, 2019
If they send troops, then we burn. we all burn. if we burn, they burn with us. >> the city of hong kong is bracing for another day of violent protests. chaos erupted for a second straight day on tuesday, crippling one of the worlds busiest and normally one of the worlds best-run airports. pro democracy, protesters and police violently clashed inside the airport shutting down air travel, dramatically increasing tension with the chinese government. video from inside at one point shows a group of p...
August 13, 2019
Benefits. people here legally, a small minority of benefits according to the aclu immigrants pay 18 times more in taxes than they use in welfare. thats a pretty stunning number. and partly why the mouse speaker nancy pelosi calls the administration new plan an affront to the the tradition. calling it an assault on americas proud heritage. pamela brown traveling with the president and outfront live in perkily heights where he returned from a day in pennsylvania. pamela any response from the white...
August 8, 2019
Constitution and he should be impeached. if its so bad then why arent you willing to come out and impeach him and remove him from office? if its such an affront to the american values isnt it right to stand up in public and say this is dead wrong, impeach him he has to go. thats my question, why arent you doing that. >> tom steyer i appreciate your time. thank you so much tonight, sir. >> thank you very much for having me. >> and outfront next, elizabeth warren pulling closer to joe biden in a c...