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We are hear here at here at the washington, d. C. Campuses where im also the dean of the school of government here in the nations capital. You can find out more about our programs at dc. Hilt hills take. Edu. Were in the ply area with library with Michael Anton whos a Research Fellow here, and were going to be discussing his new book, the stakes america at the point of no return. Welcome, mike, glad youre here. You might know michael from his previous work, he wrote flight 93 election, under a pseudonym at the time. He was in the private sector, so he wrote under a pseudonym until he was occupanted, and then he went to work with for the Trump Administration in the National Security council. That work, i think its safe to say, saw 2016 as an existential question. And now you tell us were at the point of no return, so im tempted to ask right off the tough what do you say to those who consider you to be an alarmist . I look around [laughter] and i see what is going on all around us right
Good afternoon, everyone. First off, id like to thank the Clermont Institute for sponsoring this panel and for sponsoring all of its panels here at the american Political Science association, and thanks to all of you for coming to hear whether congress is still dysfunctional. I suspect you already know the answer to the question, but maybe well provide a fuller background and explanation about whats going on these days on capitol hill. Its no secret to political scientists that congress is a mess. Its no secret to the members of congress that congress is a mess. And nor is it a secret to the American People that congress is a mess. Routinely, congress polls very poorly when people are asked whether they approve of the job its doing, and this trend is bipartisan whether democrats or republicans control congress, most people assign it a failing grade. The trend is also long standing. Over the past Decade Congress has not once achieved an Approval Rating above 30 . It wasnt always this wa
Good afternoon, cpac. My name is bryan bernys. We welcome you all to the panel today. I think weve got a very interesting panel. And a very interesting topic here. Our four guest panelists have a varying degree of backgrounds and different aspects they can bring to this topic. Im going to introduce them, let them each give a couple minutes on the topic, and then get right into it. I think this panel is especially interesting on what trigger warnings, and the current nanny state of the College Campus and what we can do to protect the snowflake generation from themselves. [ applause ] so my first guest, of the panel here is dr. Matthew spalding. Matthew spalding is the associate Vice President and dean at Educational Programs at Hillsdale College here in washington, d. C. He is also the best selling author of we still hold these truths. And in addition, he has taught at Hillsdale College as well as George Mason University and catholic university. Great to be with you. I see some of the h
Then a republican who has a real shot at the bluest of blue states of connecticut, and a story that grid lock is a lock in his mind in a red and Blue Washington and why they say grid lock will be a gift for investors way beyond washington and then forget about the troops headed to the border. Have you heard about the Record Number of legal immigrants becoming u. S. Citizens as we speak . We didnt think so. The news you are not hearing on this show you need to be watching, especially now, this weekend, ahead of the big vote where anything could happen and history proves often does like back in 1980 where jimmy carter and ronald regan were neck and neck at this point and then suddenly were not or in 1994 when democrats never thought they would lose the house and suddenly did. Funny thing history, funnier ignoring it not now, not ever, too much going on is lets get going because cavuto live starts right now. All right, lets get ready to rumble and to run. The president is set to leave ind