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BBowling
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This book spells out Trumps Russia and Putin connections for decades leading up to his winning the election in 2016. It also brings to light the infiltration of Russia into many aspects of the Republican Party and on a lesser scale into the Democratic Party. Trump is joined at the hip to Putin. Just as Victor Orban is. Russia is a huge factor in American and European politics. Deeply depressing and well documented book.

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MemoirsForMe
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I had this book on hold since before the election 😳 and finally got it last month. It was a tough, maddening, heartbreaking and frightening read. Not only because of the blatant lies the American public are being fed and the ridiculous rewriting of facts to cover up the real truth, but because so many people believe it all. 🤯 It‘s a shame those who need to read this book never will.
P.S. Audiobook is wonderfully narrated by Rachel Maddow.

MemoirsForMe FYI: This cool t-shirt is available on Etsy by CherryRevolutionary 3d
Eggbeater Love the shirt. Seriously considering getting it. It describes exactly how I feel. 3d
Deblovestoread Cool shirt! 3d
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MemoirsForMe @Eggbeater @Deblovestoread Agreed! I love telling the world how I feel via my t-shirts. 😊✊🏻 3d
DogMomIrene Ohhh, husband bought this one, but audio booking with Rachel sounds appealing! Thanks. 2d
MemoirsForMe @DogMomIrene Rachel rocks! She recommended this book so of course I had to get it. 2d
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Chrissyreadit
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Apparently there are numbers of readers who do not understand the messaging in Fantasy. I am guessing if they did we would see more book bans…. cause a woman who thinks is dangerous.

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NotCool
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Poor and middle class white people help rich assholes set the country on fire, out of fear that people of color might get access to parts of it

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AmyG
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Oh great.

Jess One gut punch after another. 5d
Librarybelle Sadly, I suspected this was coming. 5d
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Prairiegirl_reading This just fills me with rage. 5d
AmyG AND -I just read 10,000 USPS jobs are being cut. 🤬 5d
ncsufoxes NCI was supposed to cut a certain number of positions by the end of this week too. If they didn‘t apparently they were going to cut at random (or force older scientists into retirement, one of the researchers my husband works with is older & currently on medical leave, he wonders if he‘ll be forced out). Although I love the irony of having a Pres that‘s 78 & how many senators & such that are elderly & continue to keep running or have jobs 5d
AmyG @ncsufoxes Madness. 5d
AnnCrystal I expected these things to happen, yet it still surprises me... Thank You for sharing ✊🏼📚💝. 5d
dabbe @ncsufoxes already posted this, but I'll add it here, too. Here's a link to write your senators: https://oneclickpolitics.global.ssl.fastly.net/messages/edit?promo_id=23577

P.S. I'm also going to write the most moderate Republican senators I can find through this link as well. Those are the ones we can hopefully appeal to with some degree of rationality. #resist 👊🏻❣️👊🏻
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ShelleyBooksie This is truly awful 4d
MemoirsForMe 😡💔😡 4d
marleed What is happening is horrible. 4d
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Tkgbjenn1
Bibi: My Story | Benjamin Netanyahu
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A controversial character lately. An autobiography, a history, a political science course, with some philosophy thrown in. Very in-depth.

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ravenlee
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I struggled some with this collection, partly (I think) because it‘s an ebook and a little harder to keep track of sections. There were some fantastic parts, and others that were less so. Davis, as always, does a great job finding connections between struggles: class/race/sex; domestic/international; and so on. Definitely a worthwhile read, but maybe in pieces.

TheBookHippie I read this in parts for a monthly Bookclub plus discussion. It worked really well. 6d
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ravenlee
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A lot of this seems overly simplistic, even reductionist. However, there are some truly great insights into what makes someone join a mass movement. It helps make sense of why people fall/fell for MAGA BS and similar. Highly recommend.

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vivastory
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First published in 2017 but just as relevant now, this concise & thought provoking book clocks in less than 2 hours on audio. But the lessons contained within are expansive & will stay with the reader. Highly recommended.

TheBookHippie Agree. A must read. Oy. 1w
vivastory @TheBookHippie Absolutely 💯 1w
Chrissyreadit 🙌🙌🙌 1w
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BarbaraBB I postponed it in 2017 but I guess there‘s no better time to read it than right now. Stacking. 1w
vivastory @BarbaraBB It's a quick read. I really liked the audio, read by Snyder. Some of it seems like preaching to the choir but other points were interesting enough to make me want to rec it. An important work IMO 1w
Leftcoastzen On permanent shelves, I read it again quite recently! 7d
Suet624 Bought it in 2016. I often wonder how Snyder feels considering that he‘s been talking about this for years. This recent election must‘ve just done him in. 6d
vivastory @Suet624 I had the same thought. I saw that there was an expanded edition after the invasion of Ukraine. 6d
Suet624 Oh! I‘ll have to take a peek at the library and see if they have it. 6d
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danx
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Released during George W Bush‘s second term it is just as relevant today, providing insight and understanding to the road paved for where Trump now stands. The lessons regarding framing issues and how to change course are strong and worthy, but somehow have been missed by the mainstream left. It‘s a good read, I recommend highly, but damn it‘s sad reading this now, little of this implemented in the decades since. Dems, read it!