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Diminished. the big picture here is the future of a key section of the voting rights act that is meant to protect minority voters could very well as soon as next term be cut back. >> it is interesting on this issue of precedent. i remember watching a lot of supreme court confirmation hearings where all of the nominees said precedent rules. and here is another case doesn't appear that it did. >> yeah. time after time we have been seeing that pattern now. and the supreme court we know will still hear the case, the full case next fall. but given the role that elections played in the majority's de...

Donbas, and then to see putin as opposed to sit back and go, huh, they're making some good points there, what if russia were suddenly attacked, would we want pieces of russia hacked off, it's a very non-western way of thinking with the speech that said, i'm all about drawing lines, all about spheres of influence, getting rid of nato and to hear that from him at this point when his military is actually on the move doing what he says, i think strikes a lot of americans as thinking, well, jeez, what's this all about? i thought he understood this. and they are very different than we are here in th...

So he keeps drawing lines and we keep waiting to see how far he's going to go. should he use chemical weapons and he's done it before? they've had anthrax facilities. they producer serin gas and chemicals. he's used them. we have to say -- i don't know if we'll draw a red line but that comes awfully close to a nuclear type of use on his part on a tactical basis. >> he's also raised the possibility of nuclear weapons and now there is this possibility that the white house is warning that, you know, he could use chemical weapons and then but listen, that's a possibility. what we know right now is...

That are kind of outside the american orbit of allies and partners and at least neutral states, right? these are the two great powers. one rising, china. the other, declining, both aggressive for their own reasons. and so, biden has a difficult task at hand to -- to deter and wo work with them. i think for the most part, he is actually handling them reasonably well. with putin, he is trying to be tough without being provocative, without being bellicose. drawing lines, you know, explaining clearly what kind of consequences there would be, were there to be an actual invasion of ukraine. but not ...

The largest state by population in the country and has not been all that competitive. they have an independent redistricting commission. no politicians at all. they are not supposed to look at incumbency as a factor in drawing lines. why is that important? you draw the lines and put incumbents where ever you want. it doesn't mean we protect incumbents. we can get a bunch in a bunch of different places. that state because it's california, there's so many congressional districts is one other to watch. this is a process most people don't pay much attention to. it's down the radar but it's a proce...