Greg Abbot thinks he can get away with murder because Trump did — At least so far…

Normally when over a half-million people die from something entirely preventable somebody is held accountable. So far, that hasn't happened in the United States.

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-Thom

Cranking up the culture wars won't stop the destruction of our democracy…but it might win elections

So, while the Senate was debating Joe Manchin's proposal to cut back unemployment benefits to Americans whacked by the coronavirus, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy was reading Dr. Seuss out loud.

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-Thom

Monday's Daily Stack

Site: International Women's Day - March 8, 2021.

Article: "Why Is America Not Holding the COVID Hitman Accountable?" by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "'Play it down': Trump admits to concealing the true threat of coronavirus in new Woodward book" by Jamie Gangel, Jeremy Herb and Elizabeth Stuart.

Article: "From 'It's going to disappear' to 'WE WILL WIN THIS WAR'" by Harry Stevens and Shelly Tan.

Site: "COVID-19 Coronavirus Pandemic".

Article: "Dr. Fauci Urges Texans, Mississippians to Wear Masks As Mandates Lifted" by Ed Browne.

Article: "New Variants of Coronavirus: What You Should Know" by Robert Bollinger, Stuart Ray.

Article: "Don't drop the masks yet. One coronavirus variant is 'increasing exponentially' as the US races to vaccinate" by CNN.

Article: "Gov. Abbott ends statewide mask mandate, fully reopens all Texas businesses" by Natalie Solis, Steven Dial, Macy Jenkins.

Article: "Mississippi Joins Texas To Lift Mask Mandates And Open Venues At Capacity" by Rachael Dowd.

Article: "CNN's Tapper questions Governor Reeves' decision to lift COVID restrictions, talks 2020 election" by Frank Corder.

Article: "'They didn't run the plays': Ex-officials say Trump administration didn't use pandemic 'playbooks'" by Lucien Bruggeman,Josh Margolin, and Matthew Mosk.

Article: "Revealed: Trump 'was far sicker with COVID than he admitted and he obtained the experimental drug Regeneron from White House officials but Melania turned it down,' sources claim" by Nikki Schwab.

Article: "Trump Vaccinated In January After Claiming He Was 'Immune' To Covid-19" by Jemima McEvoy.

Article: "How the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally may have spread coronavirus across the Upper Midwest" by Brittany Shammas and Lena H. Sun.

Article: "Sweden experimented with herd immunity. How is it faring?" by ABC.

Site: "The Righting.com".

Article: "President Trump Nails it Yet Again…He's Got Meghan Markel's "Number"" by Missy Crane.

Article: "Meghan Markle openly accuses the Royals of racism" by Andrea Widburg.

Article: "Manchin: 'I'm supporting the filibuster' but 'it should be painful' to use" by Ronn Blitzer.

Article: "A "Jimmy Stewart Filibuster" Would Pass HR 1 & Save American Democracy" by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "John C. Calhoun" by Wikipedia.

Video: Mr Smith Goes To Washington.

Article: "Too Big to Fail = Too Big to Jail" by Jeff Nielson.

Video: Online Sleuths, Media, Boost FBI Effort To Track Down Capitol Rioters | Rachel Maddow | MSNBC.

Article: "Bill Barr defends dropping Michael Flynn case: 'It was not a crime'" by Joshua Rhett Miller.

Article: "William Barr's Justice Department Is Now Openly Running Legal Interference for Paul Manafort" by Mark Joseph Stern.

Article: "Severe acute respiratory syndrome" (SARS, SARS-CoV-1) by Wikipedia.

Article: "US alerted Israel, NATO to disease outbreak in China in November - TV report" by TOI.

Article: "Israel blocked Covid vaccines from entering Gaza, say Palestinians" by Oliver Holmes .

Article: "Russia is using online disinformation to trash rival COVID-19 vaccines" by Jon Fingas.

Article: "Is China Using CRISPR to Create Super Soldiers?" by Alex Keown.

Article: "CDC releases new guidelines for fully vaccinated individuals" by CNN.

Article: "Public Health Service Act" (1944) by Wikipedia.

Law: "18 U.S. Code § 1510 - Obstruction of criminal investigations".

Article: "Richard Burr and other senators sold lots of stock as virus fears started" by CBS/AP.

Article: "13 charged in plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer" by Christina Carrega, Veronica Stracqualursi and Josh Campbell.

Article: "More states drop COVID-19 restrictions, including mask rules" by Today Show.

Article: "U.S. withdraws from international accords, says U.N. world court 'politicized'" by Roberta Rampton, Lesley Wroughton, Stephanie van den Berg.

Article: "Sovereign immunity" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Manhattan district attorney adds prominent prosecutor in Trump probe" by Celine Castronuovo.

Article: "All the Ways NY Attorney General Letitia James Will Prosecute Trump Once He's Out of Office (Watch)" by EURPublisher01.

Article: "Donald Trump Jr. gives fiery CPAC speech full of grievances against anti-Trump Republicans, big tech, and the mainstream media" by Sonam Sheth.

Hour Two: Fox News' Dr. Seuss obsession reveals the dishonest desperation of the right-wing war on "cancel culture"
- Parker Molloy, Editor-at-Large - Media Matters

Article: "CDC Issues First Set of Guidelines on How Fully Vaccinated People Can Visit Safely with Others" by CDC.

