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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
Chris McDaniel: Unborn children are children.
Chris McDaniel: Human life begins at conception.
David Baria: Keep abortion & contraception safe, legal & woman's choice.
Jensen Bohren: Women should have same body autonomy as men.
Roger Wicker: Roe v Wade has led to a decades-long holocaust.
Ty Pinkins: Expand access to comprehensive reproductive healthcare.
Dan Eubanks: Pro-life video on campaign website.
Dan Eubanks: Champion the values of human life .
Ty Pinkins: It's between women, her doctor, and God; that's it.
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Budget & Economy
Chris McDaniel: Those in D.C. don't appear to be listening.
Chris McDaniel: Era of big spending is over; age of appropriations must end.
Chris McDaniel: Immoral to saddle our grandchildren with this much debt.
David Baria: Stimulus spending ok, but hesitant about 2009 Obama plan.
Mike Espy: Congress must help local governments with revenue shortfalls.
Mike Espy: Support small business especially minority/LGBTQ/women owned.
Roger Wicker: Opposed Obama 2009 stimulus plan & most stimulus plans.
Dan Eubanks: Rein in $34 trillion in national debt.
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Civil Rights
Chris McDaniel: Dems want homosexual marriage legal in all 50 states.
Chris McDaniel: As host of Right Side Radio, railed against hip-hop culture.
Chris McDaniel: Government shouldn't redefine marriage.
Mike Espy: Make it easier for qualified voters to vote during pandemic.
Mike Espy: HRC endorsement: Espy a strong LGBTQ ally.
Roger Wicker: Allow businesses to deny services to same-sex couples.
Tate Reeves: Clerks have religious right to refuse gay marriage licenses.
Roger Wicker: Enforce Court decision ending college affirmative action.
Ty Pinkins: Wholeheartedly support ensuring equal rights for LGBTQ+.
Dan Eubanks: Don't teach Critical Race Theory (CRT).
Ty Pinkins: Civil rights attorney; graduated from Georgetown University.
Cindy Hyde-Smith: Urged NCAA to ban transgender athletes from women's sports.
Cindy Hyde-Smith: Blocked judicial nominee for supporting transgender rights.
Roger Wicker: Urged NCAA to ban transgender athletes from women's sports.
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Corporations
David Baria: No cutbacks in Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
David Baria: Tax giveaways are trouble when obligations aren't met.
Jensen Bohren: Small businesses need same subsidy that big businesses get.
Jensen Bohren: Wall Street needs regulations to stop manipulating prices.
Roger Wicker: CPFB is thinly veiled attempt to expand federal control.
Ty Pinkins: Help small family farmers, not large corporate monopolies.
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Crime
Cindy Hyde-Smith: Voted for First Step Act, bipartisan criminal justice reform.
David Baria: Supports criminal justice reform in line with Black Caucus.
Jensen Bohren: Reformed felons need their voting rights reinstated.
Jensen Bohren: Private prisons being encouraged to fill up to capacity.
Mike Espy: Make lynching a federal hate crime.
Mike Espy: Reform police tactics, racial bias training, ban chokehold.
Ty Pinkins: Make prisons places of rehabilitation, not retribution.
Dan Eubanks: Don't redirect police funds to community programs.
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Drugs
Cindy Hyde-Smith: Mississippi to get $7.5 million to fight opioid abuse.
David Baria: In favor of legalizing medical marijuana.
David Baria: Medical marijuana yes; recreational marijuana no.
Jensen Bohren: Marijuana should be treated like alcohol and tobacco.
Roger Wicker: Feds should intervene if states legalize marijuana.
Tate Reeves: Stronger measures against drugs at work.
Roger Wicker: Rated D by NORML: supports federal restrictions on marijuana.
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Education
Chris McDaniel: Give students right to organize religious groups at school.
Chris McDaniel: Oppose nationwide Common Core standards.
Cindy Hyde-Smith: Revise Obama big-government rules on US waters.
Cindy Hyde-Smith: Supported federal grants to rural charter schools.
David Baria: Opposes vouchers for private schools with public money.
David Baria: Make 2-year colleges tuition free.
Jensen Bohren: Put the focus on educating the students, not on profits.
Mike Espy: Public dollars should go toward public schools--period.
Mike Espy: Increase teacher pay; fund teacher training programs.
Mike Espy: Expand apprenticeship/job training programs.
Roger Wicker: Support tax-free savings accounts for private school costs.
