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1) Wag the dog
Series
Publisher
New Line Home Video
Pub. Date
1998
Physical Desc
1 DVD (96 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
When the President is caught in a sex scandal less than 2 weeks before the election, "Mr. Fix-it" decides they need a war to distract the public's attention and he calls on Hollywood's top producer to create it.
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2006
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 128 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Willie Stark is an uncorrupted small-town mayor in 1950s Louisiana. He gets picked by the political machine to run as a wild card candidate in the upcoming gubernatorial race. But, when Willie realizes that he is being manipulated, he veers off on his own to become the darling of the electorate's downtrodden and forgotten hicks. Covering the campaign for a local paper is Jack Burden, whose editorial pieces become so admiring of Willie that he's fired....
Publisher
Distributed by 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (115 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A local plumber is plunged into the national spotlight when he takes on the former President of the United States, who can't believe he's running against a man who installed his toilets. To make matters worse, the ex-president is trying to steal the election--and the affection of the handyman's girlfriend. Whoever wins, one thing's for sure, this town is not small enough for both of them.
5) Woman of God
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Description
"St. Peter's Square, Rome. White smoke signals that a new Pope has been chosen. Is it possible that the new Pope is a woman? The world is watching as historic crowds gather in Rome, waiting for news of a new Pope, one who promises to be unlike any other in the Church's history. Some followers are ecstatic, but the leading candidate has made a legion of powerful enemies. From a difficult childhood with drug addled parents, to a career as a doctor...
Author
Description
"As the reporter who has known Donald Trump longer than any other White House correspondent, Karl tells the story of Trump's downfall, complete with riveting behind-the-scenes accounts of some of the darkest days in the history of the American presidency. Packed with on-the-record interviews with central figures in this drama who are telling their stories for the first time, this is a definitive account of what was really going on during the final...
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2022.
Formats
Description
This is the authoritative account of an eighteen-month crisis in American democracy that will be seared into the country’s political memory for decades to come. With stunning, in-the-room detail, New York Times reporters Jonathan Martin and Alexander Burns show how both our political parties confronted a series of national traumas, including the coronavirus pandemic, the January 6 attack on the Capitol, and the political brinksmanship of President...
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
2016
Formats
Description
It's been two years since Leo Barnes stopped himself from a regrettable act of revenge on Purge Night. Now serving as head of security for Senator Charlie Roan, his mission is to protect her in a run for president and survive the annual ritual that targets the poor and innocent. But when a betrayal forces them onto the streets of D.C. on the one night when no help is available, they must stay alive until dawn, or both be sacrificed for their sins...
11) Game change
Publisher
Home Box Office
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (118 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Game Change is a searing, behind-the-scenes look at John McCain's 2008 presidential campaign, from the decision to select Alaska Governor Sarah Palin as McCain's running mate to the ticket's ultimate defeat in the general election just sixty days later. Told primarily through the eyes of senior McCain strategist Steve Schmidt, who originally championed Palin and later came to regret the choice.
12) Lethal agent
Author
Series
Mitch Rapp novels volume 18
Pub. Date
2019.
Description
A toxic presidential election is underway in an America already badly weakened by internal divisions. While politicians focus entirely on maintaining their own power and privilege, ISIS kidnaps a brilliant French microbiologist and forces him to begin manufacturing anthrax. Slickly produced videos chronicling his progress and threatening an imminent attack are posted to the internet, intensifying the hysteria gripping the United States. ISIS recruits...
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
308 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm
Description
"When Ohio governor John Kasich ran for president, his powerful message of hope and togetherness struck a chord with American voters. In Two Paths: America Divided or United, he carries that message forward by reflecting on the tumultuous 2016 campaign, sharing his concerns for America and his hopes for our future, and sounding a clarion call to reason and purpose, humility and dignity, righteousness and calm."--Amazon.com.
Author
Series
Cotton Malone novels volume 14
Pub. Date
2019.
Formats
Description
"The pope is dead. A conclave to select his replacement is about to begin. Cardinals are beginning to arrive at the Vatican, but one has fled Rome for Malta in search of a document that dates back to the 4th century and Constantine the Great. Former Justice Department operative, Cotton Malone, is at Lake Como, Italy, on the trail of legendary letters between Winston Churchill and Benito Mussolini that disappeared in 1945 and could re-write history....
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
An investigation of how Donald Trump defied expectations to win the presidency. Through interviews with key players, the film shows how Trump rallied millions of supporters, defeated adversaries, and who he's bringing into the White House with him.
16) Peril
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Description
"Bob Woodward and Robert Costa cover the end of the Trump presidency and the early months of the Biden presidency. The transition from President Donald J. Trump to President Joseph R. Biden Jr. stands as one of the most dangerous periods in American history. Woodward and Costa take readers deep inside the Trump White House, the Biden White House, the 2020 campaign, and the Pentagon and Congress, with vivid, eyewitness accounts of what really happened....
Author
Publisher
Dutton
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
354 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Description
"It is a chilling story that begins in the 1970s, when Trump made his first splash in the booming, money-drenched world of New York real estate, and ends with Trump's inauguration as president of the United States. That moment was the culmination of Vladimir Putin's long mission to undermine Western democracy, a mission that he and his hand-selected group of oligarchs and Mafia kingpins had ensnared Trump in, starting more than twenty years ago with...
20) The front runner
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 blu-ray (113 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A real-life story of U.S. Senator Gary Hart's 1988 presidential campaign that was ended when his extramarital affair became known to the public.
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