Todays program will be broadcast live on cspans booktv. If there is time at the end for a q a session with authors, we use the microphone, located at the center of the room so that the home viewing audience can hear your question. Before we begin todays program we ask you to silence your cell phones and turn off cameras. I am here to introduce our guest, Maudlyne Ihejirika, a journalist for the chicago suntimes, president of the chicago chapter of the National Association of journalists and president of chicago journalist association. Please welcome Maudlyne Ihejirika of the chicago suntimes. [applause] good morning, thank you for being here and joining us for what promises to be an inspiring and intriguing conversation. As a columnist at a major chicago newspaper and as president of the National Association of black journalists chicago chapter ill my career to Dorothy Butler gilliam, author of trailblazer a pioneering journalists fight to make the media look more like america. I owe m
Sponsor the tribune and cspan book tv todays program will be broadcast live on book tv if theres time at the end for q a we ask you to use the microphone located at the center of the room so the whole viewing audience can hear your question. Before we c begin please silence your cell phone and turn off camera flashes. Let me introduce you to our guest. A reporter and columnist president of the chicago Chapter National association of black journalists president of the Journalist Association please welcome from the suntimes. [applause] good morning. Thank you for being here today and joining us for what promises to be an inspiring and intriguing conversation. As a columnist at a major chicago newspaper and as a president of the chicago chapter i owe my career to Dorothy Gilman author of trailblazer a pioneering journalist yes i owe my career to Dorothy Gilliam and pioneer such as she those who endeared the struggles to be the first and the struggles associated with breaking down racial b
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30. 3. To see. What they like you know that i got. This. Its a. Good dialogue over debate is about the wallace myself bring you 2 distinct and formative discuss and discussions between a variety of topics and guests with unique political viewpoints starting with my very own perception and person perspective. And joining me today to bring their perspectives and perceptions of the host of the world according to just the former minnesota governor Jesse Ventura watching the hawks on social media producer springer n r t america producer brant sadler thank you all 3 for joining us i want to start and talk about obviously priorities and lets start with the lack of priority here in the United States regards to our voting systems ill start with you jesse how bad is it that our federal Election Commission the f. E. C. Will essentially essentially be toothless come august 31st the stuff coming sunday because no one has bothered to appoint new commissioners to these 6 person group. Well as i see i
A quick look at the state of our voting systems in the federal Elections Commission and youd see that the integrity and sanctity of those systems. Really quite cut of the top priority for us to the federal Elections Commission or f. E. C. Which supposedly serves as a bipartisan watchdog for sort of Campaign Finance laws here in the u. S. Well thanks to President Trump and the u. S. Senate in action on appointing new f. E. C. Members as of august 31st the commission will no longer have enough commissioners to legally meet you has my friends the New York Times is reporting that the resignation of vice chairman map us peterson will effectively freeze the f. E. C. Is governance leaving it one person short of a quorum and then and thus unable to take on some of its most basic actions including Holding Board meetings starting audit for making new rules in levying fines for Campaign Finance violations but thats not the only election issues facing the country we also saw this tweet featuring a