Adams, John, 8

  Adams, John Quincy, 26, 75–77

  Adams, Samuel, 83

  Adelson, Sheldon, 18, 253

  Agnani, Seema, 281

  Albright, Madeleine, 125

  ALEC (American Legislative Exchange Council), 71–72

  Alexander, Peter, 11

  Alicia Patterson Foundation, 234

  Allied Progress, 319

  alt-right, 14, 24, 33, 293

  alternative facts, 35

  American Bar Association, 61

  American Civil Liberties Union, 56, 72, 73, 319

  American Federation for Children, formerly All Children Matter, 256–257

  American Federation of Teachers, 254

  American Health Care Act, 248

  American Jewish Congress, 57

  American Legislative Exchange Council, 71–72

  American Muslims for Palestine, 128

  America’s Voice, 193

  Andrew Jackson Foundation, 26

  anti-Semitism, 45–48, 53

  Antiquities Act of 1906, 267

  Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, 270

  Asian Americans Advancing Justice, 62

  Autry, Greg, 274–275

  Avlon, John, 148

  Bacevich, Andrew, 79, 80, 108

  Bachmann, Michele, 42

  Baker, James “Jim,” 81, 155

  Baker, Ross, 189

  Baldwin, Tammy, 133, 135

  Baltzer, Rod, 289

  Bannon, Stephen, 21–28

  Andrew Jackson–Trump comparison, 23

  background, 21–22, 312–313

  Breitbart News and, 14, 24

  campaign-finance legal issues, 18

  Cromwell comparison, 22

  deconstruction of the administrative/regulatory state, 28, 94, 235–236, 288, 313, 319

