True Reform – First Edition – Sources and References
Chapter ONE
Chapter TWO
Chapter THREE
Chapter FOUR
Chapter FIVE
Chapter SIX
Chapter SEVEN
Chapter EIGHT
Chapter NINE
Chapter TEN
Chapter ELEVEN
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
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CHAPTER ONE – SITUATION REPORT
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CHAPTER TWO – LARGER ISSUES
‘We’re doomed’: Mayer Hillman on the climate reality no one else will dare mention By Patrick Barkham 26 Apr 2018
Cape Town Isn’t The Only Place That’s Close To Running Out Of Water By Adele Peters — 04.11.18
Crisis on the High Plains: The Loss of America’s Largest Aquifer – the Ogallala Jeremy Frankel · May 17, 2018
U.N. report on climate change carries life-or-death warning
By LAURA KING, LIAM DILLON and SHASHANK BENGALI — Los Angeles Times
Why Catastrophic Climate Change is Probably Inevitable Now — Oct 10, 2018
Lawndale Elementary School District Education Foundation 2014 Newsletter
Manhattan Beach Education Foundation Annual Report & Honor Roll
Citigroup Equity Strategy Report October 15, 2005 pdf
Plutonomy: Buying Luxury, Explaining Global Imbalances
Crisis Without End: The Medical and Ecological Consequences of the Fukushima Nuclear Catastrophe
The Real Reason College Tuition Costs So Much
By PAUL F. CAMPOS — APRIL 4, 2015 SundayReview | Opinion
Apple tax dodge – Bloomberg.com Sept.30 2014 by Jesse Drucker
How Washington Could Make College Tuition Free (Without Spending a Penny More on Education) Mar 8, 2013 by Jordan Weissmann
Federal judge dismisses suit over literacy rights in Detroit The Detroit News June 29, 2018 by Mark Hicks
Robert Reich – https://www.facebook.com/?_rdr
EXCLUSIVE: Hillary Clinton sold out Honduras: Lanny Davis, corporate cash, and the real story about the death of a Latin American democracy — Monday, Jun 8, 2015 by Matthew Pulver
Clinton & the Coup: Amid Protests in Honduras, Ex-President on Hillary’s Role in His 2009 Ouster
CHAPTER THREE – THE RIGHT TO GOOD GOVERNMENT
“Honest services” law pared down — June 24th, 2010 Scotusblog.com by Lyle Dennison
Civil Actions under RICO — Apr 24, 2012 by John J. Tollefsen
Proposition 8 Decision: Key Quotes from Kennedy’s Dissent — June 26, 2013 by Jordan Fraade
STOP THIS FELONS PENSION – Deseret News April 11, 1998
Former Pennsylvania State Senator Robert Mellow Sentenced in Federal Court
Congress to get Obamacare fix: reports MarketWatch — Published: Aug 2, 2013 By MichaelKitchen
CHAPTER FOUR – THE PUBLIC’S RIGHT TO KNOW
‘Dark Money’ in the States: Arizona GOP Blocks Cities From Implementing Transparent Elections
The City That Was Saved by the Internet– Oct 27 2016 — Motherboard — by Jason Koebler
Private Telecoms Get Another Win Over Municipal Broadband in Tennessee
Fortune.com — April 15, 2017 By David Z. Morris
The 21 Laws States Use to Crush Broadband Competition – Motherboard.vice.com — Jan 14 2015
Time Warner Cable’s 97 Percent Profit Margin on High-Speed Internet Service Exposed — DEC. 6, 2017
NDAs and Confidential Settlements Shake State Capitols and City Halls — April 5, 2018
By Katherine Barrett & Richard Greene
CHAPTER FIVE – LIMITATIONS ON EXECUTIVE POWER
Exclusive Book Excerpt: As Unruly Electorate Grew, so Did Elite ‘Deep State’ — RealClearInvestigations.com– June 02, 2017 By Philip Hamburger
Bush Pardons 6 in Iran Affair, Aborting a Weinberger Trial; Prosecutor Assails ‘Cover- December 25, 1992 By DAVID JOHNSTON
THE PARDONS; Independent Counsel’s Statement on the Pardons — Dec. 25, 1992 By REUTERS
In South Korea, Another Former President Lands in Jail – New York Times – April 6, 2018
Former South Korean President Park sentenced to 24 years in prison — CNN Fri April 6, 2018
By Paula Hancocks, Yoonjung Seo and James Griffiths,
South Korea’s presidents make disgraced exits — Fox News November 21, 2016 Associated Press
Wikipedia.org – Signing Statement
CHAPTER SIX – OFFICE OF THE SPECIAL PROSECUTOR
Millionaires’ Club: For First Time, Most Lawmakers are Worth $1 Million-Plus – OpenSecrets.org — January 9, 2014 by Russ Choma
CHAPTER SEVEN – ROTATION FROM POWER
Wikipedia.org — Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States
Wikipedia.org — List of the law schools attended by United States Supreme Court Justices
Wikipedia.org — List of United States Supreme Court Justices by time in office
Wikipedia.org — Lewis F. Powell, Jr.
