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A riveting insider account of the progressive movement in Congress centering A.O.C., Rashida Tlaib, Jamaal Bowman, Cori Bush, Ayanna Pressley, and Ilhan Omar―their rise, their efforts to set an ambitious agenda for the country, and their struggle to find their footing within the Democratic party.

The Squad is the definitive, must-read book about the most exciting figures defining our new era. The story is urgent, and the stakes are high―for the country and the world―and Grim, an experienced political reporter who covered the Squad before they were the Squad, is uniquely qualified to tell it.

When Bernie Sanders, an obscure Vermont senator, launched his quixotic 2016 presidential campaign, few could have seen just how radically the Democratic Party would transform in just a few short years―or that such a transformation could be led by a Bronx bartender volunteering for Bernie in her spare time. The world as it was when that campaign began is almost unrecognizable today, and the Squad has both shaped and been shaped by the seismic social, cultural, and political changes underway.

Referred to informally as the Squad, led by the preternaturally politically savvy Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the group laid down a marker for an aggressive left-wing agenda. Grim takes you behind the scenes as that new energy makes impact with Washington, and the Squad spends as much time fending off assaults from Donald Trump―who regularly singled them out and led chants of “send them back” at rallies―as they did battling their own party’s sclerotic leadership. As they’ve grown in office, they’ve had to contend with the eternal question that confronts outsiders who power their way into the inside: Are they still radical organizers willing and able to lead a political revolution?

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“[Ryan Grim] needs to do his own show. He’s really good . . . objective . . .no bullshit rhetoric.”
―Joe Rogan

“If you've been reading Ryan Grim's consistently groundbreaking reporting over the past decade, the recent monumental shift in our politics came as little surprise. For anybody who wants to understand where we've been and where we're going, The Squad is an essential read.”
―Naomi Klein, New York Times bestselling author

“[Grim] has become one of the most authoritative voices in Washington on a wide range of topics, but his specialty has always been giving voice to the voiceless and taking on powerful institutions trying to screw over the most vulnerable among us.”
―Lydia Polgreen, New York Times columnist

"Political reporter Grim, D.C. bureau chief for the Intercept, examines the rise, challenges, and influence of six aggressive left-wing politicians: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Rashida Tlaib, Ayanna Pressley, and Ilhan Omar, branded by the media as The Squad, and the two representatives who joined them in 2021, Jamaal Bowman and Cori Bush...Drawing on his own on-the-ground reporting, Grim creates a detailed account of seven tumultuous years. An insider’s often dismaying picture of national politics."
―Kirkus Reviews

"A richly reported account of how the House’s most outspoken bloc of left-wing lawmakers, and the movement they represent, have fared in the nation’s capital."
―HuffPost

"Insightful.... Grim skillfully elucidates the political substance beneath the bewildering complexity of congressional legislating, election strategizing, and influence peddling, conveying it all in prose that’s perceptive and pithy...The result is a fresh and penetrating take on a divided Democratic Party."
―Publishers Weekly

About the Author

Ryan Grim is The Intercept’s D.C. Bureau Chief and the co-host of Counter Points. He was previously the Washington bureau chief for HuffPost, where he led a team that won a Pulitzer Prize. He has been a staff reporter for Politico and Washington City Paper and is a former contributor to MSNBC and The Young Turks. He’s the author of the book We’ve Got People: From Jesse Jackson to Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the End of Big Money and the Rise of a Movement and This is Your Country on Drugs: The Secret History of Getting High in America.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Henry Holt and Co. (December 5, 2023)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 336 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1250869072
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1250869074
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  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.6 x 1.05 x 9.65 inches
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Ryan Grim is such an experienced storyteller! His interviews always uncover truths which are not always comfortable. And when watching CounterPoints, he’s straightforward and unflappable. Although I’ve only read the 1st 2 chapters of The Squad so far, I’m amazed at how Mr Grim pulls together info from multiple sources to tell a coherent story of these political revolutionaries. A hopeful book. May there be many more.
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Meme
5.0 out of 5 stars Progressive History These Past Few Years
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While Ryan Grim writes about the media aberration that was the Squad and AOC's journey through Congress, this book is very much an account of the Progressive movement these last few years. Beginning at the end of Bernie Sander's 2016 Presidential Campaign, we see how the movement has progressed from a cross-class call for an economic paradigm shift to a new age, culture war, gripped by the waking nightmare of prejudice that was the Trump Presidency, an era that has bogged down leftist groups through infighting and kowtowing to some of the movement's most radical elements. We're shown the influence AIPAC has, playing a role against progressives in elections and policymaking. We're given insight into the role Progressives played during the Biden Presidency's largest bills (e.g., Build Back Better, American Rescue Plan Act, Infrastructure Bill, Inflation-Reduction Act.)

