This is not a fight over something like the minimum wage. This is a battle for the survival of the American republic and in a larger sense, it's about the survival of democracy across the world.

Republicans and their authoritarian supporters are working right now to steal the 2024 election and drop their 2020 treason into the memory hole. We can't let them get away with it.

At the same time Democrats are trying to negotiate in "good faith" with Republicans about creating a "bipartisan commission" to investigate what happened on January 6th, Republicans are rigging elections in state after state and preparing for a total takeover of the American government. They're even rehearsing ways to rewrite the Constitution.

This is war, but apparently only one side realizes it.

Read more at HartmannReport.com.

-Thom

Wednesday's Daily Stack

Hour One: National Progressive Townhall Meeting
- Representative Mark Pocan (D-WI, 2nd District) @MarkPocan @repmarkpocan

Site: BBC Global News Podcast.

Article: "As it happened: Diplomacy fails to halt Israel-Gaza fighting" by BBC. "The US has blocked a joint UN Security Council statement on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict for the third time in a week"

Article: "Biden tells Netanyahu he 'expects significant de-escalation today on path to ceasefire' – live" by Joan E Greve.

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

Article: "Special counsel" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Archibald Cox" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Leon Jaworski" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Lawrence Walsh" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Ken Starr" by Wikipedia.

Article: "House passes $1.5 trillion infrastructure bill, but McConnell calls it 'pointless political theater'" by Michael Laris.

Article: "What's Causing the Ammo Shortage?" by Craig Boddington.

Article: "The Lincoln Project" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Republicans Rewrite History of the Capitol Riot, Hampering an Inquiry" by Luke Broadwater.

Article: "Palestinian National Authority" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Hamas" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Gaza Strip" by Wikipedia.

Article: "West Bank" by Wikipedia.

Article: "At Least 21 States Dropping $300-A-Week Federal Unemployment Benefits" by Nicholas Reimann, Andrew Solender.

Article: "One key to getting women back to work post-pandemic: Childcare" by Jonnelle Marte.

Article: "United States Space Force" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Strategic Defense Initiative"(Star Wars) by Wikipedia.

Article: "Reps. Lee, Pocan Announce Defense Spending Reduction Caucus" by Barbara Lee.

Article: "The Toll of Eight Days of Conflict in Gaza and Israel" by Weiyi Cai, Josh Holder, Lauren Leatherby, Eleanor Lutz, Scott Reinhard and Karen Yourish.

Article: "UN says at least 58,000 Palestinians have been internally displaced and made homeless in Gaza after a week of Israeli airstrikes" by Azmi Haroun.

Article: "'Shocking and horrifying': Israel destroys AP office in Gaza" by Josef Federman.

Article: "Israeli airstrikes kill civilians and damage MSF clinic in Gaza" by MSF.

Article: "Rachel Corrie" by Wikipedia.

Article: "USS Liberty incident" by Wikipedia.

Site: MoveOn.org

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

Site: "Convention of States".

Article: "Halliburton's KRB Killed 18 U.S. Solders In Iraq, And Was Awarded $80 Million From The Bush Administration For Doing A Good Job?!?" by Engineer of Knowledge.

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

Article: "Why America Needs a January 6 Commission " by Amanda Carpenter.

Article: "Two Years Before 9/11, Candidate Bush was Already Talking Privately About Attacking Iraq, According to His Former Ghost Writer" by Russ Baker.

Article: "The Ten Lies of Dick Cheney (Part One)" by Andy Worthington.

Article: "FBI investigating Halliburton's no-bid contracts in Iraq" by Seth Borenstein and Shannon McCaffrey.

Article: "Dick Cheney's Halliburton: a corporate case study" by Pratap Chatterjee.

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

Article: "Mitch McConnell Opposes Commission To Investigate Capitol Riot" by Claudia Grisales.

Article: "Over 100 anti-Trump republicans threaten to form breakaway party as GOP ousts Cheney" by Louise Hall.

Article: "Trump supporters' new conspiracy theory: Biden faked his electric SUV drive" by Brad Reed.

Article: "Oregonians can go maskless outside, must show proof of vaccination to forgo masks indoors, state says" by Jamie Goldberg to freestanding rack.

Article: "Cheney says some GOP members voted against impeachment out of fear for their lives" by Caroline Kelly.

Article: "Rightwing Extremism: Current Economic and Political Climate Fueling Resurgence in Radicalization and Recruitment" by Prepared by the Extremism and Radicalization Branch, Homeland Environment Threat Analysis Division.

Article: "White Supremacist Recruitment of Military Personnel since 9/11" by FBI.

Article: "'Blood on their hands': the intelligence officer whose warning over white supremacy was ignored" by Lois Beckett.

Article: "The 147 Republicans Who Voted to Overturn Election Results" by Karen Yourish, Larry Buchanan and Denise Lu.

Article: "Secret Service protection extended to Trump family members, ex-staffers" by Luke Barr.

Article: "Secret Service extension for Trump's adult children cost $140,000 in a month" by Edward Helmore.

Book: Zero Fail: The Rise and Fall of the Secret Service by Carol Leonnig.

Article: "Assassination of William McKinley" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Fox News made me do it: Capitol attack suspect pulls 'Foxitis' defense" by Luke O'Neil.

Article: "'I Answered the Call of My President': Rioters Say Trump Urged Them On" by Alan Feuer and Nicole Hong.

Law: "Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act", 1970 (RICO).

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

Article: "Biden's Supreme Court Commission meets for first time amid growing calls to expand the court" by Melissa Quinn.

Article: "Donald Trump judicial appointment controversies" by Wikipedia.

Law: "18 U.S. Code § 2381 - Treason".

Law: "18 U.S. Code § 2382 - Misprision of treason".

Law: "18 U.S. Code § 2383 - Rebellion or insurrection".

Law: "18 U.S. Code § 2384 - Seditious conspiracy".

Law: "18 U.S. Code § 2385 - Advocating overthrow of Government".

Law: "10 U.S. Code § 894 - Art. 94. Mutiny or sedition " (armed forces).

Article: "The Satanic Temple" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Troubled Vaccine Maker and Its Founder Gave $2 Million in Political Donations" by Sheryl Gay Stolberg, Chris Hamby and Rebecca R. Ruiz.

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

Article: "Steve Scalise reportedly said he was 'like David Duke without the baggage'" by The Week.

Article: "Halliburton and Cheney: War Profiteers in Chief Fight to Keep Their Wallets Fat" by Rick Jacobs.

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: "Taliban" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant" (ISIS) by Wikipedia.

Article: "Crusades" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Professor Moriarty" by Wikipedia.

Site: DC Report (David Cay Johnston).

Article: "Legal affairs of Donald Trump" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Karl Frisch" by Ballotpedia.

Article: "Under The Influence" by 60 Minutes.

Article: "Baird discusses insider trading by Congress on '60 Minutes'" by Stephanie Rice.

Article: "McConnell hits 'pause' on Dems effort to create Jan. 6 panel" by Mary Clare Jalonick, Alan Fram, Lisa Mascaro.

Clip: Phone conversation between President Lyndon Johnson and Sen. Everett Dirksen (R) 968. "Here's the latest information we've got... This is treason. ... "

Article: "Mueller Report (Redacted) Searchable Version (PDF)".

Article: "Order No. 3915-2017: Appointment of Special Counsel" by Rod Rosenstein.

Article: "What The New Monthly Child Tax Credits Mean For You And Your Family" by Vanessa Romo.

Video: Dental Health Check up...

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

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Plus, Science Revolution: 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

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