The Founders' greatest fear, when it came to the president, was that a man would be installed in the office who was in debt to, or loyal to a foreign government. It's why they put the Foreign Emoluments ban in the Constitution.

Jared Kushner visited with the Saudi's and the UAE just before they blockaded Qatar; within a few months an investment fund heavily financed by Qatar gave Kushner the billion dollars he desperately needed to save his failing real estate empire, and the blockade ended.

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-Thom

Thursday's Daily Stack

Article: "Trump's election challenge looks like a scam to line his pockets" by Dana Milbank.

Article: "Trump Forms PAC in Hopes of Keeping Hold on G.O.P." by Maggie Haberman.

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

Article: "The Guide To Becoming Jared Kushner" by Ben Walsh.

Article: "Did Trump Throw Kurds under the Bus for Turkey because of his Istanbul Revenue Stream?" by Juan Cole.

Article: "Donald Trump Has At Least $1 Billion In Debt, More Than Twice The Amount He Suggested" by Dan Alexander.

Article: "Trump Stacks the Pentagon and Intel Agencies With Loyalists. To What End?" by David E. Sanger and Eric Schmitt.

Article: "Decades of Republican Mismanagement Have Left Red States Mired in the Past & at the Bottom" by Quaid.

Law: "Civil Rights Act of 1964".

Article: "Southern strategy" by Wikipedia.

Bill: "H.R.6800 - Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions Act or the HEROES Act" by Nita Lowey [D-NY-17].

Article: "Democrats Unveil $2.2 Trillion Stimulus Bill - What's In It?" by Samantha McDonald.

Quote: "Insanity Is Doing the Same Thing Over and Over Again and Expecting Different Results" - misattributed to Albert Einstein.

Article: "Preregistration for Young Voters" by NCSL.

Article: "USA approves $23bn sale of F-35s, MQ-9Bs and thousands of weapons to UAE" by Garrett Reim.

Tweet: ".@FoxNews daytime ratings have completely collapsed. Weekend daytime even WORSE. Very sad to watch this happen, but they forgot what made them successful, what got them there. They forgot the Golden Goose. The biggest difference between the 2016 Election, and 2020, was @FoxNews!" by Donald J. Trump.

Article: "Trump 'plans to wreck Fox' as revenge for Election Night coverage - and start his own media company: report" by Travis Gettys.

Article: "Fox Nation" by Wikipedia.

Article: "'Dark money donors' funded mysterious Florida Senate candidates who pulled votes away from Democrats: report" by Meaghan Ellis.

Article: "Trump won Florida after running a false ad tying Biden to Venezuelan socialists" by Pro Publica.

Event: 5-7pm CT, Nov 12: "WCPT'S First Ever Virtual Labor Panel - Hosted By: Thom Hartmann And Stephanie Miller".

Article: "Hiawatha" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Deganawida" by Encyclopedia.com.

Article: "Was Moses a person who stuttered? Perhaps not" by Joseph S.Attanasio.

Article: "US deports migrant women who alleged abuse by Georgia doctor" by Nomaan Merchant.

Article: "Class III - Senators Whose Terms of Service Expire in 2023" by Senate.

Video: Chuck Schumer is Suddenly Sounding a LOT Like Bernie Sanders….

Article: "Why Was It So Effing Close?" (David Dayen on Ralph Nader Radio Hour).

Article: "We're calculating the 2020 presidential results for all 435 House districts. Here's what that means" by David Nir for.

Article: "Daily Kos Elections presents our first set of 2020 presidential results by congressional district" by Jeff Singer.

Hour Two: What is Negative Debt and What Does it Mean for America & the World?
- Economist Dr. Richard Wolff, Democracy At Work / Author of numerous books - his latest is The Sickness is the System

Article: "Negative-yielding debt total hits record $17.05tn" by Tommy Stubbington.

Article: "Negative Bond Yield" by James Chen.

