Groups that dont disclose their donors and take up to 250 million into the scheme, according to the washington post. Weird enough that people feel the need to run tv ads for judicial nominees, but when theyre taking a check for 17 million, two checks for 17 million if an anonymous donors or maybe two anonymous donors, yeah, if you think thats weird its because it is. That shoofnts happen that shouldnt happen anywhere around a court. And if theres one thing that we are entitled to there have been a lot of highminded speeches about the judiciary and its independence and all of that. The most important standard that a court must meet is that it is not a pantomime court. A pantomime court in which the rituals of adjudication get acted out. People come to the bench wearing their robes, hear the arguments, render decisions, read the briefs, buff at the end of the but at the end of the day, the decision is cooked by big special interest influence that insinuated its way into the court by cont
Colorado, we were talking once and he said, you know, historians only ask one question. And i said, yeah . Whats going on here . So i nodded and said, okay, thats the dumbest thing ive ever heard a smart man say. But hes actually right. Its really the only question you ask, you go back to this earlier time, the past is a foreign country, we go back to this time in the past and we look around and say, whats going on . Whats happening here . Whats going on with the California Gold rush . Lots of stuff. I hope youre getting that so far. But one thing thats happening is, the place itself the environment itself, the fundamentally transformed, we made. This is an episode in the american westward expansion, we start here on the Atlantic Coast and move across the country. A very Dramatic Development in 1845 to 1848 with the acquisition of texas and the oregon territory in the mexican secession. So by the 1848, with the purchase down here, we have to continuous 48 states. America expanded acros
Korean war game has more from gang known. The historic arrival of this north korean delegation explains why South Koreans have dubbed the pyongyang Winter Olympics the peace olympics. Sister kim jong un is the first member of the kim ruling family to step foot on south korean soil since the korean war and thats not the only first the ceremonial head of state is the highest ranking official to also step but across the border now this is a twenty two member delegation it also includes the chairman of the Sports Committee and the Reunification Committee the arrival of the Committee Chairman is controversial he was facing a un travel ban on duty stations imposed last year by the Un Security Council over north koreas Ballistic Missile testing at the request of the south korean government that man was given an exemption critics say that by doing so it is pinned ring to the agenda of the north korean government and its ultimate goal to ease sanctions and perhaps to drive a wedge between the U
Inside the hotel doris one is a taiwanese journalist based in taipei she spoke to us about the impact of the earthquake. According to the latest confirmation from the National Four agency under the ministry of interior that a total of four buildings have collapsed one of which is a hotel in downtown c. T. In downtown. Raleigh and and up to twenty nine people how was strapped trapped inside a hotel by a local rescue worker have tried to get them out and so far its hard to confirm or so for local media saying that a total of three people are still trapped in the rubble and another building has also toted to do in the earthquake also some roads in the city were all a damage and weve thing. Pictures of gapping holes and cracks and hopefully local governments are trying to get the traffic back on track its not a very densely populated area as a loan is to eastern coast of taiwan as a fishing many fish in an agricultural based county and at this time of year as near the Chinese New Year so t
Dejoy also distanced himself from the president s repeated untrue claims that mailin voting is fraudulent, telling a Senate Hearing the post office is capable and committed to its, quote, sacred duty of handling election mail this november. But House Speaker nancy pelosi, who says dejoy told her he wouldnt replace any machines already removed, is still skeptical of the trump administrations actions, and she is urging americans to stay vigilant with regards to their vote. Dont pay any attention to what the president is saying, because it is all designed to suppress the vote. As is the suppressing of the ability of the postal system to deliver on its responsibility, to treat ballots as first class mail and to deliver in a timely fashion and not and not ignore the need for overtime, ignore them, make a plan to vote, do so to vote early. Straight to capitol hill now and cnn National Correspondent suzane. The vote on this extraordinary u. S. Postal service bill happening very soon. Youve be