Dua Lipa's 'Banned Books' Library Proves She Doesn't Know What 'Banned' Means

Dua Lipa, literary icon, revolutionary writer of this generation. Well, now she's opened a banned books bookstore with 100 titles that are not banned and that she for sure has not actually read. And they purportedly challenge power. I mean, you can get literally every single one of those books on Amazon Prime today or tomorrow. It's always entertaining when pop stars or celebs put out their reading list. This one is particularly incoherent. And speaking of incoherent, Joe Biden has announced his newest book and he is touting his biggest foreign policy failures by mumbling a lot. Maybe there's a chapter on oatmeal. I mean, could happen. There is a singer named Dua Lipa, and she has now created what she calls her manifesto library. This is over in Portugal, apparently. It is a library of pseudo banned books. When I say banned books, I mean, none of these books are banned. You can get them tomorrow on Amazon, like Prime Delivery. These are some of the most widely read books in civilization. But she's explaining her manifesto library. Now, I would assume that Dua Lipa's actual literary acumen is low. I do not think based on her lyrical command that Dua Lipa is sitting around reading the collected volumes of Shakespeare or that she spends a lot of her time reading past. I think that if you had a picture of Dua Lipa reading these books, it would look like that montage of LeBron James reading books in the locker room, where it's just he's reading the first page of every book. Well, Dua Lipa explained her manifesto library. Hi, I'm Dua Lipa, and this is the Manifesto Library, a partnership between the Service 95 Book Club and Liveria Lello Porto. Liveria Lello has been a source of inspiration for over a century. Dreamers, radicals, and artists have passed through these doors. Works of activism, reimagining, and dissent have found a home on these shelves. There is no more fitting place for the Manifesto Library to live. In this library, you will find 100 books that ask questions or have been questioned. The collection is organized into four chapters, power, control, voice, and memory. You're probably not surprised to hear that George Orwell's Animal Farm was considered anti-communist propaganda and banned in the USSR by Stalin. But maybe you are more surprised to learn that 1984 was considered pro-communist and banned by a parents group in 1981 in Jackson, Florida. A book removed from a shelf... That's the same thing. USSR and a local parents group. The same. Whose stories are carried forward and which lives are believed to be worth understanding. So take your time, look closely, and decide for yourself what belongs on these shelves. Um, well, I mean, I can't decide. She decided. She decided. And what did she decide? She decided on something that is just a series of books that are completely in conflict with one another, which is, which is pretty wonderful. So she's got the Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie, right? Not Rushdie's best book, by the way, but it's probably his most famous book because it resulted in an Iranian fatwa against him that eventually would involve him being stabbed in the eye. She's got that, but she also has We Are Not Numbers, The Voices of Gaza's Youth, which is basically an apologia for radical Islam, as long as it is anti-imperialism. She has The Handmaid's Tale, of course, because obviously Christians are terrible and bad and fundamentalist and all of that. But she also has George Orwell's 1984, which is about the evils of communism. So, um, it's a mess. None of this is particularly informative. Listen, I do think that famous people giving out their book lists is kind interesting because it gives you a window into what they think. But the thing about Dua Lipa and celebrities like her is that the chances she's read of these hundred books, ten, are extraordinarily low. She's got somebody who's picking these, and the people who are picking these are people who have the dumb lawn sign in front of their house. And then they just pick a bunch of Maya Angelou books and then other books they may once have heard of in a lecture about books that were once banned by a parents group in Jacksonville, Florida or something. Just silly talk. This is what President Obama does with his listening list every year. He puts out a bunch of songs that clearly he does not listen to. It's the same shtick all the time. So I guess congrats to Dua Lipa on her bookstore. I'm sure that her clientele will be number that they will be rushing through the doors to buy books. One of the great sadnesses of my life is the fact that people no longer read books. This is a very, very sad thing. Joe Biden, I know he's still traipsing around, sort of stumbling around. Well, he has announced the launch of a book. Okay. Did not know that the auto pen could write books now, but apparently yes, it is called Promise Me America, which the comma comes after me. So it's Promise Me America, which is actually the publisher's fix. Originally, his book was titled Promise Me America. In any case, Joe Biden put out a little statement that involves many jump cuts talking about his book. I've written a book about my time as president. It's called Promise Me America. It's coming out November. It's available for preorder now. Great. It's about the challenge we face as a nation about the decisions I made and why I made them. I'm barely speaking English at this point. Every country is less than 30. It's less than 30. I'm restoring our democracy after the attack on January 6th, ending our nation's longest war in Afghanistan, strengthening and supporting Ukraine. It's about why I chose to run for re-election and why I chose to step aside. Most of all, it's about my faith in the promise of America. The promise we made to those who have gone before us is to honor their sacrifice. They would have made this man president again. They would have. They would have. They tried to lie about it. Again, don't talk about why America's faith in our institutions completely fell off a cliff. This is a big reason. The entire media covering up the fact that was perfectly obvious to human eyes that Joe Biden was ailing. He cannot get through a simple minute-long ad for his book without one million jump cuts and a bunch of stock footage. And even when he's talking, it sounds as though he's eating with his mouth filled with oatmeal. It's crazy. It's crazy. Now, I will admit, I'm not sure which I dread more, Joe Biden's new book or a new documentary about life with MTG. I heard for Life on the Road with Marjorie Taylor Greene, Good Times at the Gym with Marjorie Taylor Greene. Oh, boy. There we go. We're going to the Big Apple. Things get heated on The View. Americans are sick and tired of funding Israel's genocidal wars that are killing children. A trip to Lady Liberty. What an honor it is to see the Statue of Liberty. And MTG visits famous chef Salvo. Coming up on this next episode of Life with MTG. Let's go. Oh, my God. That's so exciting. She's going to a restaurant. She's going to see a site that literally tens of millions of Americans have seen. She's going to talk about the Jews. Oh, man. Life with MTG. I don't know. It doesn't seem like the most interesting life. I got to be honest with you. In terms of people who deserve a documentary crew following them around, documenting the magic of their daily life, I feel like MTG is not at the top of that list. That is some pretty low rent stuff right there. What an amazing video you just watched. 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