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The New York Times bestselling author, co-host of the #SistersInLaw podcast, and former U.S. Attorney will discuss the escalating threat of far-right politics—and a roadmap for preserving our democracy.

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: 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 will make the case that the threats we face are not future possibilities—they’re already here- and will outline common-sense reforms and strategies that can reclaim the rule of law and recenter democracy with the power of the people.