President Andrew Jackson, whose picture hangs by Trump's desk in the Oval Office, defied the Supreme Court twice. When the Court said he couldn't slaughter or relocate the Cherokee Indians with the Trail of Tears, he said words to the effect of, "Supreme Court Chief Justice Marshall has made his ruling. Let him enforce it." When the Court ruled that he couldn't shut down the Second Bank of the United States, he simply went ahead and did it. Donald Trump may well follow Jackson's example, even if the Democrats in the House of Representatives appeal his obstruction of their impeachment inquiry to the Supreme Court and win. Democrats, and Americans more generally, need to get ready to deal with a completely lawless administration.

If this is how Trump plays this out, then they're indeed has been a coup. But it will have been a coup by the president and his cronies, not by Congress or the Democrats.

-Thom

Wednesday's Daily Stack

Hour One: Trump's Betrayal of the Kurds...the Slaughter Has Begun
- Dr. Edmund Ghareeb, Adjunct Professor, Middle East history & politics - School of International Service at American University, the first Mustafa Barzani Scholar of Global Kurdish Studies-Center for Global Peace, American University, a professor at George Washington University's Elliott School of International Affairs, co-author of The Historical Dictionary of Iraq, author of The Kurdish Question in Iraq and co-author of War in the Gulf

Article: "Turkey unleashes airstrikes against Kurds in north-east Syria" by Bethan McKernan, Julian Borger, Dan Sabbagh.

Article: "'Trump was trying to get angry Erdogan off the phone': New report suggests horrifying reason for Kurd betrayal" by Travis Gettys.

Article: "Erdogan says Turkey to launch 'air and ground' operation in Syria" (5 Oct 2019).

Article: "Explained: Why Turkey wants a military assault on Syrian Kurds" by DW.

Article: "Northern Syria Buffer Zone" by Wikipedia.

Article: "U.S. Officials Are Worried About Turkish Foray Into Syria" by Gordon Lubold and Nancy A. Youssef.

Article: "'Uncoordinated' Turkish military operation in NE Syria is a 'grave concern' - Pentagon" by Ilhan Tanir.

Article: "Telling It Like It Is: Kissinger and the Kurds" by Daniel Schorr.

Article: "Trump slams 'ridiculous Endless Wars' as he defends dramatic shift in Syria policy" by David Cohen, Quint Forgey.

Article: "The U.S. Is Now Betraying The Kurds For The Eighth Time" by Jon Schwarz.

Article: "Pentagon's budget proposal has enraged Turkey, which thinks it will give $550 million to Syrian Kurds" by Reuters.

Article: "Caught Between Trump, Turkey and Kurds, Pentagon Struggles to Piece Together Syria Strategy" by Helene Cooper and Eric Schmitt.

Article: "Defense secretary James Mattis resigns and points to differences with Trump" by Julian Borger.

Article: "Trump Gets His Turkey Withdrawal Deal With Bolton, Mattis Gone" by David Wainer and Glen Carey.

Article: "Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria" by Wikipedia.

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: "Who are the Kurds?" by BBC.

Article: "US-Kurdish Relations" by The Kurdish Project.

Article: "A brief history of the Syrian Democratic Forces, the Kurdish-led alliance that helped the U.S. defeat the Islamic State" by Ruby Mellen.

Article: "Syrian Kurds see American betrayal and warn fight against ISIS is now in doubt" by Liz Sly, Sarah Dadouch and Asser Khattab.

Article: "'A stain on America's honor': Lindsey Graham says Trump's Syria pullout abandons Kurds, helps ISIS" by William Cummings, David Jackson and Deirdre Shesgreen.

Article: "United States v. Nixon" by Wikipedia.

Case: "Clinton v. Jones" by Wikipedia.

Quote: "John Marshall has made his decision: now let him enforce it!" -- Andrew Jackson.

Article: "Andrew Jackson" (Old Hickory).

Article: "The Trail of Tears " by PBS.

Article: "Second Bank of the United States" by Wikipedia.

