In trying to solicit help for his presidential campaign from Ukraine, Donald Trump committed a unique crime: one that he could only do because he was president of the United States. Using your political office for your own personal and political advantage is the most severe form of political corruption possible. The Founders and Framers referred to it as a "High Crime" because it involved the exploitation of high office, whether or not it exists in the criminal code. It is not just impeachable; it is exactly what the impeachment remedy was designed for.

All across America today, concerned citizens are calling their member of Congress at 202-225-3121 and demanding that Donald Trump be impeached. Let's hope Democratic leadership is listening.

-Thom

Monday's Daily Stack

Article: "Fall equinox 2019: Not as 'equal' as you may think" by Forrest Brown.

Article: "REPORT: Pro-Trump Facebook Group with over a Million Followers, 'I Love America,' Largely Managed by Ukrainians" by Evan Brechtel.

Tweet: "The United States will go down in human history as a country that impeached a president for lying about a fully consensual affair with an intern but would not impeach a president who, in two separate elections, colluded with a foreign power against a political opponent. Pathetic." by Richard W. Painter.

Article: "Schiff threatens to sue over secret whistleblower complaint" by Andrew Desiderio, Kyle Cheney and Caitlin Oprysko.

Tweet: ".@BlumenauerMedia Thank you for living up to your constitutional duty to hold the executive branch accountable and supporting an #ImpeachmentInquiry into President Trump. https://impeachmentinquiry.org " by Thom Hartmann.

Tweet: ".@RepSchrader Constituents like me are counting on you to pursue the truth and hold the executive branch accountable. Please support an #ImpeachmentInquiry into President Trump. https://impeachmentinquiry.org " by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "Facing scandal, Trump admits more than he should have (again)" by Steve Benen.

Tweet: "PLEASE UNDERSTAND that Trump and Giuliani have been shaking down Ukraine illegally and (for Trump) impeachably for years: first to get Ukraine to drop its Manafort investigation; then to get it to give new dirt on Clinton; then to get it to give dirt on Biden. It's a CRIME SPREE." by Seth Abramson.

Article: "Massive "I Love America" Facebook page, pushing pro-Trump propaganda, is run by Ukrainians" by Judd Legum.

Article: "Internet Research Agency" by Wikipedia.

Video: 'Treason pure and simple': Weld, Sanford, Walsh react to Trump call.

Article: "We are Trump's Republican challengers. Canceling GOP primaries is a critical mistake." by Mark Sanford, Joe Walsh and Bill Weld.

Tweet: "At this point, the bigger national scandal isn't the president's lawbreaking behavior - it is the Democratic Party's refusal to impeach him for it." by Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.

Article: "Volodymyr Zelensky" (Ukrainian president) by Wikipedia.

Article: "Ukraine minister denies Trump put pressure on Zelenskiy during call: report" by Reuters.

Article: "Trump administration reinstates military aid for Ukraine" by Patricia Zengerle.

Article: "Donald Trump vs. the United States of America" by David Leonhardt.

Article: "A Sitting President's Amenability To Indictment And Criminal Prosecution" by U.S. Department of Justice (OLC), 2000.

Article: "Re: Amenability of the President, Vice President and Other Civil Officers to Federal Criminal Prosecution while in office." by U.S. Department of Justice (OLC), 1973.

Article: "Donald Trump visited the golf course for the 235th time as President" by Golf News Net.

Article: "Yes, there is something the House can do to punish Trump right now" by Karen Tumulty.

Article: "Kurt Schrader" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Kurt Schrader's Campaign Finances" by VoteSmart.

Article: "Whistleblower timeline: Team Trump contacts and Ukraine" by Kevin Liptak.

Article: "It's Dan Coates *or* Sue Gordon. It has to be... https://edition.cnn.com/2019/09/19/politics/rudy-giuliani-joe-biden-ukraine-cnntv/index.html" by Thomas Clay Jr.

Article: "Dan Coats" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Great Society" by Wikipedia.

Law: "Voting Rights Act of 1965".

Article: "Civil Rights Act of 1964" by Wikipedia.

Article: "New Deal" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Rep. Joe Kennedy kicks off primary challenge against Sen. Ed Markey" by Alex Rogers and Paul LeBlanc.

