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Tonight on The Big Picture on RT TV at 7pm and 10:30pm...
Trump's Syria U-Turn
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Friday's Daily Stack

In for Thom, Progressive host Alex Lawson, Social Security Works/We Act Radio

Hour One: Trump's First Taste of Unbridled Power...Now What? PLUS, Recess Resistance

- Ben Wikler, Moveon.org

Article: "Trump launches attack on Syria with 59 Tomahawk missiles" by Everett Rosenfeld.

Article: "Neil Gorsuch Confirmed by Senate as Supreme Court Justice" by Adam Liptak, Matt Flegenheimer.

Site: Resistance Recess.

Article: "Acting on Instinct, Trump Upends His Own Foreign Policy" by Mark Landler.

Article: "0-to-strike in 6 days: Trump's snap decision on Syria should worry US" by Emma Ashford.

Article: "War Powers" by Legal Information Institute.

Article: "Obama Seeks Approval by Congress for Strike in Syria" by Peter Baker, Jonathan Weisman, Aug. 31, 2013.

Article: "Authorization for the Use of Military Force Against the Government of Syria to Respond to Use of Chemical Weapons" by Wikipedia.

Site: MoveOn.org

Article: "How unpopular is Donald Trump?" by FiveThirtyEight.

Site: Indivisible.

A New Day, A New War PLUS, Gorsuch Vote

- Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR)

Article: "Gorsuch: Oregon Sen. Jeff Merkley speaks for more than 15 hours to block SCOTUS pick" by Alastair Jamieson.

Article: "Gorsuch refuses Whitehouse's request to ask shadowy backers to reveal themselves" by Alexander Bolton.

Video: Gorsuch Nomination Hearing -- Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse opening statement.

Article: "Senator To Gorsuch: Why Did Secret Groups Spend $17 Million On You?" by Ashton Pittman.

Article: "Neil Gorsuch and the “Frozen Trucker”" by Jed Handelsman Shugerman.

Article: "The Supreme Court Struck Down a Gorsuch Ruling While Gorsuch Was Trying to Get on the Supreme Court" by Charles P. Pierce.

Article: "Development Without Displacement? Proposal In D.C. Council Aims To Try" by Ashley Dejean.

Hour Two: Trump Does a Complete 180 on Foreign Policy in 4 Days...

- Stephen Miles, Win Without War-Center for International Policy

Article: "Win Without War Condemns Donald Trump’s Reckless War Plans in Syria" by Center for International Policy.

Article: "Petraeus in 2003: “Tell Me How This Ends” — and He Still Doesn’t Know" by Greg Mitchell.

Article: "Devin Nunes steps aside from House intelligence committee's Russia inquiry" by Spencer Ackerman.

Article: "Trump says chemical attack changed his position on Syrian civil war, blames Assad" by Loree Lewis.

Site: CREDO Action

Site: Peace Action.

Site: Rob Quist for Montana.

Article: "United States presidential line of succession" by Wikipedia.

A Veteran's Perspective on the Attack on Syria

- Richard Allen Smith, Retire the Colors: Veterans & Civilians on Iraq & Afghanistan

Article: "CNN’s Zakaria on Syria Strikes: ‘Donald Trump Became President of the United States’ Last Night" by Alex Griswold.

Article: "Here’s how much it costs to replace the 59 Tomahawk missiles Trump fired on Syria" by Claudia Assis.

Article: "Tomahawk maker's stock up after U.S. launch on Syria" by Paul R. La Monica.

Talk Media News Segment:
- Patrick Gavin

Article: "Senate confirms Gorsuch to Supreme Court in historic vote" by TMN.

Article: "Targeted strikes hit Syrian air base used in chemical weapons attack" by Luke Vargas.

Article: "McCain and Graham praise airstrike against Syrian air force base" by Bryan Renbaum.

Article: "McConnell downplays suggestions of more airstrikes in Syria" by Bryan Renbaum.

Article: "Russia says Moscow visit by U.S.' Tillerson scheduled for next week: Interfax" by Denis Pinchuk.

Book: Loving What You Do: The Elements of a Great Working Life by Ellen Ratner.

Site: "Goats for the old Goat".

Hour Three: DFA: "The U.S. Senate Just Installed Gorsuch into a Stolen SCOTUS Seat"

- Jim Dean, Democracy For America

Article: "Syria Bombing: DFA demands Congress “do its job… make sure Trump doesn’t start World War III”" by Democracy for America.

Article: "Democracy for America on Neil Gorsuch’s Supreme Court installation" by Democracy for America.

Article: "US admits Syria airstrike that killed 46 but denies targeting mosque" by AFP.

Article: "US admits it conducted Mosul air strike 'at location' where '200' civilians died" by Rachael Revesz.

Site: Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF).

Article: "Hillary Clinton: US should 'take out' Assad's air fields" by MJ Lee and Dan Merica.

Tweet: "This is an act of war. Congress needs to come back into session & hold a debate. Anything less is an abdication of our responsibility." by Rep. Barbara Lee.

Article: "Conway: Trump White House offered 'alternative facts' on crowd size" by Eric Bradner.

Article: "Georgia's 6th congressional district special election, 2017" - April 18, 2017.

Site: Jon Ossoff for Congress.

Article: "Dem House super PAC debuts star-studded ad in Ga. special election" by Lisa Hagen.

Case: "Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission" (2010)

Article: "Consumer Price Index for the elderly" (CPI-E) by BLS.

Site: The National Atomic Testing Museum and the NTSHF.

Article: "DeFazio, Sanders Introduce Legislation to Strengthen and Expand Social Security" by Rep. Peter DeFazio.

Bill: "H.R.1114 - Social Security Expansion Act" by Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4].

Bill: "S.427 - Social Security Expansion Act" by Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT].

Monday on The Thom Hartmann Program, 12-3pm ET

I'll be talking to Paul Buchheit about how the U.S. Health Care System Is Condemning Thousands of Americans to an Early Death.

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EPA's Pruitt Refuses to Ban Dangerous Pesticide Despite Agency's Findings

On tonight’s Big Picture, Sam discusses the state of the climate under the Trump administration and the EPA refusing to ban a dangerous pesticide with Dr. Michael Dorsey, director of the Sierra Club. Then, Sam talks to Shelby Emmett of Project 21 and Zaid Jilani of the Intercept about the Senate’s decision to “go nuclear” with Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch and Steve Bannon’s demotion from the National Security Council.

Don't Be Scared of Robots, but Use Public Policy to Plan Wisely (w/Guest Dr. Maya Rockeymoore PhD)

Is Technology Biased Against People of Color? (w/Guest Dr. Maya Rockeymoore PhD)

If Gorsuch Can't Get 60 Votes, They Should Change the Candidate, Not the Rules (w/Guest Heidi Hess)

Gorsuch Will Only Work Towards Advancing Big Money and Corporate Interests (w/Guest Heidi Hess)

Will You Throw a Peace Sign or a Middle Finger? (w/Guest Noah Westreich)