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American Crisis
Leadership Lessons from the COVID-19 Pandemic
Andrew Cuomo wrote a book about how well he handled COVID-19, reportedly with the help of a ghostwriter, and then promoted it on television.
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Remember that guy just wrote a book about how well he did handling COVID-19? Remember that? He wrote a whole book about American Crisis where he had a ghost writer do it for him.
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Andrew Cuomo wrote a book about how well he handled COVID-19, reportedly with the help of a ghostwriter, and then promoted it on television.
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Remember that guy just wrote a book about how well he did handling COVID-19? Remember that? He wrote a whole book about American Crisis where he had a ghost writer do it for him.
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Andrew Cuomo received a book contract to write about COVID-19, which the speaker characterized as analogous to the captain of the Titanic writing about navigation.
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That stupid ass is now being given a book contract to write about COVID. It's like the captain of the Titanic being contracted to write about proper navigation of the oceans. The thing is called American Crisis.
It really should be called If I Did It, like the O.J. Simpson book if I did it.
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The Power of Keeping Your Mouth Shut in an Endlessly Noisy World
This was described as an intense, suspenseful thriller with riveting action and a tale of redemption.
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First tonight is a huge night for The Daily Wire. Why? Not only is the world premiere of our first original film shut in, but we will also be releasing two new teaser trailers for new movies coming th...
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This was described as an intense, suspenseful thriller with riveting action and a tale of redemption.
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First tonight is a huge night for The Daily Wire. Why? Not only is the world premiere of our first original film shut in, but we will also be releasing two new teaser trailers for new movies coming this year.
Shut In is a tale of redemption and an intense, suspenseful thriller that delivers riveting action without missing a beat.
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Shut In is a fiercely independent, powerful movie about motherhood and redemption. It's riveting, challenging, highly entertaining.
The release of Shut In is just our next step in proving it.
Go the Fuck to Sleep
This satirical children's book, about a boy pretending to be a walrus, unexpectedly became the top-selling LGBTQ+ book in America, causing distress among Amazon employees.
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Our own Matt Walsh here from The Daily Wire, he wrote a book called Johnny the Walrus. It is a it is a sort of satirical children's book about a young boy who's pretending to be a walrus.
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This satirical children's book, about a boy pretending to be a walrus, unexpectedly became the top-selling LGBTQ+ book in America, causing distress among Amazon employees.
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Our own Matt Walsh here from The Daily Wire, he wrote a book called Johnny the Walrus. It is a it is a sort of satirical children's book about a young boy who's pretending to be a walrus.
You can see where this is going. Well, this became the top selling LGBTQ plus IA book in America, and this prompted spasms of apoplexy in the internal workforce over at Amazon, particularly in the trans workforce at Amazon. Tears, upset, rage.
It's about a book called Johnny the Walrus, and I want to be very clear the next two are about books.
Johnny the Walrus is a bit of a problematic book. Not a bit. It is problematic.
Today on the Matt Wall Show leaked internal videos show that my children's book, Johnny, the walrus has traumatized and triggered Amazon's employees.
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The book was described as a best-selling children's LGBTQ+ book by Matt Walsh. It sold out in less than 24 hours upon release but was reported to be back in stock.
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Matt Walsh is a beloved LGBTQ+ and children's author. Reserve your copy of Johnny The Walrus here: https://utm.io/uevUc.
He's the author of the book Johnny the Walrus.
It sold out in less than 24 hours when it was released. Don't worry. It is now back in stock.
Beyond the Belt and Road
China's Global Economic Expansion
This was one of the books authored by Antonio Graceffo, who spent seven years in China and provided analysis on the country's economy.
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All this is being reported by Antonio Graceffo, a Ph.D. China MBA who spent seven years in China is the author of the books Beyond the Belt and Road and A Short Course on the Chinese...
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This was one of the books authored by Antonio Graceffo, who spent seven years in China and provided analysis on the country's economy.
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All this is being reported by Antonio Graceffo, a Ph.D. China MBA who spent seven years in China is the author of the books Beyond the Belt and Road and A Short Course on the Chinese Economy.
Episode: Ep. 1414 - China Hijacks The American Elite
This book, authored by Antonio Graceffo, was referenced in the context of China's economic problems, including massive debt and reliance on foreign direct investment.
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All this is being reported by Antonio Graceffo, a PhD China MBA who spent seven years in China and is the author of the books Beyond the Belt and Road and A Short Course on the Chinese Economy.
A Short Course on the Chinese Economy
This was one of the books authored by Antonio Graceffo, who spent seven years in China and provided analysis on the country's economy.
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All this is being reported by Antonio Graceffo, a Ph.D. China MBA who spent seven years in China is the author of the books Beyond the Belt and Road and A Short Course on the Chinese Economy
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This was one of the books authored by Antonio Graceffo, who spent seven years in China and provided analysis on the country's economy.
