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Nov. 4, 2019 10:37 am

By SueN

Trump Flees to his Bankruptcy Proof FL Home - Is he Broke? Is this Why the DC Hotel Is Up for Sale?
Is Warren's "Medicare For All" the Biggest Tax Cut Ever?
GOP Tax Scam 2.0... Is It Another Voter & Koch Bribe?
Anything Goes Friday
The Corporate Coup d'Etat Movie... - Jeff Cohen Media critic & Lecturer / founding director of the Park Center for Independent Media at Ithaca College where he is an associate professor of journalism / author, most recently, of Cable News Confidential: My Misadventures in Corporate Media/ former senior producer - MSNBC's Phil Donahue program / Founder - Fairness and Accuracy In Reporting (F.A.I.R.) and co-founder - Roots Action

Friday's Daily Stack

Hour One: Trump Flees to his Bankruptcy Proof FL Home - Is he Broke? Is this Why the DC Hotel Is Up for Sale?

Article: "Trump flees to his bankruptcy-proof Florida home as New York prosecutors close in" by David Cay Johnston.

Article: "'Good riddance': New York's governor responded to news that Trump, a lifelong New Yorker, declared himself a resident of Florida" by Rosie Perper.

Article: "Trump family may sell DC hotel amid emoluments concerns and lawsuits: 'People are objecting to us making so much money'" by Chris Riotta.

Article: "The US military may have spent millions to help prop up a Trump resort" by Riley Beggin.

Article: "Trump scraps plans to host 2020 G-7 summit at Doral resort amid Dem uproar" by Morgan Phillips.

Article: ""It's not like he paid taxes here anyway": Governor of New York reacts to Trump moving to Florida" by Caitlin O'Kane.

Is Warren's "Medicare For All" the Biggest Tax Cut Ever?

Article: "With Detailed Pay-For Plan, Warren Touts Medicare for All as 'Bigger Than the Biggest Tax Cut' in US History" by Jon Queally.

Article: "Elizabeth Warren releases plan to fund Medicare for All, pledges no middle class tax hike" by Tami Luhby, Gregory Krieg, MJ Lee and Leyla Santiago.

Article: "Ho ho ho: IRS cuts audits of rich, steps up audits of poor after budget cuts" by Igor Derysh.

GOP Tax Scam 2.0... Is It Another Voter & Koch Bribe?

Article: "'GOP Tax Scam 2.0'? Warnings as Trump Reportedly Pushing Another Round of Tax Cuts Ahead of Presidential Election" by Jake Johnson.

Article: "Trump lures GOP senators on impeachment with cold cash" by Alex Isenstadt.

Article: "Sisolak vetoes bill that would've seen Nevada join popular vote push" by James DeHaven.

Article: "Ranked Choice Voting / Instant Runoff" (RCV) by FairVote.

Article: "The Republican Closing Argument Against Impeachment Is Personally Implicated In The Scandal" by emptywheel.

Article: "ISIS Names New Leader and Confirms al-Baghdadi's Death" by Rukmini Callimachi and Eric Schmitt.

Article: "Chicago teachers' strike ends after 11 days. CPS will have 5 make-up days of school" by Grace Hauck and Erin Richards.

Article: "Ilhan Omar Blasted For Voting Against Turkey Sanctions Bill" by Omri Nahmias.

Book: Mortal Republic: How Rome Fell into Tyranny by Edward J. Watts.

Hour Two: Anything Goes Friday

Bill: "H.Res.660 - Directing certain committees to continue their ongoing investigations as part of the existing House of Representatives inquiry into whether sufficient grounds exist for the House of Representatives to exercise its Constitutional power to impeach Donald John Trump, President of the United States of America, and for other purposes." by Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-2].

Article: "Title I part A" by U.S. Department of Education.

Article: "Warren Leads Tight Iowa Race as Biden Fades, Poll Finds" by Alexander Burns.

Article: "A Sitting President's Amenability To Indictment And Criminal Prosecution" by U.S. Department of Justice (OLC), 2000.

Article: "Re: Amenability of the President, Vice President and Other Civil Officers to Federal Criminal Prosecution while in office." by U.S. Department of Justice (OLC), 1973.

Article: "GOP House members blast impeachment vote, call Ukraine probe a 'sham'" by Mark Moore.

Article: "How can GOP senators serve as impeachment jurors when they're implicated in Trump's misdeeds?" by Sophia Tesfaye.

Article: "Billionaire Tells Wealthy To 'Lighten Up' About Elizabeth Warren: 'You're Not Victims'" by Mary Papenfuss.

