After Donald Trump sent a series of tweets Saturday morning accusing former President Obama of - as he put it - "having his wires tapped" - most Americans were left dumbfounded.

"Terrible! Just found out that Obama had my "wires tapped" in Trump Tower just before the victory. Nothing found. This is McCarthyism!"

"Is it legal for a sitting President to be "wire tapping" a race for president prior to an election? Turned down by court earlier. A NEW LOW!"

"How low has President Obama gone to tapp my phones during the very sacred election process. This is Nixon/Watergate. Bad (or sick) guy!"

Trump's explosive allegations came virtually out of nowhere - and - to make things even more confusing, they were quickly rejected by former inteligence officials AND FBI director James Comey - a lifelong Republican who's not exactly known as a leader of the anti-Trump resistance.

Trump apparently got the idea from Breitbart and right-wing hate radio.

Seriously - I'm not kidding.

According to the Washington Post's Robert Costa, a Breitbart article, recycling paranoia from right-wing talk radio host Mark Levin, asserted a massive conspiracy against President Trump.

That fake news story was making the rounds in the White House just before Saturday morning's Twitter freakout.

We are officially through the looking glass and living in crazyland.

-Thom

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Tuesday's Daily Stack 

Article: "House Republicans reveal bill to repeal and replace Obama's healthcare law" by Jessica Glenza, Ben Jacobs.

Article: "Trump backs House Republican healthcare plan, aims to cut drug prices" by Susan Heavey.

Article: "iPhone or health care? GOP rep says that may be your dilemma" by Alfred Ng.

Article: "Trump incorrectly blames Obama for release of 122 'vicious' Gitmo detainees" by Mallory Shelbourne.

Tweet: "Terrible! Just found out that Obama had my "wires tapped" in Trump Tower just before the victory. Nothing found. This is McCarthyism!" by Donald J Trump.

Tweet: "Is it legal for a sitting President to be "wire tapping" a race for president prior to an election? Turned down by court earlier. A NEW LOW!" by Donald J Trump.

Tweet: "How low has President Obama gone to tapp my phones during the very sacred election process. This is Nixon/Watergate. Bad (or sick) guy!" by Donald J Trump.

Article: "Mark Levin to Congress: Investigate Obama's 'Silent Coup' vs. Trump" by Joel B. Pollak.

Article: "Comey Asks Justice Dept. to Reject Trump's Wiretapping Claim" by Michael S. Schmidt, Michael D. Shear.

Article: "Fox News Viewers Uninformed, NPR Listeners Not, Poll Suggests" by Kenneth Rapoza.

Article: "Law prof. Lawrence Tribe: Falsely accusing Obama of wiretapping 'qualifies as an impeachable offense'" by David Edwards.

Documentary: The Brainwashing Of My Dad.

Article: "Rand Paul: GOP healthcare plan won't pass" by Mallory Shelbourne.

Article: "Jason Chaffetz: Poor People Should Stop Buying iPhones If They Need Money For Health Care" by Hayley Miller.

Article: "What It Really Means To 'Defund' Planned Parenthood" by Laura Bassett.

Article: "4 GOP senators just threw a wrench in the Republican plan to repeal Obamacare before it was even released" by Bob Bryan.

Tweet: "Don't worry, getting rid of state lines, which will promote competition, will be in phase 2 & 3 of healthcare rollout. @foxandfriends" by Donald J Trump.

Article: "New study finds 45,000 deaths annually linked to lack of health coverage" by David Cecere, September 17, 2009.

Article: "Repealing Obamacare could lead to a massive windfall for America's super-wealthy" by Eric Pianin.

Hour Two: GOP Has Released the ObamaCare Replacement - Ouch!
- Neil McCabe, Breitbart News    

Site: Matthew McLaughlin.

Article: "Marco Rubio Quietly Undermines Affordable Care Act" by Robert Pear.

Article: "Explaining 'Risk Corridors,' The Next Obamacare Issue" by Louise Radnofsky and Jennifer Corbett Dooren, Jan 22, 2014.

Article: "'Medicare for All' Only Way for Trump to Keep Healthcare Promises" by Deirdre Fulton.

 

Article: "Selling Health Insurance Across State Lines Won't Save Money" by Peter R. Orszag.

Article: "Republicans Just Made It Easier For Companies To Exploit Workers" by Dave Jamieson.

Article: "How Much Health Care Can You Buy For The Price Of An iPhone? This Much" by Adam Weinstein.

Article: "Preamble to the Constitution of the United States".

Article: "The Universal Declaration of Human Rights" by United Nations. "Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of himself and of his family, including food, clothing, housing and medical care and necessary social services, and the right to security in the event of unemployment, sickness, disability, widowhood, old age or other lack of livelihood in circumstances beyond his control."

 

Talk Media News Segment:
- Patrick Gavin 

Article: "Obamacare replacement bill is a revised version of the current law" by Bryan Renbaum .

Article: "Hoyer: Obamacare replacement bill would strip millions of their insurance" by Bryan Renbaum.

Article: "Americans have to choose between new iPhone or health care: Chaffetz" by TMN.

Article: "Spicer mum on source for wiretap claims" by TMN.

Site: Donald Trump Betting Odds.

Site: "Goats for the old Goat".

Hour Three: Earth Day Encourages Support for Science
- Kathleen Rogers, Earth Day Network/March For Science  

Article: "United States Environmental Protection Agency" by Wikipedia.

Article: "LA Smog: the battle against air pollution" by Sarah Gardner.

Article: "Cuyahoga River Fire" by Michael Rotman.

Book: "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson.

Article: "Superfund" by Wikipedia.

Article: "The White House copied and pasted a paragraph from an ExxonMobil press release into a Trump statement" by Zo� Schlanger.

Article: "Flint water crisis" by Wikipedia.

Event: "April 22 is Earth Day".

Article: "In ancient China doctors were paid when their patients were kept well, not when they were sick" by Peter Vidani.

 

Article: "Trump has not spoken to FBI director about wiretapping claims, Spicer says" by Meghan Keneally.

Article: "Trump claims credit for ExxonMobil investment plan launched four years ago" by Chris Mooney and Steven Mufson.

Case: "Buckley v. Valeo", 1976

Article: "Donald Trump's magic formula for creating jobs is the same as it is for everything else-lie" by Mark Sumner.

Article: "Detroit's election woes: 782 more votes than voters" by John Wisely and JC Reindl.

Article: "Roe v. Wade" by History Channel.

Article: "The Powell Memo or Powell Manifesto".

Article: "For quality, it's hard to top veterans' health care" by Kristen Gerencher, June 2, 2010.

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