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Unset's avatar

I give Ross full credit for being one of the few brave enough to state the obvious in 2022. But really, what an utter travesty for the rest of the legacy media. It is laughable they can be so clueless as to why their credibility is in tatters.

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Trevor Kuether's avatar

Tapper deserves more hate here. He was just like every other journalist covering for Biden. And now trying to cash-in on what was obvious to us all. America lost because of people like Tapper not doing their jobs for years.

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Sam Colt's avatar

He also let all of them off the hook in this book with allowing them to be anonymous. If the Dems haven't been discredited enough after losing to Trump twice, possibly concealing Biden's impending death from cancer is so fucking evil it's beyond comprehension. All of their leadership should be gutted.

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Josh Moss's avatar

Is it just me or is it odd that a person who moderated the debate then writes a tell all excoriating as a cover up he knew about one of the participants in that debate? It’s just a very strange aspect of all this.

I also wish there was more discussion of the fact that everybody under the age of 40 was texting each other biden being non compo mentís videos since 2021.

Also if Harris won the election everyone just goes to the grave with these quotes? It’s all quite sordid

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Jeffrey W Massey's avatar

Congratulations on your novel's continued success. As a writer myself I am also looking for new voices and will try to order a copy soon. Regarding the Biden "piling on," that Trapper and all the other Dems are engaging in at the moment, I say "No Mas." If you didn't have the balls to bring it up when it really mattered, then why run this game of kiss and tell on the American public? Well, we all know why - MONEY. The same sick reason Hunter should be in jail, along with President Biden's entire "inner circle." A group of power hungry c*cksuckers that should all be charged with elderly abuse.

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Carl Van Ness's avatar

I was not a subscriber in 2022 when you stated that Biden should step aside, but I know of what you speak. I made the mistake of saying the same at DKOS and, boy, the hatred I received. I was called every name in the book. Still, I don't know if it would have made any difference if Biden had decided not to run. Harris probably would have been nominated because she would have been the heir apparent, and there are too many closed primary states to give outsiders like Sanders a fighting chance.

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Brad Van Arnum's avatar

Good reviews of the two new books, and I'm very happy to hear that Glass Century is doing so well!

I hope this post doesn't result in too many unsubscribes for you. I've been shocked to find that to this day, there are rabid Biden defenders, and rather than confront the truth, they simply flee from it.

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Mick's Opinions's avatar

During the first administration I couldn't get enough of the Trump books. I read all the buzzy titles. Had a whole shelf. I have to concede, none of them had any staying power. And like so many others I've started losing interest. I do wonder why that is. We used to worry about Trump's authoritarian leanings or proclivities or whatever words we chose. Now it's the real thing, authoritarianism come to the USA. Trump is without question the most powerful president in American history. And the mood is so different. I guess we've just been drained of our capacity for caring the way we used to.

Anyhow, Ross, Glass Century arrives June 3. I bundled it with another book that gets released on that date. They'll be my first two big summer books.

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Lisanne's avatar

Agree with you that these books will fade away - and the fact that Tapper is getting paid to express shock and surprise when he was part of the coverup is ridiculous. You mention Paul Manafort. I think it would be fun to do a deep dive on him and Roger Stone and their old pal Lee Atwater when they were all together at Manafort and Stone decades ago. These guys continue to have a huge amount of influence behind the scenes. Stone pretty much took out Cuomo with the story about his relationship with the hooker. Yeah, that was Stone behind that story. These guys are the ultimate dirty tricksters and continue to have relationships with Trump and his kids.

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Lisanne's avatar

I meant Spitzer not Andrew Cuomo. He's the one who Stone took out with the hooker story.

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Rowland Scherman's avatar

rubbish

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Notes from the Under Dog L.'s avatar

Imagine voting for Biden in 2020 when his decline was obvious. Apparently, voters would rather have a beer with a slobbering mask than a fire-breathing dragon.

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Lasagna's avatar
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Ross: what’s your theory on why the media missed such a big story? What is going on there?

Is it as simple as partisan blindness? I feel like the incentive to break a big story should be able to overcome that. But what else could It be?

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Ken Kovar's avatar

A very fair review of these books, thanks. Ross what do you think of Fight by Allen and Parnes? Is it another short shelf life post election rant?

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