james by percival everett. published by doubleday in percival everett's audacious reimagining of huckleberry finn. jim the enslaved man, travels the mississippi river with huck is revealed as james who can write argue with voltaire and speak in the most elevated english. this enthralling novel can be read on its own, but everett has made a necessary companion to twain's masterpiece prophet song by paul lynch lynch. published by atlantic monthly press over the course of paul lynch's frightening novel, one woman tries to preserve her family as ireland devolves into a brutal police state. eilish's labor unionist has been taken away and her son has been called to military duty. lynch makes every step of this near-future nightmare as plausible as is horrific. playground by richard powers. published by w.w. norton. two boys bond over board games and fall in love with the same girl. one becomes a tech multimillionaire. the other moves to an island in the middle of the pacific ocean. there's an elderly scuba diver, too

everett, welcome to the program.oach be this time around compared to the first time around? everett: thank you, jonathan. i think we will see a significant difference. the first term there was a kind of walk into a tariff conversation. we started with existing safeguards on washing machines that led to the 232 aluminum and steel tariffs. then finally the big china tariffs under the 301 that are still in place and carried through under president biden. what is interesting about that debate is there was internal dialogue about whether tariffs were o'toole or an outcome. -- a tool or an outcome. they can be -- some believe a strong tariff regime enables domestic manufacturing and a trade deficit. those were the debates we were having. that is not where we are today. it is definitely a tool and an outcome. what people are trying to discern now is what is that tool going to be used for and how long will the tariffs stay in place? we are looking at different scenario plannings. it is much more complex and much more advance

and i think everett's last point was an important one, talk to us. i can assure you -- >> number one thing you do when you're a consultant and go into a private business to understand what the ecosystem seasoned what is not working. >> how can we make this better for you or the consumers or the customers that are out here. it just for me is really bothersome that this seems to be the approach. and at the end game, it's all about how they will grift off of it in the end because, as everett noted, this is about creating a space for private markets to grab government money. in a way that allows them to expand their growth. that's why i say, you know, if you're so much about the efficiency, then let's have doge federal contracts on the table and talk about how to save money there first because i guarantee you haven't been inside the government, i can tell you exactly, that's where it is folks. it's not the person in the seat. it's what's in the paper. it's what's in the contract. that's where the money is. and the federal government that's run by our con

host: everett kelly who represents federal workers, on the "washington journal" recently. how can the government become more efficient. "washington times" front page today, doge leaders visit capitol hill sparking energy for new day in america. rob, a democratic caller, what do you say? caller: good morning. you're doing a great job as usual. thank you for that. thank you for c-span. there's so many simple fixes, i remember hearing a few years ago that they could streamline the paperwork for health insurance companies. for medicare. and save a fortune. but you know, i think that ultimately before you really start cutting, you have to put proper taxes on those earning more than $400,000 a year. which, you know, the republicans refuse to do. and by the way, oddly, that elon musk and i have vek and even our incoming new president make fortunes off these tax break that was been extended and will likely be continued to be extended. so you know, i believe you have to remove the cap on social security. on those earning over whatever, $126,000. that cap should be removed. and you

everett, thank you for being with me. all right, so this administration, through this new doj's effort, wants to simultaneously dramatically reduce the federal workforce and make a rejection of equity its policy. and so when you combine those two things, what is the concern about the impact on black workers, specifically, who are overrepresented, represented in the federal civilian workforce you know, thank you for having me first of all, it's no doubt that the actions that this administration plan to take would disproportionately affect black workers especially in the federal government we make up about 18% of the federal workforce. >> you know, and about 13, 14% of the entire nation's population. so when you start taking away 75% of the federal workforce, you know, that's going to definitely impact black workers and black communities. >> i want you to listen here to the soon to be deputy white house chief of staff for policy. this is stephen miller. this is, um i wouldn't call it a threat. he calls it a promise. once tr

it's been an honor to be part of these historic everett and between the leadership team in think we can't wait to get the grant money for the 119th congress with the united house send an president trump in the white house. we will make a big impact on how washington works at the beach for each and every american. our conservative agenda will create more jobs, keep more money in american spock is kept secure borders, lower crime, make him more efficient and cost-effective and support families and much, much more. the edges of the american people will be at the heart of everything we can't wait to get started. without a turnover to our whip, mr. emmer. >> the end of this congress marks a turning point in history. in this election cycle americans overwhelmingly rejected a democrat party that puts illegal immigrants over american citizens. a commander-in-chief who doesn't know which way is up. a vice president who thought she could awkwardly laughs off her role in breaking everything from the economy to the border. and the senate majority leader who will not house republicans historic commons

