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This piece is essential. >> so this is the provision of the voting rights act called plea -- preclearance and let me give you an example that ive actually dealt with. say you get to be a couple of weeks out from election and all of a sudden, a municipality or a state start closing polling places and a majority minority neighborhood, making it much more difficult for people and their neighborhood to go out and vote while maybe its justified by voting numbers or maybe its the result of racial anim...

The asian electorate. folks dont realize that in texas there is about a million api folks that are eligible to vote, and youre going see more of them coming of age, just like in the latino community youre going to see roughly about 250000 more young latino youth eligible to vote in the midterm. what does that say about the shenanigans that the republican state legislaure is trying to do to try to prevent individuals from voting in a fair election? >> i believe they know the changing demographics...

The country as well. >> so, digging into more of what were seeing in texas in georgia, christine, you mentioned the rise of the asian -- folks dont realize that in texas and million aapi folks are eligible to vote and were gonna see more of them coming up just like in the latino community where we may see roughly about 250,000 more young latino youth eligible to vote in the midterm. what does that say about the shenanigans that the republican state legislators are trying to do to prevent individ...

First midterm. donald trump 43 seats in his first midterm so for the g.o.p. to take power, that wont be too hard. here with policy, principles cant be applied only when convenient. she needs to take a stand but she wont because she knows there is more passion, power from the squad left flank of the party than the establishment. the problem here now is that democrats stand to do the antiparty. defined by not standing up to anti-semitism asking here with omars or standing up to antifa and comparin...

Believe, anti-usa to suggest that we are the same as a terrorist organization like hamas is a wholly offensive. >> gillian: and also, jason, you know better than most people members of congress serving on the committee have a special obligation not to denigrate american allies. there was a problem with calling out israel in this manner. if a violation of the policies and the entire community to advocate for it. i want to mention to this real quick from two separate articles and "the hill" democr...

House counsel don mcgahn. apple was barred from telling mcgahn about it. apple has not responded to "the times." the senate majority leader wants answers. >> what has happened here are fingerprints of a dictatorship, not a democracy. no one likes the idea that if a presidents mad, he can just go forth with setting personal phone data on perceived enemies. >> when it comes to sowing doubt in democracy, trumps big lie make take the cake convincing tens of millions of voters that the 2020 election ...

The presidents approach first here at the g7 to persuading the other leaders that not only is america back, as he says, but that america is back for good. because there is some doubt among some of the rall -- allies but that there could be a return to the trump type years after the midterm. >> you are right that president bidens message is that america is back and leading on the world stage. to your question whether that has staying power, look at the first five months of the biden presidency. t...

The announcement officially kicks of the 2022 gubernatorial race in Wisconsin.

RILEY VETTERKIND In an expected move, Gov. Tony Evers on Saturday announced his bid for reelection at his party’s annual convention online, officially kicking off a gubernatorial race that will put the state Democratic Party, emboldened by a recent presidential victory, to the test. The midterm elections about 1½ years away will present a significant challenge for the party, which will face the stark realities of off-year elections, when the party not in the White House tend...

The announcement officially kicks of the 2022 gubernatorial race in Wisconsin.