Sopel - If only they didnt speak English: adventures in America - the most foreign land on Earth

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JS indicates Jon Sopel.

Aaronovitch, David: Voodoo Histories 31415

Abedin, Huma 4

abortion rights 171, 1802, 185, 186, 258

Acheson, Dean 279

Adams, James Truslow: The Epic of America 16

Adjaye, David 58

advertising, prescription drug 2457

Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) (2010) 48, 1323, 136, 137, 189, 333, 3467

Afghanistan 48, 76, 92, 93, 95, 124, 194, 338

Air Force One 31, 147, 14850, 151, 252

alcohol, attitudes towards 1624

Al-Fayed, Dodi 312

alternative facts 323

alt-right 33, 389, 357

America First foreign policy 1056, 1078, 2678, 301

American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) 69, 254

American Civil War (18615) 59, 60, 856, 155, 217

American dream, the 14, 16, 22, 84, 116, 172, 234, 243

American exceptionalism 8490

American Revolutionary War (177583) 59, 85, 129, 137, 196, 197

anchor babies 96

Anderson Memorial Bridge, Boston, Massachusetts 11718

anti-Semitism xv, 39, 105, 106, 174, 312

Apple 234, 177, 238, 351

Apprentice, The (TV show) 32, 331

Arkansas: fast-track executions in (April, 2017) 1823; race and 62, 65

Army, U.S. 2, 41, 51, 65, 76, 77, 915, 98100, 132, 144, 1978, 271, 2746

Arpaio, Sheriff Joe 3389

Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank 111

al-Assad, Bashar 108, 285

assault weapons 192, 193, 202, 21011

atheism 1734

Atlantic magazine 789, 244, 287

Atlee, Clement 297

Aurora cinema shooting (2012) 18990

Bannon, Steve 39, 332, 336, 338, 354, 355

Barnett, Correlli 27980

Barroso, Jos Manuel 43

Barzun, Matthew 1956

bathroom bill, the (Public Facilities and Security Act), North Carolina (2016) 17980

BBC News x, xv, xvi, 7, 32, 33, 40, 52, 102, 115, 126, 148, 149, 187, 204, 213, 226, 245, 293, 332, 362

Beast, the (presidential vehicle) 151

Bercow, John 2656

Bernanke, Ben 23

Betteridges Law of Headlines 227

Biden, Joe 106, 107, 210

bin Laden, Osama 90

birth tourism 96

birther movement 30911, 344

Black Lives Matter 76

Blair House, Washington D.C. 2812

Blair, Tony 9, 131, 166, 267, 270, 2801, 316

Blue Ridge, Georgia 17, 18, 19, 25

Boston Tea Party (1773) 1367

Breitbart News 39, 355

Brexit 436, 166, 25960, 276, 294, 2968, 300, 306, 326

Breyer, Justice Stephen 185

Britain: average American image of xviixviii; Brexit and see Brexit; coalition government (201015) 127; conspiracy theories in 31213; general election (2015) 261, 298; general election (2017) 166; government, attitudes towards within 119, 1259, 1312, 135; gun violence and 192, 195, 1967, 2034; no-go areas, Trump supporters belief in 2323; Olympic Games (2012) 43, 90, 131; patriotism in 83, 86, 901, 11011; prescription drug addiction in 254; presidential visits to see under individual president name; prime minister and projection of power 1467; religion in 157, 1657; royal family xviiixix, 147, 261, 268; Second World War (193945) and 64, 92, 105, 144, 167, 191, 26776; special relationship with U.S. 25788; Suez Crisis and 2769; Trident weapons system 280; Trump and see Trump, Donald; welfare state 15