A Call to Arms for Class War From the Top Down – Counterpunch.org — May 11, 2012 — by Steven Higgs
Overwhelming Majority Support Ending Lifetime Appointments for Supreme Court — ShadowProof.com — May 7, 2014 by Jon Walker
AMorePerfectConsitution.com — by Larry J. Sabato
Supreme Court Justices Earn Quarter-million in Cash on the Side — Jun3 30, 2014 by Reity O’Brien
Wikipedia.org — Alfred A. Knopf
Justices Thomas and Scalia Violate Judicial Ethics By Headlining Right Wing Fundraiser – PoliticsUSA.com — Nov. 16, 2013 by Rmuse
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/08/21/elizabeth-warren-lobbying-crackdown-745261
Warren proposes sweeping crackdown on lobbying — Politico.com — 08/21/2018 By ZACHARY WARMBRODT
Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s new reform bill would ban members of Congress from owning individual stocks — cnbc.com — 21 Aug 2018 by Kevin Breuninger
CHAPTER EIGHT – PUBLIC ELECTION FINANCING
Reuters Poll: Most Americans Think Too Much Money in Politics — NewsMax – 24 May 2012
Poll: Americans are fed up with money in politics — Campaignmoney.org –05/23/2014
by Adam Smith
Americans’ view of Congress: Throw ’em out — CBS News May 21, 2014
By Sarah Dutton, Jennifer De Pinto, Anthony Salvanto and Fred Backus
Poll: Majority wants corporate money out of politics — The Hill.com — October 25, 2012 By Jordy Yager
NakedCapitalism.com — Links — Nov. 5, 2018
Fighting corruption polls off the charts – msmbc.com –12/03/13 — By Zachary Roth
Campaign Finance Institute — Data – Historical Stats
Price of Admission — OpenSecrets.org – stats
U.S. presidential elections – fundraising and spending 1976-2012 – Statista.com
9 Incredible Campaign Money Stats — www. motherjones.com — Nov. 6, 2012—By Andy Kroll
The Crazy Cost of Becoming President, From Lincoln to Obama — motherjones.com — Feb. 20, 2012—By Dave Gibson
Outside Money Drives a Deluge of Political Ads — NewYorkTimes.com –JULY 27, 2014By ASHLEY PARKER
Meet the 51 corporations wining and dining GOP-convention media — MinnPost.com — 08/19/08 By David Brauer |
Spending for House and Senate races — FEC data 5/17/18 — OpenSecrets.org
Blue wave of money propels 2018 election to record-breaking $5.2 billion in spendingOpenSecrets.org — October 29, 2018
Drill, Party, Drill — Republican Convention’s Corporate Sponsors — go.bloomberg.com Aug. 21, 2012 By Jonathan Salant
Struggling Companies and Industries Still Found Funds to Sponsor Political Conventions — OpenSecrets.org —December 10, 2008
Support grows to cut public funding for political conventions – pbs.org/newshour TRANSCRIPT
Wikipedia.org — Commission on Presidential Debates
National Debate Sponsors — debates.orgTop of Form
Bottom of Form
Corporate Sponsorship – opendebates.org
How Presidential Debates Work by Josh Clark
Obama inauguration sponsors spent millions influencing government
Corporate backers poured $160 million into lobbying since 2009 — PublilcIntegrity.org — January 18, 2013 May 19, 2014 By Dave Levinthal
Corporate sponsors underwrite Obama’s inauguration extravaganza – wsws.org — 8 January 2013 By Eric London
Corporate sponsors pay for inauguration parties — USA TODAY By Fredreka Schouten
Wikipedia.org — George W. Bush Second Term as President of the United States
IRS Surrenders, Won’t Check Whether Political Nonprofits Are Breaking The Law
The Huffington Post –07/13/2014 By Ashley Alman
9 Incredible Campaign Money Stats compiled by Andy Koll — motherjones.com – November, 2012
CHAPTER NINE – ELECTION INTEGRITY
New Hampshire State Presidential Primary Is First – Nashua Telegraph
The Economics of the Iowa Caucuses – mint.com 1/3/2012 by Nicholas Pell
Dodd Family Move to Iowa – ABC News
MPAA’s Chris Dodd Earns $2.4 Million Salary The Hollywood Reporter 3/1/2013 by Eriq Gardner
Chris Dodd: ‘No Lobbying’ For Me! The Huffington Post — 08/30/2010 By Arthur Delaney
Economic impact of the Iowa caucuses — BusinessRecord.com — Jan. 11, 2012 by Chelsea Keenan
Wikipedia.org — List of U.S. states and territories by population.
Together We Teach – Population of California Cities
Wikipedia.org — Des Moines, Iowa
Wikipedia.org — Manchester, New Hampshire
Wikipedia.org — Queens, New York
Wikipedia.org — List of United States cities by population
Fraction Magic – Part 6: Execution Capacity – Blackboxvoting.org – June 14, 2016 By Bev Harris
Hackers breach dozens of voting machines brought to conference – TheHill.com- 07/29/17 By Joe Uchill
Maricopa County Cuts Number Of Polling Places From 200 To 60, Chaos Ensues — CrooksandLiars.com 3/23/16 By Karoli Kuns
140,000 Arizona residents weren’t sent voter ID cards, official calls it a ‘little hiccup’ – ThinkProgress.org – April 24, 2018 by Kira Lerner
Officials demand answers after more than 118,000 people were left off L.A. County voter rosters – L.A. Times – Jun 06, 2018 By Emily Alpert Reyes and Dakota Smith
Florida to monitor Broward election chief after judge finds ‘unlawful’ ballot destruction in Wasserman Schultz race –Politico.com — 05/14/2018 By MARC CAPUTO
Protesters, Trucks Appear Outside Broward County Elections Office in Florida – TheEpochTimes.com –November 9, 2018 By Jack Phillips
If you vote by mail in Florida, it’s 10 times more likely that ballot won’t count — Herald/Times Tallahassee Bureau — September 19, 2018By Steve Bousquet
