Democracy or Else How to Save America in 10 Easy Steps

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Democracy or else is officially number one in the New York Times bestseller list

which means all of you who bought the book and helped it get there also contributed to vote save America

that's a lot of money to vote save America and that means that a lot of campaigns grassroots organizations that are going to help elect Democrats up and down the ticket and register voters in 2024 are gonna get more money

so good for you guys and even more importantly for the rest of our lives we get to say we're number one New York Times bestseller

I know I saw you try to get around it whatever

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Seems like Else is winning right now but that's okay

Thanks to Harvard Bookstore for selling Democracy or Else. Go get a copy.

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Having actually had a chance to read a bit of this, you should tell your friends because this is a book that lets you read fast and look really smart.

It is a fantastic primer on what's happening, but it's an even better way for us to feel good about what we can get done. So I would just tell people that.

It's called Democracy or Else. It dropped Tuesday and it's available at fine bookstores everywhere, including here at this show.

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It's how to get involved in politics in a way that's fun. It's not scary. That's not confusing.

It's short and also appreciated that the font was large.

It's for people who just read tweets all day, you know? Which is me.

The length reads like people that had a deadline.

It's just about, it's like, it's how to get involved in politics in a way that's fun. It's not scary. That's not confusing.

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Pre-order Democracy or Else: How to Save America in 10 Easy Steps at crooked.com/books or wherever books are sold. Out June 25th.

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Look, you have been on the New York Times bestseller list, which is our goal. What do you have to do to get there?

Like who do we grease and will you make a gigantic bulk purchase on my behalf?

I've already made several bulk purchases because I'm competitive. And if you if I was on the list, if you guys were on the list, I wanted to have that little dagger that they give for bulk purchases.

They always give to Ted Cruz, Ted Cruz, Don Jr.

They all get the little dad because the RNC buys them in bulk.

The very serious answer here is here is how you get on the bestseller list. This is the key.

People who are listening to this podcast right now, what they do is they go grab their phone, which they already have because they listen to this podcast and they preorder the book.

You go to crooked.com slash books to do that.

You can do it wherever you get your books. But that is the best way because every preorder gets dumped into the New York Times bestseller list the moment the book goes on sale.

That gives you a huge surge of momentum, which then puts you up the rankings on all the sites, which then gets you more publicity, which gets the book featured more.

So we cannot live in a world where this book is not on the New York Times bestseller list and not yet the top of the New York Times bestseller list.

So everybody listening, go preorder it right now.

It is very simple. You know you're going to buy it eventually. So buy it now and have more impact.

I'm excited for our first just like scathing review.

I don't know if it's going to come from the left or the right, but it's coming, baby. And it's going to hurt.

I don't think you're going to get a scathing review. I've read the book.

It is great. It is funny. The illustrations are great.

Hopefully what you want is you want to enrage someone on the right. Ben Shapiro and a bunch of other people went nuts over my last book and it was incredibly helpful.

Really?

Yes.

We're working on that.

Tickets to both shows include copies of the book.

Go to crooked.com slash events to get your tickets now.

If you're not in the New York or Boston area or you can't make it, go to crooked.com slash books to pick up a copy of Democracy or Else.

You'll enjoy it, we promise.

And as you know by now, Crooked Media is going to donate all the proceeds from the book to support Vote Save America and 2024 candidates.

So you are reading for a good cause or just putting something on your shelf for a good cause. Either is fine by me.

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It is a how-to guide. Yes, if you want to get involved in this election and hopefully future elections without losing your mind, that's yeah, that's it.

And we got some tips. We got some advice from some really smart people. There's some jokes. There's some illustrations.

This is a public service you guys seriously.

Yeah, and all the profits from the book they go to vote save America and organizations protecting democracy on the ground.

So supporting the book is supporting a good cause and love it.

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We worked really hard on this book. And yes, all the profits from this book go to Vote Save America and organizing on the ground to help protect our democracy.

It is actually funny. Like I feel like there's a lot of people who are really funny and cynical about politics. And there's a lot of really earnest doofs out there, you know, crossing the Delaware and every goddamn tweet.

But we worked really hard to try to make something that was helpful, useful, entertaining, funny, hopeful without being like kind of saccharine, you know, like a lot of that, like a lot of the content out there.

