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at George Washington University and joins us live this morning. I guess, Professor Dallek, the big question right now is these things strike at our core as a country. We don't have violence when it comes to politics.What exactly can this do one way or another, if anything, to the confidence of the American economy and financial markets. >> Yeah. Well, first of all, it's hard to know exactly how violence affects the economy.I think in the moment we're in, though, the instability of the last six months and fr ...

Democratic Senator Chris Murphy of Connecticut. Welcome, Senator. Um, thanks for having me. Your reaction, your thoughts to the day. Well, I mean, listen, this is got to be put in context. Donald Trump has made it very clear that he is going to use violence in order to try to intimidate people away from protests, that he is going to encourage violence uh when it is being used on his behalf. And this is a triedand-rue authoritarian tactic. Um, what happened today is absolutely outrageous. Um we're all collea ...

Hundreds of protesters in Northern Ireland lighting homes on fire, cars on fire. Look at that. Fireworks thrown at police in a second night of unrest there.It started after two 14-year-old Romanian boys were charged in the sexual assault of a teenage girl. The boys are denying the allegations through their lawyer with this case triggering some violence and anti-immigration sentiment. ...

This is about if it bleeds it leads. That's right. So he has created and manufactured violence so that he can have a show on the television.But other people, older people, folks who are disabled, young people are going to be bleeding when Medicaid gets cut, when people are evicted from their homes. And this has been an illegal deployment of the Marines and the National Guards without the request or the consent of the sitting mayor and the sitting governor of the state of California. How can more Democrats c ...

Government Response & Legal Challenges - California deployed its National Guard members to address unrest, but the federal government's intervention, including deploying 2,000 National Guard members, was deemed illegal and without consulting state law enforcement [2][3] - The state filed a legal challenge and sought an emergency court order to halt the use of the American military for law enforcement activities in Los Angeles [9] - The speaker highlights the absence of checks and balances within the government [15] Actions of Federal Government - The federal government deployed tear gas, flashbang grenades, and rubber bullets, and federal agents detained people, undermining their due process rights [2] - The federal government commandeered 2,000 of the state's National Guard members and federalized another 2,000 guard members, also deployed 700+ active US Marines [3][7] - Federal agents are allegedly arresting individuals such as dishwashers, gardeners, day laborers, and seamstresses, which is described as weakness masquerading as strength [8] Concerns Regarding Civil Liberties & Democracy - Concerns are raised about the potential for authoritarianism, with fears that individuals could be arrested without a warrant based on suspicion or skin color [10] - The speaker expresses concern over the president's actions, including firing government watchdogs, attacking the First Amendment, and dictating what universities can teach [11][12] - The speaker warns that democracy is under assault and that the moment feared has arrived, with the president taking a wrecking ball to the founding fathers' historic project [14]