NAACP Says Georgia Is Counting Democratic Votes as Republican – Courthousenews.com – Oct. 26, 2018 by KAYLA GOGGIN
Georgia NAACP files complaints alleging voting machines incorrectly registered votes – USA TODAY — Oct. 23, 2018 by Deborah Barfield Berry
Republicans Try To Steal Georgia Election By Not Providing Power Cords For Voting Machines – PoliticsUSA — Nov. 6, 2018 by Jason Easley
Georgia voters wait hours after county mistakenly installs only three machines at polling site – The Hill.com – 11/06/18 By Aris Folley
700 Wrapped Voting Machines Found In A Georgia Warehouse -hotspotATL – November 7, 2018 by Hot 107.9 Staff Source: Georgia Public Broadcasting / Georgia Public Broadcasting
Photos Show Scores of Uncounted Ballots in Opa-locka Mail Center – Miami New Times – November 9, 2018 by Jerry Iannelli
I’m a former Florida congressman and my vote was rejected over a signature ‘mismatch’ – USA TODAY – Nov. 9, 2018 by Patrick Murphy, Opinion contributor
Local Voters Turned Away Due to Missing Voting Machines in Detroit — msn.com
Michigan General Election: Long Lines, Record Turnouts – Patch.com — Nov 5, 2018 By Jessica Strachan
Election Day Problems Reported Across New York City Polling Stations – TheEpochTimes – November 6, 2018 By Jack Phillips
Election Day off to a rough start in NYC — November 6, 2018 By Lia Eustachewich
Island’s only voting machine breaks, ferry sent to replace it – wsbuzz.com — 11/07/2018
California DMV worker slept 3 hours a day on the job for nearly 4 years – San Francisco Chronicle — July 24, 2018 by Melody Gutierrez
Study Details Thousands of Illegal Voters in ‘Sanctuaries’ – lifezette.com — August 28, 2018 By Brendan Kirby
Noncitizens registered to vote? Put California’s bungled ‘motor voter’ system on hold right away –
— Oct 11, 2018 By The L.A. Times Editorial Board
CBS2 Investigation Uncovers Votes Being Cast From Grave Year After Year — May 23, 2016By David Goldstein
The GOP’s Stealth War Against Voters – Rollingstone.com — August 24, 2016 – By Greg Palast
Federal Judge May Force Georgia to Switch to Paper Ballots – courthousenews.com — Sept. 13, 2018 by KAYLA GOGGIN
670 ballots in a precinct with 276 voters, and other tales from Georgia’s primary – McClathcydc.com
— August 06, 2018 By Christine Condon
Brian Kemp Is Blocking 53K Applicants From Registering To Vote, Most Of Them Black – TalkingPointsMemo.com — October 10, 2018 By Cameron Joseph
Georgia Governor’s Race Is Epic Showdown Over Voting Rights – TalkingPointsMemo.com – October 10, 2018 By Cameron Joseph |
Keeping Jim Crow Alive in Georgia With ‘Exact Match’ – whowhatwhy.org — October 11, 2018 by Harmon Leon
Shuttered Polling Sites Cast Shadow Over Midterm Elections – whowhatwhy.org – September 5, 2018 by Nina Sparling
Supreme Court kills Voting Rights Act federal oversight provision – Los Angeles Times – June 25, 2013 By David G. Savage
Arizona primary election: Voters reporting Valley polling place issues – ABC15.com – Aug 28, 2018
RGJ investigates: Nevada’s voting machine problems were much bigger than first thought – Reno Gazette Journal – Aug. 27, 2018 by James DeHaven,
Voting in New York Is a Predictable Mess – nymag.com – September 8, 2018 — By Adam K. Raymond.
https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2018/09/200pm-water-cooler-9-19-2018.html
Freedom to Cheat with ExpressVote machines – nakedcapitalism.com – Water Cooler — Sept. 19, 2018
Top Voting Machine Vendor Admits It Installed Remote-Access Software on Systems Sold to States – motherboard.vice.com — Jul 17 2018 by Kim Zetter
Boston considers allowing non-U.S. citizens to vote in local elections: report – TheHillcom — 07/09/18 By Aris Folley
CHAPTER TEN – FAIR APPORTIONMENT
Apparently, 32 Percent of Voters aren’t Paying Attention to How Our Elections Work – Shadowproof.com — July 14, 2014 by Jon Walker
Here’s Just How Little Confidence Americans Have In Political Institutions – NPR – January 17, 2018 – by Domenico Montanaro
The First Gerrymander?: Patrick Henry, James Madison, James Monroe, and Virginia’s 1788 Congressional Districting – Project Muse: Early American Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal University of Pennsylvania Press — Volume 9, Number 3, Fall 2011 by Thomas Rogers Hunter
The Public Mapping Project — publicmapping.org
Dr. Michael P. McDonald Associate Professor, George Mason University; non-resident Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution Dr. Micah Altman Senior Research Scientist, Harvard University; non-resident Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution
How Represent Us Saved an Anti-Gerrymandering Act in Michigan – citizentruth.org (Represent.Us, by Josh Silver) 2018 Campaign Dashboard
2018 Election Results — Represent.US 2018 Campaign Dashboard
Ohioans Just Voted to End Gerrymandering – And More States Are Lining Up Behind Them – citizentruth.org- May 10, 2018 (Represent.Us, by Josh Silver)
Breaking: Common Cause, League of Women Voters, and NC Democratic Party Oppose Redrawing North Carolina Congressional Districts for 2018, All But Assuring It Won’t Happen – electionlawblog – August 31, 2018 by Rick Hasen
– Washington Post – Aug 27, 2018 By Robert Barnes
CHAPTER ELEVEN – PARTICIPATORY DEMOCRACY
Wikipedia.org — List of U.S. States and Territories by Population
TheGuardian.com – Voter Registrations U.S. Elections
National Conference of State Legislatures – The Term Limited States – 3/13/2015