  fascism fascination, 24–25

  Gorka connection, 49

  influence of, 9

  interest in history, 21, 22

  Mercer connection, 17, 19, 24

  as power behind the throne, 22

  purpose of, 13

  Sessions connection, 59

  on Stephen Miller, 42

  travel ban role, 194

  Trump campaign strategy, 33

  on Trump’s campaign speeches, 13

  on Trump’s inaugural address, 23

  vision of the future, 28

  Barth, Brian, 293

  Batchelder, Lily L., 190

  Beck, Glenn, 25, 243

  Bellow, Adam, 231

  Bender, Bryan, 273

  Bennis, Phyllis, 83

  Berlusconi, Silvio, xiv

  Berman, Ari, 73

  Bernstein, Gregg, 69

  Bezo, Jeff, 272

  Bharara, Preet, 245

  Bill of Rights Defense Committee, 62

  Blankfein, Lloyd, 313

  Blitzer, Wolf, 196

  Bloom, Mia, 50

  Bloomberg, 308

  Blumenthal, Richard, 70, 85, 133, 135

  Bobo, Kim, 233

  Boeing Company, 89–90

  Bolton, John, 140

  Booker, Cory, 121, 133, 134, 135

  Bork, Robert, 68–69

  Bossie, David, 17

  Boyd, Stephen, 42

  Boyle, Mary, 112

  Brandeis, Louis, 213

  Breitbart News, 14, 17, 19, 22, 24, 42, 43, 48, 49, 59

  Brennan, William Jr., 212

  Brennan Center for Justice, 199, 202

  Brinkley, Douglas, 265

  Broad, Eli, 253–254

  Brooke, Edward, 148

  Brown, Sherrod, 246, 306, 309

  Brune, Michael, 269, 287

  Bryan, William Jennings, 13, 297

  budget blueprint proposal, 94–95, 226, 252, 300

  Buffett, Warren, 309

  Burford, Anne Gorsuch, 210

  Burness, John, 41

  Burnham, Walter Dean, 2

  Burstein, Karen, 225

  Bush, Barbara, 181

  Bush, George H. W., 168, 181, 213

  Bush, George W., xiv, 49, 78, 97, 199, 231

  Bush, Jeb, 157

  Bush, Jenna, 181

  Cambridge Analytica, 17

  Campaign for Accountability, 305

  Campaign Legal Center, 17–18

  Campbell, Simone, 248

  Canadian government diversity, 314–315

  Cantwell, Maria, 250

  Carlson, Tucker, 23

  Carper, Tom, 260

  Carson, Ben, 277–283

  aversion to social safety-net programs, 279–280

  hearing with Senate Banking Committee, 278–279

  objections to, 280–283

  Carter, Phillip, 81

  Case, Clifford, 147

  Cauterucci, Christine, 182

  Cavuto, Neil, 196

  Center for a New American Security, 81, 84, 88

  Center for American Progress, 319

  Center for Family and Human Rights, 120

  Center for Food Safety, 111

  Center for Media and Democracy, 71, 72, 259, 260

  Center for Responsive Politics, 111

  Center for Security Policy, 62

  challenge statutes, 200–202

  Chao, Elaine, 229–240

  criticisms of performance as Secretary of Labor, 233–235

  as Mitch McConnell’s wife, 230

  proposal of public-private partnerships, 239

  charter schools, 254

  Chaudhary, Nita, 31

  checks and balances system, xiii, 3, 7, 8, 262–263

  Chen, Michelle, 191

  Cheney, Dick, xiv, 78, 155

  Cheney, Elizabeth, 231

  Cherlin, Reid, 59

  Chestnut, J. L., 56

  Chittams, Ralph, 169

  Christie, Chris, 187–188, 218

  Chu, Stephen, 287

  Citizens United, 17

  Civil Rights Act of 1964, 145, 171

  civilian control of military, 83–84, 86–87, 105

  Clapper, James, 66, 196

  Clarke, Kristen, 72, 203

  Clay, Henry, 26

  Clayton, Jay, 308–309

  climate change, 262, 293, 314–315

  Clinton, Bill, 30, 67, 69, 167

  Clinton, Hillary, 2, 53, 69, 291

  Clyburn, Mignon, 299

  Cohen, Alys, 305

  Cohen, Richard, 61

  Cohn, Gary, 310–313

  former president and co-chief operating officer of Goldman Sachs, 311

  Trump’s chief economic advisor, 312

  Colbert, Stephen, 40

  Cole, Juan, 23

  Colicchio, Tom, 293

  Collins, Susan, 63, 247

  Color of Change, 62

  Comey, James, 65, 66–68, 70, 196–197, 318

  Commission on Election Integrity, 73

  Common Cause, 62, 112, 241, 300, 319

  Consumer Protection Act of 1986, 307

  contractors, private, 226

  Conway, George T. III, 30–31

  Conway, Kellyanne (Fitzpatrick), 29–35

  on 2016 election results, 11

  alternative facts comment, 35, 163

  background, 30–31

  campaign strategy, 33

  citing of Kobach as source of voter fraud claims, 73–74

  as critic of Trump, 33–34, 165–166

  defense of Trump, 31–32

  as head of Cruz super PAC, 33

  importance of to Trump’s election, 33

  Mercer connection, 15, 16, 17, 33

  political background, 12

  Conyers, John, 68

  Coolidge, Calvin, 2

  Coons, Christopher “Chris,” 39, 115, 116

  Cooper, John Sherman, 171–172, 174

  Cooperative Congressional Elections Study, 73

  Copps, Michael, 299–301

  Costa, Robert, 23

  Costanza, Margaret “Midge,” 206

  Coulter, Ann, 30

  Cox, Archibald, 68


  Cox, J. David Sr., 226

  Cromwell, Thomas, 22–23

  crony capitalism, 138, 226

  Cruz, Heidi, 165

  Cruz, Ted, 16–17, 33, 165, 213, 311

  Cunningham, James, 128

  Cyprus, Bank of, 132–134

  Daines, Steve, 173

  Dana, Francis, 76

  Dann, Marc, 306

  de Blasio, Bill, 280

  de la Torre, Oscar, 41

  Dean, John, xiii, 11, 14, 15, 18

  deconstruction of the administrative/regulatory state, 18, 28, 94, 235–236, 288, 313, 319

