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Wednesday's Daily Stack

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

Article: "Pelosi asks Trump to reschedule SOTU because of the shutdown" by Heather Caygle and Rachael Bade.

Article: "Shutdown shrinks as thousands more employees called in to work without pay" by Sam Mintz, Brianna Gurciullo, Brian Faler and Ben Lefebvre.

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

Article: "Characteristics of minimum wage workers, 2017" by BLS.

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

Article: "Trump's attorney general pick faces Senate hearing" by Meg Wagner, Veronica Rocha and Amanda Wills.

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

Article: "Republicans Break Ranks Over Move to Lift Sanctions on Russian Oligarch’s Firms" by Kenneth P. Vogel.

Article: "House Democrats officially unveil their first bill in the majority: a sweeping anti-corruption proposal" (HR 1) by Ella Nilsen.

Article: "Progressives Fought For Key Committee Spots, But Centrist New Dems Came Out On Top" by David Dayen, Ryan Grim, Aída Chávez.

Article: "You'll Be Shocked to See The Deductions You've Lost Under The New Tax Bill" by John Mauldin.

Tweet: "An empty Capitol, but Mitch McConnell is receiving visitors. Rupert Murdoch in this case." by Nicholas Fandos.

Article: "I’m A Senior Trump Official, And I Hope A Long Shutdown Smokes Out The Resistance" by Senior Trump Official.

Article: "HUD Addresses Questions About Shutdown Impact".

Article: "Barr Vows To Let Mueller Finish His Russia Work — And Promises 'Transparency'" by Philip Ewing.

Hour Two: Let's Rollback the Reagan Tax Cuts & Return America to Prosperity - not just for the 1%
- Julio Rivera, Reactionary Times/Newsmax/Right Wing News/Politichicks

Article: "Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has kick-started the Democratic tax debate with her 70% marginal rate idea" by John Harwood.

Article: "“You All Just Got A Lot Richer,” Trump Tells Friends At Mar-a-lago After Signing Tax Overhaul" by Emma Stefansky.

Article: "Government shutdown begins to harm US economy" by Sam Fleming, Brooke Fox.

Article: "Mr. Barr's Cloud: Growing Darker" by The New York Times.

Article: "2018 was the hottest year ever recorded for the planet's oceans" by Brandon Miller.

Article: "Mitt Romney Tax Returns For 2011 Released " by Zach Carter.

Site: Move to Amend

Article: "Jeannette Rankin" by Wikipedia.

Talk Media News Segment:
- Ellen Ratner, Bureau Chief

Site: "Goats for the old Goat".

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

Article: "Brexit: May's government defeats no-confidence motion by 325 to 306 votes – Politics live" by Andrew Sparrow, Matthew Weaver and Kate Lyons.

Article: "Ex-Sen. McCaskill joins NBC, MSNBC" by Joe Concha .

Article: "John Kasich signs with CNN as senior political commentator" by Brian Stelter.

Article: "Ohio's Sherrod Brown Signals He's Testing a Presidential Run" by Mark Niquette.

Article: "I’m A Senior Trump Official, And I Hope A Long Shutdown Smokes Out The Resistance" by Senior Trump Official.

Article: "Trump administration doubles estimate of shutdown cost to economy from original forecast: Source" by Steve Liesman.

Article: "Delta CEO: Government shutdown will cost the airline $25 million this month" by Leslie Josephs.

Article: "Air traffic control expert: Flying is less safe now" by CNN.

Article: "The Pentagon extends US troop mission at southern border for 9 more months" by Alex Ward.

Article: "Hundreds of Hondurans form new caravan, head for US" by PressTV.

Article: "Senate rejects effort to block Trump on Russia sanctions" by Jordain Carney.

Article: "Pence declares 'ISIS has been defeated' on the same day as deadly Syria attack" by Jennifer Hansler.

Hour Three: Basic Income - Could it Work?
- Andrew Yang, Author of The War on Normal People, founder of Founder-Venture for America and 2020 Democratic presidential candidate

Article: "Basic income" by Wikipedia.

Article: "N.H. Family To Receive $1,000 A Month From Presidential Candidate Running On Universal Basic Income" by Andrew Yang.

Article: "Fake editions of Washington Post falsely claim Trump steps down" by Rebecca Morin.

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

Article: "Alaska Permanent Fund" by Wikipedia.

Book: "Agrarian Justice" by Thomas Paine.

Article: "Understanding the Iran-Contra Affairs" by Brown University.

Tweet: "As the Iran/Contra Special Prosecutor was closing in on GHW Bush, the president "consulted" with his Attorney General, William Barr, and decided to issue 6 pardons to shut down the investigation. Dems pissed, and Bush walks. Planning the same for Trump? https://www.nytimes.com/1992/12/25/us/pardons-bush-pardons-6-iran-affair-aborting-weinberger-trial-prosecutor-assails.html" by Thom Hartmann.

Tweet: "Why is the media ignoring this huge story? Bill Barr was Bush’s cover-up guy, and now the GOP is rolling him out again, presumably to cover up for Trump. AP Expunges Iran/Contra Pardons from Barr’s Record | FAIR" by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "'Driverless' beer run; Bud makes shipment with self-driving truck" by Phil LeBeau.

Video: Do You Trust This Computer - Trailer.

Article: "Stephen Hawking warns artificial intelligence could end mankind" by Rory Cellan-Jones.

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

I'll be talking to Cole Stangler about Macron and Le Pen competing for Yellow Vest Votes.

Plus, Economist Dr. Richard Wolff, Democracy At Work, author of Capitalism's Crisis Deepens Essays on the Global Economic Meltdown will be here to discuss economic news of the day.

And, Dr. Greg Jaczko, Former Chairman, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, will be here to talk about his book Confessions of a Rogue Nuclear Regulator.

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