party you probably not want to hear this forecast from election experts political analysts he posted this tweet last week projecting that republicans would gain a hefty 20 to 35 seats in the house in november midterm election. ouch. exactly the kind of defeat that president obama was called special lacking. republicans are already planning for that victory, full control of congress. what are they going to do? i ll tell you this. it s not gonna be health care policy or tackling prices. conservative think tankers on eastern shore of maryland trying to find ways to investigations into the biden administration. that s right. they re already looking for excuses to launch congressional probes according to axios, that retreat was painful at a heritage foundation by the conservative partnership institute and by the american accountability foundation, which apparently is run by the trump administration. alumni. yes, the accountability foundation. any such thing as accountability w
texas, and buffalo, new york. now, this is sad and infuriating ritual to go through ever going list of mass shootings every time we go on the air. this week, biden said enough. he said enough 12 times in a rare primetime speech to the nation. but apparently, enough isn t enough, because no substantial legislative solution appeared on the horizon. the president believes there is some, quote, rational republicans who might be willing to address this gun violence endemic. senator mitch mcconnell got some favorable headlines, which he suggested a willingness to work with democrats on this. but don t be fooled. he s had a decade long history of blocking gun control. this is not the first mass shooting that he s been involved in. the washington post provided a detailed list of times he spent working to quote, delay, obstruct or prevent most major firearm restrictions from being approved by congress. now, his stories begins back 1989, after a mass shooting rocked his own hometown of
you to know that if it weren t for this case, i wouldn t be here today. if it worked for marriage equality becoming the law of the land, this young woman would have committed suicide. and that s with these people are commenting. that s what they re making our children worry about or consider. and it s hardening. it s disgusting. and inhumane. but nascar really quickly before i let you go, jim. as i mentioned, we re in pride month. bright is of course, a celebration, to the advances of cool people in this country. but it s also a time for lgbtq people and allies to focus on the challenges that remain. what would you encourage viewers and allies to do during this pride month? i think with any pride month we should celebrate our existence. we should celebrate that we are here, and that we deserve to be
the prosperity, and the prospect of job and the new opportunities. they were fleeing lynching in the south. they were fleeing domestic terrorism. they were fleeing, people that we see, like dylan ruth, and the individual in buffalo who killed our elders. this is not something that s been new. so i think they re living through this. and something that i think about, u.s. chattel slavery, that happened in that particular moment, we have to remember jim crow. we have to remember the legacies of so many ways that are the black men have been terrorized in their own country. and as you mentioned, it s not to teach black american history. why children aren t learning about their own history and how they are being part of the system that we see playing out today. we have about 45 seconds left. but talk to me about what these reparations could look like. i mean, the specifics are still obviously being worked out. but as one organizer from
governors hodges. he s also a democratic candidate for the ohio house of representative. jim, it s great to interview you. great to meet you. thank you so much for your time. let s start with this new polling. it suggests that americans are more in supporting of same sex marriage than ever before. do you think that public sentiment could serve as a bulwark for conservative, legal attacks against the lgbtq community in america? thanks for having me on, ayman. and i would love to believe that the support that americans show for same-sex marriage would be able work. but i m not confident that it well. the opponents of lgbtq+ equality, marriage equality specifically, they have been fighting against our ability to actually be part of the people who enjoy equal rights. so i m not certain that this bowling, while it is encouraging and not surprising,