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administration to reassure him that donald trump had no plans to attack china in an effort to remain in power and that the u.s. was not collapsing. yet despite his assurances, general milley was so concerned about trump that later that day he convened a meeting with top commanders to remind them that the procedures for launching a nuclear weapon called for his involvement in such a decision. the book also sheds light on just how close the u.s. came to a full-blown international crisis with china. from the times in the days leading up to the 2020 election the book reveals american intelligence showed that the chinese believed trump planned to launch a military strike to create an international crisis that he could claim to solve as a last-ditch effort to beat joe biden. general milley who has become increasingly concerned about china s growing military power and the potential for one misread one misread move to set off combat between the world s superpowers first cal ....
people who are worth billions of dollars and don t even live in california. financed a loty of activities across the democratic party as well. i don t think it was any issues that changed this election, i would say it was a will to power on the part of some very powerful people who have billions of dollars and were able to use it. steve: did you see it coming in this cycle? rep. rohrabacher: i did. i made sure i went up and down my district. i worked harder than i ever have to make sure the public was. public knew who i was. before election day polls showed i was ahead. the last day, we had no money and you have billionaires like bloomberg from new york. they had $4.5 million of advertising in my district. instead of being ahead two points, i was down three points. i think that made the difference in who controlled the house of representatives across the country. addressn your farewell you made reference to some critics who said you are vladimir putin s favorite membe ....
what does that tell you about the state of the republican party and your hometown, orange county california? rep. rohrabacher: it showed me we have a weakness in the system and billionaires who can heavily financed elections from a have a major impact on political power in the united states. i have what i call bolshevik billionaires, who decided i had to go. i was outspent over 10 to one that i know of now. people who are worth billions of dollars and don t even live in california. financed a loty of activities across the democratic party as well. i don t think it was any issues that changed this election, i would say it was a will to power on the part of some very powerful people who have billions of dollars and were able to use it. steve: did you see it coming in this cycle? rep. rohrabacher: i did. i made sure i went up and down my district. i worked harder than i ever have to make sure the public was. public knew who i was. before election day polls showed i was a ....
people who are worth billions of dollars and don t even live in california. financed a loty of activities across the democratic party as well. i don t think it was any issues that changed this election, i would say it was a will to power on the part of some very powerful people who have billions of dollars and were able to use it. steve: did you see it coming in this cycle? rep. rohrabacher: i did. i made sure i went up and down my district. i worked harder than i ever have to make sure the public was. public knew who i was. before election day polls showed i was ahead. the last day, we had no money and you have billionaires like bloomberg from new york. they had $4.5 million of advertising in my district. instead of being ahead two points, i was down three points. i think that made the difference in who controlled the house of representatives across the country. addressn your farewell you made reference to some critics who said you are vladimir putin s favorite membe ....
legislation allowed defendants previously convicted or sentenced for a federal offense involving crack cocaine to sentence petition for sentence reduction. in 1996 congress passed the anti-drug abuse act which created mandatory penalties for drug offenses and introduced a 100-1 sentencing disparity between crack cocaine and powder cocaine offenses. this meant a person who distributed five grams of crack cocaine receive the same five-year mandatory minimum sentence as a person who distributes 500 grams of powder cocaine. a person who distributed 50 grams of crack cocaine received a received the same 10-year mandatory sentence as a person who distributed 5,000 grams of powder cocaine. it soon became evident that this sentencing disparity created a significant racial disparity. four years after congress passed the anti-drug abuse act, the average federal sentence for black defendants was 49% higher than the average sentence for white defendants. in the ensuing decades, ....