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77WABC Radio
"jason johnson" Discussed on 77WABC Radio
"Access to drop boxes Well Jason Johnson is very concerned about the fighting against voting rights in America We know it is it is systemic It's systematic Systemic And what does he have to say the contributor to grio Let's listen go ahead I think you can take partisanship out of it because really the partisanship is just a proxy for racism Let's be clear When you have voter suppression laws in a place like Ohio you have and we've seen the sociologically that there's a certain segment of white people in America who would rather have their own lives inconvenience than run the risk of black people being on an equal plane He's figured this out And I don't even know Jason Johnson You see you see ladies and gentlemen particularly in Ohio apparently Requiring people to have a voter ID it's very inconvenient And white people white people were just as soon required people to have a voter ID and being convenient by that then the risk of black people being on an equal plane Did you know this Oh yeah this guy's a contributed to gross so he must know what he's talking about It's systemic We know that because Nicole Wallace who looks like George Wallace in the right light she has insisted that that's the case Oh yes This voting rights issue it's a big deal Voter ID please see See white supremacy
Mark Levin
Jason Johnson: Why White People Would Rather Have Voter ID Law in Ohio
"Access to drop boxes Well Jason Johnson is very concerned about the fighting against voting rights in America We know it is it is systemic It's systematic Systemic And what does he have to say the contributor to grio Let's listen go ahead I think you can take partisanship out of it because really the partisanship is just a proxy for racism Let's be clear When you have voter suppression laws in a place like Ohio you have and we've seen the sociologically that there's a certain segment of white people in America who would rather have their own lives inconvenience than run the risk of black people being on an equal plane He's figured this out And I don't even know Jason Johnson You see you see ladies and gentlemen particularly in Ohio apparently Requiring people to have a voter ID it's very inconvenient And white people white people were just as soon required people to have a voter ID and being convenient by that then the risk of black people being on an equal plane Did you know this Oh yeah this guy's a contributed to gross so he must know what he's talking about It's systemic We know that because Nicole Wallace who looks like George Wallace in the right light she has insisted that that's the case Oh yes This voting rights issue it's a big deal Voter ID please see See white supremacy
77WABC Radio
"jason johnson" Discussed on 77WABC Radio
"Frankly, who gives a crap. But anyway, he's a contributor to grill. And he's on MS LSD yesterday. When Nicole Wallace more and more, I look at Nicole Wallace, she begins to look in the right light like George Wallace to me, MrBeast. I would never accuse her being like George Wallace, now she is Nicole Wallace. Two L's. I'm just saying in the right light, she looks like George Floyd. And here's Jason Johnson when the Cole Wallace, not to be confused with George, cut 21, go. It's insane to me that only Democrats are fighting for voting rights in America. How do we make that? The only Democrat to voting for voting rights in America. What does that even mean for God's sakes? What voting rights? Where are all the lawsuits by individual voters who have been denied the right to vote because of their race or their background? Are there ethnicity or the genitalia or they're changing genitalia? Or the lack of genitalia? Who is denied the right to vote in this country? Are you kidding me? It's the opposite. You want to vote? Yes. Well, don't show us your ID, whatever you do. Come on in and vote. Okay, can I see you before? No, you didn't see me before. All right, go ahead and vote all right, next. Hey. Didn't I see you before I could swear I said, no, no, you never saw me before. Okay, go ahead, vote. All right. Now you, you're not even from this earth. Doesn't matter. Provisional vote. You go in and vote. That's okay. You vote, anyone who objects, racist, and we will prosecute. So let them vote. That's what they're talking about. So listener. It's insane to me. Then I like Democrats and fighting for voting rights in America. Well, where's the problem? Where exactly? Please tell us. Let's start from the top, mister producer, go ahead. It's insane to me that only Democrats are fighting for voting rights in America. How do we make that? How do you take the partisanship out of access to the polls? Well, how do you take the first of all, we're not talking about access to the polls. We're talking about access to dropboxes, aren't we? Oh yeah. Access to drop boxes. Well, Jason Johnson is very concerned about the fighting against voting rights in America. We know it is, it is systemic. It's systematic. Systemic. And what does he have to say the contributor to grio? Let's listen, go ahead. I think you can take partisanship out of it because really the partisanship is just a proxy for racism. Let's be clear. When you have voter suppression laws in a place like Ohio, you have and we've seen the sociologically that there's a certain segment of white people in America who would rather have their own lives inconvenience than run the risk of black people being on an equal plane. He's figured this out. And I don't even know Jason Johnson. You see, you see ladies and gentlemen, particularly in Ohio, apparently. Requiring people to have a voter ID, it's very inconvenient. And white people white people were just as soon required people to have a voter ID and being convenient by that, then the risk of black people being on an equal plane. Did you know this? Oh yeah, this guy's a contributed to gross, so he must know what he's talking about. It's systemic. We know that because Nicole Wallace, who looks like George Wallace in the right light, she has insisted that that's the case. Oh yes. This voting rights issue, it's a big deal. Voter ID, please see. See, white supremacy. You'd rather, you'd rather be inconvenienced to show me your license. That allow black people to vote. The hell are you talking about, pal? Yeah. That's right. Go ahead. Thankfully, all these voter suppression laws. They call white people too. The intention is to keep black people from voting. Shut up. I'll be right back. Mud, love in. On 77 W ABC. Sit here from Sid and Friends
77WABC Radio
"jason johnson" Discussed on 77WABC Radio
"Do my sunny Chan Fox for another four years. Radio contracts coming up. We'll see how that goes. And I'm working very, very diligently. On what I think will be my most important book ever. That's the project. I can't even give you the title. Too many backbenchers out there. Plus, I've been sworn to this. Why does secrecy? No, it's not on UFOs. I was going to write a book called Obama. That's no good. It's going to write a book Comey Michelle. No? I was even going to put no, never mind. But I was thinking of calling the book mister producer genitalia. The. What should I call it? The next mission, you know? So we can work that out, explain what genitalia is. I was thinking, Jenna, what is Star Trek? What is the line there? Who the hell knows? Something next mission or something, I was going to call it genitalia the next mission. No, you don't like that one. Apparently, this guy Harry's book is number one. This lame brain former prince I don't know why people buy this guy's book. He's such a schmuck. He's born into the royal family. And he's trying to destroy the royal family. In the lovely bride that he has. Oh, she was so abused by the royal family. It was horrible. The castles and the in the life of a princess and the food and the travel. Oh, it was horrendous. Nobody should have to go through that. And the special wedding ceremony. I remember that. Oh yeah. Oh yeah, it was historic. So so hysterical. But nonetheless. Here are the abuse like Harry, do you? Harry and Meghan. I can't stand those two. I can not stand those two. Anyway, no point of talking about them. There's a person by although I just did. There's a person. What did I put this, mister bitter? This last cut. Hold on here. Cut 21 yet. There's a guy. I'm getting there. By the name of Jason Johnson, JJ. The gyro contribute. What is giro? Do you know mister producer? Giro? I know what a gyro is. I like genre. Is it a take off on a gyro? I don't think so. It's a gear. All these new words. All these initials that are kind of aggregated and LGBT life goes on and on, they go, what the hell's going on here? It's the black Americans breaking news and opinion website, then why do they call it gyro? It should, yeah. What is it? Rio? Not GIR of? What does it mean? I frankly, who gives a crap. But anyway, he's a contributor to grill. And he's on MS LSD yesterday.
