a slight ironic addition that the president there is elected not by the people, but by the us electoral collegeume that the right to elect the president is entrusted to the supreme national assembly, which has up to 1,200 members, that is, twice as many as in the us electoral college, it will be very funny to read their indignation, but since alexander grigorievich said earlier that us rather authoritarian. system of governance, which someone else calls a dictatorship, then i dare to say that with the presence of alexander lukashenko as president, we can talk about a super-presidential republic in belarus, this is when all branches of power are concentrated in the hands of one leader. actually, this is what we see clearly in the surrounding reality. i dare to suggest that our leader is now preparing the country for the future return of the form of government from a super-presidential republic to a presidential one, where the power of one head state, the second president of belarus, who will replace lukashenko, would still be limited. but here i will draw attention to the fact that this form of

to the supreme national assembly, which has up to members, that is, twice as many as in the college us electorsfunny to read their indignation. but since alexander grigorievich said earlier that we have rather an authoritarian control system, which someone else calls a dictatorship, then i dare to say that with the presence of alexander lukashenko as president, we can talk about a super-presidential republic in belarus, this is when all branches of power are more concentrated in the hands of one leader. actually, this is what we... we see well in the surrounding reality. i dare to suggest that our leader is now preparing the country for the future return of the form of government from a super-presidential republic to a presidential one, where the power of one head of state, the second president of belarus, who will replace lukashenko, would be is still limited. but here i will draw attention to the fact that alexander grigorievich called this form of management optimal for two reasons: historical traditions and geopolitical situation. here's to tradition. it seems like everything is absolutely

is excessive, that has nothing to do with protecting us from authoritarian leaders. electoral college has done nothing to protect us from authoritarian leaders. they do not necessarily protect us. i think there are some checks and balances that are essential to democracy. it should be difficult. that was one of the problems in hungary is that it was too easy to reform the constitution. some kind of authoritarian rule is essential, but we need to separate the essential from nonessential. unfortunately, the u.s. does number of things in the latter category. >> in helping us understand areas of agreement and disagreement, help us understand your definition of populism and the role it has played an american -- and america. an effort to empower or submit power against challenges. you say throughout american history, it is operated within the framework of the american party system rather than fundamentally threatening the order. tell us if that is the case and why you believe that a second trump term might continue to operate within that. >> that was interesting. it was one of the first con

united states is counter majoritarian that have nothing to do with protecting us from authoritarian leaders so the electoral college does not, hamilton thought it might, but he was wrong, the electoral college does nothing to protect us from authoritarian leaders. a severely mall apportioned senate does not necessarily protect us from these, there are checks and balances essential, needs to be difficult, it should be difficult to reform the constitutions. in hungary is too easy to reform the constitution, two thirds of the legislative body is too lower bar in my opinion, the united states constitution is harder to change. it is absolutely essential but we need to separate a counter majoritarian institution from nonessential ones and ones that can in fact be deleterious or antithetical to democracy. the united states does a number of things in the latter category. >> thank you for that. in helping us understand areas of agreement or disagreement, frances lee, help us understand your definition of populism and the role it played in american history. you define populism as an effort to empower executives, we can check

states is excessively majoritarian that have nothing to do with protecting us from authoritarian leaders. the electoral college -- mike hamilton thought it might but he was wrong. nothing to protect us from authoritarian leaders. a severely mail portion senate does not necessarily protect p s from budgetary leaders. their aptly essential to democracy. you need to be difficult it should be difficult as it was one of the problemss in hungary but it was too easy to reform the constitution. two thirds of the legislative body is too low of a bar. the united states it's much harder to change. some are absolute essential. but we need to n separate institutions from nonessentialpa ones. one that can in fact you democracy. unfortunately the united states has a number in the latter category pickwick thank you so much for that. in helping us understand areas of agreement and disagreement, help us understand your definition of populism and the rule you say it is played in american history? you define populism as an effort to empower, we can checks and balances, manipulate institutions to submit their power against challen

