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I think there are a lot of more-than-fair criticisms about this book and the context in which it was published. However, I also think that it's ultimately an interesting and insightful look behind the curtain at an extremely historically significant moment in politics. It's not providing commentary or a vision for the future, just in-depth reporting, and I think it's broadly successful at that.
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Interesting insight and analysis into Baden’s last year in the presidency, his declining health, and the decisions leading to the 2024 election loss.
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A masquerade of brave investigative journalism exposing Joe Biden's cognitive decline and its coverup (one year after all of this was most important/relevant), co-written by Jake Tapper, who was one of the most prominent media figures deceiving the public about Biden at the time (which goes totally unmentioned in this book).
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Confirmed everything we suspected about the Biden presidency. Jill Biden should be imprisoned for defrauding the American People and elder abuse. Otherwise, good book. Throughly sourced and well written.
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It’s mainly just anecdotes. There are very few cited sources, and only a handful of times is there a reason given for a source’s anonymity. There’s also very little analysis done, and almost nothing in the way of proposed solutions for ensuring democracy remains strong. It’s great if all you want is gossip about a man getting so old his memory starts to go.
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the surprisingly smooth read almost made me forget that it’s all real and not a sick joke thanks joe.
in all seriousness though, i think the book does a marvelous job portraying how the idea of groupthink can manifest so well in the current political climate. the constant display throughout this book of how congressmembers and close aides to former president biden were so willing to reject what was clearly in front of them this whole time us just so somber and infuriating, especially when i remember that i thought biden was too older to be president back in 2019.
in all seriousness though, i think the book does a marvelous job portraying how the idea of groupthink can manifest so well in the current political climate. the constant display throughout this book of how congressmembers and close aides to former president biden were so willing to reject what was clearly in front of them this whole time us just so somber and infuriating, especially when i remember that i thought biden was too older to be president back in 2019.