across this country, the states are made a majority of them are by men who make these decisions. and we basically have a situation where we will have government mandated pregnancies that women will have to endure, and it is something that we ve got to get our brains around because, in fact, it s so much worse than even i think most people think. it s going to be stunning to hear because, you know, i had people approaching me saying, wait, is this really done, is this what s happening? i said, well, actually this draft statement, if it turns out to be true, yes it is. i know you said there s nothing to be done. senator dick durbin said leadership reviewing what legislation to bring to the floor to codify roe v. wade into law, of course democrats don t have 60 votes. they re deciding whether to get input from moderate republicans. isn t this a five alarm fire and
those without resources will cross state lines and those who don t have the resources may take matters in to their own hands and may not get the care that they need. and i do think that lives could be at stake in that situation. the u.s. congresswoman from california says it hurts to admit, but she believes nothing can stop the supreme court from throwing out roe. jackie speer explained what can be done. so the next step is raising everyone s awareness about how diabolical this draft statement really is. because justice alito has every intention good this goes forward as drafted to do away with the right to abortion completely. it would be totally left up to the states. and all you have to do is look across this country, the states are made a majority of them are by men who make these decisions.
from both kavanaugh and gorsuch that they respected precedent and that roe v. wade and casey were here to stay. and susan collins and lisa murkowski both were committed because of those statements that were made, but you still have to, then, get them to agree to do away with the filibuster as it relates to this specific law. this specific bill. and i just don t think that they will do that. so the next step is raising everyone s awareness about how diabolical this draft statement really is. because justice alito has every intention if this goes forward as drafted to do away with the right to abortion completely. it would be totally left up to the states. and all you have to do is look
aspect as well as the countering iran more broadly piece. let s shift gears and talk now about russia. russian president vladimir putin and president trump spoke on the phone yesterday. according to both sides, they talked about a potentially terrorism attacks in russia over the holidays. one of the things i m struck by, sam, is that the kremlin released the information about this call before the white house did. in fact, the white house just officially acknowledged it about an hour ago. what does that tell you about russia getting the information out first? we should never outsource our pr to putin. before every foreign leader call, the national security team normally actually prepares a draft statement, so that it s ready to go after the call concludes. and part of the reason for that is so that the foreign official, the other government, doesn t control the narrative about what happens. that s for any call, ryan. with a rival, and by the way, a rival that excel s at informatin w
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