Wednesday 31 July '19 show notes

Jul. 31, 2019 4:26 pm

By SueN

In for Thom today - Jefferson Smith, host/owner progressive radio XRAY-FM, Portland, OR
Reaction to the first night of the second Democratic candidates' debate...who won, who lost and your comments...
Voting rights - Ari Berman, Senior Reporter - Mother Jones, covering voting rights / Author, Give Us the Ballot: The Modern Struggle for Voting Rights in America
After 48 Years, Democrats Still Haven't Gotten the Memo - Adam Eichen, Author & Contributor - the New Republic / Democracy advocate & co-author of Daring Democracy: Igniting Power, Meaning, and Connection for the America We Want

Wednesday's Daily Stack

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

Hour One: Reaction to the first night of the second Democratic candidates' debate...who won, who lost and your comments...

Video: Watch night one of the CNN debate: Part 1.

Article: "Winners and losers from Night 1 of the second Democratic debate" by Aaron Blake.

Article: "8 big moments from Night 1 of the second Democratic debate" by Washington Post.

Article: "Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders Dominate Democratic Debate Set Up to Ambush Them" by Robert Mackey.

Video: Sanders and Warren Tout Progressive Vision for 2020 as Second Democratic Debate Kicks Off.

Article: ""Your question is a Republican talking point": CNN frames debate questions around right-wing concerns" by Aaron Rupar.

Article: "Cambridge Analytica" by Wikipedia.

Article: "WikiLeaks" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Winners and losers from the first night of the CNN debate" by Chris Cillizza.

Hour Two: Voting rights
- Ari Berman, Senior Reporter - Mother Jones, covering voting rights / Author, Give Us the Ballot: The Modern Struggle for Voting Rights in America

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

Article: "The Gerrymandering Decision Drags the Supreme Court Further Into the Mud" by Richard L. Hasen.

Article: "Census citizenship question blocked by Supreme Court" by Ariane de Vogue and Kate Sullivan, June 27, 2019.

Article: "The Courts Won't End Gerrymandering. Eric Holder Has a Plan to Fix It Without Them." by Ari Berman.

Article: "Bus Project" by Wikipedia.

Clip: "Paul Weyrich - "I don't want everybody to vote" (Goo Goo)".

Article: "What Does Kamala Harris Stand For?" by New York Times.

Article: "The Interstate Highway System" by History.com.

Article: "Is it me or is Marianne Williamson making a lot of sense?" by Emily Stewart.

Article: "Pete Buttigieg to GOP: Trump Complicity Will be Remembered" by Todd Neikirk.

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: "Trump 'rat-infested' attack on Elijah Cummings was racist, Pelosi says" by Martin Pengelly.

Article: "Trump aide submitted drafts of 2016 'America First' energy speech to UAE for edits, emails show", Benjamin Siegeland, Matthew Mosk.

Hour Three: After 48 Years, Democrats Still Haven't Gotten the Memo
- Adam Eichen, Author & Contributor - the New Republic / Democracy advocate & co-author of Daring Democracy: Igniting Power, Meaning, and Connection for the America We Want

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

Article: "The Powell Memo or Powell Manifesto".

Article: "American Legislative Exchange Council" (ALEC) by SourceWatch.

Article: "Federalist society" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Bernie Sanders vs. Tim Ryan on Medicare For All Covering Unions: "I Do Know, I Wrote The Damn Bill!"" by Ian Schwartz.

Article: "Sen. Warren to Delaney: Why Would Anybody Run For President Just To "Talk About What We Can't Do?"" by Ian Schwartz.

Article: "Misery index (economics)" by Wikipedia.

Article: "World Happiness Report" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Buttigieg: Stop Worry About What Republicans Will Say, No Matter What They'll Call Us Crazy Socialists" by Ian Schwartz.

Article: "Aeron chair" by Wikipedia.

Book: Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking by Malcolm Gladwell.

Article: "Work on production line of Boeing 737 Max 'not adequately funded'" by BBC.

Article: "Mueller Report (Redacted) Searchable Version (PDF)".

Article: "Inside Sen. Amy Klobuchar's Mining Industry Support In Northeast Minnesota" by Meghna Chakrabarti.

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