10 Irving Kristol, “The Neoconservative Persuasion,” Weekly Standard, August 25, 2003, http://www.weeklystandard.com/the-neoconservative-persuasion/article/4246#!.
11 “Were 1998 Memos a Blueprint for War?” ABC News, March 10, 2003, http://abcnews.go.com/Nightline/story?id=128491&page=1.
12 Project for a New American Century Statement of Principles, http://www.rrojasdatabank.info/pfpc/PNAC---statement%20of%20principles.pdf.
13 Colin Freeman. “Vladimir Putin: Don’t Mess with Nuclear-Armed Russia,” Telegraph, August 29, 2014, http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/vladimir-putin/11064209/Vladimir-Putin-Dont-mess-with-nuclear-armed-Russia.html.
14 https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/History_of_NATO_enlargement.svg/2000px-History_of_NATO_enlargement.svg.png.
15 Joshua R. Itzkowitz Shifrinson, “Russia’s Got a Point: The U.S. Broke a NATO Promise,” Los Angeles Times, May 30, 2016, http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-shifrinson-russia-us-nato-deal--20160530-snap-story.html.
16 Tyler Durden, “Competing Gas Pipelines Are Fueling the Syrian War & Migrant Crisis,” Zero Hedge, September 10, 2015, http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-09-10/competing-gas-pipelines-are-fueling-syrian-war-migrant-crisis.
17 Jonathan Swan, “Trump Booed for Saying Audience Full of ‘Donors and Special Interests,’” The Hill, February 6, 2016.
18 OpenSecrets.org, https://www.opensecrets.org/industries/indus.php?cycle=2016 &ind=D.
19 Alexander Cohen, “The Defense Industry’s Surprising 2016 Favorites: Bernie & Hillary,” Politico Magazine, April 1, 2016, http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2016/03/2016-election-defense-military-industry-contractors-donations-money-contributions-presidential-hillary-clinton-bernie-sanders-republican-ted-cruz-213783.
CHAPTER EIGHT: TRUMP’S WAR AGAINST THE RINOS
1 Washington Post Staff, “Transcript: Obama’s End-of-Year News Conference on Syria, Russian Hacking, and More,” Washington Post, December 16, 2016, https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2016/12/16/transcript-obamas-end-of-year-news-conference-on-syria-russian-hacking-and-more/?utm_term=.423e819614b1.
2 Andy Eckardt, “Christmas Market Targeted with Nail Bomb by Boy, 12: German Officials,” NBC News, December 16, 2016, http://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/christmas-market-targeted-nail-bomb-boy-12-german-officials-n696811.
3 Rick Noack, “Germany Welcomed More than 1 Million Refugees in 2015. Now, the Country Is Searching for Its Soul,” Washington Post, May 4, 2016, https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2016/05/04/germany-welcomed-more-than-1-million-refugees-in-2015-now-the-country-is-searching-for-its-soul/?utm_term=.752c164b76c3.
4 Michael Savage, “Savage Warns Trump on Priebus: Looks like ‘Jeb Bush Won,’” WorldNetDaily, November 14, 2016, http://www.wnd.com/2016/11/savage-warns-trump-on-priebus-looks-like-jeb-bush-won/#oSh03VFItdTH057j.99.
5 James DeVinne, “Trump Just Picked a White Supremacist as His Chief Policy Advisor,” Occupy Democrats, November 14, 2016, http://occupydemocrats.com/2016/11/14/trump-just-picked-white-supremacist-chief-policy-advisor/.
6 Matthew Rozsa, “Steve Bannon Runs an Anti-Semitic Website, Is a Misogynist, and Will Be One of Donald Trump’s Senior Advisers,” Salon, November 14, 2016, http://www.salon.com/2016/11/14/steve-bannon-runs-an-anti-semitic-website-is-a-misogynist-and-will-be-one-of-donald-trumps-senior-advisors/.
7 Jeremy Diamond, “The Alt-Right Heads to the White House,” CNN, November 14, 2016, http://www.cnn.com/2016/11/14/politics/alt-right-steve-bannon/.
