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Womens sports. people say enough of that -- >> harris: parent i interviewed last hour, nine year old with the pediatrician and the pediatrician leaned in, do you think you are a girl or boy and the mom had to intervene. marie? >> marie: there is a lot of cancelling going on and i hate all of it, i hate the fact people dont drink bud light anymore. i hate that movement. i hate far left, not only millennials, older progressives, we cant honor people who work in congress and maybe arent totally pur...

In california you see gas prices at five 90 a gallon, so we cant spike the football quite yet. but we should be talking about the progress that hes been able to make, and how we are producing more oil under his administration to alleviate costs than almost any time in history. -- can the democratic party fit under one tent? i think back to the infrastructure bill, not a law. a massive win for democrats, but they didnt really spend any time running a victory path lap and showing america, because ...

Singular characteristics. apparently once a staffer handed him a -- some draft remarks in which he was supposed to refer to himself as a former boxer, and harry crossed out the word former. he was 70 years old at the time. but there were other aspects to harrys character that helped explain his extraordinary achievements. qualities that at this particular moment in our history seem especially relevant. first and foremost, harry was a pragmatist. at a time when so many americans across the politi...

Apparently, once a staffer handed him a -- some draft remarks in which he was supposed to refer to himself as a former boxer, and harry crossed out the word "former." he was 70 years old at the time. but there were other aspects to harrys character that helped explain his extraordinary achievements. qualities that, at this particular moment in our history, seem especially relevant. first and foremost, harry was a pragmatist. at a time when so many americans across the political spectrum apply st...

M cisikyrsten sinema like this iss sounds like liz chin cheney. >> i want the democrats to be a very big tent. so i dont like these purity tests. the problem she has politically is her state is a swing state. used to be very, very republican and then democrats, sinema and mark kelly, both won, two democrats won senate seats there. so the state a purple trending a little bit blue. as opposed to joe manchin of west virginia. manchin is the only democrat who could possible win there. so sinema need...

Running in those seats wont simply be able to get away with playing to the base. theyll actually have to reach across the aisle and win over the reasonable edge of the opposition. which is how democracys supposed to work. but thats exactly whats been under systematic attack. the incentive system in our politics is all screwed up. by design. and thats why the parties are preoccupied with these purity tests and dont seem to give a damn about working together to solve common problems. you dont beli...

Competitive general elections. what a concept. it means that the politicians running in those seats wont simply be able to get away with playing to the base. theyll actually have to reach across the aisle and win over the reasonable edge of the opposition. which is how democracys supposed to work. but thats exactly whats been under systematic attack. the incentive system in our politics is all screwed up. by design. and thats why the parties are preoccupied with these purity tests and dont seem ...

Defined that middle ground, we have stopped fighting with one another over -- we didnt get exactly what we wanted there, we need to find common ground, pass the bills like president biden has already done to his own executive action cutting child poverty in half in the united states in his first year in office, thats almost a miracle. if the rest of the party comes together, we can show those other benefits to the american people. such as over 40% of our roads are poor or moderate at best and if...

And among conservatives. now we are seeing what is really been going on. >> shannon: lets read something from steve israel, he is a former democratic representative and he headed up reelection efforts for democrats in the house side. he writes this, this is a form of electroshock therapy for democrats to stop infighting and start delivering tangible results for an impatient electorate. to coin a phrase, never bring reconciliation to an electoral knife fight. in the war between progressive democr...

And they think theyre going to win. if we dont fight them, come together and put aside these purity tests and democrats have to really challenge themselves here. this is a character test for democrats. republicans failed their character test, but democrats have to be willing to come together and put aside differences and fight for democracy because theyre really the last best hope we have here. >> juanita, ive never heard a better setup for you to see -- are they up for the fight as seen by jon ...