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Founders with their beautiful vision of equality of people, that was not reflected in their document, but thank heavens they made them amendable to our constitution. so for the history of our country, we have always been expanding freedom. the abolition of slavery, the right to vote for men and for women, and then, again, so many other things, marriage equality and the rest of that. until dobbs. dobbs said were reversing that, were taking away freedoms that are guaranteed in the constitution tha...

The insidity in-picky back and forth of this is fun to watch. as anyone whos watched senator mccottage for a long time -- mcconnell for a long time knows he never says something randomly. this is witnessing someone hanging someone out out to dry full stop, and vently skoeting to say we -- conveniently scapegoating to say it was one guy, everyone chase that ball of yarn over there. the greater question here is also watching president biden put republicans on the defensive about an economic and ki...

Error. then -- [laughter] hey, im going to put it out there right now. we are in vegas. i will bet you that donald trump will not be elected in 2024 as president, even if he is the g.o.p. nominee. im putting it out there. lets start taking bids and things like that. i want to go to what you said, though, with regard to these gentlemen. i was going to agree with you at first, but if trump and desantis are so busy fighting with each other, pence might squeak up in popularity. at the end of the day...

About student debt relief the president is preparing to defend his relief program before the supreme court. what do you expect next in this fight? >> well, we worked in coalition building over the last two years to take that from a kitchen table issue to getting action by the president. and we know that this meaningful relief is critical. really to the peace of mind, and two families ability to survive and to thrive. so, we expect that these courts are gonna play politics, and play with peoples ...

Weve seen the what the destruction of the nuclear family does in black america. and we also -- itses will not coincidental that black america does vote hely to democrats. you need a strong nuclear family to have strong principles to have strong character. if you dont have a family providing for you. youll seek out someone to provide for you. in the case of a lot of single women, thats the government. >> laura: and former kamala harris adviser simone sanders had something to say today about the a...

Game more people to come out. democrats dont come out midterms elections spirits will receive the gift come out and others as well. two we need to unite. we have too many fragmentations in our party and so do the republicans and three, need to listen to the voters. that will change issues in michigan for example abortion. but a place like texas, it will be immigration. you need to listen. so people are standing there and you are talking abortion. that is not a kitchen table issue for some of tho...

For years. but you know what, power is important. and so move aside for me, but that is not what the voters want. >> definitely not what they seem to be saying. and i think the point ali made is really important, we heard for weeks at post-kansas how democrats overcalculate order roe, abortion is not a kitchen table issue. and if you are a woman -- a person with a daughter, a man in this country, it is a kitchen table issue for you. abortion is an economic issue. and were seeing that borne out i...

Are outrageous and false. >> are you going to deny it? >> denied. >> our understanding is that was the first time the governor denied receiving the texts on camera. a former campaign spokesperson for the governor that settled the sexual assault claim said she did in fact receive the texts and her campaign used them to her advantage. martha? >> martha: interesting reporting. matt, thank you. matt finn in new mexico. lets go to another toss-up races in wisconsin today. democratic governor tony eve...

Republicans to listen to her going forward. one of the things that has tended to happen to a lot of never trump republicans is they ultimately become indistinguishable from democrats. i dont think shes necessarily going to do that. she needs to be careful. at some point, you are no longer seen as a republican. if your goal is to make the republican party more serious, more thoughtful, care more about democracy, you need to make sure that you are not just lumped in with the other side. i apprecia...

Inflation and economy have taken center stage. he and democrats wanted to make sure voters dont lose sight of the fact that the fundamentals of our democracy are at state. >> there is a tendency to think that preserving democracy is an academic conversation, an academic pursuit. it is not. ill be honest, the first thing i hear about on the street in my district where people are focused on what are more traditional kitchen table issues. but i believe that protecting our democracy is the ultimate ...