[end video clip] host: everett kelly, who were present federal workers on washington journal recently. how can the federal government to become more efficient? the leaders visited capitol hill, sparking energy for a new day in america. rob, new york, democratic caller . what do you say? caller: you are doing a great job as usual. you are for that. there are so many simple fixes. i remember hearing a few years ago that they could streamline the paperwork for health insurance companies from medicare, and save a fortune, but i think ultimately before you start cutting, you have to put proper taxes on those earning more than $400,000 a year, which republicans refuse to do. by the way, oddly, elon musk and even our incoming new president make fortunes of these tax breaks that have been extended and will likely continue to be extended. i believe you have to remove the cap on social security, on those earning over 126,000, that cap should be removed, and you can shore up social security, so we are not doing the basic things we need to do, raising taxes on those earning more than $400,000. i

ari, willow, avery, everett and violet. my mom and my kids have all appeared in many campaign ads over the years. even my brothers lynn and lee starred in an acclaimed closing ad that caused me to beat an incumbent republican to first be elected to united states house. when my kids were young they too broke down barriers. todd was born when i was a county commissioner. michelle was born when i was a state representative. it was a first in michigan for a legislator to be pregnant and have a baby while in office. i remember a very pregnant me opening baby shower gifts at one of our statehouse committee rooms. most of my male colleagues didn't know what to buy for a baby shower, so i got a lot of stuffed animals. my family members have marched in countless parades, attended thousands of events with me and planned birthday parties and hoogdz around the legislative calendar. they sacrificed their time and in many cases their personal privacy and through thick and thin have always been there for me and i am incredibly grateful. a

you look at the soft power of baseball, everett university you laugh at it. that made japan a different country in the eyes of the american people. when he tried to do politics and move things to have a partner extremely popular in your own country a huge benefit poised just in the region but i want to close on prime minister i think set it right is not a regional alliance. we have a global partner that's ready to step up beyond the region that is important to know better friend to have. thank you. [applause] >> it's great to be back. thank you again. we have an incredible group here. so pick up questions we have about 10 minutes or so. let me start with the first one. one of the themes of our event than on set against the structural factors. regardless of what happens. as well as. [inaudible] what do you think are the most important that you see leaders. [inaudible] that we have talked about. >> one, is not in this audience outside of here it's lost when you have trust among the leaders how far you can go. that is true in the trilateral. [inaudible] trunks o

they are the most talented grandchildren we've ever seen, arie, willow, avery, everett and violet. my mom and kids have appeared in many campaign ads over the years and even my brothers lynn and lee starred in acclaim closing ad that caused me to beat an incumbent republican to first be elected to the united states house. when my kids were young, they, too, broke down barriers. todd was born when i was a county commissioner. michelle was born when i was a state representative, it was a first in michigan for a legislature to be pregnant and have a baby while in office. i remember a very pregnant me opening baby shower gifts in one of our state house committee rooms. most of my male colleagues didn't know what to buy for a baby shower so i got a lot of stuffed animals. my family members have marched in countless parades, attended thousands of events with me and planned birthday parties in the holidays around the legislative calendar. they've sacrificed their time and in many cases their personal privacy and through thick and thin have always been there for me and i am incredibly grat

james by percival everett, which i think has landed on so many best of lists this year.tional book award. maureen: yeah. thank you. it is a retelling, in a sense, of huckleberry finn, but from the point of view of jim james, the enslaved person in the novel. i usually am suspicious of these kinds of appropriations of classic texts, through the point of view of a secondary character. this is alive. it is very much its own novel. it's funny. it's heartfelt. i mean the opening scene is james educating young children in the community. how to speak through a slave filter so that white people will listen to them. and it really makes you rethink huckleberry finn in ways you can't even anticipate. so that's one. and then this is a peculiar year, right. danzy senna's colored television. danzie senna happens to be married to percival everett, so i would love a lot of love to -- jeffrey: you are showing a lot of love for this household. maureen: i would love to hear their dinner conversations. really sharp social commentary, funny, satirical. it's about a woman who mixed race who w