Wikipedia.org — Term Limits in the United States
Wikipedia.org — History of Direct Democracy in the United States
Wikipedia.org — Initiatives and Referendums in the United States
The Issue of a National Initiative Process – Initiative and Referendum Institute at the University of Southern California – By Dennis Polhill
What Impact Does Money Have In The Initiative Process? –
Nationwide Voter Registration Numbers Reached 185 Million – Up 42 Million Since 2004 – 11.05.08 – Author: Kim Zetter
CHAPTER TWELVE – EQUAL JUSTICE
Sotomayor’s Book Advances From Knopf Surpass $3 Million – bloomberg.com – June 7, 2013 by
Greg Stohr
Sanders, Sherman Introduce Legislation to Break Up Too Big to Fail Financial Institutions – Sanders.senate.gov — October 3, 2018
Bernie Sanders introduces bill to break up big banks – The Hill.com – 10/03/18 By Sylvan Lane
How Wall Street Occupied America: Why the rich keep getting richer and our democracy is getting poorer – thenation.com — November 2, 2011 By Bill Moyers
How Baby Boomers Broke America – time.com — May 17, 2018 By Steven Brill
High Court Weighs Prosecutors’ Immunity — NPR — November 4, 2009 ROBERT SIEGEL, host with Nine Tottenberg
Omaha men who spent 25 years in prison get $6 million in deal – Omaha Journal Star – Press Oct 15, 2013 By DAVID PITT / The Associated
Why It’s Impossible to Indict a Cop — TheNation.com – November 25, 2014 By Chase Madar
A Chicago cop is accused of framing 51 people for murder. Now, the fight for justice. – Buzzfeed.com — April 4, 2017 by Melissa Segura
Convictions tied to disgraced detective demand closer look – ChicagoReporter.com — October 22, 2015 By Curtis Black
Did Ex-Chicago Detective Frame Multiple Suspects? – bettergov.org — March 6, 2015 By Andrew Schroedter
Huge investigation into one of Chicago’s most notorious cops may never see the light of day – BusinessInsider.com — Oct. 9, 2015 — by Harrison Jacobs
Ex-Chicago detective takes Fifth more than 200 times in wrongful conviction case – ChicagoSunTimes.com — 06/12/2018 by Jon Seidel
Wikipedia.org — Louis N. Scarcella
NYC has shelled out $384M in 5 years to settle NYPD suits – nypost.com — September 4, 2018
By Yoav Gonen, Julia Marsh and Bruce Golding
‘We didn’t ask permission’: behind an explosive NYPD documentary – theguardian.com – 23 Aug 2018 – by Jake Nevins
Judge Drops Death Penalty Option In Mass Murder Case Tainted By Misconduct – huffingtonpost.com -08/18/2017 By Matt Ferner
Ex-Los Angeles Sheriff Lee Baca Is Sentenced to 3 Years in Prison – nytimes.com — May 12, 2017By Matt Stevens
Prosecutors in Florida drop 119 cases involving deputy who is accused of planting evidence
USA Today Network -Tallahassee Democrat –Sept. 25, 2018 by Jeff Burlew,
Innocent People Arrested By Order Of Florida Police Chief — patch.com – Sep 14, 2018 By Paul Scicchitano
Supreme Court shields a police officer from being sued for shooting a woman in her front yard – latimes.com — Apr 02, 2018 By David G. Savage
Open Carry Experiment Exposes Racist Cops – Youtube.com
200th Prisoner Cleared Through DNA Testing – Death Penalty Information Center.org
Innocence: List of Those Freed From Death Row – Death Penalty Information Center.org
CHAPTER THIRTEEN – SANCTITY OF PRIVATE PROPERTY
Wikipedia.org — Kelo v. City of New London
Cops In Texas Seize Millions By ‘Policing for Profit’ – forbes.com – June 5, 2014 by Nick Sibilla
When Did ‘To Serve and Protect’ Become ‘To Seize and Profit”? my.firedoglake.com October 29, 2013 By: Jesse Lava Co-authored by Sarah Solon, communications strategist at the ACLU.
Ken Braun: Civil asset forfeiture abuse takes away right to be presumed innocent – mlive.com — January 15, 2014 By Ken Braun MLive
Policing for Profit: The Abuse of Civil Asset Forfeiture — Institute for Justice – March 2010
By Marian R. Williams, Ph.D., Jefferson E. Holcomb, Ph.D., Tomislav V. Kovandzic, Ph.D.,Scott Bullock
Civil Asset Forfeiture Threat to Property — WATCHDOG WIRE – TEXAS – March 28, 2014 – by Lou Ann Anderson
CIVIL FORFEITURE: A FICTION THAT OFFENDS DUE PROCESS – Regent University Law Review
Latest ACLU Advertisement Targets Asset Forfeiture Laws – aclu.org –April 27, 2001
RICO, The War on Drugs and Asset Forfeiture – axiomamuse.wordpress.com – Sept. 20, 2010 by AxXiom
The Government’s War on Property — Foundation for Economic Education — July 1 1993 by Jarret B. Wollstein
The SALT Deduction Has Always Been Hard to Defend — And to Kill — taxnotes.com — Oct. 9,2017 pgs. 176-179 by Joseph. J. Thornberg
Killing the state and local tax deduction may be unconstitutional. Here’s why – latimes.com – Dec 08, 2017 By Michael Hiltzik
CHAPTER FOURTEEN – THE RIGHT TO PRIVACY
Follow-Up Questions For Facebook, Cambridge Analytica and Trump Campaign on Massive Breach – Justsecurity.org — March 17, 2018 by Justin Hendrix
Cambridge Analytica Ain’t Nuthin: Look Out for i360 and Data Trust GregPalast.com — March 19, 2018 by Greg Palast
Time to cut ties with the digital oligarchs and rewire the web – The Guardian — March 20, 2019 — by Lizzie O’Shea
Big Tech needs to face a Theodore Roosevelt-style trust busting – The Seattle Times — March 17, 2018 by Jon Talon
How Facebook Figures Out Everyone You’ve Ever Met – gizmodo.com — November 9, 2017 by Kashmir Hill
The weird and surprising things I found in the file Facebook has on me – New Zealand Herald — February 28, 2018 by Nick Whigham