AOCs struggle between a radical and an insider is accounted between several events (e.g., Climate Protests, Border Wall Funding Vote, Iron Dome Vote) and it's definitely a highlight of the book. I think Grim drives home a point that her journey is reflective of the progressive movement and the struggle we all face in acknowledging the systemic issues that plague our political system while feeling powerless to do anything other than work in the system else be faced with onslaught of attacks from every opening. But as the title of the book implies, there's still hope for a progressive future!
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5.0 out of 5 stars It's Ryan Grim's work
Reviewed in the United States on March 18, 2024
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This book tells a lot about how the progressive movement and corporate Dems struggle for control of their house caucus. Lots of detail and Grim's usual job of burrowing into his subject matter, he draws the controversies and the compromises honestly.
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Evan J. Ogas
5.0 out of 5 stars Great read!
Reviewed in the United States on January 9, 2024
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I really liked this book. It covers the recent successes and subsequent struggles of a small group of new representatives in the Democratic party. Grim gives detailed accounts of some major, recent historical events from a nearly firsthand perspective. At the same time, the events are framed in a journalistic manner, without imparting his personal opinions on the reader. This book pulls back the covers and details some of the slimiest, darkest corners of internal politics within the Democratic party. I came away learning a lot.
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Phillip Quinn
4.0 out of 5 stars Ryan Grim tracks US progressive politics from 2016-Present in The Squad
Reviewed in the United States on February 25, 2024
I was excited to check out Ryan Grim’s newest book The Squad: AOC and the Hope of a Political Revolution. As a person on the left, the last 5-10 years have been the most hopeful in my lifetime, so I was interested in reading something about progressives in the American congress.

Boy, this book was depressing at times.

It was nice to see that progress is being made at the electoral level. Not enough, obviously, but there is some. Still, my god, the pushback from Democratic leadership in the House under Nancy Pelosi against nearly everything that Congresspeople like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Cori Bush, Ilhan Omar, Ayanna Pressley, Rashida Tlaib, and Jamaal Bowman (among others) proposed is infuriating.

It is nice to know that it sounds like there is a better relationship between “the Squad” and the leadership team of Hakeem Jeffries, but Pelosi’s hatred at least seems to be out of power.

One of my big takeaways early from this book is that Nancy Pelosi’s so Russia-pilled that her brain is partially leaking out of her head. In her first sit down meeting/lunch with AOC, Pelosi spent nearly an entire hour ranting about how she thought the “Abolish ICE” protests were “Russia’s plan”. Sure thing, Nancy!

The other major takeaway for me in this book is that the various progressive groups — from abortion rights to environmentalists to voting rights to healthcare groups — melted down from internal squabbles just when they needed to form a unified block to deal with Joe Biden’s inauguration.

I think Grim did a good job at setting where the progressive movement was at an electoral place from the 2016 US Presidential election through the 2022 Midterms. The book does a great job of picking the major event of the time and giving you the background of things from various progressive perspectives.
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Shakir
5.0 out of 5 stars Great book about a remarkable group of people!
Reviewed in the United States on December 23, 2023
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Absolutely great look into this amazing movement that is changing America. It really opens your eyes as to how politics really works and how The Squad is trying to change it and the resistance they face, even from their own party. My one minor criticism though is that it focuses too much on AOC and not on the others. The others are there, sure but AOC is the star to the point where the other members only make occasional appearances. Still a great and informative book though!
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Alan Gamble
5.0 out of 5 stars Great story by masterful journalist!
Reviewed in the United States on December 29, 2023
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Ryan Grim is such an experienced storyteller! His interviews always uncover truths which are not always comfortable. And when watching CounterPoints, he’s straightforward and unflappable. Although I’ve only read the 1st 2 chapters of The Squad so far, I’m amazed at how Mr Grim pulls together info from multiple sources to tell a coherent story of these political revolutionaries. A hopeful book. May there be many more.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Great story by masterful journalist!
Reviewed in the United States on December 29, 2023
Ryan Grim is such an experienced storyteller! His interviews always uncover truths which are not always comfortable. And when watching CounterPoints, he’s straightforward and unflappable. Although I’ve only read the 1st 2 chapters of The Squad so far, I’m amazed at how Mr Grim pulls together info from multiple sources to tell a coherent story of these political revolutionaries. A hopeful book. May there be many more.
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Kell Seagram
5.0 out of 5 stars An insightful inside look at the challenges facing the progressive movement in Congress
Reviewed in the United States on December 8, 2023
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In our polarized political landscape, it is noteworthy to read a journalist who can focus mainly on factual occurrences. Understanding context and personal motivation gives me an inside look at the players and challenges for progressives in Congress. Ryan Grim was the first to cover the unlikely campaign of AOC. Who better to tell this story? With violence exploding in Israel, this back story is very relevant to how the news is covering the conflict.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Learn about Congressional progressives and protect them!
Reviewed in the United States on December 7, 2023
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After listening to Ryan Grim speak on podcasts like Prose and Politics, I had to get this book to learn more about how progressives like AOC, Tlaib, Omar, Bowman, Cori Bush and others got elected, their accomplishments and how to elect more. They early called for a ceasefire when even Bernie still hasn’t. We need representation by dynamic young people of color. Now AIPAC is targeting them all with vast sums of money.
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