The last few weeks have been historic, unprecedented, and yes, at times, pretty alarming. Former president , donald, trump is under an avalanche of legal trouble. Remember, those cases are not just about the criminal conduct of one man. There are about the future of our democracy, and our very way of life. The stakes for this country could not be higher in this moment. The question of who is leading the country impacts every single issue you care about. Well continue to talk about these cases, through every twist and turn. Believe me, i understand that a former president under multiple indictments is enough to shape the confidence of anyone in our system. Today were going to change things up a little bit. In part because i was pretty along when i saw a recent poll that 37 of voters think were in danger of failing as a nation. Failing. I wanted to spend the show talking about some of the people about the efforts to make progress, even under the threat of trump hanging over everything. N
nearly $30 million in funding that was secured for the charleston area regional transportation authority. doesn t sound like she thinks that was a fiasco. congressman sam graves, chairman of the house transportation committee was, another who voted against the bell. that didn t stop him from posting this after district just received funding. this is what he posted. congratulations who all who helped secure this funding. congratulations indeed. not to him though, i guess. look, i got, it everyone loves infrastructure. people want their roads and railways, and bridges, improve. they want access. it s an easy thing to praise, even if you did vote against it. what s interesting is that it s not just these funds that republicans are trying to take credit for. it s also the expansion of clean manufacturing in districts across the country. expansion that has moved, and large part, because of the clean energy tax credit and the inflation reduction act, the big climbed bill that was passed. tak
integrity in the system. first of all, what s important to point out is that it doesn t mean that anyone can serve, or liberal need to compromise their belief or values. what it means is that we should have authentic conversations. not questioning the motives of those on the other side, but rather, having an authentic conversation about where we disagree, and, yes but where we agree. there s a lot of ground for agreement as well. spencer cox and i, and the national governors association, workers at the governors of all the states and territories. they re really highlighting this as what i feel is the most important issue right now. beyond a particular issue that you and i might get into some later, this overlay of how we discuss these issues that we disagree. we simply have to step up and do better as a nation. this feels hard, in a moment, right, when people, like i said, they feel like their rights are being threatened. there are big, big disagreements on important issues. as you m
not to sugarcoat the challenges, we re not going to do that, but to explore during a period that can feel pretty dark, where there are places to be a little hopeful. even against the backdrop of the last two and a half crazy years, democrats have worked on 250 bipartisan bills. some small ones, but a number that represent big headway. gun safety legislation, and infrastructure bill, the chips act, the inflation reduction act, just to name a few. at the state level, there are a lot of governors who are not as beholden to the polarizing dynamics that we ve seen in washington. among them, democratic governor, jared polls of colorado, and republican governor, spencer cox of utah. they recently teamed up to launch a new bipartisan initiative to tone down the rhetoric and promote a healthier dialogue around politics. they re asking americans to, quote, disagree better. there is a healthy whale to deal with conflicting opinions. actually, it s okay to disagree. it s not just, okay it s cr