Preet Bharara
Patriotic American & proud immigrant. @Springsteen fan. Banned by Putin, fired by Trump. Former US Attorney, SDNY. Host of "Stay Tuned" https://t.co/jtj1L5lfFp
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Recommended by Preet Bharara
âI spoke with the great @washingtonpost sports columnist @sallyjenkinswa1 about her new book examining the principles of great athletes, and how they can apply to us all. Listen: https://t.co/zGKnxU8ANY https://t.co/RcLl58VpFPâ (from X)
The Washington Post sportswriter and New York Times bestselling author of the "fascinating" (The Wall Street Journal) The Real All Americans presents a love letter to the extraordinary coaches and athletes she has covered over the years and the actionable principles of excellence they embody. Sportswriter Sally Jenkins has spent her entire adult life observing and writing about great coaches and athletes. With her engaging and expert prose, she has helped shape the way we view these talented sports icons. But somewhere along the line, she realized, they had begun to shape her. Now, she presents the astonishing inner qualities in these same people that pushed them to overcome pressure, elevate their performances, and discover champion identities. Based on years of observing, interviewing, and analyzing elite coaches and playmakers, such as Bill Belichick, Peyton Manning, Michael Phelps, and more, Jenkins reveals the seven principles behind success: -Conditioning -Practice -Discipline -Candor -Culture -Resilience -Intention Discover how you can apply these same principles to your life and become your own champion. Colorful, inspirational, and accessible, The Right Call is the one stop shop for anyone wanting to learn how to effectively elevate themselves to greatness.
Recommended by Preet Bharara
âCanât wait, @benjaminwittes & @Susan_Hennessey. Great and important bookđ https://t.co/xEon8szEOWâ (from X)
"This is a book for everyone who has developed an unexpected nostalgia for political 'norms' during the Trump years . . . Other books on the Trump White House expertly detail the mayhem inside; this book builds on those works to detail its consequences." âCarlos Lozada (one of twelve books to read "to understand what's going on") "Perhaps the most penetrating book to have been written about Trump in office." âLawrence Douglas, The Times Literary Supplement The definitive account of how Donald Trump has wielded the powers of the American presidency The extraordinary authority of the U.S. presidency has no parallel in the democratic world. Today that authority resides in the hands of one man, Donald J. Trump. But rarely if ever has the nature of a president clashed more profoundly with the nature of the office. Unmaking the Presidency tells the story of the confrontation between a person and the institution he almost wholly embodies. From the moment of his inauguration, Trump has challenged our deepest expectations of the presidency. But what are those expectations, where did they come from, and how great is the damage? As editors of the âinvaluableâ (The New York Times) Lawfare website, Susan Hennessey and Benjamin Wittes have attracted a large audience to their hard-hitting and highly informed commentary on the controversies surrounding the Trump administration. In this book, they situate Trump-era scandals and outrages in the deeper context of the presidency itself. How should we understand the oath of office when it is taken by a man who may not know what it means to preserve, protect, and defend something other than himself? What aspects of Trump are radically different from past presidents and what aspects have historical antecedents? When has he simply built on his predecessorsâ misdeeds, and when has he invented categories of misrule entirely his own? By setting Trump in the light of history, Hennessey and Wittes provide a crucial and durable account of a presidency like no other.
Recommended by Preet Bharara
âThis great new book by my former FBI colleague @joshscampbell will help you understand the tactics being used by the President to distract and deflect attention away from the latest growing scandals. Get your copy here: https://t.co/7vmvGbbqqkâ (from X)
CROSSFIRE HURRICANE DELIVERS THE DEFINITIVE ROAD MAP TO IMPEACHMENT, a history of how we got from 2016 to today. âA must-read indictment of the âmob bossâ in the White House.â âThe Guardian âAn indispensable and riveting insiderâs account of one of the most dramatic and controversial periods in the history of the FBI. Crossfire Hurricane is a must-read for all Americans.â âDaniel Silva, New York Times bestselling author âCampbell speaks both from the heart and experience. A dynamite read.â âDan Rather, former anchor of CBS Evening News and bestselling author of What Unites Us It is January 6, 2017, two weeks before the inauguration. Only a handful of people know about the Steele dossier, and the nation is bitterly divided by the election results. As rumors begin to circulate that something might be brewing with the newly elected president and Russia, FBI special agent Josh Campbell joins the heads of the US intelligence community on a briefing visit to Trump Tower in New York City. He does not yet know that this meeting will eventually lead to the firing of his boss, James Comey, or that within weeks his former boss Robert Mueller will be appointed to investigate collusion and obstruction of justice at the highest level. He does not yet know that the FBI will come under years of sustained attacks from the commander in chief of the very nation its agents have sworn to protect. But, from his unique position within the FBI, he will watch it occur. In this gripping fly-on-the-wall narrative, Campbell takes readers behind the scenes of the earliest days of the Russia investigationâcodename: Crossfire Hurricaneâup to the present. Using both firsthand experience and reporting, he reveals fresh details about this tumultuous period; explains how the FBI goes about its work and its historic independence from partisan forces; and describes the increasing dismay inside the bureau as the president and his allies escalate their attacks on the agency. Appalled by Trumpâs assault on the bureauâs credibility, Campbell left the FBI in 2018 to sound the alarm about unfair political attacks on the institutions that keep America safe. Smart, clear, passionate, Crossfire Hurricane will captivate readers struggling to make sense of a news cycle careening out of control.
Recommended by Preet Bharara
âRachel Maddow and Michael Yarvitz expand on their riveting podcast to create a work both scholarly and disturbing. Their fast-paced unfurling of Vice President Agnewâs almost forgotten crimesâwhich feel all too familiar to anyone paying attention to politics latelyâoffers a critical case study in the patterns of corruption that continue to plague our democracy, documenting how politicians abuse their office and how the good guys can bring them to justice. Both a thriller and a history book, Bag Man is a triumph of storytelling.â (from Amazon)
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ⢠The knockdown, drag-out, untold story of the other scandal that rocked Nixonâs White House, and reset the rules for crooked presidents to comeâwith new reporting that expands on Rachel Maddowâs Peabody Awardânominated podcast âBoth a thriller and a history book, Bag Man is a triumph of storytelling.ââPreet Bharara, New York Times bestselling author of Doing Justice and host of the podcast Stay Tuned with Preet Is it possible for a sitting vice president to direct a vast criminal enterprise within the halls of the White House? To have one of the most brazen corruption scandals in American history play out while nobodyâs paying attention? And for that scandal to be all but forgotten decades later? The year was 1973, and Spiro T. Agnew, the former governor of Maryland, was Richard Nixonâs second-in-command. Long on firebrand rhetoric and short on political experience, Agnew had carried out a bribery and extortion ring in office for years, whenâat the height of Watergateâthree young federal prosecutors discovered his crimes and launched a mission to take him down before it was too late, before Nixonâs impending downfall elevated Agnew to the presidency. The self-described âcounterpuncherâ vice president did everything he could to bury their investigation: dismissing it as a âwitch hunt,â riling up his partisan base, making the press the enemy, and, with a crumbling circle of loyalists, scheming to obstruct justice in order to survive. In this blockbuster account, Rachel Maddow and Michael Yarvitz detail the investigation that exposed Agnewâs crimes, the attempts at a cover-upâwhich involved future president George H. W. Bushâand the backroom bargain that forced Agnewâs resignation but also spared him years in federal prison. Based on the award-winning hit podcast, Bag Man expands and deepens the story of Spiro Agnewâs scandal and its lasting influence on our politics, our media, and our understanding of what it takes to confront a criminal in the White House.
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