years of precedent and overturn roe versus wade, it was far from the final battle on either side over access to abortion health care in america. among independent voters, democratic voters and large numbers of republican voters, it s been a political spark that continues to jolt and potentially reshape our politics the power of the courts assault on a right supported by a majority of all americans is only exacerbated by the right s ongoing assault on access to reproductive health care the gop s war on women s reproductive freedom reached a new crescendo on friday night in the form of a ruling from a right-wing federal judge who was hand picked to make a decision that would further eliminate access to reproductive health care judge matthew kacsmaryk ordered the 23-year long fda approval of a drug called mifepristone be put on hold in every single state. it s one half of the two-drug regimen used in medication abortions. he gave the government seven days to appeal his ruling w
political office while they ignore what s happening in the american people. it begs the question why have we seen this rise quickly and i think it s because the right wing is now understanding that time is not on their side, that this new generation of voters, millennials and gen-z are voting and care about their future and work on the issues of our time they know this they re getting ready and doing everything they can to be able to govern in a minority rule situation. that s why we see people like governor desantis and people in texas and tennessee abuse their power to remove people from office and it s like a backlash we re seeing because of the youth vote coming out right now. it is in any objective read the autocrats tool kit desantis war on the press the tennessee republican s war
abuses about what was arguably the worst presidency in u.s. history, including the trump administration s war on the press. the new york times reports the trump justice department secretly seized the phone records of four new york times reporters spanning nearly four months in 2017 as part of a leak investigation. it should come as no surprise that those records were obtained in 2020 when the cover-up general, william barr, was the attorney general. while the doj rifling through journalists phone records is a flagrant attack on the free press, what they were reportedly looking for is just as troubling. that is coming up next.
our singular objective as a company right now is to increase the health of public conversation. conspiracy theorists like alex jones have been kicked off the platforms. is that the right solution? should there be more oversight? those are questions for 2019. the number one media story of 2018 is president trump s war on the press, getting real. antimedia words from the president are nothing new. they are truly an enemy of the people, the fake news. this year we saw actions and consequences. there were physical threats like a series of package bombs allegedly mailed by trump supporter. the targets were some of the president s critics and cnn. did they have project iiles. that sounds like a fire alarm. we ll keep you posted on that. it was a package mailed into
but this is different. secretary of state is heading to pyongyang this weekend. right. what s the message here? the message here it seems to me is that we re in a very uneven approach to north korea right now. it is wonderful that the president took the heat out of the idea of a war with north korea. when you get into diplomacy, that has to be a patient business. and the secretary of state said on air about ten days ago this time before we have this next notion we negotiation we ll do it carefully and slowly but he s not. he s followed the president s jazzed up model of diplomacy. thank you for enemy of the people, trump s war on the press. marvin, friend and colleague. thank you. great to see you. we ll be right back. tech: don t wait for a chip like this to crack your whole windshield. with safelite s exclusive resin,