Index

9/11 terrorist attacks, 59–61

501c3 organizations, 119–213

Abedin, Huma, 131–33

academic freedom, 111–12, 116

ACLU. See American Civil Liberties Union

adversaries, understanding of, 18–19, 61

advocacy groups, 120, 148

affirmative action, 51

Affordable Care Act. See Obamacare

Afghanistan, 59

African Americans, 85–93, 142–43, 148–49

African American Studies departments, 108

African National Congress, 68

al-Arian, Sami, 59

Alinsky, Saul, 32–36

Al-Jazeera, 62

al-Sisi, Abdel Fattah, 133

American Association of University Professors, 112

American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), 59–60, 120

amnesty for illegal aliens, 14, 57, 159

appeasement, 64–65

Armenia, 63

assimilation, 56–58

Austin, Texas, 49

Ayers, William, 117

Bachmann, Michelle, 133

Baltimore, Maryland, 91

Band, Doug, 131–32

“basket of deplorables,” 20

battle plan, 157–63

bin Laden, Osama, 62

birther claim, 24

Black Lives Matter, 87, 90–92, 119–20, 148

Black Studies departments, 108

Boehner, John, 133

border crisis, 7–8, 57

Bork, Robert, 104

Bouie, Jamelle, 2

Breitbart, Andrew, 3

budget repair bill, 126

bullying, 73

Bush family, 10

Caldwell, Christopher, 137

caliphate, global, 63

capitulation, 101–5

Carter, Jimmy, 65, 142–43

Center for American Progress, 74, 131

Center for Constitutional Rights, 59–60

Center for Race and Gender, 111

change, 39–40, 155

character assassination, 27–30, 81–82, 104

charitable foundations, 119, 123

Charlotte, North Carolina, 148

checks and balances, 70

Christic Institute, 40

citizenship, 43, 56

Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, 71–72

Civil Rights Act, 50, 89

climate change, 47–48

Clinton, Bill, 10, 62, 90, 95–96, 129–32

Clinton, Hillary, 19–20, 29–30, 47–49, 57, 70–72, 129–34, 150–51

Clinton Foundation, 98, 129–34, 149

CNN, 2

collective bargaining, 127

Collins Susan, 41

Columbia Teachers College, 117

Communism, 40, 80–81

Congressional Budget Office, 43

conscience, 35

Constitution, US, 14–15, 69–70

“Contract with the American Voter” (Trump), 145–46, 151, 153–56

Cornell University, 108

corruption, 34–35, 129–34, 140, 149

Crenshaw, Kimberle Williams, 109–10

Cuba, 68

culture of America, 57, 146

culture wars, 3

Cuomo, Mario, 96

cynicism, 144

death panels, 45

debates, presidential, 70–71

debt ceiling, 14–15

deception, 35, 42–44

“Declaration of the Principles on Academic Freedom and Academic Tenure” (American Association of University Professors), 112

“Declaration of War against the Americans Occupying the Land of the Two Holy Places” (bin Laden), 62

