The "Philosophers," "Thieving Scoundrels" and "Foreign Enemies" are having a collective moment that could take down America.

There are people in this world who don't like —and even hate — democracy. They're on the move against it, particularly here in America, and the Qanon religion/cult is the glue that's bringing them all together.

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

Article: "Here's What's In President Biden's $2 Trillion Infrastructure Proposal" by Scott Detrow, Tamara Keith.

Article: "Roll call on H.R. 3233 (National Commission to Investigate the January 6 Attack on the United States Capitol Complex Act )".

Article: "What is ALEC" by ALEC Exposed.

Article: "Joe Manchin" by Wikipedia.

Article: "West Virginia ALEC Politicians" by sourcewatch.

Article: "Transcript: Thom Hartmann & State Representative Mark Pocan: ALEC exposed in New Orleans. 5 August '11".

Article: "Pelosi details next steps for Jan. 6 investigation after Senate filibusters commission" by Rebecca Shabad, Leigh Ann Caldwell and Garrett Haake.

Article: "Permitless carry of handguns is on the verge of becoming law in Texas. Six things you need to know." by Allie Morris.

Article: "What Q-Fanatic Flynn was actually Advocating for -- No Joke" by jamess.

Article: "Flynn says he didn't endorse Myanmar-style coup after he appears to back plan in video exchange" by Donie O'Sullivan.

Article: "Michael Flynn" by Wikipedia.

Law: "18 U.S. Code § 1701. Obstruction of mails generally" "Whoever knowingly and willfully obstructs or retards the passage of the mail, or any carrier or conveyance carrying the mail, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than six months, or both.".

Law: "18 U.S. Code § 1703. Delay or destruction of mail or newspapers" "(a) Whoever, being a Postal Service officer or employee, unlawfully secretes, destroys, detains, delays, or opens any letter, postal card, package, bag, or mail entrusted to him or which shall come into his possession, and which was intended to be conveyed by mail, or carried or delivered by any carrier or other employee of the Postal Service, or forwarded through or delivered from any post office or station thereof established by authority of the Postmaster General or the Postal Service, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than five years, or both..."

Article: "Louis DeJoy" by Wikipedia.

Article: "USPS removed 711 sorting machines this year, new court documents show" by Kristen Holmes and Paul P. Murphy.

Article: "Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act of 2006" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Jeffrey Epstein" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Jeffrey Epstein's brother says the pedophile financier was murdered and demands an investigation into his death after coroner ruled it a suicide" by Marlene Lenthang.

Bill: "H.R.860 - Social Security 2100 Act" by Rep. Larson, John B. [D-CT-1].

Article: "The Social Security 2100 Act" by John Larson.

Article: "Consumer Price Index" by BLS.

Article: "Consumer Price Index for the elderly" (CPI-E) by BLS.

Article: "Redistricting in the United States" 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: "Gerrymandering" by Wikipedia.

Article: "The "Iowa Model" for Redistricting" by NCSL.

Article: "California Citizens Redistricting Commission" by Wikipedia.

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

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: "His Rule Slipping Away, Netanyahu Could Bring Capitol Insurrection to Israel " by Alon Pinkas.

Article: "Coup-coup-kachoo: Former guy is reportedly telling insiders he'll be reinstated by August" by Aldous J Pennyfarthing.

Article: "House passes $1.9 billion Capitol security bill that faces Senate roadblocks" by Jacob Pramuk.

Article: "'Byrd rule' shadow could fall on Biden coronavirus relief plan" by Paul M. Krawzak.

Article: "Could Qanon Reign Mean the "End Times" for Democracy?" by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "The Origins of a Warning from Voltaire" by Walter Olson.

Article: "QAnon Now as Popular in U.S. as Some Major Religions, Poll Suggests" by Giovanni Russonello.

Article: "Understanding QAnon's Connection to American Politics, Religion, and Media Consumption" by PRRI.

Article: "Evangelical pastor warns people are taking QAnon as a religion: We're no match for '24 hours of Facebook'" by Matthew Chapman.

Article: "Executive Order 13848 of September 12, 2018: Imposing Certain Sanctions in the Event of Foreign Interference in a United States Election" by Donald Trump.

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

Article: "Report: Prosecutors May Use a Mafia Law Against Donald Trump That Comes With Up to 25 Years in Prison" by Bess Levin.

Article: "Learning the real history of this country would break you" by TrueBlueMajority.

Article: "Tulsa race massacre" (1921) by Wikipedia.

Documentary: Dreamland: The Burning of Black Wall Street.

Article: "Biden decries 'horrific' Tulsa massacre in emotional speech" by Jonathan Lemire, Darlene Superville.

