one of the prime targets for civil asset forfeiture is the airport a recent report by the institute of justice discovered that customs and border protection and other department of homeland security agents seized more than 2000000000 dollars in cash from travelers and u.s. airports between $22162000000000.00 the report is the 1st to show the use of civil asset forfeiture by federal law enforcement in airports after multiple investigations most of these passengers were never even charged with crimes people like reston because ozzy a u.s. citizen who attempted to board a flight in 2018 to return to his native albania because as he had roughly 58000 dollars in cash in his luggage money he said was taking to repair a house he owned because as he was strip searched and had his entire life savings seized c.b.p. officials claimed the cash was involved in the smuggling and drug trafficking operation but had 0 proof of this and it gets worse and 2017 the justice department office of the inspector general found that the d.n.a. seized more than $4000000000.00 in cash from people suspected of drug activit

are trying to address but from my perspective as leader of the us marshals service, that institution of justice represented by that courthouse, if you walk inside the courthouse you will see a huge sentence written in gold that states the first duty of society is just to so this is where people who are protesting will ultimately end up going in order to get the things they are asking for. it's my job to ensure that peaceful protesters are protected. we will do that in a very professional way but it is also our job to enforce federal law because this peaceful protest in many respects has been hijacked by violent extremists who have no intent to arrive at any solution other than to continue to create chaos so i'm going to meet with members of the community over the next couple days, members of the faith community and others who are willing to talk about what next in terms of deputies in the courthouse they are doing a magnificent job under very hostile circumstances. we look forward, we hope we can make some progress. >> you have an interesting background. you've been in law practice in public, y

in 2013 the national institutes of justice which is the research arm of the doj put out a study on races, could not find any pattern of abuse against black motorists. it is not true, and it's getting people killed because the cops pull back, bad guys know it, and it makes young black men falsely believe that they're going to be harassed. why not believe that? after all, your leaders are telling you that. it is a lie, and it's getting people killed, and the democrats need to knock it off. and what happens, lou, is that the democrats say this kind of stuff to run for office, they get into office, and they expect the very same people they've encouraged to believe america is an inherently racist country to not believe it while in office. it doesn't work that way. you convince them that the death of george floyd is a moye micro-- george floyd is a microcosm of the problem. lou: that you unleashed, directed, orchestrated and pushes -- >> that's right. lou: -- in city after city, all democratic-run, by the way, to carry out all of the looting -- [laughter] violence, rioting and deadly violence

think this is a crisis that the department of justice, at the department of justice, reit ly is antithetical to the entire purpose and strture of our institutions and the department of justice as applying the law equally and might be a friend or the perho seed political enemy of the president and this pulls e rug ousht out from under a righte prosecution of somebody who is convicted on all seven counts of lying to congress and it also pulls the rug out from the c jurors wmmitted their time and effort to deliberate at thip trial and it away in a way that just never has been seen sfore. as someod, president nixon never did anything like this. that's why this is just unchartered territory and the department of justice is rocked. so have suggested that a normal attorney general would resign, and i do thinks the kind of momenwe are at where it is that stark in terms of what is just occurred in the last couple of days. >> sreenivasan: ryan goodman, co-ed r of the justice security blog and professor of law at nyu, thanks so much for >> thank you. >> sreenivan: >> sreenivasan: while the u.s. has the most confirmed cases of covid-19 in the world, daily

. >> former san francisco police officer commander richard car ia, who now heads the institute of cruel justice said in effect the fines and sanctions are a backup for dealing with those who think they don't have to follow the rules. >> i think police officers should look at what risk is presented by the behavior of the person. >> reporter: but if covid continues to run wild, he said that police may be forced to use less discretion. >> when the issue becomes enforcement around masks, i think that law enforcement officers in california need a clear message from their political leadersing that this is part of the mission, and they would like them to go out and do it. >> that is what is going to help us slow the spread, get us off the state's watch list, so we can resume reopening our economy. >> now, each county has exemptions to their general rules, often not requiring masks at home, or masks with household members, in cars, for legitimate medical reasons, for instants or kids under 12. so it's important to know the general rules, but to check your local county's rules. >>> it's normally one of

this president has managed to politicize almost every single one of our government institutions. the department of justiceas to stand above politics or all the work it does is undermined and the public will lose confidence. the last people you need to be politicized right now is the department of justice. and yet we're seeing that both by the attorney general and by the president. this will take a lot to recover. so we will continue to work. we have mutual assistance relationships between seattle law enforcement and law enforcement throughout washington state. i talk regularly with the governor and with other local leaders here. every city right now is having enormous challenges. and we need help, but the help we need is actually to support our cities, not to invade them. >> all right. democratic mayor jenny durkan of seattle, thank you so much for your time. we really appreciate it. >>> the trump administration suddenly orders china to close its consulate in texas. and why a new video of smoke coming from that building is raising suspicion. that's next. ♪ welcome back, to that same old place that you lau