77WABC Radio
"jason johnson" Discussed on 77WABC Radio
"Anyway Jason Johnson is a contributor to MSNBC and a contributor to loathsome propaganda this country I have no idea who he is or what he does But that goes for most of the people on MSL state And paulette's listen to this Cut four go I am the political scientist so I was kind of looking at the data and did some background work Now we know what he was He was a political let's start over Now we know what he is A political scientist Well some kind of scientist more like a mad scientist Go ahead I am the political scientist So I was kind of looking at the data and did some background work on this It's actually even worse than what's reported because you have to understand that when it comes to terms that are considered polarizing terms like fascism and Nazi are considered to be polarizing terms but unfortunately those are the correct ways to describe what is happening with Republicans So in many respects if you there you go there you go Stop please Oh How's your finger doing there mister producer Just curious This is pretty loathsome don't you think America Fascism nazism are considered to be polarizing terms but unfortunately those are the correct way to describe what is happening with Republicans
Mark Levin
Jason Johnson: 'Fascism & Nazis' Accurately Describe Republicans
"Anyway Jason Johnson is a contributor to MSNBC and a contributor to loathsome propaganda this country I have no idea who he is or what he does But that goes for most of the people on MSL state And paulette's listen to this Cut four go I am the political scientist so I was kind of looking at the data and did some background work Now we know what he was He was a political let's start over Now we know what he is A political scientist Well some kind of scientist more like a mad scientist Go ahead I am the political scientist So I was kind of looking at the data and did some background work on this It's actually even worse than what's reported because you have to understand that when it comes to terms that are considered polarizing terms like fascism and Nazi are considered to be polarizing terms but unfortunately those are the correct ways to describe what is happening with Republicans So in many respects if you there you go there you go Stop please Oh How's your finger doing there mister producer Just curious This is pretty loathsome don't you think America Fascism nazism are considered to be polarizing terms but unfortunately those are the correct way to describe what is happening with Republicans
Mark Levin
MSNBC Compares the GOP to German Nazis
"This is MSNBC You had this Jason Johnson Now you have joy Reid Go ahead I'm sure everybody minds You know I think there are some people who will just sit back and let it happen thinking it won't be that bad And that to me is almost more dangerous than the radicals Well I mean I'm not calling I'm not going to say that the GOP are Nazis at this point or whatever but it's certainly sounds very familiar to what happened in Germany which is a bunch of citizens stayed off Hitler gets a third of the vote Nobody thought it could happen there They kind of went along because they said he was going to solve the economy and fix inflation That's right Because you can hear those sorts of things And then lo and behold a few years later they lost their democracy and they're all like so ladies and gentlemen you see you see I'm not going to call them Nazis but it's certainly reminds me of Nazis and Hitler Because Hitler said he was going to solve inflation
Mark Levin
Jason Johnson: Republican Party Is a 'Dimestore Front for a Terrorist Movement'
"Jason Johnson is a professor tenure professor Morgan State University He appears regularly on MSNBC And this is a very in my view diabolical individual with a language that he uses And anything goes Anything goes It's really quite shocking So many of these individuals they won't condemn communist China For the genocide they're committed against Muslims So they take it out and attack the Republican Party I want you to listen to this man Why is he invited on MSNBC If the executives there and the executives at Comcast didn't approve of this kind of behavior Cut one go Here's the problem though We don't know if Trump's going to be on the back If Trump is on the ballot in 2024 it's the easiest thing and the world for Democrats because you could always run against the bad guy But I think the bigger more dangerous thing and I've been saying this for a while I'm working hard to never say Republican Party again Because there's not a party right There shouldn't fain to the IRA They're the plo to Hamas They're a dime store front for a terrorist movement They dime store up front for a terrorist movement
WCPT 820
"jason johnson" Discussed on WCPT 820
"Sound Listen you were stuck in all caps mode before Virginia I can't even imagine what mode you are in this morning Welcome to I'm going to tell you a story Uh oh This was settle in for top secret story time Okay It's got the espresso Oh in the first Gulf War I was put on this ship We went very very far forward on this helicopter carrier And we were off the coast of Kuwait getting ready to prepare an amphibious invasion and sweeping minds Something the night before told me to wrap all of my stuff in a little waterproof pouch and zip tie it to my life over my bed So I did At 5 30 in the morning we struck a mine Very big mine Yeah Blue a giant 50 foot hall in our hall water came rushing in flooded three four started fires I jumped out of my bed and I shouted to the marines around me 'cause I was with the marines and I said hey everybody relax It's just a mind Okay Yeah It was an explosion It was bad Right Yeah I could get all the you could get all panicky but this is the moment for calm Yeah Calm deliberate action What I said to comment on stop panicking over one race That's the last thing we should do now You struck a mind We may lose New Jersey I don't know but I'll tell you what today should be for everyone listening Today is the day that you commit yourself your Friends everyone you know that you will pull out all stops to save democracy Because that's what's at stake next November Forget about 2024 Okay Jason Johnson said that they're playing He said this last June Was to win the house elect Donald Trump is Speaker of the House and if they control the house in the Senate they will impeach Joe Biden and Kamala Harris simultaneously Yeah And progress Donald Trump into the presidency And then that will be it It will be a dictatorship from them Now that sounds far fetched but it is actually legal and possible to the point where now that's what Republicans are saying They're going to do Yeah So we have to commit ourselves to understanding there were some flaws here right Democratic messaging sucks And I blame a lot of your listeners Because I watch you on Twitter I watch you on Facebook and I watch you on Instagram The Republicans are cultist They say one thing from Ben Shapiro gets repeated a thousand times Yeah Who Who on this channel debated Ben Shapiro and came out and said critical way theory as a hoax Yeah It's not being debated No one's actually teaching them You did sir I did Right And then the debate was Oh Malcolm's having a debate No You have to learn to stick to the message Yeah Yeah Message is we are good They are bad We are rational and come They are nuts But if you don't get your little you know golden sparkly unicorn Right No offense Travis Then You won't vote for you won't support the president You know why Joe Biden's at 42% Approval Because that number between 42 and 58 to 16% are Democrats who didn't get whatever their sparkling little shiny pony was Like criminal justice reform like the bill back better bill right away or whatever wasn't included and they got dis made by the way Yes Not vote Point of order in Barack Obama granted only for a minute but had 60 seats right Bill Clinton had 57 I think The fact that Joe Biden is going to get both of these bills done with 50 votes and barely that with Manchin and cinema is going to be amazing and transformational And we can not count on the mainstream media to report it as the victory that it's going to be Look at the reporting on I'm not surprised as a purple rating is where it's at because they report everything Even though he's taken us from one to 80% vaccinated checks and people at cut childhood poverty in half You name it Gotten us out of Afghanistan I mean it's but that's also on us Right When Joe Biden does something that's victorious we don't we sit and we have a you know a Tea Party discussion about it When in fact when we need to have this one word with quadruple exclamation points at all caps Victory Yeah Right Achievement Great for America Start thinking in those small bits When you see The Lincoln Project and other groups who are out there hey by the way we need a liberal Lincoln project Well we need to say when this is done Democrats after resilient years got you negotiating lower drug prices for Medicare got you some help with child care Got you know XYZ universal every day The only thing we the only thing we should be putting out is one big sentence everywhere all over the news media Everyone who is a Democrat and independent or an anti Trump Republican needs to say you're welcome Yeah You're welcome and also they're waiting for JFK junior And trying to scare you about race I mean and you by the way thank you 'cause you studied conspiracies for a living but you retweeted someone saying big day tomorrow JFK junior's back Trump reinstatement and resignation new VP Michael Flynn and Trump becoming God.
The Erick Erickson Show
"jason johnson" Discussed on The Erick Erickson Show
"Is how bad is it out there for the democrats and now listen if it sells little bit like. I'm quoting a little bit. Like i'm happy by it. It's been a while since republicans have had a really good election season and suddenly were turning into one and it's largely because of the democrats own forced errors here c. Show you this. The nbc poll from over the weekend Is the country on the wrong track. Is the country on the right track. Ninety three percent of republicans say that we live in polarized times. Maybe that's not shocking. Overall though seventy one percent of americans say that seventy percent of independent say that nearly half nearly half of democrats. The president's own party think we're off on the wrong track and if you look. We're going to watch. Virginia results tomorrow as we head into the midterm election climate. Who's stronger poll. I'm border security. Republicans by twenty seven points on inflation's republicans twenty four points on the economy republicans by eighteen points. Here's ns nbc. But look at the advantages that republicans have in what jumps out here. I think it's this one. It's on the question of the economy we ask in this poll. Which party do you think would do a better job handling these issues. By an eighteen point margin voters in his poll saying republicans on the economy. Now i gotta play you somebody. This is not parody audio. This is not someone joking the system when being serious. Msnbc has their analyst. Jason johnson played some audio of earlier on the critical race. Theory stuff this is this is what. Msnbc's audience which there are five or six people in real linda. California this is. This is who they're listening to. Why norling screaming about this every single day. Why is it the president screaming about this every single day at least from a symbolic standpoint nicole. I can tell you before we even get into the specifics of this. This is also believe it or not any larger macro political sense. This is also why biden's numbers are where they are those people who voted for him. Those americans who actually believe in this country believe in democracy including people who didn't vote for biden's butter certainly not insurrectionist. Terrorists feel like they got punched in the face on january six. They saw the whole country get attacked. And they wanna president. Who's gonna fight that that president. Who talks about these terrorists. The same way that we heard. George bush and bill clinton talk about terrorism for twenty years. They want to hear that about these people. It seems like they're being treated with kid. Gloves and a loan committee that has limited power. That's hamstrung by basically a whole bunch of benedict. Arnold on the republican party is not going to be enough to keep us.
