Trump's Ukrainian extortion scandal is metastasizing across his administration. It's now apparent that his Chief of Staff played a role in stopping the money that Congress had appropriated for Ukraine to defend itself, and that Mike Pence communicated part of the implied threat, to the Ukrainian president. If impeachment goes forward, it should not be limited to Trump.

It's time for a major house cleaning, and that means impeaching Pence as well., which, according to the Constitution, puts the Speaker of the House in the White House.

-Thom

Tuesday's Daily Stack

Article: "Pelosi quietly sounding out House Democrats about whether to impeach Trump, officials say" by Rachael Bade and Mike DeBonis.

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: "Pelosi and top Democrats plot next steps amid calls for impeachment" by Manu Raju and Veronica Stracqualursi.

Article: "All eyes are on Pelosi after seismic shift of moderate freshmen calling for impeachment" by Joan McCarter.

Article: "House Democrats near 'tipping point' on impeachment as Pelosi faces crucial week" by Manu Raju and Jeff Zeleny.

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

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

Article: "Rudy Giuliani blabs to Fox News' Sean Hannity his Ukraine talks were ordered by the State Department" by The Week.

Article: "Rudy Giuliani Reveals Ukrainian Oppo Research Mission Was Requested by Trump Administration" by Colby Hall.

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

Article: "Pence Gave Ukraine the Message Too" by Josh Marshall.

Article: "Paul Manafort" by Wikipedia.

Article: "In Ukraine, Trump's allies are corrupt oligarchs and Russian stooges" by Washington Post.

Article: "Schumer to Introduce Resolution on Whistleblower" by Taegan Goddard.

Article: "Joe Biden Will Back Impeachment if Trump Does Not Cooperate With Congress" by Maggie Astor.

Article: "John Lewis drops the hammer: 'The time to begin impeachment proceedings against this president has come'" by Brad Reed.

Article: "How deep does the Russia collusion go? To McConnell?" (aluminum factory) by Joan McCarter.

Video: Ralph Nader Worries Courts Won't Stop Trump.

Article: "Trump repeatedly refers to CNN's Cuomo as 'Fredo' at UN" by Joe Concha.

Article: "Trump and Hope Hicks talked to Michael Cohen amid efforts to quash Stormy Daniels sex claim, documents show" by Dan Mangan.

Article: "All of the people facing charges from Mueller's investigation into Russian meddling" by Amy Sherman.

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

Tweet: "Impeachment must include AG Barr for coverups and SecState Pompeo re Ukraine - along with President Trump. Others as their involvement becomes apparent. This is beyond a one man show!" by John Dean.

Article: "Lawrence Walsh" by Wikipedia.

Article: "What We Now Know About The Men Who Led The Impeachment Of Clinton" by Judd Legum.

Article: "Trump University" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Cancer eating the heart of Australian democracy" by Kevin Rudd.

Article: "Exclusive: Lee Atwater's Infamous 1981 Interview on the Southern Strategy" by Rick Perlstein.

UK Supreme Court Orders Parliament to Get Back to Work...!
- Victoria Jones, Executive Director - DC Radio Company LLC

Article: "To Call Blair Bush's Poodle Is An Insult to Poodles" by Harry Shearer.

Article: "Supreme Court: Suspending Parliament was unlawful, judges rule" by BBC.

Article: "Johnson faces resignation calls over 'unlawful' Parliament suspension" by BBC.

Article: "Boris Johnson misled the Queen by asking her to suspend Parliament. Will he survive it?" by Samantha Hawley.

Article: "Boris Johnson refuses to rule out suspending parliament again" by Peter Walker.

Article: "Say it with a brooch: what message was Lady Hale's spider sending?" by Lauren Cochrane and Martin Belam.

Article: "Corbyn says 'tide is turning' in Labour's direction" by BBC.

Article: "Joseph Goebbels" by Wikipedia.

Article: "The Myth of the Criminal Immigrant" by Anna Flagg.

Article: "Maddow breaks down how Trump's Ukraine scandal all links back to Manafort - and the mob" by Bob Brigham.

Article: "Paul Manafort" by Wikipedia.

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

Article: "Former Trump campaign chief Paul Manafort pleads not guilty to New York state criminal charges" by Dan Mangan, Kevin Breuninger.

