justice is blind now. that s a lofty standard. sta but because americans have long believed in fairnessndarericans, and because most of the people in charge of administering that system have behave d in good faith, this country has, for liv the most part, lived up to its core ideal for two hundred and fifty years, making it the greatest country in the world. but the populist surgthe of 2016 changed everything permanent. washington s suddenly felt more threatened by its own voters, by american voters than by any foreign adversary, donald trump. dom, seem more dangerous than isis. they panicked and in their panic, our leaders decided to turn the american legal system as well as thete american intel agencies and if necessary, the u.s. armyopponen. against their political opponents. they felt they had n theyo choin doing this. they abandoned the ancient principld e of equality under the law, and they replaced it with what is effectively a loyalty oath. opponents of the regime
poisoned an entire town in ohio, the transportation secretary, the man in charge of preventing train derailments, held a press conference attacking white construction workers because they re the problem. it s nineteen fifty two . our eight year old president , meanwhile, 80 years old, he seems convinced it s nineteen fifteen. and we re all living in rural alabama, burning crosses the front yards of terrified sharecroppers to amuse ourselves. we don t have tv. biden gave a speech the other day in 2020 three to denounce lynching as lynching is still happening in the united states . it s all seems a little delusional. so it was with a genuine relief that we saw today. one of biden s top cabinet officials, janet yellen, who runs the treasury department, signed off her twitter account. finally, leave washington and meet with actual flesh and blood human beings. who are suffering. and now what did she meet with them to prove her sincerity, janet yellen brought with her a
it knows. it saythe s unmanned drone was harassed and damaged by two russian fighter jets ove over w international waters.. it s all we have. we s all we have. we re going have to take re e their word for it. everybody else seems to be. lierybody else seems to be. lindsey graham didn t ask many penetrating questions. no, he moved immediately, seized the opportunity to demanthat thed the pentagon k the russian air force.here he here he is . what we should hold them accountable and say that if you t nearever get near another upsa flying in international watersl. your airplane would be shot down.ld what would ronald reagan do right now? ronalhe would he would startn e shooting russian planes down if they were threateninreg our assets. what would ronald reagan do? good quewould ronald reagan do? oh, good. senator graham. ronald r. senator graham. question. senator graham, ronald reagan s two term presidency was notablen for the fact that he did not declare war on the russian
fe s reacting against what h we feels inside, which is the steady loss of his power as a man. the faster thatthe faster poa recedes, the more franticallys he asserts it. .e is raging against the dying of the light. the ligt these last embarrassing decisions are, in fact, hisroes. death throes. it s sad, really. it is reallunfortunately, whatt fo men also tends to happen to the systems they create. for the last 80 years, our world has been governe0 d by a system formed in the final months of world war two. its features.tures de define oue free and open global trade routes guaranteed by the g us navy, a universal currency called the dollarreme and overseeing it all p one supreme power, the world s largest economy, the united states of america.system it s been a great system in most ways, but for manyg th reasons, including the passage of time thate system is dying. what comes next is not entirely clear , but how to influence it to america s greatest possible advantage. gr
is a form of white supremacy. as a result, not surprisingly, car burglaries have risen quite a bit. mr. daria, the attendant is not white, but apparently he s sick of watching other people get robbed. so he told the man to get out, leave the garage. in response, the man pulled out a handgun and fired four times ,hit there in the head. and the stomach was a nightmare. but somehow matsudaira had the presence of mind to wrestle the gun from the man and then fire back before the man could shoot him or anyone else. by the time police arrived, both men were lying on the sidewalk bleeding. now, what do you think happened in a scene? self respecting society said the area would have received a medal if not a ticker tape parade. but in the city of new york , he was arrested and charged with attempted murder and illegal possession of a gun. the same gun that had been used to shoot him. darryl woke up in bellevue hospital shackled to his bed. the new york post ran this pictur