Extremists are choosing these maxalist fights to change the landscape in schools and Social Media and more. They are losing most of these fights. Its kind of counterintuitive when so many of us feel so freaked out and even frightened by whats happening in this country but in small but really important ways, the Culture Wars that were won by those who want a multiracial pluralistic society in this country are holding. This morning, we witnessed the statue of robert e. Lee being hoisted up from its Pedestal And Doner tone down from good if richmond, virginia. The former capital of the confederacy. Where it had loomed as a physical testament to white power for more than 130 years. It was a defence of statues just like that one, that brought a hoard of torchwielding White Nationalists to charlottesville to defend those symbols of White Supremacy four years ago. And to fight the violence these meted out. In the end they lost. The statue came down today. Many of the leaders behind that fasci
Geneva with what we can expect aT Todays summit, john, this is the fifth time for vladimir putin meeting a u. S. President. Nothing new here. What feels new to you . What feels new is working the same hours that you do brian, both ends of the clock. Brian you didnt sleep. This is tough. We are expecting vladimir putin to touch down any minute at Geneva Airport. He might be Running A Little Bit later. I have been doing enough of these things to know that putin always likes to leave his host waiting. It will be the firsT Time that President Biden sits down with russian president vladimir putin as the President Of The United States. Already the White House is playing down expectations. Some of the topics thaT They are likely to discuss include the Nord Stream 2 pipeline. The biden administration official position is thaT They still dont want iT To happen buT They got out of the way not putting sanctions againsT The ceo of the company thats putting iT Together it is weeks away complete the
The presiding officer the senator from missouri. Mr. Hawley madam president , some months ago, in july of this year, i came to this floor shortly after the conclusion of the Supreme Courts most recent term to lament the ongoing judicial activism, the judicial imperialism that we have seen from this court over this past term and from the Supreme Court for years on end. I quoted the late Justice Scalia who said the imperial judiciary lives, and i said on the floor of this senate it was a shame to say but undeniable that the imperial judiciary continued to live in this country, a judiciary intent, a Supreme Court intent on legislating from the bench, on making up laws that went along with no regard for what the people actually wrote in their statutes or in their laws, and i particularly lamented the position of religious conservatives, people of faith who had seen in this past term for the United States Supreme Court decision after decision, tossing aside the concerns of religious conserv
Committee heard from representatives of veterans organizations on legislation recently passed in the senate which is expected to be taken up in the house. This is 90 minutes. [no audio] [silence] [no audio] good afternoon, everyone. [audio difficulty] millions of veterans every day. This committee is gathered to hear from those organizations about their firsthand perspective and their support for comprehensive Suicide Prevention legislation, s. 785, Veterans Mental Health care improvement act. This piece of legislation has been before this committee and before the senate, and i wanted to give the opportunity to those veteran Service Organizations and others the ability to tell us any thoughts they have in regard to this legislation as we negotiate with the house in its passage and its ability to be sent to the president. Additionally tomorrow, september the 10th, is worldwide Suicide Prevention day, and this is our opportunity to call attention to the tragedy of suicide and urge for sw
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