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Compelled Me to Learn

Revisado: 09-27-23

The story is well researched by the author and the reader’s cadence and pitch were engrossing. I only wish that audio books were available when I was struggling to read this type of material.

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Thought provoking knowledge

Revisado: 06-01-23

My high school education on Plessey vs Fergeson omitted much of the details contained in this audio book. I found the purposeful violation of standing state laws just have the case heard by the Supreme Court Justices an interesting tactic for change. As you listen to the arguments in the case I could not help but gravitate towards todays headlines of transgendered persons and their similarities. Perhaps someday their case will be heard by the Supreme Court.

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Truth Social - Please Promote

Revisado: 02-17-23

This book tells the truth using Trump’s own words to validate the authors analysis without giving the reader his conclusion.

I listened to the Bob Woodward’s Trump interviews prior to this book. A person can not deny, after hearing from Trump himself, that he was not in the office to serve America but his own agenda to fleece America. This book ties in the analysis of those recordings of Trump and the decades of experience, following interviews with many presidents prior to Trump.

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Starts out fine

Revisado: 02-17-23

The narration of this book was not desirable. I found I needed to speed up the cadence in order to get through the book at all.

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Bland and Repetitive

Revisado: 02-17-23

My expectations of the book were maybe to high based on the reviews. Follows along the path of Habits of Highly Effective People but with related stories of SOF personalities for emphasis.
While limited, the insertion of new content by the author was poorly done and did not provide needed context so it was distracting.

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Factual and Succinct Recount

Revisado: 11-09-22

The author’s recount of the Trump presidency was without the typical one sided analysis meant to steer the reader to a conclusion. How anyone can defend the GOP’s position these days or even proudly say they are republican is a disgrace?

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The author is a charlatan

Revisado: 10-29-22

The author has no conviction in what he has written. I believe that the author has purposely vilified the Democratic Party in order to play too his self interest. Throughout the book I hear no conviction in his writings that he believes what he is selling. While it would seem, his research is thorough his conclusions are that of his own with no literary, confirmations by other authors, historians, or political scientists. It is his interpretation alone.
He’s writing is well enough, and I will likely read a few more of his novels, possibly viewing some of his documentary films, as it is always educational to see life through another’s eyes.

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Not All Americans Agreed with the Founding Fathers

Revisado: 10-13-22

Another topic from our history that is not taught in school, not every American agreed with the “Founding Fathers” as they drafted the Constitution or with the creation of the Bill of Rights. The Anit-Federalist papers bring to light many points that challenged the direction taken at the Constitutional Convention in the drafting of the Constitution and the subsequent Bill of Rights and Amendments that came. The challenges were not a call to arms to rebuff the passages being drafted but to offer other views and concerns of the citizens.
I create a number of notable clips while listening such as chapter 9 which to me closely resembles the troubles of our current government today. In that we have willingly continued to elect the same congress persons and state representatives to the effect of making their position perpetual. In doing so, the author of this Anti-Federalist paper advocated for life long government positions as it would result in creating a homogeneous representation of the party not of the people. Even in 1787 this writer acknowledged the fallacy of our Constitution that separates the powers of impeachment by the house and the trial by the senate. The author writes this plebian house will have little power of who it accuses if the accused is tried by his friends.
The same author goes on to relate that the election cycle we have today maintains two thirds of the body following an election and those in power would bring over the new members to the good old way if the old did not return.

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Remember Watergate? - THIS IS SO MUCH WORSE

Revisado: 10-11-22

Completed this 9 hour book faster than any other to-date, could not wait to continue the next chapter. Denver Riggleman and his supporting cast pulled together a great audio book. Riggleman is a decent orator as well which made it easy to listen too.
The Breach continues to connect disparate ties between key players in the Trump administration, events prior to and during the January 6th, 2021 insurrection, and the depravity to maintain power by Trump before and after the 2020 election. You know that there are facts missing due to ongoing investigations, but it tells a damning story of the Trump administration.

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Reinforces the 1619 Project

Revisado: 10-11-22

This was a tough book to get through as the story comes of smug and self-righteous. I ranked the performance a 3 but that may be the result of the author's words more than the performance of Liisa Ivary, if that is the case I apologize to Liisa. The story is decent but fails to argue the position of the 1619 Project.
Debunking the 1619 Project and the 1619 Project books should be part of a comprehensive educational platform appropriate for the level of learning. Properly constructed in a point – counterpoint – response – counter response format would lead to a great deal of historical and introspective learning. Having completed both back to back I was able to learn about of history that I did not know and assess for myself why aspects of both were not being taught when I was in school in the rural Northwest in the 70s-80s.
The author of Debunking the 1619 Project, Mary Grabar, makes an opening argument that the author of the 1619 Project is not a historian thru education but only a writer for the New York Times Magazine. If that held any weight then Mary Grabar is equally unqualified to write as her education is in English literature. Throughout, Mary Grabar continued her personal assault on Nikole Hannah-Jones and did not provide any counter argument to the 1619 Project. Grabar even villainizes both Hannah-Jones and the Smithsonian National Museum of using taxpayer’s money for the books support.
Mary Grabar, in my opinion, did not Debunk but Reinforced the premise that Hannah-Jones makes in the 1619 Project. Having not fact checked her references personally, I found that Mary Gabar’s research was very thorough. Although, her research did nothing to relate the perspective of the people whom would be slaves or indentured servants. Mary Grabar is writing from a position of superiority, wherein only her opinion is correct; keep an open mind as you here her story. She does not try to empathize with the position of Hannah-Jones wherein she could try to sway the opinion of Hannah-Jones and her readers with the many points Grabar cites. If you have read the 1619 Project prior to this keep an open mind and you will see how Grabar provides supporting evidence but does not debunk the 1619 Project.

Challenge yourself to hear/read the opposing views of others.

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