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Retribution

October 17, 2025 at 9:33 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Out next week: Retribution: Donald Trump and the Campaign That Changed America by Jonathan Karl.

“This is a story of unprecedented political plot twists, showing what happened behind the scenes as political fortunes fell and rose again, and as a new team coalesced around President Trump with the goal of creating an entirely new world order.”

Retribution: Donald Trump and the Campaign That Changed America
Retribution: Donald Trump and the Campaign That Changed America
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  • Karl, Jonathan (Author)
  • English (Publication Language)
  • 448 Pages - 10/28/2025 (Publication Date) - Dutton (Publisher)
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Epstein Victim Details Claims in Posthumous Memoir

October 16, 2025 at 8:57 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“A posthumous memoir by Jeffrey Epstein accuser Virginia Roberts Giuffre offers an expanded account about her longstanding claims to have been sexually trafficked by the late financier to billionaires, politicians and Britain’s Prince Andrew.” CBS News reports.

Nobody's Girl: A Memoir of Surviving Abuse and Fighting for Justice
Nobody's Girl: A Memoir of Surviving Abuse and Fighting for Justice
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  • Giuffre, Virginia Roberts (Author)
  • English (Publication Language)
  • 409 Pages - 10/21/2025 (Publication Date) - Knopf (Publisher)
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RFK Jr.’s ‘Digital Mistress’ Is Writing a Book

October 15, 2025 at 7:46 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s “digital mistress,” Olivia Nuzzi, is writing a book that will address their online love affair, Status reports.

Daily Beast: “The book is not solely about Nuzzi’s relationship with the vaccine skeptic but rather her career covering politics, particularly Trumpworld and the MAGA movement. The book reportedly does delve into the affair, marking the first time Nuzzi has gone public with any details.”

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The Kissinger Tapes

October 14, 2025 at 11:47 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Coming soon: The Kissinger Tapes: Inside His Secretly Recorded Phone Conversations by Tom Wells.

Just like Richard Nixon, Henry Kissinger secretly recorded each of his phone conversations and left a trail of evidence in his wake.

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Inside the Greatest Crash in Wall Street History

October 14, 2025 at 9:54 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Just published: 1929: Inside the Greatest Crash in Wall Street History–and How It Shattered a Nation by Andrew Ross Sorkin.

“In 1929, the world watched in shock as the unstoppable Wall Street bull market went into a freefall, wiping out fortunes and igniting a depression that would reshape a generation. But behind the flashing ticker tapes and panicked traders, another drama unfolded—one of visionaries and fraudsters, titans and dreamers, euphoria and ruin.”

1929: Inside the Greatest Crash in Wall Street History--and How It Shattered a Nation
1929: Inside the Greatest Crash in Wall Street History--and How It Shattered a Nation
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  • Sorkin, Andrew Ross (Author)
  • English (Publication Language)
  • 591 Pages - 10/14/2025 (Publication Date) - Viking (Publisher)
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Gilded Rage

October 11, 2025 at 3:28 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Just out: Gilded Rage: Elon Musk and the Radicalization of Silicon Valley by Jacob Silverman.

“A searing insight into the political radicalization of Silicon Valley, from Elon Musk to Peter Thiel, JD Vance and Donald Trump, and how it will affect the future of all our lives.”

Gilded Rage: Elon Musk and the Radicalization of Silicon Valley
Gilded Rage: Elon Musk and the Radicalization of Silicon Valley
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  • Silverman, Jacob (Author)
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  • 389 Pages - 10/09/2025 (Publication Date) - Bloomsbury Continuum (Publisher)
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Keeping a Finger on the Button

October 9, 2025 at 12:00 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

An interesting new book: Keeping a Finger on the Button: Presidential Continuity and the Nuclear Age by Rebecca C. Lubot.

The story of how lawmakers grappled with issues over presidential succession and inability and vice-presidential vacancy and ultimately ratified the Twenty-Fifth Amendment.

Keeping a Finger on the Button: Presidential Continuity and the Nuclear Age
Keeping a Finger on the Button: Presidential Continuity and the Nuclear Age
  • Lubot, Rebecca C. (Author)
  • English (Publication Language)
  • 349 Pages - 12/12/2025 (Publication Date) - Palgrave Macmillan (Publisher)
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Kamala Harris Hits #1

October 2, 2025 at 9:44 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

107 Days by Kamala Harris has debuted at the top of the New York Times best seller list.

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Harris Says She Was Reckless Not to Challenge Biden

September 22, 2025 at 11:16 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“In her first television interview about her new campaign memoir, Kamala Harris was pressed on what she meant when she wrote that it was reckless to let former President Joe Biden seek reelection,” CNN reports.

Said Harris: “I realized that I have – and had – a certain responsibility that I should have followed through on. And so when I talk about the recklessness, as much as anything, I’m talking about myself.”

Filed Under: 2024 Campaign, Political Books

Kamala Harris Still Doesn’t Know How to Win

September 22, 2025 at 10:30 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“Why did Kamala Harris lose the presidency? In 107 Days, her memoir of the election she inherited from Joe Biden, the answer is a series of mistakes, committed over years, mostly by other people,” Semafor reports.

