We‘re going to pull a little bit from the last book we read because I see parallels: What parallels do you see between the hippodrome mob rebellion and the January 6 insurrection we read about in The Divider? I see parallels, but I want to know what you all think. #thedivider #ashorthistoryofbyzantium #johnjuliusnorwich #peterbaker #susanglasser #donaldtrump #joebiden #justinian #theodora #byzantium #byzantineempire #insurrection #rebellion
It‘s time to move into our last section from November 2020-January 2021. Mentally, I‘m not ready to cover January 6, 2021, but we have to do it. We‘re sticking to #thedivider with a few opinions and discussions mixed in as we have been doing. As always, I open the floor to dissenting opinions, but most important, I open the floor to evidence above all else. Here we go. #susanglasser #peterbaker #january6 #donaldtrump #joebiden #presidency #history
Language Alert! Should we keep a count of how many language alerts we‘re going to have from former Vice President current President Joe Biden? I think we should. Also, I love Obama‘s response to Richard Holbrooke during the Afghan review meetings. #uspolitics #ushistory #afghanistan #defense #obama #thecallofhistory #peterbaker #barackobama #joebiden #politicalscience #history #politicalblunders
Language alert!- Right after President Obama signed the Affordable Care Act, then Vice President Joe Biden congratulated him by saying “This is a big fucking deal.” 🤦🏻♀️ Just in case that wasn‘t bad enough, the microphone picked it up… 😐 #obama #peterbaker #barackobama #joebiden #uspresidency #presidentobama #presidentbiden #politicalblunders #uspolitics #ushistory #history #politicalscience #politicalfail #whythough #affordablecareact
pickAt this point I‘m exhausted on the subject. Read it as a curiosity. Well written. I can‘t say I was shocked. Anything that might of been surprising had been played out on the 24 hour news networks on the day of its publishing. Still too soon to be objective history. Read if you really want to relive it again.
pickThis book was clearly written to exonerate Trump‘s inner circle but Trump clearly still is a danger for our country and anyone who supports him clearly opposes the very idea of democracy.
As always, Woodward‘s books allow us a behind the scene look into the politics of the presidency. It was especially interesting to read about the military‘s perspective on an Afghanistan pull out.
so-soI stopped reading about this piece of shit the moment he left the White House. But all the coverage of this book on political shows drew me back in. While fairly interesting, there was nothing in here that was surprising. I expected to read that Trump wanted to nuke Canada on his way out of office, or something like that. No such thing happened. This is somewhere between So-So and a Pick for me.
