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Books by and about 2024 presidential candidates |
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Hillbilly Elegy,
by JD Vance (2017) |
Crippled America,
by Donald J. Trump (2015) |
Fire and Fury,
by Michael Wolff (2018) |
Trump Revealed,
by Michael Kranish and Marc Fisher (2016) |
The Making of Donald Trump,
by David Cay Johnston (2016) |
Promise Me, Dad ,
by Joe Biden (2017) |
The Book of Joe ,
by Jeff Wilser (2019; biography of Joe Biden) |
The Truths We Hold,
by Kamala Harris (2019) |
Smart on Crime,
by Kamala Harris (2010) |
Becoming,
by Michelle Obama (2018) |
Higher Loyalty,
by James Comey (2018) |
The Making of Donald Trump,
by David Cay Johnston (2017) |
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Book Reviews |
(from Amazon.com) |
(click a book cover for a review or other books by or about the presidency from Amazon.com)
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ABC This Week interviews for 2025 races
(Martha Raddatz interviewing candidates for 2021-2025 races)
(Click for external website)
Click on a participant to pop-up their full list of quotations
from ABC This Week interviews for 2025 races (number of quotes indicated):
- Alejandro Mayorkas (1) Secretary of DHS
- Cory Booker (2) New Jersey Mayor of Newark; N.J. Senator
- Hakeem Jeffries (1) Democrat U.S. Rep New York-8
- Jack Reed (2) Democratic Sr Senator Rhode Island
- Karen Bass (2) Democrat U.S. Rep California-37
- Marco Rubio (2) FL Senator; Republican Presidential candidate
- Mark Warner (1) Virginia Former Democratic Governor (2002-2006); elected Senator 2008
- Mike Waltz (4)
- Rand Paul (2) Republican 2016 Primary Challenger
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We excerpt the Sunday pundit shows as candidates prepare for the 2026 Senate and Gubernatorial races.
Currently, five separate "talking head" programs appear on five different TV stations every Sunday morning.
OnTheIssues.org excerpts all five of the shows, listed below, with their respective interviewing pundits and each pundit's political affiliation:
- ABC This Week: 9 AM - 10 AM EST: (George Stephanopoulos & Martha Raddatz; liberal)
- CNN "State of the Union": 9 AM - 1 PM EST: (Dana Bash & Jake Tapper; moderate liberal)
- Fox News Sunday: 9 AM EST; plus other pundit shows: (Shannon Bream & Sean Hannity; conservative)
- NBC Meet the Press: 9 AM EST; rebroadcast 4 AM Monday: (Kristen Welker; moderate)
- CBS Face the Nation: 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM EST(Margaret Brennan; moderate)
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Citations:
- Interview of Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass, 'This Week' Transcript 7-20-25, (Link)
- Interview of Rand Paul, ABC 'This Week' Transcript 5-18-25, (Link)
- ABC News 'This Week' Transcript 4-20-25: House Minority Leader Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, (Link)
- On 2026 NJ Senate: 'This Week' Transcript 4-6-25, interview of Sen. Cory Booker, April 6, 2025, (Link)
- On 2026 VA Senate, 'This Week' Transcript 3-30-25, interview of Sen. Mark Warner, (Link)
- ABC News, 'This Week' Transcript 3-16-25: White House National Security Adviser Mike Waltz, (Link)
- Cabinet coverage: 'This Week' Transcript 3-2-25: Secretary of State Marco Rubio, (Link)
- On 2026 R.I. Senate race: 'This Week' Transcript 2-23-25: Sen. Jack Reed, (Link)
- Cabinet coverage: 'This Week' Transcript 1-12-25: Rep. Mike Waltz, (Link)
- ABC News Cabinet coverage: 'This Week' Transcript 1-5-25: Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, (Link)
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| OnTheIssues.org excerpts: (click on issues for details)
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Foreign Policy
Jack Reed: Essentially, this is Trump surrendering to the Russians.
Marco Rubio: Zelenskyy tried to Ukraine-splain on every issue.
Mike Waltz: Permanent NATO membership for Ukraine incredibly unlikely.
Mike Waltz: Denmark literally has a couple of dogsled teams in Greenland.
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Free Trade
Rand Paul: The fallacy is that trade deficits actually mean anything .
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Homeland Security
Jack Reed: Trump & Hegseth trying to politicize Defense Department.
Rand Paul: We're largest arms merchant, but will veto over human rights.
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Immigration
Karen Bass: Why do ICE agents have to wear masks? .
Karen Bass: We need immigrants to rebuild L.A.; don't deport them.
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Principles & Values
Alejandro Mayorkas: Radicalization not just in military, but society writ large.
Cory Booker: When has Trump crossed the line over love of this country?
Hakeem Jeffries: Not a right/left moment, but one of right versus wrong.
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Tax Reform
Cory Booker: Trump tax cuts blow a trillion dollar hole in our deficit.
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Technology
Mark Warner: Signal app absolutely not safe for classified information.
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War & Peace
Marco Rubio: We don't know if the Russians want to make a deal on Ukraine.
Mike Waltz: We will hold Iran responsible for attacks by the Houthis.
Mike Waltz: Not realistic to expel Russians from every inch of Ukraine.
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The above quotations are from ABC This Week interviews for 2025 races
(Martha Raddatz interviewing candidates for 2021-2025 races).
Related interviews from Sunday morning talk shows:
2024-2025 Sunday pundit shows (2026 primaries; 2024 Veepstakes; 2023-24 presidential primarIes; 2024 Senate races; and 2024-25 gubernatorial races):
2020-2022 Sunday pundit shows (2021 events; 2022 Senate races and 2021-2023 gubernatorial races):
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