Adams, John, 8
Adams, John Quincy, 26, 75–77
Adams, Samuel, 83
Adelson, Sheldon, 18, 253
Agnani, Seema, 281
Albright, Madeleine, 125
ALEC (American Legislative Exchange Council), 71–72
Alexander, Peter, 11
Alicia Patterson Foundation, 234
Allied Progress, 319
alt-right, 14, 24, 33, 293
alternative facts, 35
American Bar Association, 61
American Civil Liberties Union, 56, 72, 73, 319
American Federation for Children, formerly All Children Matter, 256–257
American Federation of Teachers, 254
American Health Care Act, 248
American Jewish Congress, 57
American Legislative Exchange Council, 71–72
American Muslims for Palestine, 128
America’s Voice, 193
Andrew Jackson Foundation, 26
anti-Semitism, 45–48, 53
Antiquities Act of 1906, 267
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, 270
Asian Americans Advancing Justice, 62
Autry, Greg, 274–275
Avlon, John, 148
Bacevich, Andrew, 79, 80, 108
Bachmann, Michele, 42
Baker, James “Jim,” 81, 155
Baker, Ross, 189
Baldwin, Tammy, 133, 135
Baltzer, Rod, 289
Bannon, Stephen, 21–28
Andrew Jackson–Trump comparison, 23
background, 21–22, 312–313
Breitbart News and, 14, 24
campaign-finance legal issues, 18
Cromwell comparison, 22
deconstruction of the administrative/regulatory state, 28, 94, 235–236, 288, 313, 319
fascism fascination, 24–25
Gorka connection, 49
influence of, 9
interest in history, 21, 22
Mercer connection, 17, 19, 24
as power behind the throne, 22
purpose of, 13
Sessions connection, 59
on Stephen Miller, 42
travel ban role, 194
Trump campaign strategy, 33
on Trump’s campaign speeches, 13
on Trump’s inaugural address, 23
vision of the future, 28
Barth, Brian, 293
Batchelder, Lily L., 190
Beck, Glenn, 25, 243
Bellow, Adam, 231
Bender, Bryan, 273
Bennis, Phyllis, 83
Berlusconi, Silvio, xiv
Berman, Ari, 73
Bernstein, Gregg, 69
Bezo, Jeff, 272
Bharara, Preet, 245
Bill of Rights Defense Committee, 62
Blankfein, Lloyd, 313
Blitzer, Wolf, 196
Bloom, Mia, 50
Bloomberg, 308
Blumenthal, Richard, 70, 85, 133, 135
Bobo, Kim, 233
Boeing Company, 89–90
Bolton, John, 140
Booker, Cory, 121, 133, 134, 135
Bork, Robert, 68–69
Bossie, David, 17
Boyd, Stephen, 42
Boyle, Mary, 112
Brandeis, Louis, 213
Breitbart News, 14, 17, 19, 22, 24, 42, 43, 48, 49, 59
Brennan, William Jr., 212
Brennan Center for Justice, 199, 202
Brinkley, Douglas, 265
Broad, Eli, 253–254
Brooke, Edward, 148
Brown, Sherrod, 246, 306, 309
Brune, Michael, 269, 287
Bryan, William Jennings, 13, 297
budget blueprint proposal, 94–95, 226, 252, 300
Buffett, Warren, 309
Burford, Anne Gorsuch, 210
Burness, John, 41
Burnham, Walter Dean, 2
Burstein, Karen, 225
Bush, Barbara, 181
Bush, George H. W., 168, 181, 213
Bush, George W., xiv, 49, 78, 97, 199, 231
Bush, Jeb, 157
Bush, Jenna, 181
Cambridge Analytica, 17
Campaign for Accountability, 305
Campaign Legal Center, 17–18
Campbell, Simone, 248
Canadian government diversity, 314–315
Cantwell, Maria, 250
Carlson, Tucker, 23
Carper, Tom, 260
Carson, Ben, 277–283
aversion to social safety-net programs, 279–280
hearing with Senate Banking Committee, 278–279
objections to, 280–283
Carter, Phillip, 81
Case, Clifford, 147
Cauterucci, Christine, 182
Cavuto, Neil, 196
