Friday 20 December '19 show notes

Dec. 29, 2019 4:58 pm

By SueN

**Show LIVE from SiriusXM studios in NYC**
Mid-day with Mark - Congressman Mark Pocan (D-WI, 2nd District)
Impeachment and last night's debate - Dean Obeidallah, host of Dean Obeidallah show weekdays 6-9PMET @SiriusXM Progress Ch. 127 / Columnist - The Daily Beast
What to Say to Your Crazy Right-Wing Uncle Talking Points for Liberals - Phil Proctor, writer, an Emmy & Academy Award winning voice actor & a lifelong member of the comedy group Firesign Theater, Samuel W. Joseph, filmmaker, playwright & author - Authors - "What to Say to Your Crazy Right-Wing Uncle: Talking Points for Liberals" (forward by Thom Hartmann)
Alter Family Politics, the Trump presidency - Jonathan Alter, Author of books on FDR and Obama, documentary filmmaker, MSNBC analyst, DailyBeast columnist. Co-host, Sirius XM Alter Family Politics
His program, issues of the day - Michelangelo Signorile, Journalist/Commentator & Host-Michelangelo Signorile Show - SiriusXM Progress Ch. 127 3-6 ET M-F (immediately following The Thom Hartmann Program)
The debate, comedy, religion and politics, oh my! - John Fugelsang, Actor, Comedian, Host - SiriusXM Progress Ch. 127 9pm-12midnight & filmmaker, his latest is "Dream On" - a road trip in search of the American Dream

Friday's Daily Stack

**Show LIVE from SiriusXM studios in NYC**

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

Video: WATCH LIVE: The PBS NewsHour/POLITICO Democratic Debate.

Article: "Trump impeached by the House for abuse of power, obstruction of Congress" by Dareh Gregorian.

Article: "Senate Passes $1.4 Trillion Plan to Avoid Government Shutdown" by Erik Wasson.

Article: "A day after Trump impeachment, House passes landmark USMCA trade agreement" by Anne Flaherty.

Article: "Farmers, biofuel groups dismayed over EPA ruling" by Jessie Higgins.

Article: "Fairness Doctrine" by Wikipedia.

Article: "1948 United States presidential election" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Constitution of the United States" Article 2 Section 2. "The President ... shall have Power to grant Reprieves and Pardons for Offences against the United States, except in Cases of Impeachment."

Article: "The Social Security 2100 Act" by John Larson.

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

Article: "McCarthyism" by Wikipedia.

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

Article: "Big problems require big solutions. Democrats need a bold, progressive vision to win 2020." by Mark Pocan and Pramila Jayapal.

Article: "The PRO Act: Good for workers and good for business" by Rep. Mark Pocan (D-Wis.) And Kenneth Rigmaiden.

Hour Two: Impeachment and last night's debate
- Dean Obeidallah, host of Dean Obeidallah show weekdays 6-9PMET @SiriusXM Progress Ch. 127 / Columnist - The Daily Beast

Article: "If the Senate Won't Hold a Fair Trial, the House Should Refuse to Send Over the Articles" by Dean Obeidallah.

Article: "'Pete's wine cave': Why Buttigieg's rivals are slamming his Napa fundraiser" by Tucker Higgins.

Article: "Dean Obeidallah Nancy Pelosi was right about Trump's impeachment (and Democrats were wrong)" by Dean Obeidallah.

Case: "Buckley v. Valeo", 1976

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

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

Article: "Supreme Court vacates former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell's conviction" by Tal Kopan and Ariane de Vogue, 2016.

Article: "Paula Jones" by Wikipedia.

Case: "Clinton v. Jones" by Wikipedia.

Case: "United States v. Nixon" (1974) (Executive Privilege, tapes).

What to Say to Your Crazy Right-Wing Uncle: Talking Points for Liberals
- Phil Proctor, writer, an Emmy & Academy Award winning voice actor & a lifelong member of the comedy group Firesign Theater

- Samuel W. Joseph, filmmaker, playwright & author

- Authors - What to Say to Your Crazy Right-Wing Uncle: Talking Points for Liberals (forward by Thom Hartmann)

Site: God Help Us.

