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Hitler's American Model
The United States and the Making of Nazi Race Law
The book was written by James Q. Whitman and explores how the Nazis learned about American race law from the University of Arkansas Law School and used it as a basis for writing the Nuremberg Laws.
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The reason that I was, and James Q. Whitman's Yale scholar who wrote Hitler's American Model, Which is brilliant. which is a brilliant book and I would recommend it to anyone. It's no...
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The book was written by James Q. Whitman and explores how the Nazis learned about American race law from the University of Arkansas Law School and used it as a basis for writing the Nuremberg Laws.
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The reason that I was, and James Q. Whitman's Yale scholar who wrote Hitler's American Model, Which is brilliant. which is a brilliant book and I would recommend it to anyone. It's not even that long. Who does some of the early scholarship on this?
Mein Kampf
A Translation Controversy
Rachel Maddow mentioned Hitler's book "Mein Kampf" and how it appeared to have lifted not just ideas but entire passages from Henry Ford's "The International Jew."
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When Adolf Hitler's book Mein Kampf was published in 1925, the author appeared to lift not just ideas, but whole passages from Ford's own publications.
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Rachel Maddow mentioned Hitler's book "Mein Kampf" and how it appeared to have lifted not just ideas but entire passages from Henry Ford's "The International Jew."
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When Adolf Hitler's book Mein Kampf was published in 1925, the author appeared to lift not just ideas, but whole passages from Ford's own publications.
Common Sense
The Unabridged and Complete Edition (Thomas Paine Classics)
Chris Hayes mentioned Thomas Paine's book "Common Sense," a pamphlet that argued for American independence from Great Britain and was influential during the American Revolution.
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It's funny you say that because I often think about how when Thomas Paine writes Common Sense in The Leader of the Revolutionary War he's on the radical fringes of the people who are...
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Chris Hayes mentioned Thomas Paine's book "Common Sense," a pamphlet that argued for American independence from Great Britain and was influential during the American Revolution.
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It's funny you say that because I often think about how when Thomas Paine writes Common Sense in The Leader of the Revolutionary War he's on the radical fringes of the people who are agitating and he was a real committed small-D Democrat particularly compared to his cohort.
Mein Kampf
A Translation Controversy
Rachel Maddow discussed how the German edition of Ford's 'The International Jew' influenced Adolf Hitler's book, 'Mein Kampf'. Hitler even praised Ford by name in the first edition and described him as a man who maintained independence from Jewish influence.
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When Adolf Hitler's book Mein Kampf was published in 1925, the author appeared to lift not just ideas but whole passages from Ford's own publications. Mein Kampf's fi...
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Rachel Maddow discussed how the German edition of Ford's 'The International Jew' influenced Adolf Hitler's book, 'Mein Kampf'. Hitler even praised Ford by name in the first edition and described him as a man who maintained independence from Jewish influence.
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When Adolf Hitler's book Mein Kampf was published in 1925, the author appeared to lift not just ideas but whole passages from Ford's own publications. Mein Kampf's first edition extolled Ford by name.
Hitler wrote, it is Jews who govern the stock exchange forces of the American Union. Every year makes them more and more the controlling masters of the producers in a nation of 120 millions. Only a single great man, Ford, to their fury still maintains full independence.
The Things We Cannot Say (Thorndike Press Large Print Basic)
Rachel Maddow was on a book tour for her new book, "All the Things We Cannot Say," and was happy to thank all the bookstores, venues, and moderators who made it possible. She expressed her gratitude to those who attended.
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I'm at what is essentially the midpoint of this book tour that I'm doing for my new book. That's why I'm here.
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Rachel Maddow was on a book tour for her new book, "All the Things We Cannot Say," and was happy to thank all the bookstores, venues, and moderators who made it possible. She expressed her gratitude to those who attended.
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I'm at what is essentially the midpoint of this book tour that I'm doing for my new book. That's why I'm here.
Thanks to everybody who has come out to one of these events. It has been thousands of people so far, which is crazy, but it's just been really nice to be out there at so many events in so many different cities to meet people who, who value this show, who love MSNBC.
I just, just before I start the show tonight, I just briefly wanted to say thank you to all the bookstores and the venues that we have been at so far and all the moderators who have been on stage with me.
