president doing? president biden doing? he is calling out the threat on our democracy. but what do you what do you think of his efforts to confront it? is it enough? well, i ve said, for a while, and i think you and i have had this conversation. i don t think it s enough. i mean, i think joe the president president boiden s heart s in the right place. i think of lbj. lbj wouldn t have done that, unless he had been pushed. and pushed and pushed by martin luther king and all the other civil-rights leaders. remember, it took the selma-to-montgomery march just months before signing of that act. and so, i think joe biden, good person. but i think joe biden still believes in a system that no longer exists. which is that you have a equal, trustworthy partner on the other side of the aisle that that believes in the same principles as you. i don t think that exists, anymore, with the republican party. and so, i think that, like the texas legislators who went up there, like many of the
are ramping up pressure on congress to get protections passed in to law. more than 200 peaceful protesters were arrested today, including prominent civil rights leaders,jesse jackson and william barber. they have join today quorum busting democrats that have been fighting for reform since july 12th. the scathing letter of the maricopa county board of supervisors rejecting a subpoena, the folks steering the partisan ballot audit. back with us, cornell belcher, veteran of the obama campaign, and brett stephens who is now with the lincoln project. good to see you, guys. cornell, in the letter will. the republican chairman called the never ending ballot review, an adventure in never, never land which points to what president biden said earlier in
privilege to meet with the president and the vice president of our country. but i, also, must say that the president and the vice president convened this meeting. it is they, who wanted to hear from eight civil-rights leaders. i would not describe our discussion as being overwhelmingly optimistic. but it was profoundly realistic. as the president and the vice president agreed with us, that our democracy is at stake. damon hewitt, you were in a meeting today with the president of the united states. very similar to the kind of meeting that the reverend dr. martin luther king jr. had with the president of the united
streets. i m in the city, every single day. in may, overall crime went up 22%, compared to last year. shootings are up, eric, 73%. how are you going to turn this around? that s going to be a big turnaround. well, more than a police officer, don. when an individual looks at my record, they know that i was arrested as a little child. 15 years old. i was beat by police officers. and i went into law enforcement because civil-rights leaders asked me to go in, and fight from within. and i did just that. 22 years, fighting on behalf of reform and safety, because during that time, i lost a good friend to gun violence due to the crack wars of the early 80s. and so, what we must do. we must have approach that s intervention and prevention. all of my colleagues. they are talking about prevention. long-term plans of what we have to do. but i am talking about intervention. what are we going to do, right now, to stop 10-year-old boys
Power of public art on display in Southington- SOUTHINGTON Already known for the murals and public artwork on display along the Farmington Canal Heritage Trail, members of Southington Community Cultural Arts hope additional works can raise cultural awareness.“Cultural events are important for.