In the week-and-a-half since election day, there's been a lot of talk about where Democrats need to go next.

Hillary Clinton's loss to Donald Trump was probably the most crushing defeat in Democratic Party history - and a lot of progressives think that they now need to resist the incoming administration at all costs.

Think of this as the liberal version of the Caucus Room Conspiracy - the plan Republicans hatched the night President Obama was inaugurated in which they pledged to block everything the president wanted to do - even the things that they otherwise would have agreed with - to make him, as Mitch McConnell later affirmed, "a one-term president".

There's a lot to be said for a waging this kind of non-stop insurgency against a President Trump - but it's apparently not what Senate Democrats have in mind for the next four years.

They actually want to cooperate with the President-Elect.

Seriously - I'm not kidding!

As the New York Times reports, "On infrastructure spending, child tax credits, paid maternity leave and dismantling trade agreements, Democrats are looking for ways they can work with Mr. Trump and force Republican leaders to choose between their new president and their small-government, free-market principles."

And that's not all - "Democrats in coming weeks [also] plan to announce populist economic and ethics initiatives they think Mr. Trump might like."

Since Democrats also say they're going to oppose all the awful parts of Trump's agenda like his mass deportation plan and his giant tax cuts for the rich, their call for cooperation is clearly a ploy to call the President-Elect's bluff.

"You say you care about American workers, Mr. Trump? Let's see you put your money where your flapping Orange mouth is!"

Makes sense to me.

-Thom

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Tonight on The Big Picture on RT TV at 7pm and 10:30pm... Trump's Secret Weapon... (check your local listings for stations or stream at RT or Free Speech TV, and catch past shows on Youtube)

Friday's Daily Stack 

Hour One: How the NOTA Act Could Revolutionize Voting
- Congressman Alan Grayson (D-FL, 9th District)  

Article: "Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria" by Wikipedia.

Video: U.S. Rep Alan Grayson's Floor Speech on None of the Above Act.

Article: "Alan Grayson Wants 'None Of The Above' On The Presidential Ballot" by Daniel Marans.

Bill: "H.R.6349 - To require that "None of the Above" be provided as an option in general elections for Federal office..." by Rep. Grayson, Alan [D-FL-9] .

Article: "New Pre-Election Poll Suggests Bernie Sanders Could Have Trounced Donald Trump" by Ryan Grim, Daniel Marans.

Article: "None of the above" by Wikipedia.

Article: "20th Amendment "The terms of the President and the Vice President shall end at noon on the 20th day of January, and the terms of Senators and Representatives at noon on the 3d day of January..."

 

Book: Breaking Through Power: It's Easier Than We Think by Ralph Nader.

Book: "Cracking the Code: How to Win Hearts, Change Minds, and Restore America's Original Vision" by Thom Hartmann.

Event: Nov 16-18, 2016, St. Louis, MO: "National Organic Standards Board Meeting".

Article: "Dale Carnegie Course".

Article: "Joe Arpaio's Tent City In Phoenix Will Be Closing This December After 23 Years In Operation" by Jimmy Rustling.

Article: "Internment of Japanese Americans" by Wikipedia.

Site: greatagain.gov - The Presidential Transition.

Book: Kicking Away the Ladder: Development Strategy in Historical Perspective by Ha-Joon Chang.

Article: "Trump election: Who is Michael Flynn, the new national security adviser?" by BBC.

Article: "Obama: Why I won't say 'Islamic terrorism'" by Daniella Diaz.

Video: Gold Star Mom Asks Obama: Why Not Say 'Islamic Terrorism'? 9-28-2016.

Article: "Dylann Roof" by Wikipedia.

Site: Republican Radio / Republicon Radio.

Article: "Shinzo Abe says Japan can have confidence in Donald Trump" by Justin McCurry, Tom Phillips and David Smith. "White House press pool reporters and photographers covering the president-elect were not allowed into the meeting or to take photographs."

Video: Michael Savage Donald Trump FULL Interview October 17 2016 (latest of several).

Article: "The tea party radio network" by Kenneth P. Vogel and Mackenzie Weinger.

Speech: "The Rise and Potential Fall of the Tea Party: the Fundamental Flaw in the Tea Party's Premise and What Democrats Can Do to Exploit It" by Sen. Charles Schumer, January 23, 2014.

Book: The New Media Monopoly: A Completely Revised and Updated Edition With Seven New Chapters 20th ed. by Ben H. Bagdikian.

Article: "The North Pole is an insane 36 degrees warmer than normal as winter descends" by Chris Mooney and Jason Samenow.

Article: "Polar vortex" by Wikipedia.

Video: The Most Disturbing Climate Change-Events We've Seen Yet (with Dr. Charles Miller).

