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Books by and about 2020 presidential candidates |
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Crippled America,
by Donald J. Trump (2015) |
United,
by Cory Booker (2016) |
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) |
Promise Me, Dad ,
by Joe Biden (2017) |
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) |
The Book of Joe ,
by Jeff Wilser (2019; biography of Joe Biden) |
Becoming,
by Michelle Obama (2018) |
Our Revolution,
by Bernie Sanders (2016) |
This Fight Is Our Fight,
by Elizabeth Warren (2017) |
Higher Loyalty,
by James Comey (2018) |
The Making of Donald Trump,
by David Cay Johnston (2017) |
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Books by and about the 2016 presidential election |
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What Happened ,
by Hillary Clinton (2017) |
Higher Loyalty ,
by James Comey (2018) |
Trump vs. Hillary On The Issues ,
by Jesse Gordon (2016) |
Hard Choices,
by Hillary Clinton (2014) |
Becoming ,
by Michelle Obama (2018) |
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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2018 State of the Union address to Congress, plus the Republican Democratic Feb. 28, 2018
Pres. Trump's first State of the Union address, plus Rep. Joe Kennedy's response.
-- Jesse Gordon, jesse@OnTheIssues.org, Jan. 30, 2018
| OnTheIssues.org excerpts: (click on issues for details)
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Civil Rights
Joe Kennedy III: Don't measure worth by the gender of your spouse.
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Corporations
Donald Trump: Business tax rate slashed from 35% to 21%.
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Drugs
Donald Trump: Tougher on drug dealers to end scourge of opioids.
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Education
Donald Trump: Workforce development, job training, & vocational schools.
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Energy & Oil
Donald Trump: End the war on beautiful clean coal.
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Foreign Policy
Donald Trump: Sanctions on Communist dictators in North Korea & Cuba.
Donald Trump: Foreign aid only to friends of America.
Donald Trump: FactCheck: Yes, Senate approved US Embassy in Jerusalem.
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Free Trade
Donald Trump: The era of economic surrender is over: reciprocal fair trade.
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Government Reform
Donald Trump: FactCheck: Removed more regulations than other presidents.
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Health Care
Donald Trump: Let terminally ill take any experimental drugs.
Donald Trump: The cruel ObamaCare individual mandate is gone.
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Homeland Security
David Shulkin: Largest modernization effort at VA in decades.
Donald Trump: Fire 1,500 VA employees who failed to serve veterans.
Donald Trump: Unmatched power is key to defense, including more nukes.
Donald Trump: Keep Guantanamo open; stop releases & add new prisoners.
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Immigration
Donald Trump: Close deadly loopholes that allow in gangs like MS-13.
Donald Trump: Americans are DREAMers too; pass a bipartisan compromise.
Donald Trump: Four pillars to a fair compromise, including 1.8M DREAMers.
Donald Trump: Replace visa lottery with merit-based system.
Geoff Diehl: Build the wall; stop chain migration; end sanctuary cities.
Joe Kennedy III: Build a wall and my generation will tear it down.
Joe Kennedy III: To all the DREAMers: Vamos a luchar por ustedes.
Donald Trump: Fact-check: End chain migration? It can't actually happen.
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Jobs
Donald Trump: 200,000 new manufacturing jobs with lowest unemployment ever.
Donald Trump: Get Motor City revving its engines again.
Donald Trump: Fact-check: African-American unemployment lowest in history.
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Principles & Values
Donald Trump: Judges should just interpret law, like religious liberty.
Steve Scalise: Back to work in Congress 3 months after getting shot.
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Tax Reform
Donald Trump: Doubled standard deduction for all; average $2000 tax cut.
Geoff Diehl: 80% of Mass. residents will get tax cut from Trump's plan.
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Technology
Donald Trump: $1.5T for new investment to fix infrastructure deficit.
Donald Trump: Change permitting rules to build reliable infrastructure.
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Welfare & Poverty
Joe Kennedy III: The world's greatest nation shouldn't leave anyone behind.
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The above quotations are from 2018 State of the Union address to Congress, plus the Republican Democratic Feb. 28, 2018.
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- 2024 Governors' State of the State speeches
- 2023 State of the Union speech, plus GOP, Working Family, & MAGA responses
- 2023 Governors' State of the State speeches
- 2022 State of the Union speech, plus GOP, Libertarian, progressive, & QAnon responses
- 2022 Governors' State of the State speeches
- 2021 State of the Union speech, plus responses by the Republican Party
- 2021 Governors' State of the State speeches
- 2020 State of the Union speech, plus responses by the Democratic Party
- 2020 Governors' State of the State speeches
- 2019 State of the Union speech, plus responses by the Democratic Party
- 2019 Governors' State of the State speeches
- 2018 State of the Union speech, plus response by the Democratic Party
- 2018 Governors' State of the State speeches
- 2017 State of the Union speech, plus response by the Democratic Party
- 2017 Governors' State of the State speeches
- 2016 State of the Union speech
- 2016 Governors' State of the State speeches
- 2015 State of the Union speech
- 2015 Governors' State of the State speeches
- 2014 State of the Union speech, plus response by Green Party, Republican Party, and Tea Party
- 2014 Governors' State of the State speeches
- 2013 State of the Union speech, plus response by GOP and Tea Party
- 2013 Governors' State of the State speeches
- 2012 State of the Union speech, plus response by GOP and Tea Party
- 2012 Governors' State of the State speeches
- 2011 State of the Union speech, plus response by GOP and Tea Party
- 2011 Governors' State of the State speeches
- 2007-2011 Mayors' State of the City speeches
- 2010 Governors' State of the State speeches
- Obama Q+A at GOP House Retreat, Jan. 2010
- 2010 State of the Union speech, plus response by Gov. Bob McDonnell (R, VA)
- 2009 Governors' State of the State speeches
- 2009 Address to Joint Session of Congress, plus response by Gov. Bobby Jindal (R, LA)
- 2009 Governors' State of the State speeches
- 2008 State of the Union speech, plus response by Gov. Kathleen Sebelius (D, KS)
- 2008 Governors' State of the State speeches
- 2007 State of the Union speech, plus response by Sen. James Webb (D, VA)
- 2007 Governors' State of the State speeches
- 2006 State of the Union speech, plus response by Gov. Tim Kaine (D, VA)
- 2005 State of the Union speech, plus responses by Sen Harry Reid (D, NV) & Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D, CA)
- 2004 State of the Union speech, plus responses by Sen Tom Daschle (D, SD) & Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D, CA)
- 2004 Governors' State of the State speeches
- 2001 Governors' State of the State speeches
- Other early 2000s Governors' State of the State speeches
- Other late 1990s Governors' State of the State speeches
- Historical State of the Union addresses:
Clinton
- Bush
- Reagan
- Carter
- Ford
Nixon
- LBJ
- JFK
- Eisenhower
- Truman
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