Paul Thomas
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Autocracy, Inc.
- The Dictators Who Want to Run the World
- By: Anne Applebaum
- Narrated by: Anne Applebaum
- Length: 4 hrs and 48 mins
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We think we know what an autocratic state looks like: There is an all-powerful leader at the top. He controls the police. The police threaten the people with violence. There are evil collaborators, and maybe some brave dissidents. But in the 21st century, that bears little resemblance to reality. Nowadays, autocracies are underpinned not by one dictator, but by sophisticated networks composed of kleptocratic financial structures, surveillance technologies, and professional propagandists, all of which operate across multiple regimes, from China to Russia to Iran.
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Brilliant explanation of the realignment of world powers
- By Elizabeth on 11-06-24
- Autocracy, Inc.
- The Dictators Who Want to Run the World
- By: Anne Applebaum
- Narrated by: Anne Applebaum
Autocracy and the coordinated dangers
Reviewed: 08-14-24
A little slow getting started, but that was necessary. A great informative eye opening struggle that we must make to understand how the corrupt moneyed interests are using their wealth to undermine democracy everywhere.
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Prequel
- An American Fight Against Fascism
- By: Rachel Maddow
- Narrated by: Rachel Maddow
- Length: 13 hrs and 9 mins
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Inspired by her research for the hit podcast Ultra, Rachel Maddow charts the rise of a wild American strain of authoritarianism that has been alive on the far-right edge of our politics for the better part of a century. Before and even after our troops had begun fighting abroad in World War II, a clandestine network flooded the country with disinformation aimed at sapping the strength of the U.S. war effort and persuading Americans that our natural alliance was with the Axis, not against it.
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The fight to keep democracy alive
- By Rex on 10-19-23
- Prequel
- An American Fight Against Fascism
- By: Rachel Maddow
- Narrated by: Rachel Maddow
Great detail
Reviewed: 03-16-24
Well done. I was hooked after the first chapter. Rachel is a fabulous narrator and speaks with such clarity. Everything she does is fascinating.
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Oath and Honor
- A Memoir and a Warning
- By: Liz Cheney
- Narrated by: Liz Cheney
- Length: 12 hrs and 14 mins
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In the aftermath of the 2020 presidential election, Donald Trump and many around him, including certain other elected Republican officials, intentionally breached their oath to the Constitution: they ignored the rulings of dozens of courts, plotted to overturn a lawful election, and provoked a violent attack on our Capitol.
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Most important book I've ever read.
- By James m Finamore jr on 12-07-23
- Oath and Honor
- A Memoir and a Warning
- By: Liz Cheney
- Narrated by: Liz Cheney
Oath and Honor
Reviewed: 01-09-24
Excellent! The story was very well written and narrated. We now know our task of what is needed to save our Republic.
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Evil Geniuses
- The Unmaking of America: A Recent History
- By: Kurt Andersen
- Narrated by: Kurt Andersen
- Length: 16 hrs and 24 mins
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During the 20th century, America managed to make its economic and social systems both more and more fair and more and more prosperous. A huge, secure, and contented middle class emerged. All boats rose together. But then the New Deal gave way to the Raw Deal. Beginning in the early 1970s, by means of a long war conceived of and executed by a confederacy of big business CEOs, the superrich, and right-wing zealots, the rules and norms that made the American middle class possible were undermined and dismantled.
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History through a far left lens
- By Josh on 09-03-20
- Evil Geniuses
- The Unmaking of America: A Recent History
- By: Kurt Andersen
- Narrated by: Kurt Andersen
Evil Geniuses story
Reviewed: 10-12-22
Story was written and narrated very well. a couple of the later chapters were a little too lengthy, but the specific information was remarkable in detail as well as very upsetting. I have a much better of an understanding as to how we got here today. Great work.
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The End of White Politics
- How to Heal Our Liberal Divide
- By: Zerlina Maxwell
- Narrated by: Kylah Frye
- Length: 5 hrs and 49 mins
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After working on two presidential campaigns (for Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton), MSNBC political analyst and SiriusXM host Zerlina Maxwell gained first-hand knowledge of everything liberals have been doing right over the past few elections-and everything they are still doing wrong. Ultimately, these errors worked in President Donald Trump's favor in 2016; he effectively ran a campaign on white identity politics, successfully tapping into white male angst and resistance.
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Excellent political review!
- By MacW on 07-09-20
- The End of White Politics
- How to Heal Our Liberal Divide
- By: Zerlina Maxwell
- Narrated by: Kylah Frye
The End Of White Politics
Reviewed: 09-08-22
Very well written and narrating. Definitely a hugh resource for where the Democratic Party must move towards.
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Betrayal
- The Final Act of the Trump Show
- By: Jonathan Karl
- Narrated by: Jonathan Karl
- Length: 10 hrs and 32 mins
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Nobody is in a better position to tell the story of the shocking final chapter of the Trump show than Jonathan Karl. As the reporter who has known Donald Trump longer than any other White House correspondent, Karl told the story of Trump’s rise in the New York Times best seller Front Row at the Trump Show. Now he tells the story of Trump’s downfall, complete with riveting behind-the-scenes accounts of some of the darkest days in the history of the American presidency.
