I say that without any, in utter earnestness. Its really great to be able to turn on the tv and see serious discussions about books and literature x its great to have them here in austin and to be a part of it. My name is dan oppenheimer, im the moderator today. I think im here moderating these books because i wrote a book a few years ago about prominent americans who went from the left to the right of the political spectrum, and your panel today is really about american conservativism. Its sort of past, present and future. And the no, sir i have with me the authors i have with me today are anne nelson and tom lobianco. I just want to remind everyone that anne and tom will be in the signing tent after this. Their books are for sale in the book tent. Anne let me know that this is, her book actually doesnt come out til later in this coming week, but they made a special exception for austinen. So if you want the special right, hot off the presses before anybody else can get it copies of h
And texas, and also cspan2 booktv which is a Great American institution. I say that without any, in utter earnestness. Its really great to be able to turn on the tv and see serious discussions about books and literature x its great to have them here in austin and to be a part of it. My name is dan oppenheimer, im the moderator today. I think im here moderating these books because i wrote a book a few years ago about prominent americans who went from the left to the right of the political spectrum, and your panel today is really about american conservativism. Its sort of past, present and future. And the no, sir i have with me the authors i have with me today are anne nelson and tom lobianco. I just want to remind everyone that anne and tom will be in the signing tent after this. Their books are for sale in the book tent. Anne let me know that this is, her book actually doesnt come out til later in this coming week, but they made a special exception for austinen. So if you want the spec
Republicans, it is 2027488001. Democrats, 2027488000. Independents, 2027488002. You content you can send us a text this morning. F that number, 2027488003 please include your name and where you are from. On cspan it is twitter it is cspanwj. On facebook it is facebook. Com cspan. A very good thursday morning, Mark Zuckerberg talked about this issue of trust in his Opening Statement before the House Financial Services committee as he was talking about the company entering the arena of Digital Currency. [video clip] thate idea behind libra is sending money should be as easy and secure as sending a message. Is something that needs to get built, but i get that i am not the ideal messenger for this right now. We have faced a lot of issues over the last few years and i am sure there are a lot of people who think it was anyone but facebook proposing this. There is a reason we care about this and that is because facebook is about putting power in peoples hands. Our services give people a voice
thousands of americans i m talking about bird flu i know stay with me here. if you have been following the news recently you may have seen the u.s. is currently dealing with an outbreak of bird flu bird flu has spread to at least 80 cattle herds across ove and because of that outbreak the fda,t the food and drug administration, has issued guidance forad how to stay safe and t avoid exposure including warningnc americans against drinking rawic milk. that s because raw milk has the potential to spread animal borne diseases from oneor species to another. this is pretty straightforward f noncontroversial scientific advice. don t drink raw milk. it s noncontroversial, except if you are ave conservative who follows the influential pro-trump youth organization, turning points usa. ts milk is good for you, but here sr what the american dair farmer association is goingic t tell you is that pasteurized milk p crap you might as well b drinking water. ideally you need to be drinking raw
so, i want to start with a story that in any other universe would have absolutely nothing to do with politics or anything even approximating controversy. the kind of news we used to read and hear and accept. but post trump, this has become a sort of conservative litmus test with potentially disastrous consequences for the health and the well being of thousands and thousands of americans. i m talking bird flu. i know. stay with me. you may have seen the u.s. is dealing with an outbreak of bird flu. bird flu has spread to at least 80 cattle herds over five states. because of that outbreak, the fda, the food and drug administration has issued guidance for how to stay safe and avoid exposure including warning americans against drinking raw milk. that is because raw milk has the potential to spread animal born diseases from one to another. don t drink raw milk. this is not controversial unless you are a conservative who follows the influential pro trump youth organization turning