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Krystal Ball and Saagar Enjeti are co-hosts of Rising at The Hill TV, one of the fastest growing political shows in America. Theirs is the only book that fuses the populist right and populist left to explain the rise of the Trump and Sanders movements. The authors curate an essential collection of their biting commentary, stunning predictions, media critiques, and reveal their vision for a working class centered politics. No establishment media or political figure goes unscathed. This book reveals the white hot core of The Hill Rising's meteoric rise in the alternative media space. We are living through chaotic, nerve-wracking, and occasionally terrifying times, but we hope you will find this book both hopeful and helpful. Nothing has made us more hopeful than our work together on Rising, watching what unfolds, laughing at the absurdities, and joining in our outrage at the often bipartisan rituals of manipulating our fellow citizens and viewing them with contempt.
About the Author
I was actually given the name Krystal Ball by my parents-yes, they did that to me. My dad is a physicist and he did his dissertation on crystals-and, there you are! I grew up in rural King George County and had my own pet goats. Somehow or other, after my daughter Ella was born in 2008-I got the crazy idea to run for Congress-never having run for anything. Had the first millennial "social media" scandal of the modern political age so I had my fifteen minutes of fame and out of that came a career in cable news-turns out I had a lot to say about our politics. I moved to NYC for five years and had the privilege of co-hosting The Cycle on MSNBC, which was an amazing and unforgettable time in my life. I am now engaged in starting a grass roots revolution in the Democratic party to have ordinary people, teachers, firefighters, nurse aides, run for US Congress. The project is called The People's House Project. I now live in Louisville, Kentucky with my husband and three children, which is even more fun than having goats.
