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It Ends With Us

It Ends With Us

by Colleen Hoover

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Well, Crystal, the saga of 'It Ends With Us,' starring Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni, has officially crossed the threshold from a story of celebrity intrigue to one of greater import.

Episode: NYTIMES SUED Over Blake Lively Puff Piece

It Ends With Us

It Ends With Us

by Colleen Hoover

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They’re co-stars in the movie 'It Ends With Us.'

Episode: NYTIMES SUED Over Blake Lively Puff Piece

It Ends With Us

It Ends With Us

by Colleen Hoover

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Remember, a lot of people probably do—like you were talking about with your daughter—those clips of Blake Lively going viral around the premiere of 'It Ends With Us.'

Episode: NYTIMES SUED Over Blake Lively Puff Piece

Hillbilly Elegy

Hillbilly Elegy

by J. D. Vance

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Yeah, and I know we're going to get into all of that, because again, we have a Sager tweet, but it echoes something that you actually heard from JD Vance in Hillbilly Elegy that he's since kind of recanted this critique of American culture.

Episode: Trump BACKS ELON In MAGA H1B War

Homage to Catalonia

Homage to Catalonia

by George Orwell

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Obviously, people say 'man' in George Orwell's book 'Homage to Catalonia.' But it's much more of a thing in 'For Whom the Bell Tolls.'

Episode: Center-Left COLLAPSE As Trudeau Faces RESIGNATION Calls

Homage to Catalonia

Homage to Catalonia

by George Orwell

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But I've conflated 'Homage to Catalonia' and 'For Whom the Bell Tolls' while making fun of young people for not reading, which is utterly embarrassing. So it's quite all right.

Episode: Center-Left COLLAPSE As Trudeau Faces RESIGNATION Calls

Nineteen Eighty-Four

Nineteen Eighty-Four

by George Orwell

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Now rewind to Vietnam; all the people who feel nostalgic have this Cronkite book behind me. People should go and read it because the news has always been fake; it's just that now you know it's fake.

Episode: CNN ADMITS Syria Viral Segment WAS HOAX

Kids for cash

Kids for cash

by William Ecenbarger

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They called this man— I remember covering this case—it was the 'Kids for Cash.'

Episode: Biden Pardons CROOKED Cash For Kids JUDGE

Industrial Society and Its Future

Industrial Society and Its Future

by Theodore Kaczynski

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The Times published the entire Unabomber manifesto, so...

Episode: Media CAUGHT Hiding Luigi Mangione Manifesto, Photo

The antitrust paradox

The antitrust paradox

by Robert H. Bork

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What she said on Hasan's show is one of the reasons conservatives don't like her, as Rachel Bard has talked about, is that the consumer welfare standard of Robert Bork was gospel on the right for a long time.

Episode: Trump OUSTS Lina Khan As FTC Chair

Can't Hurt Me

Can't Hurt Me

by David Goggins

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From his Goodreads profile, he had a couple of books listed He had David Goggins' 'Can't Hurt Me' and also some books indicating his interest in addressing back pain, including 'Crooked: Outwitting the Back Pain Industry and Getting on the Road to Recovery', 'Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance', and 'Back Mechanic' by Dr. Stuart McGill

Episode: CEO KILLER CAUGHT: WILD Online Past

The Shock Doctrine

The Shock Doctrine

by Naomi Klein

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Crucially, whereas Trump's ascendance in the Republican Party has come from bucking austerity politics, Elon and his cadre are fans of anarcho-capitalist leader Javier Milei and his Shock Doctrine approach. Now, if you're a billionaire, of course, what's not to love about Milei?

Episode: Jon Stewart, Bernie SOUND OFF On Trump Billionaire Agenda

Mao Tŝe-tung's quotations

Mao Tŝe-tung's quotations

by Mao Zedong

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Go read some Mao; like you think that any of those revolutionaries would be tolerating this level of indiscipline when they actually believe that their revolution is important, is so important that it is going to save humanity?

Episode: Trump Floats REPLACING Pete Hegseth w/Ron DeSantis For Pentagon

If I Must Die

If I Must Die

by Refaat Alareer

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Next week, on Tuesday, there's a book called 'If I Must Die,' which is Ratallah's posthumously published book of prose and poems.

Episode: CHAOS As South Korea President Declares MARTIAL LAW

A biography of James A. Garfield

A biography of James A. Garfield

by Benson John Lossing

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Anyway, I don't know a lot about Garfield; I do have a biography of him on my shelf, though, which is interesting.

Episode: AOC 2028? Rumors FLY Of POTUS Ambitions

The Constitution of the United States and related documents

The Constitution of the United States and related documents

by United States

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If you read the Constitution, there is no such thing as an independent agency, and yet there it is.

Episode: Matt Stoller VS Marc Andreesen On DEBANKING Rogan Claims

Black Beauty

Black Beauty

by Anna Sewell

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Ryan writes about this in his book as a very organic, genuinely bottom-up way.

Episode: The View MELTS DOWN As Whoopi SURRENDERS To Trump