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A sublime evening celebrating with Suleika Jaouad and Jon Batiste on _The Book of Alchemy_ book tour at The Pantages Theater in Minneapolis. An exquisite evening of reading, conversation and song. Thank you Suleika and Jon!

And now, a note on Bill Owens who, until this past week, was the executive producer of 60 Minutes.

We’ll be back next week with another edition of 60 Minutes.

A fabulous day having author Reyna Grande zoom into my class today to discuss her memoir _The Distance Between Us_. Such an important class at this moment in history. Thank you Reyna. Thank you students!

Pope Francis, who reached out to the margins of society, has died at 88 The pope was a strong advocate for the poor and the environment and a towering figure on the world stage, addressing not just Catholics but the men and women of our time.

The pope was a strong advocate for the poor and the environment and a towering figure on the world stage, addressing not just Catholics but the men and women of our time.

Trump Officials Blame Mistake for Setting Off Confrontation With Harvard (Gift Article) An official on the administration’s antisemitism task force told the university that a letter of demands had been sent without authorization.

Ooops! Ooopsie! Did we do that? We didn't mean to do that. Definitely don't blame us for doing that.

Oops! Day one funding freeze
Oops! Ebola
Oops! Nuclear security workers
Oops! Bird flu
Oops! PEPFAR
Oops! HHS firings

And on and on and on...

Now this.

www.nytimes.com/2025/04/18/b...

Judge finds Newsmax aired false and defamatory claims about voting-tech company A Delaware judge finds the right-wing network aired false and defamatory statements about Dominion Voting Systems' role in the 2020 presidential election. A jury trial is slated for late April.

A Delaware judge finds the right-wing network aired false and defamatory statements about Dominion Voting Systems' role in the 2020 presidential election. A jury trial is slated for late April.

VOTE NO!!! Do not back down!!

Moby-Dick and the United States of Aggrievement Like the white whale itself, Herman Melville’s Moby-Dick (1851) seems ubiquitous across time. For nearly a century, readers have turned to Captain Ahab’s search for the whale that took his leg to unde...

"From Canada and Panama to Gaza, Greenland, and Ukraine (the list grows daily), the world seems stuck on an American ship bent on avenging the president’s wounded psyche."
blog.oup.com/2025/02/moby...

'So frightening': DOJ official fired over Mel Gibson gun rights request speaks out YouTube video by MSNBC

here's the incredible interview that @chrislhayes.bsky.social did tonight with the woman who was just fired as the pardon attorney at DOJ, liz oyer.

really, really, really worth watching:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mnqv...

British actress Tilda Swinton spoke at the Berlin Film Festival, condemning “state-perpetrated and internationally enabled mass murder.”

Opinion | Susan Collins and Her Cowardly Caucus Bow Down to Trump No nominee — not Kennedy, not Gabbard — is a provocateur too far for Senate Republicans.

Susan Collins and Her Cowardly Caucus Bow Down to Trump www.nytimes.com/2025/02/13/o...

Banking regulator rescinds more than 200 job offers for examiners it needs A government-wide hiring freeze is adding to a staffing shortage at the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., complicating the agency’s efforts to oversee thousands of banks across the country.

When there weren't enough bank examiners on the beat, SVB and Signature Bank failed, requiring big bailouts.

The FDIC should explain why it’s now axing even more examiners whose job it is to make sure big banks don't crash our economy.

www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

The felons first week in office & Project 2025......

Velshi Banned Book Club: ‘The Consequences’ by Manuel Muñoz Broken into ten short stories, “The Consequences” takes place in California’s Central Valley in the 1980s. The frank stories depict Mexican and Mexican American laborers, their families, their enemies...

I was too nervous to tell anyone that I was going to be live this morning on Velshi. Gracias Ali Velshi and MSNBC for inviting me to be in conversation about these times we are in, especially in the Valley

www.msnbc.com/ali-velshi/w...

Vet and Boricuas racially profiled. If you don’t “look” white make sure you carry proof of citizenship. Get a passport card. Don’t let them in without warrants.

So worrisome! Hoping they will stay safe along with everyone else.

Nice to be with you here!❤️