justice samuel alito - and no one else there s no other birthdays o that day [laughter thank, you my friend thank you and thank you at-home for joining us this. our i m happy to have you here i know it is weird to have m here on a thursday, like i was last night, and now and friday as i am tonight. i know that is unusual but your usual host at thi hour, the great alex wagner, i off on a family vacation thi week great week to choose, alex wagner and because she is a way, yo are stuck with me. i apologize, alex wagner we ll be back next week. but tonight, because you are stuck with me, you are als stuck with this. - believe you and i have all received copies of the statement that i read to the court, in open court as i said in that statement, the reason that i have changed my decision to fight thi matter is because i now believ it would be against th national interest and have a brutalizing effect on my family, that s had a long two-year struggle concerning this matte
tonight. but your usual host at thi hour would be alex wagner s of on a family vacation this week great week to choose, alex and because she is a way you are stuck with me. i apologize. alex we ll be back next week but tonight, because you are stuck with me, you are als stuck with this. gentlemen, i believe you ve all received copies of the prepared statement that i read to the court in open court as i said in that statement, the reason i changed m decision to fight this matte is because i do not believe it would be against the nationa interest and we have a brutalizing effect of my famil and is gone a through two-year struggle concerning this matter. you also may be aware that wha i said in open court, that i categorically and flatly den the assertions that were mad by the private prosecutors wit regard to their contentions of bribery and extortion on m part i will have nothing more to sa at this point. i will make an address to th nation within a few days and so the cri
create a world where you won t have to be brave just to b yourself for trans people on our countr this year, so much depends o who controls the state government where you live. in minnesota, democrats contro the state house, state senate, and the governorship right now they are passing legislation right now to effectively mak minnesota a refuge for trans people who travel there seeking, among other things, medica care in nebraska, democrats are i the minority there, but thos democrats have been using what power they have, even in the minority, to filibuster ever single bill. filibustering every single bil in the legislature just to try and stop republicans from goin after trans kids look, here s news tonight from tennessee, another state where republicans control th government in tennessee, republicans spen the day waiting for their ne ban on drag to take effect a midnight, tonight, nice timing guys thanks to a republican passe law as of midnight tonight, se
minority, to filibuster ever single bill. filibustering every single bil in the legislature just to try and stop republicans from goin after trans kids look, here s news tonight from tennessee, another state where republicans control th government in tennessee, republicans spen the day waiting for their ne ban on drag to take effect a midnight, tonight, nice timing guys thanks to a republican passe law as of midnight tonight, se to become illegal in tennessee to have a drag performance anywhere a minor might conceivably be present, whic of course is anywhere. repeat offenses could put yo in prison for up to six years. we could report, right now tennessee republicans are goin to be waiting longer tha midnight for that. tonight, since we have been on the air, a federal judge has put a hold on that new law judge thomas parker is a trump appointee, who wrote this in his ruling quote, without our country s federal framework, states ar