8 Jerry Markon, Karen DeYoung, and Greg Miller, “Trump Faces Growing Tension with Key Republicans over National Security Issues,” Washington Post. November 15, 2016, https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-putin-talk-of-strong-and-enduring-relationship-president-elect-prepares-to-meet-today-with-vice-president-to-discuss-cabinet/2016/11/15/081b2f40-ab2f-11e6-8b45-f8e493f06fcd_story.html?utm_term=.39c26b85c0c7.
9 Editorial Board, “Steve ‘Turn On the Hate’ Bannon, in the White House,” New York Times, November 15, 2016, http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/15/opinion/turn-on-the-hate-steve-bannon-at-the-white-house.html?_r=0.
10 Harper Neidig, “Bannon: ‘I’m Not a White Nationalist, I’m a Nationalist,’” The Hill, November 18, 2016, http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/306785-bannon-im-not-a-white-nationalist-im-a-nationalist.
11 Alex Isenstadt and Kenneth P. Vogel, “Divisions Deepen Inside Trump Tower,” Politico, December 14, 2016, http://www.politico.com/story/2016/12/donald-trump-divisions-tower-232607.
12 Hillary Clinton, “Remarks at Techport Australia,” U.S. Department of State, November 15, 2016, https://www.state.gov/secretary/20092013clinton/rm/2012/11/200565.htm.
13 Hillary Clinton, “Hillary Clinton Says She Doesn’t Support Trans-Pacific Partnership,” PBS News Hour (video), October 7, 2015, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jeh-14A8Rbc.
14 C. Eugene Emergy, “NowThis News Site Says Donald Trump Wrong and Bill Clinton Didn’t Sign NAFTA,” PolitiFact, August 11, 2016, http://www.politifact.com/punditfact/statements/2016/aug/11/nowthis/nowthis-news-site-says-donald-trump-wrong-and-bill/.
15 “H.R. 3450 (103rd): North American Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act,” govtrack, https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/103-1993/h575.
16 Alexander Bolton, “Senate Approves Fast-Track, Sending Trade Bill to White House,” The Hill, June 24, 2015, http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/246035-senate-approves-fast-track-sending-trade-bill-to-white-house.
17 Jennifer Steinhauer, “House G.O.P. Signals Break with Trump over Tariff Threat,” New York Times, December 5, 2016, http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/05/us/politics/house-republicans-trade-trump.html.
18 Jonathan Swan, “Trump Adviser Tells House Republicans: You’re No Longer Reagan’s Party,” The Hill, November 23, 2016, http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/307462-trump-adviser-tells-house-republicans-youre-no-longer-reagans-party.
19 Ibid.
20 Amy Carter and Michael C. Bender, “Donald Trump Picks Former Texas Gov. Rick Perry as Energy Secretary,” Wall Street Journal, December 13, 2016, http://www.wsj.com/articles/donald-trump-picks-former-texas-gov-rick-perry-as-energy-secretary-1481641430.
21 Kelly Cohen, “Rick Perry: Trump’s Border Wall Is ‘Not’ Going to Happen,” Washington Examiner, July 11, 2016, http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/rick-perry-trumps-border-wall-is-not-going-to-happen/article/2596124#!.
22 Abby Livingston, “Survey of Texans in Congress Finds Little Support for Full Border Wall,” Texas Tribune, December 20, 2016, https://www.texastribune.org/2016/12/20/where-texas-congressional-delegation-stands-trumps/.
23 Ibid.
24 Ibid.
25 Michael McCaul, “Rep. McCaul: Yes, We Will Build a Wall, Put Mexico on a ‘Payment Plan,’ and Enforce the Law,” Fox News, December 2, 2016, http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2016/12/02/rep-mccaul-yes-will-build-wall-put-mexico-on-payment-plan-and-enforce-law.html.
26 Abby Livingston, “Survey of Texans in Congress Finds Little Support for Full Border Wall,” Texas Tribune, December 20, 2016, https://www.texastribune.org/2016/12/20/where-texas-congressional-delegation-stands-trumps/.
27 Chris Moody, “How a Bill Becomes a Wall,” CNN, November 10, 2016, http://www.cnn.com/2016/05/09/politics/donald-trump-mexico-border-wall/.
