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Charlottes vil, colin kaepernick, steph curry. >> there is a patter, i think it is clear, the annoyance on the part of african-americans and people that want more racial justice is the apologists. that the president supports organizations of white supremacy. he said these people should be fired. contrast that with what he said after he saw white men with torches mar nch charlottesville. there are lots of fine people among those marchers he said. put it into the policy context. he said "were goin...

Went after colin kaepernick, steph curry. they say theres a pattern. >> there is a pattern. i think it is clear, the annoyance on the part of african-americans and people that want more racial justice is the apologists. who continue to argue about whether this is a president who supports organizations of white supremacy. here is what he said in alabama and how enthusiastically how he said it, that these people should be fired contrast that with what he said after he saw white men with torches ma...

Enthusiastic he said it, that these people should be fired. contrast that with what he said after he saw white men with torches march charlottesville. there are lots of fine people among those marchers he said. put it into the policy context. this is a president whose attorney general has said, you know, we are going to back off these consent agreements with police departments who are causing the very problem that people like colin kaepernick is protesting. you know, how can we continue to have ...

Watching tv and movies. its a guy trying to be a wall street guy that he saw on tv. >> theres all that fake drama and all that supposed tough talk and then theres the policy failures. theres the sanctions votes that are telling the president we dont trust you on russia. theres the gop pushback on all of this and then you think about jeff sessions, howard, and donald trump being told you dont get to name your own attorney general if you want to replace him. thats how much republicans have stopped...

Desire to deny oxygen to this kind of crap, but on the other hand, if you dont deal with it, it bubbles up through the ecosystem, and it is this bizarre reverse image of what happens to much more legitimate claims. if youre talking about the media in terms of washington-based media, they are not comfortable with liberals being aggressive or strong, not in a political context and not in a policy context. so what harry reid said, and i dont think he said it the perfect way, but what he said was, w...

Hand, if you dont deal with it, it bubbles up through the ecosystem, and it is this bizarre reverse image of what happens to much more legitimate claims. if youre talking about the media in terms of washington-based media, they are not comfortable with liberals being aggressive or strong, not in a political context and not in a policy context. so what harry reid said, and i dont think he said it the perfect way, but what he said was, were not giving up. you havent given up your returns, you owe ...

Afghanistan, that so lit flidife u.s. relationship from 2012 to 2024. it means helping the afghan government build itself and build this country. what the u.s. wants to prove to the afghan people is theyre not abandoning afghanistan, and they want to make that clear because there have been many afghans as though the u.s. and the international will leave them after the combat mission in 2014. the taliban waiting for 2014. this is a signal for them as well that the u.s. and other international cou...

Phillip, sara murray and jonathan martin. attacks on anything and anyone related to the russian investigation are trademark trump. in character, the policy context gets lost, though, in a personal drama. in one interview the president of the united states who has the power to fire these people ignores long-standing protocol. not only discussing details of an ongoing investigation takes shots at those leading it or the agencies assisting it in the case of the justice department. venom at the atto...

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Uniform, having them swear in their citizenship, a very moving ceremony at the end of which the president spoke forcefully against whats happening in arizona. now, the context of whats happening in arizona, a political as well as a policy context, there was a controversy there when the beloved rancher was shot, suspected by illegal immigrants that crossed into his territory. this is an ongoing problem, an ongoing controversy, not only in arizona where there are an estimated 500,000 illegal immig...