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time and why you should feel sorry for billionaires, but first that's catch up on today's. Have and build a wall, it's the favourite chant at present, trumps, rallies right after lock, her up and four dipping sauce, but now the democratic from New Mexico, is showing trump what she thinks of his war

the governor. Get Mexico really doesn't. Like walls watch this, I'm we shall move on Christian New, Mexico's forty ninth unemployment and fifty four schools. We gonna bust, through some walls, to make changes in private partnerships to rebuild our infrastructure, more apprenticeships and skill, billions in the permanent fund to invest in schools and small businesses. I think you're crazy is no. Those people were actors there. It is they who is is this is the greatest thing. I've ever see, that add is just porn for the Kool aid man, oh yeah, oh, oh, I wish more politicians would take their campaign slogans and make them completely literal. I love that could be like interpreters,

break the glass ceiling smash. We also need Medicare, Medica met, a girl, work on and other news, its February, which has any one in Virginia, can tell. You is black face history month today Virginia, had its third Blackfeet scandal in a week. This almost black reason Virginia I bet when you go to get your shoes shine the kid I'll see what we need today, MR the feet of the face. What are you going with this time came out, but when the states Senate Majority Meta was and it's all his school yearbook in nineteen sixty eight. He folded with pages and pages of black face photos which is disgusting and also extremely confusing for any of the old alumni who are starting to lose their memories because of you, and you're going through your book and you're, just like our while I was so young and black back. There.

And before you say, of course this would happen in Virginia just a bunch of ignorant rednecks. Let me assure you: there is plenty of elegance high end black face going on here. Luxury fashion, brain gucci, stop selling a sweater after criticism that it resembled black face. It cover in the lower half of the face in future. To read cut out around the mouth, many on social media called the design offensive gucci. The sweater and apologize saying it was a powerful learning moment and that its committed to increasing diversity. Ok, what the What would you make that's what even if the clothing out and what is why would you make that? Where would you even where that skiing I mean, I guess, You're, seeing no black people would see what still it doesn't make it. Ok, I'm sick of companies say visuals upon awful learning moment for us, because they never actually seem to learn. You know how they really learn. If these companies have to pay black people every time they do, research should like

That's what I propose every time they gotta pay people out, at least that we black people get something out of it. You know disguise industry like them. You get a new court year. Agent, I didn't know the monkey a reality check. My couch in other you really should have known better news, Delta Airlines and diet. Coke apparent decided that airlines need to be even more growth Usa, a today reports, deltas apologize for diet. Coke napkins did handed out to passengers. Why, while the napkins included a place where people are right down their phone numbers, so they could pass it on to their quote. Plane crash cause. As they say. You never know. Some passengers call those napkins, creepy delta says it began, removing them from planes last month. Coca COLA has also apologise. Ok, ok, no! No! I'm trying to find the love of their life on a plane. Planes are on

after all, every once in a bad mood? There was shouting at me that its illegal to be in the cockpit aren't you know that mean so dumb idea. I will say this, though I do like the idea of special airplane, napkins and novel flirting, but just for passing around she could notes. We could use that on a plan. I want to pass a note to the guy with issues shoes of unease, nasty s toes and I'll the shocking and now I'm breathing your toes smoke and I need another secret known for the actual in front of me for reclining, you see what I'm trying to eight and also the.

Behind me for keeping mercy whenever cutting my seat, because I'm from eight and another note for the douche bag who puts his carry on above my seat and then when the place, but he jumped up and they standing up next to me as I walk and registered before everyone, we can't go anywhere so now, I'm trap while using your back down and now you go you dick in my face the whole town, the sitting in them, because in your face, haven't napkin mother, napkins regretted the Democrats now that their running the House of representatives they finally have some real power, specifically the power to launch. In this nations which they using to go after the thing the Trump hold most dear nano. His family. He doesn't even know how those people off, I'm told about his money?

One day after the President warned Congress about investigating and House Democrats launched a probe into his business and personal finances. Ways and means of committee meeting today is building a case to request The president's tax returns investigating potential business conflict. It's called presidential harassment and its on four. And it really does heard our country- you laugh, but it's true folks. Presidential harassment is a serious crisis that affects one out of every three hundred and twenty million people in this country, look at this man he so shaken. He can't even speak correctly or dress himself in approach. Besides clothes, you know. One thing that makes trump so successful is that he knows how to make himself seem like the victim. When other people just doing their jobs like if the press reports on what he's doing he's a victim of the fake news. If Congress investigators conflicts of interests, its presidential harassment, I bet if the

