Nonstop on cable news. Not just on cable news. We are hearing the very same thing from elected officials including some republican elected officials. We are hearing it from the leaders of federal Law Enforcement agencies and of the intelligence agencies. We are hearing it from the pentagon. Just this week the new Secretary Of Defense ordered the entire u. S. Military to, quote, stand down while investigators cleanse the ranks of political extremists. And of course we are hearing it from the Business Establishment from wall street from the Tech Monopolies from the massive multinational corporations that increasingly control the contours of american life. All of them are now on the hunt for political extremists. And at one level that does not sound bad. Because no sane person is for political extremism, especially violent extremism. We are against it. Were for moderation. We are for incremental change. We are for the consent of the governed. We said that every day for four years and we m
We are hearing the same thing from some republican elected officials, we are hearing it from the pentagon. Just this week the new Secretary Of Defense order the entire u. S. Military to stand down while investigators cleanse the ranks of political instigators, we are hearing it from the Business Establishment from wall street,r from the massive multinational corporations that increasingly control the all of them now on The Hunt For Political N extremists. O we are for moderation and incremental change, we are for the consent of the governed, we dont like extremists either, we attack them regularly. Its not enough to be against something, you have to be more precise than that. What is it youre against . In order to root out a problem, you have to know what it is. You need a sense of what youre looking for, a clear sight picture. You have to define the terms. Heres the remarkable thing weabout this public conversation were having. No one is doing that. Have you noticed . None of these ne
$90,000 per year says this has created financial hardship for them. carley: americans are optimistic about falling gas prices and people feel better about the economy. kevin corke has more on the white house victory lap. good morning. kevin: to hear the white house, the president has taken america from crisis to resurgence and that is the message he will float later today at 3 p.m. to hype the inflation reduction act. president biden: do we need to sell the house? do we need to skip payments on the car? can we afford to send the kids to college? inflation reduction act is a god send. it will save people one prostate cancer drug $6000 a year. thousands of women are taking breast cancer treatment. we will see the savings. kevin: for all the back slapping, analysts point out that the biden students loan give away will eat up progress on inflation. the student debt cancellation announced by the biden administration will cost $500 billion over 10 years, under our estimate,
good morning. welcome to morning joe on this monday, july 1st. this morning, we are waking up to a sea of headlines and opinion pieces from major news organizations, former party leaders, and very loud whispers, mostly behind the scenes, from present leading democrats who say it is over. here s a taste of the global call for president joe biden to get out of the race. the new york times editorial board says biden is not the man he was four years ago, calling his candidacy, quote, a reckless gamble. editors at georgia s largest newspaper, the atlanta journal constitution, echoed that take, demanding the president pass the torch. quote, biden deserves a better exit from public life than the one he endured when he shuffled off the stage on thursday night. then there were the headlines, sneering, mocking, jeering all at once. this was the performance that has gotten us to this point. we had a thousand trillionaires in america. i mean billionaires. what s happening? they r
with their chins held at an extraordinary angle. a woman in traditional dress and a bouquet of flowers waits to deliver it to the visiting russian leader. all the while, the north korean leader paces up and down here s mr putin coming down the steps to greet his host at the bottom there s a handshake, a hug and an air kiss. it all seems very cordial as the translators move in for the pleasantries. eventually the flower lady gets to present her blooms to the russian president there s a slightly awkward bow, but it all seems to go down well. then, after a bit more chit chat they re off. they ve lots to talk about presumably after some sleep. here s our diplomatic correspondent paul adams. vladimir putin s first trip to pyongyang in almost a quarter of a century a measure of this relationship s growing importance. a warm welcome from the north korean leader, two men shunned by much of the world, united in defiance of the west, each bearing a shopping list, their embrace