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Regime Change

Maggie Haberman

Mentioned 1 month ago

Trump’s reflecting pool fiasco gets a ‘Greenwatergate’ twist

The book was cited as revealing new reporting about Trump's obsessive interiordecorating habits, including his supergluing of gold accents and challengecoin displays in the White House.

We've just learned from new reporting in a forthcoming book, is literally super gluing gold accents and challenge coins up on the doors and wall of the White House himself.

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Trump's Ten Commandments

Jeffrey Sonnenfeld

Mentioned 5 months ago

‘Like a baby’: Schumer BLASTS Trump’s tantrum over tariff defeat

This book was mentioned as something Jeffrey Sonnenfeld had written, suggesting it provided insight into how to counter Trump by thinking like him, as he hates losing face more than losing money.

As you mentioned in this book, we suggest to counter Trump, you have to think like Trump.

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Firestorm

Jacob Soboroff

Mentioned 5 months ago

Trump directs DHS to investigate new citizens for ‘voter fraud’

The host mentioned that he recently published his second book, which details the deadly wildfires that devastated Los Angeles a year prior, resulting in many deaths and the destruction of structures. He was currently on tour promoting it and mentioned upcoming signing events.

Hey, so one quick note before we go. As some of you might know, I recently published my second book, Firestorm, the Great Los Angeles Fires and America's New Age of Disaster.

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Injustice

Carol Leonnig

Mentioned 5 months ago

Trump directs DHS to investigate new citizens for ‘voter fraud’

This book was mentioned as the work written by Carol Lennig, the guest who reported on the DHS voter investigation story. It was highlighted when she joined the show.

Carol Lennig is a senior investigative reporter for MS Now. She is the author of Injustice, How Politics and Fear Vanquished America's Justice Department.

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Born Fighting

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Mentioned 5 months ago

‘This did not go well for them: Frey reacts as Minneapolis ICE surges ends

The book was cited as an example of a work covering ScotchIrish military culture and the associated pride, used to illustrate a point about cultural identity.

you could look at the book by one of your former Senate colleagues, Born Fighting, about the sort of ScotchIrish military culture and certain, you know, pride that went with that, that would be one example.

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The Sirens' Call

Chris Hayes

Mentioned 5 months ago

Trump reassembles his 2020 coup crew amid 2026 midterm panic

Chris Hayes announced that his new book, The Siren's Call, How Attention Became the World's Most Endangered Resource, had been released in paperback.

My latest book, The Siren's Call, How Attention Became the World's Most Endangered Resource, is now out in paperback. This Thursday, February 5th, I'll be talking about the book and the exploitation of both our and our kids' attention at the Strand Bookstore right here in New York City.

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The Game Changer (Local Legends

Lane Walker

Mentioned 5 months ago

‘Playing Whac-a-Mole’: Hayes says Trump’s ICE ‘drawdown’ can’t be trusted

The book was noted as having been released the week before and was described as explaining how Howie Reid remade Democratic political strategy.

The author of a new book, which just came out last week, The Game Changer, how Howie Reid remade the rules and showed Democrats how to fight.

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The Innocent Man

John Grisham

Mentioned 5 months ago

DOJ sought criminal probe of Renee Good after her death

The book was cited as a work coauthored by senior investigative reporter Carol Lenig, highlighting how politics and fear have undermined the U.S. Justice Department.

Carol Lennig is a senior investigative reporter, coauthor of Injustice, How Politics and Fear Vanquished America's Justice Department.

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The Anxious Generation

Jonathan Haidt

Mentioned 6 months ago

‘F*** off’: World hits back as Trump’s aggression shocks global leaders

Jonathan Haidt, who was set to moderate an event for the host's book, wrote this fantastic book about attention and its extraction.

It'll be moderated by the renowned social psychologist and bestselling author Jonathan Haidt, who wrote that fantastic book, The Anxious Generation, where both can be talking about attention and its extraction.

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One Man's Striving

William Gayley Simpson

Mentioned 6 months ago

Chris Hayes’ map-based theory behind Trump’s Greenland obsession

This notorious white supremacist book was referenced when discussing a meme posted by the White House, as the book reportedly defended Hitler.

