An eye on that stop with you so if you keep pictures of the president , thats what were watching. But were going to start today with the Republican Partys full embrace of Extremist Policy views that completely ignore the views and priorities of a majority of texans. Today its Voting Restrictions, fueled by fears of voter fraud, even though texas investigated the 2020 Election Result and found no fraud. No fraud in any of the measures they today banned. But facts be damned. Governor abbott this afternoon signed into Law A Restrictive Voting Bill that democrats in the statehouse held up for weeks. Many of them fleeing to washington, d. C. , to rally support for federal legislation. The Voting Restriction Law now set to take effect in texas, Targets Ballot Access measures disproportionately used and needed by voters of color. Procedures particularly popular in Harris County, thats home to the democratic stronghold of houston. The new law will also make it much more difficult for disabled
Kevin mccarthy and Mitch Mcconnell back in control of the House And Senate respectively. The inesta. The release of any final report would coincide with the beginning of midterm campaign season. There remains, however, another Midterm Intangible that cannot be avoidable by either party. Two cases will be heard this fall by the Supreme Court which has been reshaped by three trump nominated justices. Rulings will come on two of the most hotly contested issues in american politics. Abortion and gun rights. Here is a brief primer. The abortion cases seeks to overturn a fifth Circuit Court Block of a Mississippi State Law enacted in 2018 which banned abortions after 15 weeks. The Roe Versus wade precedent protects between 23 and 24 weeks for a fetus. The Mississippi Case would reduce that Time Line by about two months. Not to be outdone this week Texas Governor Greg abbott signed a law that would ban abortion after six weeks. Take a look at this map. It shows the results of a The New York T
Issues. They dont know what is happening at ground zero. Do you think that San Francisco should have had a Gang Task Force that created the information about some gangs and we dont have gangs in San Francisco . There are sets that moved away from San Francisco and are creating a lot of pandemonium now. This happened because of rogue police officers. I served in the department of defense, department of interior and United States so i know what i am talking about. It is time for our board of supervisors and addvo cats to work with the federal government, to work with this u. S. Attorney general to bring up reform. That you for sharing your comments. I believe we have one more caller in the queue. Please connect us. I am a worker. Last year i was i am in support of sb299 or this bill. Last year i was the victim of attempted assault. I called 911 because that person kept following me. I was on the phone with the 911. They asked me if i was under the influence of drugs. I cant want to answe
[roll call] Commissioner Brackett is absent. The next order of business is item 2 announcements. Item a next regularly scheduled meeting will be held remotely on tuesday may 4, 2021 at 1 00 p. M. Please be advised a member of the public has up to three minutes to make public comments on each Agenda Item unless the commission adopts a shorter period. You will be instruct to dial 4156550001, Access Code 187 562 2546. Press the Pound Sign twice to enter the call. When the public Comment Section is open, youll be asked to Press Star 3 to submit your request to speak. You will hear the following message. You have raised your hand to ask a question, please wait to speak until the host calls on you. When you hear your line has been unmuted, this is your opportunity to provide your public comment and you will have three minutes. Please speak clearly and slowly. You will be placed back on mute once you are done speaking. You can stay on the line and continue to listen to the meeting or choose t
to stay out of it at all costs. when he ran for reelection in 2014, he ran with the slogan he kept us out of war. that was true. he had kept us out of a war at that point. that was a popular enough sentiment in the united states at that time that wilson got reelected as president, in part thanks to those bragging rights along those lines, by keeping us out of the great war. he was reelected in 1916, but world war i was nevertheless dragging on, right, and expanding. it started in 1914, it dragged on into 1915, into 1916, into 1917. it involved dozens of countries, a huge swath all over the world that really was reshaping the world in all the alliances that various countries were in all over the world. ultimately the germans started sinking our ships in the atlantic even though we technically weren t part of the war yet. other countries in our hemisphere started getting dragged into it. by the spring of 1917, not even six months after wilson had been reelected on that slogan