What We Really Learned From Mueller’s Indictment Of Russian Trolls Is That Internet Providers Know Everything – Buzzfeed.com – March 1, 2018 — by Thomas Frank
When government, tech firms agree – check the fine print – The Register.com.uk on February 22, 2018 by Ian Thompson
Your Alexa and Fitbit can testify against you in court – cnet.com — April 5, 2018 by Marguerite Reardon
Facebook Is Tracking Me Even Though I’m Not on Facebook – aclu.org — April 5, 2018
By Daniel Kahn Gillmor, Senior Staff Technologist, ACLU Speech, Privacy, and Technology Project
Privacy outrage after Google users discover Chrome’s built-in anti-virus tool is scanning private files on their computers without telling them – Dailymail.com – 4 April 2018 By Tim Collins
A Casino Was Hacked Thanks To The Internet Of Broken Things & A Fish Tank Thermometer
from the somebody-might-want-to-get-on-this dept – techdirt.com — Apr 16th 2018 by Karl Bode
Amazon’s Alexa shuts down when asked about her CIA connection – dailymail.co.uk
The Tech Giants Must Be Stopped – theamericanconservative.com – April 16, 2018 By William A. Nitze
How Europe’s ‘breakthrough’ privacy law takes on Facebook and Google – theguardian.com — 19 Apr 2018 by Olivia Solon
Exclusive: Facebook to put 1.5 billion users out of reach of new EU privacy law – Reuters.com — April 18, 2018 by David Ingram
Facebook and Google hit with $8.8 billion in lawsuits on day one of GDPR – theverge.com – May 25, 2018 By Russell Brandom
‘No Company Is So Important Its Existence Justifies Setting Up a Police State’ – nymag.com — April 18, 2018 By Noah Kulwin
Palantir Knows Everything About You – bloomberg.ccom — April 19, 2018 By Peter Waldman, Lizette Chapman, and Jordan Robertson
CHAPTER FIFTEEN – SOVEREIGN UNITY AND SECURITY
Why So Secretive? The Trans-Pacific Partnership as Global Coup –truth-out.org November 25, 2012 By Andrew Gavin Marshall, Occupy.com
Nearly 20 million illegal immigrants in U.S., former Border Patrol agents say- The Washington Times – September 9, 2013 By Stephen Dinan
America’s deportation machine – The great expulsion – economist.con – Feb 7th 2014
Senator Barack Obama – Floor Statement on Immigration Reform – obamaspeeches.com – April 3, 2006
Wikipedia.org — History of Canada
Is There a Deep Split between French and English Canada? – historian.org
Wikipedia – Official bilingualism in Canada
The Naturalization Test –United States Customs & Immigration Service –uscis.gov
Harry Reid’s 1993 claim that ‘no sane country’ would provide birthright citizenship fuels GOP immigration push – Foxnews.com — Oct. 30, 2018 – By Gregg Re
Free Trade’s Trojan Horse- sierraclub.org – Nov 14 2016 By John Light
When You Thought Trade Deals Could Not Get Any Worse — Enter Wall Street – sierraclub.org – December 16, 2016 — By Paul Keenlyside
CHAPTER SIXTEEN – PROTECTING STATE AND LOCAL POWER
Exxon CEO Comes Out Against Fracking Project Because It Will Affect His Property Values -thinkprogress.org – Feb 21, 2014 by Rebecca Leber
Exxon CEO Joins Suit Citing Fracking Concerns – wsj.com – Feb. 20, 2014 by Daniel Gilberg
ExxonMobil’s CEO: Anti-fracking activist? – credoaction.com
Oil and Gas Keeps Pushing Denver Smog Levels to Dangerous Highs – Sept. 13, 2018 By Jeremy Nichols
‘We’ve Made History’: Ireland Joins France, Germany and Bulgaria in Banning Fracking –ecowatch.com — Jun. 29, 2017 by Lorraine Chow
Take action to stop 5G Senate Bill S.3157 – emfsafetynetwork.org
Wikipedia.org — Commerce Clause
How To Make Cities Affordable For Everyone – washingtonpost.com – Feb. 19, 2016 – by Enrico Moretti & Emily Badger
Economies of States, Economies of Cities – Buuegel.org – February 5, 2018 By: Silvia Merler
Survival of the Fittest in Cities: Urbanisation and Inequality – The Economic Journal Vol 124 Issue 581 – 10 Dec 2014 by Frédéric Robert‐Nicoud University of Geneva, Kristian Behrens Catholic University of Louvain (UCL) – Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE); Université de Bourgogne – LATEC
California bill would mandate denser, taller housing near transit – sf.curbed.com – 1/4/2018 By Adam Brinklow
We Know Who You Are: 71 Senators Reject States’ Rights to Label GMOs – Organic Consumers Association – May 30, 2013 – by Katherine Paul
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN – UNIVERSAL COMPULSORY MILITARY SERVICE
Bring back mandatory military service in the US and UK — theguardian.com – 30 August 2013 by Christopher Yates
The Draft: A War-Killer – truth-out.org – 23 February 2013 By Thom Hartmann
Time To Reconsider Jefferson’s Call For Universal Service – ThomHartmann.com – May. 4, 2004 — By Thom Hartmann
A Discussion on Mandatory Service — my.firedoglake.com — June 23, 2014 By: Firebrandsanity
The US military is as unequal as America. Want a fair fight? Reinstate the draft – theguardian.com – 30 September 2014 by Charles B Rangel
One Percent Republic – theamericanconservative.com — Dec. 18, 2013 – By Andrew J. Bacevich
Tomahawk maker’s stock up after U.S. launch on Syria- money.cnn.com – April 7, 2017 by Paul R. La Monica
Defense Stocks Soar as Trump Wages War on Syria – the realnews.com – April 17, 2018
America First—R.I.P. -davidstockmanscontracorner.com — April 16th, 2018 By David Stockman
newsweek.com -11/14/18 By Tom O’Connor
US Has Killed More Than 20 Million People in 37 “Victim Nations” Since World War II
