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The New York Times bestselling author and former U.S. Attorney offers a piercing expos?on the escalating threat of far-right politics--and a clear roadmap for saving our democracy. In The Fix, McQuade draws on her decades of experience as a federal prosecutor to reveal how systems of organized crime and political opportunism exploit the levers of power--using corruption, cruelty, and chaos as tools to dominate institutions and eliminate accountability. With clarity, precision, and moral force, she exposes the tactics of today's far-right MAGA system: information warfare, aggressive retribution, conformism enforced by fear, and pervasive dismantling of legal checks and balances necessary to defend the public interest and uphold justice. Weaving together courtroom stories, real-time political analysis, and cautionary lessons from history and democratic backsliding abroad, McQuade makes the case that the threats we face are not future possibilities--they're already here. Yet The Fix is no

Cat Fitzpatrick delights in this post-pandemic follow-up to her debut verse novel of present-day manners, The Call-Out--a trans community celebration of mores, gender theory, and rhyme. The Dinner Party returns to the chaotic and adorable world of trans femme. The title piece begins... "The 'Rona being now at last abated," and continues with cameo portraits of the seven guests she plans to invite, including: Together, as we had in days gone by.I asked Rakshasi, clad in black, so thin, So eager for some trouble to get in, Of any kind, and Sophie, blunt and dry, Who often ended up the night so pissedShe'd trip and fall when climbing up the stairs, And learned Bridget, sweet, beset by cares, Who always talks about her therapist -- My besties. Plus I asked along a pairOf mascs: Adonis, such a charming youth, More interested in beauty than in truthWho drives a motorbike and braids his hair, And Dominic, less young, but full of poise, A trickster with a most provoking grin, More pleased with