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Books by and about 2020 presidential candidates |
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Crippled America,
by Donald J. Trump (2015) |
Fire and Fury,
by Michael Wolff (2018) |
Trump Revealed,
by Michael Kranish and Marc Fisher (2016) |
The Making of Donald Trump,
by David Cay Johnston (2016) |
Promise Me, Dad ,
by Joe Biden (2017) |
The Book of Joe ,
by Jeff Wilser (2019; biography of Joe Biden) |
The Truths We Hold,
by Kamala Harris (2019) |
Smart on Crime,
by Kamala Harris (2010) |
Guide to Political Revolution,
by Bernie Sanders (2017) |
Where We Go From Here,
by Bernie Sanders (2018) |
Our Revolution,
by Bernie Sanders (2016) |
This Fight Is Our Fight,
by Elizabeth Warren (2017) |
United,
by Cory Booker (2016) |
Conscience of a Conservative,
by Jeff Flake (2017) |
Two Paths,
by Gov. John Kasich (2017) |
Every Other Monday,
by Rep. John Kasich (2010) |
Courage is Contagious,
by John Kasich (1998) |
Shortest Way Home,
by Pete Buttigieg (2019) |
Becoming,
by Michelle Obama (2018) |
Higher Loyalty,
by James Comey (2018) |
The Making of Donald Trump,
by David Cay Johnston (2017) |
Higher Loyalty ,
by James Comey (2018) |
Trump vs. Hillary On The Issues ,
by Jesse Gordon (2016) |
Outsider in the White House,
by Bernie Sanders (2015) |
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Book Reviews |
(from Amazon.com) |
(click a book cover for a review or other books by or about the presidency from Amazon.com)
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2022 Maryland Senate race: debates and news coverage
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from 2022 MD Senate race (number of quotes indicated):
- Chris Chaffee (18) Republican challenger Maryland
- Chris Van Hollen (20) Democrat (retiring 2016) U.S. Rep Maryland-8
- Colin Byrd (5) Democratic Challenger Maryland
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2022 Maryland Senate debates and race coverage:
- CNN Politics: "More than half of Republican Senate nominees have rejected, cast doubt upon or tried to overturn the 2020 election results," by Daniel Dale, September 15, 2022, (Link)
- NBC: Meet the Press: Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.); moderated by Chuck Todd, August 7, 2022, (Link)
- FOX 5 DC, "ON THE HILL: Maryland Sen. Chris Van Hollen discusses Inflation Reduction Act," August 7, 2022
- The Hill, "Van Hollen says China's Xi manufactured crisis over Pelosi trip to Taiwan," by Brad Dress, 08/07/22
- Maryland Matters, "Colin Byrd: America Needs an Infrastructure Bill, But This One Needs a Massive Makeover, Not a Rubber Stamp," by Colin Byrd, August 6, 2021, (Link)
- The Diamondback, "Greenbelt Mayor and former UMD student Colin Byrd announces run for U.S. Senate," by Eric Neugeboren, March 8, 2021, (Link)
- Counterpunch.org political e-zine, "The U.S. Struggle for Justice for Palestine Begins a New Chapter," by Mary Miller & Ariel Gold, July 17, 2020
- The Baynet, "U.S. Senate GOP candidate Chris Chaffee," by Dick Myers, April 17, 2016
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| OnTheIssues.org excerpts: (click on issues for details)
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Abortion
Chris Chaffee: Not taking women's rights, returning rights to the UNBORN.
Chris Van Hollen: Co-sponsored bill protecting right to travel for abortion.
Chris Van Hollen: Fierce defender of a woman's right to reproductive choice.
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Budget & Economy
Chris Chaffee: Democrats want to push you into Government handouts.
Chris Van Hollen: Proud to have supported the bipartisan infrastructure bill.
Colin Byrd: Criticized lack of stimulus checks in COVID relief package.
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Civil Rights
Chris Van Hollen: Fighting for gender and LGBT equality.
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Corporations
Chris Van Hollen: Not fair that 50 biggest corporations paid zero income tax.
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Drugs
Chris Chaffee: Close the borders; go after opioid dealers.
Chris Van Hollen: Allow those with drug convictions to get college tax credit.
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Education
Chris Chaffee: Teach children 10 Commandments, not gender identification.
Chris Van Hollen: For universal pre-K, invest in public schools.
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Energy & Oil
Chris Chaffee: Open American production; stop selling reserves overseas.
Chris Van Hollen: Create national green bank to finance clean energy projects.
Colin Byrd: Infrastructure bill didn't go far enough on electrification .
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Environment
Chris Van Hollen: Require polluters to pay to clean up their messes.
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Foreign Policy
Chris Chaffee: Iran nuclear deal was not good for America.
Chris Van Hollen: Signed letter opposing Israeli annexation of territories.
Chris Van Hollen: China manufactured crisis over Pelosi visit to Taiwan.
Chris Van Hollen: China doesn't get to dictate which US officials go to Taiwan.
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Free Trade
Chris Chaffee: If you see "Made in China," put it down.
Chris Van Hollen: Counter illegal trade practices of China and others.
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Government Reform
Chris Chaffee: Maryland Drop Boxes illegal, elections compromised.
Chris Chaffee: Elections should be one day, end the early elections.
Chris Van Hollen: Fortify democracy against the "Big Lie," voter suppression.
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Gun Control
Chris Chaffee: A big fat no to federal red flag law.
Chris Van Hollen: Won't rest until we end epidemic of gun violence.
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Health Care
Chris Van Hollen: Ensure universal access to affordable health care.
Chris Van Hollen: Let Medicare negotiate prescription drug prices.
Chris Van Hollen: Finally got Medicare the power to negotiate drug prices.
Colin Byrd: Advocated for progressive polices like Medicare for All.
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Homeland Security
Chris Chaffee: Obama depleted military; must rebuild.
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Immigration
Chris Chaffee: Need to have better control over who is admitted to country.
Chris Van Hollen: Co-sponsor of comprehensive immigration reform initiatives.
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Jobs
Chris Chaffee: Pressure to raise minimum wage hurts economy.
Colin Byrd: Supports raising federal minimum wage to $15/hour.
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Principles & Values
Chris Chaffee: Never Forget the power of God.
Chris Chaffee: A special thank you to all of Gods people for nomination.
Chris Chaffee: 2020 election was fraudulent and corrupt; but let's move on.
Chris Chaffee: 2020 election was a fraudulent and corrupt coup.
Colin Byrd: Remove names of racists from university buildings.
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Tax Reform
Chris Van Hollen: End tax giveaways to the super wealthy, invest in country.
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War & Peace
Chris Chaffee: Opposes financial aid for "Ukraine's war with Russia".
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The above quotations are from 2022 Maryland Senate race: debates and news coverage.
Sen. Van Hollen up for re-election in 2022:
MD:
Incumbent Chris Van Hollen(D)
vs.Chris Chaffee(D,nominee)
vs.Colin Byrd(D,withdrew)
Previous Senate debates:
2018 Maryland Senate debates:
 Cardin(D)
vs.Vohra(L)
vs.Manning(D)
vs.Faddis(R)
vs.Campbell(R)
2016 Maryland Senate debates, Van Hollen vs.Szeliga vs.Flowers
2012 Maryland Senate debates Sobhani & Bongino vs. Cardin
2006 Maryland Senate debate, Cardin vs. Steele vs. Zeese
2004 Maryland Senate debates, Mikulski vs. Pipkin
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