58 former national security officials, including those from both democratic and republican administrations, have written a letter telling America and congress, that Trump's reelection stunt to whip up fear of brown people among Fox news viewers has "no factual basis." That's it - A Stunt!

There is no crisis at the southern border, but there is a crisis in Central America, caused by the Reagan administration and republican policies of supporting right wing death squads.

Instead of demonizing the refuges seeking asylum - we should put our heads together and come up with a plan to help them.

-Thom

Monday's Daily Stack

Article: "Former top U.S. security officials decry Trump's emergency bid" by Reuters.

Article: "Elliott Abrams, Iran-Contra Convict, Named Special Envoy to Venezuela" by Reuters.

Tweet: "Be nice if Spike Lee could read his notes, or better yet not have to use notes at all, when doing his racist hit on your President, who has done more for African Americans (Criminal Justice Reform, Lowest Unemployment numbers in History, Tax Cuts,etc.) than almost any other Pres!" by Donald J. Trump.

Article: "Spike Lee implores US to regain its humanity during Oscars speech" by Alex Needham.

Article: "Why That Oscars Performance of ‘Shallow' Was So Stunning" by Spencer Kornhaber.

Article: "Spike Lee Nearly Walks Out Of Oscars After ‘Green Book' Wins Best Picture" by John Rogers.

Article: "North Korean state media condemns US intelligence officials and Democrats for 'chilling the atmosphere' ahead of Kim Jong Un's second summit with Trump" by Stephanie Haney.

Article: "Trump-Kim summit: What can we expect from second meeting?" by Kim Sengupta.

Movie: "Green Book (film)".

Video: Driving Miss Daisy.

Article: "The Green Book: The Black Travelers' Guide to Jim Crow America" by Evan Andrews.

Speech: "Great Society" by Wikipedia.

Law: "Civil Rights Act of 1964" by Wikipedia.

Law: "Voting Rights Act of 1965".

Law: "Sherman Antitrust Act", 1890.

Video: White Savior: The Movie Trailer.

Movie: "The Help".

Movie: "Dangerous Minds".

Movie: "The Blind Side".

Article: "Fairness Doctrine" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Norman Goldman" by Wikipedia.

Site: "Talkers Magazine".

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

Article: "The Powell Memo or Powell Manifesto".

Article: "Libertarian Party" by Wikipedia.

Article: "'Green Book' Is 'Full of Lies': Dr. Don Shirley's Family Speaks Out".

Hour Two: Issues of the day and your calls
- Congressman Ro Khanna (D-CA, 17th District)

Article: "Lauren Underwood" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Pentagon says it will be months before construction on Trump's border wall starts" by Ryan Browne.

Law: Posse Comitatus Act (1878).

Article: "House Intelligence Committee Prepares To Hear Michael Cohen Testimony" by All Things Considered.

Article: "Bernie Sanders enlists Ro Khanna for presidential campaign" by Joe Garofoli.

Article: "White House Poised to End Work Permits for H-1B Spouses (2)" by Bloomberg Law.

Article: "Insurrection Act Law and Legal Definition" by US Legal.

Site: War and Law League.

Article: "The Doomsday Clock has us at two minutes to midnight" by NBC News.

Article: "A letter to Donald Trump: Fix the Iran Deal, don't nix it" by Rep. Lois Frankel (D-FLA.).

Article: "How much would you pay if Ohio's gas tax rises by 18 cents per gallon? We did the math." by Hannah Sparling and Jackie Borchardt.

Article: "The Green New Deal offers radical environmental and economic change" by Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.

Article: "To Galvanize Local Organizing for Medicare for All, Nurses Union to Kick Off Nationwide 'Barnstorms' This Weekend" by Jessica Corbett.

Site: MoveOn.org

Site: Democracy for America

Site: Progressive Change Campaign Committee (PCCC)

Site: Physicians for a National Health Plan (PNHP)

Site: Progressive Democrats of America

Article: "Bernie Sanders's $32 trillion Medicare-for-all plan is actually kind of a bargain" by Dylan Scott.

Video: Rep. Ro Khanna on possibility of single payer health care.

Article: "DNC changes superdelegate rules in presidential nomination process" by Adam Levy.

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

Article: "Marshall Plan" by Wikipedia.

Article: ""Michael Cohen Is Going To Be Indicted": Stormy Daniels's Attorney Is Now Cooperating With The Feds" by Joe Hagan.

Article: "Why I strongly oppose U.S. military intervention in Venezuela" by Ro Khanna.

Article: "Medicare Advantage" by Wikipedia.

Tweet: "Trump's Twitter morning:
6:32am: whines about wall
6:36: retweets himself
6:50: attacks Spike Lee
6:58: whines about oil prices
6:59: retweets daughter
7:30: retweets himself
7:40: brags about dictator playdate
7:53: attacks old man dying of cancer

7:58: whines about wall again

" by Jeff Tiedrich.

Event: Saturday, March 2nd, Minneapolis, MN: "2019 Blue State Ball".

Case: "Santa Clara County vs. Southern Pacific Railroad", 1886

Book: "Unequal Protection: The Battle to Save Democracy" by Thom Hartmann (read online)

Book: "Unequal Protection: How Corporations Became "People" - And How You Can Fight Back" by Thom Hartmann - new updated version out now!

Case: "Dartmouth College v. Woodward", 1819

Lawsuit: "Dodge v. Ford Motor Company", Mich. 1919.

Book: The Hidden History of Guns and the Second Amendment by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "Far side of the moon: China's Chang'e 4 probe makes historic touchdown" by Hannah Devlin and Kate Lyons.

Article: "Ringed White Dwarf Spotted 145 Light-Years Away" by Sci-News.

Article: "Healthcare in Switzerland" by Wikipedia.

Chicago's Political Scene
- Joan Esposito, Host - Joan Esposito LIVE from 2-5pm CT on WCPT Chicago's Progressive Talk 820AM

Article: "2019 Chicago mayoral election" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Election board officials openly discuss nightmare scenario in mayoral race" by Fran Spielman.

Article: "Momentum Continues for Chicago Mayor Candidates Ahead of Election Day" by Mary Ann Ahern.

Article: "NEW POLL: Mayor's race still wide open - Think Big has a big new ad - UAW endorses MENDOZA" by Shia Kapos And Adrienne Hurst.

Article: "Murder of Laquan McDonald" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Donald Trump Signs Anti-Abortion Executive Order Surrounded By Men" by Amanda Terkel.

Article: "J. B. Pritzker" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Bruce Rauner" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Yes, we are experiencing a net outflow of illegal, undocumented workers from America back to Mexico" by Eric Litke.

Book: "All the World's a Stage" by Dennis Weaver.

Article: "A Home Built for Solar Mass" (Dennis Weaver) by Anne McGregor Parsons.

Talk Media News Segment:
- Bob Ney

Site: "Goats for the old Goat".

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

Book: "Sideswiped: Lessons Learned Courtesy of the Hit Men of Capitol Hill" by Robert Ney.

Article: "Crunch time for Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un" by Emma Reynolds.

Article: "Mr. Cohen goes to Washington" by Alayna Treene.

Article: "Speculation mounts on when Mueller report will be delivered" by MSNBC.

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