Case: "Dred Scott v. Sandford", 1857

Article: "Great Society" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Republic of Mahabad" (Kurdish) by Wikipedia.

Article: "Presidential Silence After an Attack on American Soil" by Don Peck.

Article: "Sedition" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Sedition" by FindLaw.

Article: "Is America Ready for a Lawless President?" by Thom Hartmann.

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

Article: "Trump Towers Istanbul" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Republicans slam Trump's Syria pullout: 'Disaster,' 'Betrayal,' 'Mistake'" by Adam Edelman and Elizabeth Janowski.

Article: "Another Ukraine Whistleblower Has Come Forward" by Peter Wade.

Tweet: "Just sent @SecPompeo a letter flagging that the Feb 2019 spending bill prohibits pay to federal officials who prevent other officials from communicating with Congress.
We refuse to bankroll this administration while they hold witnesses hostage. Sondland must testify on Ukraine." by Rep. Mark Pocan.

Article: "Contempt of Congress" (inherent contempt, criminal contempt, civil contempt) by Wikipedia.

Article: "Fast and Furious: Eric Holder held in contempt".

Article: "Trump's Big Ad Buy Has Democrats Spooked" by Kevin Robillard.

Tweet: "Trump's blatant corruption - use of the presidency to rake in money, repeated violations of the Constitution's emoluments clause, rampant cronyism - makes even the administration of Warren G. Harding look pure by comparison.
For Trump, everything is for sale, including America.
https://twitter.com/Susan_Hennessey/status/1179402953880477696" by Robert Reich.

Article: "Constitution of the United States" Article 2 section 1. "The President shall, at stated Times, receive for his Services, a Compensation, which shall neither be encreased nor diminished during the Period for which he shall have been elected, and he shall not receive within that Period any other Emolument from the United States, or any of them." (domestic emoluments clause).

Article: "Constitution of the United States" Article 1 section 9. "No title of nobility shall be granted by the United States: and no person holding any office of profit or trust under them, shall, without the consent of the Congress, accept of any present, emolument, office, or title, of any kind whatever, from any king, prince, or foreign state." (foreign emoluments clause).

Article: "Narcissism" by Wikipedia.

Video: Dr. Justin Frank MD Exposes Trump's God Complex.

Book: Trump On the Couch by Justin Frank.

Article: "Jim Jones" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Extraordinary rendition" by Wikipedia.

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

Article: "Pat Robertson 'Appalled' By Trump: He 'Allowed Khashoggi to Be Cut in Pieces,' May Lose 'The Mandate of Heaven' Over Syria" by Ken Meyer.

Article: "CNN Rejects 2 Trump Campaign Ads, Citing Inaccuracies" by Michael M. Grynbaum and Tiffany Hsu.

Article: "Facebook says Trump can lie in his Facebook ads" by Judd Legum.

Article: "Trump campaign drops more than $1 million on Facebook ads in counter impeachment push" by Will Steakin, Soo Rin Kim.

Article: "Senate Intel report urges action to prevent Russian meddling in 2020 election" by Maggie Miller.

Article: "The Cybersecurity 202: Democrats hope new report on election interference will prompt action" by Joseph Marks.

Article: "Trump seized on a conspiracy theory called the 'insurance policy.' Now, it's at the center of an impeachment investigation" by Ben Collins.

Article: "Just where is this secret House jail located?" by Katherine Tully-McManus.

Article: "GOP Senator Ron Johnson had a 'Fox News conspiracy' meltdown on 'Meet the Press' and changed his story on Ukraine" by Kat Tenbarge.

Site: The Dreyfuss Civics Initiative.

Tweet: "Russia didn't just hack Hillary Clinton's emails, it targeted voter registration systems in 21 states
Trump isn't just asking foreign countries to investigate his political rival but to once again interfere in our elections
This is an attack on every American's right to vote" by Ari Berman.

Bill: "H.R.1 - For the People Act of 2019" by Rep. Sarbanes, John P. [D-MD-3].

Bill: "H.R.1562 - SAFE Act" by Rep. Pocan, Mark [D-WI-2].

