Tuesday 30 July '19 show notes

Jul. 31, 2019 8:56 am

By SueN

In for Thom today - Jefferson Smith, host/owner progressive radio XRAY-FM, Portland, OR
Hour One: Democratic candidates debate #2, night #1...what do you want to see & hear? What would you ask? How about the format?
Campaign Finance Ballot Measure in Oregon - Jason Kafoury, Attorney & Spokesperson - Honest Elections Oregon
Debate, Democracy, Media, Race... - John Nichols, National Affairs Correspondent - The Nation Magazine / Author of the new book: Horsemen of the Trumpocalypse (LIVE from Detroit, MI for debates)
The legacy of Justice John Paul Stevens and why it matters... - Matt Ford, Staff Writer - the New Republic covering law, Democracy & the Courts

Tuesday's Daily Stack

In for Thom today
- Jefferson Smith, host/owner progressive radio XRAY-FM, Portland, OR

Hour One: Democratic candidates debate #2, night #1...what do you want to see & hear? What would you ask? How about the format?

Article: "Democratic debates: Five things to look out for" by Anthony Zurcher.

Article: "'You can't call this plan Medicare for All': The Bernie Sanders camp pans Kamala Harris's health care plan" by Li Zhou and Tara Golshan.

Article: "US generates more electricity from renewables than coal for first time ever" by Oliver Milman.

Article: "Elizabeth Warren just issued a stark warning around a 'coming economic crash' - and outlined a plan to avoid it" by Daniel Strauss.

TV: "Years and Years".

Site: Tulsi Gabbard - Official Campaign Website.

Site: "Jay Inslee - Official Campaign Website".

Article: "After 48 Years, Democrats Still Haven't Gotten the Memo" by Adam Eichen.

Campaign Finance Ballot Measure in Oregon
- Jason Kafoury, Attorney & Spokesperson - Honest Elections Oregon

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

Bill: "Oregon Senate Joint Resolution 18".

Article: "Why Oregon Republicans Vanished Over a Climate Change Vote" by Timothy Williams.

Article: "Oregon Legislative Session Concludes In Tense Final Day" by Dirk VanderHart.

Article: "Biden to present George W. Bush, Laura Bush with Liberty Medal" by Tal Axelrod.

Article: "Did Julian Castro Deal Beto A Fatal Blow?" by Eric Lutz.

Article: "The school busing debate between Joe Biden and Kamala Harris" by Salvador Rizzo.

Article: "Excerpts from Michael Moore's 'Sicko'" by marco.

Hour Two: Debate, Democracy, Media, Race...
- John Nichols, National Affairs Correspondent - The Nation Magazine / Author of the new book: Horsemen of the Trumpocalypse (LIVE from Detroit, MI for debates)

Article: "Donald Trump will be president thanks to 80,000 people in three states" by Philip Bump.

Quote: "It takes two wings to fly" - Jesse Jackson.

Resolution: "H.Res.109 - Recognizing the duty of the Federal Government to create a Green New Deal." by Rep. Ocasio-Cortez, Alexandria [D-NY-14].

Article: "GM is halting production at a 78-year-old Detroit-area plant this week" by Jordan Valinsky.

Article: "AP FACT CHECK: Trump hails auto revival that's not happened" by Tom Krisher, Calvin Woodward.

Article: "Bus Project" by Wikipedia.

Article: "New Deal" by Wikipedia.

Speech: "Great Society" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Meet The Right-Wing Consultant Who Goes From State To State Slashing Budgets" by Matt Shuham.

Article: "It Was Never About Busing" by Nikole Hannah-Jones.

Law: "Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act", 2010.

Article: "Trump: "I Could Stand In the Middle Of Fifth Avenue And Shoot Somebody And I Wouldn't Lose Any Voters"".

Quote: "you also had people that were very fine people on both sides" - Donald Trump.

Talk Media News Segment:
- Tom Squitieri

Site: "Goats for the old Goat".

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

Article: "China threatens to withhold export of critical minerals that help make Pentagon weapons work" by Tom Squitieri.

Article: "Japan just found a 'semi-infinite' deposit of rare-earth minerals - and it could be a 'game-changer' in competition with China" by Jeremy Berke.

Hour Three: The legacy of Justice John Paul Stevens and why it matters...
- Matt Ford, Staff Writer - the New Republic covering law, Democracy & the Courts

Article: "When John Paul Stevens Eviscerated Antonin Scalia" by Matt Ford.

Article: "John Paul Stevens" by Wikipedia.

Law: "G.I. Bill" (Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944) by Wikipedia.

Article: "Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens, Who Led Liberal Wing, Dies at 99" by Linda Greenhouse.

Article: "John Paul Stevens, retired supreme court justice and leading liberal, dies aged 99" by AP.

Article: "Roe v. Wade" by History Channel.

Article: "Brett Kavanaugh's nomination: A timeline" by Sophie Tatum.

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

Book: The Conservative Sensibility by George F. Will.

Quote: "One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors" - Plato.

Article: "Idiot" by Wikipedia.

Movie: "Idiocracy".

Poll: "Guns" by Gallup.

Article: "The Macroeconomic Effects of Student Debt Cancellation" by Scott Fullwiler, Stephanie A. Kelton, Catherine Ruetschlin, Marshall Steinbaum.

Article: "Civil Rights Act of 1875" by Melvin I. Urofsky.

Article: "California governor signs bill requiring Trump release his tax returns to appear on ballot" by Chris Mills Rodrigo.

Article: "Robert Bork Supreme Court nomination" by Wikipedia.

Article: "What Happened With Merrick Garland In 2016 And Why It Matters Now" by Ron Elving.

Case: "Brown v. Board Of Education", 1954 (Segregation in public schools) (overturned Plessy v. Ferguson).

Book: The Rebellion of Ronald Reagan: A History of the End of the Cold War by James Mann.

Article: "Assailing High Drug Prices, Bernie Sanders Heads to Canada " by Sydney Ember.

Article: "HR 1: Democrats pass sweeping bill to get money out of politics" by Ella Nilsen.

Article: "House Votes to Raise Minimum Wage to $15, a Victory for Liberals" by Sheryl Gay Stolberg and Jeanna Smialek.

Quote: "The difference between the almost right word and the right word is really a large matter-'tis the difference between the lightning-bug and the lightning" - Mark Twain.

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