LEADER 03137nam 22005053 450 001 9910159013003321 005 20241107094645.0 035 $a(CKB)3710000001014631 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6042031 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL6042031 035 $a(OCoLC)969446517 035 $a(ODN)ODN0003064718 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000001014631 100 $a20210901d2017 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aInsane Clown President $eDispatches from the 2016 Circus 210 $d2017 210 1$a :$cRandom House Publishing Group,$d2017. 210 4$dİ2017. 215 $a1 online resource (270 pages) 311 08$a0-399-59246-6 311 08$a0-399-59247-4 330 $a"Matt Taibbi's first piece on the 2016 presidential election, published in August 2015, opens with these words: "The thing is, when you actually think about it, it's not funny. Given what's at stake, it's more like the opposite, like the first sign of the collapse of the United States as a global superpower. Twenty years from now, when we're all living like prehistory hominids and hunting rats with sticks, we'll probably look back at this moment as the beginning of the end." In twenty-four pieces from Rolling Stone--plus two original essays--Taibbi tells the full story the campaign, from its tragi-comic beginnings to its apocalyptic conclusion, through sharp, on-the-ground reporting, incisive analysis, and gallows humor. This isn't simply a blow-by-blow recounting of this uniquely bizarre and disturbing election season, but the wider story of the seeming collapse of American democracy. Unlike many campaign chroniclers, Taibbi grasped the essential themes of the story from beginning: the power of spectacle over substance, or even truth; the absence of a shared reality between warring sides of the political spectrum; the nihilistic rebellion of the white working class; the death of the political establishment; and the emergence of a new, explicit form of white nationalism that would destroy what was left of the Kingian dream of a successful pluralistic society. The pieces cover the "clown car" of the Republican primary season, the thwarted Bernie insurgency, the deeply flawed and aimless Clinton campaign, the often pathetic media coverage, the legacy of the Obama administration, and the lives of actual voters across the country forced to bear witness to the whole dispiriting spectacle"--$cProvided by publisher. 606 $aNonfiction$2OverDrive 606 $aEssays$2OverDrive 606 $aPolitics$2OverDrive 607 $aUnited States$xPolitics and government$y2009-2017 615 17$aNonfiction. 615 7$aEssays. 615 7$aPolitics. 676 $a973.932 686 $aPOL008000$aPOL040010$aPOL032000$2bisacsh 700 $aTaibbi$b Matt$01245545 701 $aJuhasz$b Victor$01245546 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910159013003321 996 $aInsane Clown President$92888684 997 $aUNINA