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Kamala harris is making headlines for what she said and her first sitdown interview since becoming the nominee. And donald trump is making headlines for his incoherence on the trail and his deranged posts on social media. Plus, another clip of jd vance resurfaces. Once again highlighting his bizarre obsession with people who don t have children. In this one, he calls out the president of the american federation of teachers by name, and randi weingarten is here to respond with and later, as the paralympics get underway in paris, we will show you my conversation with two of the most inspiring people i have ever talked with britta paralympian s mckenzie cohen and oksana masters. [ music ] okay, so tomorrow is labor day, which for many of you it likely means parties, picnics and parades, hot dogs, watermelon, whatever it may be point it is also usually the start of the political season, but this year, it is safe to say it came a bit earlier. Take a look at what has happened in the past f
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Trump’s threats aren’t performative he’s pointing a loaded gun at democracy.
January 5, 2021
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If people “define situations as real, they are real in their consequences,” William Isaac Thomas and Dorothy Swaine Thomas wrote in 1928. That sociological insight often referred to as the Thomas theorem offers the best way to think about this peculiar moment in American politics.
It’s what the “senior Republican official” quoted by
The Washington Post in early November, on how to respond to President Donald Trump’s baseless allegations of electoral fraud, failed to understand. “What is the downside for humoring him for this little bit of time?” the official asked.