good evening, i m mehdi hasan. let us be clear what happened. a democratic president was elected to office in the midst of a once in a generation crisis, he entered into the white house with a mandate for the american people, a clear authorization for the president to push ahead with eight ambitious legislative agenda. but, a major obstacles hands in his way. a right wing, reactionary supreme court, with very little public legitimacy. sound familiar? this week, the supreme court wrapped up one of its most controversial terms in modern american history, scaling back decades of progress in the matter of near weeks. we ve actually been here before, following a landslide victory 1936, president franklin d. roosevelt was elected to a second term in office. securing what was, at the time, the largest popular vote tally in american history. fdr s victory sold out of not only a personal win, but a decisive victory for his signature legislative agenda, the new deal. despite the progra
of a once in a generation chrysler. santa or the white house with a clear authorization for the president to push ahead with unambitious legislative agenda but a major obstacle stands on his way, a right-wing reactionary supreme court with very little public legitimacy. some familiar? this week discipline court wrapped up an immense most controversial terms in american history. scaling back decades of progress in the matter of mere weeks. we ve actually been here before. following a landslide victory in 1936, president franklin d. roosevelt was elected to a second term in office. securing what was, at the time, the largest popular vote tally in american history. fdr s victory sold out of not only a personal win, but a decisive victory for his signature legislative agenda, the new deal. despite the program s popularity amongst the american people, it faced some serious opposition at the nation s highest court, over the years, fdr watched as the supreme court, led by a group
party you probably not want to hear this forecast from election experts political analysts he posted this tweet last week projecting that republicans would gain a hefty 20 to 35 seats in the house in november midterm election. ouch. exactly the kind of defeat that president obama was called special lacking. republicans are already planning for that victory, full control of congress. what are they going to do? i ll tell you this. it s not gonna be health care policy or tackling prices. conservative think tankers on eastern shore of maryland trying to find ways to investigations into the biden administration. that s right. they re already looking for excuses to launch congressional probes according to axios, that retreat was painful at a heritage foundation by the conservative partnership institute and by the american accountability foundation, which apparently is run by the trump administration. alumni. yes, the accountability foundation. any such thing as accountability w
reproductive freedom in our nation, in the gun epidemic, special interest groups like the nra are feeding the logjam, making it harder for congress to pass laws that are popular among the american people. warning, and it s in bc now is the time to act. the door that is open, we cannot go back. we cannot see a closed. here s the question to america. it s a question to those who read the herald opinion. that you can t have some restrictions on gun guns. weapons that are dangerous. here s the real question. is there any humanity? is there any courage and are we ready to act? gun reforms is popular with voters. the new cbs poll finds 81% of americans support background checks. 62% want bans on assault weapons. 71% support red flag laws. the majority of americans support reproductive freedom. 63% of americans do not want the supreme court to overturn roe v. wade. the strongest way undermining our democracy former secretary of labor quote it takes a great deal tho
Normal people allowed the crazy people to pull them to the, right and now the crazy people, the mob owns the party. they do indeed. the book is called why we did it, tim miller, thank you for writing it and thank you for joining us tonight. thanks. coming up, how did it come to be that none of the five conservative justices who voted to overturn roe were proved by senators representing the majority of the u.s. population? why does that matter? i ll explain next. don t forget, you can listen to the many hasn t show anytime for free wherever you get your podcasts. many hasn t show anytime many hasn t show anytime for free you re binging the latest true crime drama. while the new double oven you financed