Mike Gallagher Podcast
NYC Police, Fire Unions Warn of Possible Staffing Crisis as Vaccine Deadline Looms
"Here's the front of the New York Post, vaccine emergency with deadline days away 37% of New York beat cops 35% of firefighters in New York are refusing the vaccine, and they got a big emergency. On their hands. A huge emergency on their hands. In New York. And what are they going to do? Do you think it's by design, listen to this? Here's an editorial in the post by Jason Johnson. And I read this, Jason Johnson as president of the law enforcement legal defense fund, his former deputy commissioner of the Baltimore police department. And the headline of his article is New York City will pay a huge price for de Blasio's vaccine mandate for police. Now think about this. If almost 40% of the beat cops here in New York City are not vaccinated, and they have to get fired? What do you think that's going to do to public safety in New York? If over 35% of New York firefighters are unvaccinated and they get fired, what will that do to public safety? When there are any firefighters to put the fires out,
Trumpcast
"jason johnson" Discussed on Trumpcast
"Host. Jason johnson generation after leaders colin powell inspired african american conservatives to embrace the gop some of the most visible black republicans now are extremists and blowhards. Who are chasing the support of trump voters. What happened and what's the way forward. There was a time when you know. Blacks voted ninety ten republican. And we squandered that the future of black republican leadership coming up on a word with me. Jason johnson stay with us. Welcome to award a podcast about race in politics and everything else. I'm your host jason johnson. Once upon a time the republican party was the default choice of millions of black american voters and the political home for black leaders but for decades. The party of lincoln has embraced the most reactionary policies and statements on race leaving many conservative black americans without apolitical home. And just in the last fifteen years. The most prominent black republican has changed from elder statesman. Colin powell to this guy like it or not slavery was legal and so their property. Their legal property was taken away from them after the after the civil war. So you could make an argument that the people that are old reparations and not only just black people but also the people whose quote property close quote was taken away after after the end of the civil war. that's radio host. Larry elder who is leading the republican pack in a bid to become california governor and the upcoming recall election in the meantime black republican and former football star herschel walker as announced his long shot candidacy for senator in georgia even though he lives in texas but they're still black republicans who want to make the party credible again amongst black voters. One of those leaders is michael steele. He wants served as lieutenant governor in maryland and briefly as chairman of the republican national committee. He's currently a political analyst for msnbc and host of the man of steel podcast. Michael steele joins us now. Welcome to a word. Hey man what's the word. I'm just gonna start off with this. I mean just purely from a strategic standpoint. And i think this is you know one of the things i appreciate about you. The most michael is that you have a very good mind for just plain old campaign and political strategy. And i think that's important for people to understand like you know what it takes to win. You know how to make good commercials. I've talked in the past. How rafael warnock's commercial with the dog. The puppy was based on one of your campaign as from ten twelve years ago. You know what you're talking about. So when you look at. Larry elder who's trying to become the governor of california and you look at herschel walker. Who's trying to become the republican nominee and therefore when the senate seat against warnock in georgia will think their chances are just just overall five thousand miles away strategy. What do you think these guys. Chances are on both of these races. Well let's start with georgia. You know i think herschel walker certainly okay so the thinking of a lot of white republicans. It's going to be all. Let's put the black man up against the black man and so that that will create some of its own juice. So much reminds me of when i was elected chairman. The dan was elected. I was walking through the hall and one of the members came up to me and she gave me a big hug in this big smile on her face and she said i'm so excited and i said well thank you. She's a yeah now. Black folks will will vote republican. I went maybe. I'm not a five for this is not how that works. Sorry that's the mindset. So i think for herschel who has an enormous amount of baggage from his own public statements in tweets over the past few years so the doubling down on the big lie and things like that. It's going to be a challenge for him but you know he's got the blessing. I believe of a lot of the party. Folks and former president trump. That's going to help him get maybe the nomination and then wore. Not i think cleanses clock in general so republicans are sort of grasping at straws with candidates leg herschel walker and i'll be straight up about california california's all on the democrats. There's no way in heaven or hell that they should find themselves with their governor now struggling to hold this seat against a black conservative rush limbaugh radio style talk show host who has no idea how to govern the state of california. Why do these folks thing that they're going to put a guy who runs his mouth all day in a chair. That's going to have to make these decisions about how to how to spend the very very finite dollars of the tax payers which programs to prioritize. This brothers already come out talking about well. We just going to open up the state. No mass mandates no no vaccine requirements. So he's going to affect the population and then wonder why the hospitals overrun. And here's the rub when he runs for reelection a year from now. Do you think. Larry elder is going to get reelected governor of california. So what will this last. Twelve months have been about absolutely nothing michael. It seems like in the last ten years. We're down to a point where one of the only credible black republicans who is an actual elected official. Is tim scott. What's tim scott's immediate future. Because i see him in nikki haley. Everybody's gonna talk about them as potential vp picks. But i don't see them being on a ticket in two thousand twenty four for the republican party. So where's tim scott go. He's the most prominent black face left on a party. You know tem arguably can can write his own ticket. Everybody's point money into his coffers right. now he's raising more money than most republicans you know. He's quote leading on criminal reform. He's you know criminal justice reform. But you you're right. There's going to be a lot of talk about him. Not only being on the ticket but being the top of the ticket as a potential on but scott is not going to run against a donald trump for the office. I mean we. He's already shown he's not prepared to fight donald trump. he won't fight donald trump. But i think for him. it's going to be. He's going to have to reconcile a number of things because the reckoning that a lot of african american politicians are having to come to grips with this goes back to california. And the crazy. That's going there with elder is the black communities voice it does not sound the same as it has in the past on these big civil rights issues. Now you know it's like we're going to declare our history. We're going to declare our moment. Black lives matter. We're going to. We're going to make the country wreck income to reckon with us. And i don't hear a whole lot of black politician speaking to that route to take a short break. We come back more on the future of black republicans and black politicians in general. This is a word with jason johnson. Stay tuned this. Is jason johnson hall civil word snakes podcast about race in politics and everything else. I wanna take a moment to welcome our new listeners. If you've discovered a word and like what you hear. Please subscribe rate in review wherever you listen to podcasts. And let us know what you think. By writing at.
