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<p>The right's agenda is for a white, Christian, patriarchal nationalism that simply can't be achieved by majority rule. That's what the Supreme Court and 400,000,000 privately owned guns are for.</p>

<p>The right's agenda is for a white, Christian, patriarchal nationalism that simply can't be achieved by majority rule. That's what the Supreme Court and 400,000,000 privately owned guns are for.</p>

Those republicans, more than 100 republican lawmakers, voted to decertify joe bidens victory on january 6th. that number cant be repeated enough. >> by the way, you have mike lee trying to cover his tracks from what he tried to do in subverting democracy. mel brooks suddenly is going, oh, no, mr. president. everybody is trying to cover their tracks now. too late. too late. youre either for democracy, for free elections, even when your side loses, or youre not. >> so a columnist has a new piece f...

And redistricting, leaving large uncertainties ahead. fourth, one of the most unpredictable figures, former president donald trump, will he run again? what will his influence be in congressional races? we know the gop is still trumps party right now, but could the tides turn? and lastly, possible concrete answers to the january 6th insurrection spurred by the former president. a clear focus could put trump and his allies in legal danger and show exactly how close they were to subverting democrac...

Abortion rights, voting rights, and redistricting, leaving large uncertainties ahead. fourth, one of the most unpredictable figures, former president donald trump, will he run again? what will his influence be in congressional races? we know the gop is still trumps party right now, but could the tides turn? and lastly, possible concrete answers to the january 6th insurrection spur bid the former president. a clear focus could put trump and his allies in legal danger and show exactly how close th...

Biden, who seems to believe what you believe. he gave a very powerful speech making many of these same points in philadelphia, but hasnt found a place for it in his daily work or outreach or activism. i asked secretary of state benson if shed ever heard from the white house on whats happening to democracy in her state. she said, no, not once, ever. and i wonder how you push this to the top of the sort of very crowded stove top of front burner issues for this president and this white house. >> lo...

Prosecute these parents, the investigation, that is still going on and everything that has gone done today. in other news, another trump ally pleading the fifth. what it might mean for the expresident. plus, president biden is praising the senate for getting just the bare minimum done. thats where we are with legislating these days. near total republican obstruction. and later to the program to that point there is only one party in this country actively working day in and day out to disman...

And on the democratic side, for most people who are democrats, voting rights is very important, but there are 19 other issues that are equally or more important. it may be climate. it may be immigration. it may be economic stimulus. it may be child care tax credits. it may be minimum wage. it may be student loans. we could go on and on with the list. but democracy is just one of that set of issues, and what needs to change on the -- among democrats is that democrats need to understand that none ...

Dare. democracy to them is taken for granted at this point. its what they know. they dont have the -- all they still think about is how does it affect their pocketbook. are we getting too woke, the other things. as we sit here and we understand -- i am not making this about smarter or not smar smarter -- understanding aggression breeds for aggression. history has shown us that. what frightens me is as we go through this exercise, the percentage of this country that just doesnt care. they hear an...

Members of their conferences and caucuses. who are spreading these lies. so, before we get to the, how do we solve it? part of it is by naming it and by being comfortable with naming it. and so, that, i think, is a first step. beyond that, we have to be a lot more aggressive in realizing that democracy is not a given state of affairs. it is not a natural state of affairs, and we could as easily lose our democracy as we could keep it, and so it is time for democrats to act like that. and to act l...