Cautious step as monarch, she is torn between the palace old forward led by her mother and those like her husband philip who want change. With scandals swirling around her sister margaret threatening to tarnish her reign, the queen must assert her power. Sacrificing the happiness of those she loves. February 1952. Elizabeth ii has been queen for just a few days, following the death of her father, king george vi. Shortly after the kings lord mount batten Prince Philips uncle holds a dinner party at the house in hampshire. Lord Louis Mountbatten played a key role in the life of his young nephew philip. When philip is a child the family are deposed and they flee to exile, and really his father has no time for him. Louis mountbatten takes over as Philips Guardian and so he sees him as his son really. Lord mountbatten had always had domestic ambitions for his nephew philip. He was like some sort of medieval character plotting the advance of his own dynasty. Lord mountbatten makes a radical
cautious step as monarch, she is torn between the palace old forward led by her mother and those like her husband philip who want change. with scandals swirling around her sister margaret threatening to tarnish her reign, the queen must assert her power. sacrificing the happiness of those she loves. february 1952. elizabeth ii has been queen for just a few days, following the death of her father, king george vi. shortly after the king s lord mount batten prince philip s uncle holds a dinner party at the house in hampshire. lord louis mountbatten played a key role in the life of his young nephew philip. when philip is a child the family are deposed and they flee to exile, and really his father has no time for him. louis mountbatten takes over as philip s guardian and so he sees him as his son really. lord mountbatten had always had domestic ambitions for his nephew philip. he was like some sort of medieval character plotting the advance of his own dynasty. lord mou
you prefer the soviet style prt of the democratic party s internal elections, where votes from merely a formality. all the really big decisions, the meaningful ones, are made thars in advance by donors. oh, of course, everyone sif y on board. that s what they do. but ifou prefe you prefer democy to oligarchy, if you prefer real debates about issues thatet actually matter, it s pretty. refreshing to see it . yes, it s a little chaotic, buti this is what it s supposed to be now. we re going to give you a lotth more detail on what s happening in just a minute and throughout the week. but first, t firs a quick overviewe big to frame the big points. kevi kevin mccarthy of californo was going to be speaker. he was g wants to be speaker. in fact, he wants that job, more than anything else in his life. and he was going to get it. ause but then a group ofd that kevin twenty republican members stopped him. now they stopped becausepresent they decided that kevin mccarthy is not conser
that means they re off limits to you and all other ordinary american citizens who don tericn work for the government. you re not allowed to sewhe thet despite the fact they belong to you. now, no matter what, you may have heard the point of the system is not to protect the country from foreign adversaries under the administration. we don t even bother to do that anymore. now, the point the system is to take power from the voters and the officials they elect and hand that power to the permanent bureaucracy in washington.lect and hand that it s infuriating and over time it is dangerous. us. but for once, we can repot some meaningful pushback against this regime of secrecy and deceit. kevin mccarthy of californii tha decei became speaker of the housee last week, last friday, and in . one of his first big policy changes, he is pledging to let americans see, quote, all that l happened at the u.s. capitol on january six . 2020 one . and that means finally 14,00 releasing the rou
than ever. but it s not the wholele story. and because it s not, we re taking the next hour to show you the other side. yes, this country has problems . we wouldn t have veryng i interesting tv show if it didn t. but the truth is that thisitnt countrry alsy also has an awfulo going for it more than any other country in the world. more th great people, deep nl beauty and a culture wide love s. animals, which matter so even where there. is tremendous suffering, all of ithat shines through. that s the gift.s laurie simmons is the perfect example of this.ues dogs she rescues dogs across the country, including those have been abandoned at t the southern border. bor back inke to henovember when we got down to eagle pass down at the rio grand last week and saw hunder and hundreds of starving and abandoned dogs left to fend for themselves from legalgal im immigrants that cross the border. the borders. on bus then they geest on buses and jut leave them behind. these dogs can t sur