i'm amy goodman. president biden said thursday he will pardon anyone convicted of simple marijuana possession under federal law in a major step toward the decriminalization of cannabis. he announced his plan in a video postedn social media. presbiden: im announng a pardonor all pri federal fenses of e simple possessi of marijna. the arehousands of pele convicd for majuana ssesonho m be deni emoymentnd houng, educatiol opportunities as a result of that conviction. amy: biden also called on governors to pardon people found guilty of marijuana charges on the state level, where most convictions occur. the drug policy alliance applauded the move as a good first step but added "we, however, hope the biden administration will go further and fully the schedule marijuana from the controlled substances act." we will have more with drug policy alliance director kassandra frederique later in the broadcast. in ukraine, the death toll from missile strikes in the city of zaporizhzhia has risen to 11 after rescue cre

>> hi, amy.s good to be here to share this good news that lula is back in the presidency of brazil. it was a really tough second round. fake news coming from the bolsonaro government. the fact that lula made his comeback, he was in jail before, wrongly persecuted. the judge ended up being the minister in saudi. it means ever since everything was against lula, there were a lot of people in the streets, people making sure we were fighting the narrative and that we were trying to rescue something that is really important brazil. a little bit of democratic normality in that country. the last four years were very tough, not just because of the way bolsonaro handled the pandemic, but also in the sense that hunger is up, the economy is going quite badly right now. a lot of people are hoping we can go back to something that lula appealed to many times in the election. amy: the bolsonaro campaign try to smear lula as a dangerous formerly incarcerated person. they called him a communist. he was still elect

i'm amy goodman. ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy is claiming ukrainian's military has recaptured areas in the kherson, kharkiv, luhansk, and donetsk region as ukraine continues to mount a larger counteroffensive including areas that russia has claimed to have annexed. this comes as the united states has announced a new $625 million military aid package for ukraine including four more himars rocket launchers. russia's ambassador to the united states denounced the u.s. military aid saying moscow perceives it as a "immediate threat to the strategic interests of our country." meanwhile, a number of top ukrainian officials have criticized the world's richest man, elon musk, for floating a plan to end the war involving -- in a widely read twitter post, moving for crimea to become formally part of russia, for ukraine to remain a neutral country and for the u.n. to supervise a redo of elections in areas annexed by russia. musk posted his plan on twitter on monday, a day after pope francis issued his s

i'm amy goodman. ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy is formally ruling out direct peace talks with vladimir putin after the kremlin declared it had annexed four ukrainian territory seized by russia's military. earlier today, zelenskyy signed a decree stating talks with who never ukraine's fate would be "impossible" adding "we are ready for dialogue with russia but was another president of russia." this comes as ukraine's military continues to climb benefield victories. in the east, they have advanced for the russian held luhansk region after its troops recaptured the city of lyman saturday. meanwhile, ukrainian forces reportedly took territories among the river in the south on monday. in afghanistan, the death toll in last week's attack on an educational center in kabul has risen to 53, with more than 110 people injured. most of the victims were yog women and girls. on friday, suicide bomber struck inside the building as hundreds of students studied for a university entrance exam. it was the late

i'm amy goodman. britain's labour party is pushing for an immediate general election in the united kingdom by day after prime minister liz truss announced her resignation less than seven weeks into her term. during her tenure as britain's shortest raining prime minister, she saw the value of the pound plummet while she pushed for sweeping tax cuts on the rich. she announced her resignation outside 10 downing street on thursday. >> elections to be completed within the next week. this will ensure we remain on a path to deliver maintain our economic stability and national security. i will remain as prime minister until a successor has been chosen. amy: leading candidates to replace truss are former chancellor rishi sunak, house of commons leader penny mordaunt, and even disgraced former prime minister boris johnson -- who truss replaced. after the headlines, we'll go to that u.k. to speak to the author and activist george monbiot. in chad, security forces shot and killed dozens of anti-government protest

