3. https://www.washingtonpost.com/apps/g/page/politics/george-papadopoulos-charges-and-plea-deal/2253/?hpid=hp_rhp-top-table-main_papadopouloslink-1201pm%253Ahomepage%252Fstory
4. http://www.gingrichproductions.com/2017/04/no-immunity-no-testimony/
5. https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2017/national/robert-mueller-special-counsel-indictments-timeline/?utm_term=.7fd4d7e21dd9
6. https://www.politico.com/story/2017/06/08/full-text-james-comey-trump-russia-testimony-239295
7. http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/302817-government-workers-shun-trump-give-big-money-to-clinton-campaign
8. https://www.judicialwatch.org/press-room/press-releases/judicial-watch-new-documents-show-fbi-deputy-director-mccabe-not-recuse-clinton-email-scandal-investigation-week-presidential-election/
9. http://www.businessinsider.com/who-is-andrew-weissman-mueller-trump-clinton-russia-investigation-fbi-2017-12
10. http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/01/29/strzok-page-and-fbi-texting-scandal-explained.html
11. https://www.wsj.com/articles/in-fbi-agents-account-insurance-policy-text-referred-to-russia-probe-1513624580?mg=prod/accounts-wsj
12. http://dailycaller.com/2018/01/23/in-jaw-dropping-text-peter-strzok-expressed-concern-about-joining-mueller-team/
13. https://www.cnn.com/2018/01/21/politics/second-strzok-text-production/index.html
14. https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2017/12/04/cnn_fbi_agent_strzok_changed_comeys_clinton_language_from_grossly_negligent_to_extremely_careless.html
15. http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/01/22/questions-grow-over-fbis-missing-strzok-page-text-messages.html
16. http://docs.house.gov/meetings/IG/IG00/20180118/106796/HMTG-115-IG00-20180118-SD002.pdf
17. https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/02/donald-trump-russia-investigation-obstruction-justice-department-justice-office-legal-counsel/
Chapter Twelve: Draining the Swamp
1. https://www.alec.org/app/uploads/2017/03/2017-Center-Point_-21st-Century-Civil-Service_Final.pdf
2. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-rise-of-the-fourth-branch-of-government/2013/05/24/c7faaad0-c2ed-11e2-9fe2-6ee52d0eb7c1_story.html?utm_term=.578162fb51bb
3. https://www.alec.org/app/uploads/2017/03/2017-Center-Point_-21st-Century-Civil-Service_Final.pdf
4. https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/569/11-1545/dissent5.html
5. http://politicalappointeeproject.org/presidential-appointments-and-managing-the-executive-branch.html
6. https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/572/12-1182/dissent4.html
7. https://books.google.com/books?id=vKD8i1-8bgAC&pg=PA112&lpg=PA112&dq=public+now+relies+more+heavily+on+courts+to+ensure+the+fairness+and+rationality+of+agency+decisions&source=bl&ots=Bwx8WWBOiM&sig=TBbVSGwxm8cpio9E-u5nUwr_5PI&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKE
8. http://avalon.law.yale.edu/18th_century/fed47.asp
9. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2014/05/21/a-guide-to-the-va-and-the-scandals-engulfing-it/?utm_term=.f495b2e4a697
10. http://www.nationalreview.com/article/433760/va-still-unreformed
11. https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/3230
12. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/federal-eye/wp/2015/10/30/more-than-2500-va-employees-were-on-paid-leave-last-year-the-va-hasnt-tracked-why/?utm_term=.293a87c3f8c7
13. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/05/06/ousted-phoenix-va-chief-lawsuit/70889960/
14. https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/arizona/investigations/2016/01/08/suspended-va-bosses-return-phoenix-jobs-january-11/78517854/
15. https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona-investigations/2016/06/08/three-more-phoenix-va-officials-fired-after-wait-time-scandal/85614056/
16. http://dailycaller.com/2016/04/08/va-candy-man-may-keep-his-job-despite-no-medical-license/
17. https://www.clarionledger.com/story/news/2016/02/13/taxpayers-pay-millions-to-keep-questionable-va-doctors-on-leave/79659046/