Center for a New American Security, 81, 84, 88
Center for American Progress, 319
Center for Family and Human Rights, 120
Center for Food Safety, 111
Center for Media and Democracy, 71, 72, 259, 260
Center for Responsive Politics, 111
Center for Security Policy, 62
challenge statutes, 200–202
Chao, Elaine, 229–240
criticisms of performance as Secretary of Labor, 233–235
as Mitch McConnell’s wife, 230
proposal of public-private partnerships, 239
charter schools, 254
Chaudhary, Nita, 31
checks and balances system, xiii, 3, 7, 8, 262–263
Chen, Michelle, 191
Cheney, Dick, xiv, 78, 155
Cheney, Elizabeth, 231
Cherlin, Reid, 59
Chestnut, J. L., 56
Chittams, Ralph, 169
Christie, Chris, 187–188, 218
Chu, Stephen, 287
Citizens United, 17
Civil Rights Act of 1964, 145, 171
civilian control of military, 83–84, 86–87, 105
Clapper, James, 66, 196
Clarke, Kristen, 72, 203
Clay, Henry, 26
Clayton, Jay, 308–309
climate change, 262, 293, 314–315
Clinton, Bill, 30, 67, 69, 167
Clinton, Hillary, 2, 53, 69, 291
Clyburn, Mignon, 299
Cohen, Alys, 305
Cohen, Richard, 61
Cohn, Gary, 310–313
former president and co-chief operating officer of Goldman Sachs, 311
Trump’s chief economic advisor, 312
Colbert, Stephen, 40
Cole, Juan, 23
Colicchio, Tom, 293
Collins, Susan, 63, 247
Color of Change, 62
Comey, James, 65, 66–68, 70, 196–197, 318
Commission on Election Integrity, 73
Common Cause, 62, 112, 241, 300, 319
Consumer Protection Act of 1986, 307
contractors, private, 226
Conway, George T. III, 30–31
Conway, Kellyanne (Fitzpatrick), 29–35
on 2016 election results, 11
alternative facts comment, 35, 163
background, 30–31
campaign strategy, 33
citing of Kobach as source of voter fraud claims, 73–74
as critic of Trump, 33–34, 165–166
defense of Trump, 31–32
as head of Cruz super PAC, 33
importance of to Trump’s election, 33
Mercer connection, 15, 16, 17, 33
political background, 12
Conyers, John, 68
Coolidge, Calvin, 2
Coons, Christopher “Chris,” 39, 115, 116
Cooper, John Sherman, 171–172, 174
Cooperative Congressional Elections Study, 73
Copps, Michael, 299–301
Costa, Robert, 23
Costanza, Margaret “Midge,” 206
Coulter, Ann, 30
Cox, Archibald, 68
Cox, J. David Sr., 226
Cromwell, Thomas, 22–23
crony capitalism, 138, 226
Cruz, Heidi, 165
Cruz, Ted, 16–17, 33, 165, 213, 311
Cunningham, James, 128
Cyprus, Bank of, 132–134
Daines, Steve, 173
Dana, Francis, 76
Dann, Marc, 306
de Blasio, Bill, 280
de la Torre, Oscar, 41
Dean, John, xiii, 11, 14, 15, 18
deconstruction of the administrative/regulatory state, 18, 28, 94, 235–236, 288, 313, 319
Democratic Party, history of, 145–146
DeMoro, RoseAnn, 246
Demos, 200
Dennard, Paris, 167
Deutsche Bank, 133
DeVos, Betsy, 1–8, 252–257
as advocate of private-school voucher programs, 4
contributions to Republican Party, 5–6
as example of “malice domestic,” 1
expectation of return on investment, 253
hostility to public education, 254
lack of qualifications, 2–5, 8
public resistance to, 318
Senate Committee hearing, 3–6
using politics for own agenda, 254, 316
DeVos, Dick, 254, 256
Dickerson, John, 36–38, 196
Dixon, Wallace, 206
Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform (2010), 307
