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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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| OnTheIssues.org excerpts: (click on issues for details)
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Abortion
Andrew Cuomo: Codify state with federal law to allow 9th-month abortions.
Andrew Cuomo: Protect women's right to choose if Roe is overturned.
Andrew Giuliani: Protect the right to life, I look at this very simply.
Cynthia Nixon: Abortion is a fundamental right for all women.
Marc Molinaro: Accepts abortion as law; but believes in preserving life.
Rob Astorino: Opposes abortion, except for rape, incest & maternal life.
Rob Astorino: Philosophically opposed, but won't fight legal abortion.
Rob Astorino: No 9th-month abortions, even if federal law allows it.
Zephyr Teachout: Abortion rights are part of women's equality.
Kathy Hochul: Overturning Roe changed nothing in NY, because I'm governor.
Lee Zeldin: Overturning Roe is moot: NY has strict abortion rights.
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Budget & Economy
Chris Sununu: Can't add $5T to balance sheet and hope it goes away.
Cynthia Nixon: A budget bullies people when it shortchanges opportunities.
Joe Pinion: Claims Federal COVID aid used to push critical race theory.
Letitia James: Moved to protect stimulus payments from debt collectors.
Marc Molinaro: First step to economic development is competent leadership.
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Civil Rights
Andrew Giuliani: Kneeling during anthem is a war on our police.
Andrew Giuliani: Would protect same-sex marriage, right to adopt.
Cynthia Nixon: History of pro-gay rights with established credibility.
Kathy Hochul: In Congress supported same-sex marriage & abortion rights.
Kathy Hochul: Supported same-sex marriage & abortion rights.
Kathy Hochul: If men don't change attitudes there will be consequences.
Kathy Hochul: No longer barriers/ceiling to women in government.
Letitia James: Codify federal protections for LGBTQ+ individuals.
Letitia James: Attacks on transgender students violate their rights.
Marc Molinaro: Sees protection for LGBT people as their basic civil rights.
Rob Astorino: Opposes gay marriage, but it's a non-issue.
Rob Astorino: Opposes gay marriage, but it's the law of the land.
Rob Astorino: Zoning laws limit what can be built, not who can live there.
Zephyr Teachout: Endorsed by LGBT organizations; received at Gay Pride parade.
Elise Stefanik: DEI radical far left agenda is crushing the American dream.
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Corporations
Andrew Giuliani: Worked for Trump on deregulation of businesses of all sizes.
Cynthia Nixon: Fight against tax cuts for corporations and the wealthy.
Marc Molinaro: Cut costs on home-grown businesses to increase job growth.
Zephyr Teachout: Apply anti-trust rules to corporate political power.
Kathy Hochul: Social media companies should be vigilant about hate speech.
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Crime
Andrew Cuomo: Signed police reform package, including ban on chokeholds.
Andrew Giuliani: Curbing crime a top priority, no greater friend to police.
Andrew Giuliani: Stop the war on police; end bail reform.
Cynthia Nixon: Transform our criminal justice system.
Kathy Hochul: Spearheaded campaign against college sexual assaults.
Marc Molinaro: Don't ask about prior convictions in county jobs.
Tom Suozzi: Supported the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act of 2020.
Lee Zeldin: Gun control measures won't reduce crime.
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Drugs
Andrew Giuliani: Legal marijuana products can be a state revenue source.
Cynthia Nixon: Legalize marijuana and capture the revenue.
Cynthia Nixon: Arresting people for cannabis is racist war on drugs.
Cynthia Nixon: Racial equity in cannabis industry as form of reparations.
Marc Molinaro: Look into why people become addicted and help them.
Nicholas Kristof: War on drugs one of America's greatest mistakes.
Nicholas Kristof: Decriminalize to steer addicted people into treatment.
Rob Astorino: No medical marijuana; due to pills, process, and quality.
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Education
Andrew Giuliani: Open more charter schools, give parents choice.
Andrew Giuliani: Wants a tax voucher program for school choice.
Cynthia Nixon: Fight against the Old Boys Club for quality education.
Joe Pinion: We need to have school choice for every single child.
Kathy Hochul: Partnerships between employers and educational institutions.
Kathy Hochul: Make state schools tuition-free for middle-class families.
Marc Molinaro: Give back education decisions to local cities & towns.
Tom Suozzi: Work with yeshivas that fall short on secular education.
