This Will Not Pass: Trump, Biden And The Battle For American Democracy

  • Author: Jonathan Martin
  • Narrator: Dennis Boutsikaris
  • Publisher: Simon & Schuster
  • Duration: 17:00:44
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Synopsis

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

The shocking, definitive account of the 2020 election and the first year of the Biden presidency by two New York Times reporters, exposing the deep fissures within both parties as the country approaches a political breaking point—now including exclusive recordings from the January 5th and January 11th GOP Conference calls referenced in the books original reporting.

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 Biden’s first year in the White House.

From Donald Trump’s assault on the 2020 election and his ongoing campaign of vengeance against his fellow Republicans, to the behind-the-scenes story of Biden’s selection of Kamala Harris as his running mate and his bitter struggles to unite the Democratic Party, this book exposes the degree to which the two-party system has been strained to the point of disintegration. More than at any time in recent history, the long-established traditions and institutions of American politics are under siege as a set of aging political leaders struggle to hold together a changing country.

Martin and Burns break news at every turn, drawing on hundreds of interviews and never-before-seen documents and recordings from the highest levels of government. The book asks the vitally important (and disturbing) question: can American democracy, as we know it, ever work again?

Chapters

  • 001 ThisWillNotPass Open

    Duration: 42s
  • 002 ThisWillNotPass ANoteToReaders

    Duration: 01min
  • 003 ThisWillNotPass Introduction

    Duration: 35min
  • 004 ThisWillNotPass Ch1 Reciprocity

    Duration: 01h11min
  • 005 ThisWillNotPass Ch2 FireAndForget

    Duration: 56min
  • 006 ThisWillNotPass Ch3 TrumpDeterminedToStrike

    Duration: 01h07min
  • 007 ThisWillNotPass Ch4 TheBlueShift

    Duration: 45min
  • 008 ThisWillNotPass Ch5 TheDarkWinter

    Duration: 57min
  • 009 ThisWillNotPass Ch6 TheLastLine

    Duration: 01h09s
  • 010 ThisWillNotPass Ch7 DefeatAndDishonor

    Duration: 59min
  • 011 ThisWillNotPass Ch8 DoTheRightThing

    Duration: 01h16min
  • 012 ThisWillNotPass Ch9 HowBigCanWeGo

    Duration: 01h07min
  • 013 ThisWillNotPass Ch10 FlatAssedStalled a

    Duration: 34min
  • 014 ThisWillNotPass Ch10 FlatAssedStalled b

    Duration: 47min
  • 015 ThisWillNotPass Ch111 APurelyPoliticalExercise

    Duration: 01h18min
  • 016 ThisWillNotPass Ch12 Amateurs a

    Duration: 52min
  • 017 ThisWillNotPass Ch12 Amateurs b

    Duration: 39min
  • 018 ThisWillNotPass Epilogue

    Duration: 59min
  • 019 ThisWillNotPass Jan5 2021 GOPConferenceMeeting

    Duration: 46min
  • 020 ThisWillNotPass Jan11 2021 GOPConferenceMeeting

    Duration: 01h01min
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