Might happen to this property, and it feels difficult to make a decision based on speculation. President melgar commissioner moore. Commissioner moore thank you for expressing it as well as you did, commissioner johnson, because i say it slightly different, although i say the same. And then, i feel resonance in our Environmental Review officer, miss gibson, in stating there is an impact, and the mitigation which has so little teeth to it, that we cant believe that it would work, and that is basically where we are. Its basically i dont know. Ive never found myself in that kind of a situation. President melgar director rahaim. Director rahaim so i think maybe a couple of things that need to be clarified to the board. The boards decision was that they found that there may be and the operative word here is there may be an environmental impact. The language that mr. Drury put up on the screen is there may be an impact, and directed them to do an environmental analysis. And that impact was f
In the house impeachment inquiry. No president in history has ever done anything like this. Many president s have expressed they couldnt do anything like this. President trump did not take these extreme steps to hide evidence of his innocence or to protect the institution of the presidency. As a career Law Enforcement officer, i have never seen anyone take such extreme steps to hide evidence allegedly proving his innocence. And i do not find that here today. The president is engaged in this coverup because he is guilty, and he knows it and he knows that the evidence he is concealing will only further demonstrate his culpability. Notwithstanding this effort to stonewall our inquiry, the house amassed powerful evidence of the president s high crimes and misdemeanors. 17 witnesses, 130 hours of testimony combined with the president s own admission on phonecalls and Public Comments confirmed and corroborated by hundreds of texts, emails and documents. Much of that evidence came from patrio
A scorching op bedri written for teen vogue and titled donald trump is Gaslighting America well the piece became a viral sensation and lauren was suddenly and in demand speaker and guest on t. V. And radio well she is back in the public eye with a new book and the assertion that donald trump 2016 when shook young people out of a coma and reminded that voting bloc that government by and for the people requires their input so will Younger Voters participate in the 2020 election process and who or what will motivate them to do so so lets talk about this with journalist and feminist advocate lauren duca who joins me right here from new york city shes the author of the newly released book how to start a revolution young people and the future of politics Ron Brownstein thanks for having me great so your book is about starting a revolution why do you think we need that right now. I think that for too long weve understood democracy as a thing that we have and not. Thing that we do there is suc
Youve got lots of twitter followers a lot of people you know who who tune in to hear what you have to say on social media do you think that that is influencing young peoples participation in the political process i think that it is definitely having a democratizing force in addition to the harmful forces weve seen of just information and misinformation were exposed to many more viewpoints without a blockade of the gate keeper and that has had pros and cons but i think whats how what are the cons would you say with the influence of social media and getting rid of the quote unquote sort of establishment gatekeepers of politics well you know i dont think thats the one of the problems i think one of the benefits is getting rid of the establishment gatekeepers of politics you know our media and political gatekeepers told us that when wasnt possible and and truly 1st i remember i tell them im not one of them actually yet. I mean i was thats a lot of what led to my personal awakening and i he
A shift in agency and selfdetermination in which young people are deciding that were no longer willing to wait our turn until were deemed qualified to take part in the political conversation right so a lot of let me ask you about that because you know traditionally typically typically young people do have a lower voter turnout rate than older people and to what extent do you think that social media is changing that landscape i mean youre very big on social media youve got lots of twitter followers a lot of people you know who are tuning in to hear what you have to say on social media do you think that that is influencing young peoples participation in the political process i think that it is definitely having a democratizing force in addition to the harmful forces weve seen of just information and misinformation were exposed to many more viewpoints without the blockade of the gate keeper and that has had pros and cons but i think whats how what are the cons would you say with the influ