Episode · The Ezra Klein Show · 2025-08-27
Books mentioned on Trump Is Building His Own Paramilitary Force | The Ezra Klein Show
Radley Balko recommended Bottoms Up and the Devil Laughs by Kerry Howley.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Bottoms Up and the Devil Laughs
Bottoms Up and the Devil Laughs by Kerry Howley is a riveting investigation into the modern surveillance state, government secrecy, and the extraordinary case of intelligence contractor Reality Winner.
Recommended“And I guess the last one would be um my uh friend and former colleague Carrie Alli's book um Bottoms Up and the Devil Lasts which is a book on the uh the surveillance state uh and um reality winner and kind of how uh the national intelligence community has kind of evolved into what it is now.”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (1) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing Rise of the Warrior Cop
“Bradley Balco is a journalist who has written about policing and criminal justice for decades. He's the author of Rise of the Warrior Cop, the militarization of America's police forces, and he writes the terrific Substack, The Watch, where he's been tracking the militarization and the escalation of all this under Donald Trump.”