. >> reporter: richard korea, who now heads the usf institute of criminal justice says in effect the fines and sanctions are a backup for dealing with those who think they don't have to follow the rules. >> i think police officers should look at what risk is presented by the behavior of the person. >> reporter: but if covid continues to run wild, he said that police may be forced to use less discretion. >> when the issue becomes enforcement around masks, i think that law enforcement officers in california need a clear message from their political leaders that this is part of the mission, and they would like them to go out and do it. >> that is what is going to help us slow the spread, get us off the state's watch list so we can resume opening our economy. >> reporter: check your county's rules. tom baker, ktvu fox 2 news. >>> the oakland police department has received it's latest report card from the program monitor overseeing the department that includes scrutiny on how opd handled recent protests in the city. we have more on what the monitor says about those recent demonstrations a

and to that end europe needs strong institutions the commission the court of justice and the european parliament fundamental rights are the priority i see at the start of the prints of the presidency and that brings me on to cohesion. europe will only emerge from the crisis stronger than ever if we are willing to overcome our differences and identify shared solutions if we are willing to view the world through the prism of of there is. europe will emerge from the crisis stronger than ever. if we strengthen cohesion and solidarity no one will get through this crisis alone we are all vulnerable european solidarity is not just a humanitarian gesture it is a sustainable investment european solidarity isn't just a political imperative it is well worth our while it will yield benefits and that is the light motive of our presidency together for europe's recovery. i will work together with the german government and invest great passion to that end but i need you to we need to safeguard europe we need the parliament to that and you. mediate between the different views and how to strike a compr

. >> we are tired, every news cycle, there's another breakdown of an institution, the department of justicethe state department. there are issues all over the place. we have to pull back and get our country back together. and there's just a need for hard pivot in leadership in order to do that. we cannot sustain this for another four years. >> i want somebody in there that does have past experience, political, that has helped to formulate bills and someone with the expertise that is respected and knows people that would be good leaders so that they can get this country going back in the right direction. >> i feel like the president sets the tone of the country. and from the beginning the tone that donald trump set was negative. i think we could all agree that president trump has deliberately, in my opinion, antagonized so many people from every race, sexism, misogyny. he should not at this point still be trying to enamor his base. he's the president of the entire country. >> i believe in the greatness of the american system. we're fundamentally great and we overcome of a lot of these things

our next panelist is rafael mangual, deputy director of legal policy at manhattan institute and written widely of criminal justice system in general and finally, we have coleman hughes and graduate of colombia university, coleman has testified before congress about slavery reparations and written about race including the new york times and wall street journal. so let's get started with the questions, gentlemen, and i thought i would start with you, ralph, and it was a very basic question that i think a lot of people assume, i wanted to get your take on this do we know that the encounter with police was racially motivated, that it happened because floyd is black and we make that assumption and if not, why have so many people jumped to that conclusion? >> yeah, so, i mean, it sounds like a simple question but i think the answer is pretty complicated. the answer, the short answer is no, i don't think we can make that assumption because as far as i've seen there's just no evidence that officers chauvin showed racism that motivated actions but i think the reason that so many people have assumed that this was racially

and go through all our institutions that are full of dissemination, —— discrimination. like the justiceociety, so if we bring the statues down but nothing else happens, obviously it would be terrible. we have now to be sure we build another society. 0n the day colston‘s statue fell, many were surprised. some even disappointed. disappointed by the lack of police intervention. there were no riot shields or water cannon that you would see in america. the police were nowhere to be seen. we made a very tactical decision that to stop people from doing the act may have caused further disorder, and we decided the safest thing to do in terms of policing tactics were to allow it to take place. andy bennett is a bristol commander for avon and somerset police, but his career started 30 years ago with the metropolitan police when they were deemed institutionally racist. what i saw often is policing engaging in communities in a way that didn't consider them as people. i'm not talking about the criminals, i'm talking about the rest of the community. nobody thought about how can we talk to the rest of

