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from the time you started working, republicans want to put it on the chopping block. i m gonna ask ron klain, who s gonna join us in this hour if that is the closing argument in these congressional elections. is is that what. it is wow! mitch mcconnell is a loving that, not! right. and republicans have absolutely made this argument possible, and highly credible for the democrats. thank you kevin mccarthy for explaining that you are gonna use the debt ceiling to slash the social safety net. you re welcome! i think what klain is going to be ready for this question. i think you will be, lawrence! but i m excited, and i will be tuning in. thank you alex! thank you! have a good show! today, a federal judge found compelling evidence that donald trump committed federal, and state crimes. and that he did that with the advice and counsel of attorney john eastman, whose emails the judge ordered, handed over to the january six committee, saying the emails are not ....
polarizing decisions, issued by the court on abortion, gun rights, and today s ruling limiting the epa s authority to fight climate change. we are going to have much more that ruling specifically, and on the future of the court, and its newest member just ahead. before we get to all of that, do you remember when the donald trump campaign was caught scam in its own donors. i just have to redo the lead from the new york times, the story that broke the scandal open. quote, stacey black was in hospice care and september 2020, listening to russia limbaugh s dire warnings about how badly donald trump s campaign needed money, when he went online and shipped in everything he could. $500. it was a big sum for a 63 year old battling cancer, and living in kansas city unless than $1,000 a month. but that single contribution, quickly multiplied, another $500 was withdrawn the next day, then $500 next week, and every week through mid october without his knowledge, until mr. blasts ba ....
today sworn in as the nation s 116th justice, and the first black woman ever to serve on the high court. her husband, dr. patrick jackson held two bibles on which she swore a family bible, and the court s harlan bible. a court federal appeals judge, jackson replaced justice stephen breyer, who stepped down today after three decades on the bench, justice breyer hired ketanji brown jackson as a clerk in 1999, making it a full circle moment when he administered the judicial oath to her today. a formal investiture for justice jackson is expected in the fall we can call her that now, justice jackson. taking her oath today allows her to begin her judicial duties. she arrives on the bench in the wake of several hugely polarizing decisions, issued by the court on abortion, gun rights, and today s ruling limiting the epa s authority to fight climate change. we are going to have much more on that ruling specifically, and on the future of the court, and its newest member just ah ....
the presiding officer: duly noted. mr. lankford: mr. president, i want to be able to address this body to talk about an issue that we don t talk about enough, the deficit. it s an issue for whatever reason we ve stopped talking about in washington, d.c. we re talking about tax policy, as we should. we re talking about disaster relief areas, which we should. talking about health policies, which we should. a lot of other things. we have stopped talking about debt and deficit. i think that s a mistake for us. see, as the trend has moved, since 2011, at a high point when the deficit spending that year was $1.3 trillion in overspending in a single year. since that point, deficits have gone down a little bit each year until 2015. in 2016, our deficit number, that s a single year overspending started going back up. it went up in 2016. it went up again in 2017. turning the wrong direction. as you will recall and as many people in this body would recall, deficits were a major ....
next, a preview of c-span s landmark cases from the national constitution center in philadelphia. welcome to the constitution center. i am the president of this wonderful institution which is the only institution in america chartered by congress to disseminate information about the u.s. constitution on a nonpartisan basis. beautiful. that is so inspiring. wonderful live c-span audience. you can see the great members of the national constitution center, like people around the country, are inspired by this nonpartisan mission of constitutional education and believe it is crucially important for citizens to educate themselves about the constitution so american democracy can thrive and survive. and in this educational mission, we are so excited to be partners with c-span. we had a wonderful collaboration a few years ago. landmark cases. which described the human stories behind some of the most important supreme court cases of all times. that series was inspired by a com ....