There's one particular cancer that has attacked our body politic, and that cancer is money in politics. We tried to get that out of politics in 1973 after the Nixon scandals.

We passed some really strong laws. You can't give more than $1700 to any presidential candidate. You can't give more than $4,000 to a political party, all that stuff.

And the Supreme Court blew it up in 1976 in the Buckley v. Valeo case.

What Move to Amend is trying to do is to go around the federal politicians by going to the individual states. And if you can get 34 states to pass a resolution saying that the constitution should be amended to say that corporations are not people, money is not speech, and then you get 38 states to ratify that, it becomes an amendment to the Constitution.

That's something we've got to be doing and that's what Move to Amend is all about. That's the beginning. Once you get the money out of politics, then you don't have the forces working against you to try to stop you.

-Thom

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Tuesday's Daily Stack

Article: "Oprah Winfrey’s Golden Globes speech inspires speculation about 2020 campaign" by Steve Peoples and Thomas Beaumont.

Article: "Want to see Oprah be president? Maybe she should start with city council." by Mikki Kendall.

Facebook: "On the Show Today... -- If Voters Still Want An Outsider like Obama 2008 & Bernie & Trump- Why Not Oprah?" by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "Afghanistan: 15 dead in suicide bomb attack" by ANI.

Article: "Thom Hartmann: Time to Overthrow Our Rulers" by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "Congressional Public Approval" by Gallup.

Article: "Alex Jones to Oprah Winfrey: “You’re the black face to carry out the enslavement of black folks and everybody else”" by Media Matters.

Article: "What we know about Oprah's political stances" by Christopher Brennan.

Article: "Poll Of Likely 2016 Voters" by GBA Strategies on behalf of the Progressive Change Institute.

Article: "Debbie Dingell" by Wikipedia.

Article: "United States Senate election in South Carolina, 1954" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Justice Clarence Thomas: ‘We are destroying our institutions’" by Elizabeth Koh.

Book: Democracy In Chains: The Deep History of the Radical Right's Stealth Plan for America by Nancy MacLean.

Article: "DNC 'unity' panel recommends huge cut in superdelegates" by Kevin Robillard.

Article: "This Life: An existence she loves, under a growing cloud of student debt" by Ellen McCarthy.

Book: "The Last Hours of Ancient Sunlight: Revised and Updated: The Fate of the World and What We Can Do Before It's Too Late" by Thom Hartmann

Book: "The Prophet's Way" by Thom Hartmann

Article: "Talking Back To Talk Radio - Fairness, Democracy, and Profits" by Thom Hartmann, December 03, 2002.

Article: "Air America (radio network)" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Dem to introduce 'Stable Genius Act' requiring presidential candidates to take mental exam" by John Bowden.

Article: "Stunning victory for Bundy family as all charges dismissed in 2014 standoff case" by Sam Levin.

Article: "“I Have Wondered if Black People Even Have Souls”" by Mark Joseph Stern.

Article: "Sessions’ DOJ Charged A White Supremacist With Terrorism. They Just Didn’t Tell Anyone." by Ryan J. Reilly.

Article: "Kansas Rep. Steve Alford says blacks abuse drugs because of "character makeup"" by CBS/AP.

Article: "Republicans Are Trying to Kill a Key Voting Rights Law" by Ari Berman.

Site: "Sue's daily stacks".

Article: "The Powell Memo or Powell Manifesto".

Book: "The Crash of 2016: The Plot to Destroy America--and What We Can Do to Stop It" by Thom Hartmann

Video: Thom Hartmann, "The Crash of 2016".

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Article: "North Korea agrees to send athletes to Winter Olympics after talks with South" by Justin McCurry

Tweet: "The U.S. has been talking to North Korea, and paying them extortion money, for 25 years. Talking is not the answer!" by Donald J. Trump, 30 Aug 2017.

Tweet: "With all of the failed “experts” weighing in, does anybody really believe that talks and dialogue would be going on between North and South Korea right now if I wasn’t firm, strong and willing to commit our total “might” against the North. Fools, but talks are a good thing!" by Donald J. Trump, 4 Jan 2018.

Article: "Trump takes credit for recent talks between North and South Korea" by Maegan Vazquez.

Article: "Mattis downplays Tuesday Korea talks" by Tom Squitieri.

Article: "Trump officials debate targeted N. Korea strike in ‘bloody nose’ strategy: report" by Rebecca Savransky.

Article: "Trump and North Korea: the perils of a pre-emptive strike" by Demetri Sevastopulo.

Article: "Koreas agree military talks to defuse border tension" by BBC.

Site: "Goats for the old Goat".

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

Hour Three: Kris Kobach & his now super secret election fraud commission
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Video: The Best Democracy Money Can Buy: The Case of the Stolen Election - Greg Palast.

Article: "Kris Kobach’s Brilliant Chess Move" by Greg Palast.

Article: "Trump Disbands Commission on Voter Fraud" by Michael Tackett and Michael Wines.

Article: "The GOP's Stealth War Against Voters" (Interstate Crosscheck) by Greg Palast, August 24, 2016.

Article: "Trump Is Not Ending Kobach’s Racist Voter Purge Scheme, He’s Putting It On Steroids By Moving It To Homeland Security" by Greg Palast.

Event: Jan 17 2018, California: "Healthcare-for-All Rally at the January Healthcare Hearing".

Comments: "Thom Hartmann: Time to Overthrow Our Rulers".

Article: "Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now" (ACORN).

Article: "17th Amendment. "The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each State, elected by the people thereof..."

Book: "Threshold: The Progressive Plan to Pull America Back from the Brink" by Thom Hartmann

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