What Conservatives Understand about Global Warming—and Liberals Don’t
Reagan: “The nine most terrifying words…”
Ronald Reagan, “The President’s News Conference,” August 12, 1986, online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project, http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/?ws/??pid=37733.
“The Nine Most Terrifying Words,” YouTube video, 0:12, posted by a random user, August 6, 2011, https://www.youtube.com/?watch?v=xhYJS80MgYA.
Larry Summers: “Spread the truth…”
Stefan Hedlund, Russia’s Market Economy: A Bad Case of Predatory Capitalism (London: UCL Press Limited, 1999).
Thatcher: “There is no alternative”
Fiona McPherson, “The Iron Lady: Margaret Thatcher’s Linguistic Legacy,” Oxford Dictionaries website, April 10, 2013, http://blog.oxforddictionaries.com/?2013/?04/?margaretthatcher/.
Warren Buffett: “there’s been class warfare…”
CNN Newsroom transcript, September 30, 2011, http://transcripts.cnn.com/?TRANSCRIPTS/?1109/?30/?cnr.03.html.
March for Science: hundreds of thousands march
Olivia Milman, “March for Science Puts Earth Day Focus on Global Opposition to Trump,” Guardian, April 22, 2017, https://www.theguardian.com/?environment/?2017/?apr/?22/?march-for-science-earth-day-climate-change-trump.
CHAPTER 5
The Grabber-in-Chief
Paul Krugman attacking Bernie Sanders
Paul Krugman, “Sanders over the Edge,” New York Times, April 8, 2016, https://www.nytimes.com/?2016/?04/?08/?opinion/?sanders-over-the-edge.html.
Paul Krugman, “Weakened at Bernie’s,” New York Times, January 19, 2016, https://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/?2016/?01/?19/?weakened-at-bernies/.
How Change Happens, New York Times, Jan 22, 2016, https://www.nytimes.com/?2016/?01/?22/?opinion/?how-change-happens.html
Paul Krugman, “Bernie’s Bad End,” New York Times, May 2, 2016, https://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/?2016/?05/?02/?bernies-bad-end/.
Paul Krugman, “The Truth about the Sanders Movement,” New York Times, May 23, 2016, https://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/?2016/?05/?23/?the-truth-about-the-sanders-movement/.
Paul Krugman, “Feel the Math,” New York Times, April 1, 2016, https://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/?2016/?04/?01/?feelthe-math/.
Foul Mood Rising
Van Jones: “whitelash”
Josiah Ryan, “?‘This Was a Whitelash’: Van Jones’ Take on the Election Results,” CNN.com, November 9, 2016, http://www.cnn.com/?2016/?11/?09/?politics/?van-jones-results-disappointment-cnntv/.
Donald Trump: Megyn Kelly had “blood coming out of her wherever”
Holly Yan, “Donald Trump’s ‘Blood’ Comment about Megyn Kelly Draws Outrage,” CNN.com, August 8, 2015, http://www.cnn.com/?2015/?08/?08/?politics/?donaldtrump-cnn-megyn-kelly-comment/.
Mike Pence: no one-on-one meals with female coworkers
Jia Tolentino, “Mike Pence’s Marriage and the Beliefs That Keep Women from Power,” New Yorker, March 31, 2017, http://www.newyorker.com/?culture/?jia-tolentino/?mike-pences-marriage-and-the-beliefs-that-keep-women-from-power.
The Ranking of Human Life
Steve Bannon and abuse allegations
Santa Monica Police Department, crime report, January 1, 1996, http://www.politico.com/?f/??id=00000156-c3f8-dd14-abfe-fbfbbe310001.
Elizabeth Chuck, Ali Vitali, Andrew Blankstein, and Katie Wall, “Trump Campaign CEO Steve Bannon Accused of Anti-Semitic Remarks by Ex-Wife,” NBCNews.com, August 27, 2016, http://www.nbcnews.com/?politics/?2016-election/?trump-campaign-ceo-steve-bannon-accused-anti-semitic-remarks-ex-n638731.
Hadas Gold and John Bresnahan, “Trump Campaign CEO Once Charged in Domestic Violence Case,” Politico, August 25, 2016, http://www.politico.com/?story/?2016/?08/?steve-bannon-domestic-violence-case-police-report-227432.
Andrew Puzder and abuse allegations: “striking her violently…”
Lisa Henning v. Andrew Puzder, Petition for Damages, 1988, http://www.politico.com/?f/??id=00000159-8aec-d4ee-ab5b-eaee55ea0002.
Bill O’Reilly and harassment allegations
Emily Steel and Michael S. Schmidt, “Bill O’Reilly Thrives at Fox News, Even as Harassment Settlements Add Up,” New York Times, April 1, 2017, https://www.nytimes.com/?2017/?04/?01/?business/?media/?bill-oreilly-sexual-harassment-foxnews.html.
Roger Ailes and harassment allegations
Manuel Roig-Franzia, Scott Higham, Paul Farhi, and Krissah Thompson, “The Fall of Roger Ailes: He Made Fox News His ‘Locker Room’—and Now Women Are Telling Their Stories,” Washington Post, July 22, 2016, https://www.washingtonpost.com/?lifestyle/?style/?the-fall-of-roger-ailes-he-made-fox-his-locker-room–and-now-women-are-telling-their-stories/?2016/?07/?22/?5eff9024-5014-11e6-aa14-e0c1087f7583_story.html.
Trump and sexual harassment and assault allegations
Megan Twohey, “Former ‘Apprentice’ Contestant Files Defamation Suit Against Trump,” New York Times, January 17, 2017,
Trump and Ivana rape allegation
Jane Mayer, “Documenting Trump’s Abuse of Women,” New Yorker, October 24, 2016, http://www.newyorker.com/?magazine/?2016/?10/?24/?documenting-trumps-abuse-of-women.
The Problem with “Jobs Voters”
Past 40 years has seen number of people behind bars in US increase by 500 percent
Carl Vogel, Prison Brake, University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration, accessed April 11, 2017, https://ssa.uchicago.edu/?end-mass-incarceration.
Trump voters: earn $50,000–$200,000
Nate Silver, “The Mythology of Trump’s ‘Working Class’ Support,” FiveThirtyEight, May 3, 2016, https://fivethirtyeight.com/?features/?the-mythology-of-trumps-working-class-support/.
CNN analysis of exit polls
“Exit polls,” CNN.com, November 23, 2016, http://www.cnn.com/?election/?results/?exit-polls.
Insecure on Every Front
Anne Case and Angus Deaton: “deaths of despair”
Anne Case and Angus Deaton, “Mortality and Morbidity in the 21st Century,” Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, 2017, https://www.brookings.edu/?wp-content/?uploads/?2017/?03/?6_casedeaton.pdf.
Southern Poverty Law Center: tripling of anti-Muslim hate groups in 2016
Southern Poverty Law Center, “Hate Groups Increase for Second Consecutive Year as Trump Electrifies Radical Right,” SPLCenter.org, February 15, 2017, https://www.splcenter.org/?news/?2017/?02/?15/?hate-groups-increase-second-consecutive-year-trump-electrifies-radical-right.
Four months after Trump’s election: nearly 1,000 reported hate crimes targeting people of colour
Southern Poverty Law Center, “Update: 1,094 Bias-Related Incidents in the Month Following the Election,” SPLCenter.org, December 16, 2016, https://www.splcenter.org/?hatewatch/?2016/?12/?16/?update-1094-bias-related-incidents-month-following-election.