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Anti-democratic decision. understand, the filibuster itself is an anti-democratic or un-democratic rule. the notion that the majority does not rule. it can be controlled by a minority. bypassing the filibuster rule happens all of the time in the senate and happened a couple of weeks ago. >> right. with the debt ceiling. >> with the debt ceiling. they do it all the time. they carve out exceptions. and what better exception than to have a functioning democracy. >> right. to be clear when you say d...

Anyone to vote in lincoln county. they are not partisan big d democrats they are small d democrats, supporting democracy for everyone. nationally, though, we know that more than 1,688 polling places have been shuttered since the supreme court decision shall be the holder in 2013. thats when the supreme court gutted the voting rights act. 1,688 places closed. before that decision, georgia was one of nine states not allowed to change its lex laws in ways that would negatively impact minoritys vote...

Argues that a single problem place would be -- lead to better run elections, and would be more accessible. the activists argue that a single polling place would mean some county residents would have to drive more than 20 miles out of the way, just to put a ballot. they were supposed to vote on that wednesday night, but because of these petitions, the vote never happened. this may sound like a lot of stories youve heard before. democrat dick fighting their local officials for the right to vote. c...

State had a fair and free election but it was the people who voted. it was the young people, people of color, latinos, african americans, native americans, asian americans that voted in record numbers, multi generational america to obstruct that we want to different direction for our country. instead of republicans celebrating this, instead of sinema making sure we can do this again she is the first person that is basically the obstacle to ensure to get rid of the filibuster and have equal acces...

Look at the ramifications on what is happening at the state level on the the rights of individuals, on young people, people of color it is disproportionately in the republican party who is incumbent on making sure not everybody has equal access. last year in 2020, rachel, we had all 50 states regardless of -- every single secretary of state had a fair and free election but it was the people who voted. it was the young people, people of color, latinos, african americans, native americans, asian a...

Justice. >> and the lore of the lone star state, texas law mean ranked pretty high. the good guys in the white hats. their badge brought prestige. the gunfights, the history books. but, in the modern-day town of dayton texas -- literally, outside of the big d, dallas. served one texas lawmen, with curious past. all locked up in a box. >> no one laughed at the police department, had any idea whats inside the box. >> well, they knew the basics. the box so little of a -- a new mother, found dead in...

I cant imagine how difficult it is to be inside the white house and trying to deal with republican senators trying to get them to vote for something when the majority of their party is saying you shouldnt be in the white house, youre an illegal. so i think there really arent two political parties in a traditional sense in america anymore, one that has a conservative ideology or center right and one center left, i think theres an autocratic movement embraced by the republican party and theres a d...

Wife. >> the overly detailed statement that bobby had made to police, the one a left detective scratching their heads to? struck donna, just as odd. >> it was the strangest thing. the night before was their anniversary, it was a friday night, he took her out to dinner, he took her to a nice place in dallas. when antics, sounded like it from his story. his statement to the police about his wife dying, the first several pages were about the dinner they had, the wine they had with a dinner. whats t...

Whats happening at the state level, on the rights of individuals of young people, of people of color, it is disproportionately the republican party who is hell-bent on making sure that everybody has equal access. last year, in 2020, rachel, we have all 50 states, regardless of political stripes, every single secretary of state verified a fair and free election but it was the people who voted, it was young people, people of color, latinos, african americans, native americans, asian americans, tha...

Because next weeks elections are for local offices across the state. and stop the steal election conspiracy as a running in a number of them. now wisconsin has the most decentralized election system of any state. elections are run by nearly 2000 clerks have the local municipal level. which means that local elections in wisconsin can have an outsized impact on how elections are actually run. and with one week to go until those elections, whether wisconsin democrats, i want to say democrats, i mea...