workforce. entire countries, many of them. the u.s. government, in other words, is astoundingly large world, historically big scale without precedent. truly, gorgan. so what do all those people who work there do every day maybe wondering that? what s a good question? actually , nobody s really sure, including many of the employees themselves. fundamentally, the federal government is a mystery like the universe. it goes on forever. it makes you feel small thinking about it, which is probably the point. the good news is every once in a while our government does something you can actually understand that happened recently when joe biden signed a 700 or fifty billion dollar piece of legislation called the inflation reduction act, which is the inflation reduction act du come on , what do you slow the interest right there in the name? the inflation reduction act is an act that reduces inflation. it s an inflation reducing act and that s welcome news because inflation is indeed a pr
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tapper: for a country that bills itself as the world s oldest democracy, we sure do love a strongman, and from teddy roosevelt all the way up to our reality tv president, nowhere produces more of them than the empire state. and i get it. in an age where congress approval rating hovers somewhere around sewer rats, we wanna vote for the politician who can finally just get things done. that was eliot spitzer to a t. but when new yorkers sent the sheriff of wall street to the governor s mansion, we all learned the hard way that white knights can have dark secrets. spitzer was caught breaking his own sex work laws, a level of hypocrisy we could never forget. eliot spitzer blazed a trail through new york that had him in spitting distance of the white house, right up until the moment he set himself on fire. this will sound like a setup for a bad joke, but bear with me. [cheering] the change you seek, the new york you dream of begins tonight. [cheering] so there s this honest po
always. the biden doj wants to throw a doctor in prison for exposing transgender surgeries on minors and he is here in exclusive interview. plus, like a covid infection after your third booster, fauci is back. have you thought about running for president? no. [laughter] no interest whatsoever? laura: and is a member of the squad also a spiritual healer? my hands began to move and and the lumps that were there were no longer there. laura: but, first, they are coming for america. that s the focus of tonight s angle. laura: now, neil diamond s song america from 1980 was attribute to the immigration story of our country. his grandparents came from poland and russia. now, the refrain we all remember is on the vo boats and on the planes they are coming to america. powerful. but today it s more like they re coming for america. and i m not just talking about the migrants but the politicians who wave them in. now, back in 2015, trump knew what was already happening.
you can still drive between the lines. so rod s tale is a cautionary one a camera-grabbing, over-the-top example of how bribery, extortion, and graft easily sneak into our political system behind ambition and enormous egos. and if politicians or the public feel the same way he does, then another rod blagojevich is just around the corner. i didn t break a law, cross the line, or take a penny, okay? but i never said i wasn t a [bleep] idiot. [laughter] thank you very much. thank you very much. thank you very much. thank you very much! -awesome. thank you so much. -yeah, thanks. appreciate it. really enjoyed it. you re all right. i wish you the best. we ll see how it ends up and who cares. that s true. find out what are you gonna do, throw me back in prison? -no, but i mean, like, -you can t hurt me, man. tapper: for a country that bills itself as the world s oldest democracy, we sure do love a strongman, and from teddy roosevelt all the way up to our reality tv president, now