01945cam a2200289 i 4500 884833683 TxAuBib 20230727120000.0 230526s2023||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u bl2023020597 9781538708057 HRD 30.00 1538708051 HRD 30.00 TxAuBib rda Terris, Ben, author. The big break [BOOK] : the gamblers, party animals, and true believers trying to win in Washington while America loses its mind / Ben Terris. First edition. New York : Twelve, 2023. ix, 320 pages ; 23 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes index. The Big Break investigates how Washington works, and how different kinds of people try to make it work for them. Ben Terris presents an inside history of this crucial moment in Washington, reporting from exclusive parties, poker nights, fundraisers, secluded farms outside town and the halls of Congress; among the oddballs and opportunists and true believers. This book is about the people who see this moment as an opportunity to bet big—on their country or maybe just on themselves. It will take a close look at Washington’s bold-faced names as they try to get their bearings on the post-Trump (and possibly pre-Trump) landscape. And it will introduce readers to the behind-the-scenes players — MAGA pilgrims and Resistance flamekeepers and shapeshifting veterans — who believe they know what Washington, and America, must do if they’re going to survive, or even thrive. Provided by publisher. 20230727. Politics, Practical United States History 21st century. United States Politics and government 2017-2021.