Zephyr Teachout: The public school system has been robbed.
Zephyr Teachout: Stop looting public school system to serve wealthy interests.
Zephyr Teachout: Cuomo has completely abandoned schools.
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Energy & Oil
Gina Raimondo: Be most collaborative and aggressive state on wind energy.
Joe Pinion: Capitalism is the solution for developing renewables.
Marc Molinaro: Will explore fracking consequences in monitored testing.
Rob Astorino: Government incentives for solar & geothermal.
Terry McAuliffe: 2012: Started GreenTech electric car company & soon resigned.
Tom Suozzi: Opposed pulling out of the Paris Agreement.
Zephyr Teachout: Sun, solar and wind, not fracking.
Antonio Delgado: Opposes two new major fossil fuel pipelines in New York.
Kathy Hochul: Fought hard against the Build Public Renewables Act.
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Environment
Cynthia Nixon: Outraged over slow response to village's contaminated water.
Joe Cunningham: Great American Outdoors Act sets funding for public land.
Kathy Hochul: EPA cleanup of intolerable odors & emissions in Attica.
Marc Molinaro: Proven track record backing the Hudson River PCB cleanup.
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Families & Children
Howie Hawkins: Supports universal healthcare & universal pre-K.
Kathy Hochul: Fought for Paid Family Leave & $15 minimum wage.
Marc Molinaro: Path to Promise: comprehensive youth plan.
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Foreign Policy
Andrew Cuomo: Follow Congressional process in Syrian intervention.
Lee Zeldin: Congressional report on hate speech in Palestinian textbooks.
Tom Suozzi: His first House floor speech was in support of Israel.
Elise Stefanik: Supports Israeli claims of biblical rights to West Bank.
Kathy Hochul: Israel should work with US on Gaza humanitarian aid.
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Free Trade
Andrew Cuomo: Start-Up NY: expand foreign trade to boost upstate economies.
Joe Pinion: We've been outsourcing the American Dream and its jobs.
Elise Stefanik: We will not allow other countries to take advantage of us.
Kathy Hochul: Trump's tariffs are spurring fiscal chaos and uncertainty.
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Government Reform
Andrew Cuomo: Committed to campaign finance reform.
Andrew Cuomo: Used campaign funds for defense lawyer, legally.
Andrew Giuliani: Supports term limits, ban outside income in state office.
Andrew Giuliani: We will never know who legitimately won the 2020 election.
Cynthia Nixon: Main focus of campaign is exposing ongoing corruption.
Cynthia Nixon: The 'Cynthia Effect': Cuomo now for restoring voting rights.
Doug Mastriano: Supported lawsuits, alternate electors after 2020 election.
Joe Pinion: Term limits are a must, we need them today.
Lee Zeldin: Voted to overturn 2020 presidential election results.
Lee Zeldin: Opposed For the People Act expanding voting rights.
Lee Zeldin: Signed onto Texas suit challenging 2020 election.
Marc Molinaro: Take the corruption out of campaign financing.
Rob Astorino: We desperately need term limits in Albany for all parties.
Zephyr Teachout: Build political system where wealthy donors aren't in charge.
Zephyr Teachout: Political system is still corrupt and rigged for the wealthy.
Lee Zeldin: Rogue state officials made unconstitutional voting changes .
Antonio Delgado: Get government out of the way of itself on affordable homes.
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Gun Control
Andrew Giuliani: Against strengthening state gun laws after mass shooting.
Cynthia Nixon: If you want more done on gun control, get involved.
Kathy Hochul: Top rating from National Rifle Association.
Kathy Hochul: State senate too afraid of NRA to vote on "red flag" bill.
Marc Molinaro: Supports 2nd Amendment but with common sense restrictions.
Nicholas Kristof: No strong evidence that assault weapons ban saved lives.
Nicholas Kristof: Use executive action to crack down on ghost guns.
Rob Astorino: Opposes SAFE Act gun control measure.
Zephyr Teachout: Supports tougher gun control laws.
Kathy Hochul: Illegal guns are from out of state; need a national response.
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Health Care
Andrew Giuliani: I am anti-mandate for COVID vaccinations.
Joe Pinion: COVID policy mandates have no basis in science.
Kathy Hochul: Support for ACA contraception mandate cost her re-election.
Letitia James: Asks Supreme Court not to block COVID vaccine mandate.
