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DeSantis, Ron, 209, 242, 306
DeSaulnier, Mark, 249
Des Moines Register, 188
Detroit vote, 120, 227
Dewhurst, David, 117
Dial-a-Mattress, 133
Diamond and Silk, 221
Diamond Princess (cruise ship), 221
Dickerson, John, 279–80
Diggs, Charles, 66
DiIulio, John, 111–12
Dingell, Debbie, 272
Dingell, John, 272
Dinkins, David, 243
Dirksen, Everett, 73
Dirty Little Secrets (Simpson and Sabato), 37
dirty tricks, 79–83, 103
disabled, 197, 234–35
disinformation, 5, 8, 91–92, 155, 200, 204–24, 278, 297, 308. See also war on truth
Dobbs, Lou, 140, 214
Dole, Bob, 34, 47–48, 56–57, 68, 72, 131, 179, 197
Domenick, Julie, 126
Dominican Republic, 263
Dominion Voting Systems, 227–28
Doral golf resort, 260
Dornan, Robert, 61
Dowd, John, 264
Dowd, Matthew, 75–76, 111
Draper, Robert, 88
Dreamers, 149, 268
Dred Scott, 239
Driehaus, Steve, 170, 171
Drudge Report, 22, 167, 184
D’Souza, Dinesh, 238
Duck Dynasty (TV show), 150
Dukakis, Michael, 34, 65–67
Duke, David, 69, 229–30, 235, 248
Duncan, Jeff, 243
Duncan, Mike, 89
Duran, Francisco, 61
Durbin, Dick, 89
Duterte, Rodrigo, 286
E
Eagle Publishing, 18
earmarks, 200
Ebola, 147
economic growth, 57, 76, 78, 84, 97, 220
economic stimulus of 2009, 167
Economist/YouGov polls, 222
Edmund Pettus Bridge, 136
education, 95, 111
Education Department, 54
Egypt, 286
Eisenhower, Dwight, 91
elections
of 1948, 83
of 1964, 73
of 1974, 20, 32–33
of 1976, 20, 33
of 1978, 20, 32, 66
of 1984, 200
of 1988, 34, 65–67
of 1990, 200
of 1992, 52–53, 64, 68, 81
of 1994, 21–22, 35–36, 51, 54, 67, 70, 114
of 1996, 41, 53, 57, 68, 131
of 1998, 43, 59
of 2000, 11, 81, 107–11, 123–24, 218–19
of 2002, 76–78, 83–85
of 2004, 11, 59, 86–88
of 2006, 89, 116
of 2008, 11, 123, 138, 140, 141, 145–46, 197, 205, 232
of 2010, 169, 177, 192, 237
of 2012, 10, 125, 139, 141–42, 148–49, 160, 163–64, 177, 181, 189, 194, 197–98, 231–33, 268
of 2014, 149, 179, 189, 237
of 2016, 10–11, 37, 45, 142, 144, 162, 164, 182, 187, 207–14, 217–21, 226, 232–34, 238, 244–48, 252, 258–59, 262, 265, 270, 279–81, 284
of 2018, 220, 245–46, 249–50, 266, 290–91
of 2020, 3–4, 6, 109, 204, 213–14, 220–22, 225–29, 233, 270, 289, 294–97
of 2022, 307, 308
of 2024, 308
Electoral College
2016 and, 211, 296
2020 and, 8, 296, 297, 301
Electronic Industries Alliance (EIA), 126
El Paso mass shooting, 280–81
emergency disaster relief, 58
Endangered Species Act (1973), 181
Enduring Revolution, The (Garrett), 57
energy bill of 2002, 127
Energy Department, 54, 263
energy industry, 117, 127, 130
Enron scandal, 115, 130
Ensign, John, 44
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), 243, 260
environmental rules, 182, 259
Equal Justice Initiative, 174
Erdoğan, Recep Tayyip, 286
Esquire, 112
eugenics, 154, 168, 175
European Union, 253, 257
evangelical Christians, 21–22, 122, 233, 239
Evans, Don, 109
Export-Import Bank, 181–82
F
Fabiani, Mark, 18
Facebook, 26, 153, 169, 218, 250, 275
Face the Nation, 290
Factbase, 285
Faith and Freedom Coalition, 135
fake electors scheme, 301
fake news, 211, 218, 287–89. See also alternative facts
Fallin, Mary, 177
Fallows, James, 164
false flag allegations, 5, 175, 185, 213, 275, 303–4
Falwell, Jerry, Jr., 231, 239–40, 261
Farenthold, Blake, 261
fascism, 285, 309
Fast and Furious, Operation, 156–57
Fauci, Anthony, 223–24
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), 118, 194
federal budget. See also debt limit; national debt
balanced, 55, 58
deficit, 97, 115, 201, 220
failure to enact, 49, 190–92
shutdowns and, 54–57
spending cuts and, 192–94, 197
surplus, 57, 97, 114–15, 135
