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For good and for bad. i mean, the marriage equality decision for good. the terrible gutting of the voting rights act for bad. and the local activity in states against a woman's right to choose and defunding planned parenthood. this is going to be at the core of this general election. >> part of the political way that we got there is that the democratic party's been doing terrible in state politics. something like 70% of state legislatures are controlled by republicans now. the number of states where the governor and the -- the governorship and both houses of the legislature is controlled by re...

Seem like a guy like russ decker could lose. but he had never run in a race where red map would come in and spend $500,000 on that race in the last two weeks before the election. so russ decker lost and that seat became a republican seat. i don't know if you know this, but i'm a liberal. and i think the republican takeover in the states has been terrible. basically across the board in terms of policy consequences because i don't tend to like republican policies. i'm also a civics dork that things districts should not be drawn for partisan reasons to make safe seats for democrats or republicans...

Could lose. but then again he had run run in a race where red map for its own reasons was going to spend $500,000 on that race in the last two weeks before the election. so yeah, russ decker lost and that seat became a republican seat. i don't know if you know this but i'm a liberal. and i think the republican takeover in the states has been terrible. basically across the board in terms of policy consequences because i dobt don't tend to like republican policies. i'm also a civics dork who thinks that districting shouldn't be drawn for political reasons for safe seats for democrats or republic...

Terms of policy consequences because i don't tend to like republican policies. i'm also a civics dork that things districts should not be drawn for partisan reasons to make safe seats for democrats or republicans. so on the merits, this whole story -- guhh. but for the strategic thought and execution to have the biggest and longstanding impact without a huge outlay of resources, and without your opponents figuring out what you were doing until you had done it and they wake up and realize that you screwed them for a decade, when it comes to political genius, i hearby maintain there is nothing c...

Against online islamist propaganda and providing ways to stop individuals lured into jihadi cool subculture before they act. how do we keep them from resorting to these horrific means? >> i would start off by saying it's a multi-tiered approach. you would look at possible communities where individuals could be lured into the magnetic appeal of groups like isis or perhaps other organizations, try to reach out to these communities, make their concerns heard, let them feel they're part of the process in this country. really kind of doubling up those efforts to make sure that nobody feels isolated...