World of News" in mid-April. Around the same time, Halperin appeared on Sirius XM with Smerconish, where he said he has been working with the Fortune Society, a New York City-based nonprofit organization that provides essential support to the formerly incarcerated. On August 18, 2019, publisher Regan Arts announced that Halperin had signed a new book deal. The book, entitled How to Beat Trump: America’s Top Political Strategists on What It Will Take, was published in early-November 2019. Contributors to the book include David Axelrod, Donna Brazile, and James Carville. Both CNN and NBC refused to do anything to promote the book. After news broke about the upcoming book, there was widespread criticism and outrage, with Gretchen Carlson calling the deal "a slap in the face to all women." Rebecca Katz, a political strategist said on Twitter, "you can beat Trump without supporting the career rehabilitation of Mark Halperin." CNN political commentator Karen Finney called Halperin "a predator" and denounced publisher Regan Arts. Eleanor McManus, who as a 21-year-old job seeker at ABC, who Halperin attempted to force himself upon, commented: "He leveraged his position as a prominent journalist to prey on women... Giving him a book once again puts him in a position of authority and that is a slap in the face to all the women that he has victimized." According to a September 9, 2019 report in The Daily Beast, Halperin allegedly exchanged vague threats on a call with MSNBC president Phil Griffin after Griffin refused to approve a possible collaboration with the Morning Joe team earlier in 2019. In 2020, Halperin began appearing on Newsmax TV as a contributor and as the host of its weekly Sunday show, Mark Halperin's Focus Group. Newsmax TV, a pro-Trump right wing news outlet, has trafficked in conspiracy theories and baseless claims asserting that Donald Trump was the real winner of the 2020 presidential election and that the Jan. 6 insurrection on the Capitol was incited by left wing provocateurs and the FBI. Personal life Halperin resides in New York City with his girlfriend, Karen Avrich, co-author of Sasha and Emma. Bibliography Mark Halperin and John F. Harris, The Way to Win: Taking the White House in 2008, Random House, October 2006, Mark Halperin and John Heilemann, Game Change: Obama and the Clintons, McCain and Palin, and the Race of a Lifetime, Harper, January 2010, Mark Halperin and John Heilemann,