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All this is being reported by Antonio Graceffo, a Ph.D. China MBA who spent seven years in China is the author of the books Beyond the Belt and Road and A Short Course on the Chinese Economy.
Episode: Ep. 1414 - China Hijacks The American Elite
This book by Antonio Graceffo was mentioned alongside another of his works when discussing China's economic troubles, such as debt and reliance on foreign investment.
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All this is being reported by Antonio Graceffo, a PhD China MBA who spent seven years in China and is the author of the books Beyond the Belt and Road and A Short Course on the Chinese Economy.
The Future Once Happened Here
This book, written by Fred Siegel, one of the founders of the Manhattan Institute, was mentioned for talking about the decline of major American cities in the 1960s due to the inside-outside game played by activists.
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there's a great book by a man named Fred Siegel one of the founders of the Manhattan Institute called The Future Once Happened Here talking about the decline of America's major cities...
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This book, written by Fred Siegel, one of the founders of the Manhattan Institute, was mentioned for talking about the decline of major American cities in the 1960s due to the inside-outside game played by activists.
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there's a great book by a man named Fred Siegel one of the founders of the Manhattan Institute called The Future Once Happened Here talking about the decline of America's major cities in the 1960s and one of the major forces that led to that was the inside-outside game being played by rioters looters and quote-unquote activists outside the government pushing members of the government and members of the government would openly acknowledge they would openly say we're so glad we have these activists outside creating chaos so that we have to cave to the chaos
Episode: Ep. 1060 - Blackmail Through Riots
This fantastic book was cited as discussing the decline of America's major cities in the 1960s and historical precedents for politicians caving to riots for policy gains.
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he wrote a book called The Future Once Happened Here fantastic fantastic book all about the decline of america's major cities in the 1960s
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The New York Times bestseller
This book was mentioned as a bestseller written by Candace Owens, detailing how Black America could make its second escape from the Democrat plantation.
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She's also the author of The New York Times bestseller to figure out how Black America can make its second escape from the Democrat plantation.
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This book was mentioned as a bestseller written by Candace Owens, detailing how Black America could make its second escape from the Democrat plantation.
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She's also the author of The New York Times bestseller to figure out how Black America can make its second escape from the Democrat plantation.
The New Jim Crow
Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness
This book was cited as being on the US military's recommended reading list, which suggests that racial differences in arrest statistics are solely due to racist policing in the United States.
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and michelle alexander as recommended reading you know it's on the military as recommended reading list i took a look at this yesterday
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This book was cited as being on the US military's recommended reading list, which suggests that racial differences in arrest statistics are solely due to racist policing in the United States.
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and michelle alexander as recommended reading you know it's on the military as recommended reading list i took a look at this yesterday
also michelle alexander's new jim crow which suggests that racial differentials and arrest statistics are solely due to the fact that policing in the united states is racist that is recommended in the military reading list
The Moral Landscape
How Science Can Determine Human Values
This was listed as one of Sam Harris's five New York Times best-selling books.
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He's written five New York Times best sellers The end of faith led her to a christian nation The Moral Landscape waking up and Islam and the future of tolerance.
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This was listed as one of Sam Harris's five New York Times best-selling books.
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He's written five New York Times best sellers The end of faith led her to a christian nation The Moral Landscape waking up and Islam and the future of tolerance.
The Bell Curve
Intelligence and Class Structure in American Life
The book was mentioned in the context of Kristen Clark allegedly mocking its contents with an op-ed about Black supremacy, which Clark claimed was satire.
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Clark claims that this racist diatribe was mocking the controversial book, The Bell Curve.
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The book was mentioned in the context of Kristen Clark allegedly mocking its contents with an op-ed about Black supremacy, which Clark claimed was satire.
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Clark claims that this racist diatribe was mocking the controversial book, The Bell Curve.
Her notion that she was penning these letters on race as sort of a parody of The Bell Curve is about as plausible as her assertion today in front of the Senate that her newsweek op-ed titled, I prosecuted police killings, defund the police, but be strategic wasn't actually about defunding the police.
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Freakonomics [Revised and Expanded]
A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything
The speaker referenced a concept from this book regarding the argument that abortion lowered the crime rate.
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This is the same as the position that some people tried to make in Freakonomics, which is, well, you know, abortion did lower the crime rate.
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The speaker referenced a concept from this book regarding the argument that abortion lowered the crime rate.
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This is the same as the position that some people tried to make in Freakonomics, which is, well, you know, abortion did lower the crime rate.
How to Be an Antiracist
The author described this book as extremely racist despite its title, suggesting that its premise advocates for achieving completely equal outcomes dictated by Kendi.
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he is the author of a book called how to be an anti-racist which is an extremely racist book
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The author described this book as extremely racist despite its title, suggesting that its premise advocates for achieving completely equal outcomes dictated by Kendi.
