Demagogue for President
Demagogue for President

Author: Jennifer Mercieca

Publisher: Texas A&M University Press

Published: 2020-07-07

Total Pages: 238

ISBN-13: 1623499070

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Winner, Bronze, 2020 Foreword Indies, Political and Social Sciences Winner, 2021 PROSE Award for Government & Politics "Deserves a place alongside George Orwell’s 'Politics and the English Language'. . . . one of the most important political books of this perilous summer."—The Washington Post "A must-read"—Salon "Highly recommended"—Jack Shafer, Politico Featured in "The Best New Books to Read This Summer" and "Lit Hub's Most Anticipated Books of 2020"—Literary Hub Historic levels of polarization, a disaffected and frustrated electorate, and widespread distrust of government, the news media, and traditional political leadership set the stage in 2016 for an unexpected, unlikely, and unprecedented presidential contest. Donald Trump’s campaign speeches and other rhetoric seemed on the surface to be simplistic, repetitive, and disorganized to many. As Demagogue for President shows, Trump’s campaign strategy was anything but simple. Political communication expert Jennifer Mercieca shows how the Trump campaign expertly used the common rhetorical techniques of a demagogue, a word with two contradictory definitions—“a leader who makes use of popular prejudices and false claims and promises in order to gain power” or “a leader championing the cause of the common people in ancient times” (Merriam-Webster, 2019). These strategies, in conjunction with post-rhetorical public relations techniques, were meant to appeal to a segment of an already distrustful electorate. It was an effective tactic. Mercieca analyzes rhetorical strategies such as argument ad hominem, argument ad baculum, argument ad populum, reification, paralipsis, and more to reveal a campaign that was morally repugnant to some but to others a brilliant appeal to American exceptionalism. By all accounts, it fundamentally changed the discourse of the American public sphere.

Phoenix Rising From the Ashes
Phoenix Rising From the Ashes

Author: Justin Cloud

Publisher: Page Publishing Inc

Published: 2014-07-02

Total Pages: 211

ISBN-13: 1628386967

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Phoenix Rising from the Ashes tells of a man's journey from a dark seemingly endless pit of addiction into the light. Draw inspiration from his struggles and discover how he, after having stumbled onto a path of self-destruction, got up on his feet and walked onward to recovery. Read, witness, and realize how there will always be hope even in the bleakest of moments and the most desperate of times.

Sioux Fall
Sioux Fall

Author: Bruce Drake

Publisher: AuthorHouse

Published: 2016-10-25

Total Pages: 194

ISBN-13: 1524644706

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Through a set of circumstances, Ronald Holden finds himself alone, and his heart is broken. Unbeknownst to him, crazy neighbors murder his family and seek his life. Death nearly finds him as he flees his home. A friendly family nurses him back to health. They run into trouble trying to cross the Illinois River and meet up with some new friends. When the Santee Sioux, in 1862, went on the warpath, Ron and Michele return to Michigan, and he finds out who killed his family. The murderers escape and later find Ron on his ranch. Sioux Falls is an exciting novel of young men trying to protect their young families on the wild frontier.

MAGNA AMERICA
MAGNA AMERICA

Author: Augustin Ostace

Publisher: Alpha & Omega Sapiens - Uppublishing Being / Augustin Ostace

Published: 2019-03-22

Total Pages: 107

ISBN-13:

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When a country as United States, with such impetus in development of human history in the last 200 years, gets in trouble and difficulties, the politics in White House and Congress must be made primarily accountable for such dramatic downgrading, not the people in itself! If Great America will be seeded in every American heart, in every American mind, whoever child, mature or old man, in every city, village and community, wherever at home or abroad, whatever in working or study ability, in working and study productivity, in working and study creativity, then and only then, our country, more or less beloved country at home or abroad, will have a chance of surviving out of endlessly hardship and extremely complicated adversities into which America has been headed particularly in the last 25 years… Otherwise not!... Author

Advancing the Common Good
Advancing the Common Good

Author: Philip Kotler

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Published: 2019-09-30

Total Pages: 191

ISBN-13:

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These inspiring stories of prominent reformers fighting for the Common Good help concerned readers and voters recognize which actions and proposals will substantially elevate the happiness and well-being of citizens. Philip Kotler describes how today's society is in a state of "durable disorder," with authoritarianism on the rise and democracy on the decline around the world. He highlights the role of the Common Good and offers readers a guide to fortifying democratic values and creating organizations that pursue a better vision of the world. This text is essential for: Public citizens who want to help solve their community's problems Businesses that want to contribute to the public good Government agencies aiming to improve services and innovations Nonprofit organizations dedicated to meeting public needs Kotler details tools for public action used by luminaries such as Martin Luther King Jr., Susan B. Anthony, Rachel Carson, and Nelson Mandela, describing the advances these reformers achieved and mapping out strategies for delivering "the greatest good for the greatest number."

Indicting the 45th President
Indicting the 45th President

Author: Gregg Barak

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2024-04-01

Total Pages: 344

ISBN-13: 1040006078

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Indicting the 45th President is a sequel to Criminology on Trump in real time, continuing the criminological investigation into the former US president. Developing and expanding on the themes of family dynamics, deviance, deception, dishonesty, and the weaponization of the law, this book offers the next chapter on the world’s most successful outlaw. In this new book, Gregg Barak considers the campaigns and policies, the corruption, the state- organized abuses of power and obstructions of justice, the pardons, the failed insurrection, the prosecutions, the indictment of Trump and the politics of punishment as these revolve around the Trumpian character and social structures that encourage such crimes of the powerful. Barak also thoroughly addresses the threat to American Democracy, critiques the current state of the U.S. constitutional system, and proposes reforms to enhance justice for all in the United States. Another accessible and compelling read, this is essential reading for all those engaged with state and white- collar crime in the context of power and privilege, and those seeking a criminological understanding of Trump’s evasion of law and justice.

Congressional Record
Congressional Record

Author: United States. Congress

Publisher:

Published: 1969

Total Pages: 1462

ISBN-13:

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The Congressional Record is the official record of the proceedings and debates of the United States Congress. It is published daily when Congress is in session. The Congressional Record began publication in 1873. Debates for sessions prior to 1873 are recorded in The Debates and Proceedings in the Congress of the United States (1789-1824), the Register of Debates in Congress (1824-1837), and the Congressional Globe (1833-1873)