The one thing that scares Donald Trump more than anything else is impeachment. Impeachment will lay bare all of his crimes, including his crimes before he came into the White House.

Impeachment will eliminate his pardon ability, which he's using now to encourage people who might incriminate him to stay silent. Impeachment will remove him from office and make him vulnerable to prosecution for the many crimes that are outlined in the Mueller report and elsewhere. Impeachment will make his family vulnerable to prosecution for all the various grifts and crimes they have committed.

It's time for the Democrats to begin hearings to lay out the case for impeachment to the American public.

-Thom

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Wednesday's Daily Stack

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

Article: "Muller Report (Redacted) Searchable Version (PDF)".

Article: "Kushner says Russia investigations more harmful to US 'than a couple Facebook ads'" by Veronica Stracqualursi and Allie Malloy.

Article: "Trump says aides need not testify to Congress amid growing power struggle" by David Smith.

Article: "'They aren't going to win with the people I see': Trump mocks field of 20 different Democrats who want his job and says their only chance is to 'constantly go after me'" by Francesca Chambers.

Tweet: "ON BERNIE
I have not endorsed @BernieSanders, but I most certainly will not participate in tearing down one of our solid frontrunners.
Far too much is at stake. I ask everyone to take a new look at the 2020 reality and the threat from an extremist GOP." by Peter Daou.

Article: "I Was Bernie's Biggest Critic in 2016 - I've Changed My Mind" by Peter Daou.

Article: "Sen. Moran pushes back on criticism of Russia visit: 'None of the meetings were easy'" by Bryan Lowry.

Quote: "On March 9, 2017, Corney briefed the "Gang of Eight" congressional leaders about the FBI's investigation of Russian interference, including an identification of the principal U.S. subjects of the investigation.307 Although it is unclear whether the President knew of that briefing at the time, notes taken by Annie Donaldson, then McGahn' s chief of staff, on March 12, 2017, state, "POTUS in panic/chaos ... Need binders to put in front of POTUS. (1) All things related to Russia."308 The week after Corney's briefing, the White House Counsel's Office was in contact with SSCI Chairman Senator Richard Burr about the Russia investigations and appears to have received information about the status of the FBI investigation.309 " - Mueller Report.

Article: "How deep does the Russia collusion go? To McConnell?" by Joan McCarter.

Article: "Wind, Clean Energy Groups Denounce 'Clean Air' Bill In Ohio" by Betsy Lillian.

Article: "Elizabeth Warren Endorses Hillary Clinton: "She's a Fighter - a Fighter With Guts"" by Luke Brinker, June 9, 2016.

Article: "Ineligibility Clause" (Emoluments Clause).

Article: "Republican Running Senate Russia Probe Passed FBI Info To White House: Mueller" by Akbar Shahid Ahmed.

Article: "DNC changes superdelegate rules in presidential nomination process" by Adam Levy.

Article: "Medical cannabis in the United States" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Kushner says Russia investigations more harmful to US 'than a couple Facebook ads'" by Veronica Stracqualursi and Allie Malloy.

Article: "House majority leader to colleagues in 2016: 'I think Putin pays' Trump" by Adam Entous.

Law: "American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009" (ARRA, Recovery Act).

Article: "First-Time Homebuyer Credit" by IRS.

Bill: "H.R.1384 - Medicare for All Act of 2019" by Rep. Jayapal, Pramila [D-WA-7].

Bill: "H.R.676 - Expanded & Improved Medicare For All Act" by John Conyers.

Hour Two: The Question Every American Should Skip On the Census
- Greg Palast, Investigative Journalist/Author/Filmmaker, The Best Democracy Money Can Buy

Article: "Kobach Behind Scheme to Ask Citizenship in Census" by Greg Palast.

Article: "Title 13, U.S. Code" by U.S. Census.

Tweet: "The GOP's basically turning #Census2020 into a giant caging op to get rid of real citizen voters by asking if you have a non-citizen in your household. They want to scare people off from voting and they want to scare people off from filling out the census." by Greg Palast.

Law: "Patriot Act", 2001.

Article: "Census Confidentiality and the PATRIOT Act" by DoJ.

Article: "Voter caging" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Immigration crackdown shatters Muslims' lives".

Video: Commerce Secretary Ross on the 2020 Census.

Article: "Supreme Court conservatives appear to lean toward allowing citizenship question on census" by Ariane de Vogue.

Article: "The GOP's Stealth War Against Voters" (Interstate Crosscheck) by Greg Palast, August 24, 2016.

Article: "Guam Organic Act of 1950" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Saudis' Image Makers: A Troll Army and a Twitter Insider" by Katie Benner, Mark Mazzetti, Ben Hubbard and Mike Isaac.

Article: "Hong Kong 'Umbrella' protesters sentenced to jail terms" by BBC.

Article: "In Push for 2020 Election Security, Top Official Was Warned: Don't Tell Trump" by Eric Schmitt, David E. Sanger and Maggie Haberman.

Law: "Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Elizabeth Warren proposes canceling billions in student loan debt" by Reuters.

Article: "Mueller report: Elizabeth Warren becomes first 2020 candidate to call for Trump's impeachment" by Adam Forrest.

Article: "Aetna and CVS Health Finalize $70 Billion Merger" by James Haroldman.

