If their true scam is admitted, the GOP could wander in the wilderness for two generations

It seems inexplicable.

A group of Americans invaded the US Capitol with a plan to kidnap and kill the Vice President and the Speaker of the House, hoping that would throw the Electoral College vote to the US House, where Republicans would declare Donald Trump the winner.

It was a naked conspiracy to overturn the election in which Joe Biden beat Donald Trump by about 7 million votes, and Trump and his allies were pretty much open that this was their goal.

Read more here.

-Thom

Friday's Daily Stack

Article: "The Democratic Reign of Terror Has Begun" by Dick Morris.

Article: "Democrats Cling Desperately to Trump Hatred" by Conrad Black.

Article: "Why a little insurrection is no big deal to Republicans" by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "The Capitol Hill Riot Was Pelosi's Fault, Not Trump's" by Daniel Greenfield.

Article: "Tucker Carlson: The latest 'national crisis' and the coming crackdown" by Tucker Carlson.

Article: "Rush to judgment on Trump? Multiple leftists arrested for Capitol riot" by Monica Showalter.

Article: "We've Been Coddling Right Wing Terrorists for Thirty Years" by Josh Marshall.

Site: The Young Turks

Site: Free Speech TV

Article: "Pause in funding by corporations won't stop the undercutting of democracy" by Jon Talton.

Article: "How Big Business Bailed Out the Nazis" by Ciara Torres-Spelliscy.

Article: "Smedley Butler" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Business Plot" (1933, Smedley Butler) by Wikipedia.

Article: "Exclusive: Large bitcoin payments to right-wing activists a month before Capitol riot linked to foreign account" by Jenna McLaughlin.

Article: "Franklin Graham Compares 10 Republicans Who Voted to Impeach Trump to Betrayal of Christ" by Jeffery Martin.

Article: "DOJ Attorneys: Trump's Mob Intended To ‘Capture And Assassinate' Elected Officials" by Zoe Richards.

Article: "New Deal" by Wikipedia.

Speech: "Great Society" by Wikipedia.

Article: "GAO: Medicare Part D Pays Twice As Much for Same Drugs as VA" by Bernie Sanders.

Article: "Video of Trump family in tent was filmed before Capitol riot" by Ali Swenson.

Article: "Trump's legacy: $8 trillion-plus in added debt in one term" by Jay Heflin.

Article: "U.S. billionaires gained almost $1 trillion in wealth during the pandemic" by Aimee Picchi.

Article: "Donald Trump signs $1.5 trillion tax bill into law" by Emily Shugerman.

Article: "Biden Outlines $1.9 Trillion Spending Package to Combat Virus and Downturn" by Jim Tankersley and Michael Crowley.

Book: Nothing Is True and Everything Is Possible: The Surreal Heart of the New Russia by Peter Pomerantsev.

Article: "Death squad" by Wikipedia.

Article: "QAnon" by Wikipedia.

Video: Where Did Your $50 trillion Go? (w/ Richard Wolff).

Article: "Pacific Grove Police Officer Fired After Probe Into Parler Social Media Posts Disparaging BLM" by CBS SF.

Hour Two: How Oil and Gas Corporations Funded An Attempted Coup
- John Noël, Senior Climate Campaigner - Greenpeace USA

Article: "How Oil and Gas Corporations Funded an Attempted Coup" by Ryan Schleeter.

Article: "The Slush Fund Bankrolling The Insurrectionist GOP" by David Sirota, Andrew Perez, Walker Bragman, and Julia Rock.

Article: "After riot, major corporations suspend donations to the Republican Attorneys General Association" by Judd Legum and Tesnim Zekeria.

Article: "Energy subsidy" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Study: U.S. Fossil Fuel Subsidies Exceed Pentagon Spending" by Tim Dickinson.

Article: "Biden to deploy FEMA, National Guard to set up Covid vaccine clinics across the U.S." by Noah Higgins-Dunn.

Article: "Oregon Gov. Kate Brown speeds up timeline for some COVID-19 vaccinations" by OPB.

Article: "HHS Secretary Alex Azar Once Doubled The Price of Insulin" by Alexandra Hutzler.

