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Oh, the college towns. university of indiana and notre dame. so theres a real thing that governor ron desantis is putting his finger on, right? these colleges. people go into them and come out liberals. what is going on? except the solution for is a perfect example of cultish authoritarianism of the modern republican party under donald trump. they have a political problem. clearly, right? winning over college educated voters. political problem. winning over young voters, particularly those comin...

Senate bill 202 at the end of the legislative session. it was rushed through. there was not time for debate. there was an hour for deliberation and then our governor signed it under one of the last presentations were humans were held captive. in case there was any doubt about the sort of motivation behind the bill that they signed. this is only one of the ways in which the republicans are trying to take a sledgehammer to our elections infrastructure and replace their will for the will of georgia...

Good stuff in there. but all the issues surrounding the core question of the strength of american democracy and majority rule, the existence of majority rule and the rule of law and the role of democracy and the idea of people selecting their leaders as opposed the other way around, the issues that are the most important and the most existential, those are the places where there are in mitch mcconnells words no quarter. there is no compromise. there is a brick wall of republican opposition that ...

Deliberation. and then our governor signed it under painting one of the last implementations in georgia where humans were held captive, just in case there was any doubt about the sort of motivation behind the bill that they signed. and this is only one of the ways in which the republicans are trying to take a sledgehammer to our elections infrastructure and replace their will for the will of georgia voters. >> helen butler, how is this going to change the next election? >> the next election -- o...

The critical race theory as a sledgehammer and theyre hitting themselves in the head with a 40-year-old policy -- not policy, but idea, discussion, that occurs at the college level. theyre talking about oh, my grade school students, i dont want -- that shows how ignorant they are about basic stuff. >> yeah. >> instead of learning -- >> yeah. >> -- they just retrench and react. >> all fair points which is why i wanted to check in with you on this. its going to be the big story tomorrow as well. g...

Behooving too slowly for some peoples political aspirations. >> and that is the real problem here. the problem when you have weak democratic institutions is that there is a lot of emotion and people for very good reason want to see immediate progress. but you cant fix democratic institutions that are fragile with a sledgehammer. you have to do it slowly. not all of it will happen in public view. what merrick garland owes us is an accounting of the process that he is undertaking, a broad outline ...

Senate. polling places closed. we lost our right to vote. >> this doesnt have to be. you have the power to change it. save democracy while you can. >> call your senator now. >> tell daisy we love her. >> the voting rights bills died in the senate. that lands with the delicacy of a sledgehammer. its very well done. on katy perrys instagram, which has 123 million followers, you can watch that and then click through to an explainer about the for the people act, the phone number to call your senator...

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Race theory which is an ab st. andrews academic theory. it doesnt matter if you believe in it. if you want to teach about discrimination in the history of our country. >> eddie, i want to bring you in on this. this is not a thoughtful and cerebral exercise on the right. this is a sledgehammer used to be a culture war issue. its not a victimless crime. it doesnt just harm our ability to understand our own history. it harms future generations ability to change it. >> right. we need to ask ourselve...

And trump took a sledgehammer to that. everyone knows that. our allies are aware of that. but i think we are on this path. i think bidens build back better the world is the sort of overarching foreign policy message that the world has been waiting for. unilateralism, encroaching authoritarianism, working in a world where vladimir putin and xi jinping are the two capitalists in the world and being led by an incompetent leader. i think the world is ready for that and theyll back us up and back bid...