People like the Koch brother's shill on MSNBC from Reason Magazine like to promote deregulation; for example, this morning he was talking about how deregulating methane is actually a good thing. But deregulation can be extremely dangerous. 500 million bees just died in Brazil over the last few months, because Bolsonaro deregulated pesticides in that country. Americans need to realize that the vast majority of the time when you hear right wingers like on MSNBC this morning talking about how wonderful deregulation is, they're simply hustling for more profits for industry and its billionaires, and more destruction for the environment and our planet.

-Thom

Thursday's Daily Stack

Hour One: What Just Happened in the U.K.???
- Victoria Jones, Executive Director - DC Radio Company LLC

Article: "Boris Johnson's suspension of parliament is an affront to democracy" by Financial Times.

Article: "Boris Johnson faces third legal battle over prorogation" by Lisa O'Carroll.

Article: "Parliament suspension: Queen approves PM's plan" by BBC.

Article: "Boris' Brexit blindside: What the hell just happened?" by Catherine Neilan.

Article: "Parliament suspension sparks furious backlash" by BBC.

Article: "Charles I of England" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Boris Johnson" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Sterling slides as parliamentary suspension fuels no-deal Brexit fears - as it happened" by Graeme Wearden.

Article: "Inverted Yield Curve" by James Chen.

Article: "Markets provide an unambiguous signal that investors expect recession" by Dion Rabouin.

Article: "Parliament suspension: Protests in UK cities" by BBC.

Article: "Momentum urges supporters to 'shut down streets' in protest against Parliament suspension" by Anahita Hossein-Pour.

Article: "More than 1.4m people sign petition to stop proroguing of parliament" by Matthew Weaver.

Article: "McConnell's Legislative Graveyard" by Nancy LeTourneau.

Article: "Tea Party movement" by Wikipedia.

Site: MoveOn.org

Site: Indivisible.

Site: Our Revolution

Article: "MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell says he should not have reported unverified claim on air about Trump loans" by Adam Edelman.

Article: "Tracking Trump's Campaign Promises" by Politifact.

Article: "KochPAC Rarely Gives Money to US House Democrat... Except to These Four" by Don Wiener.

Law: "Sherman Antitrust Act", 1890.

Article: "Trump Claims US is 'Always Going to Keep a Presence in Afghanistan'" by Sputnik.

Article: "Fall of Saigon" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Cohen - Trump ordered him to make 500 threats over 10 years" by Doina Chiacu, Sarah N. Lynch.

Article: "Mueller said Trump could be indicted once he leaves office" by Zack Beauchamp.

Article: "Parliament of Canada" by Wikipedia.

Video: Rep. Katie Porter | Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO).

Article: "Progressive Party (United States, 1912)" (Bull Moose Party) by Wikipedia.

Article: "John B. Anderson" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Ross Perot" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Rush Limbaugh's Hate Radio Network Home Facing $20 Billion Bankruptcy" by RMUSE.

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

Article: "#trumphatesmilitaryfamilies Trends As Administration To Strip Automatic Citizenship Right From Some Children Of Overseas Troops" by Chantal Da Silva.

Article: "'Take the land': President Trump wants a border wall. He wants it black. And he wants it by Election Day." by Nick Miroff and Josh Dawsey.

Article: "A 'new low': Trump immigration policy seeks to deport sick, dying children" by Suzanne Gamboa.

Video: Trump Sparks Panic, Chaos Targeting Ailing Immigrant Children | Rachel Maddow | MSNBC.

Video: 'The most inhumane of all of Donald Trump's policies'.

Article: "Republicans are still blocking election security bills after Mueller's testimony" by Li Zhou.

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

Article: "Fox News Tops Cable Ratings Again In Q2 Despite Well-Watched Dem Debates On MSNBC; Tucker Carlson Up, Rachel Maddow Down" by Dominic Patten.

Article: "House Passes SECURE Act by 417-3 Vote, Senate Reintroduces RESA" by ICMA-RC.

Article: "The Butch Lewis Act Takes Important Step Forward" by Holly Fechner and Peter Rechter.

Article: "Deutsche Bank Confirms It Has Trump-Related Tax Returns" by Peter Castagno.

Site: The Young Turks.

Article: "Ineligibility Clause" (Emoluments Clause).

Article: "July 2018 Ratings: Fox News Marks 25 Consecutive Months as Most-Watched Cable Network in Total Day" by A.J. Katz.