“It was a mistake for Biden to disinvite Elon Musk from a White House electric vehicle summit and make him an enemy; she ‘shared this view’ with Biden staff. It was a mistake for Biden to run again, a view she kept quieter about.”

“It was her mistake to stay so loyal to Biden, and not give The View a better quote about their differences than ‘there’s not a thing that comes to mind,’ even though he’d weakened her campaign.”

“The Democratic argument about why they lost to Trump twice will get fresh material from 107 Days. It doesn’t absolve Harris, who has little advice for how her party can win again, or answer the questions about immigration and LGBT rights that staggered her last year.”

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Injustice

September 21, 2025 at 11:50 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Out soon: Injustice: How Politics and Fear Vanquished America’s Justice Department by Carol Leonnig and Aaron Davis.

A shocking investigation of unparalleled depth into the subversion of the Justice Department over the last decade.

Injustice: How Politics and Fear Vanquished America's Justice Department
Injustice: How Politics and Fear Vanquished America's Justice Department
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  • Leonnig, Carol (Author)
  • English (Publication Language)
  • 11/04/2025 (Publication Date) - Penguin Press (Publisher)
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Quote of the Day

September 20, 2025 at 1:49 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“If there’s a political strategy here, it’s a bad one. There’s an awful lot of grievances and finger-pointing that really doesn’t serve a political agenda.”

— David Axelrod, quoted by Politico, on Kamala Harris’ new book.

Meanwhile, Harris launched a Substack with a new excerpt from the book.

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Lessons from Bobby

September 19, 2025 at 10:00 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Out next month: Lessons from Bobby: Ten Reasons Robert F. Kennedy Still Matters by Chris Matthews.

Lessons from Bobby: Ten Reasons Robert F. Kennedy Still Matters
Lessons from Bobby: Ten Reasons Robert F. Kennedy Still Matters
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  • Matthews, Chris (Author)
  • English (Publication Language)
  • 11/11/2025 (Publication Date) - Simon & Schuster (Publisher)
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Harris Was Shocked by the Outcome on Election Night

September 19, 2025 at 5:58 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Former Vice President Kamala Harris writes in her new book that she thought she was going to win the presidential election last year, the Washington Post reports.

When Jen O’Malley Dillon, Harris’s campaign manager, broke the news, Harris recalls being in shock, barely able to breathe.

She repeated over and over: “My God, what will happen to our country?”

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How to Stand Up to a Dictator

September 18, 2025 at 10:36 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Worth reading: How to Stand Up to a Dictator: The Fight for Our Future by Maria A Ressa.

For decades, Ressa challenged corruption and malfeasance in her native country, the Philippines, on its rocky path from an authoritarian state to a democracy.

How to Stand Up to a Dictator: The Fight for Our Future
How to Stand Up to a Dictator: The Fight for Our Future
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  • Ressa, Maria A (Author)
  • English (Publication Language)
  • 309 Pages - 11/29/2022 (Publication Date) - Harper (Publisher)
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Kamala Harris Names Names

September 18, 2025 at 8:19 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Politico: “The memoir, which goes on sale next week, sprints through Harris’ hyper-speed campaign for the presidency after Biden dropped out. Harris, known as a cautious communicator, presents a relatively unvarnished look at her losing presidential bid, and her critical assessment of a range of leading Democrats represents one of the highest-profile installments yet in the party’s post-election recriminations.”

“It wasn’t just her criticism of the ‘recklessness’ of Biden running again, or her characterization of her running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, as the second choice. Harris begins naming names early in the book, as she recounts the reactions from fellow Democrats in the immediate aftermath of Biden ending his campaign and, soon after, endorsing Harris in his stead.”

More from Politico: Harris details distracting pre-debate phone call from Biden.

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107 Days
107 Days
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  • Harris, Kamala (Author)
  • English (Publication Language)
  • 320 Pages - 09/23/2025 (Publication Date) - Simon & Schuster (Publisher)
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Kamala Harris Was Not a Fan of Josh Shapiro

September 18, 2025 at 5:29 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Former Vice President Kamala Harris hits Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro (D) in her new book saying he seemed more interested in defining the role for himself as her possible running mate than helping her win, the New York Times reports.

She also recounts Shapiro questioning an aide about the pieces of art he could use to decorate the vice president’s residence.

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The Game Changer

September 18, 2025 at 1:00 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Here’s a must-read: The Game Changer: How Harry Reid Remade the Rules and Showed Democrats How to Fight by Jon Ralston.

“How did the son of a laundress for local brothels end up one of America’s most powerful politicians and the Senate’s most bare-knuckled Democrat?”

The Game Changer: How Harry Reid Remade the Rules and Showed Democrats How to Fight
The Game Changer: How Harry Reid Remade the Rules and Showed Democrats How to Fight
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  • Ralston, Jon (Author)
  • English (Publication Language)
  • 400 Pages - 01/20/2026 (Publication Date) - Simon & Schuster (Publisher)
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