Article: "House Passes SECURE Act by 417-3 Vote, Senate Reintroduces RESA" by ICMA-RC.

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

Article: "Kodi Lee, Singing Prodigy Who Is Blind and Has Autism, Wins 'America's Got Talent' Season 14" by Shahan Ahmed.

Video: Are You Getting The Most Out Of Your Medicare Coverage?

Site: Phone.com.

The Good: NRDC: "NRDC, Groups Sue to Force FDA to Ban Toxic Chemical in Food Packaging" by NRDC.

The Bad: Coca-Cola: "BRANDED Volume II: Identifying the World's Top Corporate Plastic Polluters" by Break Free From Plastic.

Very, Very Ugly: President Trump: "US Stands to Lose Greatly Under Trump's Decision to Leave Paris Agreement" by Alden Meyer, Union of Concerned Scientists.

Video: Bush: "You work three jobs? Uniquely American!".

Hour Three: Anything Goes Friday

Tweet: "As some may know, due to my Dad's passing, I can't be in the House today to vote..." by Rep. Jody Hice.

Tweet: "I was unable to vote yesterday due to a personal, family emergency..." by John Rose.

Article: "As most of you know by now, I am currently on full-time duty with the South Carolina Air National Guard. As such, I was unable to be on the House floor today to vote on Speaker Pelosi's impeachment inquiry." by Rep. Timmons Statement on Impeachment Inquiry Vote.

Tweet: "McEachin ... has been dealing with health issues... He has not yet been cleared to return to DC..." by Charley.

Article: "Medicare Advantage" (Medicare Part C) by Wikipedia.

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

Article: "Medigap" by Wikipedia.

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

Article: "All of Robert Mueller's indictments and plea deals in the Russia investigation" by Andrew Prokop.

Article: "Michael Cohen goes to prison, slamming Trump along the way" by Michael R. Sisak, Jim Mustian.

Site: Mark Kelly for Senate (Arizona).

Article: "Mark Kelly" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Pelosi Calls USMCA 'Easiest Trade Deal,' Could Get Vote in 2020" by Jenny Leonard and Erik Wasson.

Article: "Trudeau talks new NAFTA with Mexico's president as Pelosi signals optimism on ratification" by CBC News.

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

Site: Lori Wallach, Public Citizen's Global Trade Watch.

Article: "Plastics Pile Up as China Refuses to Take the West's Recycling" by Kimiko de Freytas-Tamura.

Law: "Individuals with Disabilities Education Act".

Article: "NEW: Reporter Behind Story on Katie Hill Affair Worked for Republican Candidates Who Ran Against Hill" by Caleb Ecarma.

The Corporate Coup d'Etat Movie...
- Jeff Cohen Media critic & Lecturer / founding director of the Park Center for Independent Media at Ithaca College where he is an associate professor of journalism / author, most recently, of Cable News Confidential: My Misadventures in Corporate Media/ former senior producer - MSNBC's Phil Donahue program / Founder - Fairness and Accuracy In Reporting (F.A.I.R.) and co-founder - Roots Action

Movie: "The Corporate Coup d'État".

Events: "Jeff Cohen's Oregon Tour" (Nov 3-9).

Article: "Lee Fang" by Wikipedia.

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

Article: "'The Corporate Coup D'Etat': Film Review" by Frank Scheck.

Article: "Union Membership" by BLS.

Article: "2019 General Motors strike" by Wikipedia.

Article: "How the Supreme Court and the morbidly rich are ruining democracy in America" by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "America is an oligarchy, not a democracy or republic, university study finds" by Cheryl K. Chumley.

Article: "Testing Theories of American Politics: Elites, Interest Groups, and Average Citizens" by Martin Gilens and Benjamin I. Page.

Case: "Buckley v. Valeo", 1976

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

Article: "The Powell Memo or Powell Manifesto".

Book: The New Democrats and the Return to Power by Al From.

Video: Bill Clinton in 1992 ad: 'A plan to end welfare as we know it'.

Law: "Telecommunications Act of 1996" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Trump call summary shows he pressed Ukrainian president to probe Biden" by Grace Segers, Kathryn Watson, Clare Hymes, Emily Tillett.

Article: "Electoral College" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Rhenish Capitalism" by The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Politics.

Article: "'The times have found us': Nancy Pelosi's decision to support an impeachment inquiry, annotated" by Amber Phillips.

Quote: "the time hath found us" - Thomas Paine.

Article: "Federalist 68: The Mode of Electing the President" by Alexander Hamilton.

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