good evening, i m mehdi hasan. let us be clear what happened. a democratic president was elected to office in the midst of a once in a generation crisis, he entered into the white house with a mandate for the american people, a clear authorization for the president to push ahead with eight ambitious legislative agenda. but, a major obstacles hands in his way. a right wing, reactionary supreme court, with very little public legitimacy. sound familiar? this week, the supreme court wrapped up one of its most controversial terms in modern american history, scaling back decades of progress in the matter of near weeks. we ve actually been here before, following a landslide victory 1936, president franklin d. roosevelt was elected to a second term in office. securing what was, at the time, the largest popular vote tally in american history. fdr s victory sold out of not only a personal win, but a decisive victory for his signature legislative agenda, the new deal. despite the progra
of a once in a generation chrysler. santa or the white house with a clear authorization for the president to push ahead with unambitious legislative agenda but a major obstacle stands on his way, a right-wing reactionary supreme court with very little public legitimacy. some familiar? this week discipline court wrapped up an immense most controversial terms in american history. scaling back decades of progress in the matter of mere weeks. we ve actually been here before. following a landslide victory in 1936, president franklin d. roosevelt was elected to a second term in office. securing what was, at the time, the largest popular vote tally in american history. fdr s victory sold out of not only a personal win, but a decisive victory for his signature legislative agenda, the new deal. despite the program s popularity amongst the american people, it faced some serious opposition at the nation s highest court, over the years, fdr watched as the supreme court, led by a group
for people that were against gay marriage? i reflect deeply about how i justified that and how i rationalized. and now i think, look, if i can work for somebody who wants to take away the most important part of my life, then how easy it is for somebody who is ambitious to rationalize going along with trump when maybe they re not affected at all. their privilege. their life is not going to be impacted by what s happening by trump s mean tweets or his cruelty. at least it s a prime example of. this i knew elise. i interviewed all her friends. she wouldn t interview with me. i knew her. well i worked with her. she ran in 2014 as april gave, pro immigration. i want to deal with climate change. rational, compassionate republican. that was her campaign in 2014. should not even say trump s name until 2017, after he was already in office. now here she is. she saw her opportunity and grabbed it. i think what we learned is that these rationalizations, when you see power,
they re not affected at all. their privilege. their life is not going to be impacted by what s happening by trump s mean tweets or his cruelty. at least it s a prime example of. this i knew elise. i interviewed all her friends. she wouldn t interview with me. i knew her. well i worked with her. she ran in 2014 as april gave, pro immigration. i want to deal with climate change. rational, compassionate republican. that was her campaign in 2014. should not even say trump s name until 2017, after he was already in office. now here she is. she saw her opportunity and grabbed it. i think what we learned is that these rationalizations, when you see power, for certain kinds of people. you said elsewhere that you see her as a likely be candid for donald trump. that s a scary thought. tim, your book is not just a broadside against gop in the republican consultants, one of whom you were, but against the d. c. political caucus in general. people who just work in the
that we ll put actual pressure on them. and fourth and finally, enhancing our cyber capability. vladimir putin continues to rattle this. i think the odds of him actually crossing that border and anger, i think are decreasing. we ll see. you know admiral though, we have the tools, i don t think russia wants to engage us militarily. it s not a fair fight. it would not be a fair fight. the question is are we going to engage? we refuse to engage in 2014. should we hold back in what aid we sent ukraine? should we wait until after we invade ukraine, we make it obvious to vladimir putin that