relatively speaking of all the british institutions one by one those institutions have collapsed in credibility over the last decades but in the courts you are at least more likely to get justice than you are in any of the other institutions parliament the police the b.b.c. and strong and this i think is encouraging especially for supporters of julian our son because this shows a sliver least of judicial independence based on the fact that this decision was a very part of our swan in terms of britain's own rules we recognise whoever is in power actual power in possession or power in any territory not who we. like it to be but who is in effect of control of the is of course. by the way the last time we broke the rule was when we continued to recognize paul paul as the leader of cambodia even though 'd he'd long been. oh boy. i wouldn't want to be associated with paul pot but george in venezuela as attorney calls that appeal he would agree with you calls that appeal an important step forward for the case saying quote it's an incredibly rare move for a trial judge to give leave to appeal against their own judgment and we are pleased to have been granted a limited appeal so what's

of justice that is not retributive. so i think that those ideas can n help us begin n to image new ways of structuring our institutions, such as -- well, not structuring the prison, because the whole point is that we have to abolish that institution in order to begin to envision new ways of addressing the conditionsns that lead toto mass incarcerati, thatat lead to such hohorrendous t tragedies as the murder of george floyd. amy: the legendary scholar and activist, angela davis. when we come b back, we will l talk about the 2020 electction and more.   [music break] amy: this is democracy now! democracynow.org. i am amy goodman. we are spepending the hour lookining at the ongoioing uprig against police brutatality and racism, following the police killining of george flfloyd. lalater in the program, we hear from -- we wilill hear f from professs cornel wesest, keeangnga-yamahtta taylolor and tamika mallory, but first we continue our didiscussion with the legendary scholar and activist angela davis. i spoke to her in early june, a week before she receceived ththe fred l. shututtleswoh awad from t the birmingham civil ri

of marxism. and seattle is really ground zero. it's really astonishing, if you look at these documents, basically making the argument that the entire justice system is an institutionf whites at the receipt, an of white domination, and an evil, corrupe only solution, at the highest levels of government, is to burn it all down, and that's what we are seeing not only in the streets but we are seeing that in the board rooms, the decision-making center at the highest levels of government. it's really astonishing and we haven't seen anything like this in recent history. >> laura: i can tell you, christopher, flyover country, those swing states, they better see that the coasts are collapsing in on them. if they think it's going to stay in seattle, they haven't been paying attention. it's going to get worse under biden because they are going to know what they are doing is k working. christopher, stay on this for us, please. thank you for bringing this story. we traveled 2,000 miles east to chicago where mayor lori lightfoot's bad leadership is exacerbating the horrific crime wave now sweeping the city in the wake of george floyd's death. but the failure isn't lightfoot's

of marxism. seattle is really ground zero. and it is really astonishing. if you look at these documents, they are basically making the argument the entire justice system is an institutionf white supremacy and an institution of white domination and a corrupt, evil racist culture. the only solution for them and this is the highest level of government is to burn it all down. that is what we are seeing not only in the streets, but we see that in the boardrooms, and the decision-making center, at the highest levels of government. it is really astonishing, and we haven't seen anything like this in recent history. >> laura: i can tell you christopher flyover country, the midwestern states, swing states across the country, they better see the coasts are collapsing in on them. if they think it will stay in seattle, they haven't been paying attention. it is going to get worse under biden because they will know what they are doing is working. christopher, stay on this please and thank you for bringing us the story. we traveled 2,000 miles east of chicago where mary -- mayoral lori lightfoot with bad leadership with horrific crime there sweeping the city in the wake of george floy

panelist is ralph mandeville whralphvandevelde war of legal policy at the manhattan institute and has written on urban crime and policing an into the criminal justice system in general. and finally just recently from the manhattan institute is a graduate of columbia university who has testified before congress about slavery reparations and he's written about it for any number of publications including "the new york times," "the wall street journal." let's get started with questions, gentlemen. ice thought i would start with you, al. with a very basic question i think a lot of people assume but i wanted to get your take on this and that is do we know that the encounter was the police were racially motivated, but it happened because he is black and we make that assumption and if not, why have so many people jumped to that conclusion? spinnaker sounds like a difficult question but i think that the answer is a complicated. the short answer is no, i don't think we can make that assumption because as far as i have seen there just is no evidence that officer harbored racial animus that motivated his actions that day which were reprehensible but i think th

