Bring to tame any remnants of this era have vanished like the former east German Parliament building which was located here just around the corner from the museum the palace of the republic has made way for a replica of the royal palace this is where the east German Parliament used to convene the for decades the real power elite with the ruling socialist unity party of germany it was only after the east german revolution that free elections became possible and lawmakers. Entered Parliament Despite a point to which really were just a motley mix of political neal fights who happened to go on to write history. East germanys parliament was staffed by newbies. That we quickly learned how politics works and what we need to do to shape it and was. You know yes 990 east german lawmakers voted for the country to join west germany it was a key moment in the pro. To work german unification announced by the elected head herself yahav 294 delegates voted yes. But visitors to the berlin palace would
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Sorry. What did he do . Sorry. Thats peoples work. Leave it be. Hes an idiot. Announcer its a late show with Stephen Colbert. Tonight, everythings coming up covid. Plus stephen welcomes andy cohen and musical guest phoebe bridgers. Featuring jon batiste and stay homin. And now, live on tape from a safe distance, its Stephen Colbert stephen welcome to a late show. Im your host Stephen Colbert. Yesterday, for the 41st straight day, the sevenday average of new Coronavirus Infections in the u. S. Went up. Turns out doing nothing does nothing. But were learning more about exactly why the administration is doing so little. Part of the problem white house chief of staff and toddler who refuses to go potty, mark meadows. Apparently, behind the scenes, has been particularly forceful in his view that the white house should avoid drawing attention to the virus. Oh, yeah, whenever theres an historic crisis, the less said the better. Like uncle sam said in those wartime recruitment posters i want y