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yankees run, he broke the previous consecutive games record of 1307 held by former yankees teammate everett scott. he would go want to shatter this record plank every game until he was forced to end his street due to health concerns on may 2, 19 39 at a staggering 2130 games. a few weeks later he was diagnosed with als and was honored at yankee stadium on july 4, 1939, when he officially retired from baseball. >> today i consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the earth. >> for the next 42 years, no player came close to challenging his record. but then in 1981, cal ripken jr. joined the baltimore orioles. he began his campaign to break the unbreakable record. he took the mlb by storm winning rookie of the year in 1982 when his iron man street began and following that up the next season by winning american league m.v.p. in the 1983 world series. over the course of his career, he would wrack out 19 all-star appearances, two golden gloves a second american league and the in 1991. he'd already established himself as one of the greatest baseball players in major league history as he cont

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percival everett did that with erasure.he fact that they turned it into a movie says a lot you know american fiction about the state of black literature and in closing i want say that in one of our conferences hakim i, the founder, third world press, someone else. we also have honored said he believed in a book culture so that's part of my mantra. how do we increase a book culture? how do we develop a book culture? we have to find ways, different ways of connecting people to literature and to books. and so, again, really thank you. it's amazing to be part of this group, to be honored and. i thank you. i think before columbus foundation and i thank you, ishmael, for your plea for me. so we this is the conclude one of the 45th annual america book awards. and as i mentioned, just across this hallway, we have a reception for all of you. we hope you will continue to celebrate in a much more casual way and before leaving i would like to invite all of the winners and to those in the audience that you have very rare opportunity thi

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local media claim the attack had a residential building in the news. everett refugee district footage emerging on social media, shows civilians and emergency workers searching the rubble for survivors. in the immediate aftermath of this comes and mendoza is rising civilian desktop, which includes a shocking number of journalists, killings, according to a newer view by press freedom organization reporters without borders. the media has come under increased attacks in conflict zones. this year. 50 for journalists, world wide, had been killed this year with a 3rd of them said to be victims of the as really army in gaza and 11 on the report maintains more than $145.00 media workers have been killed by the idea of in the palestinian enclave. since the wars start in october, 2023 quarters of that bar is, has filed compliance, but the international criminal court accusing is resolved committing war crimes by directly targeting journalists. or earlier this week, us secretary of state antony blinking hosted to human rights defender awards ceremony and honored individuals fighting for freedoms,

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particular, the west has been conditioned to accept our demise as, as if it were sort of in an, in everett ability. that is inevitable for us to live in chaos and disorder and despair. and that's, that's how the american public has been conditioned for decades through the media, through hollywood, through book publishers. and so even those who might be dismayed or upset by the genocide, what, what they see does not carry the same visceral weight as it would if it were any other people if it were ukrainians, for example. so because i don't think that we are perceived as fully human, they will, i mean, you all ready for a ukrainians is afford the, let's get any rate. i mean, uh, do you think trump being elected will mean a reconfiguration of what goes by the left in the united states and away from identity politics and back to anti and barry elizabeth plus politics. and you think that's one of the greatest things about a trump victory that the left will begin to understand or then advanced will basically sign sofa that um and the clean tonight we do the whole of that establishment, but also

thank you for that generous mathias everett's reporting from i'm assuming and border with tech across the gathering upside. and i a present on the outskirts of damascus, the despots alone, the sight of loved ones. the notorious ministry complex was used to detain thousands, tens of thousands of people who profile of a, of a subdivision, even over the decades. you may find some of the images of the next report distressing the russian to see their loved ones, thousands of people, storm serious, most famous prison, near damascus. the many of those contact with family members over the years without knowing their fate and clinging to help. i just found my brother, it's been 6, he is human rights groups estimate, 30000 people were killed in this prison alone. it was nicknamed the human slaughter house by amnesty international under now, i was to president bush. charlotte sat, tens of thousands of syrians disappeared into the country's network of prisons. the slightest suspicion of defense could result in incarceration. for many, it would also mean torture and death when grandma moody, in 20