Ballot box in texas. Women! isn t that a great flier? look at that. Women, the eyes of texas are upon you. Have you paid that poll tax? poll taxes were still a thing back then. And, again, this was for voting in a primary, not in a general election, but this was texas in 1918, and texas for all intents and purposes was a oneparty state. It was controlled by the southern democrats, a very different party from the democratic party as we know it today. The southern democrats basically won all the elections in texas back then, so voting in the primary was basically like voting in the general. Whoever won the southern democrats primary was basically guaranteed to win the general election too. So it was a big deal. When texas, ahead of the united states as a whole, texas welcomed women to the ballot box in 1918 to vote in state primaries. Except there was a hitch, a really, really big hitch. This is christyia adair. Back in 1918, christyia adair was 25 years old. She was a young suffragist l
That. But, rachel, before you go. I got to tell you about a funny thing happened to me on the way to the tv show today. Uhoh. You know how hard it is, these days, for the author of a scholarly book to get on the show like this? because we have so much breaking news and so many difficult other things of the day we have to cover. Sure, yeah. I had a guest booked, today. To be a preview guest for the biden address, wednesday night. Okay. But but it was one of those things, and this, i m sure, happens, i m not sure whether your bookers even tell you this. But, you know, every once in a while, the deal will be, can you just ask one question about the book? like, just one question about the book. Like, maybe, at the end of the interview. And and i said, yeah, maybe. Thinking i probably wouldn t. And then, i got my hands on the book, and now i just want to do the whole hour on the book. And it is it s going to get an award tonight on the show. An award i am inventing tonight, which is the the
Of the interview? and, and i said, yeah, maybe thinking i probably wouldn t. And then i got my hands on the book. And now i just want to do the whole hour on the book. And it is it s gonna get an award tonight on this show, an award i m inventing tonight, which is the the moynahan book award. And that is the award for the most scholarly book, written this year by the united states senator. Nice! and i m, i m giving that award in april. I don t care i m giving it i m giving it tonight. Because and i m hiding. I m hiding the author s name, rachel, but i want to show you it couldn t have a more boring title. I know what book that is. Yeah. Yeah. But you just couldn t have a more boring title, anti trust. I, i hesitate to even say it because it ll scare off viewers. But this book is is getting the award for most scholarly book by united states senator and i cannot wait to talk about it with my mystery guest. And your mysteryi know that book. And i know that thesis and i know who the senato
that the risk when you are outdoors, which we have been saying all along is extremely low and if you are vaccinated, it s even lower. so you re going to be hearing about those kinds of recommendations, soon. dr. anthony fauci yesterday with that news on expected updated cdc guidelines on wearing a mask outdoors. good morning and welcome to morning joe. it is monday, april 26th. with us, we have white house reporter with the associated press, jonathan lemire. eddie glaude jr. staff writer at the atlantic music and author of the book twilight of democracy, anne applebaum, and u.s. national editor at the financial times, ed luce joins us. and joe, dr. scarborough was possibly right. i m not a doctor, but i play one on tv. and usually that s bad news for anybody listening. all of these guidelines will catch up with each other. everyone is trying to do the best thing and keep people safe. you ve been hearing from a lot of doctors we ve had on regularly that have been
the smears against me range from distortions of my personal life to wild and i mean wild conspiracy theories. i won t be intimidated and i won t be extorted. by a former doj official and crooks he is working with. the truth will prevail. when you see the anonymous sources and insiders forecasting my demise, know this. they aren t coming for me. they are coming for you. i m just in the way. you have heard this before, this, we are all victims of the big bad deep state was a trump signature sellout line. will it work for gaetz when there s a different set of circumstances around him than trump? first of all, what he says was an extortion theory has all but fallen away. this investigation, remember, was started by the trump-run doj. in fact, then attorney general barr needed personal say so for an investigation against a sitting member of congress to go forward. how does that square? the crowd loved it. i m not sure there were any doj investigators in that crowd. news that g