Trumpcast
"jason johnson" Discussed on Trumpcast
"Controversy in south lake tonight after teams posted a racist video was a wealthy idyllic. Town forced to confront racism. Let shoulder we're told. Rosa parks is day. You sit in the back of the bus but when the school board presented its plan this small town fight ignited a national firestorm critical race theory in rapid this is south lake and nbc news. Podcast listen now wherever you get your podcasts. This is a word a podcast from sleep. I'm your host jason johnson with endless wildfires epic floods becoming routine. We're seeing the devastating consequences of climate. Change unfold in real time and while america's green movement has traditionally had a white face. Many black americans have been grassroots leaders from the start most people don't think about pollution couldn't across their neighborhoods but for some people. It's an everyday situations the fight for environmental justice. Coming up on a word with me. Jason johnson. stay with us. Look into a word a podcast about race in politics and everything else. I'm your host jason johnson. I can't breathe. That phrase has become synonymous with the fight against police violence but also applies to another important civil rights issue. Environmental justice historically black communities from big cities to roy enclaves have suffered disproportionately from the consequences of environmental abuse and neglect and climate. Change is making the situation worse. Many african americans have dedicated their lives to helping communities of color protect themselves from environment racism. One of the leaders of that movement is robert bullard known as the father of environmental justice. He literally wrote the book on the issue. Actually several books including unequal protection environmental justice and communities of color he's collaborated with lawmakers including maxine waters al gore and the late john lewis an environmental justice and earned a lifetime achievement award from the united nations environment programme. Robert bullard is currently co chair of the national black environmental justice network and the distinguished professor of urban planning and environmental policy at texas southern university and robert bullard joins us now. Welcome to a word. Thanks a lot. You're quoted as saying the united states of america is segregated and so was pollution. What does that even mean. What does that mean to the average person. Most people don't think about pollution cutting across their neighborhoods criss crossing their parks and schools. But for some people it's an everyday situation and it's ingrained in the way that our industrial policies have allowed of pollution and threats from built environment to be concentrated in black communities communities of color. And so if you look at who gets what when we're in why it is not by accident and your zip code is probably the best predictor of health and wellbeing and where you live can impact your health. Systemic racism that drives pollution to communities of color. It's the same system that dr unequal protection when it comes to policing when it comes to healthcare when it comes to parks and greenspace so yes america is segregated and so is pollution. So if you look around a black neighborhood where you are in texas where i work in baltimore. Dc or los angeles chicago whatever it is. What are the visible signs of environmental racism. Like if you're taking a tour people through a neighborhood saying that's environmental racism. That's environment racism. What kinds of things would you point to in a black neighborhood. This work jason if we could fast forward back or back to the future a hundred years ago in the twenties when racial redlining basically drew a red markers around which communities would get nothing when it comes to housing greenspace parks street savings sewer lines etc and then you could fast forward to right now. We're talking the nineteen twenties and the twenty twenties the communities that were red line a hundred years ago and a pushed into low lying areas with all industrial facilities these areas this the hottest in the city where there's urban heat is meaning. It's ten to fifteen degrees hotter. If you look at the fact that very few parks greenspace green canopy very few a full service grocery stores you have schools across the street or across the fence from polluting facilities. Even when you have places that have zoning locally unwanted land uses and this is what planners call lulus is basically saying like people people call you going to get the nasty stuff and white people in the more fluent folks. They're going to get the parks. Greenspace walk trail nature trails. All the things that we know make communities healthy you can see the visible footprint of that racial red and that was stamped into the dna of our cities. You can see that just up close and personal today and covert nineteen religious. Took the scab off and it just made it raw and with the technology. With mapping spatial mapping we can do it on a cell phone on on ipad. And just bring up. All of the things that we know will make our communities unhealthy and will create those environmental disparities. Those health disparities those economic disparities. Death of black wealth by stealing the home values. It's more than just a you know. Not having trees is about the theft of transformed wealth. Their family can't pass down to that next generation after they bought that home and stealing health and wealth. That's the injustice that that you can see visibly and feel. I think back to grow up as a kid and watching fat albert and thinking about the fact that those kids didn't have a park that they were playing in a junk yard and we were supposed to think it was cute but it was because they were all basically forced into the ghetto. They didn't have a clean open space to play. They couldn't play stickball. They're hanging around Rusted pieces of metal in garbage and trash and things like that. And so what you're saying me basically is. Is that some of what we're seeing that everything from not being able to get cleaned groceries to having a play in a junkyard because that was the safest place to be are examples of not only black wealth being stolen but also black people being victimized by raises. You hit it on. We're talking about infrastructure and whether it's a part a school or a landfill or a highway all infrastructure is not created equal and infrastructure has been a way of caution and out the goods and partially not too bad and we call it infrastructure redlining highways have literally just run through black communities and have destroyed homeowners and business cards. You know they say that the shortest distance between two points is a straight line. But how as don't go in straight lines. Oftentimes they d to around flunk communities they don't cut through those wealthy community but they'd rip allow communities that is a form of transportation racism. We're going gonna take a short break. We come back more on environmental justice with the father of that movement. Professor robert bullard. This is a word. Would jason johnson stay tuned. This is jason johnson host of a word snakes podcast about race impulses and everything else. I wanna take a moment to welcome our new listeners. 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"jason johnson" Discussed on Trumpcast
"Going to look like in two years. I think it's gonna even out. I think it was still wise in before the pandemic. But i think it's going to have a mix of both of which you mentioned where it's the parents who are really just waiting out for the schools to give us together right you. You're definitely going to see a return. But what i think is really interesting. Is that in what. I haven't seen the media cover as much. Is that not only are black. Families choosen to home school in record numbers but a lot of teachers are leaving the profession because a lot of teachers are saying there isn't decision making that respects them as educators or they don't feel that their health and their well being is being taken care of in. My group has seen an influx of former teachers trying to get in on the home school craze and creating their own michael schools in you know renting their services out his contract teachers and so it's really interesting if taking a look at the ecosystem and i think by twenty twenty three. We're gonna see those of us. Who are veteran home schoolers are probably want to still try to put a stake in maintaining this notion that home schooling does not have to replicate a traditional space in his going to be interesting to see how now all this influx is going to influence the ecosystem in. I'm really curious to see where that goes. Doctor could these. Ali coleman is the co founder of the black mainly homes educators and scholars grew. Thank you so much for joining us on a word to thank you for having and that's a word for this week. The show's email is a word at slate. dot com. This episode was produced buying on angel and jasmine ellis. Audacious lucia is the managing producer of podcasts at slate. Gabriel roth is slates editorial director for audio alicia. Montgomery is the executive producer of podcast at sleep. June thomas is senior managing producer of the slate. Podcast network our theme music was produced by don will. I'm jason johnson tune in next week for words..
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"jason johnson" Discussed on Trumpcast
"I'm your host jason johnson. The summer is renewing zaidi's about crime in a handful of high profile. Shootings has put a spotlight back on gun. Violence three years many black leaders. You've been stronger gun control with for of the solution but black gun owner. Say that's a mistake. The phone control things that we have in place always always had in place. They don't work on criminals because criminals don't obey the rules gun ownership in the black community coming up on a work with me. jason johnson. Stay with us. This is a word a podcast from sleep. I'm your host. Jason johnson gun. Violence kills thousands of americans every year and that pain is especially sharp. In the nation's black communities for generation a lot of black political leadership has called for more guns be taken off the street and being closely aligned with gun control advocates but a growing number of black americans seem to be choosing a different approach during the trump administration black gun ownership rates rose and in twenty twenty of all demographic groups african american saw the sharp increase in gun purchases at the start of the year for people like ken. Blanchard advocating for black gun. Ownership has been a crusade for decades after serving in the military and holding a series of jobs in law enforcement. Blanchard brandon himself the quote black man with a gun with a book a website and now a podcast with that name he rejects the idea. That gun control will make black community safer and has made it his mission to encourage black americans view gun ownership as an important element of self defense and kim. Blanchard joins us now. Welcome to a word man. Thank you for having me. Your military veteran former law enforcement officer and guns have been a part of your work for years. What led you from. Law enforcement work to being a gun. Rights advocate entrepreneurism. Actually i tried to figure out. What could i do actually would make a difference. What could i do that. I could do without batting an eye so i thought in the beginning all i wasn't going to do was become a gun instructor. I was going to hang out near range. i was gonna put up a shingle and whenever mom and pop bought a firearm for their home. I was going to be the guy you can call. I was gonna make every home safer. I was going to have family classes. I wanna make sure that the undercover gun owner didn't exist anymore because see we. We kill a lot of people in our homes. Because we don't know about the firearm that we have hidden in the closet does not secure the proper way. We haven't gone through the education with our kids that tell them that unlike elmer foot. If you point this thing at somebody you face will not just turn black and you'll be okay tomorrow. There's education that has to go on. And i was going to be that guy But once i got into it. I learned that everybody didn't grow up on a country farm. Everybody didn't know about hunting aspects and the responsibility aspects. And i had to go way deeper than just being the shingle guy. Being a guy entrepreneur had to go into gun rights and gun history. I had to show my people. I that you have the right to do this. That is been prevented since the creation of this country that african native american were not allowed to have one of these things and that has caused us to have like a purpose ignorance and that has hurt us in the long run. So i wanted to demystify this thing and it took me back. I became activists before. I became an entrepreneur. So it's the money never came. I became the The black man with a gun. Because i was always advocating safety and reliability and responsibility and then getting beat up for sticking up for the person who actually own one and that does what started it can you. You've heard statistics about how the us leads. Industrialized countries and gun. Violence and deaths how black men are disproportionate victims of gun crime. And how even legal gun ownership it can potentially increase the chances of suicide. If i have a gun in the house and i'm having suicidal thoughts my chances of going through with the m being successful or greater than if i just have pills. Or if i have a paring knife why do you think it's important to advocate for gun ownership before the community figures out how to handle the guns out there that we already have. Education got off the plantation and education can keep us free if you have a problem. The firearm is not going to solve it. We do it on both ends gun. People people who are pro gun. Think that a by this bazooka that they will no longer have crime. And that's false and the people who don't have a firearm think that all guns are evil and that's false so it's it's It's a two way street and there is no solution because we haven't fixed humanity we haven't we still don't know love thy brother and sister. We still don't have that part down so when we're looking at fixing things stills education is information and there's no shortage of that right now i wanna talk about that because you're also like a pastor and there are people i they have some particular interpretation of the bible where they think that you know advocating for guns is somehow anti-christian. Talk a little bit about like. How have you been beaten up. Rhetorically were you. were you getting criticized by other clergy. Were you being criticized by parishioners. If you ran a church how were you getting beaten up for being the black man with a gun. When i first started. I was a janitor of this. Big church in dc. I was the guy came at four o'clock open. The place up got ready for the choirs cleaned up. Things made it was also security for the church so while little folks was in there practicing acquires. And whatever. I was keeping the things straight. But while i was there i was riding my first book. Black man with a gun. A book for responsible gun ownership and everybody thought that was like a cool thing. Until i became a minister and then i thought well. How can you advocate for gun. Ownership and i said easy gunston equal murder. My grandmother was the first owner that i ever knew She actually shot a water. Moccasins within feet of me which came my hero. My grandmother celebrated freedom on watch night. Service night you know new year's eve she fired at thing off in the middle of the night. In the middle of suffolk virginia. It was what melissa buni boonies. And that was the first gun ownership that. I saw so i had to be able to explain that in the church and then as time went on i got pseudo famous being pro-gun black preacher and didn't go over too. Well as as a became a pastor on folks would snicker and make jokes about until I even had like foreign press. Come over and they wanted to see. This pistol pack preacher. My deacons went into keen on my my own notoriety for that thing But i was trying to tell them that. I am still a piece. A hollick still a peace. Nick still a hippie. I just have been trained. How to protect people. I just know about this thing called a gun. I'm still the heart of man. That is desperately wicked. It is not the tool that use. I i am curious about this. I think this is key especially again because you're clergy in a black church when we think about the arc of you changing from law enforcement to being you know a a writer to podcasts and and and now clergy did the shooting at mother emmanuel church have any impact on your advocacy. That was an instance where just six years ago you know. Mother emmanuel church in charleston south carolina. The white nashes winning killed nine people after doing bible study with them. That change how you talked about gun advocacy did that change attitudes and the black church because i know a lot of churches started bringing in armed security on sundays after that incident. Did you see.
