Joseph C. Wilson

Touching Memoir

Revisado: 05-12-23

Prince Harry confirms what we expected about the weak character of now, King Charles. Megan Markle comes off well as helping her husband navigate a different, new path to not be boxed into a gilded and unhappy adulthood. Rupert Murdoch, the owner of British tabloids and Fox News, remains worthy of our scorn and is the most vile of current practitioners of yellow journalism.

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So Many Trump Scandals

Revisado: 02-27-23

Enough evidence exists in this book to put former Attorney General William Barr in prison for doing Trump’s dirty work for the rest of his life. We have an accounting of some of the corruption of his four years of malfeasance, but we may never see him on trial beyond his two impeachment.

It happened here and our Constitution and our democracy is gone. I remember Watergate and the Nixon years. The Trump years showed you could lie and Fox News would help Republicans get away with it. Rome has fallen.

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Exposed: Jerry Falwell, Jr. and Donald Trump

Revisado: 01-02-23

Book exposes Liberty University and its leaders as Christian hypocrites. At least two other boy toys seem to exist and back up the authors narrative. The couples personal trainer and the teenage friend of their children back up this sordid tale.

After watching the documentary on Hulu, the facts are detailed and the evidence is real. While some of the bisexual aspects seem to be closed over, the gay friendly hostel at the center of the business deal consummated confirms that Falwells are hypocritical of gay rights.

While the author’s story remains the same over the course of the scandal, the Falwells use Donald Trump’s playbook to lie and change their story to attack their accusers. Even a Vanity Fair article in January 2022 with their cooperation was aimed at poking holes in their narrative, but did nothing to absolve them off guilt.

Big time religion remains at the heart of their political influence and points to the luxurious lifestyles of the rich religious leaders, who do little to help the poor and suffering. It’s all about maintaining their tax free existence and raw political power.

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Forgotten Washington

Revisado: 11-25-22

While this era were seems quaint; compare it to the raw, naked partisanship of today’s Washington’s Republican Party.

Now the goal is to only give interviews to Fox News and its like, newspaper columnists were the arbitrators of their day.

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Sources try to make themselves look good

Revisado: 10-04-21

A number of Republican powerbrokers around the worst President ever, Donald Trump, try to hide their complicity at his attempts to steal the 2020 election. Their failure to speak up at the time and go public only make them seem weak/lacking any morals.

The authors make it easy to know the many establishment Republicans that are sources for this less than truthful reporting. Some, like Sen. Lindsey Graham and Sen. Mike Lee, try to rewrite history. The people in his administration and Republican members of Congress try to distract Americans about the four years of dystopia. The reporting seems incomplete and rushed.

Investigations are being blocked by spineless Republicans in Congress (while Republicans had over 20 investigations of Benghazi and Hillary's emails), so we may never no the full extent of how close America came to a dictatorship. Reading this incomplete work of journalism makes you pessimistic about America’s future.

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How the World Sees Trump

Revisado: 03-03-21

Americans took too long to realize that Donald Trump was totally unsuited to be President of the United States. The former ambassador to the U.S. from the United Kingdom writes a total indictment of the former president. If Trump were introspective or actually read books, he would understand why he was a complete failure.

Kim Darroch explains how the world perceived Trump and paints a devastating portrait of his time in Washington working with the Trump administration. Although the Audible edition would have been better with a professional actor reading it, the power of its narration comes through.

Unlike many of the Trump books that I have read, this book provides a personal narration and a view of world affairs that explains why it will be hard for America to regain the trust of allies and strike fear in its protractors. It provides evidence of why the relationship between the two allies is so uneven since post World War II.

If you love truth and facts, you will love this book. If you hate this book, you believe the poison spewed on the right-wing propaganda machine.

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Provides hope ager living through 2020

Revisado: 12-23-20

The book provides a template for what could happen in 2021, but probably not if the Republicans have their way. Roosevelt was an optimistic leader, the complete opposite of Donald Trump. He remains the greatest president of the 20th century.

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Wish Trump had read this history

Revisado: 12-06-20

Joe Scarborough serves up the history of why America needs NATO and our alliance with western democracies. Harry Truman was a great man who rose to fight communism, while Trump failed to understand the threat from Russia.

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Good, but not great

Revisado: 11-30-20

I am an admirer of Barack Obama, but I found nothing new in his book.

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Trump Exposed

Revisado: 11-14-20

Solid journalism chronicles the fall of lying Donald Trump. Greatest reporter exposed how he lost.

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