administration to negotiate even more forthrightly with moscow over the detention and seek evan s release. eric: it s been suggested that evan, totally fluent in russian, and that means that sometimes folks when you go on foreign assignment, the government gives you a fixer or a minder, that meaning he could run circles around them, he knows what everyone s talking about, and they can t control him. do you think that is part of this and also a potential swap that we ve seen before with that alleged russian spy who posed as a brazilian who just graduated with a master s degree in international relations from johns hopkins whos been arrested by u.s. authority who s been arrested by u.s. authorities? yeah. we don t know whether russia felt particularly vulnerable by the fact that evan was highly qualified to be a correspondent for the journal in russia. that s not uncommon, what you re describing, erin. we ve seen it in china as well where concern eric, where we
that this atrocity happened, the washington post published two articles examining the impact the ar-15 has had on the american life. it shows how ar-15s and weapons like them are so much more destructive and lethal than regular handguns. the other tracks how gun propaganda has fueled the rise of the ar-15 to become the best-selling rifle in the u.s. and yet, still, on the same day as well that a shooter was murdering children at a school, a routine inspection, something like health inspectors do for restaurants, only to be confronted and stopped by marjorie taylor greene. republicans appear to be shrugging their shoulders and moving on. democrats are increasingly loudly and forthrightly specifically calling for a return to the assault weapon ban of the 1990s. congresswoman elissa slotkin is a democrat of michigan, as well
conversation with your crazy uncle. don t avoid correcting someone when they are mis when they are spreading conspiracy theories about elections. don t avoid those opportunities. address them. speak out forthrightly. speak out with courage. go to your town square and say we need to protect democracy because without it there are no other rights. and it is under threat and it s not under threat in some theoretical way, it s not under threat in some bipartisan way, it is under threat because donald trump was an authoritarian who led a movement that was joined lock, stock and barrel by kevin mccarthy and the republican party to undermine free and fair elections. and there was a violent insurrection on january 6th, and to this day republicans are refusing to say and do what s necessary. so don t shy away from that. say it loudly. say it in your town square.
you are in an administerial role. you can t do anything but what the constitution tells you to do. so he s an administerial role even in this position. mm-hmm, yeah. so there is just no privilege based on what his argument to donald trump was. yeah. i don t think i mean, i m obviously not a lawyer, certainly not a constitutional lawyer, but i don t see how this fits under the speech and debate clause. it is a novel argument. i think it s kind of off the wall. i d be surprised if it flies. i don t know what it gets mike pence. i mean, look, he s going to have to make a decision at some point. is he going to tell the truth and be honest about donald trump and speak forthrightly, or is he not? he seems to want it both ways as he gears up his own presidential
you request that you pro actively and forthrightly cooperate with the investigations into mr. santos including the house committee ethics that speaker mccarthy confirmed this week. the letter also asks to what extent gop leadership knew about santos lies before elected to congress. they pointed that the close backing of santos during the campaign. the new york times article has gone into further detail. there is a second run for a suburban new york city house seat, george santos gave permission for the campaign to do a routine background study on him. some of his own vendors were so alarmed after seeing the study in late november 2021, they urged him to drop out of the race and warn that he could risk