Roger Wicker: Opposes refinancing student loans at lower rates.
Ty Pinkins: All children should have access to excellent public schools.
Dan Eubanks: Support vouchers; eliminate Department of Education .
Dan Eubanks: Student debt is voluntarily; don’t pay off their debt.
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Energy & Oil
Chris McDaniel: No subsidies for wind and solar.
Cindy Hyde-Smith: Voted to repeal the Clean Power Plan.
David Baria: Limit greenhouse gases; support renewable energy.
Jensen Bohren: Total shift to green energy sources and transportation.
Mike Espy: Must get serious about tackling climate change.
Roger Wicker: Human cause of climate change isn't settled.
Ty Pinkins: Invest in sustainable, resilient infrastructure for energy .
Dan Eubanks: Energy Independence video on campaign website.
Dan Eubanks: Climate change isn't urgent; go nuclear.
Ty Pinkins: The next thing I think is coming is hydro power.
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Environment
Chris McDaniel: Uphold property rights; oppose Supreme Court's Kelo decision.
Chris McDaniel: Supported Katrina relief, but some funds were misspent.
David Baria: Prioritize protecting the environment, but no us-vs.-them.
Thad Cochran: The Quiet Persuader: Got $29B for Katrina rebuilding.
Dan Eubanks: Invest without ESG: no environmental ratings.
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Families & Children
Chris McDaniel: Hip-hop culture values prison more than college.
Ty Pinkins: First priority is affordable housing for families.
Dan Eubanks: Transgender Agenda video on campaign website.
Dan Eubanks: Marriage is the legal union of a biological man and woman.
Cindy Hyde-Smith: Parental leave following a miscarriage or stillbirth.
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Foreign Policy
Chris McDaniel: Opposed Sec. Def. Hagel as "too soft on Iran".
Dan Eubanks: America First video on campaign website.
Dan Eubanks: Opposed packages sending defense aid to Ukraine.
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Free Trade
David Baria: Tariffs have negative impact on Mississippians.
Mike Espy: Experience in negotiating multilateral trade treaties.
Roger Wicker: Tariffs hurt, but end results will be greater opportunities.
Travis Childers: End tax breaks for big corporations that ship jobs overseas.
Dan Eubanks: Globalist Agenda video on campaign website.
Cindy Hyde-Smith: Pretty excited about benefits that will come from tariffs.
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Government Reform
Chris McDaniel: Photo ID for voting.
Chris McDaniel: Require photo ID to vote.
Cindy Hyde-Smith: Reverse one-size-fits-all rules on livestock haulers.
Jensen Bohren: Prohibit all campaign donations from corporations.
Roger Wicker: Opposes limiting campaign donations, and opposes disclosure.
Thad Cochran: OpEd: Earmarked spending brings federal funds to Mississippi.
Ty Pinkins: We must make voting as easy and as efficient as possible.
Dan Eubanks: Signed a term limits pledge.
Dan Eubanks: Require voter ID; keep Electoral College .
Cindy Hyde-Smith: Objected to certification of Biden's electoral votes.
Ty Pinkins: I think that there's a problem with money in our politics.
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Gun Control
Chris McDaniel: Preserve the rights of gun owners.
Chris McDaniel: Blames rising gun violence on "hip-hop" culture.
Chris McDaniel: Opposes more gun restrictions.
David Baria: I support 2nd Amendment along with rest of Bill of Rights.
David Baria: Common-sense measures, like restrict semi-automatic weapons.
Jensen Bohren: Moratorium on studying gun violence must be lifted.
Roger Wicker: More gun control laws are not the answer to gun problems.
Ty Pinkins: Ban assault rifles; enact comprehensive background checks.
Dan Eubanks: Second Amendment Protections video on campaign website.
Ty Pinkins: Limiting magazine size won't stop people from self-defense.
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Health Care
Chris McDaniel: Repeal ObamaCare to let our economy flourish.
Cindy Hyde-Smith: Against ObamaCare; but sought ObamaCare funding.
David Baria: Improve ObamaCare without weakening it.
Jensen Bohren: Cut out middleman and use the taxes for Medicare-For-All.
Mike Espy: Shore up rural hospitals; expand Medicaid.
Mike Espy: Number one priority will be to expand Medicaid.
Roger Wicker: Repeal massive overhaul of America's healthcare system.