18. http://www.nextgov.com/cio-briefing/2016/09/report-federal-government-has-near-monopoly-worst-customer-experience/131260/
19. http://www.people-press.org/2015/11/23/beyond-distrust-how-americans-view-their-government/
20. https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-bill/1094
21. http://www.govexec.com/management/2017/06/trump-calls-civil-service-laws-outdated-signing-va-firing-reform/138936/
22. http://www.govexec.com/management/2017/06/trump-calls-civil-service-laws-outdated-signing-va-firing-reform/138936/
23. http://thefederalist.com/2018/01/31/trumps-biggest-point-last-night-need-upend-deep-state/
Chapter Thirteen: Let’s Trump Addiction
1. https://www.cdc.gov/drugoverdose/data/prescribing.html
2. https://www.pri.org/stories/2017-10-26/why-opioid-crisis-american-problem
3. https://www.archives.gov/research/military/vietnam-war/casualty-statistics
4. https://www.cdc.gov/drugoverdose/maps/rxrate-maps.html
5. http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/fentanyl-science-potent-deadly-1.3760244
6. https://www.cdc.gov/drugoverdose/opioids/fentanyl.html
7. http://www.timesgazette.com/news/23584/china-pledges-to-cooperate-on-fentanyl-shipments-as-portman-committee-slams-postal-transports
8. http://www.hsgac.senate.gov/download/majority-report-drugs-for-dollars-how-medicaid-has-helped-fuel-the-opioid-epidemic
9. http://www.samhsa.gov/data/
10. http://www.scientificamerican.com/products/its-chemistry-not-character-transforming-the-treatment-of-opioid-addiction/
11. http://www.bmj.com/content/357/bmj.j1550
12. https://www.healthaffairs.org/do/10.1377/hblog20180104.835958/full/
13. https://psmag.com/social-justice/dea-plan-rural-americans-addiction-treatment-access
14. https://www.samhsa.gov/data/sites/default/files/report_3192/ShortReport-3192.pdf
15. https://www.drugabuse.gov/related-topics/trends-statistics/overdose-death-rates
16. http://www.mentalhealthamerica.net/issues/issue-brief-parity
17. Kantor, E. D., Rehm, C. D., Haas, J. S., Chan, A. T., & Giovannucci, E. L. (2015). Trends in Prescription Drug Use among Adults in the United States from 1999–2012. JAMA, 314(17), 1818–1831. http://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2015.13766
18. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, National Institute on Drug Abuse National Institutes. Prescription Drug Abuse. Retrieved from https://www.drugabuse.gov/about-nida/legislative-activities/testimony-to-congress/2010/09/prescription-drug-abuse
19. http://www.milliman.com/NQTLDisparityAnalysis/
20. https://addiction.surgeongeneral.gov/surgeon-generals-report.pdf
21. http://www.myajc.com/news/local/proportion-black-people-sent-state-prison-hits-historic-lows/kSVudQ2MbdLJHu4WUWmtxJ/
22. Page 6: http://www.justicepolicy.org/uploads/justicepolicy/documents/04-01_rep_mdtreatmentorincarceration_ac-dp.pdf
23. The Surgeon General’s addiction report issued last month.
Chapter Fourteen: Helping Americans Return to Work
1. https://www.infrastructurereportcard.org/americas-grades
2. http://money.cnn.com/2018/02/11/news/economy/trump-infrastructure-plan-details/index.html
3. https://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2017-06-15/donald-trump-unveils-apprenticeship-executive-order
4. https://fns-prod.azureedge.net/sites/default/files/pd/29SNAPcurrPP.pdf
5. https://thefga.org/news/new-report-calls-medicaid-work-requirements-reduce-dependency/
6. http://www.washingtonpost.com/sf/local/2017/03/30/disabled-or-just-desperate/?utm_term=.982755d1bc05
7. https://fns-prod.azureedge.net/sites/default/files/datastatistics/keydata-august-2017.pdf
8. https://www.forbes.com/sites/jaredmeyer/2017/06/01/maine-shows-how-to-make-welfare-work/#5e3c13955ee1
9. https://www.bls.gov/news.release/archives/empsit_03072014.pdf
10. https://www.prisonpolicy.org/reports/money.htmlr />
Chapter Fifteen: Reaching Beyond the Stars
1. https://www.wsj.com/articles/america-will-return-to-the-moonand-go-beyond-1507158341
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