Thursday 6 February '20 show notes

Feb. 7, 2020 10:01 am

By SueN

In for Thom today - Jefferson Smith, host/owner progressive radio XRAY-FM, Portland, OR
It's Thank you Thursday...What Or Who Are You Thankful For?
How Change Trickles UP... - Emily Cherniack, Founder & Executive Director - New Politics
What Is (STILL) Going On In Iowa?! - Lee Fang, Investigative Journalist - The Intercept
Broken System Acquits Trump - , Huffington Post - Paul Blumenthal, Huffington Post / formerly w/the Sunlight Foundation

Thursday's Daily Stack

In for Thom today

- Jefferson Smith, host/owner progressive radio XRAY-FM, Portland, OR

Hour One: It's Thank you Thursday...What Or Who Are You Thankful For?

Article: "Invoking his faith, an emotional Mitt Romney explains vote to convict Trump" by Libby Cathey.

Book: Profiles in Courage: Decisive Moments in the Lives of Celebrated Americans by John F Kennedy.

Quote: "I'm aware that there are people in my party and in my own state who will strenuously disapprove of my decision and in some quarters I will be vehemently denounced. I'm sure to hear abuse from the President and his supporters. Does anyone seriously believe that I would consent to these consequences other than from an inescapable conviction that my oath before God demanded it of me?" - Mitt Romney.

Article: "Virginia Lawmakers Vote to Block Offshore Drilling in Rebuke to Trump Plan" by Reuters.

Article: "Live: Iowa Caucus Results 2020" by NY Times.

Article: "Jack Mormon" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Doug Jones, facing 'lose-lose' situation, opts to convict Trump" by Bridget Bowman.

Article: "McCaskill to vote no on Kavanaugh confirmation" by Burgess Everett.

Article: "Mitt Romney" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Joe Manchin" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Thom Tillis" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Lamar Alexander Says He'll Vote Against Witnesses In Trump Impeachment Trial" by Mollie Reilly.

Article: "Martha McSally" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Susan Collins" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Edward Cullen" by Wikipedia.

Site: Free Speech TV

Hour Two: How Change Trickles UP...
- Emily Cherniack, Founder & Executive Director - New Politics

Article: "Super Bowl, impeachment trial, Iowa caucus: 5 things you need to know Monday" by USA Today.

Video: Watch Trump's full 2020 State of the Union speech.

Article: "Trump Acquitted of Two Impeachment Charges in Near Party-Line Vote" by Nicholas Fandos.

Article: "How to watch Friday night's Democratic debate" by Grace Segers.

Site: Patrick K. Ryan.

Site: David Eric Myles.

Site: David Myles.

Article: "Candidates" by New Politics.

Article: "The First White President" by Ta-Nehisi Coates.

Article: "America's first white president" by Andrew O'Hehir.

Article: "Heidi Heitkamp" by Wikipedia.

Podcast: Corporate Personhood (w/ Thom Hartmann).

Article: "#ileftthegop Trends As Former Republicans Share Why They 'cut The Cord' With The Party" by Ewan Palmer.

Article: "Anti-Trump protesters rally across the nation after impeachment acquittal" by Joshua Bote.

Article: "Bus Project" by Wikipedia.

Site: Alliance for Youth Action.

Article: ""shit-life Syndrome," Trump Voters, And Clueless Dems" By Bruce E. Levine.

What Is (STILL) Going On In Iowa?!
- Lee Fang, Investigative Journalist - The Intercept

Tweet: "Three different sources say a firm called "Shadow" developed the Iowa Dem caucus app. They haven't responded to comment, neither has Iowa Dem Party. The firm was paid by both Nevada & Iowa Democratic Party, disclosures show. Also by Mayor Pete's campaign." by Lee Fang.

Article: "DNC chair calls on Iowa Democratic Party to begin a recanvass of caucus results" by Barbara Rodriguez and Brianne Pfannenstiel.

Article: "This Is The Buzzy Democratic Firm That Botched The Iowa Caucuses" by Kevin Robillard, Amanda Terkel, Molly Redden, HuffPost.

Article: "New Details Show How Deeply Iowa Caucus App Developer Was Embedded In Democratic Establishment" by Lee Fang.

Article: "Cambridge Analytica" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Satellite caucuses could put Bernie Sanders over the top in Iowa" by Ella Nilsen.

Article: "The latest Iowa caucuses drama, from an app meltdown to a possible recanvass, explained" by Emily Stewart.

Law: "Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act", 1970 (RICO).

Article: "Matt Gaetz Leads Freedom Caucus Members To Storm SCIF Where Impeachment Inquiry Is Being Held" by Tim Hains.

Article: "Lev Parnas' Lawyer Pens Letter To McConnell Asking To Let His Client Testify, Lists Names Of People Allegedly Involved In Ukraine Scandal" by Aila Slisco.

Book: Targeted: The Cambridge Analytica Whistleblower's Inside Story of How Big Data, Trump, and Facebook Broke Democracy and How It Can Happen Again by Brittany Kaiser.

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

Article: "Multiple mini-interview" (MMI) by Wikipedia.

Article: "STAR voting" by Wikipedia.

Hour Three: Broken System Acquits Trump - , Huffington Post
- Paul Blumenthal, Huffington Post / formerly w/the Sunlight Foundation

Article: "A Broken System Acquitted Donald Trump" by Paul Blumenthal.

Article: "We're Not In Kansas Anymore: Stable Genius Strikes Again" by Abby Zimet.

Article: "Kansas City Confusion: We're Not in Kansas Anymore. Or Are We?" by John Eligon.

Article: "Rush Limbaugh joins the likes of Mother Teresa and Rosa Parks as recipient of highest civilian honor" by Timothy Bella.

Article: "Watergate scandal" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Senators Who Voted To Convict Trump Represent 18 Million More Americans Than Those Who Voted To Acquit" by Christina Zhao.

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

Article: "Trump's 'victory speech' turns into a rambling ego trip divorced from both reality and time" by Mark Sumner.

Article: "Mitt Romney becomes first Senator in US history to vote against own party's president" by Wion.

Article: "Andrew Johnson" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Impeachment of Andrew Johnson" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Impeachment of Bill Clinton" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Amazon spent $1.5 million on Seattle City Council races. The socialist it opposed has won." by Hannah Knowles.

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

Article: "Anita Hill" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Archie, a therapy dog, has a full-time job at Portland's Franklin High School (Video)" by Samantha Swindler.

Site: XRAY In The Morning (incl. News With My Dad).

Article: "Arizona is getting a raise: New year brings an increase in the minimum wage" by Russ Wiles.

Article: "Former Astronaut Mark Kelly Enters 2020 Senate Race Against Martha McSally" by Doug Mataconis.

Site: Mark Kelly for Senate.

Article: "2011 Tucson shooting" (incl. Gabby Giffords) by Wikipedia.

Article: "Former fighter pilot Amy McGrath announces bid to take on Mitch McConnell in 2020" by Rebecca Buck.

Article: "Amy McGrath" by Wikipedia.

Site: Amy McGrath for Senate.

Video: "The Letter" - Amy McGrath for U.S. Senate.

Article: "Sara Gideon to Challenge Susan Collins for Maine Senate Seat" by Stephanie Saul.

Site: Sara Gideon for Maine.

Article: "Doug Jones (politician)" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Harper's Index".

Book: Behind The Green Mask: U.N. Agenda 21 by Rosa Koire.

Article: "Why Democratic Congresswomen Wore White Again to Send a Message at the State of the Union" by Cady Lang.

Article: "Fifty-state strategy" by Wikipedia.

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