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Books by and about 2024 presidential candidates |
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Hillbilly Elegy,
by JD Vance (2017) |
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) |
Becoming,
by Michelle Obama (2018) |
Higher Loyalty,
by James Comey (2018) |
The Making of Donald Trump,
by David Cay Johnston (2017) |
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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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| OnTheIssues.org excerpts: (click on issues for details)
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Abortion
John B. King: Expand access to all reproductive health services.
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Budget & Economy
John B. King: Put public transit at the center of transportation policy.
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Civil Rights
Ashwani Jain: At White House personnel office, worked on diversity.
John B. King: End youth homelessness especially LGBTQ+ youth homelessness.
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Crime
John B. King: Raise minimum age that minor can be tried in adult courts.
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Drugs
John B. King: Work to legalize and tax the sale of recreational cannabis.
Richard Douglas: Served as counter-narcotics deputy under George W. Bush.
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Education
John B. King: Ensure that public money goes to public schools.
John B. King: First Education Secretary to be kicked out of high school.
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Energy & Oil
John B. King: Achieve 100% clean energy use in all Maryland schools.
Margaret Flowers: World will reach the limits of its carbon budget in 2018.
Richard Douglas: Vote YES on Keystone pipeline; it's a call to arms.
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Environment
John B. King: Crack down on polluters, especially serial offenders.
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Foreign Policy
Margaret Flowers: End U.S. global hegemony and become cooperative partner.
Richard Douglas: Reform policies on Russian aggression, ISIS, Syria, and Iran.
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Gun Control
Ashwani Jain: Helped ban rapid-trigger devices; kept guns from abusers.
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Health Care
Andy Beshear: COVID: reaching unvaccinated will have to become personal.
Ashwani Jain: Director of Outreach for the Cancer Moonshot.
John B. King: Protect and increase access to gender-affirming health care.
John B. King: Treat healthcare as a human right; ensure access for all.
Larry Hogan: COVID: reaching unvaccinated will have to become personal.
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Homeland Security
Margaret Flowers: Empire Economy: projects the Pentagon rejects get funded.
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Immigration
John B. King: Prevent local detention centers from contracting with ICE.
Richard Douglas: Decriminalize hiring American; protect them from foreigners.
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Jobs
John B. King: Ensure right to collectively bargain, increase minimum wage.
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Principles & Values
John B. King: The truth is my whole life has been a long-shot.
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Tax Reform
Anthony Kennedy: State taxes must credit taxes paid in other states.
Antonin Scalia: Dormant Commerce Clause is a judicial fraud.
Clarence Thomas: States need not credit taxes paid in other states.
Elena Kagan: States can tax out-of-state earnings, even if taxed there.
John Roberts: State taxes must credit taxes paid in other states.
Larry Hogan: Refund for MD taxes that were paid in other states.
Peter Franchot: Refund for MD taxes that were paid in other states.
Ruth Bader Ginsburg: States can tax out-of-state earnings, even if taxed there.
Samuel Alito: State taxes must credit taxes paid in other states.
Sonia Sotomayor: State taxes must credit taxes paid in other states.
Stephen Breyer: State taxes must credit taxes paid in other states.
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War & Peace
Barbara Mikulski: Pipkin had no plan for the war and for peace.
Richard Douglas: When the Senate fails, Iran gets the bomb.
Richard Douglas: If the Senate fails, we fail, like Iran nuke deal.
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