Is this even a question? What is a woman? But all of a sudden, way too
many people don’t seem to know the answer. Is a woman a woman just by
feeling or acting a particular way? Aren’t gender roles just a “social
construct”? Can a woman be “trapped in a man’s body”? Does being a woman
mean anything at all?We used to think being a woman had something to do
with biology, but the nation’s top experts keep assuring us that is
definitely not the case. So Matt decided to do what no man (whatever that
means) had done before. He sat down with the experts and asked them
directly.In What Is a Woman?, our hero:• Discovers that no one—not doctors,
therapists, psychiatrists, or politicians—can actually define the word
“woman”• Hilariously convinces a radical gender therapist that Matt is
questioning his own gender identity• Uncovers the shocking and horrifying
roots of radical gender ideology• Learns exactly how activists and
ideologues are trying to brainwash our kids• Reveals a strategy to defeat
the collective insanity that has taken over our societyJoin Matt on his
often comical, yet deeply disturbing, journey as he answers the question
generations before us never knew they needed to ask: What is a woman? Read more

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “Vital reading for Americans and people
anywhere who seek to understand what is happening ‘after the fall’ of the
global system created by the United States” (New York Journal of Books),
from the former White House aide, close confidant to President Barack
Obama, and author of The World as It Is At a time when democracy in the
United States is endangered as never before, Ben Rhodes spent years
traveling the world to understand why. He visited dozens of countries,
meeting with politicians and activists confronting the same nationalism and
authoritarianism that are tearing America apart. Along the way, he
discusses the growing authoritarianism of Vladimir Putin, and his
aggression towards Ukraine, with the foremost opposition leader in Russia,
who was subsequently poisoned and imprisoned; he profiled Hong Kong
protesters who saw their movement snuffed out by China under Xi
Jinping; and America itself reached the precipice of losing democracy
before giving itself a fragile second chance. The characters and issues
that Rhodes illuminates paint a picture that shows us where we are
today—from Barack Obama to a rising generation of international leaders;
from the authoritarian playbook endangering democracy to the flood of
disinformation enabling authoritarianism. Ultimately, Rhodes writes
personally and powerfully about finding hope in the belief that looking
squarely at where America has gone wrong can make clear how essential it is
to fight for what America is supposed to be, for our own country and the
entire world. Read more

In two previous highly regarded books on the U.S. Senate, Ira Shapiro
chronicled the institution from its apogee in the 1970s through its decline
in the decades since. Now, Shapiro turns his gaze to how the Senate
responded to the challenges posed by the Trump administration and its
prospects under President Biden. The Founding Fathers gave the US Senate
many functions, but it had one fundamental responsibility—its raison
d’etre: to provide the check against a dangerous president who threatened
our democracy. Two hundred and thirty years later, when Donald Trump, a
potential authoritarian, finally reached the White House, the Senate should
have served as both America’s first and last lines of defense. Instead, we
had the nightmare scenario: today’s Senate, reduced through a long period
of decline to a hyper-partisan, gridlocked shadow of its former self, was
unable to meet its fundamental responsibility. Shapiro documents the
pivotal challenges facing the Senate during the Trump administration,
arguing that the body’s failure to provide leadership represents the most
catastrophic failure of government in American history. The last section
covers the Senate’s performance during President Biden’s first year in
office and looks forward to the 2022 Senate elections and beyond. Read more

A scathing history of twenty-five years of Republican attempts to hold on
to political power by any means necessary, by a hugely popular Washington
Post political columnistIn 1994, more than 300 Republicans under the
command of obstructionist and rabble-rouser Congressman Newt Gingrich stood
outside the U.S. Capitol to sign the Contract with America and put
bipartisanship on notice. Twenty-five years later, on January 6, 2021, a
bloodthirsty mob incited by President Trump invaded the Capitol. Dana
Milbank sees a clear line from the Contract with America to the coup
attempt. In the quarter century in between, Americans have witnessed the
crackup of the party of Lincoln and Reagan, to its current iteration as a
haven for white supremacists, political violence, conspiracy theories and
authoritarianism.Following the questionable careers of party heavyweights
Newt Gingrich, Karl Rove, Mitch McConnell, and Rudy Giuliani, and those of
many lesser known lowlights, Millbank recounts the shocking lengths the
Republican Party has gone to to maintain its grip on the American people. Read more