Independent publishing and bookstores. Before we begin just a bit about matt. Matt taibbi is the author of New York Times bestsellers the divide and the great derangement. Derangement. Hes an editor for Rolling Stone and the wind of it 2007 National Magazine book magazine book columns and commentary. Please join me in welcoming matt. [applause] hello . Thats better. Here we go. Thank you very much. Thank you, everybody for coming. Before you start tonight, im speaking tonight with a bit of a heavy heart. I just got the news on the way here that the great Investigative Reporter Wayne Barrett has died this afternoon. Wayne was my first boss in this business. He was a mentor to me and hundreds of other reporters and other media people in this city. He dedicated his life to rooting out corruption in new york and i think new york is a better place because of him. Its a very sad day. I think its also, no journalist in america knew more about donald trump than wayne. He was his first biograph
Independent publishing and bookstores. Before we begin just a bit about matt. Matt taibbi is the author of New York Times bestsellers the divide and the great derangement. Derangement. Hes an editor for Rolling Stone and the wind of it 2007 National Magazine book magazine book columns and commentary. Please join me in welcoming matt. [applause] hello . Thats better. Here we go. Thank you very much. Thank you, everybody for coming. Before you start tonight, im speaking tonight with a bit of a heavy heart. I just got the news on the way here that the great Investigative Reporter Wayne Barrett has died this afternoon. Wayne was my first boss in this business. He was a mentor to me and hundreds of other reporters and other media people in this city. He dedicated his life to rooting out corruption in new york and i think new york is a better place because of him. Its a very sad day. I think its also, no journalist in america knew more about donald trump than wayne. He was his first biograph
Larry her rare row recalls the assistance france and spain provided the communist during the revolutionary war, and then an examination of the economic value assigned to slaves. Those are just few of the programs youll see on booktv on cspan2 this weekend. For a complete Television Schedule visit booktv. Org. 48 hours of nonfiction books and authors. Television for serious readers. Hello, everyone. Welcome to powerhouse book. Were very excited to host dispatches from the 2016 by matt taibbi. Matts book isnt a blowbyblow recounting of this bizarre and disturbing election season but the wider temperature of the seeming collapse of the american democracy. Matt will talk about his book and read a section from the book, too, and then you have a chance to ask questions and get your book sign. So we have copies up front and we encourage you to pick up a book that allows us to do this great event and support independent publishing and book stores. Just a little bit of our tie matt is the autho
Guide. Fred was biggest political everything that came to trump came to political connections. Goer, the karenna daughter of al gore arrested with protesters including many members of clergy who lied down in a pipeline trench. Mr. Dechristopher it commits us to burning fossil fuel for decades. We know every new fossil fuel infrastructure will lead to another masquerade somewhere in the world. Amy but first we go to turkey where the death toll has risen to 42 from tuesdays triple from the multiple suicide bombing at istanbuls international airport. All that and more coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. The u. S. Senate has passed the socalled promesa bill, which will establish a federally appointed control board with sweeping powers to run puerto ricos economy. The bill is intended to help the island cope with its crippling debt crisis, but it has also been widely criticized as a means of removing democratic control from the
Mr. Barrett it is so ridiculous to call himself a selfmade guide. Fred was biggest political everything that came to trump came to political connections. Goer, the karenna daughter of al gore arrested with protesters including many members of clergy who lied down in a pipeline trench. Mr. Dechristopher it commits us to burning fossil fuel for decades. We know every new fossil fuel infrastructure will lead to another masquerade somewhere in the world. Amy but first we go to turkey where the death toll has risen to 42 from tuesdays triple from the multiple suicide bombing at istanbuls international airport. All that and more coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. The u. S. Senate has passed the socalleled promesa bill, which will establish a federally appointed control board with sweeping powers to run puerto riricos economy. The bill is intended to help the island cope with its crippling debt crisis, but it has also been widely