skeptical, especially of the conservative justices when it came to the house committee's broad request for all of these financial documents from several different financial institutions. it did not notably include any tax returns, but the justices really hard on this issue of where does legislative purpose end and where does presidential harassment begin? so it's possible that they could shut down the request or maybe they could weigh the burdens and the needs in this house request. now when it comes to the case out of new york city and the request from the manhattan district attorney, the justices seemed a little more apt to allow this subpoena to go forward in this criminal investigation for the grand jury. you know, in fact, even the conservative justice neil gorsuch, he really said, hey, look, the supreme court has let these types of requests and these subpoenas go before, notably in u.s. v. nicholson as well as bill clinton so why would president trump be any different especially because these are personal financial documents coming from a third party so we're see how the justices break this down in just a few minutes. >> that's a very good point, jessica, comin

breaches the family lawyer of some of the families of the complaints against the institution have welcomed this investigation saying they hope that finally justice will now be served. still to come here an investigator concludes the killing of iran's top general by the us at the start of the year violated international law that story and more after the break. my. join me every thursday on the alex salmond show and i'll be speaking to guest of the world of politics sports business i'm showbusiness i'll see you then. welcome back the u.s. secretary of state says his country is being completely transparent regarding the international law basis for an as strike that killed iran's top general custom sell them on e now comes after you an expert concluded the assassination back in january was a little full. my report doesn't annex presenting a case study of the targeted killing of iranian janiero all have some sort of money concluding that is was a violation of the un charter governing the use of force and an arbitrary killing the international community must now confront the very real prospect that state may all opt to strategically eliminate our rank

represents a rethinking of the rather backward position that the institute assumed, that palestinians could be excluded from the circle of those working toward a future of justice, equality and human rights. amy: speaking about what's going on in the west bank right now and about the olole issuee ofnterernational solidarity,y, the global response to the k killing of george f fl. in the occupied west bank, protesters denounced floyoyd's murder and the recentnt killing of iyad el-hallak, a 32-year-old palestinian special needs student who was shot to death by israeli forces in occupied east jerusalem. he was reportedly chanting "black lives matter" and "palestinian n lives matte"" whwhen israeaeli police gunnedm down, claiming he was armed. these links that you're seeing, not only in palestine and the united states, but around the worldld, the kind of global response, the tens of thousands of people who marched in spain, who marched in england, in berlin, in munich, all over the world, as t this touches s a chord and they make demands in their own countries, not only in solidarity with what's happening in the united statates? and then i want to ask you about the

were a victim of sexual violence one day i would have to turn to institutions run by sexist people who are accused of rape and judge watching to do i look to. the point of star lawyer. as justice minister is also causing a stir amongst magistrates they don't feel he's on their side did in the classroom hear from the men in my quiet image as this appointment is like a declaration of war by iran and i call as a lawyer diplomat i t. has time and again been contentious towards magistrates judges and prosecutors and there is a high risk of conflict of interest as law firm is involved in many high profile cases for example the now former justice minister just launched another inquiry into his latest case the form of a t will receive the results of that inquiry although he's also the lawyer pressing charges after prolonged. the government is trying to calm the waves after all appointment was supposed to give mccoy new shine after 3 years of controversial reforms unlike in other countries the coronavirus crisis has hardly improved this sluggish approval ratings. and i am much more with no one i would keep the best parts of our system and change its worst parts. be i'm entitled to the

of these institutions. i think what that -- that what we will see social justice as a movement in part because what it does offer is an ideology of community, an ideology of solidarity which i think there is a real hunger for. and the way that i sort of -- i'm interested, too, more broadly and i talk about this in a chapter on kind of the free love as a continuation of ideas of human perfectionism in the 19th century, but ways in which -- and this is the term sort of that has long been used in the que e er community -- queer family. people who experience marginalization from traditional religious institutions, people who for whatever reason are alienated from traditional religious institutions or civic institutions whose family of origin might not, they might not be in touch with in the same way might be able to find one another. i think that there's a hopefulness in the idea that as a result, you know, as a result of the kind of triballization you find on the internet where people can find like-minded people, where people can find communities, there are options for solidarity for coming together, for the c