Article: "Comparing presidential administrations by arrests and convictions: A warning for Trump appointees" by RoyalScribe.

Alter Family Politics, the Trump presidency
- Jonathan Alter, Author of books on FDR and Obama, documentary filmmaker, MSNBC analyst, DailyBeast columnist. Co-host, Sirius XM Alter Family Politics

Article: "The Simpsons" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Here's What Has Happened in Syria in the Week Since Trump Abandoned the Kurds" by Ryan Bort.

Tweet: "In order to get elected, @BarackObama will start a war with Iran." by Donald J. Trump.

Tweet: "Now that Obama's poll numbers are in tailspin - watch for him to launch a strike in Libya or Iran. He is desperate." by Donald J. Trump.

Tweet: "I predict that President Obama will at some point attack Iran in order to save face!" by Donald J. Trump.

Tweet: "Remember that I predicted a long time ago that President Obama will attack Iran because of his inability to negotiate properly-not skilled!" by Donald J. Trump.

Article: "Trump once suggested all of Seoul's 10 million residents move to avoid North Korean threat" by Alex Ward.

Article: "Debbie Dingell says she won't be intimidated by Trump's attacks on late husband" by Devan Cole.

Article: "Susan Sarandon Slammed on Twitter for Seeing a Silver Lining in Trump Presidency" by Reid Nakamura.

Article: "White House considers arguing that Trump wasn't impeached" by Ben Tracy, Grace Segers.

Video: Why Aren't Democrats Fighting Anti Medicare Lobbying? (w/ Alex Lawson ).

Article: "Exclusive: Key Trump health official spends millions on GOP-connected consultants" by Adam Cancryn, Dan Diamond.

Article: "Trump administration to replace Obama's Clean Power Plan with weaker greenhouse gas rules for power plants" by Tom DiChristopher.

Article: "Low-wage work is more pervasive than you think, and there aren't enough "good jobs" to go around" by Martha Ross, Nicole Bateman.

Hour Three: His program, issues of the day
- Michelangelo Signorile, Journalist/Commentator & Host-Michelangelo Signorile Show - SiriusXM Progress Ch. 127 3-6 ET M-F (immediately following The Thom Hartmann Program)

Article: "Electoral College" by Wikipedia.

Article: "'Textbook voter suppression': Georgia's bitter election a battle years in the making" by Khushbu Shah.

Article: "Gerrymandering" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Sarah Huckabee Sanders Apologizes To Joe Biden After Mocking Debate Response on Stuttering" by Madeleine Carlisle.

Article: "What Are the Benefits of Universal Health Care?" by wiseGEEK.

Article: "1999 Seattle WTO protests" by Wikipedia.

Event: December 7, 2019: "WTO Protests 20th Anniversary with Joseph Stiglitz".

Video: 20 Years After The Battle of Seattle: Vandana Shiva & Lori Wallach on Historic 1999 WTO Protests.

Site: Andrew Yang - Official Campaign Website.

The debate, comedy, religion and politics, oh my!
- John Fugelsang, Actor, Comedian, Host - SiriusXM Progress Ch. 127 9pm-12midnight & filmmaker, his latest is "Dream On" - a road trip in search of the American Dream

Article: "Here are the top moments from the sixth Democratic debate in Los Angeles" by Yelena Dzhanova, Lauren Hirsch, Kevin Breuninger, Tucker Higgins.

Article: "What Joe Biden Can't Bring Himself to Say" by John Hendrickson.

Site: Robert McKee (screenwriting courses).

Article: "Jewish guilt" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Catholic guilt" by Wikipedia.

Article: "The Difference Between Jewish And Catholic Guilt" by Rick Paulas.

Article: "Pursuing the "middle way": Eisenhower Republicanism, 1952--1964" by Steven Thomas Wagner.

Article: "Farewell Address" by Dwight D. Eisenhower.

Article: "War on drugs" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Southern strategy" by Wikipedia.

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

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