Friday 26 June '20 show notes

Jun. 27, 2020 1:14 pm

By SueN

What's the Biggest Lie Trump Has Told?
Why Are Corporations Suing Cities Across the USA? - Chad Nicholson, Pennsylvania Community Organizer - Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund
Issues of the Day - Congressman Ro Khanna (D-CA, 17th District)
The Supreme Court is a Corporate Star Chamber - David Sirota Journalist / Served as senior adviser & speech writer for Bernie Sanders 2020 campaign for president
It's Anything Goes Friday and Thom Takes YOUR Calls!!

Friday's Daily Stack

Hour One: What's the Biggest Lie Trump Has Told?

Video: Willie Horton 1988 Attack Ad.

Article: "1988 United States presidential election" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Lee Atwater" by Wikipedia.

Article: "President Trump made 19,127 false or misleading claims in 1,226 days" by Glenn Kessler, Salvador Rizzo and Meg Kelly.

Article: "Trump administration asks Supreme Court to axe Obamacare amid pandemic" by Metro US.

Article: "Top Democrats in Oregon legislature may protect businesses, government agencies from some COVID-19 lawsuits -- but not this session" by Dirk VanderHart.

Article: "FreedomWorks" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Tea Party movement" by Wikipedia.

Video: It's Time to Reopen America - Freedomworks, 14 April 2020.

Twitter: "#TellMeMoreAboutTheViolentLeft" by Chas.

Article: "2017 Congressional baseball shooting" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Supply-side economics" by Wikipedia.

Book: "An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations", Adam Smith, 1776.

Book: Theory of Moral Sentiments, Adam Smith, 1759.

Articles: On the Principles of Political Economy and Taxation by David Ricardo ("On labor" 1814, "On profits" 1816, "of wages").

Article: "FDR creates the Works Progress Administration (WPA)" by History.com.

Article: "John Maynard Keynes" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Great Depression (1929 - 1930s) by Wikipedia.

Article: "Dwight D. Eisenhower and the birth of the Interstate Highway System" by Lee Lacy.

Why Are Corporations Suing Cities Across the USA?
- Chad Nicholson, Pennsylvania Community Organizer - Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund

Article: "CELDF Report: Corporations Are Suing Cities Across the USA" by CELDF.

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: "Rights of Nature Law Forces Pennsylvania to Revoke Industry Permit" by Chad Nicholson.

Article: "Grant Township: The â€œRightâ€ to Profit" by CELDF.

Article: "Pennsylvania Township Legalizes â€œNonviolent Direct Actionâ€ in Defense Against Fracking" by CELDF.

Article: "Why is the state DEP suing Grant Township?" by Carol M. Saalbach.

Article: "Breaking: Grant Township Forces Pennsylvania to Revoke Injection Well Permit" by Chad Nicholson.

Article: "FBI launches investigation into Pennsylvania pipeline permits: report" by Rachel Frazin.

Article: "Pennsylvania's attorney general releases scathing grand jury report on fracking industry, state regulators" by Frank Kummer.

Article: "State & National Networks" by CELDF.

Article: "House approves police reform bill named in honor of George Floyd" by Clare Foran, Haley Byrd and Manu Raju.

Article: "Gravely Ill, Atwater Offers Apology" by AP.

Article: "Labor unions in the United States" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Jamaal Bowman unseats long-time congressman Eliot Engel in a major upset in New York's 16th Congressional District" by Grace Panetta.

Article: "McDonald's Workers in Denmark Pity Us" by Nicholas Kristof.

Article: "Gerrymandering" by Wikipedia.

Hour Two: Issues of the Day
- Congressman Ro Khanna (D-CA, 17th District)

Article: "Democrats unveiled new legislation to overhaul US police policy and add accountability. Here's what's in the bill." by Rosie Perper.

Article: "House passes wide-ranging Democratic police reform bill" by Grace Segers.

Article: "Qualified immunity" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Read Senate Republicans' Proposed Police Reform Legislation" by NPR.

Article: "What are Financial Disclosure Reports?" by Clerk of the House.

