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Friday, March 03, 2017


Actual last day of fundraising for KPFK



Pitch and Play
12:30-1:30 Alan Watts, "Zen and the Art of Controlled Accidents" Part 3 of 4
All info: http://www.alanwatts.org



MUSIC BREAKS:

Joan Armatrading, ‘Dry Land’ from “Gold” CD

Tracy Chapman, ‘All That You Have is Your Soul’ from “Crossroads” CD

Nancy Griffith, ‘Listen to the Radio’ from “Storms” CD




3-6 The Thom Hartmann Program Rebroadcast



AG Jeff Sessions Double Standard on Perjury?

Article: "Sessions says marijuana should not be sold 'at every corner grocery store'" by Hotakainen.

Article: "Jeff Sessions and the Russia connection: what happened and why does it matter?" by Stephanie Kirchgaessner.

Article: "Jeff Sessions in 1999: 'No One Is Above the Law'" by C-SPAN.

Article: "What Jeff Sessions said about Russia ties during confirmation hearings" by Faith Karimi.

Article: "Republican lawmakers introduce bills to curb protesting in at least 18 states" by Christopher Ingraham.

Article: "Arizona Senate votes to seize assets of those who plan, participate in protests that turn violent" by Howard Fischer.

Article: "Here's Proof Republicans Are Done With Democracy" by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "U.S. military probing more possible civilian deaths in Yemen raid" by Ayesha Rascoe.

Article: "In North Dakota, it could become legal to hit a protester with your car" by Nina Agrawal.

Article: "Pentagon mistakenly posts 10-year-old video to back up Yemen raid" by Jonathan Easley.

Article: "Donald Trump not in Situation Room for 'botched' Yemen raid that killed up to 30 civilians and one US Navy SEAL" by Andrew Buncombe, Jon Sharman.

Article: "Arizona House Speaker declares controversial 'protest' bill dead" by Yvonne Wingett Sanchez and Mary Jo Pitzl.

App: "The Thom Hartmann Program" - for Android.

Article: "Media Fall For Trump's Shameless Act Regarding Failed Yemen Raid" by Matt Gertz.

Article: "As SEALs Fought For Their Lives, Trump's Account Sent And Deleted A TV Tweet" by S.V. Date.

Article: "Watergate scandal" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Sam Ervin" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Church Committee", 1975-6.

Article: "Frank Church" by Wikipedia.

Case: "Buckley v. Valeo", 1976

Article: "Transcript: President Trump's speech to Congress, annotated by Vox staff" (28 Feb 2017) by Vox.



Trump Wants You To Denounce Your Neighbors, Just Like That One Guy... Hitler!

Article: "Trump's Immigrant VOICE Program is Straight Out of Nazi Germany's Playbook" by Susanne Posel.

Book: "The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany" by William L. Shirer.

Article: "F.B.I. Investigating Kansas Shooting of Indian Men as Hate Crime" by Liam Stack.

Article: "Group falsely claims that GOP Sen. Ron Johnson sends 'cease-and-desist' letters to activists" by Tom Kertscher.

Article: "Chuck Schumer calls for Attorney General Jeff Sessions to resign over Russia reports" by Adam Withnall.

Article: "Gerrymandering" by Wikipedia.

Site: Daily Kos

Site: Our Revolution

Site: Indivisible.

Article: "Republicans now dominate state government, with 32 legislatures and 33 governors" by Stephen Wolf.

Video: Bernie Sanders: The United States is an Oligarchy!.

Book: Memoirs by David Rockefeller.

Site: Move to Amend

Site: Public Citizen

Site: Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund(CELDF)



Is Trump's $1 Trillion Infrastructure Package a Scam?
- Edward Wytkind, Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO/USDOT Advisory Committee on Transportation Automation

Law: "Davis-Bacon Act", 1931.

Site: Department of Justice.

Article: "Fairness Doctrine" by Wikipedia.

Law: "Sherman Antitrust Act", 1890.