Article: "New York City Draft Riots (1863)" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Memphis riots of 1866" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Camilla massacre" (1868) by Wikipedia.

Article: "Opelousas massacre" (1868) by Wikipedia.

Article: "Colfax massacre" (1873) by Wikipedia.

Article: "The Carroll County Courthouse Massacre (1886)" by Sheren Sanders.

Article: "Thibodaux massacre" (1887) by Wikipedia.

Article: "Wilmington insurrection of 1898" by Wikipedia.

Article: "East St. Louis riots" (1917) by Wikipedia.

Article: "Elaine massacre" (1919) by Wikipedia.

Article: "Red Summer" (1919) by Wikipedia.

Article: "Rosewood massacre" (1923) by Wikipedia.

Article: "Apartheid" by Wikipedia.

Article: "The Protocols of the Elders of Zion" by Wikipedia.

Site: Oklahoma Historical Society

Article: "Florida profile" by Prison Policy Initiative.

Article: "Florida ruled felons must pay to vote. Now, it doesn't know how many can." by Lawrence Mower and Langston Taylor.

Article: "Florida Amendment 2, $15 Minimum Wage Initiative (2020)" by Ballotpedia.

Article: "The Day New York Tried to Secede" by Ron Soodalter.

Book: "The Hidden History of Guns and the Second Amendment" by Thom Hartmann.

Movie: "Gangs of New York".

Article: "Colored Orphan Asylum" by Wikipedia.

Article: "How to Escape the Draft" (Draft Riot in New York City) by Robert C. Kennedy.

Article: "Union League Club" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Reinhard Gehlen" by Wikipedia.

Article: "13th Amendment", December 6, 1865. "Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction."

Article: "Abort all black babies and cut crime, says Republican" by Dan Glaister.

Article: "Why some US states are banning 'critical race theory' from being taught in schools" by Antonia Hylton.

Article: "Guantanamo Bay detention camp" by Wikipedia.

Site: Proof (Seth Abramson).

Article: "Tampa man pleads guilty to felony in Jan. 6 Capitol riot; his recommended prison sentence could set bar for other cases" by Spencer S. Hsu.

Hour Three: Seattle ban on facial recognition technology use
- Jeanne Kohl-Welles, King County Councilmember & primary sponsor of the ban @KCCKohlWelles @KingCountyWA

Article: "Facial Recognition Technology Ban Passed By King County Council" by Seattle Medium.

Article: "2014 Hong Kong protests" (Umbrella Movement) by Wikipedia.

Article: "Amazon's doorbell camera Ring is working with police – and controlling what they say" by Kari Paul.

Article: "How NIST Tested Facial Recognition Algorithms for Racial Bias" by Sophie Bushwick.

Speech: "I've Been to the Mountaintop" by Martin Luther King Jr.

Article: "Is It Too Late For Democracy?" by Thom Hartmann.

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

Article: "CBS News Poll – May 12 - 14, 2021" by YouGov.

Article: "Sanders warns Dems could lose congress if they get mired in 'never-ending' negotiations with GOP " by Jake Johnson.

Article: "Biden slams GOP vote-restriction bills as 'sick' and 'un-American' while Georgia moves to suppress the vote" by Stephen Collinson.

Article: "Marjorie Taylor Greene compares House mask mandates to the Holocaust" by Ryan Nobles.

Article: "As QAnon Candidates Keep Winning, Third of Republicans Think Conspiracy Is 'Mostly True'" by Ana de Liz.

Article: "'A Perpetual Motion Machine': How Disinformation Drives Voting Laws" by Maggie Astor.

Article: "Republicans Move to Limit a Grass-Roots Tradition of Direct Democracy" by Reid J. Epstein and Nick Corasaniti.

Article: "'Clear call to violence': Experts slam Matt Gaetz for 'inciting another insurrection'" by David Badash.

Article: "State of disunion: Democrats must not give in to Trump's hateful speech" by Robert Reich.

Article: "The numbers are grim. Republicans are winning at normalizing voter suppression" by David Sirota.

Article: "Rush Limbaugh had a lot to say about feminism. Women learned how to not care." by Monica Hesse.

Article: "Paul Ryan: GOP Must Reject Cult of Personality and Mar-a-Lago Flatterers" by Cory Allen Heidelberger.

Article: "Overton window" by Wikipedia.

Geeky Science: "Waking just one hour earlier cuts depression risk by double digits, study finds" by University of Colorado at Boulder.

Site: "Joe Madison - The Black Eagle".

Article: "The Black Death: Black Deaths Matter?" by Rohn Kenyatta.

Article: "The myth of corporate neutrality" by Judd Legum.

Case: "Buckley v. Valeo", 1976

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

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

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

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