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Theyre saying the same thing. why should we be so upset? i think he has to come before the nation and sooner rather than later. >> an analysis from think progress finds 153 house members have already gone on record saying they will vote no or are leaning towards a no vote. only 47 have come forward out in support of this. i would imagine every congressional member is getting a dose of reality from those that they are representing. and i hope that weighs in to all of this. congressman, youre a ve...

Its already 2013 and we still havent seen any flying cars like we were promised in so many movies and tv shows about the future. but we look to be on a precipice of an absolute automotive revolution that could save the planet and your life. first i want to share the three awesomest things on the internet today beginning with one mans quest for religious freedom. nukosh novi of the czech republic fought the government for the right to wear a head covering in his i.d. he belongs to the church of...

Prison years and $500 million. think progress had that this week. >> rick? >> one thing we know is that the cbo is goosing the numbers with a lookback on changing the employment numbers for the last three or four years. its one more quiver in the arrow, to try to make a very iffy and sort of stagnant economy look like were slowly increasing jobs. >> i think we know that the pressure on russia over lbgt rights and the olympics is not going away, its coming to washington. my colleague has been doi...

With us, past things like the keystone pipeline and would put tens of thousands of americans back to work. >> that is our topic for todays agenda panel. steve is with us and egor is managing editor of think progress and dana. good to see all of out a tuesday. thanks for being here. lets start with the new poll out this morning. it shows that president obama now has his lowest approval rating in two years 41% approve and 48% disproof. new fiscal year starts in october. the government will likely ...

Not necessarily better. at the faith and freedoms coalition last week, we told you about that, a reporter from think progress asked senator johnson about his position on the employment nondiscrimination act, which would prevent employers from firing someone just because theyre gay. >> >> employment nondiscrimination act which makes it illegal to fire someone for being gay. do you know if youll be supporting that. >> all i can tell you in my own business i had a policy of total nondiscrimination....

Equal pay question, by the way, miss utah did make it to third runner-up. republican senator ron johnson also got caught answering a question about workplace discrimination lately. the results were different but not necessarily better. at the faith and freedoms coalition last week, we told you about that, a reporter from think progress asked senator johnson about his position on the employment nondiscrimination act, which would prevent employers from firing someone just because theyre gay. >> >>...

Syria. >> the debate in washington, d.c. continues over immigration and where reform is going to be picked back up is anybodys guess. this is interesting, the think progress had a video clip of marco rubio about unemployment nondiscrimination act and whether or not gays and lesbians can be involved in the immigration bill. he said he would get out of it all together. listen to what he said. >> do you know if youll be supporting that? >> i havent read the legislation. by and large i think all ame...

Dont like my fashion, you dont like my do rag so i will balance out the do rag with 400 years of slavery and crimes of humanity. >> they are not the same. >> it is not a good dal balance. i dont need to tell ll that. that is not my job. my job is to eat the peach. and remind you of the low point of lls career. one being stylistic and one being substance. i will pass the mic to krystal on the peach. >> i dont know what to do with the peach. but i think the problem youre getting to, is that it fee...

Reconstruction. the majority opinion said there must be some stage when the freed slave takes the rank of a mere citizen and ceases to be the special favorite of the laws." scalia also drew attention for basically saying senators couldnt possibly vote against the voting rights act and so the supreme court would have to intervene. the legal expert at think progress said, "if the theory were taken seriously by a majority of the justices, it would potentially undermine medicare, social security, an...

Arguments made by the supreme court in the 19th century when it was dismantling reconstruction. the majority opinion said there must be some stage when the freed slave takes the rank of a mere citizen and ceases to be the special favorite of the laws." scalia also drew attention for basically saying senators couldnt possibly vote against the voting rights act and so the supreme court would have to intervene. the legal expert at think progress said, "if the theory were taken seriously by a majori...