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>> "i thank my lucky stars to be living here today, because the flag still stands for freedom and they cant take that away." i understand that her religion prevents her from saluting the flag. >> shes a jehovahs witness. >> its confusing, because justin biebers song is for teenage love, and thats worse than singing "god bless the usa." >> michael grimm released this statement, "i have just one question for this principal -- who exactly are we offending?" the "new york post" is now reporting prin...

And the host of make it plain, mark thompson. thank you both for joining me tonight. i had the hoodie on all day. at about 9:25 as i was heading down here, without even thinking about changing it, i realized, you know what? i feel like a prosecutor tonight. i better dress like a prosecutor. and -- and, you know, thats the way im feeling about it. i just want to get your reactions from what you heard so far. what you heard from mr. bonaparte, the city manager. he has the authority to fire this po...

Appeal to the kind of women voted for him remains to be seen. >> msnbc political analyst karen finney and mark thompson, the host of "make it plain" on serious xm radio, thank you both for joining me tonight. it is still too close to call in mississippi. coming up, more of our coverage

Life were a source of great pride for many people in this state and as the state as a whole. so on that basis, i think shes entitled to have that recognition. >> joining me now right now is mark thompson, the host of "make it plain" on sirius xm. you posted a piece today on uptown that really got my attention. you told me a lot of things about whitney houston i didnt know. i just approached her career as a music fan, i loved her movies. talk about the charitable work that she did. you listed a l...

New jersey history and with folks like frank sinatra and count basie and bruce springsteen. she was a cultural icon in this state. and her accomplishments in her life were a source of great pride for many people in this state and as the state as a whole. so on that basis, i think shes entitled to have that recognition. >> joining me now right now is mark thompson, the host of "make it plain" on sirius xm. you posted a piece today on uptown that really got my attention. you told me a lot of thing...

Sign one of these groups are putting out here. look, there is no question here that this is -- i think -- essentially meant to counter balance the intimidation factor that sometimes takes place in these white nationalist marches. they want people inside the security corden behind our camera to know they are out here and to know that message isnt welcome here and will be met just as loudly and just as aggressively if this situation calls for it. it is not what i would consider to be a friendly op...

>> there he is, the worst reader of audience reaction in political history, he actually told fox news, he thought he was a big hit with the naacp. >> i spoke with a number of african-american leaders after the event, and they said, you know, a lot of folks dont want to say theyre not going to be voting for barack obama, but theyre disappointed in his lack of policies to improve our schools, disappointed in urban policy, disappointed in the economy. 14.4% rate of unemployment among african-americ...