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. hey, everyone. it s 4:00 in washington, d.c. i m in for nicolle wallace. a close eye on a volatile situation in the middle east u.s. forces across the region bracing for possible retaliation after airstrikes against iranian-backed houthi militants in yemen. on thursday streaking dozens of targets, more than 60. at 16 different locations across yemen according to the u.s. favors. houthis say at least five were killed in the strikes. the attacks are a response by the u.s. and its allies what has become a slow slimmering crisis and drawn the administration s attention in the last few months. after october 7th with the attacks in israel, ships have gone to the red sea sites of one of the most crucial shipping lanes in the world. hijacking a ship operated by a japanese company. houthis say they re actions are in support of hamas and the ongoing conflict in gaza and say they ll continue their attacks until israel ends its campaign. moments ago president biden answering qu ....
A lot of people avoid this impolite conversation. there are a few places left where we can actually deliberate this universities are one of them. i think that what you are seeing, and, this is somewhat unprecedented, this degree of congressional pressure on universities to shut down certain viewpoints. i can t think of a president since the house un-american activities when you have college presidents being hauled up. asking specific names of people who are professors. specific names, specific ideologies, specific course offerings. this is a remarkable thing, even if you find some of these things that these professors, some of these professors have said to be a parent, do you really want republicans in congress to be deciding where the line is ? that is the issue. it is the same thing with my book club. there are books that are and that may not be to your taste. they might actually be a point but the issue is whether or not the state should have a role in making these determina ....
From schools in florida where officials are reviewing books for compliance witthe laws prohibition on materials with sexual content. also investigated were the world book of people and polices, the world almanac and book of facts on topics including science, mythology and the bible. desantis might want to head to his local library and look up the definition of hoax. that s if they have a copy of the dictionary on their shelves. we re back with david jolly. we know what the facts are in florida. we see it. i have it on my book club. they are remarkable contributors to the book club. but i don t even know ron desantis pretends. this is his thing. i am going to be the antiwoke police, woke people write these books that are going to sexual liez your children. i ll take care of it. that s right. and it also reveals the important role of the press. because ron desantis has been insulated by a super majority ....
Teaching and reading should be in the context of education. it s not pornography. if you don t understand the difference between those two things, that s an issue. everybody s got phones. anything that you tell them, the minute you say this because, banned guess what kids are going to do? they re going to figure out where else they can get to the book. or get it digitally. go and buy it. it is a loser s game to ban books. book banners don t read books. we do, my club members do. during this podcast, not only do you synthesize the book and its themes, its characters, you actually have the authors themselves speak with you about the why and the how. when they are alive. for instance, undoing romeo and juliet. i ve got some great we have. we have when we do tony morrison, for, instance we bring in experts on the topic. most of my viewers, most of my book club featured authors are alive. it is remarkable to hear their love of language and words and ....
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