News reports increasingly are suggesting that Donald Trump has committed treason in making a promise to a foreign leader. The question is, who is the foreign leader and what was the promise? It's important to remember that this is a man who inherited over $1 billion in today's money from his father, and then proceeded to lose much if not all of it through stupid business decisions. Even his real estate business, a fragment of which is still left, apparently only continues to exist because Justice

Anthony Kennedy's son was willing to sign off on Trump's loans with Deutsche bank, and those loans may even have been cosigned by foreign oligarchs. This man is so incompetent and so dishonest that anything is possible. Americans are now left guessing, what kind of treason has Trump committed this time, and with whom?

According to the The Washington Post which first reported the complaint Trump has talked to 5 foreign leaders. They are...
-- Russian President Vladimir Putin
-- North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un
-- The Prime Minister of Pakistan
-- The Prime Minister of the Netherlands
-- The Emir of Qatar
Who do you think Trump betrayed America with?

-Thom

Thursday's Daily Stack

Article: "Trump's communications with a foreign leader sparked whistleblower complaint" by Zachary Cohen.

Article: "The latest on the Trump whistleblower mystery" by Meg Wagner and Mike Hayes.

Article: "Trump's communications with foreign leader are part of whistleblower complaint that spurred standoff between spy chief and Congress, former officials say" by Greg Miller, Ellen Nakashima and Shane Harris.

Article: "Former FBI agent explains why Trump just opened himself to more legal problems" by Sarah K. Burris.

Clip: Phone conversation between President Lyndon Johnson and Sen. Everett Dirksen (R) 968. "Here's the latest information we've got... This is treason. ... "

Article: "Trump has concealed details of his face-to-face encounters with Putin from senior officials in administration" by Greg Miller.

Article: "Watchdog Refuses to Detail Whistle-Blower Complaint About Trump" by Nicholas Fandos, Eileen Sullivan, Julian E. Barnes and Matthew Rosenberg.

Article: "Acting spy chief refuses to comply with House intel panel subpoena" by Zachary Cohen and Alex Marquardt.

Article: "Here are 3 frightening Trump phone-call scenarios that would set off whistleblower alarms: Terrorism expert" by Brad Reed.

Article: "Protecting Whistleblowers with Access to Classified Information " by FAS.

Book: The Hidden History of the War on Voting: Who Stole Your Vote and How to Get It Back by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "Madison's notes on the Constitutional Convention of 1787" by James Madison.

Article: "2019 Iranian shoot-down of American drone" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Mohammad bin Salman" (MbS) by Wikipedia.

Article: "Pence says US is 'locked and loaded' to defend allies" by Morgan Chalfant.

Article: "To Find Clues in Saudi Oil Attacks, U.S. Examines Missile and Drone Parts" by Eric Schmitt, Julian E. Barnes and David D. Kirkpatrick.

Article: "Trump announces that he's 'revoking' part of the Clean Air Act, an absolute violation of the law" by Mark Sumner.

Article: "Gulf of Tonkin incident" by Wikipedia.

Quote: "You furnish the pictures and I'll furnish the war." - William Randolph Hearst.

Article: "USS Maine (ACR-1)" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Propaganda of the Spanish-American War" by Wikipedia.

Quote: "Mr. Govr. MORRIS'S opinion had been changed by the arguments used in the discussion. He was now sensible of the necessity of impeachments, if the Executive was to continue for any [FN12] time in office. Our Executive was not like a Magistrate having a life interest, much less like one having an hereditary interest in his office. He may be bribed by a greater interest to betray his trust; and no one would say that we ought to expose ourselves to the danger of seeing the first Magistrate in forign pay, without being able to guard agst. it by displacing him. One would think the King of England well secured agst. bribery. He has as it were a fee simple in the whole Kingdom. Yet Charles II was bribed by Louis XIV. The Executive ought therefore to be impeachable for treachery; Corrupting his electors, and incapacity were other causes of impeachment. For the latter he should be punished not as a man, but as an officer, and punished only by degradation from his office. This Magistrate is not the King but the prime-Minister. The people are the King. When we make him amenable to Justice however we should take care to provide some mode that will not make him dependent on the Legislature." - James Madison.

Article: "The Question Posed by Trump's Phone Call" by David Frum.

Article: "Trump: “My whole life I've been greedy … Now I want to be greedy for the United States”" by Ezra Klein.

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: "Suicide rates are rising, especially in rural America" by Linda Carroll.

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: "Israel election: Netanyahu and Gantz compete over leadership" by BBC.

Article: "After oil field attacks, Saudi Arabia's Mohammed bin Salman straddles line between victim and villain" by Adam Taylor.

Article: "Fox News Poll: White House 2020 15-17, 2019: General Election" by Pollingreprt.com.

Article: "Joe Biden is still ahead. But Elizabeth Warren is closing in." by Paul Waldman.

Article: "Flash flood emergency in coastal Texas as hundreds rescued from high water in 'incredibly dangerous' situation" by Matthew Cappucci and Andrew Freedman.

Article: "Assassination of Kim Jong-Nam" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Donald Trump in 2006: I 'sort of hope' real estate market tanks" by Jeremy Diamond.

Article: "IG Won't Share Details On Whistleblower Complaint During House Intel Briefing" by Nicole Lafond.

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

Article: "What Was That Glowing Orb Trump Touched in Saudi Arabia?" by New York Times.

Tweet: "Another Fake News story out there - It never ends! Virtually anytime I speak on the phone to a foreign leader, I understand that there may be many people listening from various U.S. agencies, not to mention those from the other country itself. No problem!" by Donald J. Trump.

Tweet: "....Knowing all of this, is anybody dumb enough to believe that I would say something inappropriate with a foreign leader while on such a potentially “heavily populated” call. I would only do what is right anyway, and only do good for the USA!" by Donald J. Trump.

