the country is on fire, what can i do to reduce the heat? that picks up on everything we see from the donald, that s classic trump. the former president is not somebody that will reduce the heat simply because he can or should, as a leader, an elder statesman. instead, trump back channels a nefarious message that sounds like a threat and a transaction. he was saying, in effect, according to this report, i m going to make him an offer he can t refuse. only it seems that merrick garland did refuse trump s offer, and since thursday, he has done nothing to reduce the heat with predictable consequences. on thursday, unarmed trump supporter who attacked the fbi field office, in cincinnati ohio was killed after a six hour standoff. and just this morning, a man that crashed his car into a barricade outside of the u.s. capitol before firing shots into the air from his burning car, and then turning the gun on himself. he turned the gun on himself. and breaking tonight, a new joint inte
have wanted to hear from a black historian or scholar. black americans are being hit hardest by the attacks on voting rights, and always have been, throughout american history. we thought we would one ask one of if they had been invited, joining me now is carole anderson, a professor and chair of the african american studies department and author of the acclaimed work, one person, no vote, how voter suppression is destroying our democracy. carol, thank you for coming back on the show. simple first question. what would you have said to joe biden if you had attended that meeting? i would have said we have been here before and what happened was not pretty. i think about reconstruction. here, coming out of the civil war, and we get these constitutional amendments, and we get these laws that are about stealing the citizenship, sanctioning the citizenship of black folk. you get this massive wave of violence, and you get supreme