Book row dwindled until after next three years this grant is the sole survivor now run by thirdgeneration owners. I want to thank all of you for your support. Without oil demand booklovers and authors like carl and steve we wouldnt be here today. So tonight rex had to with us carl hoffman and steve benen for a double book club. Carl is a former contribute editor at wired and National Geographic traveler and is travel on assignment to 80 countries. Picky set author of five books, savage harvest was in your times editors choice, New York Times bestseller, the Washington Post notable book of the year come has been translated into nine languages. The last wild man was a finalist for the Book Competition and edgar award. Lunatic express was named one of the ten best books of the year by the wall street journal. Tonight marks the launch of its latest book, liars circle a strange and terrifying journey into the upsidedown world of trumps maga rallies. Stephen is produced on the Rachel Maddow
America at the point of no return. Welcome. You might know michael from his previous work he wrote 93 election. He was working the private sector at the time under a pseudonym until he was outed and then went to work for the Trump Administration and the National Security council. That work it is safe to say as an existential question and now you tell us we are at the point of no return. Ive attempted to ask at the top what do you consider to be an alarmist but i look around and see what is going on all around us right now. What is going on. What is your general assessment i would agree. The question is am i right or am i wrong. Im comforted somewhat by the fact people have come around and said i dont know or even im now completely convinced to be vindicated by that is only somewhat comforting for everything to turn out okay. So, i wrote the bulk of the book before the lockdown before for the 1619 riots, and they serve as a further indication the country is headed in a bad direction but
Translated into nine languages. And a finalist for the competition and the edgar award. The lunatic express was one of the ten best books of the year by the wall street journal the ninth marks why are circus. Nurser on the Rachel Maddow show and author of maddow law and those that appears in the New York Times in washington monthly, the american prospect, salon. Com and other publications. For his Rachel Maddow he has received two emmy awards nominated anymore. And his new put the imposters how they stopped governing please join me to welcome them to the stage. Thank you. It is great to be here. I had a chance to read it last weekend it coincided with the rnc it was an interesting experience to watch and see the book at the same time that dovetailed with the book is a republicans are acting much employers basically the country and i picked up on the same kind of theme reading what people were saying to you at the rallies do you think those threats tie together . And if so what does tha
Being on a plantation, of being controlled. Thats what were talking about. The reality that being implemented into people every day, that was being implemented into us as democrats. We wanted people to get that ideology, that way of thinking and know that theres Something Else on the other side and thats what we did , we ditched the Democrat Party and switched our party to republican vote for donald trump. What was the event that led to that ditch and switch for you to . It was the candidate back in 2015, donald trump. When he came down the escalators and said i want to secure the border and the first thing we thought is go secure your house, is atthe white house secure . The American House should be secure and he said we want to bring back jobs. We the American People are building without jobs and why would you outsource our jobs and the American People have no jobs so he has solutions to the problems that were ailing this country and that was when the lightbulb went off that this is
Figures the strand is a false fiber that run by thirdgeneration owner. We want to thank all of you for your support. Without a multimedia booklovers and offers like carl and steve we wouldnt be here today and we are so appreciative. So tonight were said to have with us carl hoffman in stephen for a double book launch. Carl is a former contribute editor at the National Geographic traveler and his travels on assignments to 80 countries turkeys off of five books, savage harvest was in the times editors choice, New York Times bestseller, the Washington Post notable book of the year and has been translated into nine languages. The last wild man was a finalist for the competition. The lunatic express was named one of the ten best books of the year by the wall street journal. I marks launch of his latest book liars circus a strange and terrifying journey into the upsidedown world of trumps maga rallies. Steve benen is a producer on the Rachel Maddow show and author of the maddow blog. His art