For now, at least, Speaker of the House Paul Ryan and President Donald Trump are on the same page when it comes to passing the Republicans' god-awful tax-cut-for-the-rich disguised as a healthcare plan.

But the peace treaty between the Speaker and the President won't last forever - especially if the Breitbart bubble keeps on growing.

Just as Donald Trump and Paul Ryan have united behind the Republican Party's healthcare plan, Breitbart News is trying to blow the whole thing up.

Yesterday, Breitbart released audio of the Speaker trashing Trump in an October conference call that came right after video emerged of Trump bragging about sexual assault.

"I obviously stand by that statement. His comments are not anywhere in keeping with our party's principals and values. There are basically two things that I want to make really clear. As for myself as your speaker, I am not going to defend Donald Trump. Not now, not in the future."

So, it seems like Breitbart is trying to break apart the alliance that's formed between Donald Trump and Paul Ryan over healthcare. Will it work?

-Thom

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Article: "Why Robert Shiller Is Worried About the Trump Rally" by Jason Clenfield and Adam Haigh.

Article: "Trump to nominate Goldman Sachs' Donovan as deputy Treasury secretary" by Eric Beech.

Article: "Student loan defaults jumped by nearly 20% last year" by Sarah Skidmore Sell.

Event: March 15: DC EPA HQ: "Emergency Rally: Defend Climate and EPA from Trump's Attacks".

Video: .@RepJaredPolis TY , clean air clean water are vital to our existence.

Video: .@RepDonBeyer: "We have to stand up for the EPA and science. The EPA is already great." #DefendClimate.

Video: CPC Vi ce-Chair @JacksonLeeTX18 calling out @realDonaldTrump's attacks on EPA workers..

Video: [Pruit in the EPA] is not like the fox in the hen house, it is much worse & we have to stand up in every way we possibly can -@RepDonBeyer.

Article: "How the fiduciary rule works" by Sharon Epperson.

Law: "Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act", 2010.

Article: "Trump officials seek to delay Obama rule on investment advisers" by Tim Devaney And Megan R. Wilson.

Article: "Don't Let Wall Street Drain Our Retirement Accounts" by AFL-CIO.

Article: "WATCH: U.S. charges Russian officials, hackers in mass Yahoo breach" by AP.

Bill: "H.R.676 - Expanded & Improved Medicare For All Act" by John Conyers.

Article: "Junior Achievement" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Trump to reopen review of US fuel efficiency standards" by Ed Crooks.

Crazy Alert: "Vibrator Maker To Pay Millions Over Claims It Secretly Tracked Use" by Camila Domonoske.

Article: "How SCOTUS Campaign Finance Rulings 'Distorted' US Democracy" by Lauren McCauley.

Article: "Whose Voice, Whose Choice? The Distorting Influence Of The Political Donor Class In Our Big-money Elections" by Sean McElwee.

Case: "Buckley v. Valeo", 1976

Case: "Colorado Republican Federal Campaign Committee v. Federal Election Commission".

Case: "Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission" (2010)

Article: "Ides of March" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Bernie Sanders Unveils Plan to Flip Red States as He Travels Through Trump's America" by Alexandra Rosenmann.

Speech: "Great Society" by Wikipedia.

Article: "New Deal" by Wikipedia.

Speech: "New Nationalism Speech" by Theodore Roosevelt, August 31, 1910 (square deal).

Quote: "Given the choice between a Republican and someone who acts like a Republican, people will vote for the real Republican all the time" - Harry S. Truman.

Article: "House passes bill to curb class-action lawsuits" by Lydia Wheeler.

Article: "Proposed Law Could Be a New Attack on Civil Rights" by Chris Sagers and Joshua P. Davis.

Article: "How Is Obamacare Paid For?" by Time.

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: "Republicans Already Started Defunding Obamacare Long Before Trump Came into Office" by Thom Hartmann.

Hour Two: Is Trump Trying To Kill Electric Cars?
- Charles Sauer, The Market Institute    

Article: "Trump to reopen review of US fuel efficiency standards" by Ed Crooks.