Site/movie: Last Hours

Article: "A major contributor to the Syrian conflict? Climate change" by Vikram Mansharamani.

Article: "Donald Trump Selects Senator Jeff Sessions for Attorney General" by Eric Lichtblau, Maggie Haberman and Ashley Parker.

Article: "Jeff Sessions Was Deemed Too Racist To Be A Federal Judge. He'll Now Be Trump's Attorney General." by Ryan J. Reilly.

Article: "Steve Bannon runs an anti-Semitic website, is a misogynist and will be one of Donald Trump's senior advisers" by Matthew Rozsa.

Article: "Romney and Trump to discuss secretary of state position, NBC source says" by Antonio Jos� Vielma.

Article: "Rudy Giuliani, John Bolton both floated as secretary of state under Trump admin" by Tom McKay.

Site: greatagain.gov - The Presidential Transition.

Article: "Energy Independence" by Donald Trump.

Article: "John E. Sarno" by Wikipedia.

Site: John E. Sarno MD.

Article: "The Politically Incorrect Guide".

Article: "Publisher cancels David Barton book on Jefferson over errors" by Douglas Stanglin.

Article: "Trump son-in-law Kushner reportedly settling Christie score in transition" by Bob Jordan.

Article: "Fort Lee lane closure scandal" (Bridgegate) by Wikipedia.

Article: "Electoral College" by Wikipedia.

 

Talk Media News Segment:
- Bob Ney 

Article: "Mike Pompeo named as next CIA Director" by TMN.

Article: "Trump taps Sessions for Attorney General" by TMN.

Article: "Trump could bring rivals into the fold" by Justin Duckham.

Article: "Facebook, Google, and Twitter urge Trump to support encryption and immigration reform" by Amar Toor.

Article: "Trump's shortlist for the EPA" by Matt Sabas.

Article: "Tim Ryan Announces Bid to Challenge Nancy Pelosi for House Minority Leader" by Siobhan Hughes.

Article: "DoD says March continuing resolution likely, as it prepares 2018 budget review" by Nicole Ogrysko.

Site: "Goats for the old Goat".

Site: Governor Free Don Siegelman 

Book: "Sideswiped: Lessons Learned Courtesy of the Hit Men of Capitol Hill" by Robert Ney.

Article: "Google Scores a Pro-Monopoly Seat on Trump Transition Team" by Gaius Publius.

Article: "United Won't Allow Regular Carry-on Bags with New Low-Price Tickets" by Jeffrey Dastin.

Article: "Charles Lindbergh" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Trump University settlement likely, reports suggest" by TMN.

Article: "Voter Purges Alter U.S. Political Map" by Greg Palast.

Article: "Democracy Now: How they're stealing Ohio Vote machines audit function disabled-and worse" by Greg Palast.

Site: The Best Democracy Money Can Buy.

Video: The Best Democracy Money Can Buy.

DVD: "The Best Democracy Money Can Buy: A Tale of Billionaires & Ballot Bandits" by Greg Palast.

Article: "Kris Kobach, Architect Of Draconian Anti-Immigrant Policies, Joining Trump's Transition Team" ("papers, please") by Miranda Blue.

Petition: "Abolish the Electoral College" by Graham Weaver.

 

Site: 350.org

Site: Black Lives Matter

Site: Color of Change

Site: Common Cause

Site: Democracy for America

Site: Democratic National Committee

Site: Drinking Liberally

Site: Eating Liberally

Site: Green Party US

Site: Greenpeace USA

Site: League of Women Voters

Site: Media Matters for America

Site: MoveOn.org

Site: Move to Amend

Site: Muslims For Progressive Values

Article: "Occupy movement" by Wikipedia

Site: Our Revolution

Site: People For the American Way (PFAW)

Site: Physicians for a National Health Plan (PNHP)

Site: Progressive Change Campaign Committee (PCCC)

Site: Progressive Democrats of America

Site: Screening Liberally

Site: Sierra Club

Site: Washington State Coalition to Amend the Constitution (WAmend)

Site: Wolf PAC

Site: Working America (AFL-CIO)

 

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: "Tyranny of the majority" by Wikipedia.

Book: "Rights of Man" by Thomas Paine.

Article: "U. S. Electoral College: Roles and Responsibilities" (December 19, 2016-Meeting of Electors).

Site: The Convention of States (COS) Project.

 "Constitutional Convention - ALEC is Involved!"
  Posted by jggrieco.

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

Article: "Desiderata" by Wikipedia.

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

 

I'll be talking to Aaron Scherb, Common Cause about how Trump must divest himself of all business holdings.

 

PLUS, Michael Brune of the Sierra Club will explain how the environmental movement can fight back in spite of Trump.

 

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