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The U.S. Defense Budget: Time for A Cut? The Biden Administrations budget request is greater than that of the departments of State, Justice, Education, Transportation and Health and Human Services, and the Environmental Protection Agency combined. A total of forty advocacy groups from across the political spectrum have called upon lawmakers to cut the Department of Defenses (DoDs) budget. A letter sent by groups from across the political spectrum to the leaders of the defense appropriations su...

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Me names of dictators during that speech, because he knew more than any of us what we were facing as a nation. he understood it. >> reporter: john mccains daughter, meghan, weighing in today on twitter, asking klobuchar to leave her fathers legacy and memory out of presidential politics. and were here with cory booker in iowa, as he wraps up a four-day swing through the hawkeye state. this week, the candidates will head west for a moveon forum on friday in san francisco and were only one month a...

>> anna, weve seen the death of the health care bill so many times, in fact, in discussions, i was like what do we call it? there is no -- only so many times we could say the health care bill is dead. so have to you be very i dont know, maybe it comes back in a few days. moveon, one of the groups that mobilize strongly against it, what is your understanding of what just transpired and where you are in these first six months? >> well, man, thursday was unbelievable. first of all, lets be really c...

When we lead with our values, when we lead with our conviction, thats how we succeed. >> the democratic party is in disarray, struggling to find a path to unite all democrats after president trumps blistering way. demanding action. democratic national committee members will choose one of seven hopefuls to lead that battle. at the head of the pack, former labor secretary tom perez. he has a list of endorsers including vice president joe biden and several governors. but right on his heels is congr...

We had a million people in the streets of new york in february 2013, as some folks will remember. and you asked are we at moveon, with the incredible uprising from people across the country saying i want to do something? absolutely. my phone hasnt stopped ringing since election day. my inbox is overflowing. im sorry if you have sent me a message and i havent responded. people are saying, number one, give me my marching order. and im organizing here. we have a knitting club against fascism. can y...

Contacts from members? can you feel -- can you compare it to previous moments as an organizer? >> yeah. so, look, ive actually been telling people that it feels to me like my organizing against the iraq war, which is really where i cut my teeth as an organizer, was a dry run, a trial run or a small trial for whats to come. that was a mass movement. we had a million people in the streets of new york in february 2013, as some folks will remember. but thats nothing compared to what were going to se...

Protectors are concerned because i think president obama has done what he can to hold things up. theyre very worried right now about what a donald trump will do once hes in office. >> they should be. his attorney general nominee is jeff sessions. i want to go to you on this kareem, because you now work for moveon, which was formed in the era when the presss fixation was the impeachment of one william jefferson clinton over a sexual affair, and the hyperactive coverage who now seems quaint now th...

Black muslim. your problem is with white working class person. should people be laughing at the idea that have guy leading the dnc? >> not at all. just to put it out there. moveon actually said -- we put out a statement saying we thout h ellison would be an excellent chair. >> yeah. >> i think the one thing hell have to worry about is that hes a sitting congressman and people -- >> the time. >> and we do need somebody who is going to be able to focus on this. >> do you think he has had a shot, a...

>> i say that with great administrati admiration. >> i hate to tell you, if you look in the mirror, youre kind of a nerd too. ive got to be honest, were all a little nerdy on this panel. you wouldnt be on this panel if you werent kind of nerdy. paul, identify got to ask you, it was referenced in the last hour, your name was on one of the leaked e-mails from wikileaks, in 2008, a chain about polling about obamas past drug use -- >> obama loyalists. this was a group i was a part of that was watchi...