Ill hop of here and let everybody get started. Thank you so. All right. Well, good evening or hello, whatever time of day youre watching this. Ive got a brief power point im going to use to get into this book. Its based on academic study presented in a nonacademic manner. That was my job as a collaborator. I have been studying this science for a little over a decade and written an earlier book on it, as ill mention. So my job was to keep my co lab to keep it for a lay audience. Before i get into the book i discovered a very interesting study done by the democratic fund, their voter study group, that is actually an examination of attitudes in america of authoritarianism, and i will define authoritarianism for us. We could spend i could do a whole book on that subject alone. But i think most people have a pretty good idea what it is. Larry diamond at stanford shared this information with me and its fascinating. Americans are overwhelmingly love their quote democracy, but that overwhelmin
This we do not get your exact question, we apologize. I the feeling of lots of questions today. Stomach it is my pleasure to introduce todays speaker, first my aunt cummings is a former chair of the Maryland Democratic to party and wipe public congressman congressman cummings details the formative moments with life that prepares them to hold President Donald Trump accountable for his actions remain rooted in the politics of optimism moderating tonights conversation is Political Bureau tree for American Urban Radio Network and author of under fir fire. So please welcome maya in april 2 pmp live. Hello ladies thank you for joining and we encourage you to come in with questions. This book is powerful. This moment is powerful. Going to speak to a man who dresses this moment and moments before and beyond. This book for me, is a tough read. As you know, i wrote to be a woman in baltimore i knew him before he was a congressman you i read this book theres a tab its a tough read because it was
You have actually read the book. Unlike all those other miami who interviewed you, i read the book and not only that, i highlighted it. I made notes. I come on. This doesnt happen in movies where the movie critics dont watch the movies but i happens in books. People talk about books without reading them so grateful to you. People say im work off your wiki page. And i just want to be a better journalist than everybody else. I feel like i can do better than Rachel Maddow right now. I would dont go deeper. We have more time, congratulations on the book. I thought it was really great and helped organize a lot of ideas pout what is happening at fox news that we all wonder but which is how this happened, how destructive is it, and is it ever going to get better or just a part of our world at this point thats never going to change . Ill start out with other question how you got into journalism. I get the sense from the book and you didnt spend a lot of time on this, that you were a journal gl
Afterwards. High everyone, my name is brittany kerr. ,deputy director of events at politics and prose and id like to welcome you all. A few housekeeping items before we again, first i will be dropping links in the chapter you can purchase copies of both speakers books today, straight from pmpyou can also ask the author question today by clicking on the q a button at the bottom of the screen and we will try to address everybodys questions near the end of the program but if we dont get to your exact question we apologize, i have a feeling there will be lots of questions today. It is my pleasure to introduce todays speakers, first, Maya Rockeymoore cummings, the former chair of the Maryland Democratic party and wife of the late congressman Elijah Cummings. In were better than this, congressman cummings details the formative moments in his life that prepared him to hold President Donald Trump accountable for his actions while in office. s final words are a call to action for us all to rema
Your questions, your audience questions. To ask a question as a q a box at the bottom of your screen. You click on that and typing your question will try to get to as many of those as possible. There is a chat for you guys but if you could keep all of your questions in the q a, just make things a little bit easier. With all that out of the way, it is my honor to introduce jean guerrero. She is an Investigative Reporter contributing to npr, the pbs news hour and other public media. She is the author of, shes also the recipient of an emmy of the k pbs americas. That should be discussing her new book, hatemonger, steven muller, donald trump and the White Nationals agenda. Its from a spiteful teenage troll to one of Donald Trumps chief advisers. Muller who has outlasted many others in the trump forces has encourages his bosses worse impulses and helped him. From the muslim ban, the family separation policy at the border, millers finger prints have been all over the cruelest and most decisi