of the last seven years or so of coverage but we are glad to have you in the seat. thank you to all of you for joining us here at home. this is what it sounded like at the chamber of the tennessee house of representatives you ban books, you ban drag, kids are still in body bags. that was the scene at the tennessee capitol earlier today. republicans in the state legislature voted to expel two democratic house of representatives from the tennessee house. they voted to kick two democrats out of office. it was an unprecedented, and it was a drastic move, and it all started last week. that is when hundreds of school students came to the tennessee capitol to call for new gun safety measures after a shooting opened fire at an elementary school in nashville killing three 9-year-old students and three adults during that protest, a handful of democratic lawmakers stood before the house chamber they had megaphones and they were not shy about standing in solidarity with the protester
and others don t actually believe it, and we ll see here in the days to come with governor bill lee. if this thing continues to spiral, you can be assured people like fedex based in memphis, other corporate titans will speak up, they will get to governor lee, they will talk to leaders of the general assembly, and we ll see how they respond it ll be a fascinating test of the forces of populism versus the traditional corporate benefactors in the party if this thing goes sideways in tennessee. jonathan martin, always good to see you thank you for the recent history in terms of tennessee politics coming up how president trump and his allies are weaponizing his indictment and what manhattan d.a. alvin bragg had to say about all those threats today. also it turns out supreme court justice thomas has a taste for the yacht life, but who has been financing it that story s coming up
justice clarence thomas finished out that year s term ruling party gerrymandering was totally fine, and with that wrapped up the weekend he was in full vacation mode. he hopped on a private jet and headed off to ipdnesia judge thomas and his wife setoff on a nine day island hopping tour on this superuate which comes complete with a staff and private chef propublica did the math and calculated had justice thomas paid the trip himself it would have cost him mow more than $500,000 which is nearly double a supreme court justice s annual salary but lucky for supreme court justice thomas he didn t have to foot the bill because this man did. this is republican mega donor harlin crow. he owned the jet and yacht and picked up that very hefty tab, and justice thomas never told anyone, he never disclosed it. but justices are required to publicly report all gifts worth