The Destructionists, page 61
Judiciary, 42, 272
Oversight and Reform, 17, 23, 52, 156, 240
Science, 209
Ways and Means, 83, 158, 163, 268
U.S. House Office of Technology Assessment, 8, 21
U.S. House of Representatives, 1–3, 5–6, 9, 11, 15, 20–21, 33, 35, 42–43, 61–62, 66–67, 70–71, 74, 84–85, 88–89, 104, 113, 116–19, 126, 133, 136–37, 144, 149, 154, 156, 158–60, 170–71, 176–78, 181–82, 220, 225, 237, 240–42, 250, 254, 266–69, 291–92, 299–300, 302–3, 306–7
bank accounts, 21
Gingrich makes ungovernable, 37–39, 47–59
GOP of 2010 holds government hostage, 141, 191–200
Hastert Rule and, 112–13
safe seats and, 198, 278
U.S. intelligence, 93, 95, 100–102, 106, 221, 258, 288
U.S. Marines, 88, 258
U.S. Militia Association, 70
U.S. Navy
Kerry career in, 87
SEALs, 258
U.S. Postal Service, 289
U.S. Senate, 16, 23, 56–62, 71–72, 74, 76–78, 83, 85, 88–89, 105–6, 111–14, 118–19, 124, 126–27, 140, 143–45, 150–51, 160, 169–70, 180, 191, 196–97, 200–202, 232, 240, 254–55, 259, 269–72, 277, 299, 302
U.S. Senate Committees
Appropriations, 130
Ethics, 127
Foreign Relations, 78
Intelligence, 106, 159
Judiciary, 116, 188, 269–70
U.S. Supreme Court, 165, 175, 177, 187, 239, 241 290
Barrett nomination and, 202–3
Bush v. Gore and, 108–9, 189
campaign finance and, 24, 124, 189, 197, 264–67, 278
credibility of, 3, 189, 203
gay marriage and, 182
GOP power insulated by, 267
Jones lawsuit vs. Clinton and, 40
Kavanaugh and, 8, 18, 24
McConnell blocks Garland nomination, 187–90, 202, 267, 277
Miers and, 116
need to reform, 308
partisanship and, 9, 203
Sotomayor and, 148
Trump and, 227, 264–65
voting rights and, 119–20, 144–45, 189, 264–67, 305–6
universities, funding and, 212
University of California, Berkeley, 212
University of Kentucky, 146
Univision, 235
uranium, 101, 103
Uscinski, Joseph, 216
Utah, 114, 164, 193, 273
U-2 spy plane, 91
Uzbekistan, 255
V
vaccines, 23, 212
Valentino, Nicholas, 232
Van Brocklin, Karen, 39
Vance, J. D., 231–32
Vandenberg, Arthur, 78
Vanderboegh, Mike, 170, 176
Van Susteren, Greta, 178
Venezuela, 204, 227, 289, 297
Vermont, 112, 184
veterans, 77, 82, 86–88, 258, 271
Veterans Administration, 222
Veterans Day, 258
Veterans of Foreign Wars, 100
Vietnam POWs, 79, 258
Vietnam War, 2, 7, 32, 35, 77, 79, 82, 86–88, 91, 271
View, The (TV show), 139
Vindman, Alexander, 271
violence, extremist, 1, 4, 60–65, 68–72, 169–86. See also specific acts
as domestic terrorism, 175, 282
Trump and, 229–30, 279–83, 290–93
violent rhetoric, 5, 10, 13, 60–61, 63, 65, 69, 71–72, 169–77, 182–86, 276–85, 304, 306–7
Virginia, 13, 17, 69, 84, 120, 161, 170, 176, 249, 259, 282, 306–7
abortion laws and, 181
voter suppression and, 120, 295
Vitezi Rend, 236
von Spakovsky, Hans A., 148
voter fraud, 2, 109–10, 116, 120, 208, 226–27, 279, 294–95
voting. See also elections
polarization and, 232–33
restrictions and, 5–6, 107–11, 119–20, 144–45, 198, 264–65, 289, 295, 305–8
Voting Rights Act (1965), 7, 64, 119–20, 137, 144–45, 189, 233, 241, 264–65, 305, 308
Vought, Russell, 221
Vox, 155, 250
Vucanovich, Barbara, 71
W
Walker, Russell, 250
Walker, Scott, 120, 182, 209, 238, 278
