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One is, company and many sectors are in, now are finding it harder to replace workers, and one of the ways that u.s. law and business structure, and economics have changed to make strikes harder to pull off, is by making it easier for companies to replace workers who go on strike. that's an important thing about this moment, second is, living through the pandemic and working through the pandemic, has been radicalizing for a lot of, people and a lot of different sorts of jobs, workers have shouldered new risks for their families, as well as themselves, by working, they have received political a...

You probably heard there's a labor shortage in america, and you might have seen this statistic that a record 2.9% of the workforce, or about 4.3 million workers, quit their jobs in the month of august alone. look at, that 3% of the entire workforce, quitting in one month. i've heard some people frame this as a bad thing, for the economy and for president biden, and yet there's some level which it's true in the short, term labor shortage is not great for businesses that are trying to, higher to keep up their productive capacity. but take a step back here and look at the big picture. this is wha...

Darling of the obama administration. while lots of industries were so worried about regulation, tech wasn't. for lawmakers now, who are very familiar with the lobbyists who represent these companies, now saying, i'm ready for you, facebook, aren't they held accountable at all? >> reporter: we'll find out in october to the degree voters want to handle politicians accountable for how they've handled companies like facebook so far. there are two problems with facebook. first, what is it? is it a publishing company? is it an advertising platform? is it a public utility? how do you apply regulation...

Gerrymandering and redistricting which is fundamentally flawed. let's go back to the fact that the census was done in 2010. republicans took back the house in north carolina and senate in north carolina for the first time in 100 years in 2012. therefore, they were responsible for the lines, not democrats. that's first. >> no, i'm saying before '12 they were responsible for the lines, and there was no complaints. >> second is -- second is -- well, that's because the lines weren't drawn as they were in 2012. >> they were drawn very against republicans. >> second, i was actually as a state legisl...

Mueller's prosecutor said this is a small part of the larger investigation. he's let people know this guy represents just the tip of the iceberg for his broader investigation. second is -- >> which is also interesting about that it's the tip of the iceberg no one saw. usually the tip of the iceberg sts stuff the media sees. he was arrested and no one knew about it. >> well, that's right. and in some sorts that's testament to bob mueller's team and the way they're operating. second, plooes arrested or pleas guilty to lying. what we did when he was first involved with the fbi is try to be protec...