Quote: "I see America, not in the setting sun of a black night of despair ahead of us, I see America in the crimson light of a rising sun fresh from the burning, creative hand of God. I see great days ahead, great days possible to men and women of will and vision" - Carl Sandburg.

Hour Three: Dangerous Mis-Information From the "REAL" Fake News...
- Sharon Kann, Director of the Abortion Rights & Reproductive Health Program at Media Matters

Video: Trump: Would 'withhold again' Ukraine aid if Europe doesn't pitch in.

Article: "Other networks are letting Fox News poison abortion-related coverage with dangerous lies" by Sharon Kann & Julie Tulbert.

Article: "State of the Union 2019: Read the full transcript". "Lawmakers in New York cheered with delight upon the passage of legislation that would allow a baby to be ripped from the mother's womb moments before birth... And then, we had the case of the Governor of Virginia where he basically stated he would execute a baby after birth."

Article: "Virginia late-term abortion bill labelled 'infanticide'" by BBC.

Article: "Addressing New York's New Abortion Law" by Angelo Fichera.

Article: "Trump falsely claims babies are being legally executed, mimics Saudi king's accent and calls former FBI officials 'scum' in wild rally speech" by Colin Drury.

Article: "The controversy around Virginia's new abortion bill, explained" by Anna North.

Article: "Ivanka Trump exaggerated, outright lied about real estate values for years" by Jessica M. Goldstein.

Article: "The troubling overlap between Jared Kushner's business interests and US foreign policy" by Mohamad Bazzi.

Article: "Two Unofficial US Operatives Reporting To Trump's Lawyer Privately Lobbied A Foreign Government In A Bid To Help The President Win In 2020" by Michael Sallah, Tanya Kozyreva, Aubrey Belford.

Article: "Oleg Deripaska" by Wikipedia.

Site: Buzzflash.

Article: "Trump says he has authorized release of transcript of call with the Ukrainian president" by Seung Min Kim and Colby Itkowitz.

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: "'Gorilla Dust' Joins White House Political Lexicon" by Ann Compton.

Article: "It was chaos, and then a real lawyer showed up" by Jennifer Rubin.

Article: "John N. Mitchell" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Watergate scandal" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Facts And Figures About EU-Ukraine Relations" by EaP.

Article: "How Putin's oligarchs funneled millions into GOP campaigns" by Ruth May.

Case: "Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission" (2010)

Quote: " If taken seriously, our colleagues' assumption that the identity of a speaker has no relevance to the Government's ability to regulate political speech would lead to some remarkable conclusions. Such an assumption would have accorded the propaganda broadcasts to our troops by "Tokyo Rose" during World War II the same protection as speech by Allied commanders. More pertinently, it would appear to afford the same protection to multinational corporations controlled by foreigners as to individual Americans" - Justice Stevens.

Article: "Tokyo Rose" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Impeachment of Bill Clinton" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Trump is practically begging for impeachment. Give it to him, already." by Eugene Robinson.

Article: "A journalist who was sued by Trump describes Trump's hilarious incompetence under oath" by Cory Doctorow.

Article: "Trump's Turnberry scandal keeps getting worse with lengthy visits and government-purchased souvenirs" by Mark Sumner.

Quote: "There's an old saying in Tennessee - I know it's in Texas, probably in Tennessee - that says, fool me once, shame on - shame on you. Fool me - you can't get fooled again." - George W. Bush.

Article: "Cohen: Trump isn't joking when he says he can 'shoot someone on 5th Avenue and get away with it'" by MSNBC.

Wednesday on The Thom Hartmann Program, 12-3pm ET

Congressman Mark Pocan (D-WI, 2nd District) will be calling in to talk about the issues of the day and take your calls.

Plus, I'll be joined by Naomi Klein, Journalist/Author of several books including Shock Doctrine & This Changes Everything ... her latest is On Fire: The (Burning) Case for a Green New Deal / filmmaker, A Message From the Future / and, the inaugural Gloria Steinem Endowed Chair in Media, Culture, and Feminist Studies at Rutgers University.

And, the best of the rest of the news along with your calls right here on...

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How to Change Right Winger's Mind on Abortion! (w/ Sharon Kann)

Ralph Nader Worries Courts Won't Stop Trump (w/ Ralph Nader)

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