Most Popular Global Research 2017 Articles — GlobalResearch.ca.us – October 24, 2018 By James A. Lucas
Should Progressives & Anti-War Movement Oppose the Concept of a Military Draft? – openleft.com – Aug 15, 2007 by: David Sirota
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN – ECONOMIC SECURITY – PART ONE
Google 2.4% Rate Shows How $60 Billion Is Lost to Tax Loopholes — bloomberg.com – October 21, 2010 by Jesse Drucker
http://www.businessinsider.com/how-the-fed-gets-around-freedom-of-information-act-requests-2009-11
How The Fed Gets Around ‘Freedom Of Information Act’ Requests – businessinsider.com — Nov. 2, 2009 by Joe Weisenthal
Palantir Knows Everything About You – bloomberg.com — April 19, 2018 By Peter Waldman, Lizette Chapman, and Jordan Robertson
Palantir has secretly been using New Orleans to test its predictive policing technology – theverge.com – Feb 27, 2018 By Ali Winston
Wikipedia.org — Jekyll Island Club
En Route to Global Occupation by Gary Kah – 1992
The Fed Audit – sanders.senate.gov – July 21, 2011
The Fed’s $16 Trillion Bailouts Under-Reported – forbes.com – Sep 20, 2011 by Tracey Greenstein
CHAPTER NINETEEN – ECONOMIC SECURITY – PART TWO
Secret “Free Trade” Negotiations Will Gut Regulations, Further Enrich Multinationals and Big Financial Firms — May 1, 2013 by Yves Smith
Why So Secretive? The Trans-Pacific Partnership as Global Corporate Coup — occupy.com –11/21/2012 by Andrew Gavin Marshall
Don Quijones: Corporate Colonialism – Winners and Losers of Global ‘Free’ Trade — Feb, 25, 2014 – Intro by Yves Smith
The TPP came to Ottawa and all I got was this lousy secrecy – canadians.org — July 15, 2014 — by Scott Harris, Trade Campaigner for the Council of Canadians.
New Secret Trade Deal Surrenders U.S. Sovereignty – economyincrisis.org – June 24, 2014 by Daniel Mills
Government by big business goes supranational; The corporation invasion – mondediplo.com – Dec. 2013 by Lori M. Wallach
More Challenges to “More ‘Free Trade’ is Always Better” Orthodoxy – July 21, 2014 by Yves Smith
State, local governments boost incentives to lure VW Chattanooga plant expansion -timesfreepress.com
– July 15, 2014 By Dave Flessner
Texas to Pay $10,000 for Each Toyota Job – onlinewsj.com — April 28, 2014 By Mike Ramsey And Joseph B. White
Plano Council approves millions for Toyota headquarters relocation – bizjournals.com/dallas – 4/5/2014 by Candace Carlisle
Study: When States Lower Business Costs They Contribute to Wealth Inequality — July 17, 2014 By: DSWright
Hillary Clinton and Trade Deals: That “Giant Sucking Sound” – July 31, 2014 By Lambert Strether of Corrente.
Wikipedia.org — Free trade agreement between the United States of America and the Republic of Korea
Do Free-Trade Agreements Create Jobs? – ourfuture.org – September 17, 2013 — by Dave Johnson
Factory Rebirth Fizzles in U.S. as Work Shipped Overseas – bloomberg.com – 2013-09-13By Thomas Black
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H-1B_visa
Gisele Bundchen: Pay me in euros not dollars – marieclaire.co.uk — 06 Nov 2007
Pfizer Accused of Using U.S. Workers to Train Foreign Replacements – eweek.com – 2008-11-05By Kevin Fogarty
How H-1B Visas Are Screwing Tech Workers motherjones.com – Feb. 22, 2013 — By Josh Harkinson
Cisco caught in maelstrom over fake job ads to hire H-1B visa holders – networkworld.com – 06/29/2007
by Brad Reese
Dr. Norman Matloff’s H1B/Offshoring newletter – cs.ucdavis.edu
The Indian tech worker H-1B visa scam – globalpost.com – January 2, 2014 by James Tapper
Software Raises Bar for Hiring – online.wsj.com – ByDavid Wessel
Silicon Valley Meritocracy Myth Takes Another Blow As Qualified Minorities Not Hired. – October 16, 2014 By: Brandon Jordan
The Myth of the Science and Engineering Shortage – theatlantic.com – Mar 19 2014 by Michael S. Teitelbaum
Harvard’s George J. Borjas: Adding up the cost of uncontrolled immigration – theamericanconservative —January 2, 2017 By Robert VerBruggen
Yale Study Finds 22M Illegal Aliens, Double Official Estimates – Lifezette.com – Sept. 25, 2018 By Mark Tapscott|
Automated Job Rejection – economicpopulist.org – June 8, 2012 by Robert Oak
Boeing 787: A Complete Timeline Of The Dreamliner’s Legacy Of Failure, After Cracks Discovered In Wings – internationalbusinesstimes.com – 03/10/14 By Christopher Harress
Flight line mechanics at Boeing South Carolina vote to join the Machinists union – seattletimes.com – May 31, 2018 By Dominic Gates https://www.twitter.com/dominicgates
Foxconn tax subsidies to build Wisconsin plant reach over $4 billion -wsws.org – 6 January 2018By George Gallanis
Foxconn wants 7 million gallons a day from Lake Michigan, DNR says madison.com — January 30, 2018 by STEVEN VERBURG
Wisconsin’s $4.1 billion Foxconn boondoggle – theverge.com — Oct 29, 2018 By Bruce Murphy
In Racine County, neatly maintained homes and dream houses are being designated ‘blighted’ to make way for Foxconn – beltmag/com – April 11th, 2018 – By Lawrence Tabak
Amazon has triggered a $5 billion bidding war — here are the cities that are in competition for its new HQ – businessinsider.com — Oct. 4, 2017 by Dennis Green
Amazon HQ2: 20 finalists competing to host new headquarters – cbsnews.com — January 18, 2018ByMark StrassmannCBS News
How America’s cities are competing for Amazon’s headquarters – economist.com — Dec. 5, 2017 by M.J.
