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Host Rachel Louise martin the story you tell in your new book, a most tolerant little town, centers around clinton tennessee in the 1950s. Where is that and describe what it was like . Guest clinton is right on the edge of the mountains that make upppalhia. It is about anof knoxville and it is right on the gateway to coal mining country. Host if you and i were there in the 1950s what kind of a community would we find . Guest it was an interesting place in the 50s. It was very mixed up about itse...

Host you can text us your comments at 202 7488003. We are also on twitter and instagram. We did this for republicans and independents yesterday. Today, democrats and independents only to call in for this first hour anyway. Supporters of joe biden, and a line for all others. Straight up we keep track of this through real clear politics. The republican candidate, former President Donald Trump 44 of those surveyed with the real clear politics and president joe biden, 45 . The big issue is the econo...

You can keep calling in but Julia Johnson is joining us from the Washington Examiner. She is the politics reporter and welcome to the program. Guest host host thanks for having me. We will talk about camping 2024 and the week ahead. I want to start with former President Trumps legal issues and whats going on with that. We had the news about Sidney Powell and Kenneth Chesbro so if you could explain that. Guest they both took plea deals and are agreeing to testify. In the past, we have seen presid...

Request for support israel and ukraine. He argued u. S. National security interests require it and failure would reward terrorists and dictators and embolden them to continue their assault on democracy. What do you think . Do you support new aid to and ukraine . Do you support one and not the other . We are taking your calls this first hour. Republicans, 202 7488001. Democrats, 202 7488000. Independents, 202 7488002. You can post on social media or on facebook. Com cspan and instagram. Welcome t...

Test as far as military. As far as military. I would put a buffer between gaza and israel and let the palestinians have their own state and americas help should help though them back up and put a buffer there and see what happens. Host he did mention election deniers. Talk about the nine candidates and how that might play into the speak race . Guest a telling vote was the vote to certify the election are not. We know several congressmen voted to certify the election and other candidates did not....

United states today remains the only major country on earth that does not guarantee health care to all people as a right, and that is why i will continue fighting and introduce legislation for a medicare for all singlepayer program guaranteeing health care to every man, woman, and child. When we talk about justice. When we talk about the need for all people in america to be treated equally and with dignity , we have got to deal with hard realities. Those realities include the fact today if you c...

Ability, we have the ability within the black community to do enormous things on our own. We dont have to wait for somebody else. We dont have to be at the mercy of anybody else. We dont have to be at the mercy of anybody else. People who have tried to convince us that we need to be subservient to them and that there, there, i will take care of you. We can take care of ourselves but we have to learn how to utilize our resources in the right way. The other thing that is vitally important is we ne...

Jobs, and justice. The get into those themes, first point i want to make, is perhaps the most important. I do understand that for some people, this is uncomfortable. But i believe it has to be addressed. And that is that the United States of America Today is the wealthiest country in the history of the world. Thatost people do not know because much of that wealth is concentrated in the hands of a few. Today, in america, we have more wealth and income inequality then in any other major country on...

Searched during a traffic stop compared to white motorists. Africanamericans are twice as likely to be arrested and almost four times as likely to experience the use of force during encounters with police. 13 and this is an extraordinary figure, and i think not an accident. 13 of africanamerican men have lost the right to vote due to felony convictions. Cant vote. Cant participate in the Democratic Political process. In my view we need major changes in criminal justice in america and as presiden...

That we together as a people would do a much better job of policing our police. The recruitment, better training, better pay. Every policengs department should do to improve the trust necessary. , and those things adequately staffed internal Affairs Division and independently staffed civilian review board to safeguard the integrity of every police force. Our federal government can play a vital role in lifting up these practices. Today, every Police Department seven thaton reports are really regi...