justice? hasn't happened. lou: the judiciary, do you believe it's as corrupt as every other part of the justice department and the fbi? >> well, listen, i think all of our institutionsbe apolitical have shown increasing signs of politics whether it's pete strzok's e-mails, judge emmet sullivan's rope-a-dope and not dismissing the case against flynn. you're seeing apolitical agencies dripping with politics, and that's bad for the future of america's democracy. there's no doubt about it. lou: yeah. you know, we've seen a lot of people in the streets here lately. ooh -- i'm thinking it's starting to look like all americans are going to have to get in the street to be taken seriously. it's really asinine to see what we are witnessing with the left-wing media trying to control speech and thought, the left in this country trying to dismember this great nation of ours and people sitting around going, well, what the hell, you know? maybe we'll figure it out in time. it's, it's time now, i believe, john. i hope you do as well. >> the american people have the ultimate weapon. when they go to that ballot box in november or when they mail in their ballot in september, they have

of policing as we know it. they want to break down institutions whether it's policing or the justice system urges capitalism. ey want to rebuild these institutions in their own ideological image. and of course you have to do this -- to get to that point, you get to be a little bit violent, you have to intimidate. it's a domestic terroristic act to use your ideology to try to frighten people, to bully people using violence to get your means. i'm glad finally president trump is stepping up here and sending in the federal government. >> lisa: is it working? >> it's working, look, at this point it's become a little bit political, right? the president is showing he is the law and order president. he's going up against joe biden as he painting is quite the opposite. the democrats are not using the cemex excuse to not to go after the antifa activists. instead they are saying it's portland versus drop rcl versus trump, new york versus trump. it gives them a little bit of coverage they don't actually have to go after their base of support on the ground that's responsible for all of this. >> lisa: jason, thanks for joi

our next panelist is rafael mangual deputy director of legal policy at the manhattan institute and britain widely on the criminal justicesystem in general. finally, we have coleman hughes his recently joined the manhattan institute another graduate of columbia university. coleman has to testified before congress about slavery reparations let's get started with the questions, gentlemen, i thought i would start with you, ralph with a very basic question i think a lot of people assume but i wanted to get your take on this and that is do we know that the floyd encounter with police was racially motivated that it happened because floyd is black. can we make that assumption? if not, why have so many people jumped to that conclusion? works it sounds like a simple question but i think the answer is pretty complicated that the short answer is no, i don't think we can make that assumption because as far as i've seen there is no evidence that officer derek chauvin harbored racial animus that motivated him that day. i think the reason so many people have assumed that this was racially motivated is because the event fits into a pre-

undermine the presidency of the united states, not just this president, the institution of the presidency going forward. >> justice gorsuch? >> counsel, i believe in early discussions with justice alito, you indicated congress might be able to regulate the area financial disclosures of the president. that is one of the interests of the house has asserted here. what more would you require the house to do to assert that interest? what would be enough in your mind to demonstrate the heightened need you suggest is needed? >> i don't think it has to go provision by provision. i think it has to describe the possible legislation with enough specificity to enable meaningful judicial review. we know the president is required to disclose certain things. >> i'm sorry to interrupt but let's say the house says we are considering legislation on whether to require presidential candidates to disclose their tax returns for a set number of years. would that be sufficient and if not, why not? >> i think that might be and then you have to look at what they were going after from the various campaigns. it would not get you anywhere nea

we'll be taking all of this up later in the broadcast with the hudson institute's michael pillsbury. also breaking tonight, the fbi and department of justiceourt applications during obamagate had, quote, inaccuracies but not enough to affect how the court ruled. this add adds to the 17 errors or omissions the fbi made in applications to spy on carter page and the trump campaign. a reminder the fisa court has approved more than 99% of all the warrant withs sought in its 42-year history. doing important work for the nation, don't you think? well, joining us tonight is congressman andy biggs. he's chairman of the house freedom caucus, a member of the house judiciary committee who was at the hearing with attorney general barr. first of all, great to have you with us, congressman. let's start with finding out that a member of the bush family is doing business with the chinese on a level that i find outrageous. hunter biden, the same situation. and, in fact, it's corruption, it is, it is driven by the trading on their fathers' -- and in one instance brother's -- standing as a public servant. it's outrageous, it's suck. ing that it's permitted --

of the barbaric practice. but it does go on in some states. we banned it in federal institutions, but every aspect of women in the criminal justice system is different than men. we will get to a comprehensive bill later, but the bill i'm --king on on a bike partisan bipartisan basis now is about pregnant women who are incarcerated. host: a final question for you as we come to the end of the hour here. this question comes from gabrielle. how do you navigate the various political currents within the membership of the cbc, and what does it mean when tim scott, the gop's only black senator, is not a member of the congressional black caucus? rep. bass: tim and i came in together and that was his choice -- tim and i came in together and that was his choice. i did -- i don't think he wanted to be in a room with 50 plus democrats. maybe that was the issue. but the republican from utah was a very active member of the black caucus. she lost her election, so she is not there anymore, but certainly the door is open to tim anytime he would choose to be apart of the caucus. there are 55 members of the congressional black caucus. it is very diverse politically, it