The Adoption Connection | a podcast by and for adoptive moms
"jason johnson" Discussed on The Adoption Connection | a podcast by and for adoptive moms
"Identity or tied to your performance in a maybe slightly different for for women. I've never not one. But i feel like perhaps for women baillieu identity worth cultural narrative says those things are tied up in appearance not just physical appearance the appearance of your home and your family and your marriage and you've got all you got it all together in its instagram worthy right In the gospel breaks through that cultural narrative for men which says identity in value or tied to performance in it flips. It says your identity. Your value aren't tied to your performance. But they are fundamentally tied to the work of jesus on your behalf the performance of jesus on your behalf and that frees you from the need to prove yourself to anyone in terms of lifestyle or power or money or any of that stuff. You can just be free from that stuff. It also sets you up to be able to live of an alternative narrative which says Rather than saying i'm i'm going to pursue comfort and convenience and isolating in avoid anything. That's hard we're going to pursue a different life in the idea of success. You and i touched on that before The again it's not performance outcomes it's it's faithfulness A lot of guys fixers said. See the problem. Let me at it off. fix it right in. What a lot of these kids don't need what these kids don't need our fixers what they need our men and women but men. I'm talking to you. Who are willing to say. We're in this thing together. I'm going to be faithful to you through the hard through the good. But you're not gonna be alone anymore. And i think god looks down on us and he doesn't say to me well done good and successful servants. I think he says to us. Well done good and faithful servant. I would encourage men to read. Hebrews chapter eleven. I love it. Because the first couple of chunks of it talk about how by faith people saw great victories..
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"jason johnson" Discussed on The Adoption Connection | a podcast by and for adoptive moms
"That would probably would not exist in our home. If this wasn't a part of our store in we were walking down. The driveway hadn't even made it to the driveway yet. And she says Something to the effect of if we had known how hard this was going to be before we said yes. I really struggle with whether or not we would have still said this but now that we know how much we deeply love this little girl and how that love transcends all the heart In the chaos i would say yes a million times over again you know and it's just that tension that we always kind of hold with us Of again life would just be a whole lot easier if we avoided anything. That's hard and difficult. But how much more fulfilling and has life been because we chose a different path and those are hard that's hard. There's some dark nights of the soul at times for a lot of parents But if we can be really good at just preaching to ourselves that look following jesus into into some hard places into some traumatic places. Doesn't guarantee that it'll be easy. I'm as a matter of fact on some level it. Jesus almost suggests hey follow me in. It's actually gonna be kind of complicated at times but my promise to you is this. There's hope that in the end will always be worth it in. It will not be in vain in the it will not be wasted. And if we can just keep preaching that message to ourselves in the midst of that tension then. I think it will really help ourselves be satisfied even in the heart in the hopeful in the midst of that hard that we get so participates in this process of renewal that god is in the business of in we may not see it all now but gosh working towards a when everything that's wrong will be made writes in a great life to live. I agree you've you've given so much for the our listeners. And particularly for other dads listening but is there one last message. You'd like to pass on to other foster adopted dads or down to are thinking about it for dads for thinking about it i would. I would just find those places who identify. What are your scapegoats like mine. Were at the age. My kids the eight. I'm busy church We already have three girls who are going to get more and more expensive. Can we afford another more. Girls are going to be more expensive. Like these are the things. And then. I realized i'm not afraid of those things. Something in here. In my heart and my. I'm afraid that i'd have what it takes to sacrifice like that or it might require that. I don't pursue certain things that the world tells me to pursue so i would just encourage dads to identify like what's that thing you're holding out here as this is the reason why we can't nc if you can trace it back to something in you that sa- god what is this in me. And how. how can we work on this in me. But for dads in general. I find myself going here often. Just again the idea of success in the cultural narrative that we live in which says your value in your worth in your significance are defy are determined by production. Like what you can produce in results that you can produce or performance. How well you perform at work that you climb the ladder in your bank account grows in your power grows in your your lifestyle grows your worthing your value in your.
The Adoption Connection | a podcast by and for adoptive moms
"jason johnson" Discussed on The Adoption Connection | a podcast by and for adoptive moms
"Like at plainfield together in we each other we love each other we lean into each other and we say look we need each other in all of our broken this To walk together for any of this to make sense or for there to be any hope any of this. Frankly yep i really agree with that way. Love about being a foster adoptive dad. I mean maybe you've already said some of the things you love about it. Just the way it's changed you changed your marriage. She's your family. But what else do you just kinda love about it. A this may I don't know why but right when you have questioned one of my first thoughts was may be. Some men will appreciate this. Some dads who are listening some as well just to be able to look back and with my wife and say wow like we've done this like this is a part of our story We've done some really hard but rewarding beautiful things when we didn't have to. I mean we really could have gone all in on the narrative the cultural narrative around us which says pursue comfort and convenience and the goal of your life is to is to Make make good money and lebanon good house and going good vacations and have a good retirement. Raised good kids. Just be easy and avoid anything. That's hard in their something rewarding. Now that we've gotten into our early forties in there some stuff. We can look back on to go well like we've planted a church. How crazy is that you know in. Wow we've we've been on this foster care. So i just want to encourage the even even dads who very much and and everyone. But you know dads are very much Bombarded with this cultural narrative of pursue success power money significant prestige to be able to. Just sit down and go. Wow how awesome is that. This is a part of our story in a will be forever I love those glimpses every once in probably like you lisa many others..
