Typically, oligarchies flip in one of two directions within a generation: either back to democracy, or into a full-blown fascist police state

Now that the January 6th Commission is dead, it's time for Pelosi and Schumer to create Congressional panels with subpoena power to take a serious look at the rise of fascism in the GOP, from the Trump/Manafort effort in 2015 through the vote-rigging laws being passed in state after state today. It may be our last chance to expose and stop this country's slide into fascism.

Read more at HartmannReport.com.

-Thom

Thursday's Daily Stack

Article: "Americans May Only See Fascism in the Rear-View Mirror When it's Too Late" by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "The Election War of 2024 Is Being Fought Now" by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "Gilens and Page: Average citizens have little impact on public policy" by Martin Gilens and Benjamin I. Page.

Article: "Speech before the 1936 Democratic National Convention: A Rendezvous With Destiny" by Franklin D. Roosevelt.

Article: "Trump Exonerated – Says MAGA Movement Just Getting Started" by CHQ.

Article: "Trump acquitted in impeachment trial; 7 GOP Senators vote with Democrats to convict" by Dareh Gregorian.

Site: "The Righting.com".

Article: "Boston Tea Party" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Shot heard round the world" by Wikipedia.

Article: "American Civil War (1861 - 1865) by Wikipedia.

Article: "Great Depression" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Joe Manchin" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Fact Sheet: The American Jobs Plan" by White House.

Article: "Mitch McConnell Doesn't Have a Problem With Corporations Getting Involved in Politics When He's Suckling at the Corporate Teat" by Bess Levin.

Article: "7 rural counties in Oregon that voted for Trump have voted to secede from the blue state and join Idaho" by Kelsey Vlamis.

Article: "The Multnomah County Republican Party Splintered Monday Night" by Sophie Peel.

Article: "Election bills surge nationwide as 47 states consider restrictions" by Jane C. Timm.

Article: "Dachau concentration camp" by Wikipedia.

Article: "'Promises kept'? Not entirely. Here are five pocketbook pledges Trump broke." by Sahil Kapur.

Article: "Donald Trump doubles down on Mexico 'rapists' comments despite outrage" by Rupert Neate.

Article: "Barack Obama citizenship conspiracy theories" (birtherism) by Wikipedia.

Article: "Donald Trump Stands By 'Central Park 5' Ad Calling for Death Penalty: 'They Admitted Their Guilt'" by Tim Baysinger.

Article: "History of West Virginia" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Inspired by Arizona recount, Trump loyalists push to revisit election results in communities around the country " by Amy Gardner, Rosalind Helderman.

Bible: "Genesis 1 - The Beginning".

Article: "Curse and mark of Cain" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Investigation into the 2012 Benghazi attack" by Wikipedia.

Hour Two: What Does a Weak or Strong Dollar Mean to You?
- Economist Dr. Richard Wolff, Democracy At Work / Author of numerous books - his latest is The Sickness is the System (now also available as an e-book) @profwolff @democracyatwrk

Article: "How a Weak Dollar Can Hurt You Financially" by Rebecca Lake.

Article: "Trump says dollar will get 'stronger and stronger,' Mnuchin was misinterpreted" by Fred Imbert.

Article: "Strong dollar policy" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Fact check: Trump says China is paying for his tariffs. He's wrong" by Jane C. Timm.

Article: "Fed Chief Sets Monetary Policy By Seat-of-the-Pants Approach" by David Wessel.

Article: "The Age of Kayfabe" by Freddie deBoer.

Article: "Kayfabe" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Black fungus: Call to declare epidemic in Indian states" by BBC.

Article: "The thorny search for the House Republicans' 'mainstream' faction" by Steve Benen.

Video: "Reagan: Government is not the solution to our problem government IS the problem".

Article: "Cato the Younger" by Wikipedia.

Bill: "H.R.1 - For the People Act of 2021" by Rep. Sarbanes, John P. [D-MD-3].

Bill: "S.1 - For the People Act of 2021" by Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR].

Article: "In Challenge To Roe, Supreme Court To Review Mississippi Abortion Law" by Nina Totenberg.

Article: "If a Fetus is a Person, It Should get Child Support, Due Process and Citizenship" by Carliss Chatman.

Book: "The Hidden History of American Oligarchy" by Thom Hartmann.

Hour Three: Science Revolution: Climate Change Makes Zombie Fires More Common...
- Dr. Michael Mann, Distinguished Professor of Meteorology & Director, Earth System Science Center-Penn State University / Member-National Academy of Sciences / author of several books including including his latest just out, The New Climate War / (previously, The Madhouse Effect: How Climate Change Denial Is Threatening Our Planet, Destroying Our Politics, and Driving Us Crazy) / Recipient of the Tyler Prize

Article: "Blazes That Refuse to Die: 'Zombie Fires'" by John Schwartz.

Article: "Overwintering fires in boreal forests" by Rebecca C. Scholten, Randi Jandt, Eric A. Miller, Brendan M. Rogers & Sander Veraverbeke.

Article: "Australia's 'Black Summer' Fires Have Left a Shocking Effect on Earth's Atmosphere" by Peter Dockrill.

Article: "Amazon is on the brink of turning into a carbon source, study warns" by Mongabay.com.

Article: "As the Arctic Continues its Meltdown, Economic Exploitation Quickens" by Tom Yulsman.

Article: "Arctic Council" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Global warming: Scientists 'stunned' by how much ice we've lost" by Ida Erikson.

Article: "California Wildfires Triple Amid Drought After Record 2020 Fire Season" by Meghan Roos.

Article: "California Is Headed Toward Another Brutal Wildfire Season" by Dan Spinelli.

Article: "2020 Oregon wildfires" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Anthropogenic Warming and Population Growth May Double US Heat Stress by the Late 21st Century" by Sourav Mukherjee, Ashok Kumar Mishra, Michael E. Mann, Colin Raymond.

Article: "World's largest iceberg breaks off from ice shelf in Antarctica" by AFP.

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: "The Problem With Inequality, According to Adam Smith" by Dennis C. Rasmussen.

Article: "Black homeowner says her appraisal doubled after she didn't declare her race" by AP.

Article: "Lawyers find the parents of 54 more migrant children from families separated under Trump" by Julia Ainsley and Jacob Soboroff.

Article: "Republican Presidents' Impact on the Economy" by Kimberly Amadeo.

Article: "US Debt by President by Dollar and Percentage" by Kimberly Amadeo.

Article: "Rearing cattle produces more greenhouse gases than driving cars, UN report warns" by UN.

Article: "Effects of grain feeding on microbiota in the digestive tract of cattle" by E. Khafipour, S. Li, H.M. Tun, H. Derakhshani, S. Moossavi, J.C. Plaizier.

Book: The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark by Carl Sagan.

Site: League of Women Voters.

Article: "A Summary View Of The Rights Of British America" by Thomas Jefferson.

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