Article: "Conduct unbecoming" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Pence looms large in Republican dream of life after Trump" by Edward Luce.

Article: "John N. Mitchell" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Rep. Steve Cohen launches push for Barr impeachment probe" by John Bresnahan, Heather Caygle, Sarah Ferris.

Article: "Kamala Harris, Bernie Sanders and Ed Markey want to give Americans $2,000 a month during coronavirus crisis" by Jacob Pramuk.

Article: "National Economic Security and Recovery Act (NESARA) " by Wikipedia.

Video: Rep. Katie Porter Holds CDC Accountable for Free Testing.

Article: "'Free handout to insurance industry': Trump administration tells insurers they don't have to cover COVID-19 tests for workers" by Jake Johnson.

Article: "Live: New York State Primary Election Results 2020".

Article: "Live: Kentucky State Primary Election Results 2020".

Article: "COVID-19 HEROES Act: When Will the Senate Vote?" by S.M. Walsh.

Article: "$2.2 Trillion CARES Act Provides A Lifeline To Small Businesses" by Rohit Arora.

Article: "Consumer confidence stabilizes in May after sharp plunge in prior month" by Greg Robb.

Article: "Criminal Statutes of Limitations: Time Limits for State Charges" by LawInfo.

Article: "Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva" by Wikipedia.

Site: Poor People's Campaign.

Article: "William Barber II" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Representatives Tim Ryan and Ro Khanna Introduce Legislation to Send Americans Additional Cash Payments" by Tim Ryan.

Article: "Volcker Rule" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Banks soar after FDIC relaxes key Volcker Rule restrictions" by Paul R. La Monica.

Law: "Glass-Steagall Act", 1933.

Article: "Millions Are Unemployed. Crises Abound. Is It Time To Guarantee Public Service Jobs?" by Alexander C. Kaufman.

Article: "Trump Constitutionally Could Remain President Even if He Loses 2020 Popular and Electoral Votes, and He Knows It. Thom Hartmann Explains." by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "12th Amendment"

Article: "The Hayes-Tilden Electoral Commission" by James Monroe.

Article: "'This Scares Me,' Says Bill McKibben as Arctic Hits 100.4°F-Hottest Temperature on Record" by Jake Johnson.

Article: "Carbon dioxide reaches a record level despite COVID-19's drastic impact" by John Roach.

Article: "3 months in, commission overseeing $500 billion of taxpayer dollars remains leaderless" by Cheyenne Haslett.

Article: "The Fight For Full PPP Loan Transparency Is Just Beginning" by Michela Moscufo.

Article: "Georgia Dem Lawsuit Alleges Some Absentee Ballots Were Sent Out Too Late" by Kate Brumback.

Article: "I love that Biden is up big, but Dukakis once had a 17-point lead on Bush Sr.; we can't rest!" by Aldous J Pennyfarthing.

Hour Three: The Supreme Court is a Corporate Star Chamber
- David Sirota Journalist / Served as senior adviser & speech writer for Bernie Sanders 2020 campaign for president

Site: Too Much Information.

Article: "The Supreme Court Is A Corporate Star Chamber" by David Sirota.

Article: "Star Chamber" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Trump Can't Immediately End DACA, Supreme Court Rules" by Adam Liptak and Michael D. Shear.

Tweet: "The Supreme Court asked us to resubmit on DACA, nothing was lost or won. They "punted", much like in a football game (where hopefully they would stand for our great American Flag). We will be submitting enhanced papers shortly in order to properly fulfil the Supreme Court's....." by Donald J. Trump.

Tweet: "...ruling & request of yesterday. I have wanted to take care of DACA recipients better than the Do Nothing Democrats, but for two years they refused to negotiate - They have abandoned DACA. Based on the decision the Dems can't make DACA citizens. They gained nothing! @DHSgov" by Donald J. Trump.

Article: "The Supreme Court Is Still Repeatedly Ruling in Favor of the Ultra-Wealthy" by David Sirota.

Article: "The Supreme Court Has Given the Green Light to Bosses and Financial Managers to Steal From Workers" by David Sirota.

Article: "SEC Regulators: Private Equity Is on a Crime Spree" by David Sirota.

