truth about the profiteering going on in the war, telling the truth about the fact that putin is sending hundreds of thousands of men into this conflict and into this meat grinder and does not care about their prigozhin comes off as caring about the trips and standing up for them and putin is very concerned that that could infect the thinking of the entire military. also, prigozhin comes off in the russian elite is the one guy who can stand up to putin and remembering a system like putin s if anyone is willing to stand up to the main man and get away with it, then, he really ends up looking like the biggest guy in town and that is very bad for putin. we biggest guy in town and that is very bad for putin. very bad for putin. we will leave it there very bad for putin. we will leave it there and - very bad for putin. we will leave it there and thank i very bad for putin. we will. leave it there and thank you very much. steve fish, a politics professor at the californian university. the
it was clear one side or other would have to move, bringing what had been a simmering crisis to the boil. live now to steve fish, politics professor at the university of california, berkeley. thank you forjoining us. if we were confused yesterday when this news began, we may be more confused now that it has ended. what is your view on what has happened in russia over the past 2a hours or so? happened in russia over the past 24 hours or so?- happened in russia over the past 24 hours or so? one of the thins past 24 hours or so? one of the things that past 24 hours or so? one of the things that have past 24 hours or so? one of the things that have come - past 24 hours or so? one of the things that have come out - past 24 hours or so? one of the things that have come out of. things that have come out of this is that now prigozhin looks like the strongest guy in russia. rememberthe looks like the strongest guy in russia. remember the main way that the top guy stays in power is to look s
the eastern city is now largely in ruins and largely in russian hands in particular in the hands of fighters like these from the wagner mercenary group, whose leader yevgeny prigozhin claimed to have full control here. from house to house, he said, we took the whole city . something that ukrainian commanders and leaders denied. translation: bakhmut is not occupied by the russian - federation as of today. there are not two or three ways of interpreting those words. what s clear is that tens of thousands of russians have died here. many more have been diverted from other areas. and ultimately, that may be more important than who holds the ruins. steve fish is politics professor at the university of california, berkeley.
[applause] all right we have unanimity! but just two weeks later mike pence is saying, maybe not. well, i respect the speaker s commitment to take social security and medicare off the table for the debt ceiling negotiations. we ve got to put them on the table in the long term. meanwhile, the washington post reports, the biden white house has been discussing the coming social security shortfall which is a reality. they met with senator bernie sanders to discuss his plan to uncapped social security payroll taxes on high earners. back with us to discuss, jason johnson, politics professor at morgan state university, and mark mckinnon form advisor to both george bush and john mccain, his co-host of the circus on showtime.
johnson, politics professor at morgan state university, and mark mckinnon form advisor to both george bush and john mccain, his co-host of the circus on showtime. jason, let s start with bernie sanders planned. clearly a strong contrast to republican, but it would mean raising pirate axes in americans making between 160 grand and $400,000. as pride president biden has already promised he would not do. is this thing going anywhere? probably not, but stephanie the thing that everybody needs to understand is that we are not dealing with a leader ship with the democrats, the republicans are basically not interested in governing, just continue with a long term coup. or facing a crisis, is not a crisis to mismanagement. not a crisis to foolishness. it s a crisis because our entire system of social security was based on this pyramid scheme like in high school or, the junior class base for the seniors classes prom and echoes fine, until the junior classes laziness bake sale doesn t goes wron