Ty Pinkins: Supports the expansion of Medicaid in Mississippi.
Ty Pinkins: Affordable, quality healthcare is a human right.
Dan Eubanks: Don't require vaccinations; Medicare & Medicaid only.
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Homeland Security
Chris McDaniel: Waterboarding was effective on suspected 9/11 terrorists.
Chris McDaniel: Why are Muslims never portrayed as villains by Hollywood?
Chris McDaniel: Maintain a superior nuclear arsenal.
Jensen Bohren: Our vets don't deserve the treatment they have received.
Roger Wicker: Robust defense spending for our national security.
Dan Eubanks: Support Israel and support patriotism.
Ty Pinkins: Served for 21 years including three tours in combat.
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Immigration
Chris McDaniel: Protect the borders; prevent illegal entry.
Cindy Hyde-Smith: No to DACA, breaking immigration laws has consequences.
David Baria: Against President Trump's immigration policies.
David Baria: Path to citizenship for DREAMers; earned path for others.
Mike Espy: DACA recipients should be allowed to stay in US.
Roger Wicker: De-fund DREAMer programs; oppose path for citizenship.
Travis Childers: Signed anti-amnesty pledge: don't reward lawbreakers.
Ty Pinkins: We need reform providing a reasonable path to citizenship.
Dan Eubanks: Immigration/Border Control video on campaign website.
Dan Eubanks: A nation is only as sovereign as its borders.
Dan Eubanks: We've left the door wide open for undocumented people.
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Jobs
Cindy Hyde-Smith: Protect our business & jobs in Mississippi agriculture.
Cindy Hyde-Smith: Leave wage policies to state and local leaders.
Mike Espy: Protections for essential workers, paid family/medical leave.
Ty Pinkins: Bring meaningful, well-paying jobs to our state.
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Principles & Values
Chris McDaniel: Tied to Tea Party and endorsed by conservative groups.
Chris McDaniel: Revive America's Christian foundation.
Chris McDaniel: OpEd: Cochran accused of courting blacks for runoff vote.
Chris McDaniel: Judeo-Christian values established our government framework.
Chris McDaniel: Runoff recount denied by Mississippi Supreme Court.
Cindy Hyde-Smith: Promoted resolution celebrating Confederacy.
Jensen Bohren: Protect our inalienable rights.
Tate Reeves: Aligns God with prayers for both state and nation.
Thad Cochran: First elected in 1978; still undecided about 2014 retirement.
Thad Cochran: AdWatch: American Conservative Union's lowest-scored Senator.
Ty Pinkins: Working in cotton fields taught him value of hard work.
Ty Pinkins: We're still feeling effects of January 6th insurrection.
Dan Eubanks: I am a Constitutional, conservative Christian .
Cindy Hyde-Smith: Grew up in a wholesome, Christian home.
Ty Pinkins: Left Democratic Party; will campaign as an independent.
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Social Security
David Baria: Work hard to protect people's Social Security benefits.
David Baria: Protect Social Security from privatization.
Roger Wicker: Let workers invest portion in private accounts.
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Tax Reform
David Baria: Trump tax cuts are giveaway to top 1%.
Jensen Bohren: Elect those who actually represent us, not themselves.
Roger Wicker: Trump tax cuts give job creators more capital to invest.
Dan Eubanks: Lower the income tax; abolish the inheritance tax.
Dan Eubanks: Signed pledge to oppose and vote against income tax hikes.
Cindy Hyde-Smith: We needed a permanent extension of Trump's 2017 tax cuts.
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Technology
Cindy Hyde-Smith: Favors regulation of lab grown meat products.
Jensen Bohren: Net Neutrality is fair to all, keeps manipulators at bay.
Mike Espy: Ensure quality broadband access for every Mississippian.
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War & Peace
David Baria: Syria used chemical weapons against its own civilians.
Roger Wicker: Withdraw from Iran nuke deal, and step up sanctions.
Roger Wicker: Withdraw from Iran nuclear treaty & make better deal.
Dan Eubanks: We have become far too dependent on China.
Ty Pinkins: We have to support the war in Ukraine against Russia.
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Welfare & Poverty
Chris McDaniel: No welfare state: "I'm not going to do anything for you".
Chris McDaniel: Liberty, not 100 years of begging for federal scraps.
Jensen Bohren: Paycheck to paycheck is an abominable way to exist.
Ty Pinkins: Ensure affordable housing; invest in economic development.
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