Democratic Party, 33–34, 40, 85–93, 135–39

demonization, 20, 143

Department of Education, 161–62

Department of Homeland Security, 59, 120, 159

dependency, 143

discrediting opponents, 25–26

discrimination, 89–90

diversity offices, 50, 113–15, 147

doctor, choice of, 42–43

Duke, David, 25

economic recovery, 7

education, 107–18, 146–47, 161–62

Egypt, 65, 68, 133

election, 2016, 1–3

elites, 137

e-mails, 130–31

entitlements, 69

environment, 45–48, 121–22

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), 46–47, 161

equality, politically enforced, 28

Equal Pay Act, 97–98

Espionage Act, 130–31, 150–51

ethnic studies departments, 108–9

executive orders, 158–59

executive tyranny, 13–16

expulsion from progressive communities, 31–32

favors, paid, 129–30

Fear, Inc. (Center for American Progress), 74

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), 150

feminism, 109–10

Ferguson, Missouri, 91

First Amendment, 8, 72–73

Fonte, John, 56–58

Ford Foundation, 119–20, 123

founding fathers, 154

Fourteenth Amendment, 50

Frank, Barney, 90

Freedom of Information Act, 130

freedom of speech, 72–73

freedoms, individual, 42–43, 93, 141–42, 154

Frey, William H., 25

funding institutions, 120

Galluzzo, Gregory, 35–36

Gasparino, Charles, 138

gender-wage gap, 96–98

genocide, 63

Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, 150

Ginsburg, Ruth Bader, 68–69, 104

globalism, 68, 139, 146

Gohmert, Louie, 61

Gore, Al, 136

government unions, 125–28, 147

Green Revolution, 66

Green Zone, Iraq, 64

Grothman, Glenn, 126

Gruber, Jonathan, 43–44

Guantanamo Bay, 59, 158

Hamas, 67

Hatch, Orrin, 104

Hatch Act, 117

hate speech, 73

hatred, 19–21, 27–30

Health and Human Services Department, 160

Hezbollah, 67

high school, 116–17

Hitler, Adolf, 82

Holder, Eric, 150

hope, 155

House of Representatives, 13, 71, 96

housing crisis, 90

Huffington Post, 2, 82

Human Rights Council, UN, 67–68

hypocrisy, 88–89

idealism, 36

identity politics, 50

ideological diversity, 113–16

ideology, 18, 110–11

illegal aliens, 14, 43, 55–57, 121, 139–40, 145–46, 159

immigration policies, 57

impeachment, 14

inclusiveness, 155

individual rights and freedoms, 42–43, 93, 141–42, 154

indoctrination, 107–18, 146

influence peddling, 132, 150

infrastructure, 163

inner cities, 86–88, 142–43, 149, 161–63

integration, 58

intellectual diversity, 113–16, 147

Internal Revenue Service (IRS), 102, 119, 122, 150, 160–61

Internet domain names, 68

intersectionality, 109–10

intrusiveness of government, 15

Iran, 63–65, 68

Iran nuclear deal, 14–15, 65–66

Iraq, 63–64

IRS. See Internal Revenue Service

ISIS terror network, 64

Islam, 61–64

Islamophobia, 74, 111

Islamophobia Studies Journal, 111

Israel, 65–67, 158–59

Jackson, Andrew, 136

jihad, 61

jobs, high-paying, 87

Jones, Van, 2

judicial appointments, 159–60

Justice Department, 150, 159

K–12 schools, 116–17, 146

Kaine, Tim, 40

Kennedy, Anthony, 72

Kerry, John, 67

Keystone XL Pipeline, 159

Kirkland, Lane, 128

Klein, Daniel, 72–73

Koran, 63

Ku Klux Klan, 82

law and order, 87

Lebanon, 65–66

Lerner, Lois, 160–61

Levin, Yuval, 46

Libya, 68

Limbaugh, Rush, 11–12

limits to government power, 69

living constitution, 69–71

Lizza, Ryan, 35–36

lockstep mentality, 29–30

Los Angeles, California, 91

Machiavelli, Niccolo, 33

Madison, James, 46, 68–70

Mao Zedong, 31

marginalizing opponents, 25–26

marriage, multiracial, 25

Marxism. See Communism

McCarthy, Andrew, 13–14, 102

McMullin, Evan, 11

means and ends, 34–35

media, mainstream, 82, 155

Medicare, 41

Miami, Florida, 154

microaggressions, 73

military, degradation of, 7, 64

millennials, 107–8

Mills, Cheryl, 132

minimum wage, 97

miseducation, 110–11

moral language, 141

mortgages, fraudulent, 90

Mubarak, Hosni, 65

multiculturalism, 146

Muslim, use of term, 61. See also Islam

Muslim Brotherhood, 63–65, 74, 133

Muslim Students Association, 133

Muslim World League, 132–33

Mussolini, Benito, 82

Napolitano, Janet, 73–74

Nasseef, Abdullah Omar, 132–33

National Education Association, 32

National Intelligence Strategy 2009, 61

National Review, 13, 46

Netanyahu, Benjamin, 65

“Never Trumpers,” 9–10, 82