i'm amy goodman. in iran, a massive fire engulfed parts of tehran's infamous evin prison saturday, killing at least eight people and iuring dozens of others. it's unclear exactly what happened, though iranian state media reports prisoners and guards clashed before the blaze erupted. witnesses reported hearing explosions and gunfire coming from the prison. evin is well known for housing political prisoners and anti-government protesters. many of its former captives have said they were mistreated or tortured there. the blaze came as iran remains roiled by mass protests and just a day before the one month anniversary of the death of 22-year-old mahsa amini, who died while in the custody of iran's so-called morality police. in ukraine, kyiv was rocked by explosions this morning as russia renewed its attack on the capital with fresh airaids, one week after last monday's deadly barrage of misses. ukrainian officials say explosive iranian devices known as kamikaze drones appeared to target energy facilities

i'm amy goodman. in ukraine, thousands in and around the russian-occupied city of kherson have fled as they battle to retake control of the stratec region, located north of the crimean peninsula. ukrainian soldiers continue to advance as russia's military continued drone and missile attacks across ukraine, which cut off electricity to over a million homes. russian attacks have downed some 40% of ukraine's power system as the winter is fast approaching. meanwhile, in the southern city of mykolaiv, residents have not had access to clean water for the past six months. officials there say russians closed off the city's freshwater source after occupying the adjacent kherson province and that the pipes have been destroyed in fighting. >> we would need to change hundreds of kilometers of pipes. we could assume, yes, it is some kind of revenge because even if this happened by accident, why don't the russians let us -- non-so-called torture by water. amy: earlier today, officials in france, u.k., and the u.s.

i'm amy goodman. in the united kingdom, rishi sunak has been sworn in as prime minister, succeeding fellow conservative party member liz truss, who resigned her post after just six weeks on the job. sunak was a supporter of britain's narrowly-approved 2016 referendum on whether to exit the european union. he's from one of britain's wealthiest families, with a net worth estimated at more than $800 million. he was the wealthiest member of the house of commons. he becomes britain's first-ever prime minister of color and the third british prime minister in 50 days after boris johnson resigned amid a series of scandals. rishi sunak delivered his first address as prime minister from 10 downing street earlier today. >> i will place economic stability and confidence at the heart of this government's agenda. this will mean difficult decisions to come. amy: he was the goldman sachs anchor. across the u.k., calls are growing for a general election. the leader of scotland's national party nicola sturgeon said mon

amy: happy belated birthday. juan: thanks, amy. appreciate it. my big 75. amy: congratulations.a warning to our listeners and viewers, we begin today's show with a story that includes graphic details of sexual assault. on october 7, a 22-year-old black woman in excelsior springs, missouri, escaped from a white man who she says held her captive for nearly a month and raped her repeatedly. the woman fled and knocked on a neighbor's door for help after the man left the house with his son. >> about 7:30 a.m., i faintly heard a young female saying "help me." amy: lisa johnson was the first person to encounter the woman and to help rescue her. she said the woman was nearly naked as she pleaded for help. >> it was actually -- black plastic post. short. it wasn't shorts, it was a dress. that's all she had on. and the duct tape around her neck and the caller. it was restricted. it was a metal collar, like a shock collar, a homemade one at that. her wrist were pretty messed up and her ankles. i asked what she needed. i did not really have to ask, i just started looking. the first thing i

i'm amy goodman.e midterm elections, now less than three weeks away, are set to determine the balance of power in congress. black voters could play a key role. black voters helped democrats flip two senate seats that gave them control of the senate in georgia's 2020 special runoff election. democratic senator raphael warnock of georgia now faces republican challenger herschel walker. this comes as georgia's republican governor brian kemp is fighting for reelection against democrat and voting rights advocate stacy abrams in a rematch after he signed into law new restrictions that disproportionately disenfranchise voters of color. it was one of many voter suppression efforts in republican-led states. in florida, republican governor ron desantis' election police unit -- he has set up an election police unit -- has arrested people for voting. florida law allows formerly incarcerated people to vote unless they were convicted of murder or felony sex offenses. those arrested say florida officials encouraged

i'm amy goodman. russian president vladimir putin said thursday the world faces the most dangerous and unpredictable decade since the end of world war ii, even as he insisted that the war in ukraine was going according to plan. over the course of a four-hour appearance at a foreign policy conference in moscow, putin said russia stands ready for a negotiated end to the conflict in ukraine, but insisted ukraine and its allies are not willing to engage in diplomacy. he also railed against western powers, comparing them to nazi germany. >> the disintegration of the soviet unit destroyed the balance of geopolitical powers. the west felt it the victor. now this historic period of western dominance in world affairs end is coming to an end. amy: in kyiv, ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy warned in a televised address on much of ukraine will face thursday extended blackouts after russia launched a series of attacks on energy infrastructure. he spoke from a darkened street next to the wreckage of what he

