Donald Trump essentially called for the whistleblower and his sources to be put to death, accusing them of being spies and telling his employees at the United Nations that we used to deal with spies differently. In all probability, he was referring to his former attorney, Roy Cohn, who successfully prosecuted Julius and Ethel Rosenberg and demanded that they both get the electric chair, which happened. The press and many politicians are concerned about the safety of the whistleblower, but the issue that's getting less attention is the impact of the presidents call for the death penalty on everybody else in the White House or who has worked around the White House who may have information to share. When Trump attacks someone, as happen with Christine Blasey Ford, they start getting death threats and have to go into hiding. If you had worked at the White House and had knowledge of Trump's crimes and corruption, would you now consider coming forward? A lot of people will not want the danger to themselves and their families that crossing this president who behaves like a mafia boss will bring.

-Thom

Friday's Daily Stack

Article: "Read: Whistleblower complaint regarding President Trump and Ukraine".

Article: "'It's Treason.' House Democrats Seize On 'Transcript' of Trump's Ukraine Call" by Luke Johnson.

Site: Beto O'Rourke - Official Campaign Website.

Article: "Cynthia McKinney" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Transcript: Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney, Feb 16 2006: Background" by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "Transcript: Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney, Feb 16 2006" by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "Rumsfeld and Cheney Revive Their 70's Terror Playbook" by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "White House admits Trump's Ukraine phone call record was moved to secret server" by Phil Thomas.

Article: "Trump Attacks Whistle-Blower's Sources and Alludes to Punishment for Spies" by Maggie Haberman.

Article: "Roy Cohn" by Wikipedia.

Article: "'Saudi Arabia Pays Cash': Trump Admits 'Unlike Other Presidents' He'll Be Renting Out US Troops for Military Action" by David Badash.

Article: "Saudi Arabia Owns the 45th Floor of Trump Tower, and It Shows" by William Rivers Pitt.

Article: "Christine Blasey Ford" by Wikipedia.

Article: "4 top takeaways from the whistleblower complaint and the intel chief's testimony" by CBS News.

Article: "Kremlin says it hopes US wouldn't release calls between Trump and Putin calls" by Vladimir Isachenkov.

Article: "Ukraine president says he thought only Trump's side of conversation would be released" by Chris Mills Rodrigo.

Book: Everything Trump Touches Dies: A Republican Strategist Gets Real About the Worst President Ever by Rick Wilson.

Article: "Greta Thunberg" by Wikipedia.

Video: A Fox News guest called Greta Thunberg 'mentally ill.' The network just apologized..

Article: "Asperger syndrome" by National Autistic Society.

Article: "John Gotti" by Wikipedia.

Movie: "Where's My Roy Cohn?"

Quote: "Will no one rid me of this turbulent priest?" - Henry II of England.

Who is Mike Pence Really...
- Tom LoBianco, DC based reporter & political analyst (covered Pence from the IN Statehouse to the White House) / Contributor, CNN, MSNBC, FOX, NPR & more / Author of the new book, Piety & Power: Mike Pence and the Taking of the White House

Article: "Pence knew about and actually participated in Trump's apparent Ukraine extortion plot: report" by David Badash.

Article: "'What did Mike Pence know? What did Mike Pence do? John Bolton knows': MSNBC's Morning Joe" by Travis Gettys.

Article: "Trump encourages questions to Pence about his own Ukraine calls" by Abbey Marshall.

Article: "Trump's team mulls replacing Mike Pence as vice president on the 2020 Republican ticket: report" by Cody Fenwick.

Article: "Donald Trump Access Hollywood tape" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Will Trump Dump Pence, Run With Ivanka Next Year?" by A.B. Stoddard.

Article: "End time" by Wikipedia.

Article: "The struggle over the Temple Mount" by The Week.

Article: "Mike Pence, finding God, and the shifting agenda of Christian music festivals" by Jemayel Khawaja.

Article: "Moral Majority" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Premillennialism" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Mike Pence Ran A Controversial Ad About Arabs In An Early Campaign" by Andrew Kaczynski.

Article: ""Smoking Doesn't Kill" And Other Great Old Op-Eds From Mike Pence" by Andrew Kaczynski.

Article: "Trump's Lawyers Argue That He Cannot Be Impeached Because He Was Never Actually Elected" by Andy Borowitz.

Article: "Could 2019 Bring a 'California State Bank' to Compete with Wall Street?" by Felicia Mello and Ben Christopher.

Article: "California's More Than Dreamin' about Public Banks" by Oscar Perry Abello.

Book: The Public Bank Solution: From Austerity to Prosperity by Ellen Hodgson Brown.

Article: "Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ)" by Wikipedia.

Hour Two: Issues of the Day
- Congressman Ro Khanna (D-CA, 17th District)

Article: "Democrats eye quick impeachment probe of Trump as freshmen push for focus on Ukraine" by Mike DeBonis, Rachael Bade.

