Book Review: “The United States of War”
In two presidential debates, neither candidate even mentioned the fact that the United States is at war. But it is, and it’s unsettling to reflect on just how long the…
Book Review: Barack Obama’s ‘A Promised Land’
Barack Obama is as fine a writer as they come. It is not merely that this book avoids being ponderous, as might be expected, even forgiven, of a hefty memoir,…
Trump is “a fraud, a bully, a racist, a predator” says Michael Cohen in his new memoir
Former Trump personal lawyer Michael Cohen's new tell-all memoir says that his long relationship with Donald Trump revealed Mr. Trump for "who he really was” [...] Cohen assails Mr. Trump…
Sarah Sanders Was Told by Trump to Take One For the Team After Kim Jong Un Winked at Her
Sarah Sanders' boss told her she'd have to go to North Korea and "take one for the team" after Kim Jong Un winked at Trump's then press secretary in 2018.…
Pence Was On Stand-by When Trump Visited Walter Reed
New York Times reporter Michael Schmidt is releasing his new book Donald Trump v. the United States this week and already stories are breaking about the shocking revelations it contains. According to a…
Some takeaways from the new book about Melania and Donnie
Stephanie Winston Wolkoff’s new book “Melania and Me: The Rise and Fall of My Friendship with the First Lady,” reveals that Melania wanted to block Ivanka’s face from appearing in…
The foreword for Michael Cohen’s book is out — and it contains allegations of deviant sex acts and a backchannel to Putin
There are reasons why there has never been an intimate portrait of Donald Trump, the man. In part, it’s because he has a million acquaintances, pals and hangers on, but…
Hannity tries out his Latin, ends up looking like a blockhead
The Latin motto on Fox News anchor Sean Hannity’s new book has been changed after the original was described as “complete and utter gobbledygook” by a classics student. At first,…
Unpacking Mary Trump’s Tell-All Book
Copies are out of Trump's niece's book and it's not pretty. "Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World's Most Dangerous Man," is Mary Trump's account of the…
Mary Trump: “Settlement Was a Fraud”
The legal battle over Mary Trump's book took another turn Thursday when lawyers filed papers to remove a temporary restraining order, arguing that the confidentiality agreement she signed 19 years…
Judge Tosses Trump Family Attempt to Block Mary Trump’s Tell-All
Queens County Surrogate Court Judge Peter Kelly cited “several improprieties” in Robert Trump’s filing that rendered it “fatally defective”—including that it was based on the official disposition of patriarch Fred…
Trump’s Niece Who Wrote Book Signed “Very Powerful” Non-Disclosure Agreement
"Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World’s Most Dangerous Man," a tell all book by Trump's niece Mary, is scheduled to be published on July 28,…
Pirated editions of John Bolton memoir have appeared online
See the PDF here. A PDF of “The Room Where It Happened” has turned up on the internet, offering a free, pirated edition of the former national security advisor’s scathing…
Excerpts from John Bolton’s book: ‘The Room Where It Happened’
Trump’s former national security adviser John Bolton has made a series of explosive claims about the US president in his new book The Room Where It Happened, according to numerous news reports…
A review of Ilhan Omar’s new book “This Is What America Looks Like”
Few things are more unexpected than a genuinely inspirational memoir by a freshman member of Congress. If you’re looking for the perfect antidote to the perpetual tweetstorm of insanity and…
Get ready for Towel Day
https://twitter.com/TowelDay2020/status/1264157120372539393 Obviously, get-togethers are cancelled this year, but various web streams are planned, with benefits to save the rinos. The main series: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy The Restaurant…
Donald Trump: THE RUTHLESS LITIGANT IN CHIEF
Mr. Zirin is a lifelong Republican and leading litigator who has appeared in federal and state courts around the nation. He is a former Assistant US Attorney for the Southern…
Book Review: Breaking the Two-Party Doom Loop
It’s always tempting to think that the next election will turn things around, and for both Republicans and Democrats to believe that our country would course-correct if only they could…
Giuliani Asked Governor Pataki to Cancel Mayoral Election Post-9/11
In an upcoming book by former New York Governor George Pataki, former America's Mayor Rudy Giuliani reportedly asked then-governor Pataki to cancel the New York City's 2001 mayoral election so…
Dan Pfeiffer: Un-Trumping America
The GOP Doesn't Need Trump—It's Already Rigged the System The Daily Beast featured an excerpt from a new book by Dan Pfeiffer, detailing how the GOP has put their thumb…
Review of A Very Stable Genius
It sheds new light on how the 45th president tests the boundaries of the office while trying the patience and dignity of those who work for or with him. It…
Review of Jeff Vandermeer’s new book “Dead Astronauts”
The critique of corporate capitalism is clear to see, and this first act, strange and abstracted though it is, is not without precedent. Fans of weird literature are sure to…
Kochland: How the Koch Brothers bought America then trashed it
Charles and his late brother David are second-generation extremists. Their father, Fred, was not only one of the founders of the John Birch Society, which famously accused President Dwight Eisenhower of…
Book Review: The Right’s Obsession with “Judeo-Christian” Values
As K. Healan Gaston shows in her new book, Reimagining Judeo-Christian America: Religion, Secularism, and the Redefinition of Democracy, Americans have long articulated their thinking about politics and religion through…
Comedians go into Barnes & Noble and replace the covers of Trump Jr’s new book
A New York City Barnes & Noble was the site of a prank performed by comedy group The Good Liars. The release of the greasiest Trump’s new memoir (which spends most of its ghost-written pages…