| Description: |
xxxvi, 314 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
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"Illustrations by Victor Juhasz were originally published in Rolling Stone and are reprinted here by permission of the artist"--Title page verso. |
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"Most of the essays which appear in this work were originally published in Rolling Stone"--Title page verso. |
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"Chapter 1, excluding the headnote and footnotes, was originally published in The Great Derangement by Matt Taibbi (New York: Spiegel & Grau, 2008)"--Title page verso. |
| Summary: |
Discusses the 2016 election, including the major shifts in perception of national institutions, the democratic process, and the future of the country. |
| Contents: |
Introduction -- The great derangement redux -- Inside the GOP clown car -- Donald Trump just stopped being funny -- The Republicans are officially the party of white paranoia -- Casting Clown Car, the movie -- The official GOP debate drinking game rules, part 2 -- The case for Bernie Sanders -- The clown car rolls on -- America is too dumb for TV news -- It's too late to turn off Trump -- The official GOP debate drinking game rules, part 5 -- The vampire squid tells us how to vote -- Morning blow: how Mika and Joe became Trump's lapdogs -- How American made Trump unstoppable -- Revenge of the simple: how George W. Bush gave rise to Donald Trump -- Why young people are right about Hillary Clinton -- RIP, GOP: how Trump's campaign is killing the Republican Party -- Democrats will learn all the wrong lessons from their brush with Bernie -- In response to Trump, another dangerous movement appears -- Trump's appetite for destruction: how Trump's disastrous convention doomed the GOP -- The summer of the media shill -- How Donald Trump lost his mojo -- The unconquerable Trump -- The failure and fury of Donald Trump -- President Trump: how America got it so wrong -- President Obama's last stand -- Epilogue. |
| Subject: |
Trump, Donald, 1946-
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Presidents -- United States -- Election -- 2016.
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Political campaigns -- Press coverage -- United States.
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Mass media -- Political aspects -- United States.
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Presidents -- Election -- Press coverage -- United States.
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United States -- Politics and government -- 21st century.
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| Timeframe: |
2016 |
| Genre: |
Essays.
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| Contributors: |
Juhasz, Victor, illustrator.
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| ISBN/ISSN: |
9780399592461 (hardcover) |
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0399592466 (hardcover) |
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