Article: "House Democrats launch probe into whether Trump, Giuliani pressured Ukraine to target Biden" by Olivia Beavers.

Article: "Trump may block $250 million in aid to Ukraine: officials" by Reuters.

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

Article: "Israel accused of planting mysterious spy devices near the White House" by Daniel Lippman.

Hour Two: Can We Remove Justice Kavanaugh Without Impeachment?
- Ian Millhiser, Senior Correspondent - Vox / Author - Injustices: The Supreme Court's History of Comforting the Comfortable and Afflicting the Afflicted

Article: "How to remove Brett Kavanaugh without impeaching him" by Ian Millhiser.

Article: "Constitution of the United States", article 3 section 1. "... The Judges, both of the supreme and inferior Courts, shall hold their Offices during good Behaviour..."

Article: "How To Remove a Federal Judge" by Saikrishna Prakash, Steven D. Smith.

Article: "Brett Kavanaugh Fit In With the Privileged Kids. She Did Not." by Robin Pogrebin and Kate Kelly.

Law: "Image 4 of An act for the punishment of certain crimes against the United States. [Colophon: New-York, Printed by Thomas Greenleaf] [1790].".

Article: "Constitution of the United States", article 3 section 2. "... the supreme Court shall have appellate Jurisdiction, both as to Law and Fact, with such Exceptions, and under such Regulations as the Congress shall make..."

Article: "The ultimate political showdown: Trump and Bill Barr face off against the U.S. intelligence community" by Nancy LeTourneau.

Article: "Navy Confirms Existence of 'Unidentified' Flying Objects Seen in Leaked Footage" by Gina Martinez.

Article: "If aliens call, do not hold a referendum on what to do next, say Britons" by Ian Sample.

Article: "Replying to alien contact would be madness on a galactic scale" by Anjana Ahuja.

Article: "Tropical Storm Imelda brings flooding, disaster declaration to southeast Texas" by Stacy Fernández.

Video: Did The Banks Just Tell Us A Massive Crash is Coming? w/Richard Wolff.

Article: "Federal Reserve injects billions of dollars into financial system" by Adam Samson, Joe Rennison, Colby Smith and Robin Wigglesworth.

Article: "For a second day, the New York Fed spent billions to calm the financial market" by Matt Egan.

Article: "Federal Reserve intervenes for third day to ease market strains" by Adam Samson, Joe Rennison.

Article: "CIA reportedly removed top spy from Russia over fear of retaliation - and maybe Trump" by Alex Ward.

Article: "Poisoning of Sergei and Yulia Skripal" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Meet Marina Gross, the interpreter who was the only other American in the room for Trump and Putin's 1-on-1 meeting in Helsinki" by John Haltiwanger.

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

Article: "Essay; The Patsy Prosecutor" by William Safire.

Article: "Trump orders intel community to cooperate with Barr probe into 2016 campaign surveillance" by Matthew Choi.

Article: "Leahy says Kavanaugh was 'not truthful' about Democratic documents" by Michael Kranish.

Video: Supreme Court Nominee Brett Kavanaugh Confirmation Hearing, Day 1, Part 1.

Article: "Saudi Arabia oil attacks: Weapons debris 'proves Iran behind them'" by BBC.

Article: "Assassination of Jamal Khashoggi" by Wikipedia.

Talk Media News Segment:
- Tom Squitieri

Site: "Goats for the old Goat".

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

Article: "Imelda Hits Texas With 'Dire' Flooding, Bringing Echoes of Harvey: Live Updates" by NY Times.

Article: "Pentagon says it will wait for Saudi Arabia to declare who attacked its oil facilities before the US acts" by Tom Squitieri.

Article: "DOD Spokesman Provides Border Wall Update" by David Vergun.

Hour Three: U.K... Disturbance in the Force? Will the Balance of Power Shift Between Parliament, the Courts & the Prime Minister?
- Victoria Jones, Executive Director - DC Radio Company LLC

Article: "Supreme Court: What happened in the suspension of Parliament case?" by BBC.

Article: "Prorogation" by UK Parliament.

Article: "Brexit Supreme Court cases: Who is Gina Miller?" by BBC.

Article: "John Major" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Supreme Court decision due 'early next week' on whether Boris Johnson's prorogation of Parliament was lawful as hearing concludes" by James Morris.

Article: "Mother of parliaments shut by 'father of lies', supreme court told" by Owen Bowcott.

Case: "Dred Scott v. Sandford", 1857

Article: ""Boris Johnson's lies are plunging Britain into a dark morass"" by Philip Stephens.

Article: "Iran warns U.S. of 'all-out war' if attacked" by Paul Schemm and Louisa Loveluck.

Article: "Aurora (aircraft)" by Wikipedia.

Article: "TR-3B Anti-Gravity Spacecrafts" by Military.com.

Article: "Russian Navy To Be First To Field Hypersonic Cruise Missiles On Submarines" by H I Sutton.

Article: "'Our relations are with Israel': Trump appears to give embattled Netanyahu the cold shoulder" by Anne Gearan.

Bill: "Wyden, Merkley Back Bill To Stop Use Of Taxpayer Dollars At Trump Properties" by Jeff Merkley.

Article: "Revealed: how US senators invest in firms they are supposed to regulate" by Alex Kotch.

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

Article: "Reintegration Of Ex-combatants: Lessons From The U.S. Experience In Afghanistan" by Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR).

Article: "Two Saudi oil tankers among 'sabotaged' ships off UAE coast".

Article: "Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility" (SCIF) by Wikipedia.

Article: "Black Ships" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Perry Expedition" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Moscow Mitch stiffs coal miner pensions, secures funds for the Russian aluminum mill in Kentucky" by Joan McCarter.

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