And it's illustrated, you know, so you can just flip through it.

And I feel like when we're all going to be paying attention to the news in a way that can suck the soul right out of your body, like this is a really fun way to remember why you cared about politics in the first place.

Everyone has their own unique amount of politics they can stomach or that they want. You might just be looking to get better informed. You might be trying to figure out how to vote.

You might be trying to figure out how to give donations more efficiently, or maybe you want to run for office yourself. We got you covered step by step in this book.

There's a chapter for you. You'll learn something.

Also, there's some embarrassing stories about us.

And there's really smart advice from people who are a lot smarter than us.

If you're listening to this and you've been listening to us for a long time, just do us a goddamn favor and buy the book.

We've been doing this podcast. We'll give you a refund for every episode.

It's free. We were losing to Christy Noem and Bill Maher at one point on the rankings.

We want to get this on the New York Times bestseller list because that's how the book gets into other bookstores and in front of a lot of people that might not otherwise come across it.

And that's how democracy is saved, ultimately.

It's saved at the fucking airport Hudson goddamn news.

It's Democracy or Else and right now, Else is ahead.

Crooked.com slash books. Check it out wherever you like to buy books and you can preorder it right now.

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What a good time to plug my our book, Democracy or Else, which is on sale.

You can pre-order it right now. It'll be released a week from Tuesday.

I mean, I guess that counts as an organic plug. I guess.

Look, I came into the recording. The book was on the table, which I guess is just a not so subtle push from everyone on the marketing team to start pitching the book.

Look at this book. Look at this beautiful hardcover book.

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We are two weeks out from the release of Democracy or Else. John, John and Tommy's incredibly useful, funny, timely book.

You cannot possibly let John and John Tommy live in a world where I made the bestseller list and they did not.

So each book is actually helping save democracy and you get a funny, smart, illustrated guide to get you through this election year.

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Pre-order Democracy or Else: How to Save America in 10 Easy Steps at crooked.com/books or wherever books are sold. Out June 25th.

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We are officially less than three weeks away from the publication of our book democracy or else how to save America in 10 easy steps June 25th, Dan.

We're so close. It's here. It is here.

It would be like his one night off, but I'm happy. I'm happy to do it. You guys did many of my book events.

We're kicking off the pod Save America live tour at the Brooklyn Paramount Theatre with very special guest host Stacey Abrams.

We're going to be pre-gaming the Trump Biden debate with a book chat at First Parish Church.

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But for those persuadables in your life, it might be best to give them an actual book they can follow to get ready for this election year.

Love It, Tommy and I wrote one. Our first book. It's called Democracy or Else? How to Save America in 10 Easy Steps, coming June 25th.

And it's the perfect first step to getting your friends and family off the sidelines and engaged.

We know that election years can be overwhelming, but that's why we gathered all of our political insights from Pod Save America and our smartest friends in politics to write this funny, useful guide to help you and your friends through 2024.

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Order Democracy or Else: How to Save America in 10 Easy Steps at crooked.com/books or wherever books are sold.

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If you're struggling to convey the stakes of 2024 to someone in your circle, this show is perfect for you. But for those persuadables in your life, it might be best to give them an actual book they can follow to get ready for this election year. Love It, Tommy and I wrote one. Our first book. It's called Democracy or Else, How to Save America in 10 Easy Steps coming June 25th.

And it's the perfect first step to getting your friends and family off the sidelines and engaged. We know that election years can be overwhelming, but that's why we gathered all of our political insights from Pod Save America and our smartest friends in politics to write this funny, useful guide to help you and your friends through 2024.

Plus, when you preorder, you're not just getting a book, you're already making a difference because Cricut is donating all of its profits to Vote Save America and 2024 campaigns.

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Is it because June 25th is the release date of Democracy or Else?

It'll be in the paperback, people.

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As you know, we wrote a book. Tommy Lovett and I have a book coming out called Democracy or Else, How to Save America in 10 Easy Steps.

The book's about how you can make a difference at every level of politics.

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Pate of America has hit in the road this summer. The Democracy or Else book tour begins in Brooklyn on June 26th, followed by Boston on June 28th.

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buy our book, Democracy Or Else.

