It's looking increasingly like Donald Trump has had zero or negative net worth ever since the 1980s or 90s, according to the tax reports released by the New York Times yesterday. He's been a grifter all along, running a huge con on America. He was broke when he wrote Art of the Deal, and he was broke when he was on The Apprentice. He's almost certainly broke now.

So, what do Americans do as we realize that the guy in the White House is a world-class grifter and compulsive liar who is so broke that he is willing to sell out his country in exchange for cash flow from his businesses in Turkey, the Philippines, and the $1 billion opportunity in Moscow that he was negotiating and lying about throughout the campaign?

-Thom

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Wednesday's Daily Stack

Hour One: What Does America Do With the Grifter President Who is Actually Broke?
- Julio Rivera, Reactionary Times/Newsmax/Right Wing News/Politichicks

Article: "House Judiciary votes to hold Barr in contempt for not complying with Mueller subpoena -- live updates" by Emily Tillett, Grace Segers.

Article: "The Trump Organization's problem with possible money laundering" by Casey Michel.

Article: "Decade in the Red: Trump Tax Figures Show Over $1 Billion in Business Losses" by Russ Buettner, Susanne Craig.

Article: "Rivera: Pathetic Media Gives Trump No Credit" by Julio Rivera.

Article: "Trump administration proposes changes to debt collection rules" by Mark Huffman.

Article: "New Details About Wilbur Ross' Business Point To Pattern Of Grifting" by Dan Alexander.

Article: "Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA)" by Will Kenton.

Article: "Trump University" by Wikipedia.

Book: Trump: The Art of the Deal by Donald J. Trump with Tony Schwartz.

Article: "NY appeals court rules President Donald Trump must face Summer Zervos' defamation lawsuit" by Kevin McCoy.

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.

Case: "Dred Scott v. Sandford", 1857

Case: "Brown v. Board Of Education", 1954 (Segregation in public schools) (overturned Plessy v. Ferguson).

Article: "Exclusive: Trump fixer Cohen says he helped Falwell handle racy photos" by Reuters.

Article: "Falwell: blame abortionists, feminists and gays" by Laurie Goodstein.

Article: "Trump-Tied Evangelist Funded Fontainebleau Pool Attendant's Miami Beach Real-Estate Deal" by Jerry Iannelli.

Article: "My Weekend at the Falwells' South Beach Flophouse" by Brandon Ambrosino.

Article: "President Trump has made more than 10,000 false or misleading claims" by Glenn Kessler, Salvador Rizzo and Meg Kelly.

Article: "Sergeant at Arms of the United States Senate" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Sergeant at Arms of the United States House of Representatives" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Office of the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper" by senate.gov.

Article: "What are the responsibilities as the chief law enforcement officer? (Senate sergeant at arms)" by senate.gov.

Article: "Sergeants at Arms" by Office of the Historian (House).

Article: "Rules and Procedure" by senate.gov.

Article: "Senate Adopts First Impeachment Rules" by senate.gov.

Article: "Rules Of The House Of Representatives One Hundred Sixteenth Congress" by Karen L. Haas.

Article: "United States Capitol Police" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Trump Asserts Executive Privilege Over Full Mueller Report" by Nicholas Fandos.

Article: "IRS Budget & Workforce" by IRS.

Article: "Louis Farrakhan" by Wikipedia.

Article: "CBS CEO: "...may not be good for America, but it's damn good for CBS"" by Lee Fang.

Article: "Harry Reid: Trump Barred From Casino Business In Nevada Due To Sordid Record" by Daniel Marans, Michael McAuliff.

Bible: "Jesus said, "Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing." And they divided up his clothes by casting lots. - Luke 23:34.

Article: "Former Kings Owner Sentenced to Prison For Insider Trading".

Article: "National Voter Registration Act of 1993" (Motor Voter Act) by Wikipedia. "The Congress finds that -
(1) the right of citizens of the United States to vote is a fundamental right;"

Law: "Voting Rights Act of 1965".

Article: "2nd Amendment". A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.

Book: The Hidden History of Guns and the Second Amendment by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "Retiring as a Judge, Trump's Sister Ends Court Inquiry Into Her Role in Tax Dodges" by Russ Buettner and Susanne Craig.

Article: "Declining workforce is bad news for the US" by Chris Kniel.

Article: "Uber drivers strike over pay and conditions" by Julia Kollewe.

Law: "Glass-Steagall Act", 1933.

Article: "Minsky's financial instability hypothesis" by Hyman Minsky.

Site: Aden Forecast

Article: "Trump Asked That Confirmation of I.R.S. Counsel Be a Priority" by Maggie Haberman and Nicholas Fandos.

Article: "Jared Kushner's Real-estate Firm Sought Money Directly From Qatar Government Weeks Before Blockade" by Clayton Swisher, Ryan Grim.

Article: "Fed's Powell says Trump's political attacks didn't stop rate hikes" by Donna Borak.

Article: "Donald Trump Sold an Apartment to a Brutal Haitian Dictator?" by Alex Kasprak.

Article: "François Duvalier" (Papa Doc) by Wikipedia.

Article: "Former security clearance chief denies White House aides pressured him" by Eliana Johnson, Andrew Desiderio, Kyle Cheney.

Article: "Electoral College" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Constitution of the United States" Article 2 Section 2. "The President ... shall have Power to grant Reprieves and Pardons for Offences against the United States, except in Cases of Impeachment."

Article: "Why the Rich Don't Get Audited" by Jesse Eisinger and Paul Kiel.

Article: "Trump's crusade against the NFL is USFL history repeating" by Daniel Roberts.

Article: "5 Takeaways From 10 Years of Trump Tax Figures" by Susanne Craig and Russ Buettner.