  Democratic Party, history of, 145–146

  DeMoro, RoseAnn, 246

  Demos, 200

  Dennard, Paris, 167

  Deutsche Bank, 133

  DeVos, Betsy, 1–8, 252–257

  as advocate of private-school voucher programs, 4

  contributions to Republican Party, 5–6

  as example of “malice domestic,” 1

  expectation of return on investment, 253

  hostility to public education, 254

  lack of qualifications, 2–5, 8

  public resistance to, 318

  Senate Committee hearing, 3–6

  using politics for own agenda, 254, 316

  DeVos, Dick, 254, 256

  Dickerson, John, 36–38, 196

  Dixon, Wallace, 206

  Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform (2010), 307

  Dole, Elizabeth, 206

  Donovan, Jim, 311

  Douglas, William O., 213

  Douglass, Frederick, 143–144, 149–151, 167, 169

  Downs, Andrew, 218, 221

  Dreier, Peter, 278

  Drudge, Matt, 31

  Duckworth, Tammy, 304

  Duffy, Sean, 126

  Duke, David, 52–53

  Duke Conservative Union, 41

  education, importance of, 3

  Einhorn, Bruce, 51

  Eisenhower, Dwight, 75, 81, 97, 98–100, 105, 212, 236

  El-Hosseiny, Kareem, 128

  election manipulation, 12

  Elton, Geoffrey, 22

  Environmental Working Group, 294

  Evola, Julius, 25

  Exum, Andrew, 103

  ExxonMobil, 137

  Fair Housing Act of 1968, 280

  Faith, Bill, 306

  Faith in Public Life, 62

  fake news, 48, 153, 161–162

  fascist, American, 11

  Federalist Society, 30

  Federation for American Immigration Reform, 62

  Feingold, Russ, 210, 214

  Fischer, Brendan, 18

  Flake, Jeffrey, 67

  Flournoy, Michèle, 88–89

  Flynn, Michael, 52, 79, 102, 318

  Fontaine, Richard, 84

  Forman, Ira, 125

  Forward (newspaper), 45–48

  Franken, Al, 4, 59, 209

  Franklin, Benjamin, 224

  Free Press, 62, 299, 301, 319

  Fremont, John, 22

  Friedman, David, 123–130

  appearance before Foreign Relations Committee, 129

  objections to, 127–130

  at Trump rally in Jerusalem, 123–124

  views on Israeli issues, 129–130

  Friends of the Earth, 62, 269, 288

  Gardner, John, 241, 248

  Garland, Merrick, 58, 208

  Gates, Robert, 88

  Gee, Kelsey, 296–297

  Gennarini, Stefano, 120

  Gerhardstein, Alphonse, 201

  Gerry, Elbridge, 104

  Gillibrand, Kirsten, 86–87

  Gingrey, Phil, 243

  Gingrich, Newt

  media ownership consolidation promotion, 300

  space colonization promotion, 276

  Telecommunications Act of 1996, 301

  Giuliani, Andrew, 205–207

  background, 205–206

  lawsuit against Duke University, 205–206

  son of Rudy Giuliani, 207

  Giuliani, Rudy, 207

  Glittering Steel film production company, 19

  global gag rule, 117, 118

  Gold, Matea, 19

  Goldmacher, Shane, 80

  Goldman Sachs, 304, 306, 309, 311, 312

  Goldwater, Barry, 150

  Gorka, Sebastian, 45–51

  Bannon connection, 43, 49

  connection with Nazi-allied far-right group, 45–46

  participation in right-wing Hungarian politics, 47–48

  views of Islam and “global jihadist movement,” 49–50

  Gorsuch, Neil, 210–211, 319

  Government Accountability Institute, 19

  Graham, David, 80

  Grassley, Chuck, 208, 292

  Gray, Rosie, 43

  “Great Society,” 241

  Greenblatt, Jason, 167

  Gregg, John, 221

  Guthrie, Woody, 223

  hacking, 12

  Hadden, Karen, 288–289

  Haig, Alexander, 155

  Haldeman, H. R., 155

  Haley, Nikki, 114–122

  alignment with anti-choice movement, 119–121

  objections to, 116–117

  reason for appointment by Trump, 121–122

  before Senate Foreign Relations Committee, 115, 121

  ties to Koch brothers, 110

  women’s rights and, 122

  Halleck, Charles, 147

  Hamilton, Alexander, 6, 8

  Harriman, Averell, 6

  Harrison, Benjamin, 150

  Harrop, William, 128

  Harwood, John, 284

  Hassan, Maggie, 4

  Hatch, Orrin, 303

  Hauser, Jeff, 134

  Hayden, Michael, 196

  Heflin, Howell, 57

  Heinrich, Martin, 116

  Heitkamp, Heidi, 309

  Henderson, Wade, 62, 202