If that sounds threatening good, it was supposed to.

We only have a few months left to try and stop the country from getting Donald Trump as president again.

So we're done with subtlety.

Pick up brand new Democracy Or Else merch inspired by our book that you haven't even seen yet, but the merch is inspired by it.

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You can learn more and get tickets at crooked.com/events.

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That is a fucking professional organic plug.

But that's a story you're going to have to buy Democracy or Else, How to Save America in 10 Easy Steps, to read the entire anecdote.

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VIP tickets include a signed copy of our book Democracy or Else: How to save America in 10 easy steps and more exclusive merch and you know what we finished signing all the copies took like hours so many copies

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Our VIP ticket bundles include the best seats in the house, plus a signed copy of our new book, Democracy or Else, How to Save America in 10 easy steps.

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If Biden's remarks didn't cure your anxiety about the year ahead you can pre-order our book uh democracy or else right now at cricket dot com slash books and uh we're going to be donating the profits to support votes of america it's partners and other organizations which are mobilizing around the twenty twenty four election it's a fun book lots of illustrations pretty short a good guide to how to get through this election and other elections if we have them and uh and again it's it goes to a good cause VSA so pre-order your copy of democracy or else now at cricket dot com slash books

I've read it it's great dan is ready i've read it i pre-ordered it it is a short read which is real that's that's a plus you're gonna learn a lot you're gonna laugh a lot it's not gonna take so much your time go for it

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Also, preorder our book, Democracy or Else? How to Save America in 10 Easy Steps.

It's a fun, useful guide to getting involved while keeping whatever's left of your sanity intact.

Plus, Cricut will donate its profits from the book to support Vote Save America and other organizations mobilizing for the 2024 election.

Democracy or Else is available on June 25th, but you can preorder your copy now at Cricut.com slash books or wherever books are sold.

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Tommy and I wrote a book and it's coming out June 25th, 2024.

It's called Democracy or Else How to Save America in 10 Easy Steps.

Cricket's donating the profits to support Vote Save America, its partners and other organizations mobilizing for progressive outcomes in the 2024 election and beyond.

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DEMOCRACY OR ELSE: HOW TO SAVE AMERICA IN 10 EASY STEPS is coming June 4, 2024. Pre-order now at crooked.com/books or wherever books are sold.

Listen, they said this day would never come...Oh, no, he did it. There are people who didn't believe we could write something longer than a tweet. We were among them. John...Oh, we wrote a book.

It's a podcast, but you write it down. You put it on this stuff called popper.

It's basically a lot of the stuff we've said on the podcast and a lot of advice that we've gotten from people much smarter than us. Politicians, activists, organizers appears in the book. We're doing interviews with a lot of those people that those will appear in the book, too.

And it it's going to be released June 4th, 2024 just in time and just in time for the for the twenty twenty four election and the twenty twenty five insurrection just to to handy guide to help you through it.

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We had a big announcement on the book today. Book tour dates are out for the first set of cities.

Book is out June 19th. All proceeds from the pre-sale go to Swing Left.

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Is it because June 25th is the release date of Democracy or Else?

You're the best hype man for Democracy or Else, Dan.

It'll be in the paperback, people.

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As you know, we wrote a book. Tommy Lovett and I have a book coming out called Democracy or Else, How to Save America in 10 Easy Steps.

The book's about how you can make a difference at every level of politics.

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Pate of America has hit in the road this summer. The Democracy or Else book tour begins in Brooklyn on June 26th, followed by Boston on June 28th.

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Buy our book, Democracy Or Else.

If that sounds threatening good, it was supposed to.

We only have a few months left to try and stop the country from getting Donald Trump as president again.

So we're done with subtlety.

This is not the nuance business, all right?

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You can learn more and get tickets at crooked.com/events.

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That is a fucking professional organic plug.

Kyrgyz.com slash books.

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VIP tickets include a signed copy of our book Democracy or Else: How to save America in 10 easy steps and more exclusive merch.

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Our VIP ticket bundles include the best seats in the house, plus a signed copy of our new book, Democracy or Else, How to Save America in 10 easy steps.

