Welcome alissa quart caught for a discussion of her new book going for broke, a collection of compelling, hard hitting first person essays, poems and photos that expose what our punitive social systemsamericans and deml ways to change our conditions. Well also have an audience q a at the very end of the evening, followed by a signing. If you have not yet already purchased or picked up your book, theyre available for purchase at the register and then once you get your copy there, you can find all of our panelists at this table here. Sue alistair will be joined in conversation by Molly Crabapple alex miller, celina su and astra taylor baylor. About the author. Editor facilitator this evening. Alissa quart is the author of bootstrapped liberating ourselves from the American Dream squeezed why our families cant afford america and branded the buying and selling of teenagers and two books of poetry. She is the director of the Economic Hardship reporting project and has written for many publi
just maybe things in this country would snap back into something resembling a pre-trump normal. dangerous elements of the far right would crawl back into their dark caves and corners that want harm done to the foundations of our most prized institutions, relentlessly maligned for years under donald trump would repair themselves. maybe even overnight. simply because trump is no longer the person sitting behind the resolute desk. sadly it appears that any of those hopes were in vain. more proof this afternoon that the destruction he left in his unhinged wake, the moral wrought he spread quietly continues to spread to this day inside some of our most important and revered institutions. considering chilling new reporting in today s the new york times, cataloging attacks on the fbi. the piece centers in part on a somewhat dishonest effort by a group of former agents calling themselves the suspendables. they wrote a letter earlier this month of accusing the fbi from discriminatin
jerusalem and is survived by her three children. tonight we remember hannah pick. what an incredible life. the news continues. i want to hand it over to jake tapper and cnn tonight. welcome to cnn tonight . i m jake tapper in washington. and tonight, make america great again again? we re just four days away from the all-important midterm elections. and with republicans optimistic that they re going to be able to flip both the house of representatives and the senate, donald trump is preparing to ride that wave right into a 2024 announcement. sources tell cnn that top aides to the former president are gearing up for a possible campaign launch around the third week of november, something trump himself hinted on the campaign trail again last night. now, in order to make our country successful and safe and glorious, i will very, very, very probably do it again, okay? those same sources, however, say that trump s announcement could be delayed if republicans do not do as we
much as you might expect. the former president touched on many of his greatest hits. he wanted to execute a drug dealers. he praised foreign dictators. and he pushed the big election lie. there is a new addition to his routine. the donald also singled out one woman in particular for a shout out, for praise. take a listen. i would like to thank a great woman named ginni thomas. do you know ginni thomas? she is a great woman. the wife of a great man, justice clarence thomas. her courage and strength she still believes the 2020 election was stolen. she didn t say, oh well, i would like not to get involved. of course it was a wonderful election. it was a rigged and stolen election. she did not will thunder pressure like so many others that are weak people and stupid people. you bet we know ginni thomas. let us count the ways. the conservative political capitalist appeared on a hill on thursday. that was voluntary and not under oath to speak with her because of her inv
republicans admit they have a massive fund raising part bum. i am a member hiding, let s get started. ge started. breaking news tonight, a federal judge in florida appointed by donald trump has issued a preliminary ruling on trump s request to apply a special master to review the documents seized by the fbi during their search of mar-a-lago earlier this month. the judge indicated that she decided to side with trump, but has not made a final decision just yet. there s a hearing thursday to discuss this matter. also coming in, april haynes has told the chairs of the house and intelligence and oversight committees that the intelligence committee is-ton duct-ing a damage assessment of the documents taken from trump s home. this comes after the justice department released a redacted version of the affidavit. the affidavit used to convince a judge to authorize the search. of course, the main of fbi agents provided to the national archives, and the search warrant affidavit detai