Tonight on 360, new and dangerous language from the once and possible future president of the United States. Also tonight, new details on a fatal car crash involving the thengirlfriend, nowwife of new jersey senator bob menendez. And a live report from elle reef about how some students and parents are bushing back against the book bans in that state. We begin tonight keeping him honest, by taking a step back, a step back from what seems like a flood of words lately that the former president has said, followed by a flood of stories about those words and subsequent outrage that one side or another has about those stories. Before the whole cycle repeats itself and the latest outrage is forgotten because its old news by then. His former strategist steve bannon had a phrase for this. He called it flooding the zone with excrement, though he used a different word for excrement. It never gave anyone time to stop, take a breath and take stock of what just happened or what someone just said, so
that s how censorship works. it casts a paw. people are wondering about whether a certain book could get them into trouble. could it result in complaints or discipline? there s definitely a relationship between the legislation that has been passed at the state level. i think it s perhaps understandable that some local officials feel like they are just following the law. but if that s the way this law works, then it too is violating the first and 14th amendments. the escambia school board voted to fire superintendent tim smith this week, in part, because of his lack of initiative in removing books from the shelves. so now, even leaders who are aggressive in their book banning efforts are being fired. what is your reaction to that? it is deeply troubling. it s a regime of intimidation, where children are the victims. we are teaching children that books are dangerous. that the right response to a book that you may not like, or may disagree with, is not to
troubling aspects, the don t say gay law is not very specific about whether a book like uncle bobby s wedding can remain on a classroom shelf. some say yes, some say no. that s how censorship works. it casts a paw. people are wondering about whether a certain book could get them into trouble. could it result in complaints or discipline? there s definitely a relationship between the legislation that has been passed at the state level. i think it s perhaps understandable that some local officials feel like they are just following the law. but if that s the way this law works, then it too is violating the first and 14th amendments. the escambia school board voted to fire superintendent tim smith this week, in part, because of his lack of initiative in removing books from the shelves. so now, even leaders who are aggressive in their book banning efforts are being fired. what is your reaction to that? it is deeply troubling. it s a regime of intimidation,
been passed are very vague. that is one of the most troubling aspects, the don t say gay law is not very specific about whether a book like uncle bobby s wedding can remain on a classroom shelf. some say yes, something no. that s how censorship works. it casts a paw. people are wondering about whether a certain book could get them into trouble. could it result in complaints or discipline? there s definitely a relationship between the legislation that has been passed at the state level. i think it s perhaps understandable that some local officials feel like they are just following the law. but if that s the way this law works, then it too is violating the first and 14th amendments. the escambia school board voted to fire superintendent tim smith this week, in part, because of his lack of initiative in removing books from the shelves. so now, even leaders who are aggressive in their book banning efforts are being fired. what is your reaction to that? it is deeply troubling. it s a re
criminals from july to decembe in 2022. that s up from 1149 cases in the previous six months. which state had the most the most instances of book bans? 438 of them? in texas these numbers are alarming they don t fully reflect o these book banning efforts mean another of cannot show you how badly a young reader may nee the point and storytelling i david two boys kissing or the syri depiction of sexual assault in lori halls anderson speak. both age-appropriate velsh banned book club features. they don t reflect what it means for the thousands of librarians like susan baker in texas and across the u.s. wh won when we become the front line of defense, risking their careers, reputations, sometime their personal safety in thi vitriolic unrelenting cultur war. libraries means so much to generations of readers parents and communities like thi velshi book club member eva who emailed to tell me about her experience at her loca library. writing in part i am the ninth of ten children born to m