Create fear and bullying and then they alone are the ones that can fix it. And so, if you dont have knowledge, fear becomes much more inviting. And what we are trying to do is create knowledge. We dont want our kids, we dont want to determine what our kids think, but we really want our kids to know how to think. And so, for mike pompeo to say that, it means that the code is, i dont want kids to have knowledge. And this is what, part of why they banned books and as they try to stop the teaching of honest history, that is what School Teachers do in k12. And what i love about my union is we are one of the largest nurse unions, nurses are giving out books. We are the largest higher ed, our faculties are giving up books. Public employees are giving out books. This has become union work, to actually make sure that we give knowledge and the joy of reading. I like you said, if you dont have knowledge, fear is more inviting. My friend, randi weingarten, president of the American Federation of t
Brian tyler cohen, thank you for your time and insight into these important matters. That is our show this evening. Now it is time for the last word with ali velshi in for lawrence. I love to listen and what you did last on the show and offer you very legitimate and sincere comments on however the discussion went. We didnt have time tonight. I also wouldnt be able to do that if i was the last guest on the show, so i appreciate the strategic spacing. Alex, have a great weekend and see you next week. Have a good show. The third week of Donald Trumps historic criminal trial has come to a close, setting the stage for what could be the end of the Prosecution Case next week, but not before another highprofile witness, former trump fixer Michael Cohen. We saw dramatic testimony from Adult Film Star Stormy Daniels who would not be intimidated by Donald Trumps lawyers out of telling her account of the alleged sexual encounter with donald trump and the subsequent scheme to buy her silence. Today
But not before another high profile witness, former trump fixer, Michael Cohen. We saw dramatic Witness Testimony from Stormy Daniels who would not be intimidated by lawyers out of telling her account of the allegedly counter encounter with trump. Todays testimony did not include any star witnesses, but it was important in setting the stage for next week. The trump lawyer turned enemy, Michael Cohen, will take the witness stand monday. He was the fixer of the 130,000 cash money payment to Stormy Daniels before the president ial election of 2016. We began the trial today and continued testimony from trumps former director of oval office operations. She remains loyal to trump despite being fired in 2019 after she reportedly told reporters she did not want to be photographed with trumps daughter, tiffany, because of her weight and used her testimony to paint donald trump as a hardworking, family man. A picture that was unrecognizable to pretty much anyone else who has ever heard of donald
This unusual day in the House Of Representatives. We will figure out a way to talk about this too, with congressman james clyburn, who had every right in the world to think he had seen it all until today. Nobody has seen it all, apparently, with this House Republican conference. Unusual is one word for it, my friend. One word for it. Thank you, alex. Have a great show. Matt gaetz, the 42yearold republican congressman who overthrew the speaker of the house today, had not been born yet when republican Ronald Reagan began running against government. Ronald reagan was the first republican president to be rhetorically and only rhetorically Anti Government. The last republican president , elected before reagan, richard knutson, was a very conservative republican. But he believed in the governments capacity to solve problems. Nixon willingly signed the legislation creating the Environmental Protection agency. Richard nixon pushed a Health Care Bill in congress that was structurally similar to
President of the United States that was just smacked down by a judge in new york, to the historic chaos unfolding in the House Of Representatives, where Kevin Mccarthy was just ousted as Speaker Of The House. And we are going to get to all of that this evening but to understand how we got here, we need to go back exactly 1000 days ago. To january 6th, 2021, when a violent mob stormed the u. S. Capitol. In the wake of that deadly attack, minority leader Kevin Mccarthy took to the house floor and said this. The president bears responsibility for wednesdays attack on congress by mob rioters. He should have immediately denounced the mob when he saw what was unfolding. That moment was the closest Kevin Mccarthy ever came to pulling himself out from under the heel of his partys hard right base. It did not last long. After that rebuke of donald trump, mr. Mccarthy spent each and every day paying penance, trying to work his way back into the good graces of the farright. Less than three weeks l