CHAPTER NINE: TRUMP’S WAR TO RESTORE REAL SCIENCE
1 Robert Rapier, “Leonardo DiCaprio’s Carbon Footprint Is Much Higher Than He Thinks,” Forbes, March 1, 2016, http://www.forbes.com/sites/rrapier/2016/03/01/leonardo-dicaprios-carbon-footprint-is-much-higher-than-he-thinks/#2593666568a2.
2 James Varney, “Skeptical Climate Scientists Coming in from the Cold,” Real Clear Investigations, December 31, 2016, http://www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2016/12/31/skeptical_climate_scientists_coming_in_from_the_cold.html.
3 Tony Heller, “The 100% Fraudulent Hockey Stick,” Deplorable Climate Science blog, June 10, 2016, https://realclimatescience.com/2016/06/the-100-fraudulent-hockey-stic
k/.
4 Ben Guarino, “Thousands of Montana Snow Geese Die After Landing in Toxic, Acidic Mine Pit,” Washington Post, December 7, 2016, https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2016/12/07/montana-snow-geese-searching-for-pond-land-in-toxic-mine-pit-thousands-die/?utm_term=.2afc67652b50.
5 Michael Scott, “Cuyahoga River Fire 40 Years Ago Ignited an Ongoing Cleanup Campaign,” Plain Dealer, June 22, 2009, http://www.cleveland.com/science/index.ssf/2009/06/cuyahoga_river_fire_40_years_a.html.
6 Mridula Chari, “Bengaluru Lake Catches Fire Twice in Three Days, but Nobody Is Sure Just Why,” Scroll In, December 15, 2016, http://scroll.in/article/728966/bengaluru-lake-catches-fire-twice-in-three-days-but-nobody-is-sure-just-why.
7 Brian Clark Howard and Robert Kunzig, “5 Reasons to Like the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,” National Geographic, December 9, 2016, http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2016/12/environmental-protection-agency-epa-history-pruitt/.
8 Michael Savage. The Savage Nation radio broadcast, October 6, 2015.
9 Kim Passoth, “CDC Director Pledges to Resign as Trump Sworn In,” CBS 46 Atlanta, January 6, 2017, http://www.cbs46.com/story/34196534/cdc-director-pledges-to-resign-as-trump-sworn-in#ixzz4VbLj5R5y.
10 Michael Savage, The Savage Nation, January 30, 2015.
11 Ibid.
12 Arthur Allen, “RFK Jr. Says He’ll Leave Environmental Group to Head Trump Vaccine Commission,” Politico, January 12, 2017. http://www.politico.com/story/2017/01/robert-kennedy-jr-vaccines-trump-233547.
13 Maggie Fox, “Disney Measles Outbreak Came from Overseas, CDC Says,” NBC News, January 29, 2015, http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/measles-outbreak/disney-measles-outbreak-came-overseas-cdc-says-n296441.
14 “AFM in the United States,” Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, https://www.cdc.gov/acute-flaccid-myelitis/afm-surveillance.html.
15 Ibid.
16 Nidhi Subbaraman, “US Ebola Czar Calls Trump ‘Badly Misguided’ on Diseases,” BuzzFeed News, January 10, 2017, https://www.buzzfeed.com/nidhisubbaraman/us-ebola-czar-calls-trump-badly-misguided-on-diseases?sub=4438148_10300458&utm_term=.bgZAvbdrJ#.mx51WVvQ0.
CHAPTER TEN: TRUMP’S WAR FOR THE FIRST AMENDMENT
1 Daniella Diaz, “Sen. Barbara Boxer to Introduce Bill to End Electoral College,” CNN, November 15, 2016, http://www.cnn.com/2016/11/15/politics/barbara-boxer-electoral-college-donald-trump-2016-election/.
2 Craig Timberg, “Russian Propaganda Effort Helped Spread ‘Fake News’ During Election, Experts Say,” Washington Post, November 24, 2016, https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/russian-propaganda-effort-helped-spread-fake-news-during-election-experts-say/2016/11/24/793903b6-8a40-4ca9-b712-716af66098fe_story.html?utm_term=.b0d9b46a6b42.