Meanwhile, the White House posted this seemingly AI-generated meme captioned, Which way, Greenland manned? Which is, by the way, a not-so-subtle reference to a notorious white supremacist book called Which Way, Western Man, which, among other things, defends Hitler.

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1984

George Orwell

Mentioned 6 months ago

Hayes dismantles JD Vance’s ICE shooting claims

The host noted that Minnesota Governor Tim Walz quoted the novel to criticize the Trump administration's attempts to undermine public perception of the incident.

Minnesota's Democratic Governor Tim Walz quoted George Orwell's 1984 when lambasting the Trump administration for trying to convince the American public not to believe what we can all clearly see on the tape.

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Open Veins of Latin America

Eduardo Galeano

Mentioned 6 months ago

Trump’s Greenland obsession intensifies as White House floats military action

The host highlighted it as one of two great books that examine American imperialism in Latin America.

Eduardo Galeano's Open Veins to Latin America and Greg Grandin's America America. People are looking for two great books on precisely this theme.

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Laura Ingraham

Of Thee I Zing

America's Cultural Decline from Muffin Tops to Body Shots

The book was mentioned as a piece written by David French, and he joined the podcast to discuss the verdict on Donald Trump and the Republican response.

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I was a Republican partisan. It altered the way I saw the world.

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The book was mentioned as a piece written by David French, and he joined the podcast to discuss the verdict on Donald Trump and the Republican response.

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I was a Republican partisan. It altered the way I saw the world.

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Dutch Sheets

An Appeal To Heaven

What Would Happen If We Did It Again

The book, written by a Trump supporter and election denier, was described as being closely associated with the Christian nationalist movement.

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It was inspired by John Locke.

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The book, written by a Trump supporter and election denier, was described as being closely associated with the Christian nationalist movement.

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It was inspired by John Locke.

Dutch Sheets sees the Appeal to Heaven flag as a symbol of Christian revolution.

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Think BIG and Kick Ass in Business and Life by Donald J. Trump (2007-10-16)

Trump's 2008 book was referenced, with excerpts read aloud during the trial, including a quote about how Trump cannot stomach disloyalty and takes care of those loyal to him well, and how he likes to make those disloyal to him miserable.

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I just can't stomach disloyalty. I put the people who are loyal to me on a high pedestal and take care of them very well.

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Trump's 2008 book was referenced, with excerpts read aloud during the trial, including a quote about how Trump cannot stomach disloyalty and takes care of those loyal to him well, and how he likes to make those disloyal to him miserable.

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I just can't stomach disloyalty. I put the people who are loyal to me on a high pedestal and take care of them very well.

Talking about someone in the past who disappointed him, Trump said, this woman was very disloyal and now I go out of my way to make her life miserable.

He added, my motto is always get even. When somebody screws you, screw them back in spades.

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Susan Goldman Rubin

Give Us the Vote!

Over Two Hundred Years of Fighting for the Ballot

He had written a great book on voting rights called Give Us a Vote, which was discussed as an example of the long-running trend of voter suppression in the US.

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You know, the things you talk about in the book, voter suppression, you've covered that for a very long time, you wrote a great book on voting rights called Give Us a Vote.

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He had written a great book on voting rights called Give Us a Vote, which was discussed as an example of the long-running trend of voter suppression in the US.

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You know, the things you talk about in the book, voter suppression, you've covered that for a very long time, you wrote a great book on voting rights called Give Us a Vote.

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Billy Wilder

Sunset Boulevard

Stephanie Grisham, a former press secretary for Donald Trump, wrote in her book that the only time she ever saw him sit still without a phone or sending a tweet or calling somebody was when he was watching Sunset Boulevard at Camp David.

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the only time that she ever saw him sit still without a phone or sending a tweet or calling somebody was when he was watching Sunset Boulevard at Camp David.

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Stephanie Grisham, a former press secretary for Donald Trump, wrote in her book that the only time she ever saw him sit still without a phone or sending a tweet or calling somebody was when he was watching Sunset Boulevard at Camp David.

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the only time that she ever saw him sit still without a phone or sending a tweet or calling somebody was when he was watching Sunset Boulevard at Camp David.