concludes that trump acted with the specific intent to disrupt the electoral college certification of president biden's electoral victory by usingful force and violence. and speaking of votes, just a reminder, that he and president biden are now barreling towards this rematch in 2024. while harry enton is here with the numbers on the current state of this race. harry, what do they say? >> look abby, the fact is that president biden is behind president trump. if you look at one of these polls you'll say okay that is within the margin of error, now we have four national polls where joe biden is trailing donald trump. trump quinnipiac university, trump plus two. you put it all together, you get a picture that donald trump is leading joe biden. that is historic, why is that historic? because i want to take you through the polling archive go all the way back 80 years ago, incumbent presidents since 1943, how many of them trailed in the election polling at this point? the answer, two, just two. one of these names on the screen you might recognize from the last election and the last slide. donald trump trailed joe biden by about ten po

electoral college survey? >> chandler: i can't talk about the election without doing my duty to share the truth that they have been hiding from us and it is the election is flat. >> greg: really? >> chandler: i'm not afraid to say it i'm not crazy and i'm not suicidal. >> greg: really? i lost you. it's flat? >> chandler: listen, i can't say these things on air for obvious reasons so you guys have to do your own research okay? research flat election. >> greg: flat election. >> chandler: uh-huh. >> greg: what do you mean? >> jimmy: i date one of those in 7th grade. >> tyrus: i have one at night, flat election >> jimmy: there's a pill for this. we could fix this. >> greg: that was the joke?

that trump acted with the specific intent to disrupt the electoral college certification of president biden's electoral victory, specifically by usingawful force and violence and speaking of votes, just a reminder, that he and president biden are now barreling towards this rematch in 2024. while harry enten is here with the numbers on the current state of this race, harry, what do they say? >> look, the fact is that president biden is behind president trump. if you look at one of these polls, you might say, okay, that's within margin of error. now we have four recent national polls where joe biden is trailing donald trump among likely or registered voters. fox news, trump plus four. cnn ssrs trump plus four. quinnipiac university trump plus two. marquette university trump plus two. you put it all together, you get a picture that donald trump is leading joe biden. and that is historic. why is that historic? because i want to take you through the polling archive. go all the way back 80 years ago. incumbent presidents since 1943, how many trailed in their re-election bid in the polling at this point? the answer two. just two. one of th

acted with specific intent to disrupt the electoral college certification of president biden's electoral victory through unlawful means, specifically by using unlawful force, and violence. well, we were watching the day it happened, january 6th. >> we fight. we fight like hell, and if you don't fight like hell, you're not going to have a country anymore. >> the judge saying trump did, quote, everything in his power to fuel anger before january 6th. and if, by the way, he were anybody else, he would have been disqualified from office. but because he was the president, that law does not apply. the judge saying the 14th amendment insurrection ban does not apply to presidents because the oath the president takes is not the same as the oath for officers of the united states. that sounds a lot like someone is above something, doesn't it? almost exactly like since the president did it, it's not illegal. i mean, talk about whiplash and if you're confused, you're not the only one around these parts. up to now we heard primarily i think two arguments in the case, in places like in michigan and minnesota they decided to keep trump on the ballot. one a

. ♪ every single member that i've spoken to is absolutely determined to have us complete the counting of electoral collegeallow this to be a permanent break. if we actually let a day go by or two days go by, who knows what could have taken place? the president might have declared martial law. everything could have been lost at that point. woman: get him the fuck out of here before he starts more shit. (crowd yelling indistinctly) jamie raskin: we are gonna go forward. if we've got to stay here all night, we're gonna go forward if we've got to stay here all day tomorrow, we're gonna go forward and the next day. we are going to complete the counting of the electoral college votes, as called for by the constitution of the united states. ♪ ( ♪♪ ) we're still going for that nice catch. we're still going for that sweet shot. and with higher stroke risk from afib not caused by a heart valve problem, we're going for a better treatment than warfarin. eliquis. eliquis reduces stroke risk. and has less major bleeding. over 97% of eliquis patients did not experience a stroke. don't stop taking eliquis without talking