Article: "Judge orders hearings to revive objections to already-consummated CVS-Aetna merger" by Brent Kendall.

Article: "Did the Pope Endorse Trump?" by Sydney Schaedel.

Article: "An Ivanka Trump Trademark For Voting Machines Was Approved By China - Here's What That Means" by Angela Chen.

Article: "Huawei" 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: "Trump says he would ask Supreme Court to intervene if Democrats move to impeach him" by John Wagner.

Article: "Virginia Thomas" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Brett Kavanaugh" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Anne Gorsuch Burford" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Dems charge ahead on immigration" by Mike Lillis and Rafael Bernal.

Article: ""Think of me as the Grim Reaper": McConnell vows to thwart Democratic proposals" by Camilo Montoya-Galvez.

Article: "White House plans to fight House subpoena of former counsel Donald McGahn for testimony on Mueller report" by Josh Dawsey, Robert Costa and Rosalind S. Helderman.

Article: "As 71 additional measles cases confirmed, FDA reminds public vaccine is safe" by Ken Alltucker.

Article: "'Patient zero' of Michigan measles outbreak thought he was immune because he had it before: Doctor" by Meghan Keneally.

Article: "My Fellow Hasidic Jews Are Making a Terrible Mistake About Vaccinations" by Moshe Friedman.

Article: "Health Ministry orders Israeli airlines to vaccinate crews against measles" by TOI staff.

Article: "The U.S. Now Ranks As A 'Problematic' Place For Journalists" by Sasha Ingber.

Article: "Trump orders staff and administration to boycott correspondents' dinner" by David Smith.

Hour Three: Could Trump's Iran Sanctions lead to World War Three?
- Dr. Trita Parsi, Professor-Georgetown University / Author, most recently, of Losing an Enemy: Obama, Iran and the Triumph of Diplomacy

Article: "Iran minister: Trump's aim is talks, Bolton wants conflict" by Edith M. Lederer.

Article: "Iran Raises Stakes in U.S. Showdown With Threat to Close Hormuz" by Arsalan Shahla and Ladane Nasseri.

Article: "The Path To War With Iran Is Paved With Sanctions" by Joseph Cirincione and Mary Kaszynski.

Article: "How Trump's Iran Sanctions Might Empower the Regime" by Tabitha Sanders.

Article: "Iran's Zarif warns US of 'consequences' over oil sanctions".

Article: "Trump designates elite Iranian military force as a terrorist organization" by Nicole Gaouette.

Article: "Trump accused Obama of wanting war with Iran" by Kevin Breuninger.

Article: "My Testimony for the Downing Street Memo Hearings" by Cindy Sheehan, June 16 2005. then Governor George Bush stated, "One of the keys to being seen as a great leader is to be seen as commander in chief. My father had all this political capital built up when he drove the Iraqis out of Kuwait and he wasted it. If I have a chance to invade, if I had that much capital, I'm not going to waste it. I'm going to get everything passed that I want to get passed and I'm going to have a successful presidency."

Article: "Bernie Sanders: Even "terrible people" like the Boston Marathon bomber should have the right to vote" by Matthew Rozsa.

Article: "'Could he have been charged with treason?' Judge has strong words for former NSA Flynn" by Nicky Woolf.

Article: "Don McGahn" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Trump campaign punishes Don McGahn's law firm" by Nancy Cook.

Article: "The Democrats Have an Immigration Problem" by Robert Draper.

Article: "Kris Kobach" by Wikipedia.

Law: "Arizona SB 1070", 2010.

Article: "Arizona SB 1070" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Joe Biden to announce his 2020 presidential bid on Thursday" by Arlette Saenz.

Geeky Science: "Researchers see health effects across generations from popular weed killer" by Washington State University.

Law: "Glass-Steagall Act", 1933.

Article: "Medicare "Part E"- for Everybody" by Thom Hartmann.

Tweet: "I've previously inveighed against the dangers of too much impeachment talk. But the time has come for the House Judiciary Committee to open hearings into Trump's "high Crimes and Misdemeanors." Let the facts drive the process." by Laurence Tribe.

Article: "The Trail of Tears " by PBS.

Quote: "John Marshall has made his decision: now let him enforce it!" -- Andrew Jackson.

Article: "Andrew Jackson shuts down Second Bank of the U.S." by History.com.

Article: "The Ignored Legacy of George H.W. Bush: War Crimes, Racism, and Obstruction of Justice" by Mehdi Hasan.

Article: "Bush and Blair carry on unpunished for the crimes of the Iraq War" by Gerald Caplan.

Article: "Invasion of Kuwait" by Wikipedia.

Article: "United States invasion of Grenada" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Falklands War" by Wikipedia.

Quote: "Manafort briefed Kilimnik on the state of the Trump Campaign and Manafort's plan to win the election.9 30 That briefing encompassed the Campaign's messaging and its internal polling data. According to Gates, it also included discussion of "battleground" states, which Manafort identified as Michigan, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, and Minnesota" - Mueller Report.

Article: "Internet Research Agency" by Wikipedia.

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

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.

Plus I'll be talking with Professor Allan Lichtman, Distinguished Professor - Department of History, American University / Author, The Case for Impeachment. No prizes for guessing the topic!

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