The biden American Rescue plan. The next will be recovery. We call it reconciliation. Theres nothing in reconciliation that precludes republicans from voting for it. Good morn, everybody. Im tiffany cross, and we have a lot of news to get to this morning on Cross Connection, so strap in. President bidens 1. 9 trillion rescue plan is on a fast track to approval after the house and Senate Passed a Budge Bill Yesterday and democrats pretty much tossed the deuces to the republicans warning they maybepass them altogether. Its good news for struggling americans who cant even afford to put gas in the car or go to a job they no longer have. Meanwhile capitol hill is preparing for Donald Trumps second Impeachment Trial to kick off on tuesday. And at least as of this morning, it looks unlikely that a minimum of 17 republicans will vote with the dems to convict trump. Now, the irony doesnt even seem lost on them that as they make these bow was calls for unity, theyre increasingly unwilling to hol
So what weve got to do is identify the threats that we have its crazy to confront a shouldnt let it be an arms race is on the offense very dramatic probably the only mostly im going to resist i dont see how that strategy will be successful very critical time to sit down and talk. Max keiser this is the kaiser reports lets get right into it. Right i want to remind everybody in the audience the meaning of the word smug and this is important to know because we are going to talk about the smug Industrial Complex how we are showing an excessive pride in oneself or ones achievements yes it sounds like cable news similar selfsatisfied complacent selfcongratulatory superior puffed up you might understand that were talking about the smug Industrial Complex known as the american Cable News Networks the think tank networks that are so star in all of those people in new york city and d. C. Are just so much better than every body else all the deplorable is and this country. Has the smug class to pr
Across the United States. We will speak to members of the Standing Rock sioux and Navajo Nation and go to north dakota, which has the highest covid19 death rate of any state or country in the world. Then democracy now cohost Juan Gonzalez looks at how the Corporate Media missed the real story about latinx voter turnout in the 2020 election. Juan the main story is that in an election which saw historic tnout, people of color, and especially latinos, had an unprecedented increase in voting. And they, not white voters, represented the bulk of that increase. Amy plus, we will speak to antiracist activist bree newsome bass and princeton professor eddie glaude about the election of joe biden and Kamala Harris. We have to get about the work of responding to the problems we face as a nation at scale and not returning back to some sense of normalcy, which in some ways laid the foundation for the disaster that was and is trumpism. Amy a that d more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democrac
[ crowd chanting ] contested elections. Undelivered ballots, legal challenges for days. What role the courts will play in this historic election. Good evening, whoever wins the presidency will do so on a razors edge we think well know before the newscast ends in a few hours but the winner has no mandate. We are not one United States, not right now. The evidence is irrefutable. We are two tribes who see this nation, its troubles, its trials, its triumphs vastly differently. We have our own priorities, goals and aspirations. We disagree about what america is and should be and many of us appear primed for a fight. Theres no solution that magically presents itself upon transfer or continuation of power. At some point maybe we better understand each other and Work Together towards common goals, were not there yet. Thats clear and if the elections process has taught us anything its that the road to unity does not run through it and may, in fact, lead us further from it. That said i can repor
Cable news similar selfsatisfied complacent selfcongratulatory superior puffed up you might understand that were talking about the smug Industrial Complex known as the american Cable News Networks the think tank networks that are so star in all of those people in new york city and d. C. Are just so much better than every body else all the deplorable is and this country. Has the smug class to protect the class so they feel very comfortable with their affiliations and associations with the institutions that run america at the highest level the permanent institutions that are always running america the matter of who is the president they have friends in the media and those friends feel smug that no matter what happens that they are protected and its dangerous to have a entrenched smug class in your society in your country because they can take liberties with the truth and project a situation that is false and put people down the wrong path of course their fake news was not prevented from