Newt Gingrich 
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SOURCE: Los Angeles Review of Books
10/9/2020
“Wright-Gate” and Newt’s Ruthless Playbook (Review)
Although he had dogs ranging from a Doberman pinscher to a cocker spaniel, young Newt Gingrich took particular delight in feeding hard-boiled eggs to his extensive collection of snakes. Julian Zelizer's new book on the Republican Revolution examines his appetite for conflict and political treachery.
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SOURCE: New York Times
7/7/2020
When American Politics Turned Toxic (Review)
Julian Zelizer argues that Newt Gingrich made the media unwitting accomplices to his partisan crusade.
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SOURCE: The Atlantic
10-15-18 (accessed)
The Man Who Broke Politics
by McKay Coppins
During his two decades in Congress, he pioneered a style of partisan combat that poisoned America’s political culture.
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10-12-15
The Gingrich Revolution and the Roots of Republican Dysfunction
by Steven M. Gillon
The person most responsible for injecting that virulent strain of partisanship into the Republican party was another dethroned House Speaker -- Newt Gingrich. But Gingrich was always more subtle than the bomb throwers.
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