Article: "Trump's Turnberry Scandal Violates the Other Emoluments Clause" by Laurence H. Tribe.

Article: "Read: Whistleblower complaint regarding President Trump and Ukraine".

Article: "Viktor Yanukovych" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Trump, the whistleblower and the comic: key players in the Ukraine scandal" by Adam Gabbatt and Shaun Walker.

Article: "Pence knew about and actually participated in Trump's apparent Ukraine extortion plot: report" by David Badash.

Speech: "1944 State of the Union Address" (Second Bill of Rights or Economic Bill of Rights Speech) by Franklin D. Roosevelt.

Article: "Constitution of the United States", article 3 section 3. "...
Treason against the United States, shall consist only in levying War against them, or in adhering to their Enemies, giving them Aid and Comfort. No Person shall be convicted of Treason unless on the Testimony of two Witnesses to the same overt Act, or on Confession in open Court.
The Congress shall have Power to declare the Punishment of Treason, but no Attainder of Treason shall work Corruption of Blood, or Forfeiture except during the Life of the Person attainted...."

Article: "What does "corruption of blood" mean?" by David Siegel.

Article: "Corruption of the Blood and Forfeiture" by Justia.

Article: "Seven freshman Democrats: These allegations are a threat to all we have sworn to protect" by Gil Cisneros, Jason Crow, Chrissy Houlahan, Elaine Luria, Mikie Sherrill, Elissa Slotkin and Abigail Spanberger.

Article: "Contempt of Congress" by Wikipedia.

Event: Chicago, IL - October 3rd at 6pm: Booksignings w/Thom Hartmann - "The Hidden History of the Supreme Court and the Betrayal of America" at Smart 265 in Carol Stream.

Event: Portland, OR - October 10 @ 7:30 PM: Booksignings w/Thom Hartmann - The Hidden History of the Supreme Court and the Betrayal of America at Powells City of Books.

Article: "Ineligibility Clause" (Emoluments Clause).

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

Article: "Treaty with Ukraine on Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters".

Article: "Trump praises rollout of Pelosi's drug pricing bill after McConnell rejects the measure" by Rebecca Shabad.

Article: "Democrats call for House leadership to cancel recess and focus on impeachment" by Juliegrace Brufke.

Article: "There are still 12 House Democrats who don't support impeachment proceedings. Why?" by Chris Cillizza.

Article: "Researchers Assembled over 100 Voting Machines. Hackers Broke Into Every Single One." by AJ Vincens.

Article: "NRA Was 'Foreign Asset' To Russia Ahead of 2016, New Senate Report Reveals" by Tim Mak.

Article: "How impeachment works" by Aaron Steckelberg, Harry Stevens, Bonnie Berkowitz and Tim Meko.

Article: "Statute of limitations: Tolling and the discovery rule" by Wikipedia.

Article: "What Happened With Merrick Garland In 2016 And Why It Matters Now" by Ron Elving.

Article: "'We Are Not To Let Momentum Drop': Despite Recess, Impeachment Inquiry Persists" by Susan Davis, Claudia Grisales.

Article: "Trump Attacks Whistle-Blower's Sources and Alludes to Punishment for Spies" by Maggie Haberman.

Article: "Schiff says Intelligence Committee will work through recess" by Joan McCarter.

Article: "Trump is surrounded by people so stupid, they thought releasing call readout was smart" by kos.

Article: "All the president's loyalists: Impeachment net snares Trump's top advisers" by Darren Samuelsohn.

Video: Acting DNI Maguire Testifies on Whistleblower Complaint.

Video: WATCH: Rep. Devin Nunes' full questioning of acting intel chief Joseph Maguire | DNI hearing.

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

Article: "HPSCI Minority Members".

Article: "Mike Conaway" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Mike Turner" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Chris Stewart" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Brad Wenstrup" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Investigation into the 2012 Benghazi attack" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Edward Snowden" by Wikipedia.

Video: WATCH: Whistleblower complaint handling will have a 'chilling effect,' Rep. Sewell says| DNI hearing.

Article: "Impeachment process against Richard Nixon" by Wikipedia.

Article: "John N. Mitchell" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Tulsi Gabbard, Last 2020 Holdout, Backs Impeachment Inquiry" by Maggie Astor.

Talk Media News Segment:
- Douglas Christian

Site: "Goats for the old Goat".

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

Article: "Sean Spicer 'hides in bushes' as reporters look to question him over Donald Trump firing James Comey" by Jon Sharman.

Article: "The White House Sent Talking Points on Ukraine to Dems - And Then Tried to Take Them Back" by Morgan Baskin.

Article: "Trump muses retaliation, whistleblower alleges coverup, Sen. Tester: keep it focused" by Douglas Christian.

Article: "Many US intelligence pros back impeachment hearings; poll shows support for the process rises dramatically" by TMN.

Article: "Support for Trump impeachment rises 12 points in new poll" by Tess Bonn.

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