Thanks in particular to everybody who has come out to one of these events. It has been thousands of people so far, which is crazy, but it's just been really nice to be out there at so many events in so many different cities to meet people who, who value this show, who love MSNBC.
I've heard a lot of love from my MSNBC colleagues. So it's just, it's been fantastic. And I do this very, very rarely.
Enough
Cassidy Hutchinson has a new book coming out that she will be discussing in her first live interview a week from tonight.
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Cassidy Hutchinson has a new book that is about to come out.
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Cassidy Hutchinson has a new book coming out that she will be discussing in her first live interview a week from tonight.
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Cassidy Hutchinson has a new book that is about to come out.
Elon Musk
The biography of Elon Musk by Walter Isaacson, includes a story about Elon Musk personally taking action to make sure the Ukrainian military would not be able to launch an attack on Russian Navy ships in port in Crimea.
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The Walter Isaacson, much-hyped biography of Elon Musk that comes out tomorrow includes a story about the Ukrainian military planning to launch an attack on Russian Navy ships in port...
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The biography of Elon Musk by Walter Isaacson, includes a story about Elon Musk personally taking action to make sure the Ukrainian military would not be able to launch an attack on Russian Navy ships in port in Crimea.
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The Walter Isaacson, much-hyped biography of Elon Musk that comes out tomorrow includes a story about the Ukrainian military planning to launch an attack on Russian Navy ships in port in Crimea.
He had just spoken to the Russian ambassador. He just spoke to the Russian ambassador, and then he made the decision to cut Ukraine's supply lines so they couldn't fight Russia.
The Adventure of Silver Blaze - The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Re-Imagined
It was a Sherlock Holmes story where a racehorse named Silver Blaze disappeared, and the horse's trainer was found dead. The detective concluded that the trainer was killed by the horse, not murdered, because the watchdog did not bark. This detail led Sherlock Holmes to conclude that the trainer was the one who took the horse because the dog knew him and did not find his presence unusual.
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It is technically called The Adventure of Silver Blaze, but nobody remembers that.
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It was a Sherlock Holmes story where a racehorse named Silver Blaze disappeared, and the horse's trainer was found dead. The detective concluded that the trainer was killed by the horse, not murdered, because the watchdog did not bark. This detail led Sherlock Holmes to conclude that the trainer was the one who took the horse because the dog knew him and did not find his presence unusual.
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It is technically called The Adventure of Silver Blaze, but nobody remembers that.
The clue that everybody remembers, the clue that unlocks the whole plot of the story is that on the night when the horse disappeared, when somebody came into the stables and led that horse out of the stables, there was a watchdog in the stables that did not bark.
And absolutely nobody remembers that as The Adventure of Silver Blaze, because everybody remembers that as The Dog That Didn't Bark.
It didn't happen. He then directed his followers explicitly multiple times. Okay, yeah, this is what I meant. Now's the time. Get out there. This is it. Go like I said you would. But nothing happened.
The dog did not bark.
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The Fall of the Soviet Union
The book discussed the last time Russia fell apart at the end of the Soviet Union and was a landmark work that won the Pulitzer Prize in 1993.
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He in fact won the Pulitzer Prize for his landmark 1993 book about the last time Russia fell apart at the end of the Soviet Union.
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The book discussed the last time Russia fell apart at the end of the Soviet Union and was a landmark work that won the Pulitzer Prize in 1993.
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He in fact won the Pulitzer Prize for his landmark 1993 book about the last time Russia fell apart at the end of the Soviet Union.
The Courageous Captain America (Marvel
Captain America) (Little Golden Book)
The book was banned in Indiana schools for being offensive to Republicans, then later reinstated. It was reported that Captain America comic books were among the books being banned.
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The Indianapolis Star recently reported on how Captain America comic books were among the books being banned in Indiana schools now for being somehow offensive to Republicans.
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The book was banned in Indiana schools for being offensive to Republicans, then later reinstated. It was reported that Captain America comic books were among the books being banned.
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The Indianapolis Star recently reported on how Captain America comic books were among the books being banned in Indiana schools now for being somehow offensive to Republicans.
Apparently after that ended up in the paper, they decided that Captain America had been removed in error and they needed to put him back.
