for the past four years we've been making history in critical elections all over the country,

and last year we made history again by expanding our majority in the Senate,

eating election denying Republicans and crucial state house races and fighting back a non-existent

red wave. But the Magga Republicans who plotted and pardoned the attempted overthrow of our government

now control the house thanks to gerrymandered maps and repressive anti-voter laws.

And the chaotic spectacle we've already seen shows us just how far they will go to seize power

dismantle our government and take away our freedoms. So the official podcast of the persistence is

back with season four. There's so much more important work ahead of us to fight for equity,

justice and our very democracy itself. We'll take you behind the lines and inside the rooms where

it happens with strategy and inspiration from progressive change makers all over the country.

And we'll dig deep into the weekly news that matters most and what you can do about it

with messaging and communications expert co-founder of Way to Win and our new co-host

Jennifer Fernandez-Ancona. So join Steve and I every Wednesday for your weekly dose of

inspiration, action and hope. I'm Steve Pearson and I'm Jennifer Fernandez-Ancona

and this is how we win.

The rule of law is not just some lawyers turn a phrase. It is the very foundation of our democracy.

The essence of the rule of law is that like cases are treated alike, that there not be one rule

for Democrats and another for Republicans, one rule for the powerful, another for the powerless,

one rule for the rich and another for the poor or different rules depending upon one's race

or ethnicity. To serve as attorney general at this critical time is the calling I am honored

and eager to answer. So yeah now it's clean up on aisle 45 time and for a long while yet it is

going to be clean up on aisle 45. Hey everybody and welcome to episode 41 of Clean Up on aisle 45.

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