were chasing Trump he's the kind of guy who tried called nine one one on them, maybe like hello, Ivan emerge. See some crazy geyser chasing me ever since I took the diamonds out of that store and it wasn't even open. I don't know what the big deal was, so the demo Launching multiple investigations into Trump and the thing he's most worried about them. Getting is his tax returns. She present Trump doesnt want them. Knowing how much money has a where the money has gone and it turns out, he isn't the only rich person having sleepless nights, many real billionaires, also worried about the Democrats coming after their taxes to Is that why want the new tax and the richest Americans just calling it the ultra millionaire tax? It would impose a two percent tax on Americans, whose net worth exceed fifty million with an additional one percent levy on billionaires and newly elected Congresswoman Alexandria causes Cortez proposed marginal tax rates as high seventy percent to fund a climate change plan called the

green new deal a growing number of Americans. Seventy six percent support making the Super rich, I'm not talking about the average rent. The super rich pay more in taxes, show Elizabeth, worn and cause your quarters are coming for the Super rich which, by the way, solve most useless superhero ever help. Me super rich that speeding buses headed right. For my kid: don't worry I'll buy you a new super rich bars the day. Now a lot of people trying painting worn and Abkhazia cultures as these french socialists, but the truth is. Seventy six percent of Americans supporting the raising of taxes means is not that fringe. That's really impressive number, because usually the only thing. Seventy six percent- Americans agree on is that extra work should be free. And it should be guacamole is a human right,

What really shouldn't come as a surprise that people want to tax the super wealthy, especially since we ve been hearing so much about well they're doing around the world billion our wealth enjoyed its greatest ever increase in twenty seventeen. The total wealth of global billionaires grew to eight point: nine trillion dollars. Just twenty six people now control as much wealth is half of the earth's population. The three wealthiest people in the United States Bill Gates Japan's Ocean Warren Buffett now Own more wealth, then the entire bottom half of the american Pocket, haitian, combined total of a hundred and sixty three million people or six Three million household, only shit three dudes have as much money as the poor one hundred and sixty three million people in America honestly do do even have to tell them that we taxing them like but don't you think they notice has been undertaken to taken very well at ways Ahmad what taxes, regional, they'll notice?

like, if you took one tat you away from Adam Levine he's. Never. There are now so big most of the world's wealth is becoming more and more concentrated. Most people are on board with raising taxes on the Super rich, although if you asked the super rich. They ve got a billion reasons why their taxes shouldn't go up Warren's idea of a tax on wealth, and we shouldn't be embarrassed about our system. If you want to look at a system, it's nine capitalistic just take a look at what was perhaps the wealthiest country in the world, and today people are starving to death. It's called Venezuela if the Democrats are proposing anything close to a seventy percent level of income tax. How many Democrats are going to be supportive of a move towards socialism, not

present trumpet get real it? You don't have to be. A genius see what's happening here, these billion as a fair mongering making. It seem like there are only two options in life: either they have low taxes or we start to death and tramples whaler, and it's it's bullshit though it is there's a middle ground. These, like this, the same logic the guys used to get their girlfriends to have sex like either we bowl or my balls, are getting slowed. Ok, let's call people just really grateful. Aren't jack of it. Not the same. It is the same just let it out, there's a middle ground from on this which onshore man with tool, culture, absentees phone running training, everybody people to find out. What do you think about this new drive to raise taxes on the rich? Are we

driver? I used to support it, but then I became a crazy radiation and now that I've made some money, I realise there is no difference between passing taxes on the ridge and nine eleven both for tat. American values, and both were done by the federal government, I told you to bring your conspiracy theories to the Danish. I'd, keep them on Youtube. Anyway, I'm shop running your against taxing the super rich. Why would you be against that? Let me explain something: do Trevor? Ok, when you don't have money, you think small. You start believing. We need taxes to Paypal, better schools or roads or health care for a better society. But once you have money, you see the bigger picture, which is that flying in private jets is being awesome right. So let's quit hating successful people Trevor. Not only should which people pay less taxes, but billionaires should pay none o no taxes will be needed

you say we do not even a billion know- you're, not a billionaire right. But I will be as soon as my new product idea get takes off. Ok, get this! It's a refrigerator! That screams, when is Ronnie. That is a terrible idea. It's it's a jealous bitch I give my point, America, these socialist haters, I just tried trappers Kay the trick is in two ways in taxes on billionaires, but there Once we all become billion, as will be the ones getting screwed run. You see, that's the trap, billionaires like with enough hard work? Anyone can become super rich, but the odds are insanely small, like theirs three thousand billionaires and the entire world that correction Trevor is gonna, be three thousand, and one after my shriek ovaries by thousand is the market

slogan, is ice cream. You scream, we all scream when there's no ice cream check. Everybody. Strawberry black history months and you have a date. We are celebrating all month with. Where would junior, whose honouring the my heroes of black history in episodes of cp time. welcome to see Peter the only sure that's for the culture, too we will be discussing the history of civil rights marches. They were how black people felt the system may change. Is also how your grand data got his steps in now, the other famous margins