3 Kevin Uhrmacher, “MAP: The Obama Voters Who Helped Trump Win,” Washington Post, November 9, 2016, https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2016/live-updates/general-election/real-time-updates-on-the-2016-election-voting-and-race-results/map-the-obama-voters-who-helped-trump-win/?utm_term=.a7cc6e67c6c1.
4 Liam Dillon, “Secessionists Formally Launch Quest for California’s Independence,” Los Angeles Times, November 21, 2016, http://www.latimes.com/politics/essential/la-pol-ca-essential-politics-california-secession-calexit-htmlstory.html.
5 Thomas Jefferson, “First Inaugural Address March 4, 1801,” Avalon Project, Yale Law School, http://avalon.law.yale.edu/19th_century/jefinau1.asp.
6 Donald Trump. “FULL TEXT: Donald Trump’s 2016 Election Night Victory Speech,” ABC News, November 9, 2016, http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/full-text-donald-trumps-2016-election-night-victory/story?id=43388317.
7 Barack Obama, “Transcript: Obama’s Victory Speech,” CNN Politics, November 7, 2012, http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2012/11/07/transcript-obamas-victory-speech/.
8 Ken Bensinger, Mark Schoofs, and Miriam Elder, “These Reports Allege Trump Has Deep Ties to Russia,” BuzzFeed, January 10, 2017, https://www.buzzfeed.com/kenbensinger/these-reports-allege-trump-has-deep-ties-to-russia?utm_term=.yfwAP9az3#.mrY9P56Ol.
9 Evan Perez, Jim Sciutto, Jake Tapper, and Carl Bernstein, “Intel Chiefs Presented Trump with Claims of Russian Efforts to Compromise Him,” CNN, January 12, 2017, http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/10/politics/donald-trump-intelligence-report-russia/index.html.
10 “Donald Trump’s News Conference: Full Transcript and Video,” New York Times, January 11, 2017, https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/11/us/politics/trump-press-conference-transcript.html.
11 Ibid.
12 Tyler Durden, “Obama Quietly Signs the ‘Countering Disinformation and Propaganda Act’ into Law,” Zero Hedge, December 26, 2016, http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-12-24/obama-signs-countering-disinformation-and-propaganda-act-law.
13 Gerald F. Seib. “In Crisis, Opportunity for Obama,” Wall Street Journal, November 21, 2008, http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB122721278056345271.
14 Tyler Durden, “Propaganda Bill in Congress Could Give America Its Very Own Ministry of ‘Truth,’” Zero Hedge, June 7, 2016, http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-06-07/propaganda-bill-congress-could-give-america-its-very-own-ministry-truth.
15 “H.R. 5181—Countering Foreign Propaganda and Disinformation Act of 2016,” Congress.gov, https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/5181/text.
16 Rebecca Kaplan, “Obama Says ‘Powerlessness’ Behind Protests Across U.S.,” CBS News, May 4, 2015, http://www.cbsnews.com/news/obama-says-powerlessness-behind-protests-across-us/.
17 Barack Obama, “Obama to Anti-Trump Protesters: March On,” video, Fox News Politics, November 17, 2016, http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/11/17/obama-to-anti-trump-protesters-march-on.html.
18 George Soros, “Open Society Needs Defending,” Project Syndicate, December 28, 2016, https://www.project-syndicate.org/onpoint/open-society-needs-defending-by-george-soros-2016-12.
19 Valerie Richardson, “Black Lives Matter Cashes In with $100 Million from Liberal Foundations,” Washington Times, August 16, 2016, http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/aug/16/black-lives-matter-cashes-100-million-liberal-foun/.
20 Asra Nomani, “Billionaire George Soros Has Ties to More than 50 ‘Partners’ of the Women’s March on Washington,” New York Times, January 20, 2017, http://nytlive.nytimes.com/womenintheworld/2017/01/20/billionaire-george-soros-has-ties-to-more-than-50-partners-of-the-womens-march-on-washington/.
21 “Wow! HUGE List Of Organizations Funded by Evil George Soros,” Distract the Media, November 13, 2016, https://www.distract101.com/2016/11/list-of-organizations-funded-by-george-soros33/.