Dole, Elizabeth, 206
Donovan, Jim, 311
Douglas, William O., 213
Douglass, Frederick, 143–144, 149–151, 167, 169
Downs, Andrew, 218, 221
Dreier, Peter, 278
Drudge, Matt, 31
Duckworth, Tammy, 304
Duffy, Sean, 126
Duke, David, 52–53
Duke Conservative Union, 41
education, importance of, 3
Einhorn, Bruce, 51
Eisenhower, Dwight, 75, 81, 97, 98–100, 105, 212, 236
El-Hosseiny, Kareem, 128
election manipulation, 12
Elton, Geoffrey, 22
Environmental Working Group, 294
Evola, Julius, 25
Exum, Andrew, 103
ExxonMobil, 137
Fair Housing Act of 1968, 280
Faith, Bill, 306
Faith in Public Life, 62
fake news, 48, 153, 161–162
fascist, American, 11
Federalist Society, 30
Federation for American Immigration Reform, 62
Feingold, Russ, 210, 214
Fischer, Brendan, 18
Flake, Jeffrey, 67
Flournoy, Michèle, 88–89
Flynn, Michael, 52, 79, 102, 318
Fontaine, Richard, 84
Forman, Ira, 125
Forward (newspaper), 45–48
Franken, Al, 4, 59, 209
Franklin, Benjamin, 224
Free Press, 62, 299, 301, 319
Fremont, John, 22
Friedman, David, 123–130
appearance before Foreign Relations Committee, 129
objections to, 127–130
at Trump rally in Jerusalem, 123–124
views on Israeli issues, 129–130
Friends of the Earth, 62, 269, 288
Gardner, John, 241, 248
Garland, Merrick, 58, 208
Gates, Robert, 88
Gee, Kelsey, 296–297
Gennarini, Stefano, 120
Gerhardstein, Alphonse, 201
Gerry, Elbridge, 104
Gillibrand, Kirsten, 86–87
Gingrey, Phil, 243
Gingrich, Newt
media ownership consolidation promotion, 300
space colonization promotion, 276
Telecommunications Act of 1996, 301
Giuliani, Andrew, 205–207
background, 205–206
lawsuit against Duke University, 205–206
son of Rudy Giuliani, 207
Giuliani, Rudy, 207
Glittering Steel film production company, 19
global gag rule, 117, 118
Gold, Matea, 19
Goldmacher, Shane, 80
Goldman Sachs, 304, 306, 309, 311, 312
Goldwater, Barry, 150
Gorka, Sebastian, 45–51
Bannon connection, 43, 49
connection with Nazi-allied far-right group, 45–46
participation in right-wing Hungarian politics, 47–48
views of Islam and “global jihadist movement,” 49–50
Gorsuch, Neil, 210–211, 319
Government Accountability Institute, 19
Graham, David, 80
Grassley, Chuck, 208, 292
Gray, Rosie, 43
“Great Society,” 241
Greenblatt, Jason, 167
Gregg, John, 221
Guthrie, Woody, 223
hacking, 12
Hadden, Karen, 288–289
Haig, Alexander, 155
Haldeman, H. R., 155
Haley, Nikki, 114–122
alignment with anti-choice movement, 119–121
objections to, 116–117
reason for appointment by Trump, 121–122
before Senate Foreign Relations Committee, 115, 121
ties to Koch brothers, 110
women’s rights and, 122
Halleck, Charles, 147
Hamilton, Alexander, 6, 8
Harriman, Averell, 6
Harrison, Benjamin, 150
Harrop, William, 128
Harwood, John, 284
Hassan, Maggie, 4
Hatch, Orrin, 303
Hauser, Jeff, 134
Hayden, Michael, 196
Heflin, Howell, 57
Heinrich, Martin, 116
Heitkamp, Heidi, 309
Henderson, Wade, 62, 202
Heritage Foundation, 25, 235
Herman, Alexis, 206
Hollander, Ellie, 95
Horowitz, David, 41
Horthy de Nagybánya, Miklós, 45–47
Horton, Emily, 190
Houston, Melissa, 261
Huang, Chye-Ching, 190
Huckabee, Mike, 277
HUD programs, 278
Hughes, Charles Evans, 213
Hughes, Langston, xi
Human Rights Watch, 109
