The chat on the lights in your watching. The common with clovis tempora suspended in personal events but to keep you informed during this pandemic we were going full sd ahead with a full slate of live online programs. Most of these conversations are currently free to the public so we ask that you consider donating to the club to help us continue our work. Please visit us at commonwealthclub. Org online tool and more and you can also text the word donate to 415 3294231 drink this program. You can find this information in the description box below. Now please join in welcoming shaun king and jane kim. Welcome to todays Virtual Program with inforum and the come with club. My name is jane kim. I serve as supervisor here in the city of San Francisco and most recently as the california and National Regional political director for bernie 2020 2020si got to work very close with shawn campaigning for senator sanders. And really pleased be here today. So excited. What an incredible feat. Congrat
With life programming. Please consider donating to help us continue our work. Please visit us at commonwealth club. You can find us and the description box below. Welcome to todays virtual program. I served as a supervisor in the city and county and most recently at the california director for bernie 2020 where i could work very close with sean campaigning for senator sanders. Theres not too many things more that scare me than writing a book. [laughter] and how to fight injustice. Sean will share with us a little bit about his journey and if you have a question and then reserve time at the end. And those that can order on the link that commonwealth put up but we encourage you so what the process was like theres nothing more difficult than telling your own story. We originally planned on doing this as a live event back in may with my book coming out in april. I love the bay and so many of my closest friends are there. We have five kids. We had all taken off of work and school and going
Washington and i just got in about an hour ago. We were on the tarmac. And then thats when i realized one of the things i dont miss about in congress is sitting on the tarmac at Reagan National airport waiting to get here or sitting on the tarmac at laguardia to go there. Welcome to theodores books. Its wonderful to have you all. Many of you know that i did leave the United States house of representatives after six years and very rare form i left undefeated and unindicted, which is a triumph these days and when i left my my desire was to just get some kind antidote to six years of sound bites 16 years of trying to things in 60 seconds or less. Theres actually something that is technically called a one minute speech on the floor of the house, one minute speech. Explain your position on the Affordable Care act in one minute. I wanted to avoid fighting in the screaming, in the yelling, in the partizanship jabs. And what better place to do that than to open up a bookstore where you cannot
Wave of cocaine coming to the u. S. But first a look at todays eye opener. Those who cause violence are criminals and thugs including the kkk. Neo nazis, White Supremacists. The president urged to cut ties with chief strategist steve bannon. A big part of the problem is there are members in the white house staff who believe in accommodating this alt right movement in the United States. Growing anger over the symbols of the confederacy. Protesters toppled a statue of a confederate soldier. Police in Oklahoma City say they stopped a man plotting to blow up a bank. Varnell is in federal custody. He had the intent to carry out this plot to the end. James mattis issued a new warning. If north korea hits guam or any part of the United States, it is quote, game on. The rhetoric from kim jongun, i think its appropriate that we make preparations. Heavy rains caused a severe mud slide. And hundreds are dead and hundreds more missing. A bit of a phone mishap in a private airport hangar. All that
The coast guard hunting down smugglers trying to keep a tidal wave of cocaine coming to the u. S. But first to the eye opener. Those who cause violence are criminals and thugs including the kkk. Neo nazis, White Supremacists. The president urged to cut ties with chief strategist steve bannon. A big part of the problem is there are members in the white house staff who believe in accommodating this right movement in the United States. Growing anger over the symbols of the confederacy. Protesters toppled a statue of a confederate soldier. Police in Oklahoma City say they stopped a man plotting to blow up a bank. Varnell is in federal custody. He had the intent to carry out this plot to the end. James mattis issued a new warning. If north korea hits guam or any part of the United States, it is quote, game on. The rhetoric from kim jongun, i think its appropriate that we make preparations. Heavy rains caused a and hundreds are dead and hundreds more missing. A bit o mishap in a airport. All