Hour Three: Is Trump Destroying Incriminating Evidence?
- Mark Karlin, Founder/Editor - BuzzFlash.com

Article: "Trump Could Easily Delete Incriminating Evidence He Has Hidden" by Mark Karlin.

Article: "Meet the guys who tape Trump's papers back together" by Annie Karni.

Article: "Justice Dept. assures judge White House won't destroy records of Trump calls, meetings with foreign leaders" by Spencer S. Hsu.

Article: "Judge orders White House to preserve records of Trump's dealings with foreign leaders" by Josh Gerstein.

Article: "Trump told Russian officials in 2017 he wasn't concerned about Moscow's interference in U.S. election" by Shane Harris, Josh Dawsey and Ellen Nakashima.

Article: "Outrage as Trump delays putting Harriet Tubman on $20 bill until 2026" by Erin Durkin.

Article: "Alexander Butterfield" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Nixon White House tapes" by Wikipedia.

Article: "The Watergate tapes' infamous 18.5-minute gap and Nixon's secretary's unusual explanation for it" by Alison Lynn, Lauren Effron.

Article: "Sanders unveils plan to overhaul campaign financing" by AP.

Article: "Assassination of John F. Kennedy" by Wikipedia.

Book: "The Crash of 2016: The Plot to Destroy America--and What We Can Do to Stop It" by Thom Hartmann

Article: "Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr." by Wikipedia.

Article: "Assassination of Robert F. Kennedy" by Wikipedia.

Book: "Ultimate Sacrifice" by Lamar Waldron with Thom Hartmann

Book: "Legacy of Secrecy" by Lamar Waldron with Thom Hartmann

Book: The Hidden History of the JFK Assassination by Lamar Waldron.

Book: Watergate: The Hidden History: Nixon, The Mafia, and The CIA by Lamar Waldron.

Article: "Watch Trey Gowdy Blast the White House for Withholding 'Information and Documents from Congress' in 2012" by Colby Hall.

Article: "The Best Argument Against the White House Stonewalling Congress Was Made by ... Lindsey Graham" by Ryan Bort.

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

Article: "Chomsky: Republican Party 'most dangerous organisation on earth'" by BBC.

Article: "Reichstag fire", 27 February 1933 by Wikipedia.

Article: "El Paso Shooting Suspect's Manifesto Echoes Trump's Language" by Peter Baker and Michael D. Shear.

Book: We the People: A Call to Take Back America by Thom Hartmann, illustrated by Neil Cohn

Article: "Archibald Cox" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Amash pledges to join Democrats to impeach Trump" by Scott Wong.

Article: "Alzheimer's disease" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Transient ischaemic attack (TIA)" (mini stroke) by Wikipedia.

Article: "Trump: US doesn't 'endorse' Turkey's assault on Syria" by Darlene Superville and Robert Burns.

Quote: "The Kurds have done 95% of the fighting to destroy ISIS. ... To pull the rug out from them at this point is widely viewed throughout the Middle East and our other allies in the world as shameful behavior." - Ret. Army Gen. Barry McCaffrey on Pres. Trump's decision to withdraw U.S. troops from Syria.

Article: "Researchers Assembled over 100 Voting Machines. Hackers Broke Into Every Single One." by AJ Vincens.

Article: "The GOP's Stealth War Against Voters" (Interstate Crosscheck) by Greg Palast, August 24, 2016.

Article: "Stacey Abrams" by Wikipedia.

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

Economist Dr. Richard Wolff, Democracy At Work, author of Understanding Marxism will be here to discuss economic news of the day.

Plus, Lamar Waldron, Political Commentator/JFK Historian & Author - "Watergate: The Hidden History: Nixon, The Mafia, and The CIA", "The Hidden History of the JFK Assassination", and co-author with Thom of "Ultimate Sacrifice" and "Legacy of Secrecy: The long shadow of the JFK assassination", will be here to talk about Nixon & Trump Similarities.

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

The Thom Hartmann Program, Occupying The Media 3 hours a day 5 days a week" for "we the people"

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Thu, Oct 10 7:30 pm: Powells City of Books.