The Green Swastika
Environmentalism in the Third Reich
The author, whose claim to fame is "The Pink Swastika", claims that gay people are responsible for the Holocaust. This book was mentioned as an example of a dangerous and incorrect perspective on homosexuality.
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That guy's claim to fame is a book called The Pink Swastika, which claims it's not the Nazis, it's the gays who are responsible for the Holocaust.
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The author, whose claim to fame is "The Pink Swastika", claims that gay people are responsible for the Holocaust. This book was mentioned as an example of a dangerous and incorrect perspective on homosexuality.
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That guy's claim to fame is a book called The Pink Swastika, which claims it's not the Nazis, it's the gays who are responsible for the Holocaust.
The Green Swastika
Environmentalism in the Third Reich
The book was mentioned in the context of a discussion about American anti-gay conservative activists who went to Uganda and promoted anti-gay legislation. The speaker mentioned that the book claimed that gays, rather than the Nazis, were responsible for the Holocaust.
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That guy's claim to fame is a book called The Pink Swastika, which claims it's not the Nazis, it's the gays who are responsible for the Holocaust.
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The book was mentioned in the context of a discussion about American anti-gay conservative activists who went to Uganda and promoted anti-gay legislation. The speaker mentioned that the book claimed that gays, rather than the Nazis, were responsible for the Holocaust.
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That guy's claim to fame is a book called The Pink Swastika, which claims it's not the Nazis, it's the gays who are responsible for the Holocaust.
The Satanic Verses
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The Great Reset
It was mentioned by Alex Jones as a book he was promoting while fundraising after being ordered to pay $4.1 million in damages.
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Get a T-shirt, get a book, get a film, get my new book, The Great Reset and the War for the World.
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It was mentioned by Alex Jones as a book he was promoting while fundraising after being ordered to pay $4.1 million in damages.
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Get a T-shirt, get a book, get a film, get my new book, The Great Reset and the War for the World.
A Higher Loyalty
Truth, Lies, and Leadership
Comey's book was mentioned during a discussion about his first interview with George Stephanopoulos, where he described his first briefing at Trump Tower, including his conversation with Trump about the Access Hollywood tape. The book's description of the environment at Trump Tower as a 'circus' with a 'La Cosa Nostra' feeling was highlighted.
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And he says, but it had this feeling of La Cosa Nostra, you know, the family.
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Comey's book was mentioned during a discussion about his first interview with George Stephanopoulos, where he described his first briefing at Trump Tower, including his conversation with Trump about the Access Hollywood tape. The book's description of the environment at Trump Tower as a 'circus' with a 'La Cosa Nostra' feeling was highlighted.
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And he says, but it had this feeling of La Cosa Nostra, you know, the family.
Autocracy, Inc.
The Dictators Who Want to Run the World
It argues that dictators of all ideological stripes support and praise each other due to mutual interests, including denigrating democracy and maintaining power. The book's opening lines were discussed, focusing on the sophisticated networks autocracies use to maintain control.
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all these various dictators of every ideological stripe they all end up supporting and praising each other and helping each other because of mutual interest
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It argues that dictators of all ideological stripes support and praise each other due to mutual interests, including denigrating democracy and maintaining power. The book's opening lines were discussed, focusing on the sophisticated networks autocracies use to maintain control.
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all these various dictators of every ideological stripe they all end up supporting and praising each other and helping each other because of mutual interest
in the 21st century that cartoon bears little resemblance to reality nowadays autocracies are run not by one bad guy but by sophisticated networks
the propagandists share resources the troll farms and media networks promote one dictator's propaganda can also be used to promote another's as well as themes themes like the degeneracy of democracy the stability of autocracy and the evil of America
those are some of the opening lines of autocracy inc the dictators who want to rule the world the latest book from Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Ann Applebaum
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
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The Diary of Thomas Turner, 1754-1765
It was mentioned as a book that outlines the white power movement's ideology, including the belief that infrastructure attacks and chaos will lead to a race war and a white ethno-state.
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They are all supposed to awaken other people to what these activists see as the staggering state of emergency problems that face white people.
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It was mentioned as a book that outlines the white power movement's ideology, including the belief that infrastructure attacks and chaos will lead to a race war and a white ethno-state.
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They are all supposed to awaken other people to what these activists see as the staggering state of emergency problems that face white people.
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