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29 Nov, 4 tweets, 2 min read
Former NRA spokesperson Dana Loesch has written a book for kids about the right to have guns

The book is titled 'Paws Off My Cannon' and features Bongo, a gorilla who enjoys cupcakes

foxbusiness.com/politics/new-d…
Fox on Loesch's book:

"when hyenas, armed with coconut cannons, come to steal the cupcakes, Bongo has to use a cannon of his own to chase them away. Half of the town wants to ban cannons, but Bongo insists on keeping his, and his heroism saves the day"
Loesch promoted her *children's* book by saying:

"We’ve seen rioting, looting, and assault — even murder — go unchecked... coddling criminals and reducing deterrents… tears our nation apart at the seams and people live in fear"

foxbusiness.com/politics/new-d…
Here is the cover of Dana Loesch's pro-gun children's book, 'Paws Off My Cannon'

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9 Nov
SCOOP: The day after Columbine shootings, top NRA execs, PR experts, lobbyists scrambled on conference calls to strategize.

Over 2.5 hrs they laid out the playbook of the NRA after mass shootings for the next 20+ years.

I have the secret tapes.

npr.org/2021/11/09/104…
Columbine was the worst high school shooting of its time. 13 lay dead.

By coincidence, the NRA's annual meeting was scheduled just miles away in Denver, and just days away.

It was a full blown crisis for the NRA, and its strategists organized a call.

npr.org/2021/11/09/104…
The tapes show all the emotions the NRA officials feel as they grapple with this situation.

"Everything we do here has a downside," griped NRA official Kayne Robinson. "We are in deep s*** on this deal."

npr.org/2021/11/09/104…
Read 18 tweets
8 Nov
In Politico today, an excerpt of the NRA's behind-the-scenes efforts to negotiate Manchin-Toomey gun legislation...

before pulling out and dooming the bill to failure:
politico.com/news/magazine/…
And I joined The Reload, to talk to pro-2A individuals about why this book about the NRA should interest them:

I also wrote in the @latimes about what would happen if the NRA were to disappear:

latimes.com/opinion/story/…
Read 5 tweets
5 Nov
@Lawrence: "We're going to have Tim Mak join us..." 

@Maddow: "Oh, he has the NRA book, yeah..." 

L: "It's titled MISFIRE: Inside the Downfall of the NRA..." 

M: "A, Tim Mak is a fantastic guest. B, I have not read that book yet but I am going to..."
@Lawrence @maddow Other praise for MISFIRE: Inside the Downfall of the NRA

"Misfire is a searching expose of the corruption and crookedness that pushed the NRA itself into ruin. The nonstop revelations are told with gripping detail and intimate insider knowledge.”

@DavidFrum
@Lawrence @maddow @davidfrum "Misfire is among the most important works documenting this era in American history, a story of ideology and unbelievable scandal, corruption, and rot...

The definitive account of the NRA—deeply and meticulously reported, colorfully and precisely written.”

@Olivianuzzi
Read 5 tweets
4 Nov
Good morning from the set of @CNN's @NewDay!

I joined to discuss 'MISFIRE: Inside the Downfall of the NRA.' -- Doing interviews all day today!
@CNN @NewDay Joining the WVON Morning Show in Chicago shortly, to talk with @rufuswilliamsjr about 'MISFIRE: Inside the Downfall of the NRA'!
Read 15 tweets
2 Nov
From MISFIRE: The first look at the NRA's 'first lady':

Susan LaPierre thought because the NRA had spent $30mil+ on supporting Trump, that he owed her. She insisted she would be ambassador to Slovenia. Here's what happened:

rollingstone.com/politics/polit… Image
"When Susan wanted something, she pestered Wayne constantly. She knew his character, once describing her own husband’s management style as 'no management style at all.' ... She luxuriated in that power, that status as Wayne’s wife... "

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Susan preferred to use a makeup artist whose clients included Reese Witherspoon and Taylor Swift... meaning flights + luxury hotel suites for her stylists.

But here's how she treated her own staff:

rollingstone.com/politics/polit… Image
Read 6 tweets
2 Nov
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."
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