that s going to do it for us tonight. we will see you again tomorrow come hell or high water. now it s time for the last word with lawrence o donnell. we ll continue the gram news fame here but will have good news in this hour and actually, good news on the vaccination rate in one small town in the south where the state has the lowest vaccination rate in the country but this one small town is a remarkable success story, thanks to one retired woman there who took it on herself to get the town vaccinated. it s really an amazing story. we ll do that later in the hour. that is exactly the kind of story i need on a day like this and on a night like this. i m going to sit here and watch it. thank you for finding that story and b, thank you for telling me that s ahead. that s what i need. that s what is coming up. thank you, rachel. thanks, lawrence. what could become one of america s enduring lies to itself about afghanistan is being given birth on live tv these days. l
town in the south where the state has the lowest vaccination rate in the country, but this small town is a remarkable success story thanks to one retired woman there who took it on herself to get the towns vaccinated. it s really an amazing sort, we re gonna do that later in the hour. that is exactly the kind of story i need on a day like this, and on a night like this, i m going to sit here and watch it. thank you for finding that story, and thank you for telling me that is ahead. that is what i need. that s what s coming up. thank you, rachel. thank you, lawrence. thank you. well, what could become one of america s enduring lies to itself about afghanistan is being given birth on live tv these days. last night on this network, and unnamed american military source in afghanistan was quoted as saying that what we are seeing now in the american evacuation of afghanistan s worse, much worse than what we saw in 1975, and the american evacuation from vietnam after we lost
of tonight s angle. nancy pelosi licks designer ice cream but still fights like a gutter rat from albany using her speaker s gavel like a hammer against any dissent and republicans who don t bow down are pounded as heartless not these. when she calls for bipartisanship what nancy really is saying is i need more gopers to hate trump. it is not an exaggeration to say that loathing trump is the glue that holds her pockets together. donald trump brought shame and dishonor to the office of the president of the united states. this president spent four years abusing his power, lying, embracing authoritarianism, radicalizing his supporters against democracy. america has been through the civil war, world wars, great depression, pandemics, mccarthyism and now a trump insurrection. this is why she says no to an investigation into the origins but yes to a committee to investigate january 6th. as if we aren t already spending millions of dollars on a massive justice department cri
laws are particularly egregious. in georgia their law disempowers the secretary of state removing him as chairman of the state election board and empowering the gop-led legislature to suspend county election officials. in arizona, the state s secretary of state has been removed as a statewide official responsible for representing that state in disputed election results. in harris county, texas, the new voting restriction expected to pass but for the defiance of democratic state representatives, we ll get to that later, would ban drive-through and 24-hour voting and further tighten the rules for voting by mail, measures disproportionately used by democrat and minority voters in that state. so here we are today. president joe biden putting the full force of his office behind the moral case for protecting the right to vote in 2021 america. a speech he never should have had to give and would not have had to deliver if the gop hadn t lurched toward anti-democratic policies, someth
and the country has. general milley s reputation of are include episodes of profound blundering a persistent misunderstanding of the national interest and a dangerous willingness to politicize the army of the united states. to list just a few, general provided of the diocese roll out of the army combat fitness test. the ac ft is a misguided, unrealistic, and expensive effort to essentially compel the entire army to do crossfit. the general ignored numerous voices within the army warning against the new test, those voices were vindicated, and today, the ac ft is now a byword for leadership. he tried to stonewall the army s own reports on his performance in the iraq war running interference to keep the army s mistakes from being aired in public. he relented only after public pressure that never should have been necessary. general milley presided over historic recruiting crisis for the army especially but also for the armed forces at large. but he did bring back second world war