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"Taking joy in suffering is more human than we'd like to admit. The cruelty of the Trump administration's policies and the ritual rhetorical flaying of his targets are intimately connected. Shared cruelty and the delight it brings are critical moments of connection for white supremacists, a fact that is not new. Adam Serwer has been chronicling our political landscape for the last decade. He is one of the most resonant voices of our time, relentless...

A Washington Post national-security reporter reveals how a fumbled FBI investigation was actually responsible for Hillary Clinton's unanticipated defeat in 2016 and how the Bureau has been denying culpability for the consequences of Trump's Electoral College win. "The 2016 Election, which altered American political history, was not decided by the Russians or in Ukraine or by Steve Bannon. The event that broke Hillary's blue wall in the Midwest and...

In response to the criticism of Donald Trump being a threat to American democracy, this book makes the case that it is Trump's critics who are undermining our foundations. It asserts that the reaction to Trump will prove far more consequential and damaging to our nation long-term than Trump's time in office. Wall Street Journal columnist and bestselling author Kim Strassel argues how the all-out "Resistance" has become dangerously reckless in its...

Two New York Times Washington correspondents provide an inside account with never-before-told stories of the defining issue of Donald Trumps presidency: his steadfast opposition to immigration to the US. As his campaign rhetoric in the 2018 midterms demonstrated, no issue matters more to Donald Trump than immigration. And no issuewith the possible exception of his opposition to Robert Muellers investigation of his 2016 campaignbetter defines his administration.Julie...

"An African-American writer's concise, heartfelt take on the state of his nation, exploring the war between the values he has always held and the reality with which he is confronted in twenty-first-century America. In the tradition of James Baldwin's The Fire Next Time and Ta-Nehisi Coates's Between the World and Me comes Clifford Thompson's What It Is. Thompson was raised to believe in treating every person of every color as an individual, and he...

"An award-winning journalist deals forthrightly with what it means to be black in Trump Country. In Why didn't we riot?, South Carolina-based journalist Issac J. Bailey reflects on a wide range of topics that have been increasingly dividing Americans, from police brutality and Confederate symbols to poverty and respectability politics. Bailey has been honing his views on these issues for the past quarter of a century in his professional and private...

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “[Collusion] is invaluable in collating the overwhelming evidence of a web of relationships between the Kremlin, Trump and members of Trumps circle.” Michelle Goldberg, The New York Times An explosive exposé that lays out the Trump administrations ties to Moscow, and Russias decades-in-the-making political game to upend American democracy. December 2016. Luke Harding, the Guardian reporter and former Moscow bureau...

There has never been a more important political investigation than Robert S. Mueller III's into President Donald Trump's possible collusion with Russia. His momentous findings can be found here, complete with: -- The 300+ pages of the historic report -- An introduction by constitutional scholar, eminent civil libertarian, and New York Times bestselling author Alan Dershowitz. -- The relevant portions of Title 28 of the Code of Federal Regulations,...

The Crucial #1 New York Times Bestseller. “The Mueller report is that rare Washington tell-all that surpasses its pre-publication hypethe best book by far on the workings of the Trump presidency.” Carlos Lozada, The Washington Post. The only book with exclusive analysis by the Pulitzer Prizewinning staff of The Washington Post, and the most complete and authoritative available. Read the findings of the Special Counsels investigation into Russian...

"This groundbreaking report--released by the House Judiciary Committee, chaired by Jerrold Nadler--covers Trump's conduct leading up to January 6, 2021, the attack on the capitol, his response to the insurrection, and provides a compelling argument as to why there is an immediate need to consider impeachment despite Trump having only seven days left in office"-- "In 2019, Donald Trump became only the third US President to be impeached by the House...