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Jesmyn Ward

The Fire This Time

A New Generation Speaks about Race

Barack Obama mentioned the book in the context of OJ Simpson's acquittal, stating that Trump's acquittal may have felt good to some white people, similar to how the acquittal of OJ Simpson felt good to many black people. The book "The Fire This Time" is about race, identity, and the state of America. It was mentioned in relation to how people's trust or distrust in institutions impacts how they view facts and justice.

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I want to I want to read you this Baraka Obama have you seen this Baraka Obama think from bed rose book no this is a spicy hot tip but I actually think it's pretty profound yeah Trump is for a lot of...

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Barack Obama mentioned the book in the context of OJ Simpson's acquittal, stating that Trump's acquittal may have felt good to some white people, similar to how the acquittal of OJ Simpson felt good to many black people. The book "The Fire This Time" is about race, identity, and the state of America. It was mentioned in relation to how people's trust or distrust in institutions impacts how they view facts and justice.

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I want to I want to read you this Baraka Obama have you seen this Baraka Obama think from bed rose book no this is a spicy hot tip but I actually think it's pretty profound yeah Trump is for a lot of white people what OJ is acquittal was for a lot of black folks you know what's wrong but it feels good and the reason that I think that that's uh there's there's something profound there it's a good hot tip it's a good hot tip and the reason I think it's profound is this the facts can be presented to you whatever they are but it all depends on whether you trust the institutions that produce the facts that's right and if you don't trust the la pd for completely rational reasons that's right the la pd could say he's dead to rights and you just say I don't believe you because you're the la pd and and if you don't if you don't trust if you are in the maga world and you think like I just don't trust the institutions you're saying right like every like the facts we talk about them are all mediated by some side of institutions and you either trust them or you don't if you don't those facts are they're not facts so I think the the reason it isn't excellent hot take is that you want that individual to win not because of that individual not something about them that makes them your guy because who's the coming for them it's who's coming for them that is the enemy and so there was for a lot for a lot of black folks think about the context around OJ put OJ aside from what we didn't even know about the I'm not black on OJ stuff we didn't know we had rejected the civil rights movement until that documentary came out at all men's did we didn't know about it we didn't know about that fact then what we knew is this is a black man who was investigated by a clearly racist cop remember the word N word came from the OJ trial because you couldn't say on that's right Mark Furman and of course the over and over Mark Furman and who was the la pd detective who was one of the people who was deployed they're just correct people don't remember that that's right he was right with a history and had written like a screenplay or something about guerrillas in the mist correct and so we saw that we saw the brilliant Johnny Cochrane if the glove don't fit you must acquit and he outlawyered these prosecutors you saw Barry Shek forensic evidence this long CSI and all these interesting forensic evidence his lawyers were better the case they made was stronger right he got off and it wasn't about OJ it was about that system that he defeated.

The Fire This Time

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LaDoris Hazzard Cordell

Her Honor

My Life on the Bench...What Works, What's Broken, and How to Change It

The book was highlighted when the former judge appeared on the show, offering her perspective on how the courts function and where reforms are needed. She described her 19‑year tenure and used the conversation to illustrate what works and what’s broken in the system. The discussion conveyed a strong endorsement of the title’s insider view.

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LaDoris Cordell, a former judge, discussed her book, 'Her Honor: My Life on the Bench,' highlighting her experience and insights on the judicial system.

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The Doris Cordell joins me now she serves as a judge for 19 years including over 12 on the Superior Court of California she's the author of Her Honor my life in the bench what works what's broken and how to change it and she joins me now and judge I'm so glad that you're joining us tonight.

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Debby Applegate

Madam

The Biography of Polly Adler, Icon of the Jazz Age

It was mentioned in a discussion about the Comstack Act. The Comstack Act, originally passed to prevent the sale of contraception, is still on the books and could be used to ban abortion pills.

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I want to play so the Comstack Act which I there's a great book by a woman named Jim actually right on Madam Rastell.

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It was mentioned in a discussion about the Comstack Act. The Comstack Act, originally passed to prevent the sale of contraception, is still on the books and could be used to ban abortion pills.

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I want to play so the Comstack Act which I there's a great book by a woman named Jim actually right on Madam Rastell.

