washington to clean it up and own the libs, et cetera. not about public service. truly, a sad state of affairs. really bad for democracy. michael steele, david henderson, katie benner. thank you all for your time. next, a free speech organization and the country s largest book publisher sue a school district in ron desantis s florida. hey! like your workplace benefits. and retirement savings. with voya, considering all your financial choices together. can help you be better prepared for unexpected events. for a brighter financial future. thanks.
other authors, some parents, pan america, free speech organization that we all rely on a great deal, random house, they ve all sued the escambia county school district and school board, tell me how this came about, and why? and sort of how you got involved? yeah, i mean, this all came about because enough was enough. at some point, it was like, wait a minute. now, we re in school districts, where you have people just basically submitting these lists of 100 books, 200 bucks, 300 books. people have not read the books. people who don t have kids, in the counties. people who don t even live in the counties. and this is something that we start to notice, that was happening. at first, this was a quote unquote, parental rights issue. which we know it s not. that s like the straw man argument. but then we started to notice, there were people who had no kids, no to this fight, that we re also being able to get books banned. and then i think the second
metaphors, seeing yourself in the protagonists. is a form of resistance. now, we re seeing a new form of resistance. against florida s literary censorship. the publishing giant, penguin random house, free speech organization pin america, some american parents including johnson and perez came together this week and filed a federal lawsuit against florida s escambia county school district courts book bans. alleging that the district and its school board violated the first amendment, by removing these books from shelves. the lawsuit asserts, in part, quote, ensuring that students have access to books on a wide range of topics and expressing a diversity of viewpoints supports a core function of public education, for preparing students to be thoughtful and engaged citizens. in contravention of these basic principles, the lawsuit alleges, escambia county has set up to exclude certain ideas from their school libraries, by removing or restricting books, some of which have been on the shelves
hot spot in the clash over what reading material is appropriate for children. we ll be joined by the head of a leading free speech organization, which along with america s largest publisher, is taking the fight against book bans in florida to federal court. before we go to break, this is big. willie, what do you have planned for sunday today ? got another good one for ya i think this weekend with oscar isaac, who is starring on broadway with rachel brosnahan right now, in the tony-nominated play, which is an amazing show. got the tony nomination. they re great together. of course, oscar isaac, who has been in the star wars movies, in a spiderman movie, the list goes on and on. great guy, amazing career, a great conversation with oscar isaac. this weekend over on nbc on sunday today. we ll be right back here on morning joe.
mathematics has done this i cannot say, but when you go and talk about how math is used as white supremacy and the being a perfectionist or only one right way to answer a question even objectivity is an extension of white supremacy. laura: you know it is really cool? at least right now from my perspective you are echoing a little bit that it is almost sounding like this is a culturally responsible segment. because it is a little bit of a thing going on here. it sounds pretty cool. i want to say this, the free speech organization called speech first, they just released a report finding that amongst a freshman college orientation, less than 30% discuss free speech while 90% discuss diversity, equity and inclusion, this comes as we are learning that the diversity of oregon