Article: "1996 United States campaign finance controversy" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Deutsche Bank Loaned Trump Billions: Report" by Laura Stampler.

Article: "Congress subpoenas Deutsche Bank over Trump businesses" by Kadhim Shubber Laura Noonan.

Article: "Trump Organization and Trump family sue Deutsche Bank to prevent it from complying with congressional subpoenas" by Sonam Sheth.

Article: "Subordinated debt" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Business Genius Trump Lost More Money Than Anyone in America Between 1985-1994" by Ryan Bort.

Article: "Iraqgate" by Encyclopaedia Britannica.

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

Article: "Mueller report: The full text of William Barr's summary letter" by Dara Lind.

Article: "Over 600 Federal Prosecutors Say Trump Should Be Charged With Obstruction" by Scott Olson.

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: "Iranian leader announces partial withdrawal from nuclear deal" by James Griffiths, Joshua Berlinger and Sheena McKenzie.

Tweet: "In order to get elected, @BarackObama will start a war with Iran." by Donald J. Trump.

Tweet: "Now that Obama's poll numbers are in tailspin - watch for him to launch a strike in Libya or Iran. He is desperate." by Donald J. Trump.

Tweet: "I predict that President Obama will at some point attack Iran in order to save face!" by Donald J. Trump.

Tweet: "Remember that I predicted a long time ago that President Obama will attack Iran because of his inability to negotiate properly-not skilled!" by Donald J. Trump.

Article: "Uber drivers protest ahead of IPO at the company's SF HQ" by Megan Rose Dickey.

Article: "Trump to rally in the storm-battered Florida Panhandle, where residents still await help from Washington" by Steve Contorno.

Article: "Hurricane Michael" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Florida Republicans warn Trump not to arrive in storm-torn Panhandle empty-handed" by Arek Sarkissian.

Article: "Hurricane Maria" (Dominica, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and Puerto Rico) by Wikipedia.

Article: "Fast and Furious: Eric Holder held in contempt".

Tweet: "Real estate developers in the 1980's & 1990's, more than 30 years ago, were entitled to massive write offs and depreciation which would, if one was actively building, show losses and tax losses in almost all cases. Much was non monetary. Sometimes considered "tax shelter," ......" by Donald J. Trump.

Tweet: "....you would get it by building, or even buying. You always wanted to show losses for tax purposes....almost all real estate developers did - and often re-negotiate with banks, it was sport. Additionally, the very old information put out is a highly inaccurate Fake News hit job!" by Donald J. Trump.

Article: "Trump's Tax Leak Hints at Potential Fraud Investigations" by David Cay Johnston.

Article: "Billion Dollar Loser: NYT Report on Trump's Taxes & Massive Losses May Prompt Fraud Investigation" (w/David Cay Johnston) by Democracy Now!

Hour Three: CommonCause on Holding Trump Accountable
- Paul S. Ryan, Vice President, Policy & Litigation - Common Cause

Article: "Despite Mitch McConnell, Congress Must Hold the Trump Administration Accountable" by Karen Hobert Flynn

Article: "John N. Mitchell" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Executive privilege" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Unitary executive theory" by Wikipedia.

Quote: "It violates the essence of what made America a great country in its political system. Now it's just an oligarchy with unlimited political bribery being at the essence of getting the nominations for president or elected president. And the same thing applies to governors and U.S. senators and Congress members. So now we've just seen a complete subversion of our political system as a payoff to major contributors who want and expect and sometimes get favors for themselves after the election's over'." - President Jimmy Carter on unlimited money in politics on the Thom Hartmann Program, 28 July 2015.

Article: "A Sitting President's Amenability To Indictment And Criminal Prosecution" by U.S. Department of Justice.

Article: "House passes Democratic voting and ethics overhaul bill H.R. 1" by Andrea Mitchell.

Article: "Senate Democrats unveiled an anti-corruption companion bill. Mitch McConnell is already blocking it." by Ella Nilsen.

Bill: "H.R.1 - For the People Act of 2019" by Rep. Sarbanes, John P. [D-MD-3].

Bill: "S.949 - For the People Act of 2019" by Sen. Udall, Tom [D-NM].

Article: "Capitol Police Board" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Trump's business career is more connected to Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy than we ever knew" by Grace Panetta.

Article: "Deutsche Bank fined $630m over Russia money laundering claims" by Jill Treanor.

Play: "The Music Man" by Meredith Willson and Franklin Lacey.

Article: "Biden Backs Legislation Preventing $150 Billion of Student Loan Debt from being Discharged or Renegotiated" by Project Censored.

Article: "Clarence Thomas Supreme Court nomination" by Wikipedia.

Law: "Alien and Sedition Acts", 1798.

Article: "The thin-skinned president who made it illegal to criticize his office" by Ronald G. Shafer.

Article: "Trump Shuttle" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Trump once put his name on everything from deodorant to water bottles - here's where those products are now" by Jessica Tyler.

Article: "Trump is still reportedly pushing his racist "birther" conspiracy theory about Obama" by German Lopez, Nov 29, 2017.

Article: "Here Is Donald Trump's REAL Birth Certificate" by Glynnis MacNicol.

Video: Donald Trump Impeachment Predicted (w/ Allan Lichtman ).

Book: The Case for Impeachment by Allan Lichtman.

Article: "Trump Tower is not a steel girder high rise, but 58 stories of concrete. Why did it use concrete instead of traditional steel girders?" by Douglas White.

Article: "Can Democrats in the House of Representatives arrest Attorney General William Barr?" by Elizabeth Preza.

Article: "Trump Is Pushing Democrats to the Brink. Look at Elijah Cummings." by Sheryl Gay Stolberg.

Article: "Inherent contempt" by Wikipedia.

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