western civilizations has no inherent value whatsoever? we have teachers who are not able to teach the curriculum that they want because they disagree with ron desantis and his view of the world. that is limiting free speech. they are trying to shield students from the truth about history. we are nothing without our history. which is exactly why conservatives are going after public education in america. to erase, dismantle and rewrite the true account of our past. what happened on this soil, the oppression that was fought and overcome. and what shaped who we are and the very moment we are in. history is vital, as is knowledge. it s why education is so often ground zero in the u.s. culture wars. and why florida governor ron desantis apparent white house ambition strikes at the heart of the american classroom. desantis has staked his political future on a bid to block an advanced placement course in african-american studies, saying it lacks educational value. it s that f
Videotapes. Thank you as always. The fab simone. Im so proud of you. Good evening, welcome to politicsnation. , we lcome to tonights lead, governing by crisis. Relief and revulsion, thats what im feeling tonight having watched this weeks dramatic but successful term federal spending and avoid a Government Shutdown that was literally just hours away at this time last night. And while i am relieved that those thousands of federal employees will receive their paychecks, i remain revolted by the from house republicans. It nearly crippled america to score political points. President biden echoed this, the same sentiment this afternoon after signing the Spending Bill into law. Saying it was time for congress to stop governing by crisis. Enough is enough is enough. This is not that complicated. It has to end. There shouldnt be another crisis. So, the nation can continue to conduct its Public Business for at least another six weeks. Speaker Kevin Mccarthy may not hold on to his job lavant and
standards clearly shouldn t have been allowed to go forward with their ph.d. if any of that had been caught. i think the more important thing to take into consideration is look, these rich people who think they should be able to dominate culture and politics and education and everything else, just by their wealth, don t seem to realize they are still subject to some of the requirements we have for decency, integrity and that applies to them and their families. if he didn t like it, he could have stayed off twitter. he was mad about diversity and inclusion, apparently, he says a lack of diversity means we have to get back to letting folk who plagiarize wikipedia be the prominent academics because they re better because i can t think of a reason but i llhink during the break. still ahead, president biden calls out the right-wing war on black history at the south carolina church where a white supremacist killed nine people in 2015.
from the big lie, vice president kamala harris traveled to florida to push back against falsehoods being pushed by another republican presidential candidate, governor ron desantis. education department that he s over this week approved a new curriculum that radically relates black history in america, suggesting enslaved people are acquiring useful skills while in bondage. we will have more on friday s war on black history with the president of university ahead. plus we ll talk about how the supreme court s ban on race based affirmative action will affect americas historically black colleges and universities. all of that, on politics nation tonight. joining me now is florida state senator shevrin jones.
michigan state university, naming several others, most of whom remain in critical condition. today, funeral services were held for two of the slain msu students, and in just a minute, i will talk to a michigan congresswoman with her reaction to this tragedy, which was on my mind even as i was marching in florida on wednesday, joining a peoples protest against the state s governor, ron desantis, and his escalating war on black history. it was while i was on the ground in florida that i got word that the shooter who massacred nearly a dozen black shoppers at a buffalo supermarket two years ago had been sentenced to life in prison without parole. later, i learned that all five of the former memphis police officers charged with murder, murdering tyre nichols had pled