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Friday's Daily Stack

Article: "Roger Stone arrested: Read the full indictment as FBI charges former Trump adviser" by Olivia Alabaster.

Article: "It's True: WikiLeaks dumped Podesta emails hour after Trump video surfaced" by Aaron Sharockman.

Tweet: "POTUS just said that the Rs that voted with the Democrats today to re-open the government did so because of hurricane relief money in the bill. The R Senators that voted that way were from Alaska, Colorado, Tennessee, Utah, Maine, and Georgia." by Claire McCaskill.

Article: "Trump Furious That F.B.I. Not Stopped by Shutdown" by Andy Borowitz.

Article: "Wilbur Ross doesn't 'quite understand' why furloughed workers are going to homeless shelters to get food" by Kate Sullivan.

Article: "Larry Kudlow: Fed Employees 'Volunteering' to Work in 'Allegiance' to Trump" by Jason Devaney.

Article: "Lara Trump: Shutdown 'A Little Bit Of Pain' But It's 'Bigger Than Any One Person'" by Hayley Miller.

Article: "LaGuardia airport closed to incoming flights due to lack of air traffic controllers in shutdown" by Harriet Alexander.

Article: "FAA briefly halts flights into LaGuardia amid staffing shortages, shutdown" by Chris Mills Rodrigo.

Article: "Steve Bannon Is High-Ranking Trump Campaign Official In Stone Indictment" by Josh Kovensky.

Article: "When you're celebrating the Stone indictment tonight, don't forget to toast Senator Al Franken." by Tommy_Carcetti.

Article: "Former Trump adviser Roger Stone calls for investigation of alleged Russia links" by Ed Pilkington.

Article: "Stone appeared to know Franken allegation was coming" by Josh Delk.

Article: "Some TSA workers will get partial paychecks Friday" by Natalie Dreier.

Article: "GOP committee passes resolution to cancel Republican primary due to Trump’s ‘effective presidency’" by Sarah K. Burris.

Movie: "Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer".

Site: California Progressives.

Article: "'I will plead not guilty': Roger Stone insists on innocence after arrest by FBI agents" by Bloomberg News.

Article: "Gillibrand defends her statement before Franken's ouster: 'Enough was enough'" by Dan Merica.

Article: "Eliot Spitzer" by Wikipedia.

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

Article: "Ineligibility Clause" (Emoluments Clause).

Article: "Eight Republicans pick the worst possible place to celebrate July 4" by Dana Milbank.

Hour Two: the Trump/McConnell Government Shutdown
- the honorable Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT)

Article: "Trump says he could keep shutdown going for months or years" by Kevin Liptak.

Article: "Bombshell: Rachel Maddow suggests that Putin may be behind Trump government shutdown" by DailyKos.

Article: "F.B.I. Opened Inquiry Into Whether Trump Was Secretly Working on Behalf of Russia" by Adam Goldman, Michael S. Schmidt, Nicholas Fandos.

Article: "Security clearances at risk due to shutdown, warns FBI agents" by David Thornton.

Article: "Some TSA workers will get partial paychecks Friday" by Natalie Dreier.

Article: "Sen. Bennet is mad as hell and you should watch the video" by J. Adrian Stanley.

Article: "Trump: Unpaid federal workers should just go ask grocery stores for free food" by Xeni Jardin.

Article: "Georgia senator concerned shutdown could affect Super Bowl" by Michael Burke.

Article: "Iran Hostage Crisis" by Wikipedia.

Article: "“the Son Of A Bitch Is Going To Run”: Kennedy, Carter, And The Last Time A Powerful Politician Challenged An Incumbent President Of Their Own Party" by Jon Ward.

Law: "H.R.4980 - Preventing Sex Trafficking and Strengthening Families Act", 2014.

Video: Willie Horton 1988 Attack Ad.

Talk Media News Segment:
- Luke Vargas

Site: "Goats for the old Goat".

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

Tweet: "Listen up @TSA employees. The leaders of our country aren't going to fix this right now. YOU have to make an impact. So I'm proposing a mass sickout, in Atlanta, right after #SuperBowlLIII. That should wake them up. #SuperSickout #TSASickout #shutdown" by Joe Madison.

Tweet: "Joe *always* gets it right. This is the maximum leverage point." by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "A Strike by Flight Attendants, Pilots, or Air Traffic Controllers Could Stop the Shutdown" by Ben Beckett.

Article: "CNN Poll of Polls: Trump approval takes a hit mid-shutdown" by Grace Sparks.

Article: "Nikki Haley: No member of Congress should be paid during shutdown" by Tal Axelrod.

Article: "Venezuela's opposition leader takes oath as interim president, endorsed by Canada, U.S." by Thomson Reuters.

Article: "Who is Venezuela’s president right now? What we know so far about the fight for power" by Wire Services And Globe Staff.

Article: "Senate votes to end the government shutdown just failed. Here’s what comes next." by Li Zhou.

Article: "Sen. Elizabeth Warren to Propose a Wealth Tax on Those With Assets Over $50 Million" by Renae Reints.

Site: Why Would You Ever Vote For A Rich Person?.

Article: "Trickle-down economics" by Wikipedia.

Video: Romney: Corporations Are People, My Friend..

Book: "The Crash of 2016: The Plot to Destroy America--and What We Can Do to Stop It" by Thom Hartmann

Article: "Noblesse oblige" by Wikipedia.

Book: Winners Take All: The Elite Charade of Changing the World by Anand Giridharadas.

Article: "Trump announces short-term deal to end shutdown and reopen government" by Lauren Gambino.

Quote: "Observe good faith and justice towards all nations; cultivate peace and harmony with all. Religion and morality enjoin this conduct" - Washington's Farewell Address 1796.

Article: "France 'yellow vest' protests: Timeline of unrest" by AFP.

Video: President Trump Delivers Remarks Regarding the Shutdown.

Article: "Beware of this pitch for Trump, Social Security and 'traditional values'" by David Lazarus.

Article: "Bannon vows a daily fight for ‘deconstruction of the administrative state’" by Philip Rucker and Robert Costa.

Article: "Voices From The Field: FBI Agent Accounts of the Real Consequences of the Government Shutdown".

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: "High crimes and misdemeanors" by Wikipedia.

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