if there is anything tha recent events in tennessee and other states have taught us, i should be that state legislatures are critical fo our democracy. i mean, it is where america policy is made and if we don t know who you re stat representatives are, you shoul get to know them because the are determining the future state houses create policies whose impact can reach beyond state lines and influenc entire regions, affectin peoples pocketbooks, education s abilities to make decisions about their own bodies and virtually every facet of lif you can think of beyond laws alone, how you state legislature s run has direct impact on you as well i mean, look at tennessee. more than 136,000 tennesseeans woke up on friday morning with a no representation in their own state house. that s because the republica majority expelled of the two youngest black male legislators, representatives justin pearson and justin jones, saying the violated house decorum rules all for demanding tha
tell, it is to keep the voters miserable. it seems democrats misery because it s demoralizing and the more demoralized the populace feels, the more powerful the parties politicians become. as a result, take your average democratic voter and there is one. have you ever noticed how modern progressives seem so unsatisfied? they seemed anxious of unhinged, little angry nose rings, purple hair. a recent survey by yougov found that liberals were roughly two times less likely than conservatives to feel completely satisfied with their lives. now liberals also reported feeling less satisfied with their own mental health. i ll back them up on that and their family lives and you can see why their entire belief system is in part dedicated and predicated on the idea that the world is about to end due to climate change. it s been in the schools forever. they re hearing it from powerful politicians like aoc, and it means they re willing to do anything, even destroy priceless torrico pieces
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growing outrage in tennessee one of the ousted lawmaker s justin jones joins me live wit his former boss congresswoma barbara lee. vice president harris speaks out. they understood the importance, these three of standing to say that peopl will not be silenced donald trump s pinch. jack smith is about to get his most important witness in th january six insurrection yet former vice president mike pence. i m jonathan, this is th saturday show. a house divided against itself cannot stand the focus of abraham lincoln s 1850 speech was slavery and th most in the minority of mostly southern white wealthy lan owning men who wanted to maintain it. in this democracy. the same men would start and lose a war to keep that evil institution. but more than two centurie later, the fury of that battle still smolders the tennessee three face expulsion votes this week, following a protest in the state house chamber demandin stricter gun safety measures after a mass shooting at a national ele
good evening, and welcome t politicsnation tonight s lead, rights versu might. it has been a whirlwind political week, with republicans from the state house to the courthouse, tryin to force their ultraconservative agenda o americans who have repeatedl rejected their platform at the ballot box but trump appointed federa judge yesterday suspended th fda s longtime approval of ach abortion drug, the latest blow to reproductive rights which have been under assault sinc the overturn of roe v. wad last summer. meanwhile in tennessee republican state lawmakers voted to expel two black representatives for speaking out against gun violence invoking rules used only twice before since the civil war a fair lawmaker who barely escaped this himself joins u live in just a moment. and of course, there s forme president donald trump, defyin in the face of an unprecedente criminal indictment. his house gop allies are rushing to his defense targeting the democratically elected africa