Article: "Caral" by Wikipedia.

Article: "The invisible hazard afflicting thousands of schools" by Jamie Smith Hopkins.

 

Article: "Kellyanne Conway: We Can be Watched by 'Microwaves That Turn Into Cameras'" by Bryan Menegus.

Article: "Bernie Sanders: Trump Should Avoid a Bad Zika Deal" by Bernie Sanders.

Quote: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. - That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed" Declaration of Independence".

Articles: On the Principles of Political Economy and Taxation by David Ricardo ("On labor" 1814, "On profits" 1816, "of wages").

Law: "Buy American Act", 1933.

Video: Senator Jeff Merkley on Trump's "Buy American" Rhetoric.

Video: Could You Sue for Damage from Fracking Earthquakes? (w/Guest Dr. Anthony Ingraffea).

Article: "Induced Earthquakes" by USGS.

Article: "'Ides of Trump' Action Aims to Send More Mail Than White House Can Ignore" by Nadia Prupis.

 

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Article: "Trump world takes victory lap after tax records released" by Justin Duckham.

Article: "Did Donald Trump leak his own tax return?" by Z. Byron Wolf and Josiah Ryan.

Article: "Trump announces new rules for auto fuel economy and emissions" by TMN.

Article: "Why Attacking California's Clean Car Program Is a Loser" by Simon Mui, David Pettit.

Article: "FBI Director Comey to brief top senators on Russia Wednesday" by Jordain Carney.

Article: "Nunes: No evidence that Obama wiretapped Trump Tower" by Bryan Renbaum.

Article: "Justice Department charges Russian agents and hackers with Yahoo breach" by TMN.

Video: Cancer Survivors Network TV Commercial, 'Message to President Trump'.

Article: "No Paul Ryan, Planned Parenthood Can Never Be Replaced By Federal Community Health Centers" by Maya Parthasarathy.

Article: "Group of 17 Republicans sign US House resolution to fight climate change" by Reuters.

Article: "FBI Investigation of Georgia Election Systems Breach Necessitates Use of Paper Ballots for Upcoming Congressional Special Election" by Common Cause.

Site: "Goats for the old Goat".

Hour Three: Surprise... Poverty & Inequality Are Getting Worse Under Trump
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Article: "Trump budget would slice domestic programs, foreign aid" by Roberta Rampton and Richard Cowan.

Article: "As Many as 24 Million People Could Lose Their Health Care Coverage If GOP Gets Away with Repealing Obamacare" by Steven Rosenfeld.

Article: "Trump's hiring freeze hurts young veterans, who were already having trouble getting jobs" by Contessa Brewer.

Article: "Read President Trump's full, blistering inaugural speech, attacking Washington, promising 'America first'" by Rachel Cao.

Quote: "I don't want to abolish government. I simply want to reduce it to the size where I can drag it into the bathroom and drown it in the bathtub" by Grover Norquist.

Article: "Richest 20 Americans Own More Wealth Than The Entire Bottom Half Of The Country: Report" by Cole Stangler.

Article: "The GOP's Plan Is Basically a $600 Billion Tax Cut for Rich Americans" by Mar 7, 2017.

 

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Twitter: "Colorado Dems".

Article: "Cory Gardner" by Wikipedia.

Article: "GOP lawmaker: 'We can't restore our civilization with somebody else's babies'" by Paulina Firozi.

Article: "Schengen" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Polish Plumber" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986" (Reagan amnesty)

Article: "Geert Wilders" by Wikipedia.

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

Article: "Yellen: Strong economy warrants gradual interest rate increase" by Bryan Renbaum.

Article: "Iron law of wages" by Wikipedia.

Bill: "H.R.676 - Expanded & Improved Medicare For All Act" by John Conyers.

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Article: "Right-Wing Billionaires Have a Project to Rewrite Our Constitution, and They Are Shockingly Close to Pulling It Off" by Thom Hartmann.

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