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Wednesday 14 August '19 show notes

Aug. 15, 2019 6:43 am

By SueN

Who is Tearing Our Country Apart... and, WHY?
The GOP Doesn't Want Social Security to Have Another Birthday - Alex Lawson, Executive Director - Social Security Works
Mid-day with Mark - Congressman Mark Pocan (D-WI, 2nd District)
The Case Against Free Speech: The First Amendment, Fascism and the Future of Dissent - P.E. Moskowitz former staff writer for Al Jazeera America / their work has appeared in numerous other publications including the Guardian, New York Times and the New Yorker... they are the author of 2 books, How to Kill a City AND, their latest, The Case Against Free Speech: The First Amendment, Fascism and the Future of Dissent

Wednesday's Daily Stack

Hour One: Who is Tearing Our Country Apart... and, WHY?

Article: "Ohio Man Who Posted Threats Online Had Over 10,000 Rounds Of Ammo, Told Fbi His Posts Were 'only A Joke'" by Matt Keeley.

Quote: "Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore" - Emma Lazarus.

Poem: "The New Colossus" by Emma Lazarus.

Article: "Ken Cuccinelli" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Cuccinelli rewrites Statue of Liberty poem to make case for limiting immigration" by Devan Cole and Caroline Kelly. "Give me your tired and your poor who can stand on their own two feet and who will not become a public charge". "Of course that poem was referring back to people coming from Europe"

Quote: "This country's greatness and true genius lies in its diversity." - James Comey.

Article: "Liable to become a Public Charge" by Wikipedia.

Quote: "Behind Every Great Fortune There Is a Crime" - attributed to Honoré de Balzac.

Article: "State-Sanctioned Rape: Trans-Vaginal Ultrasound Laws in Virginia, Texas, and Iowa" by Andy Kopsa.

Article: "Dow tumbles 600 points after bond market flashes a recession warning" by David Goldman, CNN Business.

Article: "What is the yield curve -- and why it matters" by Paul R. La Monica.

Article: "Swiss 50-yr yield falls below 0%, entire Swiss curve now negative" by Reuters.

Article: "Quantitative easing" by Wikipedia.

Article: "ECB Seen Readying the Pumps for Return to Massive Bond Buying" by Carolynn Look and Kristie Pladson.

Article: "Emerging market debt soars to record high in first quarter" by Business World.

Article: "Distributional Financial Accounts Overview" by Federal Reserve.

Article: "'No Blame?' ABC News finds 36 cases invoking 'Trump' in connection with violence, threats, alleged assaults." by Mike Levine.

Article: "GOP-controlled Senate confirms 13 more judges named by Trump" by Matthew Daly.

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

Article: "Merrick Garland" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Out Of The Horror In Oklahoma City, Merrick Garland Forged The Way Forward" by Nina Totenberg.

Video: President Donald Trump Refuses To Condemn Anti-Democracy Crackdowns | The Last Word | MSNBC.

The GOP Doesn't Want Social Security to Have Another Birthday
- Alex Lawson, Executive Director - Social Security Works

Article: "Income Inequality Is The Party Spoiler As Social Security Turns 84" by Christian Weller.

Article: "On Social Security's 84th Birthday, New Reports Show Importance of Expanding Benefits" by Linda Benesch.

Article: "President Donald J. Trump Announces Intent to Nominate and Designate Personnel to Key Administration Posts" (including David Fabian Black who is to be Deputy Commissioner of Social Security) by White House.

Article: "What's Medicare Supplement Insurance (Medigap)" by Medicare.gov.

Article: "Medicare Advantage" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Medicare Supplement Plan F Discontinued?" (and plan C) by Deana Lemmon.

Article: "OIG Finds Profits to Blame for Denied Medicare Advantage Claims" by Thomas Beaton.

Bill: "H.R.860 - Social Security 2100 Act" by Rep. Larson, John B. [D-CT-1].

Article: "Harmeet Dhillon" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Charlottesville car attack" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Ashkenazi Jews" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Huey Long" by Wikipedia.

Book: "It Can't Happen Here" by Sinclair Lewis.

Article: "It Can't Happen Here" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Charles Coughlin" (Father Coughlin) by Wikipedia.

Speech: "Every Man a King -- Radio Speech to the Nation" by Huey Long, 23 February 1934.

Hour Two: Mid-day with Mark
- Congressman Mark Pocan (D-WI, 2nd District)

Article: "JUST IN: Elizabeth Warren Surges to Statistical Tie With Joe Biden in New National Poll" by Colby Hall.

Article: "Eat less meat: UN climate-change report calls for change to human diet" by Quirin Schiermeier.

Article: "Secrets From The Grave: Jeffrey Epstein kept 'meticulously detailed' diaries which could come back to haunt his powerful pals" by Jenny Awford.

Article: "Death toll rises to 22 in El Paso shooting as 2 more victims die in hospital: Police" by Bill Hutchinson, Stephanie Wash, Will Carr.

