New evidence shows that a Republican candidate for Congress was helping Giuliani and Trump in surveillance of US ambassador Marie Yovanovitch in Ukraine. If the Attorney General continues to refuse to investigate this crime, he should be impeached along with the president.

Back in 1992 when Bill Barr was George HW Bush's Attorney General, he directed the cover-up of the treasonous Iran/Contra scandal and Reagan and Bush's involvement in it. He's it again, and, along with Trump, needs to be held accountable and removed from office.

-Thom

Wednesday's Daily Stack

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

Article: "List: House impeachment managers announced for Trump Senate trial" by Clare Foran and Jeremy Herb.

Article: "What Pelosi's prosecutors tell us about her impeachment strategy" by Jake Sherman, Anna Palmer, Garrett Ross, Eli Okun.

Article: "Democratic debate dug deep on policy. Despite nudges, candidates dodged personal attacks" by Bill Goodykoontz.

Article: "2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries" by Wikipedia.

Article: "New Lev Parnas Documents Suggest U.S. Ambassador Was Under Surveillance In Ukraine" by Bill Chappell.

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).

Law: "Help America Vote Act" (2002).

Twitter: "Third Way".

Article: "'Tax Cuts 2.0' will be rolled out during Trump's 2020 campaign, his top economic adviser says" by Joseph Zeballos-Roig.

Article: "Martin Shkreli" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Putin consolidates power as Russian government resigns" by Matt Clinch, Holly Ellyatt.

Bill: "S.1129 - Medicare for All Act of 2019" by Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT].

Bill: "H.R.5244 - Homes for All Act of 2019" by Rep. Omar, Ilhan [D-MN-5].

Article: "How to Conduct a Trial in the Senate" by Brenda Wineapple.

Bill: "H.R.5543 - No War Against Iran Act" by Rep. Khanna, Ro [D-CA-17].

Bill: "H.R.2456 - To repeal the Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 2002." by Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-13].

Video: WATCH LIVE: Pelosi announces the House managers for the Trump impeachment trial.

Article: "Impeachment trial security crackdown will limit Capitol press access" by Katherine Tully-McManus.

Article: "Former mafia prosecutor: It sounds like Trump associates were plotting 'a mob hit' against Marie Yovanovitch" by Catherine Garcia.

Article: "Robert F. Hyde" by Wikipedia.

Article: "New Figure in Ukraine Scandal Was Taken Into Police Custody at Trump Resort Last Year" by David Corn.

Article: "Matthew Lyon" by Wikipedia.

Law: "Alien and Sedition Acts", 1798.

Article: "Alien and Sedition Acts of the United States". "old, querulous, Bald, blind, crippled, Toothless Adams."

Article: "Benjamin Franklin Bache (journalist)" by Wikipedia.

Site: Spit'n Lyon (Matthew Lyon musical).

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

Article: "Trump's alleged 'checkup' at Walter Reed was 'abnormal' and 'scheduled last minute': report" by David Edwards.

Video: President Trump Statement on Soleimani.

Video: Trump speaks before signing "Phase One" of China trade deal.

Article: "Donald Trump, Jr. makes curious campaign detour" by Rachel Maddow.

Article: "Mississippi civil rights workers' murders" by Wikipedia.

Video: "Ronald Reagan States' Rights Speech in Philadelphia, MS", August 3, 1980.

Book: The Hidden History of the Supreme Court and the Betrayal of America by Thom Hartmann.

Case: "Buckley v. Valeo", 1976

Case: "First National Bank Of Boston V. Bellotti", 1978

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

Site: League of Women Voters.

Quote: "The League of Women Voters is withdrawing its sponsorship of the presidential debate scheduled for mid-October because the demands of the two campaign organizations would perpetrate a fraud on the American voter" - League of Women Voters.

Article: "Democratic Debates: Is It Time to Get the Corporate TV Stars off the Stage?" by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "Roy Blunt" by Wikipedia.

Article: "'No cameras, no C-Span, no coverage.' Rules will limit access during Trump's trial" by Bryan Lowry.

Article: "Ocasio-Cortez defends decision not to pay dues to House Democratic campaign arm" by Max Greenwood.

Article: "Fact Check: Is Trump The Oldest President Ever Elected?" by David Sivak.

Video: Donald Trump 1980 Interview.

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

Article: "Death of Jeffrey Epstein" by Wikipedia.

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

Article: "The Hidden History of the War on Voting: Who Stole Your Vote and How to Get It Back" by Thom Hartmann.

Hour Three: Why is Trump's EPA Approving Dangerous Pesticides Banned Elsewhere or Previously Slated for U.S. Phaseout?
- Dr. Nathan Donley, Ph.D, Senior Scientist, Center for Biological Diversity

Article: "Trump EPA Approved 100-plus Products With Pesticides Banned Elsewhere or Slated for U.S. Phaseout" by Nathan Donley.

Report: "Toxic Hangover: The EPA Keeps Approving New Products With Dangerous Pesticides It Claims to Be Committed to Phasing Out" by Nathan Donley.

Article: "Atrazine" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Food Quality Protection Act" (1996) by Wikipedia.

Article: "Roosevelt announces "court-packing" plan" by History.com.

Article: "Warren Says Sanders Told Her a Woman Could Not Win the Presidency" by Astead W. Herndon and Jonathan Martin.

Article: "CNN moderator criticized for question to Sanders" by Joe Concha.

Tweet: "Is anyone else outraged that other industrialized nations are paying a fraction of what we pay for prescription drugs even though every drug approved by the FDA from 2010 - 2016 was developed with publicly-funded NIH research?" by Ro Khanna.

Article: "Elaine Chao" by Wikipedia.

Speech: "Farewell Address", by Dwight David Eisenhower, January 17, 1961 (transcript). "In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the militaryindustrial complex."

Article: "What is China's Belt and Road Initiative?" by Lily Kuo and Niko Kommenda.

Book: Proof of Conspiracy: How Trump's International Collusion is Threatening American Democracy by Seth Abramson.

Article: ""I couldn't imagine all of the things that have happened": What Marie Yovanovitch told impeachment investigators" by Andrew Prokop.

Article: "Bernie campaign slams Warren as candidate of the elite" by Alex Thompson, Holly Otterbein.

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

I'll be talking with Economist Dr. Richard Wolff, Co-founder, Democracy At Work / Author of numerous books including Understanding Marxism and his latest, Understanding Socialism.

Plus, Jayson O'Neill Deputy Director - Wester Values Project (a project of Accountable US) will be here to talk about Trump letting Interior Secretary Bernhardt gut the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)

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Mon, Feb 17, 7:30pm PT: Berkeley Arts & Letter Series.

Wed, Feb 19, 7:30pm PT: Seattle Town Hall.

Sat, Feb 22, TBA: Blue State Ball.

Fri, Feb 28, 7:30pm PT: Powell's, 1005 W Burnside St., Portland.

Sun, Mar 1,TBA: Chicago Book Store - TBA.