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Conservatism Politics and government Presidents Election Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) History 21st century Trump, Donald 1946- Trump, Donald 1946- Influence United States United States Politics and government United States Politics and government 2021-Keith, LeeAnna
Summary: "A history of antiracist and abolitionist activism in the Civil War-era Republican Party"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hill and Wang, a division of Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2020
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Summary: "A call to reform our antiquated political institutions before it's too late-from the New York Times bestselling authors of How Democracies Die. America is undergoing a massive experiment: It is moving, in fits and starts, toward a multiracial democracy, something few societies have ever done. But the prospect of change has sparked an authoritarian backlash that threatens the very foundations...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 320.47309 LEVKleinknecht, William
Summary: "In the wake of Trump's presidency, Republican-led states have joined in an alarming assault on our democratic system. But the drift toward authoritarianism in red states has far deeper roots. We now have a country where tens of millions of people live under regimes that have spent years starving education and health care, empowering polluters, engaging in voter suppression, and neglecting...
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Publisher / Publication Date: The New Press 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 352.23 KLEAchorn, Edward
Summary: "The vivid, behind-the-scenes story of perhaps the most consequential political moment in America's history--Abraham Lincoln's epochal nomination as the Republican Party's candidate for president in 1860. Illinois lawyer Abraham Lincoln had a record of political failure. In 1858, he had lost a celebrated Senate bid against incumbent Stephen Douglas, his second failed Senate run, and had not...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atlantic Monthly Press 2023
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1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: 324.973 ACHMiller, Tim
Summary: "An account of a former Republican political activist's horror as the party he loves becomes the party of Trump"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 324.2734 MILPeters, Jeremy (Jeremy W.)
Summary: "How, Peters asks, did conservative values that Republicans claimed to cherish, like small government, fiscal responsibility, and morality in public service, get completely eroded as an unshakable faith in Donald Trump grew to define the party? The answer is a tale traced across three decades--with new reporting and firsthand accounts from the people who were there--of populist uprisings that...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 324.2734 PETRuffini, Patrick
Summary: "An eye-opening, revelatory account of the future of the Republican party as they unite working-class voters in a multi-racial, cross-generational populist coalition. Donald Trump's victory in the 2016 presidential election shocked the world. Yet his defeat in 2020 may have been even more surprising: he received 12 million more votes in 2020 than 2016 and his unexpectedly diverse coalition...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon and Schuster 2023
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Summary: Has any president been more unjustly vilified than Donald Trump?Yes, he’s brash. Yes, he has an ego. Yes, his ad-libbing sometimes gets him into trouble. But the fact is Donald Trump is the most effective conservative president in decades. That’s why the media hate him. That’s why they lie about him. When they lie about him, they’re really lying about you, because to the media, anyone who...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Regnery Publishing 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 324.2734 SCHHorowitz, David
Summary: Horowitz presents a White House battle plan to halt the Democrats' march to extinguish the values America holds dear. He details President Trump's like moves, and explores the opportunities he will have to reshape the American political landscape while securing the nation's vital security interests abroad.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Humanix Books 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.932 HORKranish, Michael
Summary: Authoritative, timely, and provocative, this deeply researched biography of Donald Trump provides a complex portrait of the man who--despite broad skepticism--could be the next president of the United States. Despite decades of scrutiny, many aspects of Trump's life are not well known. Few individuals have ever roamed so widely through such diverse realms as real estate, sports, entertainment,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 TRUMP, DONALD KRALeibovich, Mark
Summary: "From the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller This Town, the eyewitness account of how the GOP collaborated with Donald Trump to transform Washington's "swamp" into a gold-plated hot tub--and a onetime party of rugged individualists into a sycophantic personality cult"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 324.2734 LEIKeillor, Garrison.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 320.973 KEIKeillor, Garrison.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HighBridge 2004
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 320.973 KEIWolraich, Michael.
Summary: "At the turn of the twentieth century, the Republican Party stood at the brink of an internal civil war. After a devastating financial crisis, furious voters sent a new breed of politician to Washington. These young Republican firebrands, led by "Fighting Bob" La Follette of Wisconsin, vowed to overthrow the party leaders and purge Wall Street's corrupting influence from Washington. Their...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St Martins Pr 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.9 WOLDraper, Robert
Summary: "Showing how a new breed of Republicans have brought American democracy to the edge, a chronicler of the American political scene for over 25 years tells the story of a fearful test of our ability, as a country, to hold together a system of government grounded in truth and the rule of law"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 324.2734 DRASummary: Four Republican senators share the same D.C. house rental, and face re-election battles, looming indictments, and parties, all with a sense of humor.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Arc Entertainment 2014
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV ALPDrucker, David M.
Summary: A senior correspondent for the Washington Examiner takes an in-depth look at the state of the Republican Party in the post-Trump era as well as the major contenders for the 2024 GOP presidential nomination.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Twelve 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 324.2734 DRUFrank, Thomas
Summary: Frank argues that conservatives have taken pains to enshrine the free market as the permanent creed of state, selling off the government, deregulating some industries, defunding others, but always turning public policy into a private-sector bidding war.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Metropolitan Books 2008
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.92 FRAKarl, Jonathan
Summary: "An extraordinary view into the politics of our times, Tired of Winning explores how Donald Trump remade the Republican Party in his own image--and the wreckage he's left in his wake. Packed with new reporting, Tired of Winning: Donald Trump and the End of the Grand Old Party tracks Trump's improbable journey from disgraced and defeated former president to the dominant force, yet again, in the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dutton 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.933 KAROlbermann, Keith
Summary: "An irresistible new collection from the New York Times bestselling author and host of MSNBC's Countdown with Keith Olbermann. In his particular wit and style, Keith Olbermann skewers politicians, celebrities, and people behaving badly every weeknight on MSNBC's increasingly popular Countdown with Keith Olbermann. This book starts right after President Obama's election and collects all of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wiley 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.932 OLBCheney, Liz
Summary: This first-hand account of the January 6 events tells of those who helped Trump spread the stolen election lie, those whose actions preserved our constitutional framework, and the risks we still face.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 921 CHENEY, LIZ CHESummary: While gridlock and division in Washington make it difficult for either party or ideology to set national policy, single-party government prevails in three-quarters of the states. In 24 states Republicans control the governorship and both houses of the legislature, and in 13 states Democrats enjoy one-party control. Comparing economic growth, education, health care, quality of life and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2013
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Brock, David
Summary: "A blistering expose of Clarence Thomas and the conservative regime of corruption that has usurped the Supreme Court -- by a Democratic activist and former Republican political operative. Public confidence in the Supreme Court has plummeted to new lows in the last few years -- and for good reason. In the past three decades, six conservative justices have gained a supermajority through...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf
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1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: 347.73 BROBuchanan, Patrick J. (Patrick Joseph)
Summary: The former Nixon advisor traces the unanticipated political rise of Richard Nixon just six years after his gubernatorial loss, sharing insights into how he resurrected his career and reunited a divided Republican Party.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Inc 2014