i'm amy goodman. i ukrainian official is warning russian forces are preparing for "the heaviest of battles" k erson as ukrainian troops continue to advance. thousands of residents are still evacuating. on tuesday, president biden warned russia against using nuclear or radioactive weapons in ukraine following moscow's unsupported allegation that ukrainians could deploy a dirty bomb. the u.s., along with kyiv and european allies, have rejected russia's accusation. pres. biden: russia would be making an incredibly serious mistake for the use of a technical nuclear weapon -- tactical nuclear weapon. i'm not guaranteeing you it is a false flight operation yet. we don't know. but it would be a serious, serious mistake. amy: the white house said tuesday that no evidence russia is preparing to use such weapons. meanwhile, ukraine's nuclear energy operator said russian forces occupying the zaporizhzhia nuclear plant could be "eparina terrorist act using nuclear materials and radioactive waste stored." the cong

i'm amy goodman. in ukraine, at least 19 people were killed and dozens more left injured monday as russia's military continued to rain bombs and missiles down on cities. the kremlin said the long-range air strikes were aimed at ukraine's energy and military infrastructure in retribution for a weekend explosion that damaged a y bridge linking russia to crimea, the ukrainian territory annexed by moscow in 2014. russian president vladimir putin has blamed ukraine for the blast, calling it an act of terrorism. this morning ukraine's military claimed to have shot down several russian crews missiles. russia's latest strikes came as the u.n. general assembly gathered for an emergency session on monday ahead of a vote later this week on whether to accept russia's recent annexation of four partially-occupied territories of ukraine. poland's u.n. ambassador was among those urging member states to vote "no." >> not condemning the annexation means weakening the u.n. charter and the whole u.n. system. one cannot e

amy your class next spring. let's say that you do it all professor's aspire to you inspire your your students and a student subs as dr. zegart. i'm so inspired about what you've taught me. i want to get into espionage. so what's your advice if i'm if a young person wants to get an espionage these days. what should the young person do? well, i would first ask that student. what kind of espionage do you want to analyze intelligence or do you want to go out and convince people to spy on behalf of the united states? those are two very different paths and actually maybe before that pro-american espionage or anti-american speech. i'm so do you want right but very different skill sets very different personality types and a very different career path and if they do want to do it, i would encourage them to apply to the central intelligence agency or to other intelligence agencies. there's no more important time for intelligence than today. and i would also encourage the student, you know students today don't want to be l

i'm amy goodman. aid groups are sounding the alarm over the worsening humanitarian disaster in somalia, which is facing famine on a scale not seen in half a century. one child is hospitalized for malnutrition every minute, according to unicef. e u.n. says over $2 billion in aid is needed to help fight the catastrophic effects of the ongoing drought as the region looks to be headed into its fifth-consecutive failed rainy season the situation has spurred a mass displacement crisis. thiss falhad hussein, a displaced somali mother and street vendor. >> i had fled from drought. i have five children. i had seven children. two died while they were babies becausof thirsand hungerf the drought. now are in these camps and still need support. amy: in ukraine, russia is warning the battle for kherson is imminent and says it will evacuate some 60,000 people in the coming days. ukrainian forces havrecently driven back russian fighters in the occupied city. elsewhere, russian strikes have cut power to over 1000 town

i'm amy goodman. the united nations general simply voted overwhelmingly to condemn russia's annexation of four territories seized from ukraine after russia's military invaded in february. 143 countries voted to reaffirm ukraine's sovereignty within its internationally recognized borders. just four countries sided with russia. india and china abstained from wednesday's vote. in ukraine, russia is continuing a stepped-up campaign of bomb and missile attacks following saturday's explosion that damaged a key bridge linking russia with the russian-annexed ukrainian territory of crimea. ukraine's government says at least 13 people were killed and 37 wounded by russian strikes over the past 24 hours. among the latest attacks, they say are iranian-made drones piloted by russia that have blown up critical infrastructure facilities near the capital kyiv. meanwhile, the zaporizhzhia nuclear plant lost external power on wednesday for the second time in five days after fighting knocked an electrical substation off

