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And engaging in hyperbole. and necessarily alarming people. you might think otherwise . >> he says a doctor in his own state is now in a code red emergency. because of the influx of patients in hospitals. a total of 98% of the u.s. population currently living in counties that have high or substantial transmissions according to the cdc. hospitalizations in the united states are nearly 70,000. that is up 22% by one week. >> only eight i see you thats in the entire state of arkansas. covid deaths a...

Democracys -- could be coming to a close or that we may not survive this pandemic much less get ready for another one. it is hyperbole to say we may not lead the world to save the planet. that will require the people in the other two-thirds who know better. who believe we are democracy. who dont believe the big lie. who believe public health professionals. who believe science to say even though i dont agree with the democrats in anything these people pay a price. the rand pauls of the world, wha...

Its not to say that democracies duration could be coming to a close. its not hyperbole to say we might not survive this pandemic and its not hyperbole to say we may not leave the world to save the planet. that will require the people in another two thirds who know better and believe we are democracy who dont believe the big lie. humbly public health professionals and leave signs to say you dont know the democrats. anything these people might pay the price. the rand pauls of the world. whats happ...

Antiscience mask mandates >> i dont even know what to say, david. he is talking about resisting and petty tyrants. this is a man educated in science by the way. i wouldnt have guessed that. where does the energy for this come from where it is not just the right fringe to eddie glaudes point. it is not just the right fringe but people who were otherwise main stream conservatives or libertarians who have gone over and crossed over some line into ridiculous. >> that is the united states senator we ...

Naturally senator ted cruz politicized it and laid the hyperbole on thick. >> we should have no covid mandates. what does that mean, no mask mandates, no vaccine mandates that means no vaccine passports. we shouldnt step into a regime where the government says show us your papers if you want to do the basic activities of life. >> so cruz argues you shouldnt have to show papers, which i imagine would include a license, a permit, a proof of id for the, quote, basic activities of life. except, here...

To live? is that what we are doing here? >> thats the difference of this moment, of this generation and generations past.s in generations past, we could accept personal freedom and sacrifice for the greater public good. actually, out of narratives of patriotism that we would exercise our freedom with responsibilitity. but what we have done in theit pandemic ise a result of political leadership,su is republicans that framed this as ame matter of personal freedom,n contest with the patriotic duty....

More than 40 years. i think what you see in him is a man who feels very deeply that the experiment to which he has given his life and which he understands so many others have given their lives, whether it is the soldiers who fought, the civil rights activists who marched, the women who marched for the right to vote and equal rights, all of the issues of identity and equality and access, that have shaped this journey toward a more perfect union. that experiment is in fundamental danger, and it is...

General to sign off on something as offensive to my mind, as offensive to american democracy? >> well, jonathan, im not prone to hyperbole, but this is truly some insane stuff. how offensive? this is an 11 on the scale of 1 to 10. but what it really does here, i actually like how it underscores the difference between, you know, officials, ill put it in quotes like mr. clark on the one hand, people that are of the trump view of how you can use the justice department to further your own political ...

Pressure the officials to subvert the election and the other is to attack democracy legalsy and thats exactly what youve been describing. >> and steven, quoting from your excellent recent article with daniel in "the atlantic" which i urge people to read, throwing out thousands of ballots in rival strongholds may be profoundly anti-democratic but its technically legal and republicans in several states now have a powerful stick with which to enforce such practices. steven, lets say they do that, l...

What we saw with donald trump to pressure the justice department to subvert the election. the other is to attack democracy legally, and thats exactly what youve been describing. >> and steven, quoting from your excellent recent article with daniel in "the atlantic" which i urge people to read, throwing out thousands of ballots in rival strongholds may be profoundly anti-democratic but its technically legal and republicans in several states now have a powerful stick with which to enforce such pra...