  Heritage Foundation, 25, 235

  Herman, Alexis, 206

  Hollander, Ellie, 95

  Horowitz, David, 41

  Horthy de Nagybánya, Miklós, 45–47

  Horton, Emily, 190

  Houston, Melissa, 261

  Huang, Chye-Ching, 190

  Huckabee, Mike, 277

  HUD programs, 278

  Hughes, Charles Evans, 213

  Hughes, Langston, xi

  Human Rights Watch, 109

  Hungary, 45–48

  Huntsman, Jon, 29–30

  Icahn, Carl, 132

  impeachment, 319

  Indian Removal Act of 1830, 25

  Indiana Policy Review Foundation, 219

  Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, 4

  Ingraham, Laura, 30

  Inhofe, Jim, 233

  Interfaith Worker Justice, 233

  International Women’s Health Coalition, 118, 122

  Iraq War, 106

  ISIS, 106

  Israel, US embassy location in, 124–125

  J Street, 127, 129

  Jackson, Andrew, 23–26

  Jackson, Jesse, 148

  Jaffe, Greg, 49

  Jarrett, Valerie, 167, 206

  Javits, Jacob, 147

  Jefferson, Thomas, xi, xiii, 8, 101, 314

  “Jewish laws,” in Hungary, 46–47

  Jewish Telegraphic Agency, 48

  Jews, deportation of, 47

  Jillson, Calvin, 285

  Johansson, Scarlett, 185

  Johnson, Hank, 61

  Johnson, Lyndon B., 105, 146, 167, 231, 241

  Jones, Elaine, 57

  Jones, Paula, 30

  Jordan, Vernon, 167

  Juneau, Denise, 268

  Kabaservice, Geoffrey, 147

  Kagan, Elena, 58

  Kaine, Tim, 215, 216

  Kallon, Abdul Karim, 61

  Kaplan, Fred, 81

  Keep the Promise super PAC, 33

  Kellen, Mark, 243

  Kelly, John, 192–198

  assuming responsibility for travel ban chaos, 194

 
linking of border security to war on terror, 193

  loyalty of, 192–198

  objections to, 203

  reputation of, 192–193

  Kemp, Jack, 148

  Kengle, Robert, 202

  Kennan, George, 81

  Kennedy, Anthony, 212

  Kennedy, John F., xi, 145, 230, 271

  Kennedy, Robert, 230

  Kerry, John, 125, 286

  Keynes, John Maynard, 310

  King, Angus, 135

  King, Coretta Scott, 54–55, 172

  Kirby, Matthew, 270

  Kissinger, Henry, 125, 187

  Kittell, Howard, 26

  Klain, Ronald, 239

  Klein, Naomi, 292

  Kline, Brian, 247

  Knodel, Marissa, 269

  Kobach, Kris, 71–74

  as co-head of Commission on Election Integrity, 73

  draft of Arizona’s anti-immigration law, 71

  promotion of voter suppression and voter fraud claims, 72–73

  as secretary of state of Kansas, 72

  Koch, David and Charles, 17, 19, 219, 253, 257

  Koch Industries, 109, 111–112

  Koch-tied politicians, 110

  Kohn, Richard, 83, 105

  Koplowitz, Howard, 42

  Kraushaar, Josh, 231

  Krugman, Paul, 238

  Ku Klux Klan, 52

  Kuchel, Thomas, 147

  Kurtzer, Daniel, 128

  Kushner, Charles, 189

  Kushner, Jared, 186–191

  campaign role and White House, 186

  as facilitator for Trump, 187

  as Middle East peacemaker, 187

  role in ouster of Christie and allies, 188–189, 220

  Strategic Initiatives Group, 49

  La Follette, Robert “Bob,” 136, 138

  Labrador, Raúl, 268

  Lake, Celinda, 31

  LaPierre, Wayne, 40

  Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, 72, 203

  Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, 57, 62, 202

  Leahy, Patrick, 59, 65, 209, 319

  Lee, Barbara, 96

  Lee, Spike, 168

  Lee, Thea, 313

  Lemon, Don, 165

  Leo, Leonard, 261

  letters of marque, 223–224

  Lewandowski, Corey, 34

  Lewinsky, Monica, 30

  Lewis, John, 56

  Lewis, Matt, 231–232

  Lighthizer, Robert, 313

  Limbaugh, Rush, 220

  Lincoln, Abraham, xi, 22, 97, 167

  Lindsay, John, 145, 147, 148

  Lipton, Eric, 261

  Loomis, Burdett, 111

  Luntz, Frank, 33

  Maag, Elaine, 190

  MacArthur, Douglas, 79

  Maddow, Rachel, 135

  Madison, James, xv, 7–8, 104, 252

  Magerman, David, 17

  Make America Number One super PAC, 34

  Manafort, Paul, 34, 218

  Manchin, Joe, 173

  Manigault, Omarosa, 165–170

  background, 167–168

  on CNN Tonight, 165–166

  Markey, Ed, 133, 135

  Martin, Paul Kawika, 103

  Mathias, Charles “Mac,” 145, 147