Corporate America Celebrated Tax Cuts by Laying Off Workers – vice.com –Jan. 10, 2018 by David Dayen
Amazon Snags $2 Billion in Bribes and Tax Credits From New York and Virginia – rreason.com — Nov. 13, 2018 by Eric Boehm
NY Politician: We Need to Block $3 Billion Handout for Amazon & Use Money to Forgive Student Debt
– democracynow.org — November 14, 2018
As Jeff Bezos Earns $191K Per Minute, Why Are NY & VA Giving Amazon $3 Billion in Corporate Welfare? – democracynow.org – November 14, 2019
Amazon’s HQ2 could have massively negative impact in Virginia – usatoday.com – Nov. 13, 2018 by Roshan Abraham
Pretend Manufacturing In The Tax System – forbes.com – 7/8/2014 by Lee Sheppard
Reich: Trump’s tax cut is fueling stock buybacks, not wage increases – baltimoresun.com – February 14, 2018 by Robert B. Reich
Wells Fargo: Corporate Rap Sheet – by Phillip Mattera
Tim Canova – Wells Fargo off-shoring call centers
The Oligarchs’ ‘Guaranteed Basic Income’ Scam – truthdig.com – 4/1/18 by Chris Hedges
Why Robots Won’t Inherit the Plant – industryweek.com – May 15, 2018 by Prasad Akella |
Official Unemployment Is at 3.9%? Economist Robert Pollin Says It Is More Like 12% – May 15, 2018 by Yves Smith
CHAPTER TWENTY – EMPLOYMENT AND RETIREMENT PROTECTIONS
18,000 state employees each make more than $100,000 in pension payments – news10.net – Jun 1, 2012 by Cornell Barnard
http://www.fixpensionsfirst.com/uc2012/
Retired Doctor Earns Highest Public Pension in Illinois –myfoxchicago.c
9,900 Illinois Government Pensioners With Annual Pension Over $100k – taxpayersunitedofamerica.org –
Number of NJ public retirees with pension of at least 100K climbs 75 percent in 3 years – nj.com — February 24, 2014 by Jeff Goldman, The Star Ledger
N.J. pension funds sue Christie over $2.4B money grab – nj.com – December 10, 2014 By Samantha Marcus | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com
Phil Murphy Reverses Chris Christie’s Change to Pension System – observer.com — 03/02/18 By Christian Hetrick
Top Recipients of Public Pensions in New York – nytimes.com –5/15/2010
Long Island school superintendents top state educators’ pensions – newsday.com – August 2, 2014 By JOHN HILDEBRAND
Pension Propaganda – cityjournal.org – Summer 2011 – By Steven Malanga
New Jersey Court Rules Gov. Christie Can Cut Pension Payments This Year – wallstreetjounral.com –June 25,1014 by Jeather Haddon
Mapping The $100,000+ California Public Employee Pensions At CalPERS Costing Taxpayers $3.0B -forbes.com – -Nov 26, 2016 by Adam Andrzejewski , Contributor
More CalPERS retirees are getting $100,000 pensions, report says – dailynews.com – August 9, 2017 UPDATED: August 28, 2017 By Jeff Horseman The Press-Enterprise
Pensions topping $100,000 continue to grow – May 14, 2018 – OBSERVER Staff Report
CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE – UNIVERSAL HEALTHCARE
Consumer Price Index – Bureau of Labor Statistic – bls.gob
Medical Bills Are the Biggest Cause of US Bankruptcies: Study – cnbc.com – 25 Jun 2013 by Dan Mangan
We overhauled U.S. health care — to insure 4.2 million people? – The Washington Times – March 16, 2014 By Joseph Curl –
Number of Americans without health insurance reaches new low – touch.latimes.com – April 7, 2014By Noam N. Levey
Wikipedia.org – Health Insurance Coverage in the United States Estimates of the number uninsured
Which State Will Be the First to Abandon the Obamacare Medicaid Expansion? – nationalreview.com – April 21, 2016 By Teresa Oelke & Akash Chougule
Medicaid Expansion Is a Windfall for Hospitals – bloombergbusiness.week.com – September 04, 2014 By John Tozzi
Federal Report Slams Obama Admin For Underestimating Cost Of Arkansas Medicaid Expansion – dailycaller.com – 09/08/2014 — by Sarah Hurtubise
ER Visits Skyrocket Under ObamaCare – nypost.com – September 8, 2014 By Post Wire Report
From HIV to cancer to Crohn’s, ObamaCare fails the sick — August 10, 2014 By Peter J. Pitts
A guide to understanding Obamacare’s sign-up numbers – washingtonpost.com – February 13, 2014 By Sarah Kliff
New Medicaid enrollments top 7 million under Obamacare – reuters.com – Aug 8, 2014 (Reporting by David Morgan; Editing by Bernadette Baum)
States see big disparities in Obamacare Medicaid sign-ups – The Washington Times – Monday, April 7, 2014 By Tom Howell Jr.