i'm amy goodman. president biden pledged billions of dollars of federal aid for people impacted by hurricane ian, which made landfall last week as one of the most devastating storms ever to hit the united states. he viewed the storm's path of destruction by helicopter, flying over fort myers beach, which took a direct hit from ian's category 4 winds. he met with governor desantis, potential rival of the 2024 presidential election. biden said the recovery effort could take years and blamed the climate crisis for adding to ian's destructive power. pres. biden: more fires have burned in the west and southwest, burned everything right to the ground and the entire state of new jersey -- as much as that takes up. the reservoirs out west are downed almost zero. the colorado river looks more like a stream. there a lot going on post of i think the one thing this has ended is the discussion about whether there is climate change and we should do something about it. amy: in ethiopia, more than 50 people were kill

i'm amy goodman. russia says it detained eight people linked to saturday's blast on a key bridge connecting russia to the crimean peninsula. russia has accusedkraine's military intelligee service of orchestrating the explosion, though kyiv has t claid any responsibility. the blast spked deadly retaliatory attacks across ukraine, killing at least 20 people. the barrage of missiles came under the command of the kremlin's newly appointed head of military operations in ukrain sergei surovikin. surovikin has been dubbed "general armageddon" and oversaw the mass destruction of civilian infrastructure in syria as part of russia's war efforts there. ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy appealed to members of the g7 to boost ukraine's air defenses to counter russian attacks and called for new sanctions on moscow. >> for this new wave of terror, there st be you kind ability for russia, new sanctions, new forms of political pressure, new forms of support for ukraine. amy: the white house said tuesday presiden

i'm amy goodman. the african union has scheduled peace talks for next week in south africa over the worsening crisis in ethiopia's tigray conflict. on wednesday, the world health organization's tedros adhanom ghebreyesus warned time is running out to resolve the war, which broke out nearly two years ago. >> this is a crisis and the world is not paying enough attention. i urged the international community and the media to give this crisis the attention it deserves. there is a very narrow window now to prevent genocide. amy: he is from tigray. thousands have been killed in the brutal conflict. one analyst estimas the deat toll tbe as highs 800,000 people millions have been displaced and hundreds of thousands are facing famine. investigaon last ye found that a sides figing in the war d committed violations that might amount to war crimes. russian president vladimir putin has declared martial law in four regions of ukraine recently annexed by russia in violation of international law. the order will includ

i'm amy goodman. the african union has scheduled peace talks for next week in south africa over the worsening crisis in ethiopia's tigray conflict. on wednesday, the world health organization's tedros adhanom ghebreyesus warned time is running out to resolve the war, which broke out nearly two years ago. >> this is a crisis and the world is not paying enough attention. i urged the international community and the media to give this crisis the attention it deserves. there is a very narrow window now to prevent genocide. amy: he is from tigray. thousands have been killed in the brutal conflict. one analyst estimas the deat toll tbe as highs 800,000 people millions have been displaced and hundreds of thousands are facing famine. investigaon last ye found that a sides figing in the war d committed violations that might amount to war crimes. russian president vladimir putin has declared martial law in four regions of ukraine recently annexed by russia in violation of international law. the order will includ

amy: as u.s. health experts warn of a tripledemic, we will speak with a pediatrician about how many hoitals are already filled tcapacity with children. >> we are seeg natiolly a marked increase in infections with respitory synctyial virus, also known as rsv. influenza is also spiking right now. amy: rsv starts with mild cold symptoms and can be life-threatening to infants. all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. the united nations has warned that countries around the world are falling short of their pledges, putting the world toward catastrophic global heating. an assessment by the u.n. framework convention on climate change released on wednesday found that pledges by countries to slash emissions nearly in half by 2030 are falling far below that goal, with the world on track to see emissions rise by more than 10% this decade. without a change in course, the u.n. warns the planet is on track to see an average temperature r

amy: the u.s.preme court begins its new term today with a historic first as justice ketanji brown jackson will become the first black female justice to ever hear a supreme court case. key issues before the court this term include affirmative action and voting rights. and indigenous activist and actress sacheen littlefeather has died at the age of 75. in 1973, she took the stage at the oscars on behalf of marlon brando, who boycotted the ceremony to protest hollywood's portrayal of native americans. some members of the audience booed and mocked littlefeather as she addressed the awards ceremony wearing traditional apache clothing. >> very regretfully cannot accept this very generous award. and the reason for this being our the treatment of american indians today by the film industry -- excuse me. and on television, in movie reruns, and also recent happenings at wounded knee. amy: the actor john wayne reportedly attempted to remove sacheen littlefeathefrom the stage but was restrained by six security

