Kyiv, another apartment block in ruins. on russian tv last night, an extraordinary moment. the script may be written by the kremlin, but one journalist s act of defiance was seen by millions. her sign says, no war, stop the war, don t believe the propaganda . it is pictures like this that have provoked such outrage. mariupol in the south east of ukraine. after two weeks of almost constant shelling by russia, this port city is facing a humanitarian crisis. food, water and medicine are running out. but in his latest address, ukraine s president was unwavering. volodymyr zelensky said the russians were confused and suffering heavy losses. despite the situation on the ground, he said negotiations with russia were continuing.
everything else that has sparked change in this country has started from everyday people, rosa parks was nobody famous. she changed the course of history. you re not rosa parks bro. i hope mr. jenny is watching so he can hear my high five of the week which goes to someone who can actually claim she s like rosa parks because she was rosa parks even before parks refused to give up her seat on a bus. an alabama judge this week personally visited claudette colvin to tell the civil rights icon her juvenile record has been expunged 66 years after she refused to give up her seat on a bus to a white woman. colvin was just 15 years old when she committed the act of defiance, nine months before rosa parks similar bus protest. after colvin refused to move she was arrested and charged with violating the sessionlation law, disorderly conduct and assaulting an officer. the first two charges were dropped but the assault charge remained on her record until
Assignments. it was the first time a sitting house member has been censured in more than ten years. now, look, i think there s reason for that. when you look at the history of what censure is for, i don t even know that this falls into it, to be honest. and i think that by forcing a consequence the democrats now open themselves up to two things. one, the righti s going to do what it does best, which is close ranks and they re going to pretend that somehow they ve been victimized by this. because only had two republicans, kinzinger and cheney, willing to buck their own party. and you know what happens afterwards, right? what happens when a consequence isn t respected? doesn t hold. right after the censure gosar shamelessly and by the way, i don t know how to say his name. and frankly i don t care. so if i m getting it wrong so be it. because you re judged by your actions. i have a funny name also. people don t get it right. it s okay. you know who i am. retweeted the same violent vide
And frankly i don t care. so if i m getting it wrong so be it. because you re judged by your actions. i have a funny name also. people don t get it right. it s okay. you know who i am. retweeted the same violent video that got him in trouble in the first place. it s an act of defiance. he s just telling the democrats i don t care what you do. because opposition is the position. censure. what was that going to get you? see, it assumes, just like impeachment, it assumes an integrity of the collective, that you guys will agree on certain things. that s not the case. so here it just becomes ought and for the democrats and the media pushing them to want more consequences, more, more, more. why? because that s drama. that s tension. we like that. you know, censure him. and? well, we re going to have a whole vote. and? we ll strip him of the committee assignments. that s a move historically used on convicted criminals. now it includes extremists like
Of the law and amenable to the jurisdiction of this tribunal. and an act of defiance has the potential to precipitate a constitutional crisis. if with impunity, litigants are allowed to decide which laws they wish to obey and which they wish to avoid, then our constitution is not worth the paper upon which it is not worth the paper upon which it is written. with his immdiate analysis this is the bbc s andrew harding in johannesburg. he has presented himself in this case and many others from the start as a victim, of a vast political conspiracy and so i think you will go with his head held high, be speeches and supporters, but i think an awful lot of south africans, perhaps the majority will simply be relieved to see this process meeting some sort of finality and ending and