Article: "Gerrymandering" by Wikipedia.

Article: "US Supreme Court Ruling Effectively Ends Wisconsin Gerrymandering Challenge" by Laurel White.

Article: "The Courts Won't End Gerrymandering. Eric Holder Has a Plan to Fix It Without Them" by Ari Berman.

Article: "Obama introduces new initiative in fight against gerrymandering" by Justin Wise.

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

Article: "HR 1: Democrats pass sweeping bill to get money out of politics" by Ella Nilsen.

Article: "New Deal" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Fair Deal" by Wikipedia.

Bill: "Freedom of Choice Act".

Law: "Taft-Hartley Labor Act", 1947.

Article: "Card check" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Pocan and Sanders Lead Democrats in Introducing Workplace Democracy Act" by Mark Pocan.

Article: "Homeland Security moves $155 million from FEMA disaster relief for immigration enforcement" by Geneva Sands and Priscilla Alvarez.

Article: "Supreme Court allows Trump to use disputed military funds for border wall" by Tucker Higgins.

Article: "Universal health care diagnosis is on the mark" by D.L. Davis.

Article: "Wisconsin Idea" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Robert M. La Follette" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Land-grant university" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Wasserman Schultz Files Bill To Enter Migrant Detention Centers Without Warning" by CBSMiami.

Article: "There are no kids left at the Homestead detention center, but has it truly shut down?" by Monique O. Madan.

Article: "Operation Desert Storm: 25 Years Since the First Gulf War" by Alan Taylor.

Article: "The Chicago Way" by NimMar222.

Quote: "I don't give them Hell. I just tell the truth about them and they think it's Hell -- Harry S. Truman".

Hour Three: How Trump is Gutting the Forests & Rain Forests
- Susan Jane Brown, Western Environmental Law Center (WELC)

Article: "Noted Forest Management Expert Donald Trump Wants to Log World's Largest Intact Temperate Rainforest" by Tom McKay.

Law: "National Environmental Policy Act" (NEPA).

Article: "Categorical Exclusions" by NEPA.

Article: "Gov. Dunleavy talks with President Trump during Alaska refueling stop" by James Brooks.

Article: "Alaska Roadless Rule" by USDA Forest Service.

Article: "Conservation Groups Blast Draft Forest Service Rule to Gut Bedrock Environmental Law" by Susan Jane Brown.

Article: "McConnell, Eyeing Legacy, Turns Senate Into Machine for Conservative Judges" by Laura Litvan.

Article: "Lyme disease" by Mayo Clinic.

Article: "New poll has bad news for Trump. Voters think the economy is getting worse" by Kathryn Watson.

Article: "The Trump Files: When Donald Took Revenge by Cutting Off Health Coverage for a Sick Infant" by Natalie Schreyer.

Article: "Trump could take billions from disaster areas to fund wall" by Courtney Kube and Julia Ainsley.

Video: Why is Trump rolling back Obama-era methane regulations?.

Article: "Reason Foundation" by SourceWatch.

Article: "Half a billion bees die within three months in Brazil" by Chiara Giordano.

Article: "Trump's 2020 election plan is just like 2016: Break the law to win" by Kerry Eleveld.

Article: "Sackler Family Backs $11.5 Billion Purdue Opioid Settlement" by Jef Feeley and Riley Griffin.

Article: "Here's Who's Affected by New Citizenship Policy for Children of Troops Serving Overseas" by Patricia Kime.

Article: "The Powell Memo or Powell Manifesto".

Article: "The Heritage Foundation" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Cato Institute" by Wikipedia.

Article: "American Legislative Exchange Council" (ALEC) by SourceWatch.

Article: "U.S. created 500,000 fewer jobs since 2018 than previously reported, new figures show" by Jeffry Bartash.

Article: "George McGovern" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Edmund Muskie" by Wikipedia.

Book: "Ishmael" by Daniel Quinn.

Article: "Hong Kong's business is everyone's business: as protests rage on, world leaders should make sure China knows that" by Robert Boxwell.

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: "Exclusive: Monsanto used former top DOJ official involved in Epstein case to quash felony charges" / "Overruled: Top Justice Department Appointees Quash Felony Charge Against Monsanto" by Adam Zagorin and Nick Schwellenbach.

Article: "Alice S. Fisher" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Advocacy Groups Seek Disbarment of Ex-Bush Administration Lawyers" by Scott Shane.

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