Article: "Ocasio-Cortez endorses Markey as Joe Kennedy eyes his Senate seat" by Caitlin Oprysko.

Hour Two: Impeachment, Congress and Trump... What Can We Do?
- Ralph Nader, Consumer Advocate / Lawyer & Author of numerous books, most recently - How the Rats Re-Formed Congress / Former presidential candidate & founder-Center for Study of Responsive Law

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

Article: "Impeachment of Bill Clinton" by Wikipedia.

Law: "The National Labor Relations Act (The Wagner Act)", 1935.

Article: "Federalist No 65" by Alexander Hamilton. "A well-constituted court for the trial of impeachments is an object not more to be desired than difficult to be obtained in a government wholly elective. The subjects of its jurisdiction are those offenses which proceed from the misconduct of public men, or, in other words, from the abuse or violation of some public trust."

Article: "As Trump Confirms He Discussed Biden With Ukraine, Pressure to Impeach Builds" by Nicholas Fandos, Jonathan Martin and Maggie Haberman.

Article: "The Ukraine whistleblower complaint makes impeachment more likely" by Amber Phillips.

Article: "Adam Schiff Drops A Bomb On Trump: There Is No Privilege That Covers Corruption" by Jason Easley.

Article: "Susan McDougal Goes to Jail For Not Testifying on Clinton" by Stephen Labaton.

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

Article: "From Trump Tower to Dictatorial Trump Power Over Law" by Ralph Nader.

Article: "Jim Mattis" by Wikipedia.

Article: "John F. Kelly" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Rex Tillerson" by Wikipedia.

Book: How the Rats Re-Formed the Congress by Ralph Nader.

Site: Sunrise Movement.

Site: Free Speech TV

Video: Bill Maher - If Obama Did It.

Article: "Cops Bought Dylann Roof Burger King Hours After Charleston Shooting" by Simon McCormack

Article: "Black Lives Matter" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Dakota Access Pipeline" by Wikipedia.

Talk Media News Segment:
- Bob Ney

Site: "Goats for the old Goat".

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

Book: "Sideswiped: Lessons Learned Courtesy of the Hit Men of Capitol Hill" by Robert Ney.

Article: "Pelosi's new drug plan pressures Trump on campaign pledge" by Sarah Karlin-Smith, Adam Cancryn.

Article: "Schiff Says Ukraine Call Could Justify Impeachment: "We May Have Crossed the Rubicon"" by Daniel Politi.

Article: "Why is the US State Department Trolling a Key Iranian Diplomat on Twitter?"

Article: "Saudi Arabia seeks action against Iran after oil attack, allies wary" by Sylvia Westall, Ghaida Ghantous and Stephen Kalin.

Hour Three: How Trump's International Collusion is Threatening American Democracy
- Seth Abramson Former criminal defense attorney/ Professor-digital journalism, legal advocacy & cultural theory-University of New Hampshire / Author of 11 books, his latest is Proof of Conspiracy: How Trump's International Collusion is Threatening American Democracy (follow up to his last book, Proof of Collusion)

Article: "Trump Acknowledges Discussing Biden in Call With Ukrainian Leader" by Peter Baker.

Article: "Paul Manafort" by Wikipedia.

Article: "On support for Ukraine, extra $140 million draws scrutiny" by Steve Benen.

Article: "Ukraine Ousts Viktor Shokin, Top Prosecutor, and Political Stability Hangs in the Balance" by Andrew E. Kramer.

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

Article: "George Nader (businessman)" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Netanyahu appears to say war with Iran is common goal" by Josh Lederman.

Article: "Revealed: Israel's Cyber-spy Industry Helps World Dictators Hunt Dissidents and Gays" by Hagar Shezaf and Jonathan Jacobson.

Article: "A key Mueller witness has close ties to Russia" by Zeeshan Aleem.

Article: "Why Israel is quietly cosying up to Gulf monarchies" by Ian Black.

Event: Beaverton, OR - September 25 @ 7:00 PM: Thom and Naomi Klein Will be discussing Naomi's new book - "On Fire: The (Burning) Case for a Green New Deal" at Powell's Books At Cedar Hills Crossing.

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...."

Article: "Constitution of the United States", article 2 section 4. "... The President, Vice President and all civil Officers of the United States, shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors."

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