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"jason johnson" Discussed on The Adoption Connection | a podcast by and for adoptive moms
"I think it's allowed me to see the world differently. That has trickled into our kids. Our kids have up. You know. I was using the young age of our kids. Six four and two at the time as a reason why it wasn't the right time we have now found. Don't really remember a before and after This is all that they've ever known And there's been some really difficult things but some really beautiful things and so the only normal that they've ever known is where a family who opens our home in we step towards hard places. I don't know the implications that will unfold in their lives as a result of that. But i've already begun to see some. At least they see the world differently They understand certain things may be other kids their age. Just don't even know are realities. Interchanged changed our marriage. Has we've seen a side of each other. I would say for the most part good side of each other that I don't know that we would have seen had. We not entered into the space I've seen my wife have a deep deep in compassionate love for other young moms in their kiddos that nobody's forcing that you know i. It would be a lot easier at times if we just said okay. We're done it. We're going to be a lot easier if we tried to do. Easy things right. But i've seen some really beautiful things in my wife and a side of our marriage that i don't know that we would've seen as a result in the she's seen some of the same me right getting attached to two kiddos who aren't our own or wanting to defend and protect when i see injustice so i say it this way i think that foster care and adoption in the world. We've been opened up to has given us a gift in the people that we've encountered in gotten to know in have become a part of our lives have given us a gift that i don't know we would have ever been able to discover on our own without them..
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"jason johnson" Discussed on The Adoption Connection | a podcast by and for adoptive moms
"In a we strolled into a breakout on foster care and that conference and we spent an hour in that conference and we walked out of that breakout. Knowing that everything was about to change. Our family was about to change. Our church was about to change because of what this guy just said is true about foster care in our city i. We can't pretend like we didn't just hear that And that's when it was you know we're reading the same book. But how do we get on the same page Meant that she may be needed to slow down a little bit in. I needed to speed up a little bit ended to be willing to say you know. Maybe we did I'll go to the orientation class or this. And i tell them in this often as well. I grew up in a tradition That was very much about men. Lead your families and men lead your wife spiritually and end up. I always wanted to be that and do that. I always wondered what in the world is that. Actually i mean like you know and i found during that season especially that my wife was really leading leading kind of the call and the passion and it was okay for me to follow and i've the older i get the more. I really respect leaders. Who don't always be fronts. All the time you know and i found during that season one of the best ways for me to lead my wife was actually to trust what god had put on her heart and be willing to follow her and see what god might do in my heart that is. That's such a good word for dads. I think that there's this tension between what many of us have been taught for a long time but the reality of what the holy spirit is stirring up in our hearts right. We have to bring those together right. No doubt in even do i do. I feel like it's still on some level my role to lead my family. My wife absolutely but as at often mean that i'm unsure an i'm unclear and the best way for me to lead is to trust my wife and to trust the holy spirit in her Absolutely one hundred percents In so it's just redefined..
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"jason johnson" Discussed on The Adoption Connection | a podcast by and for adoptive moms
"Jason. Welcome to the adoption connection podcast. Hey thank you so much for having me. Well we're glad to have you here. Were really enjoying setting up this whole month of interviews with dad's foster and adoptive. I think it's really a neat way to honor the dads and hear your voice because as we both know we hear a lot more hunter than we do from the dads. So thank you for being silly. Tell me who makes up your family. Yeah so most importantly my wife. Emily will are going on nineteen years this summer and we have three biological daughters. Who are all kind of teetering on the ages of sixteen fourteen. A twelve and nine. So were that's the direction that we're headed and our youngest was actually adopted. She came to us through the foster care system in a little bit beyond that but still very much. Integrated in our family is a a young girl. Who's now twenty one who we met when she was seventeen in foster care and her little boy at the time was one week old. He's now four in. There's a couple of other cute little girls that have come along the way so her. Her three kiddos are very much in grafted into our family on us into. There's that's beautiful. I love hearing that. So how did you decide. You had your three girls. How did you decide to enter this world of foster care and also adoption so. I think our story was a lot like a mini others. Where it was. It was a one day story. You know maybe one day one day. Maybe we'll do this when xyz when the time is right when our kids are the right age apostle care wasn't on our radar as much as just.
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"jason johnson" Discussed on 1075 KZL
"Jason Johnson this week and we do have him. Good morning, Jason. How are you really doing Good, and you're the lead vocalist for the band second time around. And you're gonna perform. You're gonna perform Chris Stapleton's Tennessee whiskey and you're the judge. You have a great Here it is. Legal You're but you're asking me. Romy. Tennessee with Seven. It was 000. Jason Johnson. Second time around Tennessee whiskey. You give a grade.
The Beat with Ari Melber
Officials battle online misinformation along with wildfires
"Are these historically large wildfires continue to rage out west fifteen people have already died a whopping four million acres already devastated across California as well as Oregon where you can see right here why the mayor there declared a state of emergency, the governor also publicly pleading. For the trump administration to support its governmental emergency response officials on the ground, say Donald trump failing them through fashion. Some critics compare his sort of public denial of even admitting what's going on with the wildfires that posture to of course, is deceitful approach to cove it. Who reports today are the things are even worse than all of that because right wing conspiracy theories supported publicly by Donald, trump are leading to dangerous activity. Again, we're living in a time where misinformation can be dangerous to your health and officials are warning. They're getting flooded with false phone calls fanned by Q. Not which incorrectly try to blame the fires on trump's perceived opponents. Translation what happens on facebook doesn't always stay on facebook a real world emergency political propaganda is making it harder for these firefighters to get the real information warnings they need as they go out and do their work and risk their lives. That's why sheriff's departments are pleading with people with messages like this just stop spreading rumors stop calling nine one one with political pranks. They say it has now gotten to the point where it is hampering their bandwidth to respond to the fires in real emergencies. It's twenty twenty. So sometimes, we have to state the obvious around here. Do not call nine, one one with Q. Non trumpy fake news propaganda. You do have the right to say whatever you want. Typing it up on the Internet you do not have the right to deceitfully thwart firefighting in the middle of this very real crisis for those calling from the West Coast some of these calls have been traced. If you need to think about it like this. Misinformation is expensive in the house you save could be your own. As mentioned, we're thrilled to have married trump live in the hour but I want to begin with some of our analysts, Jason, Johnson professor of politics at Morgan, State University and Katty Kay Washington anchor for BBC News. Good evening to both you. Evening Jason There's much talk about misinformation and people don't like lying even when it's just verbal if you want to be that specific. But given these twin crises, your view of the cost of this kind of misinformation. Rex It's massive. I'm in California right now and the difficulty the difficulty that local officials are having in managing people when it comes to these wall fires is immense and is partially because accused on, it's partially because the president basically sort of thumbs his nose that these sorts of Issues v rate of destruction that is happening out here. Basically, the size of central park is being burned every other day in northern California Oregon Central Park. Every other day is being burned devastated. varies a haze over the sky on a regular basis at the bottom. Of A pool, you can see ash settling after every single night. So the idea that people are wasting public resources with crazy conspiracy theories because they think that the fires were created by you know five G. or invading Muslims or George Soros doesn't help the fact that there are hundreds of thousands of people were either going to be out of their homes or not able to stay safely in their homes. During the time, we have a pandemic where rescuing people in putting them into shelters is all the more difficult. So yeah, this is propaganda that's Live when trump lies people are dying. Well. Caddy at the White House has often tried to reposition the Cova conversation in the election as well. This hit everywhere. This is global thing. it seems that this week there is a rightful focus and scrutiny on the president's leadership on his honesty on his approach, which is relevant. As, you go into election about who you want to continue to deal with this crisis or do you want to change the commander in chief? Yell the the virus has hit everywhere but my fourteen year old daughter is an online schooling here in Washington. Her friend in France in class. A. Friend in London is in class her friend in China is in plus her friend in Senegal. is in class and a friend in Germany is in class they're all going to school. And the reason they're going to school is because those countries have handled this better. So that's a direct comparison and in a globalised world. Our children here in the United States make no mistake about it that losing out because those other kids are in class going to school at advancing while orchids not advancing. So we're kicking this down to the next generation as well but. We elect leaders to be able to walk and Chew Gum at the same time. It is totally possible that you can give people a facts that you can trust the American people with the facts of something it is at also be inspirational and motivational and lift them up with a plan and show leadership. Those two things are not mutually exclusive and I think that's what the president is mistaking when he says, he didn't want people to panic and so he downplayed the virus. And gatty talk about how that stacks up in a global context that I think is very interesting to remember, and then how people are receiving these messages reporter. Jim Acosta spoke. To some people going to the trump rally take a look. Our about him because there's no. It's a it's a fake pandemic created to destroy the United. States of America. The president said the Bob Woodward there is a virus but corona virus that it is devil that's his opinion. Chatty. Where do you start i? Mean you stop by asking all of our leaders to come out with consistent clear accurate honest messaging when I really felt for Anthony. FAUCI. In that interview because I've interviewed g and he is so careful not to wade into political waters where there's going to be a difference between him and the president because he said that will be the only story and he is trying to get out the public health story doesn't WANNA make it a political story about. A disagreement he clearly feels now he has to set a Mauka. He has to wait into the politics of this and say, no when the President says, we are turning a corner. We're not actually turney. We're in this for the long haul because when the president says, we're turning a corner when he says, we're about to get over this or that is magically going to disappear what happens that guy doesn't wear a mosque when he attends a rally because he thinks it's not there. That's the risk. Door Jason. Trump can say you know he can see the light at the end of the tunnel. All we once it's a train right it's a train coming at us. We are about to head to fall which is flu season. This is a time where you have kids going back to school but you have people who have to shelter in place more because it's cold you can't eat outside and that makes us Much more difficult and I think are the real danger here is that as we recognize that the president is grotesquely incompetent, right easies driven by sort of racial malice and paying off his friends and everything else like that. At the base of all of this, we cannot forget to key things. One that the president is still trying to steal the election with the post office that you still have. Right. Wing Supreme. Courts in Wisconsin right now that are trying to people get absentee ballots. It's you have the president, the Republican Party suing in Iowa to prevent people from getting their absentee ballots that he's still trying to steal the election at the same time that you have literally millions of. Americans. Now, out of work who be out of their homes who are being evicted, which will make it more difficult for them to. Actually vote. So as much as the president is, is a horrible human being and trying to bankrupt this country and pay off his friends and stay in office. He is also doing things isn't competence has disrupted the ability of regular people remove him from office in a democratic way. We can't ever lose sight that because we can't get rid of him everything that's happening. Now we'll be ten times worse by nature.
