While we have recently been treated to 24/7 disaster porn around hurricane Dorian, the part of the story that's almost completely, missing from American coverage but commonly and prominently displayed in European coverage, is the role climate change is playing in amplifying the intensity of storms.

The fossil fuel Industry and its toxic billionaires have purchased the Republican Party, and the Party argues that climate change is a "political" rather than scientific issue. The media, trying to be "balanced" when it comes to politics, has bought this hook, line and sinker and, thus, has stopped talking about climate change because they don't want to seem "political."

Think about how many conversations about climate change you have heard in the mainstream media this past week. One? Two? None? Use social media and email to respond to the media you watch, read, or listen to and demand that they begin to honestly cover climate change.

The future of human civilization is at stake.

-Thom

Wednesday's Daily Stack

Tweet: "@Thom_Hartmann if the theory about good guys with guns and adding more guns as a solution was correct , well then we should be the safest country in the world? We are a wash in guns and we are not safe." by Ricardo Minimi.

Article: "Hurricane Dorian: Scale of Bahamas devastation emerges" by BBC.

Article: "Trump doesn't think he's 'ever even heard of a Category 5' hurricane. Four such storms have threatened the US since he took office" by Devan Cole.

Article: "Hurricane Maria" by Wikipedia.

Article: "List of Category 5 Atlantic hurricanes" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Global heating made Hurricane Dorian bigger, wetter – and more deadly" by Michael Mann and Andrew E Dessler.

Article: "It's 2019, and the media is still downplaying climate change's role in catastrophic weather events" by Eric Boehlert.

Article: "Does the Future of Civilization Depend on the Media?" by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "Ohio Mother Accidentally Shoots Daughter After She Came Home From College To Surprise Her: 'it's Pretty Bad'" by Ewan Palmer.

Article: "ISM Report: US Manufacturing Contracts for First Time in Three Years" by Bloomberg.

Article: "Small Businesses' Faith in Economy Hits Low on Tariff Uncertainty" by Ruth Simon.

Article: "Consumer Confidence in U.S. Declines to Lowest Since 2017" by Ryan Haar.

Book: "This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. The Climate" by Naomi Klein.

Article: "'A big loss to Valparaiso': Former worker, others react to Regal Beloit's shutdown news" by Joseph S. Pete.

Article: "Here's a nice big list of layoffs since Trump and Republicans came into power" by Walter Einenkel.

Article: "In the mafia, there is a name for what Pence and Barr did" by Elie Honig.

Article: "2019 North Carolina's 9th congressional district special election" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Republican Rep. Bill Flores to retire, continuing exodus from Texas ranks" by Bridget Bowman.

Article: "Questions Remain as DoD Gets Ready to Cut 18,000 Medical Personnel" by Amy Bushatz.

Quote: "The whole is greater than the sum of its parts" - Aristotle.

Site: Free Speech TV

Article: "Why Vermont's single-payer effort failed and what Democrats can learn from it" by Amy Goldstein.

Article: "Bolsonaro, Trump and the nationalists ignoring climate disaster" by Ishaan Tharoor.

Article: "How Beijing used rockets to keep opening ceremony dry" by Clifford Coonan.

Article: "Oil Companies Persuade States to Make Pipeline Protests a Felony" by Jennifer A Dlouhy.

Article: "First Amendment to the United States Constitution"

Article: "4th Amendment". "The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized."

Article: "Raising the Bar for Loan Forgiveness" by Andrew Kreighbaum.

Article: "No Guns Allowed During NRA Convention Speech By Trump, Pence" by Vanessa Romo.

Bible: "the LORD Almighty will come with thunder and earthquake and great noise, with windstorm and tempest and flames of a devouring fire." - Isaiah 29:6.

Video: "We Are Facing an Existential Crisis": Gov. Inslee Slams DNC for Refusing to Hold Climate Debate.

Event: 4 Sep 2019: "CNN is giving 2020 Democrats 7 hours to talk about climate change" by Umair Irfan.

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

Video: McConnell Bristles At 'Moscow Mitch' After Blocking Election Security Bill | The 11th Hour | MSNBC.

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

Article: "'Putin's Mitch': Kentucky Billboard Draws Attention for Dig at Sen. Mitch McConnell" by Morgan Phillips.

Site: Mad Dog PAC.

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

Article: "DHS Bars Congressional Staffers From Migrant Detention Centers After Reports Of Rotten Food, Kid Told To Eat Off Floor" by Ramsey Touchberry.

