Will Democrats Stand Up to the Republicans?
The Hartmann Report
Thom Hartmann
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🗓️ 11 April 2023
⏱️ 59 minutes
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Summary
Why can't the Dems push back against the blue slip scam the G.O.P. is using to hold up federal judges? Also- what's really up with the NRA?
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| 0:48.4 | Is the NRA designed to fortify for a race war? What's up with the NRA? I'll tell you about that and |
| 0:54.6 | a revenge alert, Mr. Jimnasium Jordan is heading to New York City to officially be a hypocrite. |
| 1:01.7 | It's a fascinating story. I'll tell you about that too. A lot to talk about today, plus, you know, |
| 1:07.5 | your calls. Let me start with today's op-ed. It's over at HartmanReport.com and it's titled, |
| 1:13.1 | Will Senator Dick Durbin stop the Blue Slips scam blocking democratic judges? |
| 1:20.0 | And here's the story and there's a backstory here that literally goes back to George Washington. |
| 1:28.6 | Right now, you've got a number of democratic nominees for judgeships that are being blocked |
| 1:34.5 | in the Senate by Republican senators. For example, Cindy Hyde-Smith is blocking a judicial |
| 1:41.6 | nominee by the name of Scott Column. Last year, Republican Senator Ron Johnson, |
| 1:46.3 | Blue Slip vetoed Judge William Polkan, who is the brother of our friend Mark Polkan. |
| 1:51.3 | They're both gay and apparently Ron Johnson, Blue Slip Tim vetoed him because he's gay. |
| 1:57.5 | Roger Marshall and Jerry Moran are bragging that they're going to veto Biden's nomination of |
| 2:02.7 | Jabari Womble for Federal District Judge in Kansas because presumably he's black. |
| 2:09.4 | I called all five of Dick Durbin's offices yesterday. Dick Durbin is the Senator |
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