We all know about the module Wash and Birmingham. And the march in silver, which I was getting ready to a tin until I found out that large was on a bridge, I don't do bridges with untold doktor king of God, wanted to like man across rivers? We would have been born with those little floaty things on our like white people, but there, of other and in black history worth noting such as the nineteen none five million men Marge in Washington DC. Now some people see the crowds ass actually reach a million men. But if that's true, it's only because

That was the night bees and all those parachute pants took up too much space, but at least hundreds of thousands of men attended this march together to call attention to black issues like structural racism, unemployed and, most importantly, an end to the Jericho that call it the black mullet hast thou. Feel more black men back than bad credit, the Jura girls, the only hast thou that made black men looked like jewish mothers sailor. Ten million men March I tried to, but I'm assert the location you see. Said it was at the National Mall, but what I thought these it was the Nashville Mall,

just say all those white people in Tennessee was confused as I was when I was protests in front of an orange Julius. Now you can't speak about marches without speaking about the big bad, sixty afro weapon, black Panther, anyone will live in the summer. Time means business in nineteen sixty seven, the black Panthers protester they gets California done control by March into the capital, was the grievances and some eighteen? Forty seventh, that's right: white people. I know you like to think that being out in public with the big gun was your idea, but that was some your idea, but that was some black ship forks and while bringing guns to a debate about gun control is not very logical, it is very effective. I could give you the upper hand and most situations. My uncle people once walked into which a potent

forgot. He had a loaded pistol in his hand. He got free, guacamole ful, you're gonna, put before you criticise our protests. Remember, it was a different time and you had to be there with job was not wanted to join the black Panthers, but the day before the protests Ma Barber cut, my efforts to low- and I ended up with a busby- could join the black Panthers, looking that's where the legal Wesley Snipes, who does pay his taxes and finally, it would be remiss if I did not mention the powerful black women who fall to unshackled the chains of oppression. One of those icons is item B. Wales we famously took over nineteen thirteen march for women suffrage

white women said that she had to march in the back, but I do refuse telling those white. Ladies either I go with you or not at all, which is basically a turn of the century way of saying I'm about to take my earrings off hair. No, then this Margie, the because I was not yet born, but my grandma Regina would Julia, was able to go where she didn't go. She said she was with the best friend Susan but the to get lost. The way and somehow they ended up in the Caribbean. Would they ve been living as roommates of assets. What does all the time we have a debate

This has been said before the court is made up of what we in this house. Would you know everybody boulevard back? So my guess tonight is the first african american female reports are columnist and editor for the Washington Post. Her new book is called Trailblazer, a journalists fight to make the media look more. Like America please welcome. Dorothy Butler helium, everybody you so much for being here. This is one of those stories that genuinely hit me so hard, because it feels like have lived through some of the most seminal moments in american history, and you will also putting on its you, you work for fifty years in this business. What do you think

the biggest change that you saw in your time in journalism as the first Africa makin woman working at the Washington Post think the biggest change was after the urban uprisings of the Sixtys, when the current or commission, which was the commission that was named by the president, the media that in many ways, contributed to the fact that the that the urban riots occurred, and that was because they had not integrated their importing and the editing staffs and in many ways they said they would just showing us America only through white eyes. So I started at the post in nineteen sixty one when I went back and nineteen seventy two. It was different because there were more real

It is of color rights, more females, but still it was very white male dominated you came into this world at a time when it was just something that did not happen You walked into a new room where there were only two other reporters were black. You were the first african american woman in the space and reading the book that this I mean just the most harrowing passages where they did they policy of not reporting when black people were murdered. One edits even called those cheap debts that shouldn't be reported, how do you even begin to work in that kind of environment? And did you help the ETA understand why it was crucial to report all news. I tried to help them and

the way, I begin working in that environment. This, because Doktor Martineau Kane was beginning to say two young black people go into why corporations and sale so part. I felt like I was almost part of the freedom movement by going in the coming. The first african american woman with Washington Oh, I didn't think I was a trailblazer at that point. I just was doing the job that I love I had had for years in the black press and black press has been very important in Amerika, both in terms of reporting on civil rights, but in government going places where white reporters wouldn't go right or white newspapers go so that experience also have to pay

hear me for my work at the Washington Post. One of the first stories that I remember a lot was when I went to the University of Mississippi as part of the team from the post to cover the integration of all miss, and that was the most horrendous thing you can imagine, because Mississippi was one of those places where it was a lynching state right. It was the heart of segregation, and the university was like this vast, even of white supremacy. So it was chaotic on the campus. But what hurt, in addition, was that I had no place that I could get a room because they didn't have hotel

