Catholic Information Center, 163, 164
Catholic Right, 160–65
CBS, 121–22, 137
celebrity, xv, 19, 65–66, 87, 109, 116, 122, 158
cell phone, xvi, 199
Chabad, 186–87
Chait, Jonathan, 168
changing, 73, 75–77
chanting, 13, 81, 206
Chao, Elaine, 156
Charlottesville nationalist march, 6, 166, 188
Cheshire, William, 139
children, 10, 232 abuse of, 86–87
homeschooled, 180, 185
Children of God, 58, 195
China, 4, 6, 67, 73, 102, 138, 198, 223, 229
Christian right, xi, xvi, 5, 12, 16, 18, 35, 95, 96, 105, 129, 140, 142–43, 151–65, 171, 172, 173, 177–81, 183, 188, 213–14. See also specific groups
CIA, 7, 67–68, 145–47 mind control, 7, 67–68
Cialdini, Robert, 115, 221 Influence, 115
Pre-Suasion, 92
cigarette smoking, 66–67
Cipollone, Pat, 164
Clarkson, Frederick, 153, 161 Eternal Hostility, 224–25
climate change, 5, 102–3, 141, 180, 182, 183, 215, 220
Clinton, Bill, 40, 64, 99, 111, 135
Clinton, Hillary, xii, 5–6, 47, 88, 102, 106, 110, 134, 135, 142–47, 155, 171, 182, 183, 190–93, 201–4, 208, 210
clothing, xvii, 79
CNN, xii, 122, 137, 203
coal industry, 182
Cocozzelli, Frank, 163, 164
Coe, Doug, 155
coercive persuasion, 6–9, 73–78
cognitive dissonance, 72–73
Cohen, Michael, 11, 15, 46, 147, 175, 176, 194, 196
Cohn, Roy, 31–32, 105, 130
Cold War, 67, 154
Colson, Charles, 155
Colvin, Jill, 171
Comey, James, 3, 19, 47, 56, 145, 200
commercial cults, xvii, 11, 15–19, 54
Committee on Public Information (CPI), 123
communism, 4, 7, 31, 60, 67, 73, 113, 124, 138, 154, 165, 169, 200, 221
community, 230–32
computers, 10, 18
confirmation bias, 203, 214–15
confusion, xii, 51, 74, 91, 107–8, 115, 131, 143, 144, 167, 175
Congress, xiii, 12, 127, 160, 173, 194, 232, 233
conspiracy theories, 59, 107, 112, 124, 133–35, 190–91
Constitution, 191–93, 224
Consumers Buyline, 18
Conway, George, 176
Conway, Kellyanne, 13, 53, 176
Cooper, Anderson, 203
Cooper, Paulette, The Scandal of Scientology, 57
Cooperson, David, 86
Corker, Bob, xvii
Coughlin, Father Charles, 124–28
Coulter, Ann, 13
CPAC conference, 64, 87, 151, 153
Crowley, Aleister, 150
Cruz, Carmen Yulin, 49
Cruz, Leonard, A Clear and Present Danger, 25
Cruz, Ted, xii, 102, 158, 183
cults, xii–xix, 1–21 American wiring for, 64–87
basics about, 1–21
BITE model, 13–15, 78–84, 179
definition of, 3–4, 226
freedom from, 194–217
future and, 218–34
how to identify, 198–203
how to undo, 194–217
influence continuum, 10–11, 11, 12, 12, 13
influencers and, 141–69
leader profile, 39–63
maternal relationship and, 24–25
as modern phenomenon, 9–10
mystery of mind control, 6–9
narcissism, 39–63
pyramid structure, 11–12, 12; self, 15, 204
Trump’s ascent and, 22–38
types of, 15–21. See also specific cults
cyberterrorism, 144–45
Daily Beast, 37, 99, 167
Daniels, Stormy, 34, 64
D’Antonio, Michael, Never Enough, 29
dark web, 197–98
data mining, 197–98, 223
Dederich, Charles, 8
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), 7
delegitimization strategy, 142–44
democracy, xii, xviii, 142, 221
Democratic National Committee (DNC), 145–46
Democratic Party, xv, 85, 145–47, 202, 232
Depression, 124
DeSantis, Ron, 78, 106
de Sousa, Marcelo Rebelo, 109
DeVos, Betsy, 141, 155, 156
Dickinson, Tom, 131, 132