i'm amy goodman. in ukraine, kyiv and other cities have come under intense attack from russian missile strikes following saturday's explosion at russia's key bridge to, a. the blast on that bridge, the longest in your, collapsed two road was an reportedly left three people dead. president flood mayor boudin called it an act of terrorism -- president vladimir putin called it act of terrorism. ukrainian officials say russia's latest attacks killed at least 10 people and struck infrastructure in 12 regions of ukraine, knocking out supplies of water and electricity. on sunda russian missiles rained down on the southeastern city of zaporizhzhia, killing at least 13 people. this came after the russian-occupied zaporizhzhia nuclear plant temporarily lost its power supply saturday due to shelling and had to switch on emergency diesel generators to prevent a nuclear disaster. this is 10-year-old bohdan pavlenko, who survived sunday's attack on zaporizhzhia. >> i heard the sirens and the person next to me screa

what does amy schumer want to do now?>> trevor: i've heard good things about it. >> i would love -- i am proud of my career and i want to keep doing things, you know, that i'm proud of and creating content that i think is funny and helpful. but i want to hang out with my family a bunch and i want to go on abo a boat. invite me on a boat. >> trevor: who is inviting you? >> i want to go on a boat. >> trevor: a boat or a yacht? >> you are right, i am upgrading. invite me on your yacht boat. >> trevor: amy schumer on your yacht vote if you have one. thank you so much for joining us. amy schumer, everybody. we are going to take a quick break. we'll be right back after this. [cheers and applause] [cheers and applause] >> trevor: that's our show for tonight but before we go, please consider supporting the violence intervention program in new york city. they work within latino communities 2-inch domestic and sexual violence providing emergency shelter, advocacy for long-term economic stability, and healing for survivors and their

and amy schumer.evor noah." ♪ ♪ [cheers and applause] ♪ ♪ >> trevor: what's going on, everybody? welcome to "the daily show." i'm trevor noah. thank you so much for tuning in. thank you coming out in person. thank you so much for being here, everybody! good to see you, take a seat. let's do this. we've got a great show for you tonight. tiktok is growing up, rap music is now for republicans, and did you hear that knock on the door? it could be your weed. plus sign b after focused on thd documentarian solo dad o'brien is here and amy schumer will be. let's do this, people, let's jump straight into today's headlines! [cheers and applause] all right. before we get into the big stories, let's catch up on a few other things going on in the world. in tech news, tiktok has officially announced that users will now be able to run live streams for adults only. but before you get excited, the app says that nudity and sexually explicit content will still be prohibited. which, like, what is adult themed if it is no

i'm amy goodman. the house select committee investigating the u.s. capitol insurrection has voted to subpoena former president donald trump, demanding he turn over documents and testify about his role implement and violence on january 6, 2021. the committee's vote on thursday afternoon cast what is widely expected to be its last public hearing stop after headlines, we will spin the rest of the are playing extended excerpts of the hearing. the supreme court has rejected a bid by donald trump's lawyers could derail a federal criminal probe into whether trump violated the espionage act and presidential records laws and whether he obstructed justice to cover up those crimes. on thursday, justices refused to take up a challenge by trump's lawyers to a lower court ruling allowing the justice department to use records marked as "classified" in its investigation into documents heldy trump his mar-lago tate in orida. th week rerts emerd a trp aide td the fbhe was ordered move bos of documents out of a basement

amy: i do come from a military family.dfather immigrated to the united states from switzerland and he served his country and he was so proud. i was raised by a single mother and i remember sitting at the breakfast table with him because she worked full time and he imbued such a sense of service. so i went into the military, served on a guided missile destroyer. and i had an incredible experience traveling the world. and when i came back, i came to d.c., served in a variety of missions there, and i made a very difficult decision. point one was getting out of the service and that was a really hard decision for me and it wasn't easy. and i didn't want to be far away from what was all i'd known my whole career, which was the navy. so a mission was important, came to general dynamics. five years ago i had this incredible opportunity to come out and run this large business. and it has been the greatest challenge and the most incredible opportunity. geoff: i can imagine. we were talking earlier about your bracelet that i noticed

