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Insane Clown President by Matt Taibbi & How The Hell Did This Happen? by by P.J. O’Rourke

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May 2017, no. 391

Insane Clown President: Dispatches from the 2016 Circus by Matt Taibbi

Penguin, $35 pb, 352 pp, 9780753548400

Book 2 Cover Small (400 x 600)

How The Hell Did This Happen?: The Election of 2016 by by P.J. O’Rourke

Allen & Unwin, $29.99 pb, 256 pp, 9781611855227

Insane Clown President by Matt Taibbi & How The Hell Did This Happen? by by P.J. O’Rourke

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May 2017, no. 391

Beneath a frantic veneer of normalcy, American politics is not okay. It is as if Punch and Judy have careened out of a dive bar, tripped down the rabbit hole, smashed head-first through the looking glass, and found themselves running all three branches of government. Core to this is that unlikely combination of words, President Donald Trump.

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