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World's Dumbest President
- A Compendium of the Funniest Jokes about America’s Worst President
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 29 mins
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The Pope leaned towards Trump and said, “Do you know that with one little wave of my hand I can make every person in this crowd go wild with joy? This joy will not be a momentary display, like that of your followers, but will go deep into their hearts. For the rest of their lives, whenever they speak of this day, they will rejoice!"
Trump replies, “I seriously doubt that. With one little wave of your hand? Show me!”
So the Pope slapped him.
Brought to you by the comic geniuses of Mad Comedy, World's Dumbest President is a rich compendium of the funniest Donald Trump jokes ever collected.
Q. How many White House advisors does it take to change a light bulb?
A. None. They’re supposed to keep the President in the dark.
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Story4 out of 5 stars 30
The 2016 election of Donald J. Trump exposed a deep divide in American politics and culture, one that pollsters and pundits didn't seem to realize was there. But Trump did, and he used it to his advantage in ways that surprised nearly everyone, even those who voted for him. Perhaps the biggest question on many people's minds is how, exactly, did a crass, unrepentant reality TV star and cutthroat business tycoon secure the majority of the religious conservative vote?
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4 out of 5 stars
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A interesting read but one that is extreme in its bias towards evangelicals and Trump.
- By isaiah on 10-29-17
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American Discontent
- The Rise of Donald Trump and Decline of the Golden Age
- By: John L. Campbell
- Narrated by: Peter Berkrot
- Length: 8 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall1.5 out of 5 stars 2
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Performance1 out of 5 stars 1
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Story1.5 out of 5 stars 2
The 2016 presidential election was unlike any other in recent memory, and Donald Trump was an entirely different kind of candidate than voters were used to seeing. He was the first true outsider to win the White House in over a century and the wealthiest populist in American history. John L. Campbell contextualizes Donald Trump's success by focusing on the long-developing economic, racial, ideological, and political shifts that enabled Trump to win the White House. Campbell argues that Trump's rise to power was the culmination of a half-century of deep, slow-moving change in America.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Master of the obvious, uses many words
- By Trebla on 10-20-18
By: John L. Campbell
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The Nation That Never Was
- Reconstructing America's Story
- By: Kermit Roosevelt
- Narrated by: Kermit Roosevelt III
- Length: 9 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 65
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 57
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 56
We face a dilemma these days. We want to be honest about our history and the racism and oppression that Americans have both inflicted and endured. But we want to be proud of our country, too. In The Nation That Never Was, Roosevelt shows how we can do both those things by realizing we’re not the country we thought we were. Reconstruction, Roosevelt argues, was not a fulfillment of the ideals of the Founding but rather a repudiation: we modern Americans are not the heirs of the Founders but of the people who overthrew and destroyed that political order.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A beacon of hope...
- By Kindle Customer on 04-15-24
By: Kermit Roosevelt
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The Conspiracy to End America
- Five Ways My Old Party Is Driving Our Democracy to Autocracy
- By: Stuart Stevens
- Narrated by: Jeff Bottoms
- Length: 5 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 153
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 140
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Story5 out of 5 stars 140
Today’s Republican party is not a “normal” political party in the American tradition. It has become an autocratic movement masquerading as a political party. As Stuart Stevens argues in The Conspiracy to End America, if we look away from that truth, we greatly increase the likelihood that the America we love will slip away, never to return.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Required Reading
- By Arturo Zendejas on 10-27-23
By: Stuart Stevens