Britain First 306, 3279

Brown vs Board of Education (1954) 645

Brown, Gordon 6, 280, 2813

Brown, Lord Malloch 283

Brown, Michael 501, 52

Buchanan, Pat 180

Burger, Justice Warren 220

Bush, George H. W. 171, 180, 321

Bush, George W. 56, 110, 119, 171, 185, 211, 266, 267, 274, 280, 281, 314, 329

Bush, Jeb 29

Cameron, David 43, 45, 126, 261, 267, 2837, 297

Camp David, Maryland 282, 360

Campbell, Alastair 166, 316

capital punishment 1823

Carson, Dr Ben 1712

Carter, Harlon 21819

Carter, Jimmy 345

Castile, Philando 55

Centre for Disease Control and Prevention 2501, 256

ceremonial deism 168

Charleston church shooting, South Carolina (2015) 556, 778, 190, 212, 252

Charlottesville far-right rally (2017) 3368, 348

Cheney, Dick 280, 314

Chicago, Illinois: gun violence in 20910; job losses in 18, 19

China 18, 20, 22, 234, 97, 108, 109, 11012, 216, 265, 33930

Christie, Chris 159, 2256

Christmas 1612

church and state, separation of (First Amendment) 158, 1645, 1678, 171, 186

Churchill, Winston 26774, 276, 278, 287, 300, 329; bust of, Oval Office 267, 288

CIA (Central Intelligence Agency) 299, 321, 322

Civil Rights Act (1964) 66

civil rights movement 47, 56, 61, 63, 65, 66, 689, 72, 76, 778, 79, 889, 184

Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) 1412, 1445

Clinton, Bill 21, 38, 40, 712, 99, 118, 175, 185, 210, 345

Clinton, Hilary: Benghazi attack (2012) and 40, 216; Breitbart attacks 39; Brexit and 45; election campaign (2016) 25, 68, 13, 30, 33, 34, 35, 36, 38, 3941, 100, 1389, 21516, 28994, 298300, 302, 303, 304, 306, 307, 308, 309, 31819 , 3534, 356, 361; fake news stories involving xiv, 28994, 3019, 314, 31819; government and spending, belief in 1389; gun-control and 207, 21516, 221; hatred/loathing of 3, 5, 401, 28994, 301, 3089; Khizr Khan and 100; pizzagate and 28991, 292, 301, 3089; private email server used when secretary of state, FBI investigation into 4, 345, 36, 401, 303; religion and 169; Russian attempts to discredit 3534, 356; Russian hack of DNC and Podesta emails and 33, 290, 291, 292, 2989, 309; Sanders supporters and 13; Trump attacks xiv, 30, 361

CNN xv, 312, 33, 42, 169, 2367, 243, 304, 307, 315, 321, 3412

Coates, Ta-Nehisi 789

Cohen, Roger 285

Colbert, Stephen 343

Cold War (194791) 107, 180, 287, 299

Comcast 3301, 351

Comey, James 348, 31920, 354, 355

Congress xv, 2, 4, 11, 25, 28, 34, 35, 56, 103, 110, 121, 136, 138, 139, 164, 167, 192, 196, 210, 211, 218, 2201, 222, 239, 2734, 335, 346 see also House of Representatives and Senate

Congressional Budget Office 136

Conservative Party (U.K.) 127, 1467, 166, 263, 298, 305

conspiracy theories 30916

Constitution, U.S. 15, 26, 30, 589, 60, 61, 63, 67, 82, 98, 99, 101, 158, 1645, 183, 185, 186, 197, 204, 206, 21920, 2389, 262, 358, 363; First Amendment 101, 158, 164, 1678, 179, 239, 322, 342, 343; Second Amendment 30, 1968, 199, 21720, 2212, 223; Fifth Amendment 198; 13th Amendment 601; 14th Amendment 601, 63, 239; 15th Amendment 601; 18th Amendment 163; Article 2 309; Article 6 172; Article 25 359, 362; Bill of Rights (first ten amendments) 15, 164; impeachment of president and 36; Reconstruction Amendments (13th, 14th and 15th) 60

Conway, Kellyanne 323

Cook, Tim 177, 351

Coolidge, Calvin 9, 103

Corbyn, Jeremy 327

Cox, Archibald 357

Cox, Chris 222

Cruz, Ted 29, 138, 159, 1701, 186, 221

Cuba 132, 159, 189, 2301, 347

Culpeper, Virginia 56

culture war 1801

D-Day Landings (1944) 65, 2746

Daily Telegraph 276, 2823

Darroch, Sir Kim 260

Davis, Kim 1834

Dear, Robert L. 181

Declaration of Independence (1776) 15, 197

Democratic Party 28, 69, 364; Comey sacking and 345, 36, 37; Convention, Philadelphia (2016) 13, 90, 99, 162, 250; gun control and 193, 207, 218; Nunes memo and 3578; Presidential Election (2016) and xiv, xvi, 3, 45, 67, 11, 13, 26, 30, 33, 40, 41, 42, 90, 99, 162, 250, 290, 2989, 305, 309, 31819; Russian hack of DNC and Podesta emails 33, 290, 2989, 309; Trump tax cut and 330, 3501

Department of Defense 51

Department of Homeland Security 152, 239

Department of Justice 534, 67, 71, 346, 356, 357, 3589