clerk in wisconsin. she spent the last 15 years running elections. here she is holding a mock election in 2011. she is trying to figure out how much extra time voters need to cast ballots under the state s iner you voter id law. i m madison city clerk. and today we re having a mock election invi the city county building to time various scenarios with voter id and figure out how to do the best practices for 2012 before we actually have an election. she said she chose to do this work because she wanted to combat voting inequities in madison. she encourages every new wisconsin election clerk that comes to herwi for training to similarly find their why. quote, they have to focus on why they re doing this work. what it comes down to is making votingak accessible to those eligible to vote. that s why we keep showing up daye after day. her why is more important now than ever. in 2020, mary beth contemplated not showing up. she almost quit. that s because after election day 2020,
becomes one of fear and devastating violence and tragedy. the latest in the never-ending epidemic of gun violence in america, the 33rd mass shooting to happen so far this year, at least 11 people were killed at a lunar new year celebration at a billion room in monterey park, california. it is a predominantly asian american suburb of los angeles. the deceased are all in their 50s, 60s, and 70s. officials say that the shooter, 72-year-old asian male, attempted a second attack at another ballroom nearby. that attack was stopped by two patrons. here s how one of them describes what happened. i lunged at him with both my hands, grabbed the weapon, and we had a struggle. we struggled into the lobby, trying to get this gun away from each other. he was hitting me across the face, bashing the back of my head. i was trying to use my elbows to separate the gun away from him, create some distance. finally, at one point, i was able to pull the gun away from him, shove him aside, create
2020 election results. if they are denying about the past while seeking power you can bet they will act on those lies in the future. you can see the quote here from the washington post. they are running in every region of the country and nearly every state. over half, 174, are running for what are called safely republican seats, while another 51 are in tightly contested races. a sobering account from the washington post. the reason those numbers matter is if you follow politics you probably know while we hold these elections across the country, the midterms have every house seat for example up for grabs, the numbers, the way the districts are drawn and other factors mean of the races are all by decided. when they refer to safe seats they re referring to republicans who are vowing in the future to do what they failed to do in the past in some sense, which is act on the lies and say, whether they win or lose, they ll work to keep their party in power. if that lie becomes a
that time tatenhough. nbc news reports while he was not part of the oath keepers whose members have pled guilty to seditious conspiracy in connection to the riots or the events leading up to january 6th, the source said jason van tatenhove is expected to speak about the radicalization including how stewart rhodes capitalized on conspiracy theorys to build capitalism and funding. from the white house s top lawyer pat cipollone. he sat down with the committee for more than seven hours and here s what stephanie murphy had to say. we were grateful that he was willing to come before the committee and share with us. of course, there were areas where he claimed privilege, but it was important for us to understand what the president s top legal adviser thought about the activities that were happening post-election and in the run-up to january 6th. and now on the eve of another critical hearing likely to reveal more damaging details about the conduct of the ex-president and his al
right pause because of the power of this factual evidence. take the republican prosecutor we have cited before, andrew mccarthy. a fox-news favorite, who wrote a whole book defending trump in the mueller probe, and accusing others of pushing the real collusion, which is one reason he is on fox quite a bit and has a huge conservative legal following. he was also appointee in the southern district of york under rudy giuliani himself, so he is a reagan appointee and that doj. but he is also someone who and you see his face on the screen you may recognize him because he is on fox he is someone who says he also tries to deal with legal analysis. perhaps, it is a more confident variety. he clearly was in the reagan revolution but he is respond to the evidence. he says when you look at the evidence, as a criminal-legal matter, it is devastating against trump, and that the new evidence in that hearing makes a big difference. he is saying this in public and this week, he is now e