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knew made it happen. organizers, door knocker's, people powered politics. my very first job in politics was as a field organizer in virginia for barack obama in 2008. i learn more from politics in that one single job than any other job i've ever had. that's why in order to be a good organizer you have to know the policy backwards and forwards, and you have to know the talking points as well as the defenses. and you apply that knowledge to the very most important skill -- talking to people. you have to be able to have a conversation with another human being. imagine that. truly a lost...

for starters, they scheduled the vote during a typically low turnout august primary instead of during the general election in november, because yesterday 's primary focused mostly republican candidates running against each other and would presumably attract mostly republican voters. they made the language of the ballot measures so dense and confusing that the normal person would be hard-pressed to decipher at first glance what's a yes or a no vote even meant. republican groups even blasted out a barrage of misleading text messages to kansas voters the day before the vote that made it...

my first guest tonight will be two young organizers, 19 and 21 years young who have thrown themselves into this fight. one knocking on doors in kansas and one knocking down congressman matt gaetz all wrote some raising millions of funds for reproductive freedom. and then we'll be joined by the old lauren gallagher who's been working for change every day in georgia. change that we can all potentially benefit from. last night, voters in kansas voted for choice by an 18-point margin. in a state where donald trump beat joe biden by 15 points. political notes if, the politics of roe prove...

his lawyers mistakenly sent years, years of his texts to the oppose counsel. oops. we begin tonight with samuel alito. the supreme court justice who played partisan god or at least thought he could when he authored the majority opinion that overruled roe. now we imagine today was a hard day for justice alito, but, no, we don't feel especially badly for him. remember, he's the one who cited in his opinion a 17th century jurist who supported marital rape and witch burning so it shouldn't surprise us at all that alito in the first public appearance gloetd over making women suffer and mo...

helped illuminate what a liar he is. plus, it can make the difference if you're trying to buy a car or a house. the stunning report that equifax erroneously issued millions of americans lower credit scores that they did not deserve. welcome to "the lead." i'm jack tapper. a report card and a reality check for republicans and democrats gearing up for this fall's midterm elections. the biggest takeaway is from another primary night, now coming into focus starting in kansas where abortion rights with on the ballot. voters in kansas overwhelmingly rejected a measure that would have a...