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Vietnam, 154–55
Virginia
Charlottesville, 13, 16, 80, 81, 142
Loudoun County, 143
voter fraud panel, 131
voting procedure revisions
by Republicans, 126–28
in 2012 election, 126–28
in Wisconsin, 126
Voting Rights Act (1965), 127
Walker, Scott, 7
Wallace, Chris, 19, 20, 44
Wan, William, 57
Washington, George, 67
Washington Post
on Access Hollywood audio and video, 16–18
on briefings on Russian hacks, 133–34
on CIA-backed forces in Syria, 164–65
on counterterrorism information shared with Russians, 161, 173–74
on Flynn and Sergey Kislyak, 172–73
on Kushner meeting in Beijing, 57–58
on Putin in Syria, 165–66
on Qatar disinformation, 152–53
on Sekulow, 74–75
Trump’s criticism of, 80
Trump’s threats against Bezos and, 106
Watergate scandal effect, 51–52, 63–64, 136–38, 177, 183
wealthy elites
big donors, 36, 40–42, 48
disenchantment with democracy, 231
lack of concern for noncollege whites, 201–2
in Obama years, 12
white privilege, 201
white supremacy
in Charlottesville and Houston, 13
shouts of “Hail Trump,” 199
single-truth concept as basis for, 222
Trump’s soft-on-Nazism support, 16
and Tucker Carlson, 46–47
in Twitter accounts, 194–95
WikiLeaks, 19–24, 47, 138–39
Wilkinson, Tracy, 152
Williamson, Vanessa, 215
Wilmore, Larry, 200
Wittig, Peter, 156
Wizard of Oz lie, Beck on, 215–16
Wu Xiaohui, 56–57
Yahoo News, 171–72
Yellen, Janet, 129–30
Yemen, 91
Yiannopoulos, Milo, 196
YouGov poll, 103
Zinke, Ryan, 98
Zito, Salena, 202, 203
About the Author
David Frum is a senior editor at the Atlantic and the author of nine books, including the New York Times bestseller The Right Man. From 2001 to 2002, he served as a speechwriter and special assistant to President George W. Bush. He and his wife, Danielle Crittenden Frum, live in Washington, DC, and Wellington, Ontario. They have three children.
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