Thread by @timkmak

It's publication day for my book, 'MISFIRE: Inside the Downfall of the NRA'!

It's based on 120+ interviews and 1000s of pages of secret depositions, internal emails & private documents: tracing the behind the scenes story of the org

You can get it here:
bit.ly/MISFIREbook

.@mikeallen included MISFIRE in @Axios AM this morning, describing it as a "hot read" with "deep reporting on the NRA"

The book goes into Wayne LaPierre's wedding to the reaction at NRA HQ after Sandy Hook, into the infighting and corruption that led to Oliver North's ejection..

@mikeallen @axios And a shoutout from @Politico @playbookdc this morning as well, which says that 'MISFIRE: Inside the Downfall of the NRA' is a book that "spills the secrets of the nation's powerful gun lobby."

@mikeallen @axios @politico @playbookdc I joined @MorningEdition today to speak with host @NPRinskeep. We talked about Wayne LaPierre's personality:

How does someone who is described as cowardly, anxiety-ridden and conflict averse become the head of such a powerful and controversial org?

npr.org/2021/11/02/105…

@mikeallen @axios @politico @playbookdc @MorningEdition @NPRinskeep I also spoke to @juliemason on SiriusXM this morning:

Julie was especially interested in Susan LaPierre, the 'first lady' of the NRA -- and the hidden role she has played behind the scenes of the country's most powerful gun org

https://twitter.com/MasonMornings/status/1455497673985904642

@mikeallen @axios @politico @playbookdc @MorningEdition @NPRinskeep @juliemason Thank you @NPRKelly!

'MISFIRE: Inside the Downfall of the NRA' is the product of years of reporting, going all the way back to 2017 --

https://twitter.com/NPRKelly/status/1455519121895002117

@mikeallen @axios @politico @playbookdc @MorningEdition @NPRinskeep @juliemason @NPRKelly Thanks @NPRinskeep!

In this segment of the book, I set the scene for why dozens of NRA insiders spoke to me:

NRA CEO Wayne LaPierre's" insistence on saving himself -- over his cause, his friends... would be taken poorly by those he had betrayed..."

https://twitter.com/NPRinskeep/status/1455520225244454914

@mikeallen @axios @politico @playbookdc @MorningEdition @NPRinskeep @juliemason @NPRKelly !!!!

Second excerpt of 'MISFIRE' is out in @RollingStone:

It's about Susan LaPierre, the 'first lady' of the NRA and her hidden hand in running the organization.

The book goes deep on the elite world of women who give millions of $$$ to the NRA, loyalty oaths and more

https://twitter.com/NoahShachtman/status/1455520926536278022

@mikeallen @axios @politico @playbookdc @MorningEdition @NPRinskeep @juliemason @NPRKelly @RollingStone Spoke also with @johnson in his newsletter Public Sphere about the Russia stories in MISFIRE.

The story of Russian agent Maria Butina is a story of how malleable, disorganized and gullible the NRA has been over the past decade

https://twitter.com/johnson/status/1455521677962629122

@mikeallen @axios @politico @playbookdc @MorningEdition @NPRinskeep @juliemason @NPRKelly @RollingStone @johnson And I'm on with @BillPressPod talking about the dynamics between Wayne and Susan LaPierre, the two most powerful figures inside the National Rifle Association:

https://twitter.com/BillPressPod/status/1455540298441011207

Nice endorsement here from Michel Martin!

https://twitter.com/MichelMcQMartin/status/1455579803164282882?t=Vznudctx500D2LSljqGCkg&s=19