upset parents leading the charge, pushing to ban books they deem sexually explicit, or that discuss the truth about racism in america. of course, banning book, nothing new, except for the fact that most e-reads these days, so unclear what the gop actually wants to burn but we do know some of the ire of their fire, dismant ling and demeaning the process we made in making this country more inclusive for the lbgtq community. this week, texas governor greg abbott called on state leaders to investigate criminal activity related to quote the availability of pornography in schools. specifically citing the novel gender queer, its author defends the book, writing, quote, one of the charges thrown against the book was that it promoted pedophilia based on a single panel depicting an erottic ancient greek vase and others simply called it pornography, a common accusation of works with queer sexual ty. governor abbott is just the beginning. fellow gop lawmakers across america have jumped o
who was in the room with trump as the attack unfolded on capitol hill. this comes amid a battle over documents and the release of documents from the trump white house. overnight, the ex-president filing an emergency request to block the national archives from giving the 1/6 records. the judge wasted no time shooting down donald trump s request in just hours calling it quote, premature. the final decision by the same judge on trump s records is due any day now. that decision and the decision by doj as to whether or not to prosecute steve bannon for defieing a congressional subpoena from the select committee will have huge consequences for the committee s investigation and frankly, the rule of law in this country moving forward. the january 6 select committee closing in on the roles of donald trump s inner circle is where we start this hour. joyce vance is here. former u.s. attorney, now professor at the university of alabama school of law. also, washington post congressional
rock n roll reactionary government posture, now we have the political right saying no, no, you can t come near social media. you just want to sensor us, even the biggest beneficiaries in terms of mag occnifications. here is the root cause. lie cells. that s why facebook and a lot of these other guys and the same space plays to those ads, the algorithms tell this makes money. you see smart guy like ted cruz at harvard law, he was one of t brightest students they ever had. because they get him, they are provacative and he gets reached. that s part of this problem. what s being rewarded in society is what they are cashing in on. it s power co-opting the little guys. imagine all the people co-oped with the misinformation and the lies and they would come together, if you got the poor people in america, white, black and brown in america to come together because they have more in common than they have that separates them. imagine the power they have, the entire country would
thursday. we talked about regulation and i think you had a good idea, it should be sort of an fda, internet communications. you said fcc. it should be the internet communications commission. but the fcc won t let me be. very interesting, the shift we ve had since his time which is where government was chasing him for the same kind of rock n roll reactionary government posture, now we have a the political right saying no, no, you can t come near social media. you just want to sensor us, even though they re the biggest beneficiaries of the social media platforms in terms of s s lies sell. that s why facebook and a lot of these other guys and the same space plays to those ads, the algorithms tell this makes money. you see a smart guy like ted cruz. at harvard law, he was one of brightest students they ever had. why does he say so many stupid things? because they get him wattage. they are provocative. he gets reach. that s part of this problem. what s being rewarded in
insightful. we ll do a lot better than that today. bill: we pay you for that. dana: i promise it will be better today. the contest between mccauliffe and youngkin is in its final week. president biden joins mccauliffe tonight. some worry his low approval rating could be a drag on the ticket. bill: new poll from usa today showing the candidates at dead even in a state the president won less than a year ago by double digits. dana: newt gingrich will join us in a moment. but first we go to arlington, virginia. in that same poll 5% of voters are still undecided. before the candidates can try to sway them they have to convince their own base to show up on election day to get out the vote tour bus is continuing on. tonight mccauliffe will return to northern virginia. president biden will rally on his behalf. he is running against glenn youngkin. both made stops in virginia beach yesterday. biden easily won the northern counties last year. approval rating has taken a dive