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Republican party and all of these states has been to subvert the democratic process, over and over again. to bill wall upon wall a puddle. right? because theyve already insulated themselves through gerrymandering of voter suppression. now theyre adding more voter suppression. and then theyre adding on top of that, being able to overturn elections. so at every step of the process, they have undermine democracy. and this feedback loop, where one anti-democratic facet then intrenches another anti d...

Strategist. the guy who got arrested and then got pardoned, so now hes back on his podcast. breaking the legitimacy of our elections breaks everything else. that is why this become such a central. point it is why people like steve bannon have been stoking the idea that the litmus test, the thing that measures fidelity to the government, is signing up for this mass delusion. pursuing it through these toxic needs. the big lie. it fundamentally undermines the legitimacy of american self governance....

And persuade a majority to get things done or whether he saying the filibuster has rented the country ungovernable. it was a bit ambiguous between the two. >> obama yields in paradoxes. the big part of that interview is his willingness to say something is true, and the opposite is true. obama has evolved tremendously on the filibuster. i had this argument during his presidency he was not able to give it up then. he said clearly and if the filibuster is getting in the way in of democracy. -- give...

You are seeing this now as a cause that various republican state legislatures are taking up. >> the states have become the republican party laboratories for subverting democracy. in places like wisconsin and michigan because elections are predetermined. then you put the voter suppression on top of that. the overriding goal has been to subvert the democratic process over and over and over and to bill wall upon wall upon wall, chris. they already insulated themselves through gerrymandering and vot...

Were probably going to hit 70% of adults in vaccination. we have pushed the curve down, the company is opening up and heres the results from that. the impact of the covid relief bill and the american rescue plan act so the last two bills that got passed. food insufficiency down 40%, financial instability down 45%. reported adverse mental health symptoms down 20%. this is from surveys of people who got this relief. its like, look, if you get the 50 votes to pass your agenda, you can do a lot of g...

Today they reiterated the opposition to majority rule in the senate. >> i have long been a supporter of the filibuster because it is a tool that protects the democracy of the nation. when you have a system not working effectively the way to fix it is to change your behavior. you are not going to budge on the filibuster? >> no. >> this is the fork in the road, the biden agenda, climate future. or will they allow the forces of reaction to further degrade american democracy? now president obama has...

Not ready to give up on it then. but since then going to the to the eulogy of the john lewis memorial, if it is getting in the way of democracy, it is time for it to go. but democrats cannot get rid of it if joe manchin and kyrsten sinema wont let them. there is a lot of advice that obama gives democrats in our conversation about what dont you say. what do you do to work in a pluralistic way with people you dont agree with and how do you calm their anxieties to win the amount of power necessary ...

Of good. >> thats right. i disagree with as, we are no fans, the filibuster will go. i think this is a stark twist. do you want to do stuff, or do you not want to? not doing staff in this instance means letting our democracy fall. thats really how stark it is and where we are. we are at the edge of a cliff. republicans are ready to pushes right over. at the end of the day, i dont think these two are gonna want to be the ones named in history books as the ones that let that happen. its really not...

Gerry six. you can seem astronaut and his wife here in the crowd at the capitol on the six. today, mastery otto is out in our zone of trying to run here discoloreds on it. whats going on in arizona with a ballot recount almost seems like kospi. like a children summer camp where they get to be pretend to be wizards and witches at hogwarts. theyre bunch of maga volunteers pretended to conduct a recount. heres the thing, they are doing it with actual ballots. those are the ballots. because the ariz...

Trump Calling Supporters To Capitol For ‘Wild Time’ When Electoral Vote Is Ratified Photo by Darron Birgenheier/ CC BY-SA 2.0 Reprinted with permission from Alternet On Jan. 6, Mike Pence is scheduled to sit down in front of the Senate in his role as president of that body. Pence will open up the box of votes. Then Joe Biden officially wins. Its an absolutely ceremonial role, defined under the Twelfth Amendment in these terms: The President of the Senate shall, in the ...