RSC call on Congress to repeal environmental regulations on Gulf Coast, give permission for new oil refineries in the US, and green-light “drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge”
Paul S. Teller, “Pro-Free-Market Ideas for Responding to Hurricane Katrina and High Gas,” e-mail, September 13, 2005, http://www.naomiklein.org/?shock-doctrine/?resources/?part7/?chapter20/?pro-market-ideas-katrina.
Kleptocracy Free-For-All
Baghdad gang of contractors descended on New Orleans
Naomi Klein, The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism (Toronto: Alfred A. Knopf Canada, 2007), 506.
The company FEMA paid $5.2 million to build a base camp for emergency workers
Naomi Klein, The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism (Toronto: Alfred A. Knopf Canada, 2007), 495.
FEMA paid Shaw $175 per square foot to install blue tarps on damaged roofs, even though tarps themselves provided by the government…
Naomi Klein, The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism (Toronto: Alfred A. Knopf Canada, 2007), 496.
In November 2005, the Republican-controlled Congress announced that it needed to cut $40 billion from the federal budget…
Naomi Klein, The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism (Toronto: Alfred A. Knopf Canada, 2007), 496.
Disastrous response to Katrina sparked an approval ratings free fall for George W. Bush
Bruce Alpert, “George W. Bush Never Recovered Politically from Katrina,” New Orleans Times-Picayune, August 28, 2015, http://www.nola.com/?katrina/?index.ssf/?2015/?08/?bush_katrina_was_a_setback_to.html.
Trump’s promised trillion dollars in infrastructure spending
Dan Merica, “Trump: I Will Ask Congress for a $1 Trillion Infrastructure Bill,” CNN.com, February 28, 2017, http://www.cnn.com/?2017/?02/?28/?politics/?trump-infrastructure-trillion-congress/.
Trump has indicated that he plans to do as much as possible through public-private partnerships
Melanie Zanona, “Trump’s Infrastructure Plan: What We Know,” The Hill, January 13, 2017, http://thehill.com/?policy/?transportation/?314095-trumps-infrastructure-plan-what-we-know.
CHAPTER 9
The Toxic To-Do List: What to Expect When You Are Expecting a Crisis
Trump: pledged to block all Muslims from entering the country
?Donald J. Trump, “Donald J. Trump Statement on Preventing Muslim Immigration,” DonaldJTrump.com, December 7, 2015, http://www.cnbc.com/?2017/?05/?08/?trump-website-takes-down-muslim-ban-statement-after-reporter-grills-spicer-in-briefing.html.
Sessions: consent decrees “can reduce morale for the police officers”
Andrew Kaczynski, “Attorney General Jeff Sessions: Consent Decrees ‘Can Reduce Morale of the Police Officers,’?” CNN.com, April 14, 2017, http://www.cnn.com/?2017/?04/?14/?politics/?kfile-sessions-consent-decrees/.
Consent decree data
Christopher Stone, Todd Foglesong, and Christine M. Cole, “Policing Los Angeles Under a Consent Decree: The Dynamics of Change at the LAPD,” Harvard Kennedy School, May 2009, http://assets.lapdonline.org/?assets/?pdf/?Harvard-LAPD%20Study.
Rules requiring photo ID to cast a ballot: enacted in at least thirty-two states
Jasmine C. Lee, “How States Moved Toward Stricter Voter ID Laws,” New York Times, November 3, 2016, https://www.nytimes.com/?interactive/?2016/?11/?03/?us/?elections/?how-states-moved-toward-stricter-voter-id-laws.html.
Peter Maass: “a pistol cocked to go off at the first touch”
Peter Maass, “For Donald Trump, a Terror Attack Will Be an Opportunity Not a Curse,” TheIntercept.com, March 19, 2017, https://theintercept.com/?2017/?03/?19/?for-donald-trump-a-terror-attack-will-be-an-opportunity-not-a-curse/.
Milton Friedman: “only a crisis—actual or perceived—produces real change…”
Milton Friedman and Rose D. Friedman, Capitalism and Freedom (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1962), xiv.
States of Emergency, States of Exception
Amber Rudd: “entirely unacceptable…”
BBC, “Amber Rudd: ‘We Must Be Able to Access WhatsApp,’?” BBC.com, March 26, 2017, http://www.bbc.com/?news/?uk-politics-39398190.
Trump: “Just cannot believe a judge would put our country…”
Donald Trump, tweet, posted by @realDonalTrump, February 5, 2017, https://twitter.com/?realdonaldtrump/?status/?828342202174668800?lang=en.
The Dark Prince Is Back
Trump: “Torture works”
Jenna Johnson, “Trump Says ‘Torture Works,’ Backs Waterboarding, and ‘Much Worse,’?” Washington Post, February 17, 2016, https://www.washingtonpost.com/?politics/?trump-says-torture-works-backs-waterboarding-and-much-worse/?2016/?02/?17/?4c9277be-d59c-11e5-b195-2e29a4e13425_story.html?utm_term=.acae2bdcbbba.
Trump: “only a stupid person would say it doesn’t work”
Amy B. Wang, “Mike Pence Doesn’t Rule Out Waterboarding under Trump Administration,” Washington Post, November 20, 2016, https://www.washingtonpost.com/?news/?the-fix/?wp/?2016/?11/?20/?mike-pence-doesnt-rule-out-waterboarding-under-trump-administration/??utm_term=.e4ac49a225e3.
Trump: “bad dudes, believe me, we’re gonna load it up”
“Trump: Load Guantanamo Bay Up with ‘Bad Dudes,’?” YouTube video, 1:00, posted by Associated Press, February 23, 2016, https://www.youtube.com/?watch?v=j7dmMI3CtKI.
2015 Senate amendment: all interrogation techniques must follow Army Field Manual
H.R. 1735, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016, Introduced April 13, 2015, https://www.congress.gov/?bill/?114th-congress/?house-bill/?1735/?text#toc-H75DFAC1D0A7148B4A454E532D7E864A6.
Mike Pompeo: “If experts believed current law was an impediment…”
Ashley Killough and Ted Barrett, “Pompeo Confirmed as CIA Chief,” CNN.com, January 24, 2017, http://www.cnn.com/?2017/?01/?23/?politics/?mike-pompeo-cia-director-confirmation-vote/.
Mike Pompeo: calls for reversal on the limited restrictions on digital surveillance
Kate Tummarello, “New CIA Director Mike Pompeo Sparks Privacy Concerns,” Electronic Frontier Foundation website, January 24, 2017, https://www.eff.org/?deeplinks/?2017/?01/?new-cia-director-mike-pompeo-sparks-privacy-concerns.
Jeremy Scahill: “on matters related to intelligence and defense…”
Jeremy Scahill, “Notorious Mercenary Erik Prince Is Advising Trump from the Shadows,” TheIntercept.com, January 17, 2017, https://theintercept.com/?2017/?01/?17/?notorious-mercenary-erik-prince-is-advising-trump-from-the-shadows/.
Washington Post: report on Erik Prince meeting with Russian officials in the Seychelles
Adam Entous, Greg Miller, Kevin Sieff, and Karen DeYoung, “Blackwater Founder Held Secret Seychelles Meeting to Establish Trump–Putin Back Channel,” Washington Post, April 3, 2017, https://www.washingtonpost.com/?world/?national-security/?blackwater-founder-held-secret-seychelles-meeting-to-establish-trump-putin-back-channel/?2017/?04/?03/?95908a08-1648-11e7-ada0-1489b735b3a3_story.html?utm_term=.f4a959617474.