Episode · The Tucker Carlson Show · 2024-11-18
Books mentioned on Tucker Carlson and Russ Vought Break Down DOGE and All of Trump’s Cabinet Picks So Far
Russ Vought ran OMB under Trump the first time, and hopefully will again. Here’s what he learned about how the deep state actually works.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Congressional government
Discussed“It's always about where they have tried to innovate from really the progressive era, like they wanted congressional government; that was the title of Woodrow Wilson's book.”
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Insomnia
Insomnia is a chilling psychological horror novel by Stephen King that delves into themes of aging, insomnia, and surreal cosmic forces in a small town.
Discussed“And Pat actually talks about this in his book, where he says this was a specific strategy hatched out of the Department of Defense by some of the neocons at the time to continue justifying the largest defense spending that we continue to be tied down with.”
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The Odyssey
The Odyssey by Homer is an ancient Greek epic poem that follows the long and hazardous journey of Odysseus as he attempts to return home after the Trojan War.
Discussed“Well, I do believe that we need to be less doctrinaire on the right and to actually think, you know, and read those books you were mentioning earlier, and to be thinking through and ask the questions and try to learn more, and realize like, you know, a history book may have been written at a time to just with”
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Abnormal psychology
Discussed“I remember being in high school reading an abnormal psychology textbook that I bought at the school bookstore that had an entry on autism that was like two paragraphs long, this esoteric disorder whose origins we were uncertain of, whose parameters were unclear.”
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The crusader
The Crusader by Timothy Stanley is a biographical work that traces the building blocks and transformative journey of Ronald Reagan, moving from his origins as a commercial actor into his role as a prominent leader of the free world.
Discussed“I want you reading this stuff; we're giving out Pat Buchanan's books.”
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