Wednesday 05 May '21 show notes

  • National Progressive Townhall Meeting - Representative Mark Pocan (D-WI, 2nd District)
  • Why McConnell Is About to Destroy the GOP - Nobody is asking the bigger question: "Why would a professional, lifelong politician and master tactician like Mitch McConnell make such a huge mistake?"
  • Will Scotland Finally Have Her..."FREEDOM!!" (a la Braveheart-William Wallace) - Victoria Jones, Executive Director - DC Radio Company LLC
  • Why Mohammed bin Salman suddenly wants to talk to Iran - Dr. Trita Parsi, Executive Vice President, Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft
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Why McConnell Is About to Destroy the GOP
Thom plus logo Nobody is asking the bigger question: "Why would a professional, lifelong politician and master tactician like Mitch McConnell make such a huge mistake?"

Nobody's asking, "Why?"

Just like he did with the Covid rescue bill a few months ago, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell just said that there will not be one single Republican vote in support of President Joe Biden's infrastructure plan.

Why would McConnell do this?

Why would he give away any bargaining leverage the GOP might have?

Read more at HartmannReport.com.

-Thom
Wednesday's Daily Stack Daily Stack
Hour One: National Progressive Townhall Meeting
- Representative Mark Pocan (D-WI, 2nd District) @MarkPocan @repmarkpocan
Article: "Cinco de Mayo" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Biden's $4 Trillion Economic Plan, in One Chart" by Alicia Parlapiano.
Article: "Symington Amendment" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Gerrymandering" by Wikipedia.
Bill: "H.R.1 - For the People Act of 2021" by Rep. Sarbanes, John P. [D-MD-3].
Article: "The US and EU must waive the patents" by Lori Wallach.
Article: "Fact Sheet: The American Jobs Plan" by White House.
Article: "Fact Sheet: The American Families Plan" by White House.
Bill: "H.R.2474 - Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2019" by Rep. Scott, Robert C. "Bobby" [D-VA-3].

Hour Two: Why McConnell Is About to Destroy the GOP - Nobody is asking the bigger question: "Why would a professional, lifelong politician and master tactician like Mitch McConnell make such a huge mistake?"
Article: "Why McConnell Is About to Destroy the GOP" by Thom Hartmann.
Article: "House Republicans Have Had Enough of Liz Cheney's Truth-Telling" by Nicholas Fandos and Catie Edmondson.
Article: "Nelson Rockefeller's Last Stand" by Richard Norton Smith.
Article: "Goldwater's 1964 Acceptance Speech", 1964. "Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice... moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue."
Article: "Friedrich Hayek" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Ludwig von Mises" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Milton Friedman" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Barry Goldwater" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Trump's false or misleading claims total 30,573 over 4 years" by Glenn Kessler, Salvador Rizzo and Meg Kelly.
Article: "Rick Scott" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Tom Cotton" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Josh Hawley" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Kristi Noem" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Battle of Puebla" by Wikipedia.
Article: "How deep does the Russia collusion go? To McConnell?" (aluminum factory) by Joan McCarter.
Article: "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood.
Article: "Mitt Romney" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Charles Booker" by Wikipedia.
Will Scotland Finally Have Her..."FREEDOM!!" (a la Braveheart-William Wallace)
- Victoria Jones, Executive Director - DC Radio Company LLC @victoriajonesdc
Article: "Brexit" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Jersey" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Anglo-French Wars" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Norman Conquest" by Wikipedia.

Hour Three: Why Mohammed bin Salman suddenly wants to talk to Iran
- Dr. Trita Parsi, Executive Vice President, Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft @tparsi @QuincyInst @RStatecraft
Article: "U.S. withdraws from Vietnam" by History.
Article: "2022 United States Senate election in Georgia" (Raphael Warnock) by Wikipedia.
Article: "Blind men and an elephant" by Wikipedia.
Bill: "S.4263 - John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act" by Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT].
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