our guest today is amy amy zegart. she is a professor of political science by courtesy at stanford university, also a fellow and chair of their artificial intelligence and international committee. and a contributing writer at the atlantic, but wait, there is more. she is also a book author, her latest title being spies, lies, and algorithms, a future of american intelligence. great to see, you congratulations on the book. >> great to see you as well, it's always nice to finish a book rather than just be writing one. >> that leads to my first question, i just listed countless things you are doing in and around the stanford world, how do you have time to write a book? >> covid helped, we could not get together, we could not travel, i moved all my books to my home office and hold up and that is how i was able to finish. it took a lot of structured time away from the office to get it done. >> and just a lot of discipline, i guess, ideal in column writing but a book is a different creature. >> i cannot do what you do, i am

i'm amy goodman with nermeen shaikh.e continue our conversation with iranian activist and lawyer and 2003 nobel peace prize laureate dr. shirin ebadi. she writes in her book "until we are free, i received the nobel peace prize in october 2003 for my efforts for democracy and human rights and know you would think this would have propelled my work in iran, it put me under even more pressure and scrutiny by the government. the iranian state did everything it could to suppress the new semi ward, forbidding the state radio and tv stations to so much as mention it and putting the under even more severe news embargo. when a reporter asked a reformist who was in power at the time why he had not congratulated me, he responded, this isn't such an important prize, it is only the nobel in literature that really matters." that is dr. shirin ebadi. she was the female judge in first iran. she has lived in exile since 2009. we spoke with her on wednesday. nermeen: to go back to what you're talking about the protests, these are different

amy has -- this is season 5 or 6 or "inside amy schumer"?eason was 2016. and that's not a coincidence. i was incredibly depressed since then. >> jimmy: and you're like hey, let's do it again. did they come to you and say please do it again? or is it a standing offer or what? >> yeah, yeah. it was always a standing offer. i didn't really feel like i had anything to say, and i was really too bummed about the election. i don't know if you guys read about it. and just all of it. and then, yeah, but i felt ready to do it again. and we had the best time. >> jimmy: and do you believe it is an american's right under the second amendment to own a tank? >> absolutely. yeah. everybody -- look under your seats. you get a tank, you get a -- yeah. yeah. >> jimmy: so with this big gap from doing last season of the show and doing this one, the world has changed a lot since then. >> not good. >> jimmy: it's not good. >> not good. >> jimmy: did you feel that like in your writer's room when you're coming up with bits? did that affect you? >> yeah. i mean, we,

amy: that's right.re seeing is again, especially in the midterm election, but unfortunately, with politics now overall, the biggest motivator to get people to show up and vote is anger. and getting people engaged and enraged is an easier way to prod your supporters to the polls. but it has significant consequences. if year after year the only way you are getting people to show up is to say you are doing this because the other side is terrible, guess what? by the time we get to where we are now, nobody trusts anybody. judy: it is not just the other side is terrible, it is that you need to be afraid of them. tamara: the ads -- judy: the ads i was watching, i was covering the senate race in pennsylvania, it will air tomorrow night we hope, but you look at the ads and you would think, you need to crawl under covers because life is going to change drastically. if this person gets elected. tamara: every cycle, voters in places with competitive races, get sick and tired of the ads and think they are terrible.

amy walter of the cook political report with amy walter. and tamara keith of npr.you. are you getting nervous? it is three weeks away. amy: can't wait, my favorite day of the year. judy: always. bigger than birthdays. as you just saw, amy, seeing a shift towards the republicans . not only that, one of the questions in the poll asks people what is your top issue? in july, 36% of respondents said it was the economy. now, it is 44%. that is an eight percentage point shift. what should we take away from that? amy: with the obvious caveat, this is one poll, etc., this is what we are hearing as well when i talk to campaigns and strategists, that the bump democrats felt over the summer, i think it was a combination of the decision on roe v. wade, the so-called dobbs decision, the fact that gas prices were going down a little bit, the intense focus on donald trump, mar-a-lago, january 6, gave a really big boost to democrats. it increased enthusiasm and took the media focus off the economy for a little while. but folks who are now tuning in, which there are a lot of voters

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