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we're going to be donating the profits to support votes of america it's partners and other organizations which are mobilizing around the twenty twenty four election it's a fun book lots of illustrations pretty short a good guide to how to get through this election and other elections if we have them

I've read it it's great dan is ready I've read it I pre-ordered it it is a short read which is real that's that's a plus you're gonna learn a lot you're gonna laugh a lot it's not gonna take so much your time go for it

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Tommy and I wrote a book and it's coming out June 25th, 2024.

It's called Democracy or Else How to Save America in 10 Easy Steps.

Cricket's donating the profits to support Vote Save America, its partners and other organizations mobilizing for progressive outcomes in the 2024 election and beyond.

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We were among them. John. Oh, we wrote a book. We wrote a book. It is how to save America, how democracy or else how to save America in 10 easy steps.

It's illustrated, so it'll go quickly. It's funny. It basically a lot of the stuff we've said on the podcast and a lot of advice that we've gotten from people much smarter than us.

We're donating the profits to help support Vote Save America and other 2024 campaigns.

It it's going to be released June 4th, 2024 just in time and just in time for the for the twenty twenty four election and the twenty twenty five insurrection just to to handy guide to help you through it.

You can preorder now at Crooked dot com slash books or wherever books are sold.

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A great place to start is our New York Times number one bestselling book, Democracy or Else, How to Save America in 10 Easy Steps.

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Another great way to support Vote Save America is by buying John John and Tommy's book, Democracy or Else, How to Save America in 10 Easy Steps because Crooked's donating the profits to support Vote Save America and progressive campaigns in 2024.

With 89 days until the election, Democracy or Else is the perfect gift for anyone who's ready to get involved in politics but doesn't know where to start.

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You guys all already know about John Leavitt and Tommy's great book, Democracy or Else, How to Save America in 10 Easy Steps.

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the new save america coffee table book where he threatens mark zuckerberg with jail time.

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the book you guys wrote is a great guide for how to do that and I think it's manageable for people to say you know what I'm going to really give a little more extra time in this than I might normally do because it's only 90 days

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Another great way to support Vote Save America is by buying John John and Tommy's book, Democracy or Else, How to Save America in 10 Easy Steps because Crooked's donating the profits to support Vote Save America and progressive campaigns in 2024.

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We thought we would put together a guide for people who really want to get involved. Not just in the 2024 election, but hopefully and hopefully we have many elections beyond that. And you know, since we started positive America way back in 2017 now is a lot of people who were afraid when Trump got elected and they've asked us over the many years how to get involved. What's the best way to be effective in politics?

And so we decided to finally put our thoughts down into a book. It's a quick read. It's funny and hopefully it's useful to a lot of people who were wondering how best to help between now and November.

It's coming out June 26.

It's also the co-founder of quick and median host of pods of america and also a bunch of other pods that are terrific and all of which are endorsed by louis swisher anyway that's the show.

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John Favreau and Tommy Vietor, they're founders of Crooked Media, host of Pod Save America, authors of Democracy or Else, How to Save America in 10 Easy Steps, and Bakari Sellers, CNN political commentator and author of The Moment.

They're founders of Crooked Media, host of Pod Save America, authors of Democracy or Else, How to Save America in 10 Easy Steps, and Bakari Sellers, CNN political commentator and author of The Moment.

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My new book, Save America, published by Winning Team Publishing.

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Vanguard, which yes, does offer a lot of retirement accounts and options, released its annual How America Saves report this week.

The big catalyst here is called automatic enrollment.

A recent federal law is actually about to make that mandatory.

Automatic enrollment doesn't just increase how many people participate. It increases how much people are contributing.

Auto enrollment plans are also defaulting employees in at higher starting rates. They default participants in at rates of 4% or more.

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I've got the co-author of Democracy or Else, How to Save America in 10 Easy Steps. Hopefully they're easy.

We really tried to make something that was entertaining and silly and joyful because we know how much of a slog politics feels like right now.

The number of doors you could personally knock on and talk to people about these races. And what the book is about, and it's actually funny, please check it out.

People should buy the book, Democracy or Else, How to Save America in 10 Easy Steps. We're going to need it, John. We're going to need it.

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And if you're listening at home on the Tuesday that this comes out, you obviously can't be here with us to save democracy in North Carolina, but you can learn how to save it elsewhere by buying Democracy or Else.

