The Impostors: How Republicans Quit Governing and Seized American Politics
The Impostors: How Republicans Quit Governing and Seized American Politics
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Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9781094167596 |
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Publisher: | HarperCollins Publishers |
Publication date: | 06/16/2020 |
Product dimensions: | 5.20(w) x 5.70(h) x (d) |
About the Author
STEVE BENEN is a producer of The Rachel Maddow Show and the editor of The MaddowBlog. An MSNBC contributor, Benen’s articles and op-eds have appeared in the New York Times, Washington Monthly, The American Prospect, Salon.com, and other publications. For his work on TRMS, he has received two Emmy Awards, and has been nominated for five more. He lives in Vermont.
Table of Contents
1 "We're Not Great at the Whole Governing Thing" Meet the Post-Policy Party 1
2 "Manipulate the Numbers and Game the System" Economic Policy 21
3 "Even If It Worked, I Would Oppose It" Health Care 65
4 "Extending a Middle Finger to the World" Climate Change and Energy Policy 105
5 "A Series of Hasty Unplanned, Unexamined Decisions" Foreign Policy 133
6 "The Cruelty Is the Point" The Collapse of Immigration Policy 173
7 "We Stand by the Numbers" The Federal Budget 207
8 Life and Death in the Culture Wars Gun Control, Civil Rights, Reproductive Rights 229
9 "Governing by Near-Death Experience" Government Shutdowns and Debt-Ceiling Crises 255
10 "It's Like These Guys Take Pride in Being Ignorant" The Eternal Campaign 281
11 Bridging the "Wonk Gap" The Road Ahead 307
Afterword: An "Epidemic of Delusion" 2020 and a Brutal Governing Crisis 321
Acknowledgments 337
Notes 338