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But its also tremendously complex on the ground which is what youre getting to. when youre dealing with adjudicating it. one of the political issues thats now risen is that the house version of the bill in their own kind of way of slipping a poison pill into the bill, theyre calling for mandatory minimums for some forms of domestic violence and this is a way of for them, kind of this threading the needle and theyre responding to the idea that theyre blocking the violence against women act but th...

Pretty much done. >> it sure does, wolf. i remember so well about 16 years ago late one evening in the white house sitting with the clintons talking about health key reform and writing down in my note book, 10:30 p.m., health reform just died. today around 4:20, we can write in our notebooks, health reform just won. this is a moment that democrats have been dreaming of for some 60 years. it look a long time to get here, but i think were now assured, yes, theres some more hurdles to cross, but th...

One side won. the other side lost. the losing side has to face policy consequences. and the 46%, theyre in charge. but what is unacceptable is government by distortion, by fear, by intimidation, making unfounded assertions about voter froud or need alsoly insulting the people of mexico, thats intolerable. left undeterred, that can only metastasize to more impactful issuesp there is an institution that should be playing a moderating role with regard to this divide. i speak of the congress. congre...

This friday i flew to new york, like i do almost every week in order to host this show. what was remarkable was i flew on september 11, something i had gone out of my way to avoid for years after the attacks out of fear. the fears that we all felt had very real policy consequences, the continuing war on terror, the creation of the department of homeland security, the patriot act. good or bad, these policies and practices were a direct consequence of a very real sense of fear. that is why its so ...

Anti-abortion activists link to online today. all the same thing the republican men have been saying for years that women dont get pregnant when theyre raped. these guys in the anti-abortion movement and in the anti-abortion movement side of paolitics keep arguing, making this case in public because it has important policy consequences for them. if you cant get pregnant by being raped, anybody who is pregnant by definition was not raped. it cannot have been a rape no matter what you say, you mus...

These guys in the anti-abortion movement and in the anti-abortion movement side of politics keep arguing, making this case in public because it has important policy consequences for them. see, if you cant get pregnant by being raped, then anybody who is pregnant by definition was not raped. it cannot have been a rape no matter what you say, you must have wanted it if you ended up pregnant. if you wanted it, theres no reason to feel sorry for you and let you end this pregnancy. you should have th...

That anti-abortion activists still link to online today. it says the same thing all those republican men had been saying for years that woman dont get pregnant when theyre raped. these guys in the anti-abortion movement and in the anti-abortion movement side of politics keep arguing, making this case in public because it has important policy consequences for them. see, if you cant get pregnant by being raped, then anybody who is pregnant by definition was not raped. it cannot have been a rape no...