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It is just under one hour. Washington journal continues. Stern tells us to talk about his expense writing his book republican like me how i left the liberal bubble and learned to love the right, and you chatted with us in the fall about the time this book was being published. What the impetus was for writing this book you going out, a lifelong democrat, decided to live life as a republican. Guest like a lot of people, i have been concerned about the polarization in this country how much the left...

Polarization in this country how much the left hates the right, how much the right hates the left, and i decided to do something about it. We are all increasing increasingly interacting with people that agree with us. The book is built around my journey. Understand to someone, you have to see things from his point of view. I spent a year traveling the country, talking to folks i would not ordinarily talk to, consuming media from what i thought was the other side, and the book is about that journ...

Announcer next, q a with former chief economist of the fcc, thomas hazlett. Brian tom hazlett, why did you write the book the political spectrum . Tom there is a great set of stories, unknown to most people about how we got into the age of wireless. Wireless seems like a bit of magic. It has always seemed that way. We had 100 years ago a Supreme Court chief justice say he did not want to get any radio cases because he did not want to have to dive into the law there. The law of the occult. So, th...

California, thinks that people were duped often into voting for donald trump. Guest there is that view out there but as i talk about in the smear if you actually watched the rallies of Hillary Clinton and donald trump issue tried to watch almost every one. You talk to people outside the big cities, which i did a lot of, thats what led me to predict in advance that donald trump would be president when so many others cooperate see that. Think you get a different picture than the stereotype that it...

Thank you, evan. Thank you very much for being here, congratulations on the book. Thank you, thank you. I have to say i was little surprised to learn about the book and to read it. Its a funny book, thats not the surprise but the surprise is that i remember when you got to the senate, there was talk of you, i guess the expression was the Hillary Clinton model, following the Hillary Clinton model, you know, do your homework, go to committee hearings, dont do national press, basically show that yo...

Going to our website and entering Manhattan Institute in the search bar. Were going to go live now to capitol hill as the House Rules Committee starts two days of hearings on earmarks. President trump has suggested that those earmarks be restored. They were taken away in february of 2011. To ensure that the government allocates taxpayer dollars responsibly and in light with the values and wishes of the American People. Over the years, the manner in which congress fulfills those duties has been t...

We welcome everyone today. I recognize myself for an Opening Statement. Article one of the constitution explicitly gives congress authority for spending. Is oversight authorization central to congresss responsibility to ensure the government allocates taxpayer dollars responsibly and in line with the values and wishes of the mecca people. It has been the repeated topic of discussion and debate and calls for a forum. We can agree that abuse and a lack of transparency have often been associated wi...

On thursday, follow the congressional debate over funding the federal government. Live coverage on cspan. The senate on cspan two. You can watch online at cspan. Org or listen with the free cspan radio app. Earmarks the legislative permitsn that congressional spending two states were banned in 2011. Proponents for the practice are calling for the reinstatement. A House Committee took place this morning. Men make many members of or for thee against march the marks. This is three hours. [captions ...

As the bubble burst one hundred percent its burst and it burst a lot bigger fashion and a lot quicker than some people had anticipated and we saw the dow down eight hundred points between a week ago and monday and then another eleven thirty two or ten thirty two rather on on thursday and markets have not settled yet so well see where they go but definitely some of the air has been let out of this bubble is just speculation holland heres what the market has done in the past year everything except...

Distinguishing characteristics famously that authors would take fantastic works known to new york publishers and publish them and they would become bestsellers, one of which, my favorite of that was leo damores senatorial privilege about senator kennedy and the truth about leo damore. He was kicked off ticked off. Could you say you are driving. So years later all on the record , no new york publisher would publish this, regnery publishes it. More recently there was a patriotic vote, flags of our...