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Reached the number of delegates to secure the nomination. It happened on the very same night that President Joe Biden clinched the democratic nomination which means the stakes are set us before. As donald trump will be on the ballot, the 2024 election will not be defined by Big Policy Debates or disagreements between the two candidates and parties of which there are many, but rather by a very basic question whether or not we want our democracy to continue as we know it. Because donald trump has ...

we can feel it, right? in the moment yesterday. that history was being made in the state of tennessee yes, of course it was shameful that it came to all of that. expelling two state lawmakers ostensibly on procedural grounds over peaceful protests but ask yourself this. if the ultimate goal of any demonstration is to draw attention, to shine a light on injustice, then who is really better off as we come on the air less than 24 hours later today the tennessee republican party or those t...

dishonor. as republicans in that state would have you believe. what we are watching play out in the state of tennessee right now is really about a gross abuse of power. it is about anti-democratic hysteria. and above all else, it represents a new low that may soon be bested but at least as of today, it represents a new low in the republican partys race to the bottom. as we sit here today, a super majority of that states republican lawmakers are poised to expel three of their colleagues...

and supporting prop d to build more affordable housing hi, everyone, its all happening. its 4:00 in new york on election day. the end of a campaign that has been like none other in recent history. more than 44 million people have already voted and millions more will have voted before the polls close in the next few hours in all 50 states. it has been an election season defined not just by the issues that dominate every election including the state of the economy, how people feel abou...

forces working against him and his allies. concerns are mounting that we could see more than mere spikes of violence as we near the midterm elections. a motley crop of trump acolytes are running on the ticket in states across the country. it includes, and this is by no means a comprehensive list, election deniers, covid vaccine skeptics, a celebrity doctor pedaling quack medical cures and a former football star under fire for allegedly paying for a girlfriends abortion while advocating...

votes which is one more than we have because we won the state. >> still remarkable to hear him. that was georgias secretary of state brad raffensperger on the receiving end of that request. he and his deputy gabe sterling will be the witnesses along with two recent recipients of the jfk profile and courage award for their actions and courage during the 2020 election. georgia elections worker andrea shea moss who also came under pressure. the testimony doesnt stop there, well hear what ...

fraud or as a result of pandemic-related changes to the process is now widely accepted as fact among republican lawmakers into hotbeds of conspiratorial thinking. according to the times report, 44% of republican legislators in nine key swing states took steps to overturn the 2020 election. its a staggering number. and now ahead of the next presidential election the disgraced ex-president and his allies are trying to add to those ranks and more republicans who are all, too willing to ov...

It is if we dont win the election well impeach them. that is already what the chatter is on the right about the new state supreme court justice in wisconsin. it is a full embrace of autocratic practices and behaviors and policies that has now completely taken over and replaced the old republican party. >> yeah, look, this is the foundational theme of what ultimately culminated in january 6th and then continued in the change and altering of state election laws throughout the country to give repub...

Dishonest people. and they are bad people. and i really think they dont like our country. i really believe that. >> its one of the presidents favorite applause lines at his rallies, attacking the press as dishonest and calling them enemies of the people. the conduct has drawn particular scrutiny because when paired with his affinity for dictators, it raises concerns about whether the american president is trying to import autocratic practices here. >> well, he is very talented. anyone that takes...