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A movie plot you know but still manages to impress
- By lorrrraaaaine on 11-18-21
- Betrayal
- The Final Act of the Trump Show
- By: Jonathan Karl
- Narrated by: Jonathan Karl
Betrayal
Reviewed: 09-04-22
This was a very well written book. I could follow it easily and became more frustrated thr further I went into this book. Donald J. Trump must be held accountable. If he isn't we as a Republic are finished.
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Kill Switch
- The Rise of the Modern Senate and the Crippling of American Democracy
- By: Adam Jentleson
- Narrated by: P.J. Ochlan
- Length: 9 hrs and 57 mins
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Every major decision governing our diverse, majority-female, and increasingly liberal country bears the stamp of the US Senate, yet the Senate allows an almost exclusively White, predominantly male, and radically conservative minority of the American electorate to impose its will on the rest of us. How did we get to this point? In Kill Switch, Adam Jentleson argues that shifting demographics alone cannot explain how Mitch McConnell harnessed the Senate and turned it into a powerful weapon of minority rule.
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Don't bother, narration intolerable!
- By Joseph on 03-08-21
- Kill Switch
- The Rise of the Modern Senate and the Crippling of American Democracy
- By: Adam Jentleson
- Narrated by: P.J. Ochlan
Kill Switch storyline
Reviewed: 08-23-22
I really liked this presentation. The book goes into such detail about what/who is driving the Senate that it almost overloads your thinking, but still it's necessary. The Senate is currently broken and the sooner we eliminate the Filibuster the better. If we can do that it will bring back accountability so then the voters can see what our representatives are really doing so we can make better choices.
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The Plot to Betray America
- How Team Trump Embraced Our Enemies, Compromised Our Security, and How We Can Fix It
- By: Malcolm Nance
- Narrated by: Oliver Wyman
- Length: 13 hrs and 27 mins
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In The Plot to Betray America, New York Times best-selling author and renowned intelligence expert Malcolm Nance reveals exactly how President Trump and his inner circle conspired, coordinated, communicated, and eventually strategized to commit the greatest acts of treachery in the history of the United States: Compromising the presidential oath of office in exchange for power and personal enrichment.
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Fantastic Read
- By Customer on 11-14-19
- The Plot to Betray America
- How Team Trump Embraced Our Enemies, Compromised Our Security, and How We Can Fix It
- By: Malcolm Nance
- Narrated by: Oliver Wyman
The Plot To Betray America
Reviewed: 07-26-22
I loved this book. It brings out our naivety and what we must do, as a country, as a Republic, to never let a Demagogue like Trump from ever getting anywhere near the White House.
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Why We Did It
- A Travelogue from the Republican Road to Hell
- By: Tim Miller
- Narrated by: Josh Bloomberg
- Length: 8 hrs and 14 mins
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As one of the strategists behind the famous 2012 RNC “autopsy,” Miller conducts his own forensic study on the pungent carcass of the party he used to love, cutting into all the hubris, ambition, idiocy, desperation, and self-deception for everyone to see. In a bracingly honest reflection on both his own past work for the Republican Party and the contortions of his former peers in the GOP establishment, Miller draws a straight line between the actions of the 2000s GOP to the Republican political class's Trumpian takeover, including the horrors of January 6th.
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No, Tim!
- By Lori Renard on 06-30-22
- Why We Did It
- A Travelogue from the Republican Road to Hell
- By: Tim Miller
- Narrated by: Josh Bloomberg
why we did it
Reviewed: 07-11-22
Well written and narrated detail of the parasitic nature of politics. Party over Country.
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Arguing with Zombies
- Economics, Politics, and the Fight for a Better Future
- By: Paul Krugman
- Narrated by: Rob Shapiro, Paul Krugman
- Length: 12 hrs and 15 mins
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There is no better guide than Paul Krugman to basic economics, the ideas that animate much of our public policy. Likewise, there is no stronger foe of zombie economics, the misunderstandings that just won’t die. In Arguing with Zombies, Krugman tackles many of these misunderstandings, taking stock of where the United States has come from and where it’s headed in a series of concise, digestible chapters. Drawn mainly from his popular New York Times column, they cover a wide range of issues, organized thematically and framed in the context of a wider debate.
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One of the most decisive and partisan books I’ve read
- By Bob on 03-11-20
- Arguing with Zombies
- Economics, Politics, and the Fight for a Better Future
- By: Paul Krugman
- Narrated by: Rob Shapiro, Paul Krugman
For my next discussion
Reviewed: 02-20-22
Gave me a lot of great information to use. It would be laughable if it wasn't so tragic. Now, we just have to deal with those who can't handle the truth and defeat them at the polls.
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