digital technology, xvi, 85–88, 197–98, 219, 229–30
DiNicola, Dianne, 162
Dixon, Marlene, 16
Dobias, Theodore, 30, 105
domestic abuse, 19
Dominionism, 153, 158, 159, 180
double binds, 75, 109–10
Douthat, Ross, 140
Downey, Roma, 35
Downfall (film), 59–60
Drain the Swamp, 114, 182
Drollinger, Ralph, 159–60, 183
drugs, 8 cartels, 18
DSM-5, 41, 226
Duninin, Yuri, 147
economy, 9, 112, 170 commercial cults, 17–19
2008 recession, 65
Edmondson, Sarah, 44, 57
Eichel, Steve, xviii
Ekins, Emily, 177
electric shock, 7, 69
elevator phobia, 212–13
emotions, 13, 14–15, 82–83 control, 82–83
television and, 130
empathy, 205 lack of, 41, 49–50
enemies, xv, 13, 59, 60–62, 142 common, 136
entitlement, sense of, 41, 47–48
Environmental Protection Agency, 141
envy, 50–51
Erdogan, Recip Tayyip, xiii, 42
Erickson, Milton, 93–95, 109
Ernst, Joni, 184
Ernst, Nicole, 115
Esquire, 31
evangelical Christians, xi, 12, 35, 151–65, 177–81
exercise, 199
Exorcist, The (film), 213
Facebook, 65, 85, 86, 133, 134, 144, 197, 198, 215, 223, 229, 230 fake accounts, 144, 146, 230
privacy, 223
Fairness Doctrine, 126–28
fake news, xviii, 14, 20, 53, 137, 146, 200
Fallon, Jimmy, 207
Falwell, Jerry, 179
family, xviii, xix, 80, 83, 97, 202, 205 breakdown of, 9
developing a good relationship, 206–9
rescuing loved one from cult, 194–217
of Trump, 11, 174–75
Family, 35, 153–57, 183
fantasies, 44–45
Faris, Robert, 132, 228
fascism, 124, 220–21
fast food, 74, 86, 175
FBI, 3, 47, 56, 57, 145–47, 159, 189, 225, 232
FCC, 126–27, 140
fear, xii, xiv–xv, 14–15, 20, 30, 59, 61, 82, 83, 112–13, 130, 131, 143, 172, 181, 193, 210–14 Trump Anxiety Disorder, 228
undoing phobias, 210–14
Federal Trade Commission, 37
Feldenkrais, Moshe, 93
FEMA, 49
Festinger, Leon, When Prophecy Fails, 72
Fine, Michael W., 118–19
First Amendment, 224
Flynn, Michael, 145, 147
Fogg, B. J., 219–20
food habits, 74, 79, 86, 101, 115, 175, 199
Forbes, 45, 85
Ford, Christine Blasey, 50
fourth-generation warfare (4GW), 142, 143
Fox News, xii, xvi, 12–14, 47, 84–85, 114, 120–21, 129–32, 137, 139–40, 143, 150, 173, 177, 196, 204, 210
framing, 102–3, 131, 172
France, 50, 221
freedom of religion, 224–26
freedom of the press, 123, 126
Freud, Sigmund, 66, 67, 85
Fromm, Erich, 41
Frum, David, 149
fundamental attribution error, 71–72
Fundamentalist Church of Christ of La
tter-Day Saints, 41, 47
Fund for Investigative Journalism, 229
Gallante, Carmine, 31
Gambino family, 32
gambling, 33
Garland, Merrick, 163, 164
Gartner, John, 55
gaslighting, 53
Gates, Rick, 147
gay marriage, 159
George, Robert P., 161, 163
Germany, 23, 113, 221, 223 Nazi, 16, 40, 53, 59–60, 67, 86, 189, 220, 221
“ordinary” Germans, 67, 69–70
germaphobia, 59
Gingrich, Newt, 163, 168–69
Giuliani, Rudy, 53
Goebbels, Joseph, 53, 108
Goldner-Vukov, Mila, 62
golf courses, 36, 54, 57, 74, 175
good versus evil, 5, 81, 168, 172, 180
Google, 85, 197, 215, 223
Gorsuch, Neil, 163, 164, 165
government shutdown, 49
Graham, Franklin, 129
Graham, Lindsey, 183
grandiosity, 41–43, 172
Grant, Bob, 129
Grassley, Chuck, 155
Great Britain, 98, 132, 146, 188
Greenberg, David, 123
Grinder, John, 93–94, 116
groupthink, 80
Guardian, 112, 141, 162, 164, 193
