Do you condemn Islamophobic comments about Zoran Mamani unequivocally. >> 100%. 100%.I condemn Islamophobic uh comments, anti-semitic comments, racist comments, bigoted comments, anti-Italian comments. Of course, you know, New York, as New York governor for 11 years, attorney general, uh our diversity is our strength, but uh it can also be a weakness. So you have to work very very hard uh to make sure you're always keeping people united and there's always flare ups among different races, religions, creeds f ...

Uh, our diversity is our strength, but uh, it can also be a weakness. Governor, you I I want to I want to make sure and give you a chance to to correct the record if you didn't mean to say, but it's not like you said diversity can also be a weakness. What did you mean by that.>> Diversity can be a weakness uh, if you have antipathy among groups. Jonathan, uh, if you have uh, racism or anti-semitism, etc. Uh so uh then you'd have friction right which we have had in New York. Uh and so you have to work very h ...

Joining me now is Jason Stanley, professor of philosophy at the University of Toronto. His work focuses on authoritarianism, on propaganda, on free speech, and on democracy. He's the author of multiple books, including Erasing History: How Fascists Rewrite the Past to Control the Future. Jason, thank you for being with us. I You have been very clear on this. You're calling it a coup. You're believe you believe we're watching it happen and unfold in in real time. This is not a conversation about the future t ...

Today's Belchy Band book club feature centers on a painting, a a portrait. The work of art painted by Basil Howard captures his subject's youthful beauty perfectly, almost magically, and the subject's name Dorian Gray. Through Basil, Gray meets the aristocratic Lord Henry Wattton, who believes that life is simply about pursuing pleasure and beauty.Influenced by Watton, Gray makes a deal that will change his life forever. Quote, "How sad it is," murmured Dorian Gray, with his eyes still fixed upon his own po ...

>> YOU REMEMBER HOW WE USED TO TALK ABOUT THE BIG LIE. TRUMP'S DENIAL OF THE LEGITIMACY OF THE 2020 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, AND HIS ATTEMPT TO CHANGE THE OUTCOME OF THAT ELECTION IN THE STATES AND THE COURTS, AND ULTIMATELY, WITH AN ATTEMPTED COUP BY HIS FOLLOWERS ON JANUARY 6TH, 2021, THE DAY ON WHICH THE ELECTION WAS TO BE CERTIFIED. WELL, THE BIG LIE IS BACK.BUT NOW IT'S FORWARD LOOKING. IT'S THE BIG LIE 2.0% AND IT'S ALREADY UNDERWAY. TRUMP AND HIS HENCHMEN ARE NOT WAITING FOR NEXT YEAR'S MIDTERM ELECTIO ...

The use of government jets for personal travel by former FBI director was sort of an obsession of Patel's for years. In 2023, Patel called former director Chris Ray a quote government #government gangster for his jet usage. Which is why it was surprising to see Patel repost this photo on Sunday of him and his FBI branded hoodie out on a date with his country singer girlfriend Alexis Wilkins.Now Wilkins was performing at a Penn State sporting event on Saturday. And if you're wondering how Cash Patel got ther ...

I think the mainstream media doesn't always talk about this. I think one of Trump's great geniuses, sort of the one of the things he's actually truly great at is getting the media to cover things he wants them to cover. Even if he can't always cover, he can't always get the kinds of coverage that he wants. He can almost always get the topics covered that he wants.And so because of that, I think some of the ways in which he is at a profound moment of weakness in his presidency have just kind of slipped by an ...

But we're going to begin this conversation about the devastation from the ongoing government shutdown, now on its 32nd day. Yesterday, a federal judge ordered the Trump administration to distribute SNAP food aid funding out of its contingency fund. The administration planned to start to pause those benefits for many of the 42 million Americans who receive them today.The threat to aid benefits combined with thousands of federal workers furled has put immense pressure on food banks and pantries across the cou ...

National Guard Deployment & Legal Challenges - The Pentagon has ordered the training of over 23,000 National Guard troops for civil unrest missions nationwide [1] - National Guard deployments have occurred in five US cities, sparking legal challenges from Democratic governors [3] - A federal judge is set to rule on the constitutionality of troop deployment in Portland, Oregon, with a likely appeal to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals [4] - The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals is reconsidering the deployment of the National Guard to Oregon [11] Insurrection Act & Presidential Authority - The president is signaling a potential workaround by invoking the Insurrection Act [4] - The president's insistence on normalizing the use of the US military on American streets is viewed as unusual and potentially unconstitutional [7][8] - Democratic attorneys general are prepared to challenge any presidential workaround in court to uphold American values [9] - Concerns exist that the president may invoke the Insurrection Act if legal challenges to troop deployments fail [18][19] Food Emergency & SNAP Benefits - Oregon's governor declared a food emergency, directing $5 million to food banks due to federal shutdown cuts to SNAP benefits [23] - 177% of Oregon's population relies on SNAP benefits, according to USDA numbers from 2024 [23] - Concerns are raised that the president may use the food emergency to disproportionately harm Democrats [24]

President Trump is posting, and again, I've read this a few times. I can't really make sense of it. It sort of circles in on itself a few times. Our government lawyers do not think we have the legal authority to pay SNAP with certain monies we have available. Now, courts have issued conflicting opinions on what we can and can't do. I've instructed our lawyers to ask the court to clarify how we can legally fund SNAP as soon as possible. Even if we get immediate guidance, it will unfortunately be delayed whil ...