There is no break from politics.

Even though the election will finally - thankfully - hopefully end next week - the next big fight in Washington has already been penciled into the schedule.

It'll be over the Trans-Pacific Partnership - or TPP - the massive trade deal between the US and 11 other Pacific Rim nations that both major candidates for president oppose.

Once the election is over - the Obama administration - with the help of Republicans and some corporate Democrats - plans on throwing whatever political capital it has left into a campaign to get the TPP through the lame-duck session of Congress.

Whether this full-court press push for a massively unpopular trade will work is still unclear - but one thing is certain: whatever public debate surrounds the lame-duck campaign for the TPP will probably involve words like "free trade" and "protectionism".

These two words have framed the debate around trade in the US for decades - and they're how most of the general public understands the issue.

The way most people see it - trade policy is either good because it's "free" or bad because it's "protectionist".

This dichotomy has deep roots in our political discourse - the only problem is it's wildly inaccurate - especially when it comes to the TPP.

-Thom

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Thursday's Daily Stack

The Thom Hartmann Program welcomes C-SPAN for a live simulcast TODAY from 12-3pm ET.

Hour One: What is Trump's Plan to Replace Obamacare?
- Scottie Nell Hughes, USA Radio Networks/CNN/ROAR: The New Conservative Woman Speaks Out

Article: "Explaining ‘Risk Corridors,’ The Next Obamacare Issue" by Louise Radnofsky and Jennifer Corbett Dooren, Jan 22, 2014.

Article: "Marco Rubio Quietly Undermines Affordable Care Act" by Robert Pear.

Article: "Trump's Health Plan: Pay Your Own Medical Bills Using Money You Saved" by James Hamblin.

Case: "Buckley v. Valeo", 1976.

Site: Nightly Business Report.

Article: "Great Chicago Fire", 1871 by Wikipedia.

Article: "The Cost Conundrum: What a Texas town can teach us about health care." By Atul Gawande, June 1, 2009.

Article: "TennCare" by Wikipedia.

Hour Two: Have You Been Trumped Too?
- Anthony Baxter, You've Been Trumped Too

Article: "Senior Congressional Aide Says Chaffetz Tweeted Comey Letter Before Democrats Even Saw It" by Eric Stetson.

Article: "The George W. Bush White House ‘lost’ 22 Million Emails" by Nina Burleigh.

Article: "GOP Rep. Jason Chaffetz Reported To FBI For Using Potential Illegal Private Email Server" by Jason Easley.

Event: Thurs 3 Nov 8pm EST: "You've Been Trumped Too" streamed online on FaceBook.

Article: "Donald Trump faces wall of opposition as he returns to Scotland" by Severin Carrell, 23 June 2016.

Article: "Standing Rock Chair: Obama Could Stop the Dakota Pipeline Today & Preserve Indigenous Sacred Sites" by Democracy Now!

Law: "Telecommunications Act of 1996" by Wikipedia.

Law: "Sherman Antitrust Act", 1890.

Article: "Merger mania" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Calvinism" by Wikipedia.

Movie: "You've Been Trumped" (original 2011 documentary).

Article: "Foreign Corrupt Practices Act" by Wikipedia.

Article: "British lawmakers debate banning Donald Trump from UK for 'hate speech'" by Tim Hume, January 19, 2016.

Article: "The Powell Memo or Powell Manifesto".

Video: Abbott & Costello Who's On First.

Video: Alan Grayson on the GOP Health Care Plan: "Don't Get Sick! And if You Do Get Sick, Die Quickly!"'.

Article: "Do Members of Congress Get Free Health Care?" by Rep. Virginia Foxx.

Article: "Toyota, Moving Northward" by Paul Krugman, July 25, 2005.

Talk Media News Segment:
- Victoria Jones

Article: "Obama rallies millennials, Hispanics for Hillary Clinton in Miami" by Anthony Man.

Article: "Hillary Clinton to hold Election Eve rally in Philadelphia with the Obamas" by Emily Babay.

Article: "Sen. Casey calls for DOJ to intervene after white nationalists vow to poll watch" by Brent Griffiths.

Article: "New Black Panther Party voter intimidation case" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Dormant FBI Twitter account suddenly posts documents relating to 1992 Bill Clinton probe, enraging Democrats" by David Usborne.

Article: "The FBI is investigating its own Twitter account over allegedly pro-Trump tweets" by Russell Brandom.

Article: "Brexit court defeat for UK government" by BBC.

Article: "The Supreme Court judges who will decide Brexit’s fate" by Lucy Pasha-Robinson.