breaches the family lawyer of some of the families that had brought complaints against the institution have welcomed this investigation saying they hope that finally justice will now be served what is coming your way after the break. israel media a reflection of reality. in a world transformed. what will make you feel safe. heis a nation full community. are you going the right way or are you being led to. direct. what is truth what is faith. in the world corrupted you need to descend. to join us in the depths. or remain in the shallowness. join me every thursday on the alex island show and i'll be speaking to you after the world of politics or business i'm show business i'll see you very. welcome back the u.s. secretary of state says his country has been completely transparent regarding the international law basis for an airstrike that killed iran's top general customs on the money that comes after u.n. expert concluded the assassination back in january was a lot for. my report as an annex presenting a case study of the targeted killing of iranian janeiro have some sort of money concluding that is was a violation of the un charter governing the use of for

of it. we also saw them accuse supreme court justice brett kavanaugh of gang rape. we have seen democrats really showed the rule of law in this country and destroy norms and institutions. it's a shame. >> harris: jessica? >> jessica: i think it's interesting to be having this conversation the day after lieutenant colonel vindman, he testified against the president during that "sham" impeachment trial, resigned from the military. his lawyer stipulate and bet because of retribution for president trump and others in power, he was never going to get the promotion he so rightly deserve. we can look at john bolton as someone who has confirmed he deserves that promotion. in terms of what the american public to be interested in come election day, i think it's a really important nate silver speculated this morning he thinks this could be a good thing for president trump if we are talking about tax returns versus covid-19. i tend to agree with him. this argument that we can walk and chew gum i think it's a decent one, and that we should move ahead with this. i'm sure cy vance is readying his subpoenas, especially for deutsche bank, right at this moment. but we do have a global

of the supreme court. closed quote. some would say that the chief justices belief in institutions and even his deep devotion to the constitution were naive. indeed, even as the chief began his work on the bicentennial, the great justice thurgood marshall warned against euphoria, noting the sins of the framers as they were enshrined in the three fifths compromise. the chief who was quiet but very effective in improving the states of black right here in this building. itself was documented last year by my fellow clerk. he understood this argument. but he felt nonetheless, that the high principles contained in our constitution and in our laws deserved celebration. more than that, they required it. the chief knew that moral power is fragile and must be nurtured. he would be alarmed to know that there has been an erosion of the vital capital he worked to build, and that the public's faith in the judiciary and even in this court itself has declined. a gallup poll taken a few months before bush versus gore indicated 62% of our people believed the court was doing a very good job. today, the numbers 45%. some suggest with plausibility,

who barely understands what's going on, his department of justice, his government, any of the powers that are invested in the highest institutionsl be used expressly to put out any dissent whatsoever. it's all a crescendo to that moment. it's all driven by the idea that we must not engage, we must d platform and remove, we must expressly move away from anybody who holds a different view. remember that "the new york times" fired its top editor for publishing an op-ed by senator tom cotton who was espousing a position which at the time it was published was supported by 58% of americans and that is using the united states military to restore order in american streets. if they can shut down majoritarian positions in those institutions, that's what they are going to do whenever they come to power. >> tucker: what's so striking is the ferocity of their passive aggression. i express strong opinions, people don't like it, theyts criticize me, it never hurts my. feelings, you can criticize me back. they consistently set themselves up so they are immune from criticism. you can't criticize me because i'm this person or i did that, i'm immu

their government between the people in the institutions of the state which increasingly are seen not to be on their side not to be neutral not to be arbiters of justice but to be very much aligned with the interests of the rich and ruling class. the judiciary police you know the education system all of that over these last 10 years has been really exposed and then of course we've had a covert crisis which has extension waited exacerbated all of those inequalities in the system and laid them bare you know like never before at suny extent that we are now seeing a growing number of serious misses in the media not the ones in the media that george is talking about how busy trying to divert our attention but the the ones in the financial times or politico who are writing you know think pieces saying if we are not careful it is going to be a revolution they don't say and that you know as well as back in 2014 plutocrat an oligarch who nicanor billionaire wrote an article i don't know if you guys saw recalled pitchforks a tree and he expressed it talked about the massive and growing inequality in the world and in the western imperialist countries particularl