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we heard the figure that this was the first cabinet secretary in almost 150 years to be impeached. reminded us how unprecedented this moment was? it is highly unusual. the last cabinet secretary to be impeached was in the 1870s and that was a corruption scandal, and the secretary of the navy and the secretary of the navy and he resigned before the impeachment. there was nothing like that alleged even close to that here. in many ways this piece to any reality on a capitol hill, which is that impeachment has become extremely little sized and is now used as a part of that weapon, perhaps by both parties. the republicans wanted to do and impeachment to get back the democrats for impeaching former president donald trump. they do not have the vote to impeach president biden so they went after the homeland security secretary, he

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BBC News

the us constitution states it is to be used for high crimes and misdemeanours and specifically mentions treason and bribery. there is nothing close to that i was alleged against the homeland security secretary mayorkas. the republican case against him came down to that they believed he was failing at his job to secure the border, which is very different than being involved in corruption or bribery or something like that. we heard the figure that this was the first cabinet secretary in almost 150 years to be impeached. remind us how unprecedented this moment was? it is highly unusual. the last cabinet secretary to be impeached was in the 1870s, and that was a corruption scandal, and the secretary of the navy and he resigned before the impeachment. there was nothing like that alleged even close

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CNN Newsroom With Fredricka Whitfield

it was during 1968, during political turmoil. >> they came about because our country was torn apart in the civil war. >> when congress drafted section 3, they were already aware of the problem of southern states that had been part of the confederacy, sending back to washington officials who had fought for the confederacy, had been leaders in the government. >> in 1870, vance, who had served in the con federate army was voted in. in the early 190 0s a socialist from wisconsin was refused a seat in the house of representatives twice after having been elected. his opposition to world war i had led him to be charged with disloyal acts and the house used the 14th amendment to keep him out. he eventually got his conviction overturned and did serve in the house.

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The Mehdi Hasan Show

>> earlier today, merrick garland put out a statement that the justice department is investigating this attack is a hate crime and an act of racially motivated violent extremism. adding that one of the justice department's first priorities upon its founding in 1870 was to put bring to justice white supremacists who brought violence to black americans. that remains our urgent charge today. the problem is though that it has not been an urgent issue, even as white supremacist violence and mass murder has been on the increase. it has not been urgent enough, not just for the justice department and law enforcement, but for federal and local. and also for the democratic party as a whole, for the media as a whole, for the american people as a whole. we have not taken this issue seriously enough. even as a black and brown and jewish and muslim bodies pile up, both at home and abroad. as a direct result of white supremacists and racists violence. we did not take it starts --

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Life Liberty Levin

indictments, both in georgia and in so-called january 6 case. they are indicting mostly free speech. and first amendment. that is intentional, they dress it up as something else, they want shut down the ability of people during the time they should be talking and collaborating. election period, that is where the rubber hits road, that is where free speech applies in each one of these cases that is what they are charging. >> it is, if you look at case that jack smith has, he takes 1817, south carolina klan case. you know, that was voted in by republicans against democratic opposition, back then democrats were party of segregation. ironically, he takes a law, written in 1870, to go after

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The Mehdi Hasan Show

garland put out a statement that the justice department is investigating this attack is a hate crime and an act of racially motivated violent extremism. adding that one of the justice department's first priorities upon its founding in 1870 was to put bring to justice white supremacists who brought violence to black americans. that remains our urgent charge today. the problem is though that it has not been an urgent issue, even as white supremacist violence and mass murder has been on the increase. it has not been urgent enough, not just for the justice department and law enforcement, but for federal and local. and also for the democratic party as a whole, for the media as a whole, for the american people as a whole. we have not taken this issue seriously enough. even as a black and brown and jewish and muslim bodies pile up, both at home and abroad. as a direct result of white supremacists and racists violence. we did not take it starts -- after the charleston massacre in june 2015, when a hate filled sociopathic gunned down nine african americans during a bible study. we did not take it seriously enough after the pittsburgh synagogue massacre in october

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Life Liberty Levin

and in so-called january 6 case. they are indicting mostly free speech. and first amendment. that is intentional, they dress it up as something else, they want shut down the ability of people during the time they should be talking and collaborating. election period, that is where the rubber hits road, that is where free speech applies in each one of these cases that is what they are charging. >> it is, if you look at case that jack smith has, he takes 1817, south carolina klan case. you know, that was voted in by republicans against democratic opposition, back then democrats were party of segregation. ironically, he takes a law, written in 1870, to go after

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Life Liberty Levin

and in so-called january 6 case. they are indicting mostly free speech. and first amendment. that is intentional, they dress it up as something else, they want shut down the ability of people during the time they should be talking and collaborating. election period, that is where the rubber hits road, that is where free speech applies in each one of these cases that is what they are charging. >> it is, if you look at case that jack smith has, he takes 1817, south carolina klan case. you know, that was voted in by republicans against democratic opposition, back then democrats were party of segregation. ironically, he takes a law, written in 1870, to go after

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Way Too Early With Jonathan Lemire

narrative. what do you think about when you consider all this? >> you know, part of the exhaustion has everything to do with is it worth risking myself, risking my family to engage in the arduous work that democracy requires of us? and of course part of the terror of the moment is to get every day ordinary people to kind of make the decision not to engage, to get folks to have a startling responsibility for democracy itself. we saw this happening in the 1870s and 1880s, jonathan. there is historical precedence for this, but in each instance we bounce back. as people weigh the cost we have to understand democracy hangs in the balance and it's in our hands. whether we're afraid or not, we have to step up, and i think we have to be honest with ourselves, jonathan. violence is always looming on the horizon especially in this moment. >> and lastly, eddie, and it's a connected thought. there's been much said about how donald trump has really eroded

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PoliticsNation

august wilson used to say you have to know where you come from and then you can have a purposeful presence in the world and that's something that i think is true now as it ever was even though there are records better spires before 1870 because of the federal sentence and first time we see inside people's names in large quantities. for me and slight peoples names on a federal census. in spite of, that perhaps because of the absence or the obscuring records before that point, there are places, there are sources hidden in plain sight, there are legends, there's military records, the stories that people told behind closed doors. many historians like myself come across these every day. i didn't quite imagine there be one place where all the information could live to take the 10 million and trace it down to the 44 million that live today. that is this project and we need the public's health to go to the website and upload but

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