From today’s PREVAIL piece on American fascism being in its fifth and final phase.
Last May, when I published #RoughBeast, the US was a very different place:
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Looks like Trump sold a pardon for a million bucks.
His corrupt pardons have mostly been ignored by the legacy media. The 3rd chapter of #RoughBeast covers this extensively & should make anyone with even a scintilla of belief in the rule of law nauseous.
Time was, this was a bipartisan belief:
Pissed about Trump pardoning the J6 besiegers? Check out the corrupt pardons he issued the 1st time around! What the House GOP said in '01 of Clinton's pardon of Marc Rich applies *exponentially* more to Trump.
I read JUSTICE UNDONE (ch 3 of my book #RoughBeast) for folks who prefer video to print:
Der graue Nebel lichtet sich. Da! Ein Kajak! – Mein Morgen ist gerettet. Es ist kein #RoughBeast. Im Gegenteil! #AllesWirdGut #BlueSkies #Homunkulus #Trost
I cover this in much greater detail in my book, #RoughBeast:
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A question for @gregolear.bsky.social - I am a 12th grade English teacher. I showed my students your post with a section from your book, #RoughBeast. My students and I want to know if your title is an allusion to Yeats’ poem “The Second Coming.” Please let us know. Thanks.
Text about corrupt pardon Trump gave Kushner pal Ken Kurson.
What’s that, you say? You want to talk about corrupt pardons?
Let me direct you to the third chapter of #RoughBeast, “Justice Undone,” where Trump’s abuse of this power is discussed at length.
A snippet:
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Kash Patel threatens revenge, on Bannin podcast.
Kash Patel has openly expressed his plans to “come after” journalists he doesn’t like. He is for retribution, not justice.
This is from my book, #RoughBeast:
Too many voters were cool with the "Who Donald Trump Really Is" part of #RoughBeast, which means that, unfortunately, the "What He'll Do If Re-Elected" chapters are even more exigent.
(Once he takes over, you won't need my help to stan for democracy.)
Praemonitus praemunitus.
Thanks to Eric V. Tait for inviting me to join the excellent Media Watch EVT panel. We discuss #RoughBeast, the state of journalism, and the unique threat Trump poses to democracy.
You can watch right here:
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Reminder: My book #RoughBeast is available at a discounted price between now and Election Day. Send a copy to anyone still on the fence.
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Trump has been itching for dictatorship for a long time now, as I write extensively in my book #RoughBeast. He tried to end democracy on J6, and he will end it for sure if re-elected.
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At long last, I'm pleased to report that the #RoughBeast audiobook, narrated by Yours Truly, is now available!
It will be on Amazon & iTunes in a few days. For now, it's on Audible:
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Well, Trump has recently demonstrated Chapter 1 (he's a liar) and Chapter 2 (he's a crook) of #RoughBeast.
If you want to know what he would do in a second term with his newfound kingly powers, I direct you to Chapters 5-7.
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Always a pleasure talking to Helen, who is so smart and so welcoming and such a great champion of literature and democracy. We talked about my new book, #RoughBeast. Have a look:
The second chapter of my new book, #RoughBeast, is all about Trump being a lifelong criminal—something the mainstream media's done a piss-poor job telling us about.
It's no coincidence that it's the book's longest chapter.
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On today's podcast, we flip the script. My wife, @stepheaux, interviews me about my new book, #RoughBeast.
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Today is the official release date of my new book, #RoughBeast: Who Donald Trump Really Is, What He’ll Do if Re-Elected, and Why Democracy Must Prevail.
Read all about it, and preview the introduction, here:
Huge thanks to The Dingle Bookshop and the Dingle Literary Festival for inviting me to interview @cahillbooks.bsky.social tonight about her remarkable memoir #RoughBeast.
If you're reading this, please read the #book: it's important and beautifully-written.
A windswept selfie in McCarthy 's bar last night with @cahillbooks.bsky.social 😊😊
It's a wet November weekend here in West Kerry & town's crowded and buzzing for the Dingle Literary Festival. I'm looking forward interviewing Máiría about her brilliant #book #RoughBeast in later today
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Stansted airport reading
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There's @cahillbooks.bsky.social in Derry's Little Acorns Bookshop today, signing copies of her remarkable #book #RoughBeast. I'm looking forward to our upcoming Dingle Lit Fest event & delighted our names are now side-by-side on Little Acorns' famous writers' chair 📚✍️
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