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Anticompetitive practices tilt playing field against independent grocers, trade group says The National Grocers Association (NGA) is urging federal lawmakers and regulators to clamp down on big-box and online grocery “giants,” claiming these and other large chain retailers engage in anticompetitive behavior that puts independent grocers at a marked disadvantage in supply and pricing. In a virtual press conference today, independent grocery industry stakeholders said small food retaile...

Point out that the president points out that the process isnt fair. he cant call the witnesses he wants to call. its been the white house strategy in a letter written by the white house counsel in october to say we will not participate in this process. rudy giulianis not going to participate in the process. youre not going to get the documents. youre not going to get the witnesses. were having none of it and well take our chances. and so far its worked for them. >> thaand that was actually the b...

Impeachment. and i just -- thats not what i wanted to be spending my time on. >> is it something that the voters in your district, supporters of the president or not supporters of the president have been talking to you about through -- i mean was the mueller report something they were talking to you about? is this something thats foremost on their minds? or is it health care, prescription drug prices, all the rest? >> honestly its like the kitchen table issues. a town hall attracts a crowd, that...

Through -- i mean was the mueller report something they were talking to you about? is this something thats foremost on their minds, or is it health care, prescription drug prices, all the rest? >> honestly its like the kitchen table issues. i tell people a town hall attracts a crowd. thats for sure. >> but youre getting larger crowds now. >> yeah, were definitely getting larger crowds. but im a congresswoman so i shop at weird hours. so if im going to target or kroger at 9:30 at night and going ...

Some of those vulnerable senators weve been talking about could be in trouble next year too? >> the answer to your first question, coturn it around? no. youve seen the internals some of of these polls. weve all seen the interms of the internals of these polls. theyre subsections of how the women are going to vote. suburban women in this country, theres a number i saw a week ago, 28% of suburban women who were polled of all colors, religions, everything, 28% answered the question under any circum...

Directly with the voters. maybe if she sided with somebody that would have an impact. mike bloomberg spent $37 million a week ago. he doesnt have to spend one moment out there raising money. how much time and effort is spent for any other candidate focused not on kitchen table issues, but on out there pressing the flesh trying to raise money. >> it is having to raise money behind the scenes. if you can have that moment on the depate teenage, within an hour of that debate ending, they had the t-s...

>> no. and thats part of it. you see kind of the effects of immigration. you see the effects of some of the regulation coming at the statewide level. but whats really happening now is quite interesting. progressive political leaders have essentially failed to deliver those basicc services, to deliver those, on those kitchen table issues. what you are seeing the rhetoric from people like l.a. mayor eric garcetti, he is increasingly focused on abstract issues. things like gender identity. like cli...

Has that happened? >> no. and thats part of it. you see kind of the effects of immigration. you see the effects of some of the regulation coming at the statewide level. but, whats really happening now is quite interesting. progressive political leaders have essentially failed to deliver those basic services, to deliver those on those kitchen table issues. what you are seeing the rhetoric from people like l.a. mayor eric garcetti, he is increasingly focused on abstract issues. things like gender ...

Of the average american is high. they are not bogged down by the impeachment inquiry. thats kind of being driven by a select few people that really arent connected with what matters most to everyone which is the kitchen table issues. steve: by the way the names of the tuckerys. have you got nancy pelosi. talk how the impeachment thing up as to be back firing on the democrats. the polls are turning the other way, now republican republican aligned groupings are running tv ads in tv markets and dis...

Resonating with the political left that votes in a primary. >> no. i think it does to her far left on super liberal whites. but african-american voters, especially those in the south, they are much more aspirational. they believe in our capitalistic democracy and they want to be more active participants. they are going to be more responsive to what cory booker articulated last night. i think that her weakness is this class warfare and thats why she is trying to moderate it. however, because ther...