Win or lose - Monday night was a great night for Bernie Sanders and his supporters.

Bernie pointed out in his speech Monday night that the people of Iowa sent a profound message to the rest of the country by turning out in droves to support Bernie's vision for a "political revolution."

He's right - the people of Iowa have sent a profound message to the political and media establishment in this country.

So how did Bernie Sanders go from polling at around 5% in Iowa when he announced his candidacy - to only losing because of a series of coin tosses?

It's because people are actually able to hear his message - whether the establishment wants them to or not.

It's because he talks about the issues that impact the people who used to make up the middle class in this country.

And, because it resonates with people who have never participated in an election - people who look at our bought-off politicians and have been disgusted with politics in America.

The truth is, Bernie Sanders wouldn't be neck and neck with Hillary Clinton right now if people were forced to depend on the major corporate news networks. They wouldn't even know who he is except for the fact that he's over 70 years old and a self-described "democratic socialist."

But thanks to the internet and social media - it's probably the first election ever that voters can completely go around the corporate media to learn about the issues that they care about - and where the candidates stand on them.

Seriously, Bernie Sanders received LESS THAN 10 minutes of coverage between CBS Evening News, NBC Nightly News, and ABC World News, COMBINED up until December.

And it hasn't been just a blackout on Bernie: it's a blackout on the issues that American voters care about.

The corporate media refuses to talk about the Transpacific Partnership.

Read more here.

-Thom

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Wednesday's Daily Stack 

Hour One: TPP Being Signed In Secret Too
- Congressman Alan Grayson (D-FL, 9th District)  

Article: "Trade Minister releases TPP signing date".

Site: Trade Treachery.

Article: "Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement" (TPP) by EFF.

Article: "TPP trade deal to be signed in New Zealand on Feb 4" by AFP.

Article: "The Trans-Pacific Partnership will be signed in the world's most isolated big city" by Steve Mollman.

Article: "TPP: A new low" by Richard Trumka.

 

Book: Dark Money: The Hidden History of the Billionaires Behind the Rise of the Radical Right by Jane Mayer

Article: "ALEC Offshoot Takes Aim at Local Government" (American City County Exchange (ACCE)) by Brendan Fischer.

Article: "State Policy Network" by Wikipedia.

Article: "American Legislative Exchange Council" (ALEC) by SourceWatch.

 

Can We Still Stop the TPP?
- Curtis Ellis, Obamatrade.com/    

Law: "Buy American Act", 1933.

Video: Oprah Winfrey Interviews Donald Trump in 1988.

 

Video: Real Time with Bill Maher: Stand With Progressive Muslims (HBO) .

Article: "Chamber of Commerce Lobbyist Tom Donohue: Clinton Will Support TPP After Election" by Robert Naiman.

Site: Take on Wall Street .

Article: "U.S. Federal Individual Income Tax Rates History, 1862-2013 (Nominal and Inflation-Adjusted Brackets)" by Tax Foundation.

Book: The Greatest Generation by Tom Brokaw.

Article: "History of the United States public debt" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Kids' lead levels high in many Michigan cities" by Mike Wilkinson.

Article: "Billionaire Acquires Rubio Pending Physical" by Andy Borowitz.

Article: "Another CTE case, another reason football needs dramatic change" by Ian O'Connor.

Article: "Howard Dean Denies Hillary Did Paid Speeches, Gets Shot Down by MSNBC Producer" by Alex Griswold.

Article: "How Teddy Roosevelt helped save football" by Katie Zezima.

Article: "Obama Visits Mosque In U.S. For First Time During His Presidency" by Camila Domonoske.

Article: "Football-helmet sensor warns of concussion risk via phone app" by Tim Hornyak.

Article: "No helmet sensors for NFL in '15" by Steve Fainaru.

Article: "Board vote could alter health insurance for state workers" (NC) by AP.

Video: Alan Grayson on the GOP Health Care Plan: "Don't Get Sick! And if You Do Get Sick, Die Quickly!"'.

 

Talk Media News Segment:
- Ellen Ratner, Bureau Chief 

Article: "In first visit to U.S. mosque, Obama says all Americans must fight Islamophobia" by TMN.

Article: "Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement" (TPP) by EFF.

Article: "Fast track (trade) (TPA)" by Wikipedia.

Site: Flush the TPP!.

Article: "Women stand to gain from the Trans-Pacific Partnership" by Wendy Cutler.

Article: "NASA Picks Tiny Satellites to Ride on Giant Rocket's First Flight" by Sarah Lewin.

Article: "Trump calls for 'new election' after 'fraud' Cruz win in Iowa" by Nick Salazar.

Article: "Worst political excuse ever? Fourth-placed Ben Carson flees Iowa for Florida before the results are in - claiming he needs to pick up fresh CLOTHES" by Chris Spargo.

Article: "Rand Paul drops out of 2016 race" by Nick Salazar.

Article: "UN chief urges North Korea to scrap rocket launch" by AFP.

Article: "Cummings Says Moral Obligation to Investigate Flint Water Crisis" by FedNet.

Article: "Arrest Governor Snyder" by Michael Moore.

Site: "Goats for the old Goat".

Site: Governor Free Don Siegelman.

Article: "Bernie Sanders receives Secret Service protection" by Nancy Cordes.

Twitter: "#CodenameBernie".

Article: "Stealing the Economy in 6 Easy Steps" by Take On Wall Street.

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: "Selective Service Director: Women may soon sign up for draft" by TMN.

Article: "Prison Civics With Governor Don Siegelman" by Don Siegelman.

Article: "CPC Co-Chairs Letter to Chair of House Committee on Government Reform Chaffetz" ( call Michigan Governor Rick Snyder to testify about Flint water) by Reps. Raśl M. Grijalva (D-AZ) and Keith Ellison (D-MN).

Article: "Ted Cruz Just Won The Iowa Caucus. This Is His Radical Agenda For America" by Aviva Shen & Kira Lerner.

Article: ""Chris Matthews To Hillary Clinton: How Can You Compete With A Revolution?"".

Article: "Bernie Sanders Storms Morning Joe And Shows What Real Revolution Looks Like" by Jason Easley.

Article: "This Video Explains Why Government Doesn't Listen to You" by Jasper McChesne.

Article: "Report: Santorum to drop out, endorse candidate" by Nick Salazar.

Book: "Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln" by Doris Kearns Goodwin.

 

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