Sarah Kendzior:

Trump covers up crime with scandal. He attacks books that cover up crime with scandal so that they dominate coverage and alter public perception.

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"Fire and Fury" may be personally humiliating for its subjects, but it is also politically useful for Trump and the GOP

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"Or you can look at the idiocy surrounding the Bolton book, since Trump's people use this tactic again and again and the media always takes the bait. FFS don't buy the Bolton book and stop falling for the same simple ploys!"

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