The 11th Hour with Brian Williams
Is the GOP more united than ever because of the impeachment probe?
"This irregular channel of diplomacy. It's not as outlandish as it could be. Is that correct. It's not as outlander says it could be. I might be irregular but it certainly not outlandish. There's a phrase that pays. That was one argument. The Republican Council tried to make in that effort to defend the president from impeachment. You can judge its effectiveness for yourself with US tonight to talk about all things. Political veteran journalist Jason Johnson politics editor at the root and Rick Wilson Republican what can strategist soon to be following up on his first book. Everything trump touches dies with his new work running against the devil due out in early. Twenty Twenty Gentlemen. Welcome to you both Rick. The president said tonight Republicans have never been more united. Is that what you saw watching the hearing yesterday. Look I think what I saw watching here. Yesterday was Republicans who were in a state of of edgy panic and they were trying to talk faster and louder in hopes of trying to pass the fact that those two witnesses stood on the sat there and laid out a timeline a calendar additional facts additional witnesses. This is this was not a good day for those folks and no matter how many times Jimbo baggins gets up there and dances around like a crazy little leprechaun. It's not gonNA shake the the fact that the facts are against Donald Trump and the and the timeline is donald trump at the witnesses against donald trump. And this that was day one. They had a bad day on day want. I don't think it's going to get much better as we go forward. Jason the Democrats we with day one in the books we have learned. They can schedule witnesses and conduct question tonight. Yes when will you have confirmation that they evan deed found the right messaging that with all we have lived through with muller color. Four hundred plus pages. This is the story to tell this story. People can understand because at the heart of it is a phone. So this is we're gonNA find over the next couple of days if Nancy Pelosi and Adam Schiff are joe torry if they're good managers if they can set up the lineup properly with the witnesses and I think they did a good job. Look this first day you had two people who as you said. They set the time line. They were very clear. They weren't fuss flustered. They didn't allow Jim Jordan or anybody else to ask them any sort of strange questions that got them off the line And I think the Republicans they weren't unified didn't seem to have a coherent strategy other than do you follow all the conspiracy theories that we know about on read it so I think the Democrats effective very very good job. This is GonNa be a knockout punch situation. That's not what's going to happen. What they need to do is not screw up? Lay out the story because the American public already seems to be in favor of impeachment. They just don't WanNa blow that sort of enthusiasm but let me follow up on that. Do you think this hearsay line of argument is catching on and do you think it has has a time limit on. I don't think here's a works because you've got too many people talking about the same story right. It doesn't look everybody out there who's watching this. The people who are at home my grandmother grandparents everything else like that. They've watch law and order they different sweet hearsay in seems like a credible witness and these people come across as credible until someone blows up until someone someone has that Sam Watterson moment where they get angry on the stage. Everyone watching this right now is when they say well. These people seem credible. We've been hearing about the story. And so far. The Republicans haven't given there's an alternative story to think that this impeachment doesn't make sense and that's really the weakness I saw on Tuesday. Rick I have something for you. This is Nikki Haley tonight on CNN on the topic. Uh of Rudy Giuliani. Was it appropriate based on everything you experience in the world of diplomacy for Rudy Giuliani. The president's personal crystal lawyer someone who had no security clearances to be engaged in what's being described as the shadow diplomacy. I had during my time at the United. The nation's I never saw rudy engaged in that way it is best practice if you have a special envoy to handle certain areas and we do that all the time yeah I think they should've named him the special envoy so that everyone within the administration knew what his role was so instead of former mayor. Of New York's special l'envoi envoy Rudy. Giuliani Rick is that the rosiest possible. Reading of the situation Rudy is in question to what is going on. Do you think was Nikki Haley. I think Nikki's missing one of those profound rules in life. The rats are supposed to jump off of the sinking ship rather than on the a sinking ship. And so tonight. She gambled more credibility away by essentially essentially putting your arms around Rudy Giuliani. A guy who is already being dragged out behind the barn. Because they're done with him. The trump people are trying to cut in loose. The Republicans in Congress are going to try to blame this whole thing. Hang on Rudy when it comes down to it. That's their last-ditch scenario and so now she's basically praising Rudy at a moment where his stock has fallen so far with trump personally with with the trump world that it's only a matter of time before he was just a coffee boy volunteer. We barely knew him rudy. Who Jason Ivanovich tomorrow? Tomorrow give us a bit of a preview. We tried to point out the top of the broadcast. We recall ambassadors all the time. Rarely do they say they feel threatened in their personal lives. Rarely does one of the locals say to them. Watch your back when when she's saying I felt threatened. I don't even know why the president was talking about. I mean this is going to be the emotional punch. Got The story I. Now we're hearing people felt threatened. People feel concerned people in the country in the Ukraine. Were like we don't even know what's going on. What's it's dangerous here? And this is where Raju Liani and all these other individuals come into play. It doesn't matter if he was named special envoy. You don't put your ankle breaker on staff right soon. Everyone knew that trump had a lot of people operating in these sort of irregular channels and she speaks to how those irregular channels made regular long-term service. People feel uncomfortable. No and that's going to be the story that Americans take with them over the
The Beat with Ari Melber
The latest on the Trump impeachment inquiry
"We start with Donald Trump's impeachment crisis a stampede of damning facts gathered by the day I anti legal defense that appears increasingly erratic today trump was pressed on his stonewalling of Congress and his refusal to comply with those subpoenas in fact he suggested that probably ends up being a big Supreme Court case all right so at this point trump strategy it's pretty clear obstruct deflect confused and if all else fails hope the Supreme Court to which he appointed to justice of which he appointed come and save him even as new facts emerged today the full memo from the first whistle blower released with new details about the call and the New York Times pointing out with details about what went down inside the State Department as frustrations grew over trump blocking military aid for Ukraine now against that drumbeat trump supporters are pushing increasingly bizarre narratives one trump ally and former advisor appeared on a Fox News panel with Rudy Giuliani where he referred to Democrats probe as a regicide which if you don't know like I didn't know earlier today is actually the murder of a king. What you're seeing is regicide this is regicide a by another name fake impeachment I refused the call whistle blowers these two nonentities are suicide bombers that the Democrats have unleashed all right so you heard that regicide suicide bombers that is the language now coming from trump's camp remarkable contrast from how -servative used to talk about impeachment today a moment resurfacing from the congressman Mike Pence speaking in two thousand and eight about what the standard should be for impeaching a president this business of high crimes and misdemeanors goes to the question of of whether or not the person serving as president of the United States put their own interests their personal interests head of public service that's the vice president Mike Pence when he was a congressman back in the day Matt Miller chief DOJ spokesman during the Obama administration is with US Jason Johnson politics editor for the root dot com is also with us and the daily Beast Betsy would drifts one is as well great to have all of you with us let's lots to break down here Matt let me begin with you what do you make today of the president subtly invoking the Supreme Court and that this battle is likely to end up there you know I think they'd love for it to end up the Supreme Court because that means we wouldn't have any decision on whether the documents they're obstructing congressman tainting had to be turned over until sometime next year maybe even past the two thousand twenty election that's been their strategy all along not just with this investigation but with the previous investigations house launched deny the House they're entitled to make them go to court and drag it out because there's a lengthy appeals process. I think this one is different in that the house the House obviously would like to get the documents that they've subpoenaed but they're not they would like to get witness testimony but they're not gonNA wait for the administration to turn them over and they're not gonNA wait for the end of court battles they already have a whistle blower who came forward and supply them a lot of information I think there are you know they got one witness Kurt Volker who was willing to quit rather than stay inside the administration it'd be prohibited from testifying and I suspect what they'll do is push forward given that they already have enough evidence that the president pressured the Ukrainian government to to launch an investigation they already have evidence of quid pro quo and those Kurt Volker