Max Boot’s Reagan Biography Boosts Communism And Trashes America
Boot downgrades Reagan to an almost cartoonish bystander to history.
Prolific author, historian, and former senior government official Tevi Troy is out with a new book about politics. This one takes a close look at 18 iconic CEOs—men like Henry Ford, John D. Rockefeller, J.P. Morgan, Bill Gates, Lee Iacocca, and Elon Musk—and their interactions with multiple presidents.
Troy (a friend) is the author of several insightful presidential books, including "Shall We Wake the President?", "Fight House," and "What Jefferson Read, Ike Watched, and Obama Tweeted." His latest effort, "The Power and the Money: The Epic Clashes Between Commanders in Chief and Titans of Industry," carries on the tradition of excellence while introducing new characters (business leaders) into his oeuvre.
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There’s no question in Roger Stone’s mind that former President Donald Trump has a chance of winning the 2024 election — regardless of the unprecedented hurdles he’s facing.
“You’ve got intrepid opposition of the mainstream media, the continue to cover for Kamala Harris in terms of who she really is, what her real record is, her responsibility for the policies of the last three plus years that are destroying the country,” the legendary Republican campaign adviser tells Alex Stein of “Prime Time with Alex Stein.”
However, “There’s a new political movement in the country” that he believes is “potentially a complete political realignment.”
“The endorsement of Donald Trump by Robert F. Kennedy [Jr.] is a game changer. When you add Wonder Woman, Tulsi Gabbard, who I think is an extraordinary warrior against the deep state and the war machine, what you have here is potentially like 1932, like 1968,” Stone says, recalling the election of Reagan.
“You have a real new realignment of Republicans, Libertarians, freethinkers, Independents, people who believe in capitalism, people who believe in freedom, people who are concerned about censorship, people who are concerned about war. This is a sea change. These announcements cap any upward momentum that Kamala Harris may have gotten from the convention,” he explains.
Stone adds that he is “very optimistic about the energy surrounding the Trump reform movement” and “the America first movement.”
His major concern lies in election integrity, though he’s hopeful as it’s “being worked on in a very smart and aggressive way.”
“Is Donald Trump as popular as Ronald Reagan was in your personal opinion, Roger?” Stein asks Stone, curious.
“Actually, I think he’s much more popular,” Stone says, telling Stein that Trump is the leader of “the non-elitist party of working people.”
However, Stone has a warning if Trump doesn’t come out on top this election.
“If we don’t win this election, we may not even have an election in four years. Not by our hand, but by theirs,” he says.
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Hollywood celebrities took a break from cosplaying the ‘50s-era blacklist in “Trumbo” and “Good Night, and Good Luck” to start a new version. But communists needn’t fear the Hollywood blacklist 2.0.
Such hypocrisy is par for the course in a town that seems to get all of its political opinions from Aaron Sorkin screenplays.
The ones looking over their shoulders on film and TV sets these days are conservatives. Or, in the case of Cheryl Hines, the conservative-adjacent.
Hines is a registered Democrat, like her husband, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. But now that RFK Jr. has bowed out of the 2024 presidential race and backed Donald Trump, Hollywood has pretty much revoked the "Curb Your Enthusiasm" alum's liberal privilege.
It's not that Hines herself has endorsed Trump. Instead, her offense is in suggesting that Trump supporters like her husband may in fact have the country's best interests at heart, whether or not you agree with them.
Cue the Hollywood Reporter, which uncorked a veiled threat at Hines:
But despite the show of unity with her husband, Kennedy’s decision to align himself so closely with Trump will make for, at best, some awkward dinner table conversations at home; at worst, it may result in a full-scale shunning of Hines by the Hollywood establishment.
Why would THR say that? It’s an industry bible and knows what goes on behind the scenes in La La Land. That’s why.
The magazine understands that openly conservative stars like James Woods and Kevin Sorbo no longer work in Hollywood due to their beliefs. Both stars lost their respective agents due to political differences.
The Oscar-nominated Woods is essentially retired from Hollywood films. Sorbo mostly works in self-produced features. The “Hercules” star cares more about freedom and dignity than echoing the industry’s mandated talking points.
And for every loud and proud conservative like screen legend Jon Voight, there are many others (actors, screenwriters, crew members) who keep quiet for fear of professional retaliation.
Conservative artists once met in private across Los Angeles under the moniker Friends of Abe. They networked, swapped discriminatory horror stories, and, sometimes, wept over the mistreatment.
Or, as THR calls it, “shunning.” Hines’ full-scale shunning may already have started.
Former “West Wing” star Bradley Whitford attacked Hines on social media.
"Hey @CherylHines, way to stay silent while your lunatic husband throws his support behind the adjudicated rapist who brags about stripping women of their fundamental rights. Gutsy. Great example for the kids. Profile in courage," Whitford wrote on X.
Whitford more recently appeared in deranged dystopian fantasy series "The Handmaid's Tale," a show he often cites as reflective of the right's intolerant, anti-women policies. And yet the outspoken feminist — who by all accounts ranks higher in the Hollywood pecking order than Hines — seems more than happy to bully a 58-year-old woman for having the "wrong" opinion. Punch down much, Bradley?
Such hypocrisy is par for the course in a town that seems to get all of its political opinions from Aaron Sorkin screenplays.
Perhaps the upcoming “Reagan” could have a used a rewrite from the "American President" scribe. Maybe then the film's marketers wouldn't have found their promotion of the film throttled by Facebook. But the Dennis Quaid-starring biopic dares to portray our country’s 40th president in a favorable light — and to offer work to Voight and Sorbo as well as other openly conservative stars like Nick Searcy and Robert Davi.
Naturally, “Reagan,” which premieres August 30, was made outside the Hollywood ecosystem. That's the blacklist 2.0 for you. You won't hear any complaints from Whitford — or from most of his peers.
Emmy winner Alec Baldwin did allow that such anti-conservative bias is “unfortunate” in an Instagram post. It’s notable that the high-profile Democrat keeps working despite a history of angry outbursts and an on-set accident in which he shot and killed the film’s cinematographer, Halyna Hutchins.
Then again, Hollywood loves second acts. As long as you can still make somebody money, there are very few mistakes you can't come back from.
Unfortunately for Cheryl Hines, being MAGA by association probably is one of them.
Over the past century, think tanks have become a driving force on the American political landscape. These nonprofit 501(c)(3) research bodies gather experts and political activists, shape political agendas, sketch out policy proposals, and increasingly provide staff members for incoming administrations and members of Congress. Given their growing importance, it is not surprising that think tanks are getting more attention lately, as we have seen with the hew and cry about Project 2025, the Heritage Foundation's policy recommendations. For more than four decades, Heritage has been putting out policy books in presidential election years, building on its successful Mandate for Leadership in 1980, which influenced the Reagan administration.
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