Socialist package twice as big as the last one. Reporter and pot politics. Top democrats want to legalize marijuana but the President Isnt on board yet. This bill is urgent. This bill is long past due. Lives are being destroyed every single day. Inside politics, stories sourced by the best reporters now. Welcome to Inside Politics sunday. Im abby phillip. It is worse than we thought. That is the final year of the Trump Presidency written by some of the top journalists in the country. The scariest part so far, general mark milley, the president s top military rizzer, worried that the outgoing president would stage a coup to stay in power. That is according to the Washington Post reporters Carol Lenig and Phil Rucker who write that milley described to aides that he kept having a Stomach Churning Feeling that the 20th Century Fascism in germany were playing out in 21st century america. They may try, but theyre not going to fing succeed he said. President trump denied it more or less, sayi
Welcome to the week. On june 19th, 1865, union soldiers informed slaves in galveston, texas, that they were free. They were among the last ones to get the news. This was two months after the confederacy had surrendered and more than two years after the emancipation proclamation. Juneteenth is a reminder that our history is full of both progress and pain, progress usually takes a long time but its time does come. I will have more to say about this in the hour. On Thursday President biden signed into law a new federal holiday recognizing juneteenth. He recognized the importance of confronting the difficult moments in our history. Great nations dont ignore their most painful moments. Great nations dont ignore their most painful moments. They dont ignore them, they embrace them. The house voted overwhelmingly in favor of the bill. 14 republican members voted against it. The Senate Bill passed by june of Yu Man must consent. Republican Ron Johnson dropped his objection to the bill. He block
On june 19th, 1865, union soldiers informed slaves in galveston, texas, that they were free. They were among the last ones to get the news. This was two months after the confederacy had surrendered and more than two years after the emancipation proclamation. Juneteenth is a reminder that our history is full of both progress and pain, progress usually takes a long time but its time does come. I will have more to say about this later in the hour. On Thursday President biden signed into law a new federal holiday recognizing juneteenth. He emphasized the importance of confronting the difficult moments in our history. Great nations dont ignore their most painful moments. Great nations dont ignore their most painful moments. They dont ignore them, they embrace them. The house voted overwhelmingly in favor of the bill. 14 republican members voted against it. The Senate Bill passed by june unanimous consent, meaning if someone objects, it passes without having a formal vote. Republican Ron Joh
The number of team infected by a Nmiss Tier yours Respiratoy Virus has tripled over the weekend. In different corners of the globe a small band of scientists have been busy preparing for this moment. They say a new strain of coronavirus originated here. They looked like you or me. Hi but the Fate Of The World is in their hands. A virus can get from one corner of the world to the other side of the world in less than 24 hours. Two cases have been identified in a couple with no known travel history. Fmore cases pop up outside o china. It was a sense of something was coming and i couldnt tell how big it was going to be. The first cases of covid19 set off a desperate race. The vaccine against the virus. Covid19 is our absolute worst nightmare. Vaccines are mission critical. Vaccines have saved more lives than just about any other public health intervention. Scientists say the virus is getting stronger. This is very hard to contain at this moment. They are the Special Forces of science. All
Banning vaccine passports and for that he should be applauded. The Vaccine Passport Controversy is a small part of the larger discussion about Vaccine Hesitancy and are push to shame or those who have not been vaccinated. Lets get this out of the way. In no way am i antivaccination. I had covid last spring and i just recently after learning that my antibodies were gone, i got the vaccine. But i had had to think about it i had to do my own research. I had to ask a lot of questions. After all the vaccines are basically brand new and authorized for emergency use. And even though so farther data surrounding them looks good, that data is still emerging. And i understand the reservations of my community given the way black soldiers were treated during the tuskegee experiment. I think its fair that we should be allowed to check if the water is fine before dipping our toes in the pool. The problem is we gave away too many personal freedoms to the federal government at the beginning of this pan