Wall Street Journal, 9–10, 14, 18, 22, 167, 193, 222, 284
Walter, Barbara, 4
Walter Reed Medical Center, 224
War of 1812, 1, 300
War on Poverty, 135
War on Terror, 9, 76, 78, 84, 86–89
war on truth, 10, 13, 15–20, 20–23, 155, 204, 277, 285. See also disinformation
Benghazi and, 159–61
Foster suicide and, 16–27
Iraq War and, 90–106
lies about Obama and, 154–67
power of, 27, 106
Trump and, 206–9, 211, 214–20, 228–29
Warren, Elizabeth, 240, 247
Washington, George, 11, 230
Washington Monthly, 167
Washington Post, 4, 10, 18, 20, 25, 26, 41, 42, 45, 53, 58, 66, 67, 76–77, 79, 92, 99, 104, 131, 134, 142, 192, 197, 204, 208, 220, 226–27, 262, 287–89, 307
Washington state, 128
Washington Times, 18, 25, 168
Watergate scandal, 22, 79, 91, 105, 123, 259
Waters, Maxine, 245, 292
weapons of mass destruction (WMD), 93–95, 100–103, 106, 205
Weather Underground, 140
Weaver, Randy, 64, 70
Weekly Standard, 184
Weimar Germany, 276
Weiner, Anthony, 170
Weisskopf, Michael, 53
Welch, Robert, 72–73
welfare, 57, 65–67
well-being measures, 283–84
Westar Energy, 127
West Virginia, 2, 77, 223, 240
Westwood, Sean, 278
Weyrich, Paul, 58
whataboutism, 292
What Happened (McClellan), 94
Wheeler, Andrew, 243
Whipple, Chris, 264
Whiskey Rebellion, 63–64
Whitaker, Matthew, 263
White Citizens’ Councils, 68
White House Correspondents Association dinner, 151
white nationalists and supremacists, 1, 4, 7, 10, 13, 62–70, 137–39, 147–50, 174, 183, 186, 229–38, 248–51, 275–76, 281–82, 294, 302, 304, 306
White Patriot Party, 64
white replacement theory, 249
white voter turnout, 144–45
Whitewater investigation, 18–19, 22, 24–25, 27–30
Whitmer, Gretchen, 244, 282, 292
Wichita, Kansas, 170
WikiLeaks, 207
Will, George, 166–67
Williams, Mark, 146
Wilson, Joe, 102–3, 138, 175–76
wiretapping, 110, 115
Wisconsin, 72, 164, 180, 209, 210, 242, 250, 298
gerrymandering and, 266
voter roll purges, 120
Wisconsin Supreme Court, 242
Wolf, Chad, 293
Wolf, Frank, 161
Wolfowitz, Paul, 98, 102
women, 233–34, 236, 239–42, 244
Woodward, Bob, 55, 102, 264, 281
world government, 60–61, 64–65, 175
World Health Organization (WHO), 246
World War I cemetery, 258
World War II, 2, 35, 56, 70, 77, 197, 257
Wray, Christopher, 217, 259, 271, 282
Wren, Christopher, 49
Wright, Jeremiah, 140
Wright, Jim, 33, 38, 43
Wyoming, 118, 302
X
Xi Jinping, 286
Y
Yahoo! News, 228
Yellen, Janet, 247
Yellowstone National Park, 70
Yemen, 98
Yiannopoulos, Milo, 212
Yoho, Ted, 149, 165
York, Byron, 272
Young, Don, 130
Youngkin, Glenn, 306–7
young voters, 143, 309
Yovanovitch, Marie, 253, 255, 264, 271
Z
Zelensky, Volodymyr, 252–53, 270–71
Zelizer, Julian, 38, 52, 66
zero tolerance border policy, 220
Zhirkov, Kirill, 232
Zimmerman, Gabe, 173
Zinke, Ryan, 240, 260
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About the Author
Dana Milbank is a political columnist for The Washington Post whose work is syndicated nationally. He has also been a contributor to CNN and MSNBC and is the author of the national bestseller Homo Politicus, as well as Tears of a Clown, O Is for Obama, and Smashmouth. He lives in Washington, D.C.
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