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), 5–6, 15, 19, 22, 80, 95, 125, 181, 225, 303, 306
domestic terrorism and, 282, 294
hate crimes and, 236
Texas state legislature and, 118
Trump and, 206–8, 217, 259, 271, 289
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), 115–16, 162, 175, 184–86, 263
Federalist Papers, 11, 256
federal laws, state efforts to nullify, 180–82
Federal Reserve, 115, 175, 181, 220, 247
Feingold, Russ, 124
Feith, Doug, 98, 102
Ferro, Dani, 127
Fiasco (podcast), 159
Fields, James, Jr., 230
filibuster, 113, 191, 201–2, 267, 269
nuclear option, 113, 201–2, 267
financial crisis of 2008, 97, 115, 191, 192
financial industry, 127
Fiore, Michele, 183
Fiorina, Carly, 244
First Amendment, 285
fiscal cliff, 194–96
fiscal restraint, 114–15, 132
Fish and Wildlife Service, 61, 70
Fiske, Robert, 16, 18
Fitzgerald, John, 249
527 groups, 124
flag burning amendment, 58
Fleischer, Ari, 92, 94, 112
Fleming, John, 165
Florida, 58–59, 71, 114, 128, 133, 149, 156, 180, 182, 209, 212, 227, 242, 250, 259, 260, 269, 271, 297, 305–6
election of 2000 and, 107–11, 119–20
primaries of 2008 and, 205
Florida Supreme Court, 107
Flowers, Gennifer, 22, 40
Floyd, George, 242, 281, 293
Fluke, Sandra, 165
Flynn, Michael, 207, 225, 247, 274, 297, 299, 306
Flynn, Michael, Jr., 275
Flynt, Larry, 43
Foley, Mark, 58, 128
Foley, Tom, 39
Fonda, Jane, 84
Food and Drug Administration (FDA), 210
food-safety laws, 181
“For Bush, Facts Are Malleable” (Milbank), 92–93
Ford, Gerald, 50, 73, 123
Foreign Affairs, 102
foreign agents, 122
foreign political contributions, 134
Forest Service, 70, 71
Fort Marcy, 13–16, 24–27
Foster, Vince, 9, 13–20, 24–27, 124, 155, 205, 275
“Foster Note a Forgery” (Limbaugh), 24
founders, 10–11, 256
4chan, 275
Fourteenth Amendment, 69
Equal Protection Clause, 108
Fox & Friends (TV show), 139, 212, 231
Fox News, 5, 7, 22, 36, 105, 114, 138–41, 147, 149, 155–64, 167, 170–71, 173–74, 178, 180–81, 184–85, 200, 204–7, 210, 212–14, 221–22, 243–44, 251, 297, 303, 307
Fox News Sunday, 213
Foxx, Virginia, 154
France, 104, 257, 258
Francisco, Noel, 241
Frank, Barney, 35, 39, 177
Franks, Trent, 262
Freedom Caucus, 198, 267
FreedomWorks, 176, 180, 194, 195
FreeRepublic.com, 140
Frist, Bill, 113
Fruman, Igor, 264
Fugitive Slave Act (1850), 165
Fusca, Vincent, 224
G
Gaetz, Matt, 250, 271–72, 303
Gaffney, Frank, 238
Gallagher, Mike, 178
Gallup, 38, 43, 78, 283–84
gambling boat fraud, 133
Gang of Eight, 196–97
Gang of Fourteen, 201
Garland, Merrick, 202–3, 267
Garrett, Major, 55–57
Garzarelli, Elaine, 17–18
Gates, Bill, 210
Gates, Rick, 208
gays and gay rights, 22, 39, 46, 81–82, 143, 150, 177, 219, 236, 239, 305
same-sex marriage and, 82, 182, 239
gender equality, 189
gender gap, 233–34
General Accounting Office, 51
General Electric, 165
George magazine, 17
Georgetown University, 10
George Washington University, 304
Georgia, 66, 68, 77, 86–87, 120, 136, 176, 206, 209, 225, 241, 295, 304–5
elections of 1978, 66
elections of 2002, 83–84
elections of 2020, 227, 296, 298
state flag, 83–84
Gephardt, Dick, 55, 74, 76
Gephardt Rule, 192
Gere, Richard, 80
Germany, 257, 104
gerrymandering, 118–20, 198, 266, 278, 306
Gestapo, 162, 165
Gettysburg, Battle of, 54
Gianforte, Greg, 287
Giffords, Gabrielle, 171–74, 185–86
Gillon, Steven M., 56
“gimme five” scheme, 132–33
Gingrich, Callista Bisek, 44–45
Gingrich, Jackie, 44
Gingrich, Marianne, 44–45
Gingrich, Newt, 83
antigovernment rhetoric and, 61, 63, 70–71
Balanced Budget Act and, 57–58
Bernanke and, 181
Boehner and, 11–12
Buchanan and, 69
budget bill of 1998 and, 58
Burton and, 23–24
campaign finance and, 39, 52–53
