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I’ve not finished this book, so this review is more of an overview.Buy it.It won’t disappoint.In an era of disruption and tossing out of traditional norms, Pitchfork Populism by former HuffPost columnist and founder of Bipartisan Bridge Bradford Kane is must reading to understand the trends and policies in domestic and foreign affairs.This can also be a helpful Rosetta Stone to impulsive tweets by President Trump. Mr. Kane nails it.Mr. Kane’s writing is understandable and accessible. His paradigm of 10 mega trends on understanding the how and why of President Trump’s election but the fallout from November 8, 2018 will be a blueprint for the clean up of the post Trump Administration ness. Without picking sides on whether to disparage or praise the main actors in Washington (with the exception of Trump himself), Mr. Kane takes aim at incendiary issues and instead of blowing them up, he offers pragmatic solutions without painting any one group of Americans with the same brush.Thoroughly researched and footnoted with helpful annotations, Pitchfork Populism raises deep and profound issues. Many of these systemic flaws are being addressed in real time by committed civil servants and schedule C appointees—true patriots resisting foreign policy by fiat and Tweet and domestic policy based on neither Nazi Germany nor the Confederacy’s policies having lost—who are navigating the United States through uncharted waters until the chaos of this historic Administration ends.I can’t wait to finish this and to read the post 2020 updated version. Note to Amazon and publisher, please offer audiobook. I bought Biggs the book and Kindle (to do electronic highlight king after and during reading), but I also like to listen to books I like a lot.And this one is a keeper.PS: finished it and read it twice.