Trump – Cannonball Read 17

The tail wagging the dog

Hoax by Brian Stelter

October 24, 2021 by Wanderlustful 1 Comment

Certain of my family members are very into politics (and skepticism), so there is a steady diet of political non-fiction streaming into our house. I usually ignore these in favor of novels or more business-y or memoir-y non-fiction, but I was drawn in by the ‘behind the scenes in the Trump whitehouse’ promise of Stelter’s book. Stelter is a journalist, formerly with the NYT and now with CNN, and has spent over 2 decades covering DC politics. Hoax traces the tightly interwoven rise of right […]

Hurt People Hurt People

Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World's Most Dangerous Man by Mary L. Trump

July 23, 2020 by Jake Leave a Comment

Read as part of CBR12 Bingo: No money. This was a library book. I wasn’t gonna read Mary L. Trump’s book as I assumed it would be the kind of armchair psychoanalysis I detest and find harmful. But it was on Scribd and a short listen via audio so I “read” it and am glad I did. Mostly, I am reminded that our childhood rearing dictates so much of who we will become, for better and for worse. It really seems like Donald Trump was […]

The world is full of garbage people.

The Fifth Risk by Michael Lewis

The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine by Michael Lewis

October 24, 2019 by thewheelbarrow Leave a Comment

So, I don’t mean the world is full of people made of garbage. I mean that many human beings, too many (though that is probably subjective), are living embodiments of Mos Eisely, wretched hives of scum and villainy. These two books by Michael Lewis are about those people. The Big Short, now a movie that I have not seen, is about the people who, in a way, foresaw the financial recession of 2008 and profited from it. Immensely. Funny though, those people are not the […]

If you are a fan of Trump, you will not only hate my review, but hate this book as well.

Whose Boat Is This Boat? Comments That Don’t Help in the Aftermath of a Hurricane by The Staff of the Late Show with Stephen Colbert

September 27, 2019 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Whose Boat Is This Boat? Comments That Don’t Help in the Aftermath of a Hurricane has several clues why this is not a pro-Trump book. First, the cover is less than flattering (one fat, Cheeto dust covered face male) and second, it was created by The Staff of the Late Show with Stephen Colbert. This book shows the buffoon in all his stupidity. The entire book is dedicated to the statements that he said during the aftermath of Hurricane Florence. And (as usual) these statements […]

It’s Not Just You, The World is Collapsing

The Trouble With Reality: A Rumination on Moral Panic in Our Time by Brooke Gladstone

January 30, 2019 by allisonata 1 Comment

I idly picked up this slim book—tract? broadside?—at the local bookstore while waiting for my daughter to browse all the new graphic novels. This quick read is probably more potent now than it was upon its original publication in May 2017. The premise: many Americans living in the age of Trump the primary candidate, Trump the Republican nominee, and Trump the President *rightly* feel unmoored from reality. How could we [liberals] so badly misunderstand our fellow Americans? be surprised that our government can be so […]

“Fear is Power”

November 28, 2018 by Mrs Smith Reads Leave a Comment

I did not like reading Fear by Bob Woodward, and I suspect that no one else has either. I can’t say that I learned anything new about the Trump presidency—though my worst fears were confirmed. Trump is not smart. He is not thoughtful. He has no human emotions beyond greed and contempt. Trump is lazy and vengeful. The only *facts* Trump knows are the ones he makes up in his head. Trump’s administration are frankly more evil than Trump himself. Despite their belief that they are “protecting” the […]

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