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"Berlusconi is there because others have failed." These words by Italian columnist Massimo Franco were made to the Washington Post in 2018, shortly before the

There is a divide between what the american people want, republicans and democrats, and what they are able to get, increasingly out of the government. so we have to remain vigilant on the gun safety issue. but at root, its really a democracy problem. the peoples voices have been squeezed out of their own democracy. because of partisan and racial gerrymandering. because of the outsize impact of dark money in our politics. and weve got to get the people their voices back. if the peoples voices are...

Work -- or at least to continue the conversations that we need to have over the next few days within our caucus about what we have to do. here is the thing, 87% of americans, according to a fox news poll, believe that there ought to be universal background checks. americans are closer on this issue left and right whats reflected and what we have been able to get done in our government. theres an increasing chasm between what the people want and what they can get from their own government. so thi...

Minority, majority rule stuff. that is baked into the way government works, means that just showing up and voting isnt enough. and i think one of the lessons that people need to understand when they think about, you know, 70 80% of americans hate this outcome. 70 to 80% of americans hates the outcome of a gun case yesterday. it is not a 1 to 1 correlation between getting out and voting. this requires massive, massive democracy reform. and it requires, kind of, staring at a supreme court that, in...

Priority for adam silver. chinese broadcasters and team owners have joined the nba family in recent years. in other words canceling all-star game because you dont like the transgender bathroom law is about principle pointing out china has a democracy problem, is apparently a problem. shannon: thanks very much. what about the accusations that critics of the nba are hypocrites in this case? here is former nba star charles barkley. >> all these -- they do that. colin kaepernick for the last three y...

Adam silver. team sponsors and team owners have joined the nba family in recent years, in other words, cancelling an all-star game in charlotte because you dont like the transgender bathroom law is apparently a principle, but pointing out china has a democracy problem is apparently a problem. shannon? >> debate it. what about the accusation that critics in the nba are hypocrites in this case? heres former nba star charles barkley. >> the owners -- at stake -- >> fox news contributor and reporter...

Hannity, great show. thanks so much. im laura ingraham. this is "the ingraham angle." so who is the whistle-blower and what could their identity reveal about the origins of this whole controversy? oh, boy. tonight im going to speak to a former cia analyst and whistle-blower himself who says that he has the answers. also tonight, congressman devin nunes just sent a letter to the intel communityinspectorg answers w about how second land until investigation was used to kick off this whole ordeal. a...

These issues and who have thought about this. and we just played what is the usual conflicting debates we hear in the after math. you are here to dig deeper on not just gun policy, which is something you know about, you worked on the judiciary committee. and also some of what undergirds this, its a by partisan argument, you were arguing that money distorts what democracy would otherwise produce, that the nra is part of the problem, as we look here at people gathering here in florida, these are p...

That would fix the shelby decision and were hopeful that would happen. were thrilled that president clinton spoke about it and now president obama will speak about it. its the most important issue in our democracy right now. >> and how does this relate to whats happened in wisconsin and ohio where hours and early voting is being pulled back and weekend voting and sunday voting, which does really discriminate more against working class people, people who cant get to the polls during the day, and ...

Some of these people are gone. when we have this final vote, a bunch of them arent going to be with you. what kind of deal do you make where you give people things and they still vote against you? thats the point weve been discussing, theres a democracy problem and irresponsibility when you encourage these people. this vote in the end whether we get it thursday or in the tenth inning, its going to have republicans voting against it. we shouldnt give them anything. >> youre talking about individu...