Please welcome doug jones to this program. Last month he won the democratic primary in alabamas special senate race. His republican opponent is roy moore, a former state Supreme Court chief justice. They will face off in a special election on december 12. Mr. Jones joins us tonight from alaba alabama. Good to have you back on. Great to be with you, tavis. Let me start by explaining to the audience why this race is so important. One, because its a u. S. Senate race, all u. S. Senate races are important but this is the seat to replace Jeff Sessions who is now the attorney general. This is also the seat in the state of alabama where donald trump was a few weeks ago when he called those nfl players s. O. B. S while he was there campaigning for senator Luther Strange. Donald trump was throwing, to my mind, red meat to a red state. Trumps candidate, senator strange, lost to the former Supreme Court chief Justice Roy Moore so hes the republican nominee, doug jones is the democratic nominee. S
Move to seize political control of the region a de facto cou detat. Mr. President , this is not a bad budget deal, it is an horrific budget bill an extremely cruel bill and the most unfair budget ever presented in the modern history of our country. Amy that was senator sanders. As the Senate Narrowly Passes a budget bill that clears the path for an historic tax reform, well look at how President Trumps proposed tax overhaul would shower billions of dollars in tax cuts upon the wealthiest americans, including President Trumps family and members of his administration. We will speak with james henry of the Tax Justice Network and pulitzer prizewinning journalist David Cay Johnston, whose latest piece is headlined nine reasons trump tax plan will hurt you. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. In afghanistan, a suicide bomber ambushed afghan army cadets as they left their base in kabul on saturday, killing 15 o
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And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you, thank you. Logic has very quietly become one of the brightest young stars in hip hop. Hes one of the top 25 streaming artists in the world with over one billion streams. He joins us to talk about his third album called everybody which has a unique concept. Lets take a look at some the video for the song black inspiredman i just want to be free, i know im in the i dont i dont want to be black i dont want to be white i just want to be a man today your fans of course know your by racial makeup and you arent the first artist in this general ray to be by racial. But to my mind, and listening to your work, i think this is the first time youve actually talked about it in this way. Yeah. And im probably the first by racial rapper who looks white as hake. So, yeah. You said that, not me. Thats its all good. But, because im comfortable with who i am. And i think sometimes, you know, ive heard things that even just within the communi
And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you, thank you. Logic has very quietly become one of the brightest young stars in hip hop. Hes one of the top 25 streaming artists in the world with over one billion streams. He joins us to talk about his third album called everybody which has a unique concept. Lets take a look at some the video for the song black inspiredman i just want to be free, i know im in the i dont i dont want to be black i dont want to be white i just want to be a man today your fans of course know your by racial makeup and you arent the first artist in this general ray to be by racial. But to my mind, and listening to your work, i think this is the first time youve actually talked about it in this way. Yeah. And im probably the first by racial rapper who looks white as hake. So, yeah. You said that, not me. Thats its all good. But, because im comfortable with who i am. And i think sometimes, you know, ive heard things that even just within the communi