democracy. marking the new year with his dire warning, writing, quote, january 6th is not in the past, it is every day. the republic faces an existential threat from a movement that is openly contentious of democracy, and has shown that it is willing to use violence to achieve its ends. no self governing society can survive such a threat by denying that it exists. rather, survival depends on looking back and forward at the same time. and quote. back with us, jonah edwards now a washington post columnist. matthew dowd good evening to both of you. thank you for being here. donna, this is the issue that a lot of americans are confronting. there are a number of people who say look, this happened, it didn t succeed, let s move on. and others are saying, it is
imperative. not only will senators and representatives facing election in which republicans across state legislatures have gone aggressively to change the rule for voting. to change the system and the structured for voting to suppress the vote. they have done it so that republicans can win and democrats can lose. so democrats need to make sure that there is guaranteed fairness in the system. i think it s possible for them to do that. it is a rule. it is not a law. it is easy for the senate to change. thank you to both of, yet this is an important topic and fortunately or otherwise we are going to be discussing a lot in the next few weeks. donna f. edwards and matthew dowd. i appreciate your time tonight. heading over the holidays is still proven to be a problem for many folks and there are travel updates here when the 11th hour continues. th hour continues.
have an argument that realizes that there is a healthy balance of parents being involved in schools, but also that professionals are making determinations about what is, not taught in the schools. we have to do this. if we don t, we are going to lose this battle on an important other culture war. donna f. edwards and tim miller. thanks for being here, have a good new year if i don t see. who knows, maybe you will be back tomorrow. that is all in for this evening, the rachel maddow show starts now. with a man interracial. good evening evening. hey chris, yes i know the struggle is real. enjoy the rest of your night off. thanks to you at home for joining us on this hour. rachel has the night off, but we do have a lot to get to tonight. today, the white house announcing that president biden will speak to russian president vladimir putin tomorrow. now that call was reportedly requested by vladimir putin, as russia continues to amass
story. specifically about out of control retail theft. so many democratic led cities moving to defund the police are also seeing a surge in crime this year. especially shoplifting. america s crime crisis is spiraling out of control in connecticut. brazen thieves are caught on camera stealing more than 1500 dollars worth of kids from a grocery store. states like california are becoming the epicenter of other types of lawlessness. where they have basically legalized theft. this is so strange and crazy to see such brazen crime. because it is an internal money of moral and civil order. reporter i really admire named amanda mall, saw the stories. set out to check out the actual statistic for this in the atlantic. basically no evidence to support it. amanda mull joins us now. along with donna f. edwards and
but there is nothing like those videos and pictures that really drive people. we have to be careful on that. yes. the new york post effect is very real. across the nation. amanda mull who did great reporting on this. who s running i always enjoy. thank you. donna f. edwards and tim miller, stick around. i want to talk about this book banning bill that has a really surprising twist. stick around. stick around nyquil severe gives you powerful relief for your worst cold and flu symptoms, on sunday night and every night. nyquil severe. the nighttime, sniffling, sneezing, coughing, aching, stuffy head, best sleep with a cold, medicine.