Article: "Citing an economic emergency, Trump directs agencies across government to waive federal regulations" by Steven Mufson, Juliet Eilperin, Jeff Stein and Renae Merle.

Book: The Hidden History of the Supreme Court and the Betrayal of America by Thom Hartmann.

Site: U.S. Chamber of Commerce: Federal Amicus.

Article: "Judge Gorsuch and the frozen truck driver" by Paul Callan.

Article: "As Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan Face Criminal Probes, Barr Fires Top Prosecutor; Tries to Replace Him with Banks' Former Lawyer, Jay Clayton" by Pam Martens and Russ Martens.

It's Anything Goes Friday and Thom Takes YOUR Calls!!

Article: "Portland protests to continue for 30th consecutive day Friday" by Jim Ryan.

Law: "Sherman Antitrust Act", 1890.

Article: "Equal Rights Amendment" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Equal Rights Amendment" - "Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex".

Article: "Obamacare: Trump asks Supreme Court to invalidate Affordable Care Act" by BBC.

Article: "Trump announces executive order 'suspending' regulations impeding US economy" by John T Bennett.

Article: "AG Barr says Trump fired Berman after U.S. attorney didn't resign" by Sommer Brokaw & Christen McCurdy.

Article: "US charges Turkish bank with evading sanctions against Iran" by Larry Neumeister.

Article: "Preet Bharara" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Audrey Strauss" by Wikipedia.

Book: The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander.

Article: "Michelle Alexander" by Wikipedia.

Site: Our Revolution

Article: "13th Amendment", December 6, 1865. "Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction."

Site: Jim Terr.

Article: "'Go home' and 'white power' spray-painted among other hateful phrases in Santa Fe Indian restaurant" by Aysha Qamar.

Article: "Columbus 'paramilitary' police with assault weapons jump out of unmarked vans to abduct protester" by David Edwards.

Article: "Chilean army admits 120 thrown into sea" by Jonathan Franklin.

Article: "Protesters from Seattle's CHOP confront construction workers and lie down in front of bulldozers that arrived to remove the concrete barriers surrounding the cop-free zone" by Mary Kekatos, Alan Butterfield.

Article: "Seattle mayor says 'it's time' for CHOP to end" by Darryl Coote.

Video: Seattle Police Chief Wants To Use Tear Gas On CHOP Protesters: Mark Taylor-Canfield Reports.

Article: "Judge grants temporary restraining order against SPD for use of tear gas, projectiles" by MyNorthwest.

Article: "4th Person Shot In Seattle Autonomous Zone, Activists Expand Barricades" by Sandy Malone.

Article: "CHOP protesters refuse to let city workers clear out parts of protest zone" by Vandana Rambaran.

Article: "Protesters Left at Seattle Autonomous Zone Say They Won't Leave Until 'Demands Are Met'" by USSA News.

Article: "Seattle city attorney says some cases against protesters could be dismissed" by Louis Casiano.

Article: "Seattle City Council members vow to cut police funding by 50%".

Article: "Seattle Protesters Take Over City Hall, Demand Mayor's Resignation" by Jack Brewster.

Article: "Make police station in Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone a community center: pol" by Jorge Fitz-Gibbon.

Article: "Witness Interviews Begin As Seattle Protest Complaints Hit 15,000" by Lucas Combos.

Article: "Val Demings' record as police chief cuts both ways as Biden's running mate search intensifies" by Dan Merica and Caroline Kenny.

Article: "Who Are The Boogaloo Bois? These Hawaiian Shirt-Wearing, Gun-Toting Americans Want War" by Sarah Midkiff.

Article: "With Whom Are Many U.S. Police Departments Training? With A Chronic Human Rights Violator â€“ Israel" by Edie Garwood.

Article: "Demand for coronavirus testing surges in Arizona".

Article: "Trump administration restores federal funding for Texas testing sites" by David Lim.

Article: "Oregon says it now has about 600 contact tracers. But will that be enough?" by Brad Schmidt.

Article: "California launches COVID-19 contact tracing program" by Corinne Reichert.

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