More Americans are now going bankrupt because of medical bills because of a scam the Donald Trump instituted, thinking it will help him get reelected.

When Trump ran for president, he promised to replace Obamacare policies with insurance that was better and cheaper. Ignoring the "better" part, and focusing on "cheaper," the Trump administration has allowed short term (maximum 90 days) "emergency" policies to extend out to three years. These "emergency" policies do not cover pre-existing conditions and allow insurance companies to dump you if you become too expensive. They were the only loophole left in Obamacare, and Trump has taking that loophole and turned it into an industry.

So now, people looking for cheap health insurance policies are being directed to these scam plans both by the Centers for Medicare Services and by insurance hustlers. As a result, people are now getting sick and discovering that their health insurance policies don't cover them.

Trump's latest scam is literally killing people. If you buy what you think is an Obamacare policy during these final few weeks of open enrollment, make sure it actually is.

-Thom

Tuesday's Daily Stack

Channel: Science Revolution The Science Revolution with Thom Hartmann.

Article: "1984 Rajneeshee bioterror attack" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Navy secretary Richard Spencer forced out after Donald Trump's objection over handling of Navy SEAL war crimes case" by William Cummings.

Article: "Here we go again: Campaign press ignoring Democratic policy" by Eric Boehlert.

Article: "Fairness Doctrine" by Wikipedia.

Article: "North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)" by Public Citizen.

Article: "Kentucky GOP moves to strip Democratic governor of his authority, accelerating trend of power grabs" by Stephen Wolf.

Article: "Don McGahn must testify about time as White House lawyer, judge rules" by Darren Samuelsohn, Kyle Cheney, Andrew Desiderio.

Article: "Re: Amenability of the President, Vice President and Other Civil Officers to Federal Criminal Prosecution while in office." by U.S. Department of Justice (OLC), 1973.

Article: "A Sitting President's Amenability To Indictment And Criminal Prosecution" by U.S. Department of Justice (OLC), 2000.

Hour Two: Iran Warns Israel, U.S., Saudi Arabia: Cross Red Lines & We Will Destroy You
- Jamal Abdi, President - National Iranian American Council (NIAC)

Article: "'Combustible': Trump's pivotal moment with Iran" by Meridith McGraw.

Article: "Sanctions against Iran" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Iran nuclear deal: Trump pulls US out in break with Europe allies" by BBC.

Article: "Iran Warns Israel, U.S., Saudi Arabia: Cross Red Lines and We Will Destroy You" by Haaretz and Reuters.

Article: "Fairness Doctrine" by Wikipedia.

Law: "Sherman Antitrust Act", 1890.

Case: "Continental Television, Inc. v. GTE Sylvania, Inc." by Wikipedia.

Article: "Mergers and acquisitions" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Trump tells cops they should rough people up more during arrests" by Kelly Swanson.

Article: "Trump administration trying to trick Obamacare shoppers into disastrous junk plans" by Joan McCarter.

Article: "Critics say 'junk plans' are being pushed on ACA exchanges" by Yasmeen Abutaleb .

Article: "Melania Trump loudly booed and heckled by children at opioid summit in Baltimore" by Clark Mindock.

Article: "Karl Rove's "Permanent Republican Majority"" by Jackson Williams.

Article: "White House responsible for delayed decision on new Agent Orange diseases, documents show" by Patricia Kime.

Article: "Senators ramp up pressure on proposed Agent Orange presumptive conditions" by Patricia Kime.

Article: "Rick Perry: Trump is the 'chosen one'" by William Cummings.

Article: "Establishment Clause". "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof..."

Article: "No Religious Test Clause". "...but no religious test shall ever be required as a qualification to any office or public trust under the United States."

Article: "First Amendment to the United States Constitution"

Article: "Roe v. Wade" by History Channel.

Article: "Cyrus the Great in the Bible" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Cyrus the Great" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Trump Pardons 3 Soldiers Accused or Convicted of War Crimes" by Democracy Now!.

Science Revolution: In the Need to Know: "'The Science Is Screaming': UN Report Warns Only Rapid and Transformational Action Can Stave Off Global Climate Disaster" by Jake Johnson.

Science Revolution: Science Fact of the Day: "WMO study: Greenhouse gases reached record levels in 2018" by Don Jacobson.

Article: "Supreme Court lets lawsuit by climate scientist continue against conservative outlets" by Robert Barnes.

Article: "Why Is China Placing A Global Bet On Coal?" by Steve Inskeep, Ashley Westerman.

Article: "Trump Hints That Barr Shut Down the Mueller Investigation" by voidstuff.

Article: "Trump gives Barr authority to declassify anything in campaign "spying" probe" by Sean Gallagher.

Article: "William Barr's shady track record of covering up the crimes of a Republican president" by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "Trump's AG Bill Barr has a history of cover-ups - and he just struck again" by Thom Hartmann.

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

Article: "Rick Perry says Trump is the 'chosen one' sent 'to do great things'" by Aris Folley.

Article: "Evangelicals told Trump he was "chosen" by God. Now he says it himself" by Amanda Marcotte.

Book: The Family: The Secret Fundamentalism at the Heart of American Power by Jeff Sharlet.

TV: "The Family".

Article: "National Prayer Breakfast" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Deutsche Bank CEO's Last-Ditch Plan to Save Best of His Business" by Steven Arons.

Article: "Electoral College" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Fall of the Western Roman Empire" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Charlemagne" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Voters In Wyoming Have 3.6 Times The Voting Power That I Have. It's Time To End The Electoral College." by William Petrocelli.

Article: "Will America's billionaires start a second Civil War to protect their wealth and power?" by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "Reconstruction era" by Wikipedia.

Article: "America is an oligarchy, not a democracy or republic, university study finds" by Cheryl K. Chumley.

Article: "Testing Theories of American Politics: Elites, Interest Groups, and Average Citizens" by Martin Gilens and Benjamin I. Page.

Article: "Selective enforcement" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Sturmabteilung"(brown shirts) by Wikipedia.

Article: "John Dillinger" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Habeas corpus" by Wikipedia.

Law: "Patriot Act", 2001.

Case: "Buckley v. Valeo", 1976

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