Site: Free Speech TV

Article: "Anger as grinning Trump gives thumbs-up while Melania holds El Paso orphan" by Edward Helmore.

Bill: "H.R.1296 - Assault Weapons Ban of 2019" by Rep. Cicilline, David N. [D-RI-1].

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

Bill: "H.R.1 - For the People Act of 2019" by Rep. Sarbanes, John P. [D-MD-3].

Bill: "H.R.4133 - To require the Secretary of Agriculture to direct a study on soil health of Federal lands, and for other purposes." by Rep. Neguse, Joe [D-CO-2].

Bill: "H.R.4134 - To amend the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 to provide for an additional goal of the Agriculture Advanced Research and Development Authority (AGARDA) to enhance the role of agriculture in innovative sustainability solutions.." by Rep. Neguse, Joe [D-CO-2].

Act: "H.R.2157 - Additional Supplemental Appropriations for Disaster Relief Act, 2019" by Rep. Lowey, Nita M. [D-NY-17].

Article: "Engineers give America's infrastructure a near failing grade" by Lauren Thomas, John W. Schoen.

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

Article: "San Jose mayor wants gun owners to get liability insurance" by AP.

Bill: "H.R.8 - Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2019" by Rep. Thompson, Mike [D-CA-5].

Bill: "H.R.1994 - Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement Act of 2019" by Rep. Neal, Richard E. [D-MA-1].

Article: "Congress Is Coming for Your IRA" by Philip DeMuth.

Article: "Consumer 'Protector' Is Ready To Make It Easier For Debt Collectors To Harass You" by Zach Carter.

Article: "Port Arthur massacre (Australia)" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Tough gun laws in Australia eliminate mass shootings" by Meghan Rosen.

Article: "New Zealand gun buyback: 10,000 firearms returned after Christchurch attack" by Eleanor Ainge Roy.

Article: "I Went After Guns. Obama Can, Too." by John Howard.

Article: "Democratic presidential candidate Eric Swalwell releases gun control plan" by Zak Hudak.

Bill: "H.R.1287 - No Guns for Abusers Act of 2019" by Rep. Swalwell, Eric [D-CA-15].

Bill: "H.R.8 - Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2019" by Rep. Thompson, Mike [D-CA-5].

Article: "Trump Administration Guts Endangered Species Act" by Rafi Letzter.

Article: "EPA Plans to Rewrite Clean Water Act Rules to Fast-Track Pipelines" by Phil McKenna.

Hour Three: The Case Against Free Speech: The First Amendment, Fascism and the Future of Dissent
- P.E. Moskowitz former staff writer for Al Jazeera America / their work has appeared in numerous other publications including the Guardian, New York Times and the New Yorker... they are the author of 2 books, How to Kill a City AND, their latest, The Case Against Free Speech: The First Amendment, Fascism and the Future of Dissent

Article: "First Amendment to the United States Constitution"

Law: "Alien and Sedition Acts", 1798.

Case: "Buckley v. Valeo", 1976

Case: "First National Bank Of Boston V. Bellotti", 1978

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

Case: "McCutcheon v. Federal Election Commission", 2014

Article: "2nd Amendment". A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.

Event: Aug. 24 730p: Portland, Or: Thom Hartmann in "This Land Sings" at the "Alberta Rose Theater" (Details).

Event: Aug. 25 3pm: Portland, Or: Thom Hartmann in "This Land Sings" at the "Alberta Rose Theater" (Details).

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!

Article: "Genetically engineered hornless cattle: flaws in the genome overlooked" by Christoph Then.

Film: "Poisoning Paradise".

Article: "Do companies have too much power?" (markups) by Dan Kopf.

Article: "Top 1% Up $21 Trillion. Bottom 50% Down $900 Billion." by Matt Bruenig.

Article: "Dept of Labor--government contractors can fire LGBTQ and pregnant/unmarried women" by Mrs. Overall.

Article: "CEO Compensation in the US Vs. the World" by Steve McDonnell.

Article: "CEOs rake in 940 percent more than they did 40 years ago" by Kate Gibson.

Quote: "If you feed enough oats to the horse, some will pass through to feed the sparrows" - John Kenneth Galbraith (referring to "trickle down" economics).

Law: "Sherman Antitrust Act", 1890.

Article: "Wall Street Crash of 1929" by Wikipedia.

Article: "North American Free Trade Agreement" (NAFTA) by Wikipedia

Article: "Fed is failing, says Trump, as global rates tumble" by Fox Business.

Article: "Trump hammers Federal Reserve, cites commentary from Fox Business" by Brett Samuels.

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: "How to Get a US Student Visa".

Article: "Nancy Pelosi warns 'no chance' of trade deal between US and UK if Brexit puts Good Friday agreement at risk" by Bonnie Christian.

Article: "Good Friday Agreement" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Donald Trump's national security advisor says president wants successful Brexit with UK 'first in line' for trade deal" by Sean Morrison, Rebecca Speare-cole.

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