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Friday's Daily Stack

Article: "Trump raises money for re-election over Pelosi's State of the Union snub" by Dave Boyer.

Article: "Leaked memo shows Trump administration weighed separating families at border, despite saying it was never policy" by Anne Flaherty and Quinn Owen.

Article: "Pelosi cancels Afghanistan trip after details leaked by White House" by Juliegrace Brufke.

Article: "President Trump Directed His Attorney Michael Cohen To Lie To Congress About The Moscow Tower Project" by Jason Leopold, Anthony Cormier.

Tweet: "Kevin Corke, @FoxNews “Don’t forget, Michael Cohen has already been convicted of perjury and fraud, and as recently as this week, the Wall Street Journal has suggested that he may have stolen tens of thousands of dollars....” Lying to reduce his jail time! Watch father-in-law!" by Donald J. Trump.

Article: "New Analysis Shows Why Democrats Are Wrong to Fear Bold Embrace of Medicare for All" by Julia Conley.

Article: "Sen. Roy Blunt: "Medicare For All" Would Really Mean "Medicare For None"" by Tim Hains.

Article: "Medicare Advantage" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Government Contractors to Lose Out on Shutdown Pay, Dragging Down Economy" by Ari Natter.

Article: "Federal food assistance arriving early because of shutdown" by AP (similar stories for many states).

Article: "Paychecks, IPOs and GDP data: Here are the next things the government shutdown could disrupt" by Jacob Pramuk.

Article: "Officials deny report Mnuchin proposed lifting China tariffs".

Article: "NY Fed president warns shutdown is hitting US growth".

Article: "Who will run in 2020? The full list of Democrats vying to take on Trump" by Lauren Gambino and Sam Morris.

Article: "Are Rats Born Racist?" by Bianca Lorenz.

Article: "Impeachment has always been the right remedy; now it may become politically plausible" by Kerry Eleveld.

Article: "Excerpts From the House's Final Debate on Impeaching President Clinton" Dec. 20, 1998.

Article: "Trump destroyed notes of meetings. TRANSCRIPT: 1/16/19, The Last Word w/ Lawrence O’Donnell.".

Article: "Model who claimed to have proof of Russian meddling in US election arrested" by AP.

Book: "October Surprise" by Barbara Honegger.

Article: "Grandiose narcissism reflects U.S. presidents' bright and dark sides" by Carol Clark.

Article: "Senators, Ask William Barr About His Pardon Strategy" by Noah Feldman.

Article: "Bush Pardons 6 in Iran Affair, Aborting a Weinberger Trial; Prosecutor Assails 'Cover-Up'" by David Johnston.

Video: CIA Director John Deutch in South Central L.A. 1996.

Hour Two: If True "Trump Told Michael Cohen To Lie About Trump Tower Moscow" Is He Done?

Article: "Duck Dynasty" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Code of Federal Regulations" by Wikipedia.

Site: Federal Register.

Article: "My Lai Massacre" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Uniform Code Of Military Justice".

Tweet: "As a former prosecutor, I can tell you that how a target responds to allegations is something we watch closely. Does @realDonaldTrump deny the Buzzfeed story alleging he told Cohen to lie to Congress (a felony)? No. Instead, he threatens Cohen (which could also be a felony)." by Ted Lieu.

Book: This Blessed Earth: A Year in the Life of an American Family Farm by Ted Genoways.

Article: "Nebraska governor won’t honor book by ‘political activist’ who has criticized Trump" by Lisa Gutierrez.

Movie: "The Godfather".

Article: "Sessions spoke with Russian ambassador twice during Trump's campaign" by Olivia Beavers.

Article: "Reductions In Force" by Office of Personnel Management.

Article: "Can Federal Government Workers Be Fired After 30 Days of Shutdown?" by Bethania Palma.

Article: "Kamala Harris Was Not a ‘Progressive Prosecutor’" by Lara Bazelon.

Talk Media News Segment:
- Luke Vargas, "The World in 2:00" with Luke Vargas

Site: "Goats for the old Goat".

Book: Loving What You Do: The Elements of a Great Working Life by Ellen Ratner.

Article: "North Korea envoy in US for talks ahead of new Trump summit" by Telegraph.

Article: "Secret talks between U.S., North Korea take place in Sweden" by AP.

Article: "In Major Reversal, Arab Nations Warming to Syria’s Assad" by AP, Haaretz.

Article: "Martin Luther King Jr. Day?" by Ashley May (Monday, January 21).

Article: "democrats fall short in russia sanctions vote" by Kenneth P. Vogel.

Tweet: "Pelosi told reporters that WH leaking of their travel plans scrapped their trip, calling it “very irresponsible” and saying it endangered lawmakers traveling there" by Manu Raju.

Article: "President doesn’t cancel Melania Trump’s Mar-a-Lago flight amid shutdown" by Martha Ross.

Article: "Laura Ingraham says that Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez used "minority privilege" to criticize Fox News hosts" by Media Matters.

Article: "NRATV’s Grant Stinchfield: Colin Kaepernick "hates everything good about America" just like Satan" by Media Matters.

Article: "Fox News spent months on end declaring there was "no collusion" between Trump's campaign and Russia" by Courtney Hagle, Bobby Lewis & Miles Le.

Article: "Fox & Friends downplays bombshell report that Donald Trump instructed his lawyer to lie to Congress about business dealings in Moscow" by Courtney Hagle.

Article: "Trump White House reportedly sought to put Pelosi ‘in her place’" by Steve Benen.

Article: "Glyphosate Found in 100% of California Wine Tested, Even Organic".

Article: "New Trump allegations echo what drove Nixon from office" by Heather Timmons.

Article: "Interior, Planning to Expand Drilling Despite Shutdown, Urged to Halt Oil and Gas Leases" by Alan Neuhauser.

Article: "Democrats introduce bill to hike federal minimum wage to $15 per hour" by Jacob Pramuk.

Article: "Monroe Doctrine" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Marshall Plan" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Bogotá blast: Deadly car bomb kills 20 in Colombian capital" by BBC.

Book: "The Prophet's Way" by Thom Hartmann

Article: "Mike Pence defends wife’s teaching job at anti-LGBTQ school in Virginia, accuses media of ‘attacking Christian education’" by Valerie Strauss.

Article: "With an Impeachable Trump and Pence, Are You Ready for President Pelosi?" by Thom Hartmann.

Monday on The Thom Hartmann Program, 12-3pm ET

Lamar Waldron, author of The Hidden History of the JFK Assassination, and co-author with Thom of "Ultimate Sacrifice" and "Legacy of Secrecy", will be here to talk about issues relevant on Martin Luther King Day.

Roger Wolfson, Former Counsel to Senators Lieberman, Kerry, Wellstone and Kennedy / TV & Screen Writer-Law & Order: SVU, Saving Grace, The Closers and Founder of the Writers Action Group, will tell us how to run for office, overcome messaging obstacles & win.

Plus, "Conversations With Great Minds" is back! Thom talks with Dahr Jamail, whose new book is The End of Ice: Bearing Witness and Finding Meaning in the Path of Climate Disruption

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