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he is the author of a book called how to be an anti-racist which is an extremely racist book
Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics
This book was referenced as the source for understanding the classical definition of courage. The speaker noted that Aristotle spent a significant amount of time defining what makes a person courageous in this work.
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First of all, Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics. It's a book about virtue.
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This book was referenced as the source for understanding the classical definition of courage. The speaker noted that Aristotle spent a significant amount of time defining what makes a person courageous in this work.
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First of all, Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics. It's a book about virtue.
Aristotle's idea of a good person later adopted by both Thomas Aquinas and Maimonides. His basic idea is instead that the way you become a good person is you cultivate virtues within you.
The Aristotelian definition of courage involves a few things.
which again is the point that Aristotle is making throughout Nicomachean ethics.
The Divine Comedy (The Inferno, The Purgatorio, and The Paradiso)
Dante's entire work, specifically mentioning Inferno, Purgatory, and Paradise, was suggested as a necessary piece of literature to preserve if civilization were to be rebuilt.
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After the Bible it would be Dante it would really be Inferno, Purgatory and Paradise the three parts of Dante's Divine Comedy or if you get rid of that I would do Dante and then I would do Shakespeare...
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Dante's entire work, specifically mentioning Inferno, Purgatory, and Paradise, was suggested as a necessary piece of literature to preserve if civilization were to be rebuilt.
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After the Bible it would be Dante it would really be Inferno, Purgatory and Paradise the three parts of Dante's Divine Comedy or if you get rid of that I would do Dante and then I would do Shakespeare.
The Total Money Makeover Updated and Expanded
A Proven Plan for Financial Peace
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Gone With the Wind
One speaker mentioned that Donald Trump read the entire script of this book as an attack on political correctness during his speech.
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Yeah I thought it was interesting in the middle when he read the entire script of Gone With the Wind as an attack on political correctness.
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One speaker mentioned that Donald Trump read the entire script of this book as an attack on political correctness during his speech.
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Yeah I thought it was interesting in the middle when he read the entire script of Gone With the Wind as an attack on political correctness.
Common Sense
The Unabridged and Complete Edition (Thomas Paine Classics)
This pamphlet was released at the beginning of 1776 and sold an astonishing 120,000 copies in its first three months of publication.
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at the beginning of 1776 thomas paine releases Common Sense it sells an astonishing 120 000 copies in its first three months again there are only 2.5 million citizens of the colonies...
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This pamphlet was released at the beginning of 1776 and sold an astonishing 120,000 copies in its first three months of publication.
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at the beginning of 1776 thomas paine releases Common Sense it sells an astonishing 120 000 copies in its first three months again there are only 2.5 million citizens of the colonies at the time non-slave non-native american citizens
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Proverbs
The book of Proverbs was mentioned in the context of wisdom, juxtaposing the wise person's actions (like saving money) with the fool's actions (like consuming everything they have).
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the book of Proverbs the book of wisdom and all throughout the book of wisdom the fool is juxtaposed with the wise the wise does this the fool does this wisdom is this
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The book of Proverbs was mentioned in the context of wisdom, juxtaposing the wise person's actions (like saving money) with the fool's actions (like consuming everything they have).
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the book of Proverbs the book of wisdom and all throughout the book of wisdom the fool is juxtaposed with the wise the wise does this the fool does this wisdom is this
The Communist Manifesto
1888 Translated Edition (The Political Classic of Karl Marx And Friedrich Engels)
The book was referenced when discussing the author's poor dad's beliefs and later when discussing current federal policy. The speaker read it in 1965 and saw communism spreading, which led him to become cynical.
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On current federal policy, Robert references The Communist Manifesto, beliefs that were well regarded in his childhood home by his biological dad, his poor dad.
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The book was referenced when discussing the author's poor dad's beliefs and later when discussing current federal policy. The speaker read it in 1965 and saw communism spreading, which led him to become cynical.
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On current federal policy, Robert references The Communist Manifesto, beliefs that were well regarded in his childhood home by his biological dad, his poor dad.
And I read The Communist Manifesto in 1965.
But most people haven't read The Communist Manifesto yet. Do you know what I mean? You should start with that.
The Satanic Verses
This book was mentioned in the context of the stabbing attack on the author, Salman Rushdie, which the speaker noted was based on the book's content regarding verses supposedly excised from the Quran.
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Apparently, over the course of the last few days in case you missed it, Salman Rushdie is a famous author of The Satanic Verses.
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This book was mentioned in the context of the stabbing attack on the author, Salman Rushdie, which the speaker noted was based on the book's content regarding verses supposedly excised from the Quran.
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Apparently, over the course of the last few days in case you missed it, Salman Rushdie is a famous author of The Satanic Verses.
Salman Rushdie has had a fatwa on his head for decades based on his book The Satanic Verses which talks about verses supposedly excised from the Quran.
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