politicsnation. tonight s lead, out with the old, in with the new. right now there s literally just hours left in 2022. a turbulent political year now ending with several transitions. not least of which being this incoming divided congress. the winds of change are blowing in both parties, as new leadership takes the reins for congressional democrats, for republicans, and internal battles over the parties future rages even as the gop prepares to take over the house in a little over a week. 2022 you had its highs and lows. but, i am grateful for a few things. democrats retained the senate, and i ve held on to morehouse eats not expected. the biden white house has a long list of policy wins to boast about as the year ends. and, even with a congressional probe into january 6th ending, the investigation surrounding donald trump appears to be tightening by the day. and, yesterday at the after six years of legal wrangling, we finally know just how little donald trump paid in federal
in the 1990 s during a visit to nasa, sheila jackson lee demanded to see the flag astronauts had planted on mars. when gently informed no human being has been to mars because it s very far away, lee flew into a rage. she accused nasa of racism and pointed out her membership on the science committee in congress and so on. we can spend the entire hour on sheila jackson lee stories and it s tempting. on capital hill, she s known as the queen and not in a good way. but what s interesting is that nobody ever talks about the congressional district that sheila jackson lee supposedly represents. it s mostly inner city houston and it could use some help. lee s district has a poverty rate almost twice the national average, all the number markers of civilizationnal decline. high crime, bad schools, low social cohesion, drugs. now, lee has served in congress for nearly 30 years but it s hard to think of a single thing she has ever done to improve the lives of the people who elected
in the nineteen nineties during a visit to nasa, sheila jackson lee demanded to see the flag that astronauts had planted on mars when gently informed that no human being has ever been to mars because it s very far away. lee flew into a rage. she accused nasa of racism and pointed out her membership on the , quote, science committee in congress and so on . we could spend the entire hour on sheila jackson lee stories, and it s tempting. on capitol hill, she s known as the queen and not in a good way. but what s interesting is that nobody ever talks about the congress district that sheila jackson lee supposedly represents. it s mostly inner city houston, and it could use some help. lee s district has a poverty rate almost twice the national average for all the usual markers of civilizational decline, high crime, bad schools, low social cohesion, drugs. now, lee has, quote, served in congress for nearly 30 years. but it s hard to think of a single thing she has ever done
it shouldn t surprise you. that is actually unfolding in the state of california. always the leading edge of lunacy. watch this. these economists i ve worked alongside us over this past year to come up with potential estimates for what reparations in the form of compensation or cash payments can look like for african-americans. that five hundred billion dollar number represents the state of california s maximum culpability for racist red mining practices. and that number represents the state of california max. my ability it is not a final recommendation coming out of the task force. final recommendations do not come out until july one . 2020 three know everything about this, of course, is bad and wrong, not just in practice, but in principle, but in practice. it sets up an incentive that the whole country can have to grasp with fairly soon. we ve already been told that you can change your or immutable characteristic just by wishing. and so men can become women. women can become men .
actually unfolding in the state of california. always the leading edge of lawn nasi. watch this. lunacy. watch this. economists have worked alongside us in the past year to come up with potential estimates for what reparations in the form of compensation or cash payments could look like for african-americans. the $500 billion number represents the state of california s maximum culpability for racist red lining practices. that number represents the state of california s maximum liability. it s not a final recommendation coming out of the task force. final recommendations do not come out until july 1 of 2023. tucker: now, everything about this, of course, is bad and wrong, not just in practice but in principle, but in practice, it sets up an incentive the whole country will have to grapple with very soon. we ve already been told you can change your sex and immuneerable characteristic by wishing so. men could become women. women can become men.