Obamacare Roundup: Constitutional Challenges, Profits, Medicaid, and Costs – nakedcapitalism.com – June 13, 2014 by Lambert Strether
David Dayen: The Gradual Privatization of Medicaid – nakedcapitalism.com –March 14, 2013 by David Dayen
Why Paul Krugman is Wrong to Push Medicaid as the Remedy to Heath Care Costs – Jan. 15, 2014 by
Left off many networks, Seattle Children’s sues – seattletimes.com – October 4, 2013 Updated October 5, 2013 By Amy Snow Landa
GAO: Arkansas Will Likely Waste a Lot of Taxpayer Money on Medicaid ‘Private Option’ – firedoglake.com – Sept. 9, 2014 by Jane Hamsher
Beyond Obamacare: How a Single-Payer System Can Save US Health Care – commondreams.org – April 24, 2013 by Dave Dvorak, MD
Single-Payer Health Care: $570 Billion Cheaper – truthdig.com — Apr 15, 2012 by David Drexler
Single Payer System Cost? – Physicians for a National Health Program – pnhp.org –
Bureaucracy consumes one-quarter of US hospitals’ budgets, twice as much as other nations – healthaffairs.org – 8-Sep-2014 by Mark Almberg
Wikipedia.org — Single-payer health care
Wikipedia.org – List of Countries with Universal Health Care
Mirror, Mirror on the Wall, 2014 Update: How the U.S. Health Care System Compares Internationally – commonwealthfund.org – June 16, 2014 Authors: Karen Davis, Kristof Stremikis, David Squires, Cathy Schoen
U.S. Health Care Ranked Worst in the Developed World – time.com – June 17, 2014 by Melissa Hellmann
Wikipedia.org — World Health Organization Ranking of Health Systems in 2000
Most Efficient Health Care: Countries- bloomberg.com – June 23, 2010 Authors: Karen Davis, Cathy Schoen, Kristof Stremikis
We’re Last! Again! U.S. Health Care Ranks Poorly – NBC News.com – June 18, 2014
The U.S. Healthcare System: Worst in the Developed World — latimes.com -6/14/2017
International benchmarking of healthcare quality – A review of the literature – rand.org – by Ellen Nolte
The U.S. healthcare system: worst in the developed world – touch.latimes.com – June 17, 2014 by Michael Hiltzik
Why Seniors Should Say ‘No’ to Paying for the Medicare Doctor-Fix – huffingtonpost.com – 09/19/2013 Updated: 11/19/2013 by Rosemary Gibson
FAQ: The ‘doc-fix’ – The Washington Post –11/22/2011 by Sarah Kliff
For 17th time in 11 years, Congress delays Medicare reimbursement cuts as Senate passes ‘doc fix’ -huffingtonpost.com – March 31, 2014 By Wesley Lowery
http://www.forbes.com/…/congress-may-finally-fix-medicare-payment-flaw-avert-doctor-exodus/
Congress Poised To Permanently Fix Its Medicare Payment Glitch — Dec 19, 2013 – npr.org
After A decade, Congress Moves To Fix Doctor’s Medicare Pay – npr.org – Sep 6, 2013
CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO – BENEFITS OF MILITARY SERVICE
Congress lets down military members and vets – cnn.com – March 4, 2014 By Paul Rieckhoff
G.I. Bill Cuts: Veterans Enrolled In College Face Uncertain Futures – HuffingtonPost.com — 6/24/2011 by Amanda Fairbanks
The Pentagon Can’t Account for $21 Trillion (That’s Not a Typo) – Truthdig.com – May 14, 2018 by Lee Camp
CHAPTER TWENTY THREE
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CHAPTER TWENTY FOUR
Conservative-led Anti-Protest Legislation Already Doubled Since Last Year – National Lawyers Guild – nlg.org – Feb. 15, 2018 By Traci Yoder, Director of Research and Education
Prosecutors Withheld Evidence That Could Exonerate J20 Inauguration Protestors, Judge Rule – the intercept.com — May 23 2018 by Sam Adler Bell
The FBI Is Hiding Details About An Alleged Occupy Houston Assassination Plot – news.vice.com — March 21, 2014 By Maxwell Barna
Since Trump’s Election, 20 States Have Moved to Criminalize Dissent – commondreams.org – June 20, 2017 by Jake Johnson, staff writer
J20 protests: All you need to know about the nearly 200 people facing 60 years in jail for protesting Trump – independent.co.uk — 15 November 2017 by Emily Shugerman in New York
Prosecutors Invoke Union Membership To Criminalize Inauguration Day Protesters – shadowproof.com –
16 Apr 2018 by Elizabeth King & Siobhan O’Leary
Charges Dropped Against Remaining J20 Inauguration Day Protesters – nymag.com — July 6, 2018 By Adam K. Raymond
Federal prosecutors dismiss all remaining Inauguration Day rioting cases – chicagotribune.com — July 6, 2018 by Keith L. Alexander, The Washington Post
Lead Prosecutor in Trump Inauguration Protest Trial Sanctioned for Due Process Violations Has Been Made Head of Her Department – rightsanddissent.org — August 28, 2018 by Chip Gibbons
Criminalizing Peaceful Pipeline Protests: Are Oil Billionaires Trying to Undermine Our First Amendent Rights? – March 16, 2018 by Jerri-Lynn Scofield
The Government Is Planting Child Porn On Your Computer – intellihub.com – May 2, 2013 By JGVibes /Reposted — American Live Wire — May 2, 2013 by Amber Harrison
Latest WikiLeaks release shows how the CIA uses computer code to hide the origins of its hacking attacks and ‘disguise them as Russian or Chinese activity’ – dailymail.co.uk – 31 March 2017 By Mail Online Reporter
Chris Hedges | The Rules of Revolt – truth.dig.com – June 09, 2014 By Chris Hedges
The US military’s vision for state censorship – wsws.org – 5 October 2018 — BY Andre Damon
Why (Some) Psychopaths Make Great CEOs – forbes.com — Jun 14, 2011 by Jeff Bercovici Forbes Staff
Which Professions Have the Most Psychopaths? The Fewest? – time.com — March 21, 2014 By Eric Barker