On the same day Donald Trump announced that on Juneteenth he's going to go to Tulsa, Oklahoma, the home of one of America's most brutal and deadly riots where white people burned, looted and murdered African Americans in an iconic, historic and prosperous black community, to give a speech written by Stephen Miller, Trump supporters wearing Klan robes and hoods showed up in Nevada.

At the same time the leaders of every branch of our military are reaching out to service members to condemn racism and planning to remove the names of Confederate traitor generals from their military bases, Donald Trump tweets his absolute opposition to their move and his support for this racist symbology.

Donald Trump's openly racist posture represents an increasingly small slice of white America, although the power of America's white oligarchs remains largely unchallenged and, in fact, grows every day as their wealth increases, regardless of what happens to the rest of us.

Killing racism is damn hard, because of the benefits that racism provides to people at the top of the power structures of every institution in America.

But racial equality, like gender equality, must be achieved in this country for us to truly claim ownership of the egalitarian ideals to which we have given lip service since the founding of the republic.

America's most well integrated institution, the military, is today pushing back on Trump's racism. Cities across America are rejecting racist policing. And media is finally discussing these issues in the larger context of economic and political power.

America is at a crossroads. Will we choose the path that Donald Trump, Steven Miller and the Boogaloo Bois have put before us? Or will we choose to be open, inclusive, and a nation where every life is respected?

-Thom

Thursday's Daily Stack

Hour One: Why Is Trump Holding His Rally & Speech In Tulsa... on Juneteenth?
- Ben Dixon, Host - The Benjamin Dixon Show

Article: "Tucker Carlson's Fox News Show Loses Disney & Other Advertisers Over George Floyd Killing & Black Lives Matter POV" by Dominic Patten.

Article: "Trump finds another way to oppress racial minorities amid nationwide unrest over police abuse" by David Cay Johnston.

Article: "Trump's Juneteenth Tulsa Rally Is The World's Least-subtle Dog Whistle" by Eric Lutz.

Article: "Trump Has White Nationalist Stephen Miller Write Speech On Race" by Farron Cousins.

Article: "Tulsa race massacre" by Wikipedia.

Article: "'I can't breathe': New video evidence shows cops killing two other Black men as they begged for life" by Travis Gettys.

Article: "Another black man who died in custody told officers, 'I can't breathe.' One responded, 'I don't care.'" by Meagan Flynn.

Book: Hands Up, Don't Shoot by Jennifer Cobbina.

Article: "How Ferguson and Baltimore Explain Why It's Different This Time" by Zack Stanton.

Article: "Bloody Sunday" by History.Com.

Article: "Weinstein convicted of sexual assault, rape, in milestone verdict for #MeToo movement" by Brendan Pierson.

Article: "Ronan Farrow" by Wikipedia.

Article: "The real reason Chris Matthews had to go" by Margaret Sullivan.

Article: "Here's Why the IRS and President Trump Are Sending You a Letter About Your Stimulus Check" by Brad Tuttle.

Article: "Preamble to the Constitution of the United States".
"We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America."

Article: "Declaration of Independence".

Article: "Bannon vows a daily fight for 'deconstruction of the administrative state'" by Philip Rucker and Robert Costa.

Article: "Confederate flag officially banned by NASCAR at events" by Kelly McCarthy.

Article: "Juneteenth" by Wikipedia.

Article: "13th Amendment", December 6, 1865. "Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction."

Article: "Conservatives Defend Stephen Miller: A 'Brilliant And Courageous' Man" by Scott Greer.

Article: "Senate Armed Services on collision course with Trump over Confederate names" by Niels Lesniewski.

Article: "Senate committee adopts amendment requiring renaming of military bases" by Melissa Quinn.

Article: "San Jose cops rupture testicle of their own bias trainer in violent response to protests" by Travis Gettys.

Article: "Attorney General Barr Says the Law Enforcement System Is Not Racist" by Edwin Rios.

Article: "John Birch Society" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Emmett Till", 1955 by Wikipedia.

Article: "Shooting of Trayvon Martin" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Shooting of Oscar Grant" by Wikipedia.

Article: "The Holocaust" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Armenian Genocide" (starting 24 April 1915) by Wikipedia.

Article: "Forget stimulus payments. Many are asking the IRS, 'Where's my refund?'" by Kathleen Pender.

Article: "Starve the beast" by Wikipedia.

Book: The Hidden History of American Oligarchy: Reclaiming Our Democracy from the Ruling Class by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "A longer wait: Some now try nearly 3 years to get disability insurance" by Malena Carollo.

Article: "IRS Letting High-Income Tax Cheats Dodge Billions in Payments: Watchdog" by Yuval Rosenberg.

Article: "The US supreme court thinks racism is dead. It isn't" by Gary Younge.

Article: "Georgia primary troubles portend chaos in November election" by Ryan Teague Beckwith and Kartikay Mehrotra.

Hour Two: How Police and Prisons Build This Economy
- Economist Dr. Richard Wolff, Democracy At Work / Understanding Marxism / Understanding Socialism

Article: "15 American landmarks that were built by slaves" by James Pasley.

Article: "Michelle Alexander: More Black Men Are In Prison Today Than Were Enslaved In 1850".

Article: "Prison inmates are fighting California's fires, but are often denied firefighting jobs after their release" by Isabelle Chapman.

Article: "1,003 people were shot and killed by police in 2019" by Washington Post.

Article: "1,033 people have been shot and killed by police in the past year" by formerly 1,004.