us. between gerrymandering and the electoral college and voter suppression, democrats have to outperformed by it, we need to organize against it and just show up more. i know that's frustrating, and it's not a particularly great answer, but it's just the reality. and we don't do ourselves any favors by pretending otherwise. the other thing we need to do is to help people understand what democracy is. i don't think we often get that message right. and that's why last night was so incredibly heartening, because it wasn't simply the results that showed that people have been paying very close attention since the egregious dobbs decision and continue to protect and enshrine abortion rights in very red states, it's also knowing that in school board elections, the moms for quote, unquote liberty lost resoundingly. these interest people who want to ban our books. these are the people who want our children to grow up ignorant and afraid, and we prevailed against them too. >> i may get in trouble for saying this, but i asked a political consultant the same question i just asked you, and he gave th

electoral college. there's no reason to expect this election will be different. >> polls provide a useful snapshot, butbe close. >> nbc news senior national politics reporter jonathan allen, thank you so much, for being with us. thanks to all of you for getting up "way too early" with us on this thursday morning. "morning joe" starts right now. ♪♪ welcome to "morning joe." it is thuray, november 30th. we have a

, civil or military office, even members of the electoral college, they said we don't want them to be a part of it. and if you look at what happened to usnuary 6th, you can see the wisdom of what the constitutional founders in the 14th amendment we're talking about. so, i think it's really a question of determining whether he engaged in insurrection. now -- >> congressman, that is exactly what -- excuse me, that is exactly what is part of the trial in colorado for that very reason. you are right, you know that the impeachment on that very issue, but in terms of a criminal conviction of such, that hasn't occurred. you know that. but i want to tell you, i actually posed this question because i was so curious, because i hear this so many times about people talking about being undemocratic to have the choice not before the voters as opposed before the judge. i posed the question to a number of people from both sides of the aisle, invited them to the conversation, asking what they think about in this case. here's just a few, lists. >> we need someone and the courts to decide on his fate because quite honestly, i don't think that if we leave

just keeps growing in popularity, the electoral college thing, and i have this theory that it is helping him because it keeps him busy. so he is less likely to uses and people remember his deeds from the presidency, so the further you get away, them better he looks. >> he looks great in the b rearviewhe mirror. >> you look great in any mirror. >> thank you. >> and now axelrod sees the going to donald trump, this coalition that has beenis brainwashed to believe that donald trump is evil, know donald trump is capturing at, sa he sees that as the biggest threat and then he seeand s joe biden running against father time and he sees a campaign that doesn't exist. he doesn't have any staff, he's doing advertising that hasn't at joe biden and he is the guyie that endorsed hillary, axelrod,s and i beat the guy that hillary lost t you and i did pretty wel, so what are you talking abouti political strategist. i know exactly what i'm doing. but my sources in delaware tell me that he's not really going to resign or hang it up. he is running, he is not being moved from that position. and you know how good my h soldiers are 3 you know, i was shocked in the gr

the electoral college implications, yes, this has a lot of people talking, andrea. >> steve, thank you so much. back with usand michael beschloss. michael, pretty astounding to a lot of people, specifically the democrats, 77% of those polled thought joe biden was too old. only 39% thought in contrast that trump was too old. they're just three years apart. considering their various demean ors and the way they handle things, that disparity is enormous and it's a big number against joe biden. >> we're about to see joe biden, if he's the nominee, he can't hide either. he will be showing himself in public as he is today. i love the talk you had with our friends about his behavior in the courtroom today. that raises the question was he out of control or is this a legal strategy? if he's out of control, that's a big red flag because, as we can see in the current world crisis, presidents like franklin roos investment after pearl harbor or jfk at the time of the cuban missile crisis, let's watch our friends who are watching. would you feel comfortable with a president who is out of control at a time when our familie

