WEAPONS OF MASS DELUSION

Reviewed 8/17/2023

Weapons of Mass Delusion, by Robert Draper

WEAPONS OF MASS DELUSION When the Republican Party Lost its Mind Robert Draper Louie Palu (photographs) New York: Penguin Press, April 2022				Rating: 5.0 High
ISBN-13 978-0-583-30014-5
ISBN-10 0-583-30014-9	384pp.	HC/BWI	$29.00

	Author's Note	xv
PART ONE ONE DAY IN WASHINGTON
Chapter One	THE DENTIST PATRIOT	3
Chapter Two	INSURRECTION	13
Chapter Three	TRUTH AND THE WEST TERRACE	23
PART TWO THE POWERS SOON TO BE
Chapter Four	"HARDER THAN ANYONE"	35
Chapter Five	THE ART OF THE LIE	49
Chapter Six	THE ENABLER	63
Chapter Seven	CLIO AND THE CHAIRWOMAN	73
Chapter Eight	"I FIND IT VERY INTERESTING"	87
PART THREE AGAINST THE CRAZY
Chapter Nine	THE GALLERY GROUP	101
Chapter Ten	ARC OF THE CRAZY	98
Chapter Eleven	INCITEMENT	119
Chapter Twelve	"A THOUSAND POUNDS OF RUBBISH"	131
Chapter Thirteen	"I'M LITERALLY YOU"	145
Chapter Fourteen	THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF CHENEY	155
Chapter Fifteen	BÊTE NOIRE	165
Chapter Sixteen	BAD COMPANY	175
Chapter Seventeen	THE BIG LIE, IN PERPETUITY	183
Chapter Eighteen	THE LEVIATHAN LIE	195
PART FOUR TOO MUCH TRUTH
Chapter Nineteen	McCONNELL	203
Chapter Twenty	THE BLUE	213
Chapter Twenty-One	THE BOWL	223
Chapter Twenty-Two	TO BE UNSERIOUS	227
PART FIVE TOO MANY LIES
Chapter Twenty-Three	A TWITTER HOLIDAY	241
Chapter Twenty-Four	THE KILLING LIE	249
Chapter Twenty-Five	THE BIG LIE, SPREADING	255
Chapter Twenty-Six	THE PATRIOT WING	265
Chapter Twenty-Seven	AT THE FAIRGROUNDS	275
PART SIX THE PARTY OF RETRIBUTION
Chapter Twenty-Eight	"THE MOST DANGEROUS MAN IN CONGRESS"	287
Chapter Twenty-Nine	FAKE AUDITS	297
Chapter Thirty	DEATH CULT	305
Chapter Thirty-One	STATE OF THE UNION	313
Chapter Thirty-Two	THE UNWINDING	327
Chapter Thirty-Three	THE WAY OF THE IMPEACHERS	335
Chapter Thirty-Four	ONE DAY IN GEORGIA	347
	EPILOGUE	359

	Note on Sources and Acknowledgments	365
	Index	369

WEAPONS OF MASS DELUSION

Reviewed 8/17/2023

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