Endured that day but bloody sunday was a Turning Point in the civil rights movement. Those images of Alabama State Troopers Beating and gassing John Lewis. Hes one in the backpack, and his fellow protesters, both horrified and galvanized americans and their politicians. The Landmark Voting Rights Act passed just five months after bloody sunday, and its provisions held for half a century until the hard right conservatives on the u. S. Supreme court made their idiotic decision to throw out its provision requiring certain historically discriminatory parts of the country to get preclearance from the Justice Department before making any changes that affect voting. To quote the late Justice Ruth Bader ginsburg in her dissent, throwing out preclearance when it has worked and is continuing to work to stop discriminatory changes is like throwing away your umbrella in a rainstorm because youre not getting wet. Thats what the John Lewis voting Rights Act seeks to restore and even expand, those pr
Today marks the inaugural juneteenth federal holiday, americas 11th federal holiday signed into law by President Biden on thursday. This is a day of profound in my view profound weight and profound power. By Making Juneteenth a federal holiday, all americans can feel the power of this day and learn from our history. Great nations dont ignore their most painful moments. Great nations dont ignore the most painful moments. They dont ignore those moments of the past, they embrace them. Following a years long push, passage of the juneteenth federal Holiday Legislation actually came together quite quickly, unanimously passing the senate and overwhelmingly passing the house. But these 14 republicans, a whos who of Trump Bottom feeders voted against this historic legislation. Voted against commemorating the end of slavery in america. While the juneteenth federal holiday shows that congress can get something done, it doesnt mean that they will continue to do so especially with the Senate Filibu
To deal with the Growing Threat of White Supremacists and domestic terrorism. Director wray is defending his agencys actions and condemning the insurrection. That attack, that siege, was criminal behavior, plain and simple. And its behavior that we the fbi view as domestic terrorism. Its got no place in our democracy. And tolerating it would make a mockery of our nations rule of law. Racially motivated violent extremism specifically of the sort that advocates for the superiority of the white race is a persistent evolving threat. Its the biggest chunk of our racially motivated violent extremism cases for sure. And racially motivated violent extremism is the biggest chunk of our domestic terrorism portfolio, if you will, overall. Wray went on to back the fbis handling of intelligence before january 6th, saying it was raw, unverified, and uncorroborated social media chatter. But it was shared in multiple ways, though not directly with him. Some angry demented guy living in moms basement,
However, Capitol Police say it has no indication there will be any violence. And Congress Just finished the latest in a series of hearings, looking into the deadly insurrection at the u. S. Capitol on january 6th. Christopher wray answered questions from senators about intelligence and communication failures and who exactly was behind the riots. That attack, that siege was criminal behavior, plain and simple. And it is behavior that we the fbi view as Domestic Terrorism. It has no place in our democracy and tolerating it would make a mockery of our nations rule of law. We have not to date seen any evidence of anarchists, violence or extremists, with antifa in connection with the 6th. Weve seen quite a number as were building out the cases on the individuals weve arrested for the violence. Quite a number who, what we would call militia violent extremists. So we have a number who selfidentify with the proud boys or the oath keepers. Things like that. We have a couple instances where weve
Neanderthal thinking about covid19. He says texas and mississippi are making a big mistake by lifting Mask Mandates and other restrictions right now. And in new York Governor Andrew Cuomo is speaking out about allegations of Sexual Harassment. He says hes not resigning but he is apologizing for acting in a way that made people feel uncomfortable. Lets go right to our justice correspondent, jessica schneider. Shes working on this important story for us. Jessica, another potential threat, hard to believe, to the u. S. Capitol as we speak right now. As Congress Continues to investigate the attack of january 6th. Thats exactly right, wolf. And weve just learned that the house has changed its voting schedule because of these threats. Members will stay late tonight instead of coming back tomorrow. And thats all after the joint bulletin from the fbi and dhs warning that violent extremists want to take control of the capitol and remove democratic lawmakers tomorrow. It comes as agencies are be