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That statement came after the rnc sent a letter informing the commission of its proposed rule change. im joined by rick tyler, political analyst, republican strategist, co-founder of foundry strategy. in the letter the rnc is making demands of the commission. they want the commission to hold hes one debate before early voting starts. create term limits for board members. ban partisan activity by officials and make the moderator selection process transparent. what does the rnc have to gain by goi...

Supreme court that said as long as you dont openly say it racial, as long as you say its about partisanship, theyve essentially said you can do anything you want to voters. you can -- any outrage, any indignity, its fine. you can probably do bubbles and a bar of soap at this point as long as you dont say its racial. are you concerned we no longer have that backstop of protection in the supreme court because six of them dont believe in voting rights? >> well, we know that to be true. we know the ...

In line with this, just before christmas i instructed homes england to suspend ride on homes which has been connected to the company that reconstructed grenfell tower in the help to buy scheme, with immediate effect, and i want to welcome the decision by the mercedes formula i team to discontinue sponsorship from kingspan, the cladding firm, with immediate effect. the voices of the families of the bereaved and the survivors of the grenfell tower fire were heard but this is only the start of the ...

He was told, "you may use a high—level threat of tax or legal solutions in discussions with developers, but whether or not to impose or raise taxes remains a decision for me, the chief secretary and is not a given at this point." if i have seen this letter, im fairly sure that the developers have, too. it appears that what he has told the public that tax rises are the backstop is not what he has told the treasury, and this letter says, you have confirmed separately that budgets are a backstop ...

Issues. they worked together to make their system better and you can vote however you want, election day, by mail, early on, in person. they have some good safeguards. i think -- and colorado is a similar kind of situation. to me, the biggest thing we can do is build in safeguards into the system so that no one person or one group has the ability to do something. we always say the backstop of the courts but a lot of states its decentralized. the counting usually takes place at the local level, o...

Major parties in this country that is no longer committed to free and fair elections, no longer committed to the peaceful transfer of power. and, you know, its easy for people to dismiss this as the rantings of crazy people, but the fact is donald trump was the president of the united states when he was talking about calling up the military. these people who we now dismiss as, you know, as off their rocker were working for the president of the united states, and theyre now working for republican...

Will be a recognition, of a shared responsibility. i think that most people in the sector recognise that more needs to be done. but if necessary, then we can always use legal means and the ultimate backstop of tax in order to ensure that they pay. but what i want to do is to work with developers because, as i say, the overwhelming majority of people in the sectorjust want to work with us to resolve this problem. charlotte meehan lives with her husband in a development with fire safety issues in ...

Freedom to vote, and then as a backstop, we know that theyre willing to use violence if that doesnt work. >> and in your state of michigan -- im glad you brought that up because one of the things that the secretary of state has said recently, this is the most secure election in the history of michigan in terms of the presidential race and congressional races, so in the future, you know, it feels like this big lie that has been perpetuated there was fraud when all of the recounts and certificatio...

Reliance on china for exports, for russias oil and gas. do they actually have a backstop now? >> so, listening to ambassador mcfaul and hearing the disturbing descriptions of the obsession of ukraine, when you have obsession and ego like vladimir putin has mixed together. that sounds like an invasion is imminent. it does not sound like there is a play with the pipeline or some strategic negotiations that can go on. what does deterrence look like in a situation like that and what sanctions could ...

Going to just set the tables for the new justice to come in to a very divided court and, don, a court that has handed down rulings that are going to further i think polarize our view of the court as an institution and its role in our system. >> speaking of which, susan, the supreme court is central to the gops strategy of turning the country to the right, giving them favorable rulings on issues even if the majority of americans dont support them. how much of an advantage does that give republica...