guilt, 41, 82
Guinn, Jeff, Manson, 28
guns, 12, 183, 191–93 culture, 192
violence, 12, 91, 133, 134, 191–93
Guthrie, Woody, “Old Man Trump,” 30
hallucinations, 91, 94–99, 117
Hamill, Jon, 157
Han, Hak Ja, 78
handshake, 108–9
Hannity, Sean, 13, 121, 125, 128, 139
harassment, 56–57
Hare Krishnas, xvii, 71, 95, 195
Harris, Victor, 71
Hasidism, 186–87
hate crimes, 6, 165–67, 188–93, 219
health care, 182, 227–28
Hearst, Patty, 9, 16
Heaven’s Gate, 16, 18
hedonism, xvii, 20, 39
Helsinki summit (2018), 149
Herbalife, 18
Heritage Foundation, 142
Herman (Edward) and Chomsky (Noam), Manufacturing Consent, 135–36
Hersh, Seymour, 229
Heyer, Heather, 6
Hicks, Hope, 176–77
Hirsh, Michael, 148
Hitler, Adolf, 16, 40, 59–60, 104, 113, 124, 155, 220
Hoffer, Eric, The True Believer, 112
Hogan, Hulk, 33
Hollywood, 30, 192
Holocaust, 67, 69, 86, 220
homeschooling, 180, 185
homosexuality, 57, 67, 142, 152, 159, 160, 165, 177, 180, 185
hotels, Trump, 36, 147
“hot seat,” 8
Houpert, Charlie, 110
Hreha, Jason, Medium, 116
Hubbard, L. Ron, xii, 20, 31, 41, 44, 45–48, 50, 52, 56–57, 59, 61–62, 78, 95, 103, 112, 150, 174, 206 Dianetics, 50
Huffington Post, 134
Human Potential Movement, 8
human trafficking, xvi, 10, 18, 217, 227, 228
Hunter, Edward, 4
Hurt, Harry, III, Lost Tycoon, 25
Hutchinson, Robert, 162
hyperbole, 89, 91
hypnosis, 7, 8, 14, 74–75, 81, 83, 89–99, 109, 116–19 covert, 116–19
trances and hallucinations, 94–99
Ideal Health, 36
I Love You America (TV show), 208
imagination, 90–91, 98
immigration, xiv, xv, 6, 14, 22, 23, 31, 49, 54, 85, 89, 113, 120, 125, 135, 183, 189, 207, 210, 211, 220
impulsivity, xvii, 39
India, 100, 101, 102
indoctrination. See techniques, influence
influence continuum, 10–11, 11, 12, 12, 13
influencers, 141–69 alt-right, 165–68
Christian right, 151–65
Russia, 144–51
information, 13, 14, 80–81 control, 80–81
InfoWars, 133
Ingraham, Laura, 125, 128
inner circle, 173–77
insecure parental attachment, 25
Instagram, 65, 85, 116
Institute for Propaganda Analysis (IPA), 124
International Church of Christ, 152, 227
internet, xvi, 9–10, 76, 80, 85, 119, 140, 143, 214, 219, 223, 229–30 future of, 229–30
Iran, 148, 229, 233
Iraq, 111, 183, 233
ISIS, 10, 16, 43
Islam, xiv
Israel, 48, 148, 151, 185–88, 202
Jackson, Andrew, 40, 121
Jamieson, Kathleen Hall, Cyberwar, 145
James, Tad, 117
Japan, 16, 169
Jeffs, Warren, 41, 47
Jehovah’s Witness, 19, 99, 213
Jerusalem, 151, 187
Jews, 61, 67, 86, 104, 113, 124, 134, 142, 146, 151, 165, 185–88, 202, 213, 224 Holocaust and, 67, 69, 86, 220
ultra-Orthodox, 185–88
Johnson, Dirk, 156
Johnson, Lyndon, 40
Johnston, David Cay, 32, 93, 174–75, 200
Jones, Alex, 133–34
Jones, Edward, 71
Jones, Jim, xii, xviii, 9, 20, 25, 41, 42, 62, 110, 134, 218–19, 233, 234
Jonestown, xviii, 9, 42, 218–19, 233, 234
Judd, Brandon, 120
Kahneman, Daniel, 90, 221 Thinking, Fast and Slow, 70
Kavanaugh, Brett, 50, 158, 163, 165, 184
Kelly, John, 174
Kelly, Megyn, 102
Kennedy, Anthony, 165
Kennedy, John F., 40, 130
Kent, Stephen, xviii, 48
Kernberg, Otto, 58
Kerry, John, 182
KGB, 147, 149, 150
Khan, Khizr and Ghazala, 49–50, 111
Khashoggi, Jamal, 229
Kim Jong-un, xiii, 16, 19, 40, 42–43, 50, 106–7
