Annie Karni & Luke Broadwater — Mad House - with Peter Baker

Watch authors Annie Karni & Luke Broadwater's book talk and reading at Politics and Prose bookstore in Washington, D.C. PURCHASE BOOK HERE: https://politics-prose.com/book/9780593731260?ic_referral=zhYRc2mPCZmW-3pGVeUwMcQlQdpyqU2st7AQb4ufXKMwM08HdAaWi9qKs0E4SsSUvS_FYQTPtmSJu8oqCDSQVWLT8FOLMKQyoFZSkxM3kBuelvGNbhnIUyd0h5OHVW1OJ49e3Q The United States Congress has always been messy and far-from-august, but as Annie Karni and Luke Broadwater show here, in scorching, shocking detail, it has reached some kind of chaotic bottom. The anarchy that reigned over Congress's lower chamber in the wake of the January 6th attack on the Capitol Building--the election of serial liar and con-man George Santos, revenge porn being shown on the floor of the house, and the theatrical high jinks of Lauren Boebert--all were a sign of decay and dysfunction of the highest order. Even the members of the 118th Congress would admit it was a circus--but up close, the spectacle was more alarming than funny. Taking the reader into closed door meetings as House Republicans, in thrall to a cult of personality, bumble ever deeper into extremism, and sniping House Democrats lose faith in their President, the authors reveal a level of disorder that we have never seen before. Mad House is a searing, rollicking, and deeply reported portrait of a body at war with itself, riven by pettiness, egomania, and score-settling, and defined by the truly unbelievable antics of people like Matt Gaetz, Marjorie Taylor Greene, and Jim Jordan, who, handed the reins of power, attempted to actually govern a country. They did the bare minimum but voters in the 2024 elections rewarded them nonetheless, giving MAGA Republicans control of the White House, the Senate, and the House--and delivering to President Donald Trump a malleable Congress of loyalists there to serve. If you want a peek at what the next four years might look like, there's no better place to start than the dysfunction that led us here. Annie Karni is a congressional correspondent for The New York Times. She joined the paper in 2018 and was previously a White House correspondent, covering both the Trump and Biden administrations. Before that, she worked for Politico, where she covered the 2016 presidential election, and the New York Post and the New York Daily News, covering local politics. She has also written for New York Magazine and Vogue. She frequently appears on television and radio programs. Luke Broadwater is a congressional correspondent for The New York Times, where he has profiled congressional leaders, investigated federal spending, and played a key role in the paper's coverage of the Jan. 6th attack on the Capitol, for which the Times was named finalist for a Pulitzer Prize. Prior to joining the Times, Luke worked for nearly a decide at the Baltimore Sun, where he was the lead reporter on a series of investigative articles that won the 2020 Pulitzer Prize for local reporting and a George Polk Award for political reporting. He frequently appears on television and radio programs for interviews. Karni and Broadwater are in conversation with Peter Baker, the chief White House correspondent for The New York Times, a political analyst for MSNBC, and the author of Days of Fire and The Breach. Be Sure To Click SUBSCRIBE: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCT83IOUtKdPUL9hOzYjxbcQ?sub_confirmation=1 @politicsprose Visit us online at: http://www.politics-prose.com/ Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/PoliticsProse Follow us on instagram: https://www.instagram.com/politicsprose Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/politicsandprose/ Follow us on Threads: https://www.threads.net/@politicsprose Follow Us On TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@politicsprose?lang=en&is_copy_url=1&is_from_webapp=v1 Subscribe to our e-mail newsletter: https://politics-prose.us9.list-manage.com/subscribe/post?u=804c700632a508a8e792e69cf&id=6a0dbf1855&SIGNUP=HomepageFooter Become a store member and save: https://www.politics-prose.com/membership Audio Archive: https://archive.org/details/@politics_prose_bookstore Founded by Carla Cohen and Barbara Meade in 1984, Politics and Prose Bookstore is Washington, D.C.'s premier independent bookstore and cultural hub, a gathering place for people interested in reading and discussing books. Politics and Prose offers superior service, unusual book choices, and a haven for book lovers in the store and online. #books #booktube