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A review by sjgrodsky
Unthinkable: Trauma, Truth, and the Trials of American Democracy by Jamie Raskin
5.0
Marking it read so I can make some notes as I read.
Book was written quickly and so some minor errors.
-pretty sure he was looking for a vacation house on the Eastern Shore, not the Western Shore.
-it’s Piney Branch Middle School, not Piney Branch Elementary.
-it’s Dupont Circle, not DuPont Circle
-Black Lives Matter Plaza is at 16th and I, not on Penn.
Raskin represents me in Congress, and I couldn’t be happier with him. Mark me as a fan. Reading his book gave me some insight into who he is as a person:
Very smart, well educated, hard working. Willing to parse through legalisms that make my eyes glaze over
Member of a warm and involved family. The Raskins are like the Sterns used to be.
A politician: he criticizes some Republicans in congress, but avoids ad hominem attacks. Because who knows, you might find common cause on some issue in the future.
MANY good insights and background on the insurrection and impeachment that were new to me:
Page 231. “[Trump] understood that he could deploy the violence instrumentally for his own political purposes, while his followers enjoyed it intrinsically for its own sadistic delights.”
Some (unnamed) heavy-duty Hollywood creatives volunteered to review January 6 footage and create a narrative film for the impeachment effort. He declined, saying that the “Hollywood touch” would lead to questions about authenticity. Good call, IMHO.
Page 233. All members of the impeachment team had a security detail to protect them from the “racist, anti-Asian, anti-Latino, homophobic, misogynistic, and anti-Semitic death threats and online harassment.”
Book was written quickly and so some minor errors.
-pretty sure he was looking for a vacation house on the Eastern Shore, not the Western Shore.
-it’s Piney Branch Middle School, not Piney Branch Elementary.
-it’s Dupont Circle, not DuPont Circle
-Black Lives Matter Plaza is at 16th and I, not on Penn.
Raskin represents me in Congress, and I couldn’t be happier with him. Mark me as a fan. Reading his book gave me some insight into who he is as a person:
Very smart, well educated, hard working. Willing to parse through legalisms that make my eyes glaze over
Member of a warm and involved family. The Raskins are like the Sterns used to be.
A politician: he criticizes some Republicans in congress, but avoids ad hominem attacks. Because who knows, you might find common cause on some issue in the future.
MANY good insights and background on the insurrection and impeachment that were new to me:
Page 231. “[Trump] understood that he could deploy the violence instrumentally for his own political purposes, while his followers enjoyed it intrinsically for its own sadistic delights.”
Some (unnamed) heavy-duty Hollywood creatives volunteered to review January 6 footage and create a narrative film for the impeachment effort. He declined, saying that the “Hollywood touch” would lead to questions about authenticity. Good call, IMHO.
Page 233. All members of the impeachment team had a security detail to protect them from the “racist, anti-Asian, anti-Latino, homophobic, misogynistic, and anti-Semitic death threats and online harassment.”