Almost a year later, the wounds of the Democratic 2016 primary are still very, very raw.

But 21 people now have a chance to change that - and make the Democratic Party more accountable in the process.

Yesterday, DNC Chair Tom Perez revealed the final list of members appointed to serve on the Democratic Unity Reform Commission.

9 of of the Commission's members were chosen by the Clinton campaign, 7 were chosen by Bernie Sanders, and 3 by Tom Perez.

They will have until January 2018 to come up with a joint plan to reform the Democratic Party.

So - will they succeed?

-Thom

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

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Wednesday's Daily Stack 

Hour One: Georgia Election and Issues of the Day
- Congressman Mark Pocan (D-WI, 2nd District)    

Article: "Georgia special election: Ossoff eyes runoff after narrowly missing outright win" by Ben Jacobs.

Article: "Trump pushes 'Buy American, Hire American' policy in Wisconsin" by Jeremy Diamond.

Site: Senator Tammy Baldwin.

Article: "The Devin Nunes/Trump/wiretapping controversy, explained" by Zack Beauchamp.

Article: "As Trump warned North Korea, his 'armada' was headed toward Australia" by Phil Stewart.

Article: "Trump's confusion extends to the 'gentleman' in North Korea" by Steve Benen.

Article: "Trump Reverses Himself On 6 Major Issues In 2 Days" by Ben Walsh , Amanda Terkel.

Article: "Bank of North Dakota" by Wikipedia.

Book, site: "Web of Debt", Ellen Brown.

Article: "Great Lakes Restoration Initiative receives $50 million cut for wall on Mexican border" by Matt Harmon.

Article: "Ontario Power Generation stands by plan to bury nuclear waste near Lake Huron" by John Flesher.

Article: "Canadian agency delays approving nuclear waste site" by Leonard N. Fleming.

Article: "OPG Sets Timeline To Provide New Information On Nuclear Waste Repository Study" by Janice Mackay.

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: "Donald Trump: Without Twitter, I would not be here - FT interview" by Lionel Barber, Demetri Sevastopulo, Gillian Tett.

Site: Indivisible.

Article: "Glenn Grothman, Wisconsin GOP Senator, Fights For A Seven-Day Workweek" by Amanda Terkel.

Article: "John Oliver skewers Glenn Grothman" by Shane Nyman.

Article: "Jeff Sessions, under oath, said he didn't communicate with Russians. A new report says he did." by German Lopez.

Article: "Jeff Sessions recuses himself from Russia inquiry amid calls for resignation" by Lauren Gambino, Spencer Ackerman.

Site: DemocracyOS app.

Article: "Net Party" by Wikipedia.

Site: Countable app.

Article: "Steve Ballmer's USAFacts Uses Smart Design To Make Sense of Government Spending" by Liz Stinson.

Article: "Congresswoman Suzan DelBene to host series of Town Hall meetings to hear from constituents".

Article: "Worried That Voting Machines Could Be Hacked? There's a Bill to Prevent That" by John Nichols.

Hour Two: If You Want to Run America Like the Taliban... What Are Your God's Demands?
- Thom asks guest Matt Walsh, Unholy Trinity: Blocking the Left's Assault on Life Marriage & Gender    

 

Article: "Indiana Gov. Mike Pence signed a law this year that mandated funerals for fetuses" by Emily Crockett.

Site: Congressman Denny Heck.

Article: "The GOP's Stealth War Against Voters" (Crosscheck) by Greg Palast, August 24, 2016.

Site: Rob Quist for Montana.

Article: "Bernie Sanders coming to Montana to campaign for Rob Quist" by David Erickson.

Article: "Supreme court blocks flurry of executions in Arkansas" by Ed Pilkington.

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

Event: April 22: "March for Science".

Article: "The agony of ending a wanted late-term pregnancy: three women speak out" by Natalia Megas.

 

Talk Media News Segment:
- Ellen Ratner, Bureau Chief 

Article: "Chaffetz won't seek re-election" by Justin Duckham.

Article: "Karen Handel" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Paul Ryan announces US is ready to forge a new bilateral trade deal with UK 'as soon as possible'" by Barney Henderson.

Article: "General election campaigning begins as MPs back June poll" (UK) by BBC.

Article: "Aaron Hernandez found dead in his cell" by Regina Holmes.

Article: "Frequent Kirk & Callahan Caller 'rabbit' Suggests Aaron Hernandez Committed Suicide Due To Homosexuality Rumors" by WEEI.

Article: "Police are investigating 3 random killings in Fresno as hate crimes, not terrorism" by TMN.

Tweet: "Dems failed in Kansas and are now failing in Georgia. Great job Karen Handel! It is now Hollywood vs. Georgia on June 20th" by Donald J. Trump

Article: "White House all at sea over claims flotilla was heading to North Korea" by Lauren Gambino, Julian Borger, Matthew Weaver.

Site: "Goats for the old Goat".

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

Hour Three: Conservatives Now Want Sex for Rent?
- Charles Sauer, The Market Institute    

Article: "Sex for rent? It's the logical extension of leaving housing to the market" by Poppy Noor.

Article: "We Talked To A Lawyer About The Fifty Shades Of Grey Sex Contract" by Shane Madej.

Article: "Copyright Clause" (and patents) by Wikipedia.

 

Article: "First Amendment to the United States Constitution"

Article: "Quickening" by Wikipedia.

Article: "4th Amendment". "The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized."

Article: "Bill O'Reilly Is Forced Out at Fox News" by Emily Steel, Michael S. Schmidt.

    

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

 

I'll be talking to Christine Ahn of the Korea Policy Institute about North Korea & Trump's dangerous war rhetoric.

 

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