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Of president biden�*s speech. well, recent polls show that there is still a majority support in the country for ending the war in afghanistan orfor bringing troops back from afghanistan, but theres strong disapproval for how it was conducted. so the president here is focusing on how it was conducted and painting a sort of positive picture about steps that have been taken and that has been his approach. so he talked about having picked up the pace of the evacuation at the weekend. he said it wa...

Is going to be hard and painful, no matter when it started, when it began. it would have been true if we had started a month ago or a month from now. there is no way we can evacuate this many people without pain and heartache. it is just a fact. i had without pain and heartache. it isjust a fact. i had eggs without pain and heartache. it is just a fact. i had eggs for those people you see. were proving we can move thousands of people out of kabul. we bring in citizens, nato allies, afghanis who ...

Well, recent polls show that there is still a majority support in the country for ending the war in afghanistan orfor bringing troops back from afghanistan, but theres strong disapproval for how it was conducted. so the president here is focusing on how it was conducted and painting a sort of positive picture about steps that have been taken and that has been his approach. so he talked about having picked up the pace of the evacuation at the weekend. he said it was an extraordinary airlift. he t...

Of pages of evidence and a lot of testimony from experts, congressional action is needed. senate democrats suggest a vote is coming on a slimmed-down version of the for the people act written by senator merkley who stood with the texas democrats who have been in washington pushing on the issue. >> they say everything is bigger in texas. what is bigger than defending our national right to vote and our freedom to vote? they say dont mess with texas. i say dont mess with these texan legislators who...

Is coming on a slimmed down version of the for the people act, written by senator merkley who stood with texas democrats as they marked the final day of their special session, the ones who broke quorum over a month ago stalling that restrictive voter bill and theyve been in washington pushing on the issue. >> they say everything is bigger in texas. but what is bigger than defending our national right to vote and our freedom to vote? they say dont mess with texas. i say dont mess with these texan...

79. percent. support among west republicans in virginia 76%. three and four west virginia republican support the voting rights bill, the for the people acts. more than three and four republicans. the senator from west virginia, joe manchin, says hes against it. by 21 point margin, west virginia says theyll be more likely to support joe manchin if he supports the voting rights bill. but he says hes against it. every component of the bill, everything from making voter registration easier to stop p...

Theres majority support for that among voters, but as a practical matter, is that sort of bipartisanship, does it no longer exist in washington given the political incentives, gerrymandering, et cetera and the silencing of information? >> well, i would always love to be more optimistic. and, you know, hearing former president obama talk last night, he did remind me of the hope and change. and one of the reasons why i became an organizer and really wanted to talk to people. i dont he think was re...

But hes against it. every component, making voter registration easier, limiting anonymous donations from special interests and corporations, all of it is very popular, way over majority support among west virginia voters but joe manchin wont vote for it because republican senators wont, no matter what their reasons are. also wont change the filibuster rules so democrats can pass that bill and others. even though the minority dont support it. joe manchin is against the tide of his own voters on t...

Hes using the powers of the presidency with manchin and those to come to their senses and all this is happening while things in the state houses move in a conservative direction. so yeah. youre right. we are not powerless but there are certain restrictions to overcome, too. >> this point, you know, garrett, used to be in a white house all you had to do to get -- i worked in a republican white house obviously but to get bipartisan support make sure its majority support. every one of the president...

Say they would have voted for the commission. it would have failed with 57 votes for it and 35 against. thats a sign that something is deeply wrong with our democracy. remember, the dictionary definition of democracy is government by the people, specially rule of the majority. were experiencing a sustained assault on those ideas. majority rule is increasingly undermined by the electoral college and partisan gerrymandering as well as voting restrictions being jammed through republican legislature...