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And so for us, to say, well, we don't have enough votes, what does that mean? we risk our lives in 2020 to turn out the vote. in the middle of a pandemic. and so we expect for our leaders to lead. and so we're going to continue to put the pressure on those leaders. and believe that at the end of the day, we will win. now, will we win tomorrow? i am sure not, but we'll continue to fight until we win. >> melanie campbell is the convener of the black women's roundtable, president and ceo of the national coalition on black civic participation and was arrested today alongside the chair of the black...

Forefront of change. she led successful efforts to raise the minimum wage in her state. she helped banrentially profiling by police. he forced insurance companies to cover advanced mammograms and hpv tests. she was the driving force behind texas's first alimony law as well as a hate crimes bill in our state. the representative is the longest serving african-american woman in the history of the texas legislature. she's the longest serving woman of any race to ever serve in that body. but this week, she has left texas. she is a texas institution who has left texas along with her colleagues to sl...

The texas democrats today saying it was a good meeting, an informative meeting. they were all in complete agreement that action must be taken in washington to protect voting rights. he then said that every senator, democrat and republican, should vote. should vote for voting rights protections. that's what he thinks should happen. so there shouldn't have to be a rule change or anything because it will be a 100-0 vote. should be. so that's what he's hoping for, i guess. and hope is good. hope is excellent. hope is life-giving. but hope is not a strategy. as of right now, direct action is the la...

Trump apparently. he gets to be president again. why even wait? but so, in all seriousness, that whole thing about trump thanking he's still president and, importantly, telling his supporters that the fraud has been proven and biden's and only pretending to be president, and he got there based on a crime, and he needs to get thrown out because he's not a print real president, he's a legitimate, that little thing? that's getting worse and not better right now. that's heading faster and faster for the clip that keeps getting higher and higher. ignoring that problem is not making a go away. that ...

The courts are increasingly closed to the american public on this issue. republicans are ramming through restrictions in the states. democrats can't get it together because of people like democratic senator joe manchin. they can't get it together to protect anybody from washington. and so this is the other way. direct action. this is the idea. this, it turns out, is the plan. direct action to try to create a new way around what is otherwise an impenetrable political impasse. and of course, direct action doesn't mean force. it doesn't mean violence by any means. but it does mean physical action...