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The Cruelty Is the Point The Past, Present, and Future of Trump's America

Adam Serwer

NEW YORK TIMES

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It was discussed as an important read for understanding Trump and Trumpism, and how it manifested in the political landscape. The title was inspired by a column written in 2018, focusing on the cruelty and mockery displayed towards those seen as 'outsiders'.

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It is just an incredibly important piece of reading for understanding and contextualizing the moment we are in and the four years we just went through.

— Episode: “Trump Mini-Me’s and Wannabe’s.”

Episode: “Trump Mini-Me’s and Wannabe’s.”

It was discussed as an important read for understanding Trump and Trumpism, and how it manifested in the political landscape. The title was inspired by a column written in 2018, focusing on the cruelty and mockery displayed towards those seen as 'outsiders'.

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It is just an incredibly important piece of reading for understanding and contextualizing the moment we are in and the four years we just went through.

I just want to congratulate you on the book.

the title of the book, which comes from a column I wrote in 2018, was basically it was inspired by I was watching this was during the Kavanaugh hearings and I was watching a rally that the president was holding, the then president was holding in defense of Brett Kavanaugh, who had been accused by Christine Blasey Ford of sexually assaulting her when she was a teenager.

Everyone go out and buy The Cruelty of the Point.

It's an essential read to understand what we went through and what we're still going through.

Strict Scrutiny

This book was introduced as phenomenal, stemming from an earlier essay of the same title, and was described as a defining phrase of the Trump era.

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And the author of the phenomenal book, The Cruelty is the Point, earlier an essay by the same title and really kind of a defining phrase of the Trump era.

— Episode: Laboratories of Autocracy

Episode: Laboratories of Autocracy

This book was introduced as phenomenal, stemming from an earlier essay of the same title, and was described as a defining phrase of the Trump era.

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And the author of the phenomenal book, The Cruelty is the Point, earlier an essay by the same title and really kind of a defining phrase of the Trump era.

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