Made to look kind of like the civilian version of an m4 rifle but sized down so like toddlers can use them. Not toy guns, not like supersoakers, squirt guns, not bb guns, not cap guns, real guns that fire real bullets. You have heard of the ar15. Now meet the jr15, as in the junior ar15. The company that makes it is just super cute about the whole thing. They call themselves wewon, tactical. They the logos for the little girls and little boys version of this gun for babies. The logos were this little kids Skull And Bones pacifier with a cross bone and this one for girls. Because why should any kid have to wait until theyre done with the teething process before they can start carrying their own Assault Rifle . They advertise the jr15 as smaller, safer, lighter. They apparently recently did drop the pacifier logos and the scoobydoo cartoon font in some of their advertising. But its not like theyre no longer claiming this is an Assault Rifle for babies. I mean, they could change their mar
this whole democracy thing is not going to work for them on the things that mean the most to them. when they re absolutely clear that voters hate what they re doing and so they better come up with a way to get away with what they re doing without the voters getting a say on it. those are all very much national political dynamics. but watch them at work tonight. and tomorrow in columbus, in toledo, in cincinnati, in akron, in youngstown, in cleveland. joining us now is connie schultz, she s a pulitzer prize winning columnist who wrote for cleveland s plain dealer for nearly a decade. her newsletter is called hopefully yours. connie, great to see you. thank you for being here tonight. so glad to be with you, rachel. and boy, did you sum it up well. thank you. you really laid it out. let me ask if i mean, i m looking at this from sort of a
you want to know why people are out in the streets? this is why they re out in the streets. this survey gives us a snapshot in time, exactly where this country has been and where we are going, and the question is, do we have the political will to do something about it? now, i ve been out and about all over the country, a lot of digit ci different cities over the last 60 days. in portland, in denver, in minneapolis, in madison, in toledo, in columbus, ohio. the people get it. and they want fairness. and they understand what the 99%ers are saying. joining me now is congressman john garamendi of california. congressman,ç great to have yo with us. ed, it s good to be with you. the numbers don t lie. how do we turn this around? we re going to have to create jobs and create those good middle class jobs that have disappeared. take a look at the manufacturing sector in america. it s lost 40%, 45%. 20 million jobs. 20 years ago. just over 11 million now we ve
you want to know why people are out in the streets? this is why they re out in the streets. this survey gives us a snapshot in time, exactly where this country has been and where we are going, and the question is, do we have the political will to do something about it? now, i ve been out and about all over the country, a lot of digi different cities over the last 60 days. in portland, in denver, in minneapolis, in madison, in toledo, in columbus, ohio. the people get it. and they want fairness. and they understand what the 99%ers are saying. joining me now is congressman john garamendi of california. congressman, great to have you with us. ed, it s good to be with you. the numbers don t lie. how do we turn this around? we re going to have to create jobs and create those good middle class jobs that have disappeared. take a look at the manufacturing sector in america. it s lost 40%, 45%. 20 million jobs. 20 years ago. just over 11 million now we ve
going on because this is a radical agenda. and that s what it s going to be like. it s going to be worse than the bush administration, no matter who gets in there. the attack on collective bargaining is coming up in ohio. i believe this is an opportunity for us to see how it s done. you can t tell me that 1.3 million people can sign a petition to get it on the ballot to recall a radical senate bill 5 law and there not be enthusiasm. part of me believes that i think this is some kind of right wing extremist movement out there trying to down-talk democrats where we ve been in portland, in minneapolis, in madison, in toledo, in columbus. we re overwhelmed with enthusiasm. so don t believe this poll. although it should be a wake-up call if it s true. we can beat these folks because they will, in my opinion,