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The rich and thing that appeal to the democratic party base. you know, the other thing is, theres an air of desperation here. you can tell because they know, meaning the democrats know, that theyre not going to be in power next year. the mid-terms are not going to be kind to them and biden basically blew it for them totally with his botched afghanistan surrender. >> neil: wouldnt a rushed effort like this seal that fate? if its sloppy and that to your point isnt a give-me, it could make things w...

Change the construct between government and people, between work and people. you know, the general construct has been the harder you work, hopefully you get paid more. you advance in the world. what theyre changing the construct to be is like listen, the government is there for you every stop of the way and were going to take care of you crazele the grave. theyre trying to change us into the progressives -- listen, bernie sanders is leading this effort. how many times do you have to say that a s...

Than that and theyre beginning to worry how it will play out in the mid-terms. >> martha: there is a process for people that want to seek asylum. during the trump administration. you need to go to the closest possible country where you can be safe and apply for asylum. thats a system that most people think is very logical and that would prevent this glut and these kinds of horrific conditions at the camps were seeing. are we going to see the biden administration potentially push for that with th...

>> susan, youve been in this position before, figuring out the strategy for folks like mccarthy as to how to deal with what seems to be a ballooning problem for them when it comes to the january 6th committee and the investigation into what happened on that day. right? what is the strategy behind mccarthy doing this? so there is obviously this consensus amongst the three of you that they are trying to hide something, right? that mccarthy along with other republicans are trying to hide something....

Company surveys that i follow. i think thats really the big issue ahead, martha. he had an economy teed up to soar and now were beginning to see it falter. i think it will be a very tough climb. i think karl rove is completely right. >> its a make or break month of september. he will rebound. august is always a difficult month for incumbent president. remember katrina and the tea party and its a difficult month. the president will recalibrate and focus on the infrastructure package and human inf...

To the press in a cynical way and said were not going to talk about afghanistan. we think the voters will forget this and were going to focus on human infrastructure, free community college, free this, free that. we think voters will reward us at the polls in the 2020 mid-terms. incredibly cynical. they cannot avoid talking about afghanistan. the afghanistan will continue to be part of our national -- i was looking at a list of the members in the new government. the acting prime minister is the ...

Issues, the texas abortion issue and the womens rights in the midst of these culture wars. where does the president, how does he navigate this? >> with great difficulty. this is a hot potato. the supreme court would be better off leaving it where it is. you will stir up a hornets nest. 50 years of roe v. wade. that may not be ideal but it is the latest land. to overturn it, which is what a lot of people want to do and it seems like a majority of the conservatives on the supreme court want to do,...

This to get something forwarded on the legislative package. that might mean curtailing some of the bipartisan criticism of the president over the withdrawal from afghanistan. >> what do you think the priorities are right now for americans? the president is struggling in the polls. he has so many issues on his plate. as we look towards the mid-terms what are the priorities that voters really have? >> well, i think thats the key question. i dont think that afghanistan is going to sustain as a prio...

Issues with texas with the new abortion law. its more critical for the mid-terms. the virginia election is coming up. ballots are dropping in the next couple of weeks. there are a lot of indication of how 2022 will go. >> one thought from over the weekend. senator warern talking about elder. take a listen. >> elder dreams of being californias own donald trump. >> the most important election of your lifetime was last november defeating donald trump. >> [cheers and applause]. >> but you know this....

And this request to 35 telecom and tech companies to preserve communication records of multiple individuals including some republican lawmakers who are allies of former president donald trump. mccarthy saying any of those companies that comply with this request from the committee would be doing so illegally, but we should point out that it is not the first time ever that companies have been asked to give congressional committees information like this and it is also not clear what law that would ...