King, Don, 33
Koch brothers, 13, 168
Korean War, 4, 6, 7
Koresh, David, xii, 20, 25, 41, 47, 50
Kranish (Michael) and Fisher (Marc), Trump Revealed, 29
Kremer, Amy, 185
Kruse, Michael, 24
Kudlow, Larry, 116, 163
Kuhne, Rinaldo, 115
Ku Klux Klan, 30, 165, 189
Kushner, Jared, 174–75, 186, 187
La France, Adrienne, 124
Lalich, Janja, xviii, 6
Lamplighter Ministries, 157
Landon, Simone, 188
Lane, Jodi M., 48
language, 5–6, 14, 81, 125, 131 anchoring, 101–2
Coughlin’s speeches, 124–26
Trump’s use of, xii, 5–6, 13–14, 91, 102–4, 114–15, 125, 182, 189
LaRouche, Lyndon, xii, 16, 46, 61, 114, 134, 146, 184, 206, 213
Las Vegas, 36, 192
Lazar, Berel, 187
Lee, Bandy X., xvii, 233 The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump, 20, 39, 222
legal system, 48, 56, 127, 165, 222–23 Trump’s abuse of, 48, 54, 56–57
Lentz, Carl, 158
Leo, Leonard, 163, 164
Levi, Primo, 220–21
Levitsky (Steven) and Ziblatt (Daniel), How Democracies Die, 221
Lewin, Kurt, 73
Lewinsky, Monica, 64
LGBTQ community, 159, 177, 224, 225
libertarians, 143, 167–68, 197
Liberty University, 179
Lifton, Robert Jay, xviii, 4–6, 14, 199, 221 The Dangerous Case, 40
Thought Reform and the Psychology of Totalism, 4–6
Limbaugh, Rush, xvi, 84, 128–29
Lind, William S., 142, 159, 166
Lindell, Mark, 151
Lippmann, Walter, 66
Lock Her Up, xii, 114, 201
love, 205 bombing, 13, 82
loyalty, xii, 11, 13, 174, 183–84
Luntz, Frank, 84
lying, xii, xiv, 10, 20, 21, 39, 41, 46, 51–53, 64, 80, 107–8, 131,
144, 167, 172, 175, 177, 195
MacArthur, John, 129
Mack, Allison, 18
Macron, Emmanuel, 50
Maddow, Rachel, 203
mafia, 19, 31–32, 42, 169 Trump and, 31–32
Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, 100, 101
Maher, Bill, 207
Mahler, Jonathan, 127, 132, 156
Make America Great Again, 13–14, 20, 31, 102, 104, 114, 201, 221
Malkin, Craig, 40, 61
Manafort, Paul, 145, 147
Manhattan Declaration, 161
Manigault Newman, Omarosa, xvii, 74, 79, 83, 105, 174, 175, 176 Unhinged, xvii, 35, 175, 201
Manson, Charles, 8–9, 25, 26, 28
Maples, Marla, 34
Mar-a-Lago, 54, 74, 173, 175
Marble Collegiate Church, 26–29
Marks, John, The Search for the Manchurian Candidate, 68
Maslach, Christina, 70
matching, 106–7
Mattera, Joseph, 158
May, Theresa, 132
Mayer, Jane, 121, 140 Dark Money, 144
Mayflower Doctrine, 126
McCabe, Andrew, 56
McCain, John, 64–65
McCarthyism, 31
McCloskey, C. John, 163
McCoy, Terrence, 219
McGinnis, Joe, 130, 131
McMahon, Linda, 33
McMahon, Vince, 33
McMaster, John, 50
media, xii, xiii, xvi, xviii, 10, 13, 17, 65, 80, 81, 88, 112, 120–40, 220, 228–29 alt-right, 167
conservative radio, 124, 127–29, 136–37, 189, 196
corporate influence, 135–38
fake news, xviii, 14, 20, 53, 137, 146, 200
future of, 228–29
history of presidency and, 122–29
liberal, xv, 14, 202, 203
manipulation of, 120–40
money and, 136–138
Moon cult and, 138–39
propaganda feedback loop, 132–33
protection of journalists, 229
right-wing, xvi, 12–14, 84, 120–40, 143–44, 172, 173, 195, 196, 204, 228
sourcing, 136
techniques, 124–26
Trump’s use of, xviii, 12, 14, 47, 53, 84, 120–40, 147, 183. See also radio; social media; specific publications; television
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