all, but in many places you can, then you re dealing with incredibly vaccinated people, combined with low cases. that s the magic combination. those are the two metrics to focus on if you can find them for your zip code, through your city and that data does exist. very helpful information. and hopeful information. dr. kavita patel, thank you very, very much for coming back to the sunday show. coming up, banning books, tip lines, telling on teachers and actual legislation, all to soothe that white discomfort on so-called touchy topics. my take after the break. on so-called touchy topics. my take after the break. some people say if you want to see america, see it on the 4th of july. but america
virginia governor glenn youngkin is asking his constituents to rat out their neighbors. he is setting up a tip line for parents to report behavior in schools that they find questionable. that can be anything from mask mandates to so-called divisive subjects. so joining me now, cnn political commentator, s.e. cup. s.e., good evening to you. so happy to have you on to talk about this. let s talk youngkin s already banned. i am going to go through this list here critical-race theory which is not being taught in k through 12 schools. like a lot of republican colleagues in states have been doing the same thing. now, he wants parents to rat out individual teachers to the state government. what what is going on here, s.e.? yeah. tip lines and blacklists and naming names and banning books. sort of, all the stuff that s historically been, like, ominous and rejected by history. leaven it to to this republican party to resurrect, like, the worst ideas. and and that s what that s
banning. this is a very easy win for these conservative primary candidates, so you are seeing that. you are also seeing the parent tip lines where parents can complain about the kid about the teachers, which is another kind of academic freedom then which is extremely important and which was something that historically these conservative cancel culture people wanted freedom of speech on campuses. remember that? yes. contributing writer for the atlantic. thank you for coming on the show. we appreciate it. still ahead, the latest inflation report is due out this morning. we will bring you the data and the impact it could have on interest rates. plus, push to rein in the power of big tech. we will talk to a congressman who is trying to keep companies like amazon and apple from gobbling up their competitors and why that s important. morning joe is coming right back.
did you paint and jemima? i still love, her that just goes to show how we have to be accepting of people not knowing our history. that just really opened my eyes to how people really don t even know our history. so that is where this pieces from. what would you say to the republicans who are around the country, whipping up parents to use tip lines, and bounties on etc to try to force schools to get rid of books, pull books off of their shelves, and not teach the true history of this country. what would you say to those republicans if they would listen to you? that is very scary. the idea that somebody could just, you know if they don t feel comfortable about the accurate history being taught, then they can actually change that. that is scary. and it should not be tolerated at all.
theories and that sort of thing. does it slow things down? theories aren t given as much weight as tips. i ve been on tip lines for mass murders and things like that, serial murder and people want to help and i can tell you that law enforcement is able to determine what tips need immediate attention and what tips can wait till tomorrow and what tips are just nonsense and then psychics calling and mediums and that kind of thing. alicia: got it. candcie, thank you so much for your expertise, we appreciate it. you re welcome. have a good one. griff. griff: alicia, free bit neglect britney is areality, that couldl trouble for her father. that s up next.