Site: "Goats for the old Goat".

Site: Governor Free Don Siegelman

Hour Three: How is it that 1 out of 4 Americans at risk of having their vote stolen or flipped on election day?
- Mimi Kennedy, Progressive Democrats of America/Mom on CBS

Site: Black Box Voting.org.

Video: Fraction Magic.

Article: "Embezzler Programmed Voting System" by Bev Harris.

Article: "Fraction Magic – Part 1: Votes are being counted as fractions instead of as whole numbers" by Bev Harris.

Article: "Fraction Magic — Part 2: Context, Background, Deeper, Worse" by Bev Harris.

Article: "Fraction Magic – Part 3: Proof of code" by Bev Harris.

Article: "Fraction Magic – Part 4: Presidential race in an entire state switched in four seconds " by Bev Harris.

Article: "Fraction Magic – Part 5: Masters of the Universe " by Bev Harris.

Article: "Fraction Magic – Part 6: Execution capacity" by Bev Harris.

Article: "Voter Purges Alter U.S. Political Map" by Greg Palast.

Site: The Best Democracy Money Can Buy.

Video: The Best Democracy Money Can Buy.

DVD: "The Best Democracy Money Can Buy: A Tale of Billionaires & Ballot Bandits" by Greg Palast.

Article: "Ballot Images" by Bev Harris.

Movie: "Michael Moore in TrumpLand".

Book: Tripping Over the Truth: The Return of the Metabolic Theory of Cancer Illuminates a New and Hopeful Path to a Cure by Travis Christofferson.

Article: "Aetna, Banner Health form new joint venture health plan" by Angela Gonzales.

Book: "An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations", Adam Smith, 1776.

Book: Theory of Moral Sentiments, Adam Smith, 1759.

Articles: On the Principles of Political Economy and Taxation by David Ricardo ("On labor" 1814, "On profits" 1816, "of wages").

Bill: "S. 3816 (111th): Creating American Jobs and Ending Offshoring Act" by Senator Richard Durbin.

Article: "Reaganomics" ("Voodoo Economics") by Wikipedia.

Book: "Screwed: The Undeclared War Against The Middle Class" by Thom Hartmann. Get "Screwed" by Thom Hartmann!

Article: "Duke Energy vs. Solar Energy: Battle Over Solar Heats Up in North Carolina" by DeSmogBlog.

Article: "Vote "NO" on shady, not smart, solar amendment | Editorial" by Sun Sentinel.

Article: "Fairness Doctrine" by Wikipedia.

Article: "PBS Is America's Most Trusted TV News Source. Or Maybe It's Fox News." by Danielle Kurtzleben.

Article: "Fox News Viewers Uninformed, NPR Listeners Not, Poll Suggests" by Kenneth Rapoza.

Article: "Newspaper Editor Ben Bradlee Discusses Career, Journalism" by Jim Lehrer.

Article: "The Honeymooners" by Wikipedia.

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Quiz: Which candidate said another 'no right to be running'?

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Q: Which candidate would let current borrowers refinance their student loans at the current federal interest rate?

A: Hillary Clinton. Donald Trump would cap payments at 12.5% of their income. Jill Stein would cancel the debt. Gary Johnson would not do anything.

Wow! The Difference Between the Arctic Ice Cap is 1984 & Now

How Elections Get hacked - Fraction Magic

The Deplorables (KKK) Are Planning An "Election Day of Force"

Full Show 11/2/2016: Eli Lilly Feels The Bern

In tonight’s Lone Liberal Rumble, Thom talks with Tim Cavanaugh of the American Media Institute and Travis Korson of Madison Strategies about Bernie Sanders' slam on Eli Lilly, the far-right's voter intimidation push, and Senator Burr’s promise to obstruct any Supreme Court picks by a President Hillary Clinton. Later on in the show, Thom is joined by actress and Progressive Democrats of America Board Member Mimi Kennedy to discuss election hacking, and the new short film Fraction Magic.

Could "Fraction Magic" Steal Part Of Your Vote? (w/Guest: Mimi Kennedy)

We Must Take Back Our Media To Cover News Like Standing Rock!

Scottish Filmmaker says: 'You've Been Trumped Too!' (w/Guest: Anthony Baxter)

It's Time For Our Nation To Treat Healthcare As A Human Right!

What's Trump's Plan For Replacing Obamacare? (w/Guest: Scottie Nell Hughes)

Which Candidate Will Do More For Rural Americans? (w/Guest: Sec. Tom Vilsack)