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Named to it. i am very glad, though, that this time around unlike the impeachment saga, this time theyre not facing off against the executive branch. this time theyre facing off against private citizens. theyre trying to kill subpoenas for other members of the legislative branch which the judiciary branch is much more likely to probably let these subpoenas go forward. so in a sense theres a bit of an easier time that the commission will have, especially considering the fact that in the name of b...

>> so let me ask you, when we try to get to the bottom of this it could be this or part of something even different or bigger, director. tom barrack and donald trump were close for many years which is why tom barrack was the chairman of the inaugural committee. they are investigating possible misuse of funds and this could relate to members of the trump family, right? whether jared kushner, ivanka trump but jared and ivanka were intimately involved with the inaugural committee. barrack knows any...

From our final guest tonight, we have a message from back home from a fellow texas democrat, to the texas democrats in washington. >> to the texas democrats in washington d.c., we are so proud of you. not only have you stop the latest attack on voting rights in texas, but your presence in d.c. is the moral leverage necessary to get the senate, the president of the u.s. to do more to pass voting rights legislation there. know that we are grateful for you, we have your back here in texas, and we w...

Disinformation coming from the white house extends beyond covid. so for political leverage they claim a few hours of criminal unrest on january 6th was itself a serious insurrection against democracy almost as ludicrous as contending voter id requirements are racist. and even four pa folk yos for the claim he made three times that georgias republican drafted election law had somehow shortened voting hours. it didnt. and let is not forget biden lied about little things and big, including this cla...

Economic leverage because i think that that is one of the questions a lot of people had when the biden administration made that announcement this morning assigning blame that the blame didnt come with any sort of repercussions, at least not publicly anyway. >> i think that there are repercussions. first of all, we had at the same time an announcement of indictments from the department of justice. but really what again i think the consequences when we look to impose consequences, we have to look ...

Democracy, for influence. and one of his selling points is that their form of governance can offer control, right? can offer leaders the ability to control their countries, control their populations. and glow their economic. economic growth is looking increasingly shaky and now with todays announcement about unsanctioned cyber activity certain from criminal actors that are hired by the chinese government but doing things on their own for personal gain and perhaps even members of his own governme...

Boom. the stock market is at new highs. even wages show signs of rising. while the u.s. is doing better than most, other major industrial countries are also on the road to recovery. and the chief reason is everyone learned the lesson of 2008. in systemic collapses, governments need to go big and fast, spending money and providing liquidity. the voices of austerity in the united states and europe, which were extremely powerful during the 2008 crisis, have been largely silent this time around. tha...

Even wages show signs of rising. while the u.s. is doing better than most, other major industrial countries are also on the road to recovery. and the chief reason is everyone learned the lesson of 2008. in systemic collapses, governments need to go big and fast, spending money and providing liquidity. the voices of austerity in the united states and europe, which were extremely powerful during the 2008 crisis, have been largely silent this time around. thats where the good news ends. back in 200...

Which these peace negotiations are going on. frankly, the taliban are going it take advantage of everything that they can, including the types of advantages that they have militarily to really put stranglehold on the afghan government. and when they do that, i think these peace negotiations are not going to bear fruit, they are not going to be the kinds of negotiations where both sides gain something. its going to be a one-sided affair. >> yeah, seems that without the u.s. military there the afg...

>> thank you. remember, we were together in atlanta just a while back during the presidential. i know you were covering all of the primaries, and its bringing back strong them ris. so thank you. >> oh, yeah, we did a lot during all of the debates and also my work during that time. i remember. thank you. joining me now is congressman jim clyburn of south carolina, the house majority whip. congressman, let me start with the filibuster. youve urged the president to publicly support a carve-out me...