Article: "Michael Milken" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Mergers and acquisitions" by Wikipedia.

Video: Greed Is Good by Gordon Gekko in Wall Street.

Article: "Trump administration halts California's plans for high-speed rail and infrastructure improvements" by Walter Einenkel.

Article: "Shanghai Maglev Train" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Oroville Dam is just part of California's crumbling infrastructure" by Paul Thornton.

Article: "Photos: Highway 1 bridge in Big Sur closes indefinitely." by Nic Coury.

Article: "Big Sur Continues To Cope With Closure Of Pfeiffer Canyon Bridge" by Devin Fehely.



Talk Media News Segment:
- Victoria Jones

Article: "Trump says he has 'total' confidence in Sessions" by TMN.

Article: "Ryan: Sessions recusal not necessary unless he is target of DOJ probe" by Bryan Renbaum.

Article: "Schumer calls for Sessions' resignation, appointing a special prosecutor" by TMN.

Article: "White House blames 'partisan Democrats' for Session controversy" by TMN.

Article: "Sessions under fire: Democrats call for his resignation after reports he met with Russian Ambassador" by Bryan Renbaum.

Article: "U.S. court rejects bid to overturn NYC law on sale of dogs, cats" by Jonathan Stempel.

Article: "New Obamacare replacement bill is being hidden in a basement, out of view of public, and even this GOP senator can't see it" by Dan Mangan, Bertha Coombs.

Article: "Conservative Groups Cheer On Revolt Against GOP Draft O'Care Replacement" by Tierney Sneed.

Article: "Touring Warship, Trump Pushes Plan to Expand Military" by Michael D. Shear.

Site: "Goats for the old Goat".



Trump's Bait & Switch Trade Plans
- Lori Wallach, Public Citizen's Global Trade Watch

Article: "Bait & Switch: Trump Trade Plans to "Bring American Jobs Back" as Promised in Campaign Notably MIA in Speech" by Lori Wallach.

Article: "Donald Trump's Contract with the American Voter" by Donald J. Trump.

Article: "China's chances of being called a 'currency manipulator' appear to have just dropped" by .

Article: "US-China Bilateral Investment Treaty" (BIT) by US-China Business Council.

Article: "Trump appoints China critic Peter Navarro to trade post" by BBC.

Article: "Our Donald Trump-inspired tribalism, in 3 remarkable charts" by Aaron Blake.

Book: "Rebooting the American Dream: 11 Ways to Rebuild Our Country" by Thom Hartmann (read online)

Book: "Rebooting the American Dream: 11 Ways to Rebuild Our Country" by Thom Hartmann

Article: "North American Free Trade Agreement" (NAFTA) by Wikipedia

Article: "Schumer to Trump: Get your own 'act together' before blaming Dems" by Jordain Carney.



Help for the Trump Stressed
- Filmmaker Louie Schwartzberg, Gratitude

Site: Moving Art.



Article: "Ms. DeVos's Fake History About School Choice" by NY Times.

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

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

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

Article: "Trump's EPA chief let an oil company edit his emails" by VICE News.

Article: "Ryan Zinke, Tell Us How You Really Feel About Public Lands (Like, Really)" by Jeff Turrentine.

Article: "James G. Watt" by Wikipedia.

Article: "William Bennett" by Wikipedia.

Documentary: Waiting for "Superman".

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

Book: The Death of the West: How Dying Populations and Immigrant Invasions Imperil Our Country and Civilization by Patrick J. Buchanan.



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The Big Picture: Trump Proves How Easy the Press Is Manipulated

Big Picture Panel: Jeff Sessions...In Deep Trouble
- Sam Sacks, The District Sentinel
- Rob Mariani, The Daily Caller

Big Picture Interview: Trumps Golf Courses To Benefit From Water Rule Rollback
- Anna Aurilio, Environment America

Big Picture Fact: Mass Extinction Will Happen At The End Of 21st Century

VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/user/TheBigPictureRT


Thom's Website: http://www.thomhartmann.com