us. it looks like it looks like a western civilization that a few coddled college professors have convinced half the electorate needse rs be destroyed because it's institutionally racist. turns ou des.t the river to thea isn't just the jordan river to the mediterranean. jordan re it's the mississippi to thea atlantic and pacific as well. anbut israel is something we're also not. it's cohesive. sid so as they fight side by side, o we end up turning on ourselves . thanks to the oppressed mindset, we aren't capable of understanding what israel is fighting for their very existence because. >> we're here. too busy fighting usin. let's welcome it. i get like halloween candy. you should always check in for pins, razor blades. fox news contributor charlieche hurt. she's got a ghost, but you can still call her boo o, said the fox true crime podcast. combined, you. he didn't even know it was halloween. that's how he dresses. host of fox across america, jimmy fallon and tonightlause] joe scare children by talking about the deficit. "new york times" best selling author abo and vox's contributot catch catchehor charlie alw

electoral college survey? >> chandler: i can't talk about the election without doing my duty to share the truth that they have been hiding from us: really? >> chandler: i'm not afraid to say it i'm not crazy and i'm not suicidal. >> greg: really? i lost you. it's flat? >> chandler: listen, i can't say these things on air for obvious reasons so you guys have to do your own research okay? research flat election. >> greg: flat election. >> chandler: uh-huh. >> greg: what do you mean? >> jimmy: i date one of those in 7th grade. >> tyrus: i have one at night, flat election >> jimmy: there's a pill for this. we could fix this. >> greg: that was the joke? iwarix? >> greg: that was the joke? >> tyrus: it was to me. >> greg: i didn't get it. that went over my head. >> tyrus: well, you're short. >> jimmy: boom. >> greg: what do you make of this stuff tyrus? >> tyrus: i just did. >> kat: we're at work right now. >> tyrus: yes, i know. and to be fair i don't have a flat erection. >> greg: do you have to regain your composure, tyrus. >> chandler: he just snorted. >> tyrus: oh, man i ain't laughed this hard since i was a little school girl. g

we have the electoral college which is outdated. it is not even being used for the purpose it was supposed to, to win elections even though you lose by 7 million votes. with that said, you know, there was a whole agenda by the republican party to put conservatives on the supreme court, which they forced through, and they said we are not going to do anything with roe v. wade. there you go. there should not have even been that. these people are unqualified to be on the supreme court but there they are. you can blame that on republicans. as far as joe biden goes, people don't know enough. he was instrumental in all the policies that obama put together. obama did not have any connections with the senate, the congress. joe biden had all the connections with the senate and congress and everything else. host: why do you think president biden is not getting any credit, even now? why do you think that is? caller: one thing is, you know, democrats are bad about touting how many good things they have done. you know, i don't know what their problem is about putting it o

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using a mixed system. first there is a direct general election where the electors of the states vote, and then the electoral collegece. in the 19th century, this practice was common in many countries, but now it is extremely rare; they cannot do this in elections to the british parliament. citizens declared bankrupt could vote; in tsarist russia, working peasants and women had no right to vote at all; everything changed in the 1917 revolution . now i only look at my happiness, i look and believe, maybe my word will end up in the law, they raised us here, here’s my name, to this, to the podium. party and our soviet government, in some countries they can be deprived of the right to vote as a punishment, for example in mexico they can be removed from voting for an unworthy lifestyle, drunkenness, drug addiction or vagrancy, and in many countries, including russia, they can vote in elections prisoners have no rights. nevertheless, through all these strainers, some kind of populist spirit still seeps through. can't help but leak out well, for example, a representative of the new people party says: we don’t have populist

electoral college. there's no reason to expect this election will be different. >> polls provide a useful snapshot, but this far out, that's about it. again, it's going to be close. >> nbc news senior national politics reporter jonathan allen, thank you so much, for being with us. thanks to all of you for getting up "way too early" with us on this thursday morning. "morning joe" starts right now. ♪♪ welcome to "morning joe." it is thuray, november 30th. we have a lot to get to this morning, including the lest on the temporary truce in gaza. israel and hamas agreed to extend it one more day, but there are signs those talks are becoming more contentious. we'll get a live report from jerusalem in just a moment. >>> also ahead, president joe biden was on the road yesterday pushing his message on the economy, jobs, and the contrast between his administration and former president trump. but he's dropped a key phrase from his speeches. we'll tell you what it is and why he may not be using it anymore. it comes as donald trump continues to rail against a policy that is popular with many americans. >>> plus, we'