tropes, in stereotypes against our community, that have left our community really feeling like we re not safe, and we do not belong in this country fully. clarissa let s also take a deeper dive with you want something that we mentioned earlier in the segment. wanted to asian americans feel unsafe, dovetailing along with what norman just said. this makes sense, especially how in january, they were back-to-back mass shootings of people of asian descent by people of asian descent. so how is this violence within their own aapi communities affecting their mental health? thank you for having me as well, i think this is such an important issue, a really highlight some of the conflicting long historical tropes against asian americans. so we have asian americans as being the perpetual foreigners, no matter how long you ve been to the u.s., you are not american enough, and the, that also plays along with the mont ole the model minority myth,
anti-trans hate crimes and harassment and violence. frankly, running pretty wild in the streets right now and it s disturbingly it is not just straight stuff it is dovetailing with right-wing legislation that is ever conservatives are in charge. that is both dispiriting and also dangerous. in east palestine ohio the train derailment, there it is an environmental catastrophe who dimensions you not fully grasp. this may be the kind of thing that takes decades, and literally billions of dollars in a multi generational commitment to clean up and make right, for the people and the land and the water there. this is a very situation situation east palestine and it is now steamrolling into a right wing, provocative, dangerous, false narrative. in conservative media, and
in the streets is sort of a mirrored by or dovetailing with our huge surge in legislative attacks on drag performers and the lgbtq community. basically, in every state where republicans now hold power. and, florida of course has gotten a lot of attention. ron desantis there have led the passage of multiple new laws targeting gay people and trans people. he is targeted parents with abuse investigations, tennessee right now is in the news for a groundbreaking draconian law they are about to enact that basically bans drag entirely in that state. in tennessee, performing in drag in public or anywhere where a young person might conceivably see you will be a felony, punishable by up to six years in prison. i m sure that tennessee police will be delighted to have it among their new duties to raid performances or plays or tiktok shoots or a cost people walking
documents. you need to clearance. emily: writes, are they somehow protected? there are so many questions that keep being raised, including that dovetailing. why were the president s attorneys allowed to search those documents after special counsel was named? usually, when special councils are assigned, when procedures have commenced, everything is put on paused, there is a caution tape put around the lock. everyone is hands off. it seemed as the business went on for normal, as a minimum of november second-january 11th. if that s the question, how many other people had access? what are inside of them? hunter, that investigation multithread there seems to be a lot of interest in those documents for various reasons, including the conflict of interest. what we put in the intro, where it shows biden holding that code right there. harris: and it says classified documents on it. emily: gillian turner pointed out, hard sheets are
changed in your lifetime, minute she mentioned to you, you said, oh, my, you have a lot of trouble there? yes. two types of illegal immigration going on. one type, people are coming through, asking for asylum, they re processed, they take care of them you have the people entries without inspection. running across-border highways, i-10, getting run over by el pasoance. can you be imagine going 60 miles an hour come to a full stop, five, 10, 30, illegal immigrants coming across, you have to stop. the other thing we re seeing dovetailing what rosie said, in downtown el paso, they re struggling to recover from covid. now our businesses are getting phone calls from residents asking is it safe to come to downtown? it is not. as rosie said we see increase in crime. our police department, wonderful police department, we re stretched thin.