and this is an insight that the gop and, trump particularly has attempted to get as much mileage out of as possible. sure. they are utilizing brand loyalty here. there is also a curious element of, potentially, racial cynicism here in that, obviously, raphael warnock is the first african american senator ever elected in the state of georgia. and the fact that herschel walker is running means that, no matter who wins that race, georgia will have at least one black senator in the future, going forward. but beyond skin color, beyond epidermal concerns, there is virtually nothing that these men have in common. certainly not their level of qualification. and so it s a kind of dual cynicism, that is operating here. and i think it s also the case that warnock is just one of the most distinct and remarkable individuals who ever served in the u.s. senate, just in terms of his background and his bio and where he s he comes from and what he represents, in terms of the actual pasture
it has to do with the amount of pressure that has been going on from democrats for a very long time. it shows that the president knows there is not much he can do, that he knows he can do legally, to quantify roe v. wade and protect the right to abortion access around this country. it shows that they know that there is not much that they can do in the white house. that is also frustrating for a lot of people because, i think people look at the president as someone who s able to do a lot of things. he doesn t have much power as folks things, especially with the checks and balances in this majority. more importantly the supreme court that we currently have. is there also an element of, you know, timing and political priorities? at the time that the voting rights discussion was going on he said, at one point, that he waited at that point. it might doom the spending bill. at this point, the spending bill is not as front of mind as
i don t have anything personally against the queen and the royal family i think they re lovely people but i do believe it s the right time. a sense of identity. a true sense of belonging. you know, there s a lot of things that went on that i think myself, why is it still an issue because you have a certain background or a certain culture that you re left to feel unwelcome? obviously, in london, it s great, it s a cosmopolitan city, but there is still an element of. you re not quite welcome. with brexit, i think that was the straw that broke the camel s back for me. it was almost like yeah, if brexit happens, we ll get ourjobs back . if brexit happens, immigration and foreigners are out . you know, it was like that. ijust think this is probably, i am hoping it will be - a good move. yeah.
we have an ongoing, active domestic terrorism problem in our country that january 6th was an element of. and now we have leaders in the capitol who have helped and are helping facilitate that domestic terrorism in our country, including a former president of the united states. that s the fundamental problem that exists today in america. you know, i would like your reaction to that analysis, but i guess if you look at the bulletins that have come out from the department of homeland security since this period, since january 6th, they have all been renewed, every time they ve looked at the intelligence anew and had an opportunity to rescind them. they have not done that. and they all describe the domestic violent extremism threat which the fbi contends is the greatest threat to the homeland as sort of sitting at this intersection of grievances that include a belief that the election had been stolen from donald trump and anger at the covid pandemic health measures.
it s coming this way fast. let s get out of here. the fires that followed that heatwave had catastrophic consequences for lytton, the town that set a new canada temperature record of 49.6 celsius. speaking at the cop 26 climate conference in november, canadian prime ministerjustin trudeau said this should be an example to the world. in canada, there was a town called lytton. i say was, because onjune 30th it burned to the ground. canada is warming on average twice as quickly as the rest of the world. and in our north it s three times quicker. the science is clear. we must do more and faster. there s certainly an element of, you know, british columbia got very unlucky this year with the number of extreme events that have happened. but for me, these extremes