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expanded its blast radius over the weekend to a premium outlet mall in texas where that states republican leaders are today striking a pose of complete impotence in the face of both deadly forces, the 199th shooting took place in allen, texas, a suburb of dallas, texas, eight people were murdered including a 5-year-old boy. six others were injured. unimaginable. unthinkable carnage unfolded as a man armed with an ar-15 style rifle opened fire. heres how one eyewitness who rushed to the...

every single one voted against. against a bill backed by a majority of you, including many of the opposites own republican constituents. against sending americans $1400 checks. against giving unemployed americans a $300 a week boost in support. against cutting child poverty in half. against saving tens of thousands of jobs. now that it is done, some of the opposers are becoming posers, like this. look at this tweet from senator roger wicker, mississippi. celebrating the money for resta...

important state. >> thats how you know youre not selling the right thing is when you cant win by playing fairly, that you have to shape the rules in a way that will help you win, that will -- that will probably guarantee your win. what republicans are doing now around the country -- and kwor georgia i think is ground zero, right? but its not just georgia. its happening in a number of states. >> georgia, arizona. >> if you lost in ruby red states or states that were previously red, that...

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Public. all democrats, all independents and a vast majority of republican women and at least half of republican men. 83%. on background checks, gun safety legislation raising the age and banning assault weapons, this is an 80 plus issue. all democrats, republican women and at least half of republican men. on making voting easy its another 80 plus issue. so the supreme court is like a stack of pancakes, on the opposite side of the american people on the three biggest issues when people think of a...

Fraud. none. the issue is becoming central to the entire gop legislative agenda nationwide. in so far there is a gop legislative agenda. the john lewis voting rights act and freedom to vote act address the issues that remain. ill break them down in details during the show. recent developments under score the importance and need for the specific federal protections. just yesterday, the ohio supreme court tossed out the redistricting map. a judge in wisconsin ruled that absentee drop boxes are not...

Senator joe manchin has suggested that he could only support a $1 trillion to $1.5 trillion plan. house speaker nancy pelosi rejected his call for a strategic pause on moving forward with an evenly divided senate, democrats cant lose a single vote on the bill. latest restrictions on voting are now law in the state of texas and that is just one of several controversial issues that have republican governor greg abbott losing support. ed lavendera has more. >> reporter: last year about 127,000 pe...

Ed lavandera is "outfront". >> reporter: last year 127,000 people cast their ballots in a drive-through in harris county. it was an idea born out of the pandemic and celebrated as a secure way of making voting safe and conveniconvenient. >> youre more likely to be struck by lightning than experience mail ballot fraud. plain and simple. >> i election integrity is now law. >> reporter: drive-through voting is banned in texas. its one of the extensive measures included in a controversial election b...

If there is one thing republicans have been fixated on since november its making voting in the 2022 and 2024 elections as hard as possible. the brenden center for justice has found, quote, between january 1st and may 14th of 2021 at least 14 states enacted 22 new lus that restrict access to it vote. the united states is on track to far exceed its most recent period of significant voter suppression, 2011. and we are seeing those attempts to restrict access to the vote play out on the ground. earl...