The book I wrote with John and Tommy that drops today. So now it's out.

So if you haven't bought it, today's the day to buy it.

How many times do I have to ask? This podcast is free. Buy the book.

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We're going to New York for a book event moderated by Alyssa Mastromonaco on June 25th.

Then on the 27th, we're headed to Boston for another book event hosted by none other than Dan Feinfur.

And if you want to help get us on the New York Times bestseller list, because that's what it's all about.

You do the work to get the thing that proves you did well because doing well is the point of the work, not the work itself.

Cricket.com slash books. I've been beseeching you. I know this. Listen to this goddamn show.

Buy the goddamn book.

All right. Please welcome back the man who's going to get you the book. I love the way you came over here and got me.

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If you're in New York or Boston, we have jam-packed week of events on June 25th. Alyssa will be moderating a Melissa Master Monaco. I just will be moderating a book launch discussion with me, love and Tommy at Symphony Space in New York City on June 26th.

We're kicking off the pod save America live tour at the Brooklyn Paramount Theater with very special guest host Stacey Abrams.

This is the Dan event. We're going to be pre-gaming the Trump Biden debate with a book chat at First Parish Church.

So that's exciting. Dan's going to have plenty of survivor questions for love it that he'll probably not be able to answer if he's back by then who knows and then on June 28th, Potts, a miracle will be live at the Wilbur Boston for a post debate show with guest host Maddie Hassan followed by a late night love it or leave it with guests Kathleen Turner and Jay Jordan also at the Wilbur.

You can get tickets to all of these events at cricket.com slash events right now. And if you're not in New York or Boston, you can still pre-order your copy of Democracy or Elsewhere ever you get your books.

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Anyway, if you still have a boner for buying a book and you love America, then pre-order Democracy or Else written by Crooked's own Jon Lovett, Tommy Vitor, and Jon Favreau due out June 25th.

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You've all been so supportive of our upcoming book "Democracy or Else: How to Save America in 10 Easy Steps", and we think you're gonna really love it. We really do.

We're donating all the proceeds to Vote Save America and 2024 campaigns. Get us on that fucking list. We worked hard on this book, it's actually very good. I'm shocked.

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We are only four months away from you having a copy of the book in your hand, but maybe the lure of a reasonable page count loaded with illustrations. Is it your thing? We've got you covered there too.

We hunger down for what was, let's be honest, a tedious eight hours we'll never get back to bring you democracy or else as an audio book.

It's perfect for the avid listener who loves the pod, but just wishes it could be 10 hours longer.

Please go to cricket.com slash books and pre-order now.

We got to hit those fucking pre-orders have worked hard on this book.

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Democracy or Else, How to Save America in 10 Easy Steps.

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Democracy or Else? How to Save America in 10 Easy Steps.

We're really proud of it. It's very funny. They're really funny illustrations. We have a ton of awesome advice from real experts and the people we've interviewed over the years and, and great stories from our time in politics.

Cause we wanted to make sure the book went towards supporting votes, save America because that's what the book's all about. What everybody can do.

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John, Tommy and I did something that was truly inconceivable to us, which is that we managed to... to write a book, I think that's how it's pronounced... with a great comedy writer named Josh Holloway who joined us to help do it. It's called Democracy or Else, How to Save America in 10 Easy Steps.

You can pre-order it now, it's we honestly, I'm like, we're really proud of it, the proceeds are gonna go to Vote Save America and 2024 campaigns. Why we wanted to do it, it's really funny, every joke is perfect and you'll like every single one of them. It's illustrated so the pages move fast. Crooked.com/books.

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Pick up brand new democracy or else merch inspired by John, John and Tommy's new book at the Cricut store.

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We'll speak with former Obama aides and co-host of Pod Save America, John Favreau, Tommy Vitor and John Lovett about their new book, Democracy or Else, How to Save America in 10 Easy Steps.

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Just came out with the new book. It's sold out just about everywhere and we're going into another printing immediately and you'll have it soon. But I would say go out and get it. It's Save America, and that's what we're trying to do. And we will indeed save America.

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John Lovett's new book, Democracy or Else is out now. Check it out.

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Also the coauthor of Democracy or Else, which you can get wherever you get your books.

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Also coauthor of the book Democracy or Else.