{"product_id":"9780698186927","title":"The Deep State: The Fall of the Constitution and the Rise of a Shadow Government","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Party Is Over \u003c\/i\u003edelivers a no-holds-barred exposé of who really wields power in Washington\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003eEvery Four years, tempers are tested and marriages fray as Americans head to the polls to cast their votes. But does anyone really care what we think? Has our vaunted political system become one big, expensive, painfully scriped reality TV show? In this cringe-inducing expose of the sins and excesses of Beltwayland, a longtime Republican party insider argues that we have become an oligarchy in form if not in name. Hooked on war, genuflecting to big donors, in thrall to discredited economic theories and utterly bereft of a moral compass, America’s governing classes are selling their souls to entrenched interest while our bridges collapse, wages, stagnate, and our water is increasingly undrinkable. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDrawing on sinsights gleaned over three decades on Capitol Hill, much of it on the Budget Committee, Lofgren paints a gripping portrait of the dismal swamp on the Potomac and the revolution it will take to reclaim our government and set us back on course.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrom the Hardcover edition.\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Temple Publications International, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47067443724528,"sku":"9780698186927","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780698186927_p0.jpg?v=1763621457","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780698186927","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}