As the standoff heats up between Donald Trump and the Freedom Caucus - is the Republican Party on the verge of all-out civil war?

And if so - who'll come out on top: Trump and his red hat-wearing army or the Koch brothers and their million dollar mercenaries in Congress?

Donald Trump has now set his 140-character bulls eye on the House Freedom Caucus.

The Freedom Caucus will hurt the entire Republican agenda if they don't get on the team, & fast. We must fight them, & Dems, in 2018!

This morning - he told his 27.2 million Twitter followers that "The Freedom Caucus will hurt the entire Republican agenda if they don't get on the team, & fast."

Trump then twisted in the knife by saying that "We must fight them [i.e the Freedom Caucus] & Dems, in 2018!"

So if Trump goes to war with the Kochs/Freedom Caucus, who wins? Who has more power?

-Thom

(What do you think? Tell us here.)

Tonight on The Big Picture on RT TV at 7pm and 10:30pm... Are Mike Pence's Dining Habits Weird or Sexist? (check your local listings for stations or stream at RT or Free Speech TV, and catch past shows on Youtube)

Friday's Daily Stack 

Article: "10th Amendment" "The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people"

Article: "Commerce Clause" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Three Cheers for Sanctuary Cities" by Erick Erickson.

Article: "Heartless In The Heartland" by Mitchell Hirsch.

Article: "Michael Flynn Offers to Testify Before Congress in Exchange for Immunity" by Mark Mazzetti and Matthew Rosenberg.

Article: "2 White House Officials Helped Give Nunes Intelligence Reports" by Matthew Rosenberg, Maggie Haberman and Adam Goldman.

Article: "How the Freedom Caucus Is Undermining the G.O.P." by Adam Kinzinger.

Article: "Senate overturns rules to help cities offer retirement plans to workers" by Tom Anderson.

Article: "Republican success opens door to amending U.S. Constitution".

Article: "Murkowski splits with party on Planned Parenthood vote, forces Pence tiebreaker" by Erica Martinson.

Article: "Hyde Amendment" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Pence's unwillingness to be alone with a woman is a symptom of a bigger problem" by Paul Waldman.

Article: "GOP hardliners demand maternity benefits be nixed from healthcare bill" by Molly Redden.

Article: "Regressive" by Merriam-Webster.

Article: "Reactionary" by Merriam-Webster.

Article: "Works Progress Administration" (WPA) by Wikipedia.

Article: "Civilian Conservation Corps" (CCC) by Wikipedia.

Act: "National Labor Relations Act" (The Wagner Act), 1935.

Article: "The Honeymooners" by Wikipedia.

Law: "Glass-Steagall Act", 1933.

Video: "New Covenant speech", October 23, 1991 by Bill Clinton.

Article: "New Deal" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Senate Narrowly Passes Rollback of Obama-Era 'Auto-I.R.A.' Rule" by Noah Weiland.

Article: "Is the Trump White House Spying on the FBI?" by Barton Gellman.

Article: "Yes, Democrats should filibuster Gorsuch. His record shows why." by James Downie.

Article: "First Amendment to the United States Constitution"

Site: The Convention of States (COS) Project.

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

Article: "What Do the Koch Brothers Want?" (1980 Libertarian Party platform) by Sen. Bernie Sanders.

Article: "The 265 members of Congress who sold you out to ISPs, and how much it cost to buy them" by T.C. Sottek.

Video: Bulworth (1998) - Movie.

Article: "Reagan administration scandals" by Wikipedia.

Event: April 20th, 7-9, Phoenix, AZ: "Jeff Flake Town Hall" by Indivisible PHX.

Facebook: "Indivisible PHX".

Gofundme: "Jeff Flake Town Hall".

Article: "Expanded Version of Single-Payer Health Care Bill Reveals What Law Could Bring to California" by Jason Ruiz.

 

Talk Media News Segment:
- Luke Vargas 

Article: "Trump to seek tariff 'snap-back', tax equality in NAFTA revamp: letter" by David Lawder.

Article: "Trump orders investigation of countries with trade deficit with US, India on the list" by Yashwant Raj.

Article: "U.S. to probe why it has trade deficit with countries like Canada" by CBC.

Article: "UN experts raise alert over 'alarming' US state bills".

Article: "Stand Your Ground Laws, Homicides, and Injuries" by Chandler B. McClellan, Erdal Tekin.

Site: "Goats for the old Goat".

Book: Loving What You Do: The Elements of a Great Working Life by Ellen Ratner.

Article: "Trump And Marijuana: Justice Department Contacts Colorado Officials About Cannabis Cases" by David Sirota.

Site: Free Speech TV

Video: Mark Taylor-Canfield.

Article: "Alexa and the Dawn of So-What Surveillance" by Kelton Sears.

Article: "WATCH: Woman Asks Amazon Echo, 'Alexa, Are You Connected to the CIA?'" by S.J. Prince.

Article: "Beto O'Rourke to take on Ted Cruz in 2018" by Bill Lambrecht and Kevin Diaz.

Article: "Can a Sanders Democrat Win the New Jersey Governor's Race? John Wisniewski is fighting Wall Street money and the party machine." by Bob Dreyfuss and Barbara Dreyfuss.

Article: "John Wisniewski" by Wikipedia.

Article: "There goes the neighborhood: Obamas, Ivanka Trump, Jeff Bezos moving in" by Paul Schwartzman.

Article: "FAQ: Radiation from Fukushima" by Ken Buesseler.

Movie: "Gangs of New York".

Article: "William M. Tweed" ("Boss Tweed") by Wikipedia.

Speech: "Great Society" by Wikipedia.

Article: "New Deal" by Wikipedia.

Article: "President Trump declares National Vietnam War Veterans Day in new law" by WTKR.

Article: "California celebrates Cesar Chavez Day" by Carlos Saucedo.

Article: "Perez asks DNC staffers to resign" by Bryan Renbaum.

Article: "Children's climate lawsuit to Donald Trump: See you in court" by Natasha Geiling.

Book: Storms of My Grandchildren: The Truth About the Coming Climate Catastrophe and Our Last Chance to Save Humanity by James Hansen.

Facebook: "I Spy with my Public Eye".

Site: Rob Quist for Montana.

Site: Congress.gov.

Bill: "H.R.1718 - ObamaCare Repeal Act" by Rep. Brooks, Mo [R-AL-5].

Article: "GOP Health Care Bill Will Result In A Huge Tax Cut For The Rich, 24 Million Without Insurance" by Tony Nitti.

Article: "The Christian Worldview of Mike Pence" by Max Perry Mueller.

Article: "Donald Trump is the poster child of sleep deprivation: Arianna Huffington" by Sam Meredith, Tania Bryer.

Article: "Gov. Bentley Impeachment Investigation Hearings Tentatively Set For Early April" by WKRG.

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

 

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