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It up. i think we can get, and ive been talking to a number of my colleagues on the hill. i think its clear that we would be able to get support for the 500 plus billion dollars for energy and the environment issues that are there. >> president biden made news this week that hes going to break up the big domestic agenda, the social safety net, the climate bill called build back better. now that is a combined entity, he passed in the house back in november after going through a lot of negotiation...

The American Civil Liberties Union and other progressive groups have filed a brief in support of a Supreme Court challenge to California’s donor disclosure rule over First Amendment concerns, positioning themselves in opposition to Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D., R.I.) and other Democrats who have decried “dark money” political activity. The rule in question requires all charities that raise money in California to disclose donors to the state attorney general, which opponent...

Alex, youve got progressive groups, they sent nancy pelosi a letter expressing deep disappointment under democrats unwillingness to hold president trump accountable. theyre asking her to open an impeachment proceeding. what do you think is the end goal of these groups? >> so these groups are looking forward to impeachment. theyre trying to push the party in that direction. i think the party, at least the progressive branch of the party is moving in that direction. you see on the campaign trail, ...

Effect july 1st. >> the trajectory they are on is almost certain to be in the middle of the 2020 election as these court battles are decided. aveh new effort on the left, democratic presidential candidate support drastic spending cuts at the pentagon. 2 dozen progressive groups have gotten together behind this push. defense analysts are warning about the militarys ability to meet threats from russia and china. we will talk about this with doug shown and rob kaminsky. great to have you with us. t...

>> lets be clear. this is a group of self-styled activists, progressive groups. this is not every democrat. i agree this is a huge mistake for the democrats and substantively wrong on the merits, this is one part of the democratic party.ce our front runner joe biden doesnt buy into this and i dont buy into this. we saw earlier in the show the need for additional troops in the middle east which requires more spending. we have a space force, we need to upgrade our nuclear arsenal. all this means w...

>> lets be clear, this is a group of self-styled activists, progressive groups, this is not every democrats. while i agree with ross, but this is a big and huge mistake for the democrats and sustainably wrong on the merits this is one part of the democratic party. our front runner, joe biden doesnt buy into this and i certainly dont buy into this. we saw earlier in the show the need for additional troops in the middle east which requires more spending. all this means with the congres is likely t...

Abortion. the lawsuit in alabama court order in mississippi and a brand-new law in mississippi. bringing us up to speed with everything that happened today. >> especially busy this season. several activist groups are challenging state efforts to re be in abortion laws in one case were watching closely is in alabama where the aclu and planned parenthood filed a lawsuit today to stop what it sees as an outright abortion ban . >> they are criminalizing our doctors and our caregivers brickey get the...

>> unfortunately for this gentleman none of those are legal arguments for city in north carolina has every right to enforce their city ordinance it would be the same thing as i this guy was playing the national anthem at 2:00 a.m. at so many decibels that it was causing a violation of a noise ordinance. four cities having these types of ordinances is not about bein un-american its not because its up flag. everybody gets very uncomfortable when were talkin about patriotism. im the first one to sa...

Theyll pounce on this and weaponize this and one of the strongest arguments the democrats have going into 2020 is that they are the party of inclusion. they are the party of diversity, the party that is the anti-trump in terms of his racialized rhetoric. and now the script has been seriously muddied. so theres real danger for the democrats in this. >> i dont understand this. politico says this puts nancy pelosi in a tough spot. it says if pelosi comes down too hard on omar, she risks alienating ...

Going to have anyone of them vote for him. thats how powerful he is in his caucus. more importantly, hes getting battered by the progressive and his political party. that they arent doing enough to kill this nomination. >> right now is his hearing is getting started for the third day, right now, just a level below me, at senator grassleys office, protesters have taken over. they have crammed inside the office. they are from a number of different groups on the left, progressive groups who say the...