texts that were released they're obviously things that they would like to get their hands on for example more evidence about the withholding funds from Ukraine but I don't think they're gonNA wait for the courts they're going to go order because they have enough evidence and they'll probably get more as more witnesses come forward at despite the White House trying to block them so to that point Jason the White House as we mentioned refusing to cooperate with these demands realistically besides going the path of the courts is and that was just spelling out what options do the Democrats have beyond subpoenas anything well they're option is to just have a vote right they don't require this information and I'll be honest we can take the headline White House stymies Congress house refuses to hand over information we could run that same headline every three months since this administration began so it's I don't think for once the Democrats are not shocked and amazed at the eight houses lying or not providing information they can have this vote whenever they want here's the other key part about this every piece of information that they've asked for that this administration refuses to come forward with can be part of a complaint about obstruction of justice into an investigation of inappropriate behavior that the president has already admitted to so that is their option to take everything Donald Trump is doing now and make that a part of their case in a stronger case that for once according to the polls not only are people in favor of the impeachment inquiry but we have now moved we're Americans are actually recent poll so Americans are actually in favor of Donald Trump being removed from office in a vote and that's something that works Democrats favor and interesting and all of this today former Congressman Trey goudy now's going to serve as outside counsel for the trump team and it's amazing because if you go back to two thousand twelve here he is actually announcing Democrats for not cooperating with Congressional Oversight Watch this clip the notion that you can withhold mation documents from Congress no matter whether you're the party in power or not empower is wrong respect for the rule of law must mean something irrespective of the vicissitudes of political cycles so that means that you just on your screen there who made that huge appeal about nobody withhold power from Congress or excuse me withhold information from Congress's power to have oversight is now going to defend and justify the president withholding being information from Congress are those words betsy going to come back and haunt trey goudy no question and these political cycles have early gone through a heck of assist Tude as Gowdy my put it the fact that Republicans spent eight years of the Obama Administration laying out in the most asta robust and detailed way possible arguments that the executive branch has to comply with subpoenas an oversight requests from the from the legislative branch in something that's going to create challenges for all of them that said the White House is legal strategy faces a really complex difficulty because there's tension within the White House regarding how White House counsel Pat Simple Loni is approaching this particular issue simple only is treating it perhaps more as a legal fight than a political fight it seems the White House counsel's office people to an extent are still in molar mode thinking in terms of winning court fights rather than thing this has primarily a political undertaking we know that impeachment at its core is a political tool and for the most part of the president is outside allies view the biggest threat to him as a as impacting vote but simple owning is approaching it more from the legal side and that's generated a little bit of friction and the interesting thing again in this betsy that you got the GOP inviting Giuliani to testify Lindsey Graham Watson come up to the hill to talk about Ukraine Corruption Watch his latest appearance on Fox News I just drove through okay they required witnesses to face the witch and some witches were acquitted it's ridiculous the only place I can think of what we had trials like this is in the Soviet Union the remember the president used to call this a witch hunt this is now more than a witch hunt the which is headed better in other words they had more rights the witches had better what do you make of that I mean what's the risk your betsy for the gop to kind of have this narrative floating out there between the regicide the is it is not a king yet his defenders making reference to him being king others are calling this a coup now you got mayor Guiliani or former mayor Droopy Giuliani talking about which is for the duration of his time serving as president's personal outside counsel Giuliani over and over and over has said things publicly that have undermined the legal arguments he's trying to make in defense of the president who can forget the moment when he made the bombs dell admission about the president paying off porn star Stormy Daniels in the final weeks of the presidential campaign on Sean Hannity's Fox News Show Giuliani creates the most problems for his client when he's in a setting that he feels to be friendly and no one on Capitol Hill is going to make Giuliani feel more laxed than Lindsey Graham the Republican chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee who is incredibly close with trump who hangs out with him engulfs with all the time Giuliani sitting down in grams a committee room is perhaps the most perilous moment of the impeachment process for trump? Hey today the California Congressman Roque Hana telling Holly Jackson the Democrats need to move forward with the vote listen to this here's the reality we can't count on the White House we can't count on the course they want to delay this we need to move forward we need to look at what evidence we have make the best effort make the case and have a vote on the articles of impeachment what's the what's the play here you think Matt should they go ahead and actually hold hold a vote have a vote on impeachment knowing that the White House is going to stall this and if as you were saying this could delay in
The Vergecast
August CEO Jason Johnson on opening the smart home of the future
"Everybody's different fresh in this week's interview episode. We have Jason Johnson. He's the CEO of August. We caught up last week it CAS August was there last year August, which was an independent horror. Stop that. I met about six years ago last year, they sold a huge Swedish company called Atalay. They make millions of locks basically the brand new prime minister is Yale. But Jason's here at CS. They announced a new year lock. They announced a new super high end luxury lock another brand called 'em tech. August is basically becoming the software platform for huge lot company the integrate with Google assistant, they integrate with Amazon, Alexa. They agree with Apple's home kit. And we talked really about the future of the smart home. What it means to work with all three platforms at once? How hard it is to work with the platforms or architecture very differently. And the future of how you're going to get out of your house. Jason this super candidate. He subaru. It was a great conversation chicken. All right. Well here Jason Johnson. He's a CEO of August. The very well known company. I say very well known me because I am a August customer. So everybody, I know is aware that had products, but it's time you announce new locks today. So people probably from a year ago, we sold to the world's largest law company a giant conglomerate out of Sweden that has a lot of brands and we actually launching more August enabled locks from our parent company. So Yale new yield lever lock we announced yesterday. And then today, we announced us several locks under the tech brand. Which is a more premium luxury line of of a hardware and locks for for homes. Yeah. So that the story. Yes. This year seems to be like. It's always smart. I'm it's been two or three years obviously getting in their houses like a core. Smart home use case. But it's really a story of interoperability between all of these platforms. We're seeing it's not an Alexa world or an assistant world or home kit world, every device seems to support everything is that what you're seeing too. Yeah. I for me the role kicked to this top of the week was the apple announcement with you know, Samsung Aljian video and then of course, apple music few weeks ago with with with the echo devices. I mean, what we're seeing is is this this idea of having a closed garden, which which apple is sort of a pit of mice that over the years, this idea of trying to be your own closed garden is just it's just not gonna work for consumers consumers want the they want the devices, and they want all of the services and communication between those devices to work, and it's all about optionality. So you're seeing even with your products consumers, you can't just sell a home kit. Lock it has to support all three. Absolutely, right. We we certainly have customers that. Fully embraced Alexis. I'm fully embraced Google assistant, Google home. And then and then you have people that are die hard. You know, home could servants and people that want to go across all of them. They wanna mix and max and use whatever they want. We have to be flexible, we have to play Switzerland. Yeah. We've mentioned home a few times. That's apples spot home platform. It kind of runs on the phone as opposed to in the cloud like, Google and Amazon. So we met years ago at the code conference, yet your first device, we've talked about extremely walkie like bluetooth standards. Are you still playing the game of this industry is not ready for or trying to do still? Are you still sobbing the technical problems you and I started talking about years ago, whereas that stack mature and now you're solving these like interoperability philosophical problem? And when you and I first met, right bluetooth four point. Oh that the only thing had just it just happened. Right. You're just getting into into devices before that yet a pair. It was always his pairing process you connect your bluetooth device to to something. Like your phone. And then Billy changed all that..