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David Cay Johnston

The Big Cheat

How Donald Trump Fleeced America and Enriched Himself and His Family

The book was highlighted as a best‑selling account of Donald Trump’s alleged fraud against the United States and his family. Chris Hayes noted that its author, a Pulitzer‑Prize‑winning investigative journalist, had long reported on Trump, lending the work authority. The episode presented the title as a compelling, well‑researched exposé, implying strong endorsement.

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It was described as a best-selling book about Donald Trump and how he allegedly defrauded America and his family.

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David K. Johnson is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigator journalist who's reported on Trump for many years. He's the best-selling author of The Big Cheat, How Donald Trump Fleeced America and Rich Themselfence Family.

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The book, by Peter Bynard, was described as being on Substack and published in the magazine Jewish Currents.

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Peter Bynard, the author of the Bynard Notebook on Substack, Editor-At-Large from the magazine Jewish Currents

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The book, by Peter Bynard, was described as being on Substack and published in the magazine Jewish Currents.

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Peter Bynard, the author of the Bynard Notebook on Substack, Editor-At-Large from the magazine Jewish Currents

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David Pepper

Saving Democracy

A User's Manual for Every American

The title was mentioned as one of several books authored by David Pepper while discussing his role as co‑chair of Ohio’s Democratic Party, serving to illustrate his political experience without any specific endorsement.

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David Pepper, co-chair of Ohio's Democratic Party, has written several books including "Saving Democracy: A User's Manual for Every American". It was mentioned in context of his experience in Ohio politics.

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David Pepper serves the co-chair of that state's Democratic Party he's also written several books including Saving Democracy a user's manual for every American David you read on this race on the fact that apparently at JD Vance's behest Donald Trump came back into the state because it looked like a very, very tight race between you would think the guy he picked being able to romp to victory given the state of the Republican Party what's your read on this.

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David Wallace-Wells

The Uninhabitable Earth

Life After Warming

During a segment on climate change, Chris Hayes referenced the book while discussing the unprecedented warming of the planet and its oceans, noting that it explores the severe risks we face as temperatures rise. The conversation highlighted the book’s focus on the dangers and uncertainties surrounding current heat trends.

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It was discussed in relation to climate change and how the planet is warming, particularly the oceans, at an unprecedented rate. The book explores the dangers we face as the planet warms.

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I've seen charts that are scared that you highlighted even just thinking about the ocean the world's oceans but it is also the case that while we do know the underlying trend of the underlying story we actually don't know why things are so high right now why why the temperature so hot

The Uninhabitable Earth life after warming of the dangers we face as the planet warms

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It was mentioned that John Favreau, co-host of Pod Save America, is the co-author of the upcoming book Buck Democracy or Else, a book about how to save America in ten easy steps.

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He's now the co-host of Paz de America and co-author of the upcoming Buck democracy or Elf's, how to save America in ten easy steps.

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It was mentioned that John Favreau, co-host of Pod Save America, is the co-author of the upcoming book Buck Democracy or Else, a book about how to save America in ten easy steps.

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He's now the co-host of Paz de America and co-author of the upcoming Buck democracy or Elf's, how to save America in ten easy steps.

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Raoul Plus

The Power of Reparation

Steps to Restoring a Fallen World

In a special preview episode, the hosts explored the overlooked history of Gabriel C. and tied it to the modern reparations debate, mentioning the title as a resource that outlines steps toward restoring a fallen world. They highlighted its relevance to the conversation about repairing historical injustices, though they did not explicitly endorse it beyond noting its topical focus. The discussion positioned the book as a useful reference for listeners interested in reparations.

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Annabelle Anders

Hell in a Hand Basket (Devilish Debutantes Book 2)

It was recommended as a good source on the George Santos scandals.

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Marissa Davis is an MSNBC columnist author of the Hand Basket newsletter, which I recommend she's our go to reporter on the George Santos scandals.

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It was recommended as a good source on the George Santos scandals.

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Marissa Davis is an MSNBC columnist author of the Hand Basket newsletter, which I recommend she's our go to reporter on the George Santos scandals.

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Hooman Majd

The Ayatollahs' Democracy

An Iranian Challenge

The book was referenced when Matt Bradley, an NBC News Iran expert, was introduced as the author of the title among his other works. The mention served to highlight his credentials rather than to evaluate the book itself.

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