Author(s): Ben Terris
Publisher: Twelve
Year: 2023
Language: English
Pages: 337
City: New York, Boston
Tags: Trumpism, Washington/DC, American politics, Republicans, Democrats
Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
Prologue: Is Any of This Normal?
Part 1: The Players
Chapter 1: A Tale of Two Parties
Chapter 2: The Gambler
Chapter 3: Creature Comforts
Chapter 4: The Guy Who Left
Chapter 5: The Cowboy Diplomat
Part 2: The Doers
Chapter 6: Best Night of My Motherfucking Life
Chapter 7: Dear White Staffers
Chapter 8: The White Hat
Chapter 9: Scribe of the Subaltern
Chapter 10: They Know How to Run the Game
Part 3: Placing Bets
Chapter 11: The A-Bomb Kid
Chapter 12: Betting Clears the Mind
Chapter 13: New Money
Chapter 14: Save the Swamp!
Chapter 15: What Stinks in Building B?
Chapter 16: This Is a Great Intentional Smokescreen (Papa Bless)
Chapter 17: Welcome to the Canceled Hall of Fame
Chapter 18: Trying to Transcend the Morass of Shit
Chapter 19: The Billionaire’s Brother
Chapter 20: Look at This Coalition
Part 4: The Undone
Chapter 21: The Spiritual Chief
Chapter 22: Police Unreformed
Chapter 23: Your Allies on the Other Side Are Allies Second and Opponents First
Chapter 24: Nobody Saw What I Was Seeing
Part 5: The Game
Chapter 25: The Original Big Boy
Chapter 26: Chaos Is Good
Chapter 27: The Tough Questions
Chapter 28: Another Crack at It
Chapter 29: I Will Spew You Out of My Mouth
Chapter 30: No, No, No, We’re Doing Great
Chapter 31: The Turn
Chapter 32: Frank Luntz, Dr. Phil, and Roe v. Wade
Chapter 33: Losing Traction
Chapter 34: Homeboy Does Not Cry
Chapter 35: Everything Is Not Okay, Dude
Chapter 36: If You Find Anyone Else Like Me, Let Me Know
Part 6: The Breaks
Chapter 37: The Big Blind
Chapter 38: October Surprise
Chapter 39: Once You Go Down, It’s Really Hard to See How You Come Back Up
Chapter 40: Dark and Stormy Democracy
Chapter 41: What Side Am I On Here?
Chapter 42: Washington in Winter
Chapter 43: If People Think They’ve Seen the Last of Me…
Epilogue
Acknowledgments
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