22 Sarah Pulliam Bailey, “White Evangelicals Voted Overwhelmingly for Donald Trump, Exit Polls Show,” Washington Post, November 9, 2015, https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/acts-of-faith/wp/2016/11/09/exit-polls-show-white-evangelicals-voted-overwhelmingly-for-donald-trump/?utm_term=.cc36da0d96dd.
23 Steven Ertelt, “Donald Trump: ‘I Will Protect Religious Freedom and I Don’t Care if That’s Politically Incorrect,’” LifeNews.com, October 7, 2016, http://www.lifenews.com/2016/10/07/donald-trump-i-will-protect-religious-freedom-and-i-dont-care-if-thats-politically-incorrect/.
24 Todd Starnes, “Oregon Silences Bakers Who Refused to Make Cake for Gay Wedding,” Fox News, July 6, 2015, http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2015/07/06/state-silences-bakers-who-refused-to-bake-cake-for-lesbians.html.
25 Oregon State Constitution, 2015 version, https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/bills_laws/Pages/OrConst.aspx.
26 Samuel Smith, “Obama Can Force Coverage of Birth Control and Abortion Drugs on Churches, Admin. Lawyer Says,” Christian Post, March 25, 2016, http://www.christianpost.com/news/obama-force-churches-cover-birth-control-abortion-drugs-lawyer-tells-supreme-court-160019/.
27 Robert Barnes, “Supreme Court Sends Obamacare Contraception Case Back to Lower Courts,” Washington Post, May 16, 2016, https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/courts_law/justices-send-obamacare-contraception-case-back-to-lower-courts/2016/05/16/84e5d6da-1b72-11e6-9c81-4be1c14fb8c8_story.html?utm_te
rm=.246e392ea853.
28 Tyler O’Neil, “Why the First Amendment Defense Act Is Not Anti-Gay,” PJ Media, December 16, 2016, https://pjmedia.com/faith/2016/12/13/why-the-first-amendment-defense-act-is-not-anti-gay/.
29 Emma Green, “The Religious-Liberty Showdowns Coming in 2017,” Atlantic, December 28, 2016, https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/12/the-religious-liberty-showdowns-coming-in-2017/511400/.
30 Julie Hirschfield Davis, “Obama to Issue Order Barring Anti-Gay Bias by Contractors,” New York Times, July 18, 2014, https://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/19/us/politics/obama-to-extend-protections-for-gay-workers-with-no-religious-exemption.html?_r=0.
CHAPTER ELEVEN: TRUMP’S WAR FOR THE SECOND AMENDMENT
1 “Federal Prosecutors File Charges Against Santiago, He Could Face the Death Penalty,” Fox News, January 8, 2017, http://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/01/08/federal-prosecutors-file-charges-against-santiago-could-face-death-penalty.html.
2 Chris Sanchez, “Obama on the Fort Lauderdale Airport Shooting: ‘These Tragedies Have Happened Too Often,’” Business Insider, January 6, 2017, http://www.businessinsider.com/obama-fort-lauderdale-mass-shooting-2017-1.
3 “Opinions on Gun Policy and the 2016 Campaign,” Pew Research Center, August 25, 2016, http://www.people-press.org/files/2016/08/08-26-16-Gun-policy-release.pdf.
4 Jim Treacher, “Why Did Navy Yard Shooter Aaron Alexis Create a Website Called ‘Mohammed Salem’?” Daily Caller, September 19, 2013, http://dailycaller.com/2013/09/19/why-did-aaron-alexis-create-a-website-called-mohammed-salem/#ixzz4WLB8yWMs.
5 Frances Martel, “FBI: We Have Not Found Jihadi Content on Ft. Lauderdale Shooter’s Social Media,” Breitbart News, January 9, 2016. http://www.breitbart.com/national-security/2017/01/09/fbi-not-found-jihadi-content-ft-lauderdale-shooters-social-media/.
6 “BREAKING: #FortLauderdale Terrorist #EstebanSantiago Joined Myspace as ‘Aashiq Hammad,’ Recorded Islamic Music,” Got News, January 7, 2016, http://gotnews.com/breaking-fortlauderdale-terrorist-estebansantiago-joined-myspace-aashiq-hammad-recorded-islamic-music/.
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