I m vivek ramaswamy, and this is an open discussion about some of the biggest issues facing americans. We were supposed to have a red wave in 2022, but that never came. They blamed trump. They blamed abortion. But the real reason is that we got lazy. We railed against the democrats, but without offering an alternative vision of our own. And i m worried we re going to be in for a rude surprise this november unless we fix that starting right now. Think about it. Criticizing joe biden for his cognitive deficits over the last two years ended up backfiring. His cognitive deficits weren t a bug for the people who controlled him. They were a feature, and eventually they used it as their basis to swap him out. He was never really the functioning president of the united states anyway. He was a puppet for the people who controlled him. And you know what? the same thing goes for kamala harris today. She s just another cog in the system. We re not up against a candidate here. We re up against a ma
And now terrorism charges. How does she see the rule of law in pakistan and her country s future? imaan mazari hazir, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you for having me. Now, you have become well known in your own country as a human rights lawyer, including taking on key institutions of the state. I wonder, first, what it was in your early life that led you to that work? i think, when you grow up in pakistan, you see a lot of power imbalances. You see the constant derailment of democracy. You see injustices being perpetrated by the state and its agencies against the most vulnerable, whether that s the baloch ethnic community or that s the pashtun ethnic community or sindhis. So you grow up in that environment, and i feel that you re very motivated to fight against that injustice because you see it on such a massive scale. How would you describe the state of human rights in the country today? i would say that the state of human rights is deplorable. We don t have a democracy in pakistan right
Imaan mazari hazir, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you for having me. Now, you have become well known in your own country as a Human Rights lawyer, including taking on key institutions of the state. I wonder, first, what it was in your early life that led you to that work . I think, when you grow up in pakistan, you see a lot of power imbalances. You see the constant derailment of democracy. You see injustices being perpetrated by the state and its agencies against the most vulnerable, whether thats the baloch ethnic community or thats the pashtun ethnic community or sindhis. So you grow up in that environment, and i feel that youre very motivated to fight against that injustice because you see it on such a massive scale. How would you describe the state of Human Rights in the Country Today . I would say that the state of Human Rights is deplorable. We dont have a Democracy In Pakistan right now, were living in an undeclared martial law. Theres a constant assault on our civil liberties. Th
Dangerous for Everybody And America is bankrolling that. And then there is the naked political reality that anything that benefits netanyahu in this period is not necessarily going to benefit Joe Biden and Kamala Harris are democrats in this period. You are talking about Vladimir Putin who wants Donald Trump to win. Benjamin netanyahu wants Donald Trump to win. The differences the biden administration is in many ways helping Benjamin Netanyahu providing him the impunity to do things that wind up with Killing Palestinians and lebanese and endangering israelis but also increase the possibility of Donald Trump pain president. Then there is just the whole human told. There is the expectation that there is going to be retaliation on the part of hezbollah and i wonder how you are girding yourself as we are in this strange interregnum period. I guess there could be more explosions tomorrow, but as we and global Community Sit and wait for retaliation from hezbollah for taxes real began. The bi
Vladimir putin wants donald trump to win. Benjamin netanyahu wants donald trump to win, but the difference is the biden administration is in many ways helping benjamin netanyahu, providing him the impunity to do the very things that not only end up killing palestinians and lebanese and endangering israelis, but also increase the possibility of donald trump being president. How does that make any sense as policy from a democratic administration? and then there is the human toll. The expectation that there will be retaliation on the part of hezbollah and i wonder how you are guarding yourself as we are in this strange period. I guess there could be more explosions tomorrow, but as we sit and wait for retaliation from hezbollah for attacks that israel began the day before yesterday. The biden administration has to use american leverage these iv israel to get israel to recognize that it s problem with hezbollah and with gaza is a diplomatic problem and the way to get an end to the rocket f