you can t fix it unless you acknowledge that there is a mistake. and that something needs to change. back in 2019, you wrote an essay for the office of intellectual freedom of the american library association of being the author of the number one most band book that here. you concluded part by saying maybe being mislabeled as objectionable content while being asked to cough cannot comment on it as an academic curiosity, it s a delicate dance, i m fatigued, and quote. i want to address, that it s a delicate dance, it s something we perform on the velshi banned book club. with every author. tell me about the delicate dance. it must be fatiguing. on one hand, we are sticking it to the man by putting this book on the velshi than book club. on the other hand, you do not get the bill the author of a book. it is not an honor, it s not a great thing. even in cases where my book at additional light coming on here, thank you for having me. if some liberal a thought buys
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joining me now is caroline, and she s a pulitzer prize-winning investigative reporter for the washington post focusing on the white house and government kind ability, she s the author of the book zero, fail the rise and fall of the secret service, and island can fix, it don t j trump s catastrophic final year. she s also an msnbc contributor and a great friend to the show. carol, good morning to you. i wanted to talk to very specifically about what adam schiff just said there. what is the allegations surrounding the secret service in what they now, what they did or did not do. i think that i m a pretty good expert on the secret service and even i was shocked when i saw some of those communications. making clear that the secret service was alerted, basically 10 to 14 days before january six, that there were efforts to make an armed attack on the capital, bring weapons to downtown national mall, which is a felony, and eventually over the next several days,
has somebody the ability to return access books every single year. the occasions called banned books week snow cuts off today. this week s event comes a time when the stakes are extremely high. so far this year the ribbon attempts to restrict or outright ban more than 1650 book titles. it is a staggering number. the theme of this year s banned books week s books unitas, censorship divides. us it is being shared by the author joins our very first meeting of the velshi banned book club. george emmett johnson. george came on the show back in february and even months later that conversation still rings true. i asked them why they re book all boys aren t blue face such fierce backlash and excessive banning. here s what they had to say. it is a very simple. my book tells the truth. my book tells the truth about the black experience.
today is the start of a new school year in keller, texas, that s just near fort worth. teachers showed up, the students showed up. the only thing absent, the books. lots of them. 41 books pulled off the library shelves for review although they were each reviewed last year after complaints as well. some of the books are about the lgbtq experience like all boys aren t blue. and gender queer. also there are other books like toni morrison s novel the bluest eye, that was also taken off the shelf. also an illustrated adaptation of anne frank s diary. and also the bible. yes. the keller school district allows parents, employees, and anyone living in the district to object to books. many of those books were put back on the shelves after the review last year. now there are three new conservative school board