Which ones were more important than which ones had a greater role to play and which ones have been most helpful in remembering the holocaust again and in some levels the idea of you know im not coming if i dont get to speak is almost childish well that is your news update ill be back at the top of the out with a roundup of the headlines see that. Greetings and sell you taishan. Welcome to 2020 hawk watchers i hope i hope you all had a beautiful fun safe new years celebration with your favorite Family Friends and your pets i have missed you will admit ive missed you all so what so lets ask ourselves now though what has been happening since we last saw each other well it appears that just a few days before we were drinking champagne and kissing strangers in times square the wheelers and dealers inside the white house and the pentagon decided it was a good time to drop some bombs on iraq and syria once again last sunday the guardian reported that according to the pentagon the attacks were
Trumps theory tweeting out that guy has tweeted that we see around responsible for the events in baghdad and we will respond to iran 1st you cant do anything 2nd if you were logical which you are not you would see that your crimes in iraq afghanistan have made nations hate you. Yes my friends it appears that despite our best hopes twitter will still be the diplomatic tool of the 21st century so with tensions once again rising it appears the war and conflict in the middle east may well be washingtons new years resolution as we roar into the roaring 2000 twenties and start watching the hawks. If you want to deal with. This man real the truth. Of. What they like i got. Welcome everyone watching the hawks i am tyrrel ventre and joining me today for our Weekly Panel Discussion on the news of the week is the host of the world according to judge the former minnesota governor Jesse Ventura author and editor at large for salon dot com the one and only walk ins are to america correspondent Rache
Ratings and sell you terry as you. Welcome to 2020 hawk watchers i hope i hope you all had a beautiful fun safe new years celebration with your favorite Family Friends and your pets i have missed you will admit ive missed you all so what so lets ask ourselves now though what has been happening since we last saw each other well it appears that just a few days before we were drinking champagne and kissing strangers in times square the wheelers and dealers inside the white house and the pentagon decided it was a good time to drop some bombs on iraq and syria once again last sunday the guardian reported that according to the pentagon the attacks were defensive strikes against the kottayam the hezbollah Militia Group which u. S. Officials said was backed by iran 2 days after a u. S. Civilian contractor was killed in a rocket attack on an Iraqi Military base and as physics has taught us for every action there was a reaction and in reaction to the United States air strikes killing at least 25
[inaudible conversations] first of all professor thank you for moderating this and for being here. And also for the invitation to be here. And then to read it aloud i actually wrote that sentence. Look. And a handful of big ideas i mean we americans. And they dont happen in treating democracy for a long time. And then the amount of money and the jeremy it on gerrymandering that they choose their voters not the other way around, the influence of lobbyists for money and interest and frankly how hard we make it. All these things conspire from getting those outcomes. We have to go right at that and call it out with that legislation that makes the democracy function if we are to have a fighting chance on health care or immigration or criminal justice reform. And the strategy we will propos propose. So the first time today. Eyes did 24 hours now i promise 24 seconds. [laughter] i apologize but as soon as i am done we will go to a focus group. I think what you did was push pull. [laughter] an
Nice to see you. Mr. Patrick thank you for doing this. Oh, my gosh, so grateful [indiscernible] here in New Hampshire, this event [indiscernible] to moderate todays debate, and governor patrick to the stage. [applause] thanks a lot. Professor, thank you for moderating this. Thank you all for being here. Thank you to open democracy for the invitation to be here. I could make it as plain as possible by taking that card and reading it aloud. I actually wrote that sentence. Look, we have a handful of big ideas, and when i say we, i mean we americans, on which there is a broad consensus. But they dont happen, and they dont happen because we have been treating our democracy for a long time as if it would tolerate limitless abuse without breaking. So the things like the amount of money, much of it dark, the gerrymandering of districts so that, as the phrase goes, representatives choose the voters and not the other way around, the influence of lobbyists, especially lobbyists for money interest