Article: "FDIC approves tweak of Volcker Rule, easing trading regulations for Wall Street banks" by Thomas Franck.

Bill: "H.R.860 - Social Security 2100 Act" by Rep. Larson, John B. [D-CT-1].

Article: "Russia's 'Nuclear Titanic' Floating Power Plant Is Setting Sail Toward Alaska. Here's What to Expect." by Greg Walters.

Article: "If you see what looks like a tank, headed for West Seattle's Terminal 5 ..." by West Seattle Blog.

Article: "Russian Nuclear Blast Debris Is Still Emitting Radiation, Reports Say" by Moscow Times.

Article: "Ineligibility Clause" (Emoluments Clause).

Tweet: "Both Trump and Pence are at Trump properties at this moment on Labor Day. Trump is at his golf course in VA while Pence is staying at a Trump golf course in Ireland, per pool..." by Jim Acosta.

Article: "Donald Trump suggested Mike Pence stay at his golf resort during official Ireland trip" by Sky News.

Article: "Supreme Court Rejects Guilty Until Proven Innocent, Says States Cannot Keep Money From The Innocent" by Nick Sibilla.

Case: "Nelson v. Colorado".

Article: "Pentagon diverts $3.6 billion in military construction funds to build Trump's border wall" by Zachary Cohen and Ryan Browne.

Book: The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump: 27 Psychiatrists and Mental Health Experts Assess the President by Dr. Bandy X. Lee.

Article: "How Scott Walker crippled Wisconsin's public unions, in two charts" by Andrew Prokop.

Article: "Pentagon: Climate Change Is Real and a 'National Security Issue'" by Lorraine Chow.

Article: "Democrats' messy impeachment push hits critical phase" by Kyle Cheney, Sarah Ferris.

Article: "Omnibus Specifically Prevents New Border Wall Designs; Money to Be Spent on 'Fencing,' 'Levees'" by Susan Jones.

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

Article: "The Koch Brothers Want A New Constitution - And They're Closer Than You Think" by Josh Keefe.

Hour Three: Is Trump Caught in the Russia Trap?
- George Beebe Vice President and Director of Studies - Center for the National Interest / Author of the new book, The Russia Trap: How Our Shadow War with Russia Could Spiral into Catastrophe (formerly, Director-CIA's Russia Analysis & Special Advisor to Vice President Cheney for Russia/Eurasia and Intelligence Programs

Article: "Orange Revolution" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Rose Revolution" by Wikipedia.

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

Article: "Russia–NATO relations" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Enlargement of NATO" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Cuban missile crisis" by Wikipedia.

Article: "James R. Schlesinger" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Surprise Billing: Another Healthcare Market Failure" by Joshua Cohen.

Article: "Providers wage war against fixing surprise medical billing, in a preview of what's to come" by Joan McCarter.

Article: "This is the real reason most Americans file for bankruptcy" by Lorie Konish.

Article: "How many more names will be added to the list before Mitch McConnell acts on guns?" by Washington Post.

Article: "Pence's office claims Pence's chief of staff 'misreported' Trump's role in latest emoluments scandal" by Joan McCarter.

Article: "Andrew Jackson" (Old Hickory).

Article: "The Trail of Tears " by PBS.

Article: "Elizabeth Warren On Valuing Black Women" by Sen. Elizabeth Warren.

Article: "Trump retweets call to extend his term by 2 years for "time stolen"" by Rebecca Falconer.

Article: "Lawyers for Michael Flynn and US government clash over his sentencing" by Reuters.

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: "Trump allies aim to raise $2 million to investigate reporters, editors: Axios" by Jessica Campisi.

Article: "Mitch McConnell Says Congress Is Waiting for Trump to Lead the Way on Gun Legislation" by Matthew Daly.

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

What Just Happened in the UK? - part II - Victoria Jones, Chief Washington Analyst - The DC Radio Company, will bring us up to date.

Plus, I'll debate whether the the Green New Deal will "flip the economy on its head?" with Elaine Parker, President - Job Creators Network Foundation

And I'll be talking with Jeff Sharlet, Journalist & Author of 6 books including The Family: The Secret Fundamentalism at the Heart of American Power & the follow-up, C Street: The Fundamentalist Threat to American Democracy / Executive Producer-The Family, a 5 part mini-series for Netflix (available now) / Associate Professor of English-Dartmouth College

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