but in a more present danger. it s about them trying to gain control over the administration of the next election. taking the administration of elections out of the hands of nonpartisan technical professionals and putting it in the hands of people who say the last election was stolen. and who say they re going to make sure the right person wins the next time. i mean, that s happening even in the reddest counties in texas, that have the reddest election results you can possibly imagine. and then look at what is happening in michigan right now. this is a remarkable new story from the dallas news. excuse me, from the detroit news. republican party leaders across the battleground state of michigan quietly worked in recent weeks to replace incumbent county election officials with newcomers. some of whom have sought to undermine the public space of the 2020 vote. they focus on member canvassing boards. do you remember a couple weeks
the 2020 results are pushing for changes to voting laws because there is something so wrong with the 2020 voting, a lot of the time they ll say this isn t about overturning the 2020 election. it s about them trying to gain control over the administration of the next election. taking the administration of elections out of the hands of nonpartisan technical professionals and putting it in the hands of people who say the last election was stolen. that s happening eastbound in the reddest counties in texas that have the reddest election results can you possibly imagine. and then look at what is happening in michigan right now. this say remarkable new story from the dallas news. excuse me, from the detroit news. republican party leaders across the battleground state of michigan quietly worked in recent weeks to replace
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including phyllis schlafly. in january the board voted down an amendment to include senator ted kennedy in a list of important historic. at the replace the word capitalism with the words free enterprise system and cut jefferson from the list of people whose writings inspired revolution from the curriculum of world history courses. that last amendment was put together by cynthia dunbar who joins us. also is wayne slater, from the dallas news. thank you for joining us. explain that last one. why isn t thomas jefferson seen as a leader of revolutionary thinking? he wrote the declaration of independence. and i am glad you put that
some are now admitting they underestimated harvey, one man telling the dallas news that staying is the dumbest thing i ve ever done. his house was torn apart by a tree. he and his wife prayed they d stay alive. other desperate residents terrified and begging for help. just pray. just pray. that s all i ask. just pray for my babies. the mayor of houston is pleading with residents to stay off the roads, many of which including freeways, are already flooded. rosa floroes is live for us in houston you lived in that city and say you ve never seen anything like this? reporter: you know, jake, it is overwhelming just the amount of water that has ponded all over the city of houston. take a look over my shoulder. you can see that there is a sign that says i-45 north toward dallas. that s the ramp to the interstate. you can t see it right now because it has turned into a raging river. now, houston is a city of bayous.