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Policy and what he describes as republican right wing revolution. It is not just the trump presidency, it is the rightwing revolution, which is captured, control up to this moment, of the presidency, the house am a part of the senate, and now the Supreme Court. Amy all that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Secretary of state Rex Tillerson is in moscow meeting with his Russian Foreign minister Sergei Lavrov, amid mounting tensions between the u. S. And russia over the war in syria. On tuesday, white house officials accused russia of trying to cover up the Syrian Governments role in last weeks alleged chemical attack, which killed 86 civilians, including dozens of children. While the u. S. Asserts the Syrian Government carried out the attack, russia has blamed it on the antigovernment rebels. The Russian Foreign minister has called the u. S. Rhetoric primitive and loutish. Russian president Vladimir Putin has sig
Discuss the war in syria, we look at how President Trump has been escalating u. S. Treks across the middle east. We will speak to longtime investigative journalist allan nairn about trumps Foreign Policy and what he describes as republican right wing revolution. It is not just the trump presidency, it is the rightwing revolution, which is captured, control up to this moment, of the presidency, the house am a part of the senate, and now the Supreme Court. Amy all that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Secretary of state rex t tillern is in moscow meeting with his Russian Foreign minister Sergei Lavrov, amid mounting tensions between the u. S. And russia over the war in syria. On tuesday, white house officials accused russia of trying to cocover up the s syrin governments role in last weeks alleged chemical attack, which killed 86 civilians, including dozens of children. While the u. S. Asserts the syrian g govern
Discuss the war in syria, we look at how President Trump has been escalating u. S. Treks across the middle east. We will speak to longtime investigative journalist allan nairn about trumps Foreign Policy and what he describes as republican right wing revolution. It is not just the trump presidency, it is the rightwing revolution, which is captured, control up to this moment, of the presidency, the house am a part of the senate, and now the Supreme Court. Amy all that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Secretary of state rex t tillern is in moscow meeting with his Russian Foreign minister Sergei Lavrov, amid mounting tensions between the u. S. And russia over the war in syria. On tuesday, white house officials accused russia of trying to cocover up the s syrin governments role in last weeks alleged chemical attack, which killed 86 civilians, including dozens of children. While the u. S. Asserts the syrian g govern
Continue to address outdated sentencing laws. Unethical prosecutors. We will communicate the experience of criminal defendants. Our sons and our daughters and our cousins and next door neighbors. The defendants in our communities that they have confident council. You will see the Congressional Black Caucus fighting for targeted funding for persistent communities. They are at least 300 native counties in the United States where 20 or more of the population has been living below the poverty line not since the recession started but for the last 30 years. The Congressional Black Caucus will be advocating what i will call the clyburn plan. Some call it the 10 20, 30 plan that directs at least 10 of the grands and digressionary budget be targeted to the communities. This is not a part stan issue. They represent more than the democratic members. That means we will call on the republican conference to join with the Democratic Caucus and lass legislation to address persistent 54 efforter in ame