Article: "Fox News' Dr. Seuss obsession reveals the dishonest desperation of the right-wing war on "cancel culture"" by Parker Molloy.

Article: "Pepé Le Pew will not be in Space Jam: A New Legacy" by Derek Lawrence.

Article: "And Then They Came to Cancel Pepe Le Pew" by Bryan Preston.

Article: "Right-wing media helped usher in the age of "cancel culture," but now pretend it's an invention of the left" by Parker Molloy.

Article: "Read Across America Day in the United States" by timeanddate.com.

Article: "Did Biden 'Erase' Dr. Seuss From Read Across America Day?" by Bethania Palma.

Article: "Lauren Boebert's right-wing antics are having a surprising impact back home" by Travis Gettys.

Video: Willie Horton 1988 Attack Ad.

Article: "Trump campaign still owes city of El Paso more than $500K from campaign rally" by KVIA ABC-7.

Article: "Trump tells GOP committees to stop using his name for fundraising" by Cameron Peters.

Article: "Nearly 1 In 5 U.S. Adults Have Now Gotten At Least One Covid-19 Vaccine Dose" by Alison Durkee.

Article: "Some Democrats want to fire the Senate parliamentarian who scuttled $15 minimum-wage plans. It's been done once before." by Katie Shepherd.

Article: "The 8 Senate Democrats who voted against raising the minimum wage are collectively worth over $43 million" by John Haltiwanger.

Article: "Hospital, county contradict Gov. Ron DeSantis over Keys vaccines" by Mary Ellen Klas and David Goodhue.

Article: "Biden Endorses Female Generals Whose Promotions Were Delayed Over Fears of Trump's Reaction" by Cathy Biank.

Article: "'Neanderthal thinking': Biden criticizes Texas, Mississippi for lifting mask mandates" by Lauren Egan.

Article: "2022 Colorado elections" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Ethics probe led to criminal referral involving Elaine Chao, Transportation Dept. inspector general says" by Michael Laris.

Article: "Pelosi Bashes 'Pathetic' McConnell For Creating His Own Trump Acquittal Excuse" by Mary Papenfuss.

Article: "List of Arizona ballot propositions" by Wikipedia.

Article: "House prepares to pass $1.9 trillion Covid relief bill, and Biden is expected to sign it this week" by Jacob Pramuk.

Case: "Buckley v. Valeo", 1976

Case: "First National Bank Of Boston V. Bellotti", 1978

Case: "Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission" (2010)

Article: "George Floyd Case: Jury Selection In Chauvin Trial Delayed Over Murder Charge Appeal" by Bill Chappell.

Article: "Relevant Radio" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Dan Rather: CBS anchor stands by report that got him fired" by Lindsay Kimble.

Article: "Phil Donahue on His 2003 Firing From MSNBC, When Liberal Network Couldn't Tolerate Antiwar Voices" by Amy Goodman & Juan González.

Article: "I have this idea that the R's , esp Trump, are behind these revelations about Cuomo" by apcalc.

Video: "FDR: "Government by Organized Money is Just as Dangerous as by Organized Mob"".

Article: "Cagney & Lacey" by Wikipedia.

Article: "GOP Uses Dr. Seuss To Distract From Their Embrace of Gangster Capitalism" by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "The Hidden History Of American Oligarchy" by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "The Hidden History of Monopolies" by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "Biden's FDA takes baby steps toward limiting toxic heavy metals in commercial baby foods" by Laura Reiley.

Case: "United States v. Brown Shoe Company", 1959.

Article: "Did Dr. Seuss Draw Racist Cartoons?" by Nur Ibrahim.

Article: "Falling sperm counts 'threaten human survival', expert warns" by Miranda Bryant.

Article: "Rep. Kevin McCarthy Reads Dr. Seuss After 6 Racists Books Pulled" by TMZ.

Article: "Democrats can't kill the filibuster. But they can gut it." by Norman Ornstein.

Article: "Kyrsten Sinema and the Thumbs-Down That Enraged the Left" by Catie Edmondson.

Article: "Kyrsten Sinema Tweet Calling Minimum Wage Raise 'No-Brainer' Resurfaces After No Vote" by Matt Keeley.

Article: "Titles Deprivation Act 1917" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Meghan Markle explained why Archie isn't a prince. Here's why that could change" by Scott Stump.

Article: "Biden's COVID-19 relief plan includes a child tax credit boost popular with Democrats but a 'nightmare' to Republicans" by Nicholas Wu.

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

Bill: "Iowa House File 590" (elections).

Movie: "Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer".

Site: Women's History Month.

Article: "Equal Rights Amendment: Federal judge rules deadline to ratify ERA 'expired long ago'" by Veronica Stracqualursi.

Article: "It will be 257 years before women have equal pay, gender gap report says" by Sarah Jackson.

Article: "7 Laws That Show Why Iceland Ranks First for Gender Equality" by Meghan Werft.

Article: "Coronavirus meltdown: Why April 7th must go down in infamy" by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "Black Americans Face Alarming Rates of Coronavirus Infection in Some States" by John Eligon, Audra D. S. Burch, Dionne Searcey and Richard A. Oppel Jr.

Article: "How Jared Kushner's Secret Testing Plan "Went Poof Into Thin Air"" by Katherine Eban.

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