Article: "The next Fed chair is not an economist. Does it matter?" (Jerome Powell) by Allison Schrager.

Article: "Barron Trump is a Dual Citizen of Both Slovenia and the US Which is Odd for the Son of the 'America First' President" by Jason Miciak.

Tweet: ".@Thom_Hartmann it seems to me, looking into @RalphNader's suggestion that @JoeBiden offer to appoint one or more #GOP #Senators to the #BidenHarris Admin, only Pat Toomey & Richard Burr look as though they would be moderate & come from states w/#Democratic governors (PA & NC)." by tMICHael.

Article: "William Cohen" by Wikipedia.

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

Article: "McConnell is blocking 400 bills Americans want - but he's rushing a Supreme Court pick" by Emily Singer.

Article: "Texas Lt. Gov Dan Patrick offers up to $1 million for information on 'voter fraud'" by Chuck Lindell.

Article: "Michigan judge: Claim of poll worker fraud in Trump lawsuit is 'vague hearsay'" by 13news.

Article: "Trump supporter whines in affidavit she was called 'Karen' by poll watcher - and it was 'voter intimidation'" by Sarah K. Burris.

Tweet: "The crisis at the top of the Pentagon is just beginning - (DANGER. We are watching a slow moving Trump coup to defy the Biden election and refuse to leave office by diktat. Believe your eyes. This will be a test of our institutions.)" by Barry R McCaffrey.

Article: "Barry McCaffrey" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Why this retired general says Trump loyalists want to stage a coup: 'Crazy thing going on inside that White House'" by Sarah Toce.

Article: "Proud Boys Infighting Sees Leading Member Form Breakaway Group to Fight 'White Genocide'" by Ewan Palmer.

Article: "On the Gender Factor in Stuttering" by Ehud Yairi.

Article: "Pompeo Promises 'A Smooth Transition To A Second Trump Administration'" by Bill Chappell.

Article: "Mark Cuban: Give $1,000 stimulus check every 2 weeks for 2 months to help American families" by Alison Medley.

Article: "New Unemployment Claims Dip, but Economic Pain Persists" by Patricia Cohen and Gillian Friedman.

Article: "COVID 'stimulus' less than stimulating" by Ted Cox.

Hour Three: Will the GOP Embrace or Throw Out the Trump Cultists?
- Psychoanalyst Dr. Justin Frank MD, Psychoanalyst & Clinical Professor, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - George Washington University / Author - Trump on the Couch (Previous books include Bush on the Couch & Obama on the Couch)

Article: "Nxivm's Leader Is Guilty of Ugly Crimes. These Die-Hards Stand by Him." by Nicole Hong.

Article: "Jim Jones" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Debate: Trump Lies, Exaggerates, Calls Himself 'Least Racist Person'" by Trudy Ring.

Instagram: futuredebris.

Law: "Federal Records Act", 1950.

Article: "Trump still uses his personal cell phone despite warnings and increased call scrutiny" by Kaitlan Collins, Maegan Vazquez and Zachary Cohen.

Article: "Georgia runoff elections will determine control of US Senate: How we got here" by Josh Peter.

Article: "Jon Ossoff" by Wikipedia.

Site: Jon Ossoff for Senate.

Article: "Ad For Georgia Senate Hopeful Jon Ossoff Touts John Lewis' Backing" by Jon Ossoff.

Article: "Raphael Warnock" by Wikipedia.

Site: Warnock for Georgia.

Site: Mobilize.

Article: "How to stream Peacock" by Chaim Gartenberg.

Article: "Stacey Abrams Helps Raise $6 Million For Historic Georgia Senate Runoff Election" by Jon Greig.

Site: Fair Fight.

Article: "Democratic Party of Georgia Events".

Article: "Trump forces out senior cybersecurity official in charge of stamping out election misinformation" by Graeme Massie.

Article: "Trump CFO's Family Tax Records Reviewed by New York Authorities" by Caleb Melby.

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