There are similarities so in the law school we bonded and chris wanted to be war journalist and we also topped out shape paying our sense so all of these early things with the similarities were very powerful so i grew up in a republican family my mother started a nonprofit so i grew up in the upper one in the Community Overseas but those Early Experiences so in my household talking about Public Policy and it was inevitable. I like to say we were isolated in many ways we are similar in so many facets as jordan put it both california straight white guys. There is a lot there but we disagree and come to very different political backgrounds and that was enough to both have the background to together but also have something disagree about it if we had too much in terms of the world view it would be harder to get a project like this done with our background and this is how people fact check me because ive known tony since i was 19 but i am from berkeley california raised by a mom who was an
There. Still be throughout the topic you want to support the two authors as was her books to read go head and click the green button down there to go in and purchase the book. With that being said, i will let them take the screen. High guys welcome. Lets see so again i am tony woods, it is my pleasure to moderate tonights book talk with my two friends jordan and chris. So union is a book that answers the question what happens when a liberal and a conservative decide to jump and drive across the country breed that is a question at the heart of this book. Union, democrat, republican a search for Common Ground by my friends jordan and chris. Jordan was a businessman my coworker, conservative informant marine from california. Chris is a democratic speech writer and journalist in berkeley, california. This paramedic law school quickly became friends. They couldnt stop argue about politics. In 2016 the arguments got worse and worse. So they decided to take a road trip to see american underst
Im tony woods, it is my pleasure to moderatetonights book talk. With my friends jordan and chris. Its what happens when a liberal and conservative jump into a car and drive across the country and thats the question of this book union by the friends jordan blashek and christopher haugh. Jordan is my coworker, conservative and a former marine. Chris is a democratic speechwriter. The this unlikely pair met at lost and became friends but they couldnt stop arguing about politics and in 2016 those arguments got worse and worse though they decided to take a road trip to see america. They did it again and again. They but union is the story of their friendship and how that union changed the way they see themselves. Its also the story of the people they met and the lessons they learnedabout what it means to be an american. In the end union is a story about hope for a betterfuture and a better united states. Offer a warm virtual welcome to chris and jordan and give you a moment to say hello to th
We dont do that in america. I know. Because theres a huge distance between that kind of invasion and the stuff im talking about, which is stuff that we can control. We can control muni. We can arguably vote bart. Theres a huge difference between monitoring people on their cell phones that we do not do and will not accept in our culture and what you are recommending. Can you bring that together quickly now, sir. I would say the key issue is for us to minimize, to the extent possible, nonessential travel, including locally and we dont have a campaign to do that right now. Becausbecause what happens is tt this is so massive, so massive, that a lot of the enforcement happens from the peer pressure and they see what other people are doing. So at this moment, even for this order, we dont have a Massive Campaign yet to really, really enforce how important it is to not be out. As the chief Health Official of this town, who is not dr. Colfax, how are you relaying that to the mayor, to other off
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