Article: "List of killings by law enforcement officers by country" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Boston Massacre" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Raymond Williams" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Thomas Lane, police officer involved in George Floyd's death, released from jail on bail" by Rosa Sanchez.

Article: "Days before campaign rally, police union sells 'Cops for Trump' shirts in Minneapolis" by AP.

Seattle's Autonomous Zone
- Mark Taylor-Canfield, Independent Journalist / Contributor-Truthout, Huff Post, Daily Kos & more / Musician

Article: "'Don't you have a bunker to be in?' Lawmakers hit back at Trump after he ranted on Twitter about Seattle protests" by Rosie Perper.

Article: "WATCH: Seattle Protesters Unfold Umbrellas at 'Pink Umbrella' Protest" by Jessica McBride.

Article: "Jay Inslee on Seattle's police-free zone: 'That's news to me'" by Haley Victory Smith.

Article: "'If That's Not Abandoning, You Tell Me What Is': Seattle Police Board Up East Precinct From Protests, Riots" by Mary Margaret Olohan.

Article: "Seattle bans tear gas for 30 days amid George Floyd protests" by Morgan Phillips.

Article: "Seattle Police Use Tear Gas Against Protestors Despite City Ban" by Jemima McEvoy.

Article: "'Google the Geneva Conventions,' Kshama Sawant Tells Seattle Mayor After Police Use Tear Gas on Protesters Despite Ban" by Eoin Higgins.

Movie: "13TH".

Video: Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone | Music Tonight.

Video: Protesters Take Over Seattle City Hall.

Article: "Justice in Policing Act of 2020" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Seattle Police Chief Carmen Best: City Leaders Have Failed, Abandoning Precinct "Was Not My Decision"" by Tim Hains.

Article: "1999 Seattle WTO protests" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Tacoma Mayor: Officers Who Arrested Manuel Ellis 'Should Be Fired And Prosecuted'" by Colin Dwyer.

Video: #PinkUmbrellaRiot Part 3: Seattle Police Attack Protesters With Gas Again! By Mark Taylor-Canfield.

Video: Mark Taylor-Canfield.

Video: "Ronald Reagan States' Rights Speech in Philadelphia, MS", August 3, 1980.

Article: "Mississippi civil rights workers' murders" by Wikipedia.

Article: "In 1927, Donald Trump's father was arrested after a Klan riot in Queens" by Philip Bump.

Article: "DOJ: Trump's Early Businesses Blocked Blacks" by Gideon Resnick.

Article: "Trump Vows to Keep Confederates' Names on US Army Bases" by Bradley Peniston.

Article: "'Haven't read the damn thing': Republican senators dodge questions about Trump's conspiracy tweet" by Sahil Kapur, Frank Thorp V and Julie Tsirkin.

Article: "The Powell Memo or Powell Manifesto".

Article: "Lee Atwater" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Antifa (United States)" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Proud Boys" by Wikipedia.

Article: "What is the 'boogaloo'? How online calls for a violent uprising are hitting the mainstream" by Brandy Zadrozny.

Hour Three: Black Lives Matter Everywhere: Time To DeFund the U.S. Military
- Medea Benjamin, Activist/Co-Founder, CODEPINK/Global Exchange / Author, latest Kingdom of the Unjust: Behind the U.S.-Saudi Connection

Article: "Black Lives Matter Everywhere: Its Time to Defund the US Military" by Medea Benjamin and Nicolas Davies.

Article: "War in Afghanistan (2001-present)" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Iraq-United States relations" by Wikipedia.

Article: "U.S. arms sold to Saudis are killing civilians in Yemen. Now the Trump administration is set to sell them more" by Alexandra Zavis, Zayd Ahmed.

Article: "U.S. Arms Transfers and Security Assistance to Israel" by Frida Berrigan, William D. Hartung.

Article: "United States-Venezuela relations" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Iran-United States relations" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Native American Genocide" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Mexican-American War" (1846 - 1848) by Wikipedia.

Article: "History of colonialism" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Second Sino-Japanese War" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Trump Greenlights Sanctions Against International Criminal Court Investigators" by Colin Dwyer.

Article: "Cops Bought Dylann Roof Burger King Hours After Charleston Shooting" by Simon McCormack

Article: "British Empire" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Ottoman Empire" by Wikipedia.

Book: Memories of an Octogenarian: Growing up in war-torn London by Pat Roome.

Article: "The Crystal Palace" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Harlow v. Fitzgerald" (1982) by Wikipedia.

How Do We Save the Insects?
- Mute Schimpf, Food Campaigner - Friends of the Earth Europe

Article: "Save the Insects, Save the Farmers, Save Ourselves: New Global Report Calls for End of Industrial Agriculture" by Andrea Germanos.

Article: "Insect Atlas: facts and figures about friends and foes in farming" by Friends of the Earth Europe.

Article: "Pentagon's top general apologizes for appearing alongside Trump in Lafayette Square: Gen. Mark Milley apologizes for appearing at Trump photo op" by Dan Lamothe.

Article: "Mike Pompeo" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Watts riots" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Frank Luntz" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Trump holds firm on bid to ask Supreme Court to end 2010 health care law" by Mary Ellen McIntire.

Article: "Ku Klux Klan" (KKK) by Wikipedia.

Article: "Michigan Militia" by Wikipedia.

Article: "FBI, DHS report warned of threat posed by white supremacists" (2017) by Emily Tillett.

Article: "REVEALED: DOJ blocked report showing white supremacists responsible for all race-based domestic terrorism incidents in 2018" by David Badash.

Article: "White supremacists and racist terrorists pose greatest risk of violence, FBI warns" by Ben Feuerherd.

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

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