the gop s culture wars have a new commanding general, florida s governor ron desantis. in just the last week he signed bills that restrict how schools and businesses talk about race, approved a congressional map that will make it harder to elect african americans, and he endorsed the banning of some math textbooks for teaching, quote, prohibited topics. and he targeted disney after a criticized so-called don t say gay bill. you re a corporation based in burbank, california. and you re going to marshall your economic might to attack the parents of my state? we view that as a provocation, and we re going to fight back against that. i don t think walt would appreciate what s going on in this company right now, i m sorry. the miami herald s editorial board actually compared it to richard nixon s enemies this is all happening and ron desantis is getting more popular, actually. this is controversial stuff but
that was south carolina senator tim scott, speaking at the reagan library this week, as across the country ban textbooks and the teaching of certain topics in school. like, what is going on in florida, where on friday examples were finally released to explain why 50 for math textbooks were banned for including, quote, prohibited topics. senators tim scott and republicans ignore a big fact. schools are filled with more than just straight white cisgender folks who are being robbed of their education. joining me now, msnbc contributor and senior opinion writer and columnist at the got pasta globe, also the co-host of the hashtag sisters in law podcast. we also have msnbc legal and a smile a wily, and contributing editor sofia nelson. she is also the author of black
the sort of new social contract of covid. so there is no doubt that being previously infected can provide significant protection. the issue more is how consistent is it, how predictable is it. an older person who didn t get that from the original infection they may not generate as many antibodies as a young person who got very ill. that s the sort of issue you can t predict that. and obviously getting infected comes with the risk of getting sick. developing long covid symptoms. as things stand now, about 95% of the country probably has some degree of immunity that is a combination of being both vaccinated and infected. but, again, it is the vaccinated immunity that is going to be far safer. all right, still to come, florida s rejected textbooks, 40% of the state s math textbooks tossed over what the state is calling, quote, prohibited topics. we have some examples for you to explain next. introducing new tresemme one step stylers.
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needed. they need to see the united states say, okay, we re going to provide abrams tanks and bradley fighting vehicles. by the i ith a way, in europe is almost all the equipment for a full division sitting in storage. so some of our allies are saying why are you guys crushing us for not giving up mortars when no american tanks, no british or french tanks, what is going on here. so i think that the u.s. has to commit to making sure that ukraine wins and then we have to lead by example. general ben hodges, i very much appreciate your insight. come see me again soon. and it is not only disney under attack in florida, but also math textbooks. 54 titles rejected for so-called prohibited topics. is this a math problem or a political calculus? (ceo) i want today.