democracy that we are heralding on july 4, 1776. we are in a perilous time, to me, as perilous as it was when the continental army looked like they were getting their butts kicked, as perilous as it looked when the south attacked fort sumter and launched the civil war. we are in perilous times where our democracy is hanging by a thread. host: why do you say that? prof. anderson: we ve got what i call a land, sea, and air attack happening on american democracy. the land attack is the assault on voting rights. the sea attack is the attack to wash away the teaching of real american history. and the air attack is the loosening of gun laws while having a narrative that the insurrection was legitimate political discourse. and well seeing that there was all of this violence and threats raining down on election workers and election officials. when you are looking at what is happening with voting, what is happening with our education system and the narratives that we come to understan
war. we are in perilous times where our democracy is hanging by a thread. host: why do you say that? prof. anderson: we ve got what i call a land, sea, and air attack happening on american democracy. the land attack is the assault on voting rights. the sea attack is the attack to wash away the teaching of real american history. and the air attack is the loosening of gun laws while having a narrative that the insurrection was legitimate political discourse. and well seeing that there was all of this violence and threats raining down on election workers and election officials. when you are looking at what is happening with voting, what is happening with our education system and the narratives that we come to understand this nation, and then when you look at the deployment of violence as a tool of politics, we are under a full-blown assault, aided and abetted by the u.s. supreme court, aided and abetted by hyper extreme partisan gerrymandered state legislatures . we are in troub
what is the july 4, 17 76 celebration mean to you? prof. anderson: it means that we are so precariously pert as this democracy that we are heralding on july 4, 1776. we are in a perilous time, to me, as perilous as it was when the continental army looked like they were getting their butts kicked, as perilous as it looked when the south attacked fort sumter and launched the civil war. we are in perilous times where our democracy is hanging by a thread. host: why do you say that? prof. anderson: we ve got what i call a land, sea, and air attack happening on american democracy. the land attack is the assault on voting rights. the sea attack is the attack to wash away the teaching of real american history. and the air attack is the loosening of gun laws while having a narrative that the insurrection was legitimate political discourse. and well seeing that there was all of this violence and threats raining down on election workers and election officials. when you are looking at wh
gavel-to-gavel coverage of the january 6 committee. democrat from connecticut john larson. the house will be in order. the speakers room, june 9, 2022. nancy pelosi, speaker of the house of representatives. the prayer will be offered by chaplainld you pray with me. holy god, we humble ourselves and pray to you, yielding our wills to yours and giving ourselves over to your authority. we pray that you would be merciful in your discipline. search our hearts and melt all hardness that you find therein. liberate us from the bonds of hostility that prevent us from living lives of love and compassion. inspire us also to humble ourselves and to unite in prayer as a nation. search the soul of our society and speak into the pain and suffering. hold us accountable to the countless ways we are inclined to stray from your will. then silence the voices within and among us which vie for power and strive to eliminate cooperation. remind us of your desire for mutual and respectful dialogue
the trial that is far more significant as testimonyn showed that hillary clinton herself okayed the big russia collusion lie, the upper echelon of the one percent of the fbi did note rank and file.y they knew it and they went with the biggest election corruption lie in history. in histo got a lot more straight ahead tonight . plus, trans swimmerer leah thoms speaking out claiming she i is o threat to women s sports and isu now plotting a bid for the summer olympics. we ll cover that tonights.. and also tonight , the biden white house is adrift. listen to this .g to according to nbc news, joe isoe now hemorrhaging support from hispanic americans, african-americans, suburban, moms and of course young people and quote amid a rolling series of calamities and sinking approval ratings, ng the president s feeling lately that he just can t catch he a break or joe biden, he s justr not getting the respect that he thinks he deserves. now naturally he s now looking for someone to blame.