black people. So I slept in a black funeral home and a funeral home yeah. I slept with the dead Trevor this a show in saying that you have lived through that time. I am honestly fascinated to know in that time. When this was happening. We you optimistic, did you think that you would see America change or was the resistance, chew integration, so strong that you thought it would last wherever they integrate and was so strong that I never thought I would see a black president. While that was a huge. Step forward, run many ways, but of course, with America. It can help me liberal, and then it can swing till conservatism. In you see what we have now. I see what we have now. Do you will you

on and on so many stories and you're inclusion in the new version was powerful because it really felt felt like when you read the book, you lived through two of really the most important errors in american history in modern history? Definitely- and that was women's movement for equal rights and black people's movement for civil rights. We, of the two. Did you feel like headlong momentum when you were in them? Did you feel like all this is going to happen? This one won't or do I feel like both would just moving forward. It felt that the the freedom, writers and the freedom that called the whole civil rights Movement Freedom Movement- is, it felt like it was going to open doors for so many other people right because after the civil rights movement after the boy, power era. That's when Glory Asylum wrote her article. That said after black power when power raw, and so after the women power, it's the black sea. The pioneering minority and so after

women power. Then you had the oppression against gay people, rightly being really looked at and studied and acknowledged, then you had the oppression against the disabled, so its many ways it's the black movement. I think that was the most important movement. Cause all people all over the world were singing. We shall overcome. You know in right, China, All around the world. People who had been oppressed were saying if that happened in Amerika. You know why cannot happen here, it's so powerful when you you speak about how you first that the post, your mission was not to be reported that focused on black issues, but just a report of weak sell. You didn't once we pigeonhole as a black reporter, but then you came to realize that it was crucial for you to take up that mantle and reports on black

Why do you think it so important for mainstream media to look more like actual America and not just have the voice of predominantly white men? It's because you can't really talk about a community, that you don't in some way represent that you know in some way. I know that you do in some way have more than the security of tight, a notion of what it's all about and they cause with white, primacy in America. That whole narrative has also been accompanied by an anti black narrative rights and very often that's been since the beginning This is twenty. Nineteen we african Americans are black. People have been in America four hundred years.

We're here are year before the Mayflower, but two and a half centuries of that was the error of slavery right and then at the era of GM crops, so or segregation is sound, so the whole feeling that this is this whole anti black narrative that has been a part of the DNA, almost Erika as much as white supremacy, that has has not really been acknowledged. It's been kind of glossed over and you pay attention to have you know that the violence that violence gets yes, but in terms of what motivated the lot of it is about poverty, you know very violent and and as she was saying in the segment with the billion airs you know,

is very real, what's happening in this country and its been happening for awhile fifty years of writing. Fifty years of finding ways to report stories even in spaces where you once aloud, I mean one of the most shocking and I find funny at the same time stories of when you talked about how, when you and your some colleagues would go to marches, you would have to disguise yourselves because you couldn't be journalists in public as black people. You would dressed up as as clergy you dressed up as priests, and so forth and nuns and- and you would hide type- It is under your clothing, which I didn't even know how they fit, but but But when you look at America today, how do you find that balance for yourself of both where America has come from and where America still needs to go? Ok first actually say that those reporters

Cole wrapped there, oh royal typewriters, but that this in old clothes rights when they went to the south because they didn't want the white shares to arrest them while and so they they would also disguise themselves- is ministers in the carriage apples under their arms and does so. That was a way of trying to get to the story and knowing that they couldn't go as reporters. But where I see things today, I think it time when media is more important than ever. It was. It was very difficult when the president started talking about fake news. It was very difficult because you know those of us who came up in the in the legacy media. We knew all of the issues of ethics that we had to to adhere to to be hired by the Washington Post and in order to work there

We knew that we didn't take gifts from any body We knew that we had always pay our own way. We knew that we had studied in colleges and universities and so to have the our whole process dismiss this fake news was not only detrimental to the U S, but it was detrimental internationally because, whatever we say about the faults of America, it still has been the bastion of democracy, and so when you have something as as crucial, but you know, as freedom of the press. Rights being denigrated by the top officials in the land

It has a very destabilizing effect in the whole world. I could genuinely taught you four hours, but luckily I have the book to keep me company. I thank you so much for being on the show is available now made historic Dorothy, but the guinean everybody. Daily show the criminal ears it wants. The daily show weak nights at eleven ten central one Tommy central and economic civil watch. Full episodes. Videos at the daily show that not only was on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram an subscribed to the daily show on Youtube or exclusive caused in him. This has been a comedy central podcast