New Deal for African Americans, 87, 148–49, 161–62

New Republic, 35

New York Times, 82, 137

nihilism, 34

Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 46

Oath of Allegiance to the United States, 56–57

Obama, Barack, 24, 49, 90–93, 104–5

Obamacare, 14, 18, 39–44, 103, 120, 141, 160–62

obstructionism, 15–16, 101–5

open borders, 57, 68, 121, 146

Open Society Foundations, 119

oppression studies, 52, 58, 108–9

Palestine Islamic Jihad, 59

Palestinian Authority, 67

paper rights, 68–69

Paris climate-change deal, 161

party line, 31–32

Patriot Act, 59

Patterson, Orlando, 25

Pelosi, Nancy, 96

people of color, use of term, 58–59, 62

personal destruction, politics of, 27–30, 81–82

Planned Parenthood, 162

Podesta, John, 74, 131

Poland, 128

policing, proactive, 91

political correctness, 28, 31, 61, 73–74, 81, 141, 146

political diversity, 113–16, 147

politics as warfare, 80, 95

Politifact.com, 42

Ponnuru, Ramesh, 46

postelection agenda, 145–51

poverty, 143

power, 35–36

Prince, The (Machiavelli), 33

prison population, 92

progressive movement, 17–21, 79

public opinion, 103

public universities, 114–15

purse, power of, 13–14

qualifications, individual, 52

racism, 23–26, 49–53, 85–93

radical Islam, 61–64

radicalism, 31–36

Reagan, Ronald, 128, 157

realism, 36

redemption, 28–29

redistribution of wealth, 43–44, 70, 141

red line, Syria, 65

refugees, influx of, 8

relativism, 34

Republican Party, 9–12, 111–13

resistance to Trump, 155–56

revolution, 39–40, 110–11

riders placed on bills, 14

rigged system. See corruption

rights, individual, 42–43, 93, 141–42, 154

rights coalition, 120–21

riots, 126

Roe v. Wade, 69–70

Romney, Mitt, 9

Roosevelt, Franklin, 127

rule of law, 151

Rules for Radicals (Alinsky), 32–36

Russia, 65

Ryan, Paul, 29, 162

safe communities, 87

safe places, 28, 73

Sanctuary Cities, 8, 59–60, 120, 151, 159

Sanders, Bernie, 40, 47, 80–81, 108

San Francisco State University, 108

Scalia, Antonin, 159

scholarships, 87

School Choice and Education Opportunity Act (Trump), 147, 162

school systems, 88, 107–18

Second Amendment, 8

segregation, 89

Senate Judiciary Committee, 104

Seshasai, Karuna, 98

sharia law, 63

single-payer health care. See socialized medicine

sixties radicals, 33

Slate.com, 2

Smiley, Tavis, 142

Snowe, Olympia, 41

socialism, 107–8

socialized medicine, 18, 42, 45, 103

social justice, 28, 50, 58–59, 108–9, 117

Social Security, 41

societal transformation, 49–53, 92–93

Solidarity movement, Poland, 128

Soros, George, 74, 91, 119

Sotomayor, Sonia, 104

South African Constitution, 68

sovereignty, 57, 67, 146

Soviet Union, 49

speakers at universities, 115

state legislatures, 114–15

Steinem, Gloria, 96

strategy, 77

sunsetting tax-exempt organizations, 123

Supreme Court, 69–71, 104, 159–60

Sweeney, John, 128

Syria, 63–65

system, American, 33

systemic racism, 49–53

tax-exempt organizations, 119–23, 148

tax reform, 162–63

teacher instruction, 117

teachers’ unions, 88, 126

Teneo Group, 131–33

term limits, 150

terrorism, 7, 47

think tanks, 120

Thomas, Clarence, 104

threats, 126

tolerance, 25, 92

totalitarianism, 46

TPP. See Trans-Pacific Partnership

trade deals, 139

Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), 158

transparency, 43–44

Trumka, Richard, 128

Trump, Donald, 1–3, 19–20, 80–82, 139–42, 148–49, 153–56

truth, fixed, 34

two-party system, 136–37

Tyson, Mike, 82–83

underdogs, champions of, 135–39

underrepresentation, 51–52

undocumented immigrants, use of term, 55–56

unions, government, 125–28, 147

United Nations (UN), 67–68

universities, 52–53, 72–73, 89, 107–18, 146–47

University of California, Berkeley, 111

University of California, Los Angeles, 91

University of California, Santa Cruz, 110–11

UN Watch, 67–68

Vadum, Matthew, 128

vetting for immigrants, 62, 146

vouchers, school, 87–88, 147, 161

Walker, Scott, 125–28

Wall Street, 137–38

Wall Street Journal, 91

Washington Post, 2, 10, 29, 36, 107–8

white supremacy, 92–93

WikiLeaks, 19, 98, 131, 132

Wilson, Joe, 42

Wilson, Woodrow, 50

Wisconsin, 125–26

women, war on, 95–96

Women’s Studies Association, 109

workers, 139, 153–54

World Trade Center bombing, 1993, 62

Yale University, 113

Yemen, 66