Marc Molinaro: Vows to veto single payer health care system if elected.
Rob Astorino: ObamaCare meltdown changes the political landscape.
Zephyr Teachout: I am committed to single-payer.
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Homeland Security
Marc Molinaro: Give veterans the services and support they need.
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Immigration
Cynthia Nixon: Fight for statewide immigrant sanctuary protection.
Joe Pinion: Population explosion due to people illegally crossing border.
Kathy Hochul: 2007: No drivers licenses to undocumented immigrants.
Kathy Hochul: Submit temporary guest worker applications online.
Kathy Hochul: Once opposed driver's licenses for undocumented immigrants.
Marc Molinaro: Opposed to separating families of undocumented immigrants.
Tom Suozzi: Opened location for undocumented to find work, learn English.
Zephyr Teachout: Honor the dignity of all immigrants.
Kathy Hochul: Opposes open borders; supports deporting criminals.
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Jobs
Cynthia Nixon: Access to good jobs for all those in need of them.
Kathy Hochul: She believes in equal pay for equal work.
Tom Suozzi: Created most diverse working force in County's history.
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Principles & Values
Andrew Cuomo: OpEd: Primary challenge doubles the campaign donation limit.
Andrew Giuliani: I'm a politician out of the womb; it's in my DNA.
Andrew Giuliani: Trump a father figure, helped him during parents' divorce.
Andrew Giuliani: As 7-year-old, upstaged father's inaugural address as mayor.
Cynthia Nixon: Vote for the homo, not for the Cuomo.
Cynthia Nixon: Corrupt, corporate Dems can't fight corrupt, corporate GOP.
Doug Mastriano: Prayed that God would influence Capitol election protest.
Kathy Hochul: Not strongly ideological; more practical.
Kathy Hochul: Upbringing taught her to care for poor, imprisoned, homeless.
Kathy Hochul: Catholic upbringing: care for poor, imprisoned, & homeless.
Lee Zeldin: Never experienced antisemitism, including within GOP.
Marc Molinaro: Grassroots elected official: mayor & County legislator.
Sarah Huckabee Sanders: Sanders is Christian, conservative, a proud Arkansan.
Tom Suozzi: I'm standing up to the far-left and to the far-right.
Zephyr Teachout: Political icons: Teddy Roosevelt & Louis Brandeis.
Al Sharpton: Country must address growing problem of hate crimes.
Kathy Hochul: You don't protect hate speech or incendiary speech.
Kathy Hochul: Trump can't just come in and bully us around.
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Social Security
Andrew Cuomo: Expose obscure formulas that cause automatic increases.
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Tax Reform
Andrew Cuomo: Tax cut for middle class; increase taxes on wealthiest 1%.
Andrew Giuliani: Roll back increased taxes on corporations, wealthy.
Andrew Giuliani: Promises highest tax cut, budget cut in New York history.
Cynthia Nixon: Limit tax breaks to the film industry; they don't need it.
Howie Hawkins: Local property taxes upstate are the highest in the nation.
Joe Pinion: Restore full deductibility of state and local taxes.
Kathy Hochul: Tax cuts for low/middle incomes, not for billionaires.
Lee Zeldin: NY gone dark from taxes, lost jobs, suffocating regulations.
Marc Molinaro: Cut taxes and reset New York's priorities.
Rob Astorino: Held Westchester County taxes to $548M, without cuts.
Tom Suozzi: Led fight to restore State and Local Tax Deduction (SALT).
Antonio Delgado: Raise revenue on the ultra wealthy and big corporations.
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Technology
Andrew Cuomo: Aggressive construction program on Tappan Zee Bridge.
Andrew Giuliani: Got CARES Act funding to save thousands of transit jobs.
Cynthia Nixon: Infrastructure decimated by tax breaks given to corporations.
Marc Molinaro: Vows to repair infrastructure by cutting through red tape.
Rob Astorino: Demanded mass transit capability on new Tappan Zee Bridge.
Kathy Hochul: Make social media CEOs accountable for hate speech.
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War & Peace
Antonio Villaraigosa: End wars & spend in US in stead of Baghdad and Kandahar.
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Welfare & Poverty
Rob Astorino: AdWatch: Opposes affordable housing & hence minorities.
Antonio Delgado: New York has largest wealth inequality gap in the country.
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