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The initiative to uproot affirmative action appears to be coming from not the career staff at the justice department but from the political appointees. that raises questions about whether the career staff in the civil rights division will begin leaving the justice department rather than staying on and carrying out a mission that's gone upside down from what it used to be. already the justice department has changed sides on key issues, going from challenging the law under president obama to dropping the matter. under obama the justice department moved aggressively in support of gay rights. now ...

Under president obama to dropping the matter. under obama the justice department moved aggressively in support of gay rights. now the justice department argues that civil rights law does not protect gay people at paul. and tonight we have this new reporting that the justice department intends to use resources from the civil rights division to go against affirmative action. check out the time line here. the memo calls for lawyers who would like to be involved in the anti-affirmative action project to submit their résumes by august 9th. joining us is charlie savage, the "the new york times" rep...

Participating? >> i think the answer is yes. look, bipartisanship is like a muscle. and what we need to do is make sure that this new generation is cooperating across the aisle, not just at the end of their political careers like we're starting to see but the beginning and look, this is a fascinating generation. a plurality of us identify as independents and neither political party is ready for the rise of political independence. with the millennial action project, we activate at the congressional, state, and local levels and the goal is to seize the bipartisan opportunities on student loans a...

Attacks from the mainstream of their party by playing victim. they love playing this to the mean old mainstream out there. a coalition of more than 50 high-profile conservatives known as the conservative action project has put out this statement. it is clear that the conservative movements has come under attack on the capitol hill. quote, john boehner has apparently decided to join mitch mcconnell on the war on conservatives. mcconnell called us fringe traders who should be locked in a barn and punched in the nose. now boehner is lashing out at us. if they don't fight back, they will always re...

About the case that was heard this week. but starting with, i just want to read something from the conservative action project in terms of the origins of the shutdown. the conservative action program gave grounds to the conspiracy of 210 through advocacy and claim large responsibility for the fact that obama has been deprived more than any modern american president of appointing judges to his choice to the federal bench. now, that was written in the nation. what strikes me in that, spencer, is we're talking about the influence of money and politics. saying that this group largely funded by cok...