Hungary, 45–48
Huntsman, Jon, 29–30
Icahn, Carl, 132
impeachment, 319
Indian Removal Act of 1830, 25
Indiana Policy Review Foundation, 219
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, 4
Ingraham, Laura, 30
Inhofe, Jim, 233
Interfaith Worker Justice, 233
International Women’s Health Coalition, 118, 122
Iraq War, 106
ISIS, 106
Israel, US embassy location in, 124–125
J Street, 127, 129
Jackson, Andrew, 23–26
Jackson, Jesse, 148
Jaffe, Greg, 49
Jarrett, Valerie, 167, 206
Javits, Jacob, 147
Jefferson, Thomas, xi, xiii, 8, 101, 314
“Jewish laws,” in Hungary, 46–47
Jewish Telegraphic Agency, 48
Jews, deportation of, 47
Jillson, Calvin, 285
Johansson, Scarlett, 185
Johnson, Hank, 61
Johnson, Lyndon B., 105, 146, 167, 231, 241
Jones, Elaine, 57
Jones, Paula, 30
Jordan, Vernon, 167
Juneau, Denise, 268
Kabaservice, Geoffrey, 147
Kagan, Elena, 58
Kaine, Tim, 215, 216
Kallon, Abdul Karim, 61
Kaplan, Fred, 81
Keep the Promise super PAC, 33
Kellen, Mark, 243
Kelly, John, 192–198
assuming responsibility for travel ban chaos, 194
linking of border security to war on terror, 193
loyalty of, 192–198
objections to, 203
reputation of, 192–193
Kemp, Jack, 148
Kengle, Robert, 202
Kennan, George, 81
Kennedy, Anthony, 212
Kennedy, John F., xi, 145, 230, 271
Kennedy, Robert, 230
Kerry, John, 125, 286
Keynes, John Maynard, 310
King, Angus, 135
King, Coretta Scott, 54–55, 172
Kirby, Matthew, 270
Kissinger, Henry, 125, 187
Kittell, Howard, 26
Klain, Ronald, 239
Klein, Naomi, 292
Kline, Brian, 247
Knodel, Marissa, 269
Kobach, Kris, 71–74
as co-head of Commission on Election Integrity, 73
draft of Arizona’s anti-immigration law, 71
promotion of voter suppression and voter fraud claims, 72–73
as secretary of state of Kansas, 72
Koch, David and Charles, 17, 19, 219, 253, 257
Koch Industries, 109, 111–112
Koch-tied politicians, 110
Kohn, Richard, 83, 105
Koplowitz, Howard, 42
Kraushaar, Josh, 231
Krugman, Paul, 238
Ku Klux Klan, 52
Kuchel, Thomas, 147
Kurtzer, Daniel, 128
Kushner, Charles, 189
Kushner, Jared, 186–191
campaign role and White House, 186
as facilitator for Trump, 187
as Middle East peacemaker, 187
role in ouster of Christie and allies, 188–189, 220
Strategic Initiatives Group, 49
La Follette, Robert “Bob,” 136, 138
Labrador, Raúl, 268
Lake, Celinda, 31
LaPierre, Wayne, 40
Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, 72, 203
Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, 57, 62, 202
Leahy, Patrick, 59, 65, 209, 319
Lee, Barbara, 96
Lee, Spike, 168
Lee, Thea, 313
Lemon, Don, 165
Leo, Leonard, 261
letters of marque, 223–224
Lewandowski, Corey, 34
Lewinsky, Monica, 30
Lewis, John, 56
Lewis, Matt, 231–232
Lighthizer, Robert, 313
Limbaugh, Rush, 220
Lincoln, Abraham, xi, 22, 97, 167
Lindsay, John, 145, 147, 148
Lipton, Eric, 261
Loomis, Burdett, 111
Luntz, Frank, 33
Maag, Elaine, 190
MacArthur, Douglas, 79
Maddow, Rachel, 135
Madison, James, xv, 7–8, 104, 252
Magerman, David, 17
Make America Number One super PAC, 34
Manafort, Paul, 34, 218
Manchin, Joe, 173
Manigault, Omarosa, 165–170
background, 167–168
on CNN Tonight, 165–166
Markey, Ed, 133, 135
Martin, Paul Kawika, 103
Mathias, Charles “Mac,” 145, 147