Article: "Vaccine reserve was already exhausted when Trump administration vowed to release it, dashing hopes of expanded access" by Isaac Stanley-Becker and Lena H. Sun.

Article: "Samuel L. Lewis" (Sufi Sam) by Wikipedia.

Article: "Elon Musk Compares Building Artificial Intelligence To "Summoning The Demon"" by Greg Kumparak.

Article: "Stephen Hawking warns artificial intelligence could end mankind" by Rory Cellan-Jones.

Article: "Computer scientists: We wouldn't be able to control super intelligent machines" by Max Planck Institute for Human Development.

Article: "Elon Musk slams Silicon Valley's lack of regulation on social media, citing 'willy nilly proliferation of fake news' among the ways it 'negatively affects the public good'" by Annie Palmer.

Article: "Tay (bot)" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Mo Brooks Slapped With Censure Resolution Over Pre-Riot Speech" by Ed Kilgore.

Article: "Steve Marshall: Dark money group's involvement in pro-Trump rally was unauthorized" by Brian Lyman.

Site: Don Siegelman.

Article: "Tommy Tuberville" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Alabama Power" by OpenSecrets.org.

Article: "Sen.-elect Tommy Tuberville botches history facts, including three branches of government" by Savannah Behrmann.

Article: "Expert: Pandemic-induced early, mail-in voting means we should be 'fairly skeptical' of exit polls" by Pat LaFleur.

Article: "Disavowed 2009 Report on Domestic Terrorism Now Rings True" by Curtis Tate.

Article: "No, We Do Not Need New Anti-Terrorism Laws to Combat Right-Wing Extremists" by Moustafa Bayoumi.

Article: "How the FBI Tried to Drive Martin Luther King to Suicide" by Melissa Leon.

Article: "Martin Luther King Jr." by Wikipedia.

Article: "Martin Luther King Jr. Day" by Wikipedia.

Quote: "The best way we can show respect for the voters is by telling them the truth. The truth is that President-elect Biden won." - Mitt Romney.

Article: "Jeff Sessions refused to be interviewed for family separation report, DOJ inspector general confirms" by Gabe Ortiz.

Article: "Valencia County 2020 Results" by New Mexico Secretary Of State.

Article: "New Mexico House of Representatives District 8" by Ballotpedia.

Article: "1876 United States presidential election" by Wikipedia.

Article: "I saw this posted elsewhere, and felt it was important to share." (why people continue supporting Trump no matter what he does) by Progressive Jones.

Article: "Howard Hughes" by Wikipedia.

Movie: "The Aviator (2004 film)".

Article: "Ex-Capitol Police Chief Says Requests For National Guard Denied 6 Times In Riots" by Jaclyn Diaz.

Article: "More evidence of treason: FBI sent warning that extremists planned Jan. 6 assault on Congress" by Hunter.

Article: "Augustus" by Wikipedia.

Article: "U.S. declares Cuba a state sponsor of terrorism" by Wikipedia.

Article: "A Final Stand Seeks To Save Holy Apache Land In Arizona's High Desert" by Chris D'Angelo, Caitlin O'Hara.

Article: "PHOTOS: Abe Lincoln Bust, Blown-Up Trump Photos Among Items Carried Out During Moving Day at the White House" by Reed Richardson.

Article: "Robert Marion "Fighting Bob" La Follette Sr." by Wikipedia.

Tweet: "Pelosi said her young staffers knew to barricade the door, turn out the lights, and be silent, because they learned it in school." by munson_jo.

Article: "Trump briefly taken to underground bunker during Friday's White House protests" (2020) by Kaitlan Collins and Noah Gray.

Article: "Presidential Emergency Operations Center" by Wikipedia.

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

Here to talk about Civil Rights in America on MLK Day will be Joe Madison, The Black Eagle, Host-The Joe Madison Show (weekdays 6-10am on SiriusXM ch. 126 Urban View)

Plus, we'll be hearing about the Psychology of mob mentality & violence from Psychoanalyst Dr. Justin Frank MD, Psychoanalyst & Clinical Professor, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - George Washington University / Author - Trump on the Couch (Previous books include Bush on the Couch & Obama on the Couch)

And, joining me will be Judith Browne Dianis Attorney & Executive Director - Advancement Project National Office

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