Table of Contents
Introduction Steve Kettmann
1 Mary C. Curtis Charlotte, NC The Progress and the Struggle 1
2 Christopher Buckley Pawleys Island, SC GOPdämmerung 9
3 Mark Ulriksen San Francisco, CA Generalissimo 15
4 Angela Wright Shannon Charlotte, NC For Me, It's All About Kamala 21
5 Keith Olbermann New York, NY Déjà Vu All Over Again 29
6 Jacob Heilbrunn Washington, DC Cooling Off the Moronic Inferno 39
7 Joan Walsh New York, NY Groundhog Day 47
8 Marcos Bretón Sacramento, CA 'Daddy, You Said He Couldn't Win' 51
9 Stephen Mack Jones Detroit, MI Schlepping Toward Tomorrow 59
10 Bronwen Hruska New York, NY More Cowbell 67
11 Will Rayman Tartu, Estonia First Presidential Vote, From Estonia 71
12 Denver Riggleman Afton, VA What Has Happened to the Republican Party? 75
13 Susan Bro Charlottesville, VA Revelations 83
14 Howard Bryant Northampton, MA One for the Elders 91
15 Reverend Al Sharpton New York, NY What Pain Teaches 99
16 Cynthia Tucker Mobile, AL Whitelash 105
17 Nancy E. O'Malley Oakland, CA Kamala as a Young Prosecutor 111
18 General Wesley Clark Little Rock, AR A Man on Horseback 117
19 Addie Tsai Houston, TX Danger in Trump-Era Texas 127
20 Rosanna Arquette Los Angeles, CA Be Like Jane 135
21 Anthony Scaramucci New York, NY Trump in the Oval, Looking Up 141
22 Hussein Ibish Washington, DC Beirut 1975-Washington 2020 147
23 Sandy Alderson St. Petersburg, FL In Trump's Florida 155
24 Amanda Renteria Piedmont, CA Elevation 161
25 Bruce Arena Boston, MA Do What You Do, Joe 167
26 Terry McAuliffe McLean, VA Rebuilding From the Wreckage 173
27 Stephanie Salter Indianapolis, in "He Stole Everything But the Shit" 179
28 Marcelo Los Angeles, CA Mi Padre 187
29 Doug Sovern Oakland, CA The Kids Are Alright 191
30 Ken Korach Henderson, NV My Dad (and FDR) on a Way Forward 201
31 Stewart O'Nan Pittsburgh, PA Yogi at the Wall 207
32 J-L Cauvin Bloomfield, NJ Surgery Was A Success-Now For The Chemo 213
33 Dusty Baker Granite Bay, CA Darren's Generation 219
34 Kuji Chahal San Francisco, CA The Kamala I Knew 225
35 Michael Powell Brooklyn, NY Joy in Flushing 229
36 Antonia Hitchens Los Angeles, CA Beverly Hills Freedom Rally 237
37 Art Cullen Storm Lake, IA We Can Bind the Nation's Wounds Through Food 249
38 Sophia Lear Los Angeles, CA I Know Nothing 259
Acknowledgments 269