American conservatism has been a scam since the 1920s, and continues to exclusively benefit the very white and the very wealthy.

Ron DeSantis' executive order making it illegal for teachers to require kids in their classrooms to wear masks to protect the teacher and other kids in the class (and their families) isn't about masks.

If it was about masks and their health potential, pro or con, he'd be discussing how to reduce the transmission of this deadly virus in Florida, which now accounts for more than 20% of all new Covid cases in America.

At the very least, he'd be showing for concern about the seven children currently fighting for their lives in the ICU at the Joe DiMaggio Children's Hospital in Broward County. Instead, when asked about those children yesterday, he dumped a load of word-salad gibberish on the reporter who asked the question...

Read more at HartmannReport.com.

-Thom

Wednesday's Daily Stack

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

Article: "Senate expects to move forward with infrastructure bill" by Guardian.

Article: "Let down by infrastructure bill, climate hawks eye reconciliation " by Benjamin J. Hulac and Joseph Morton.

Article: "Cori Bush slept outside the Capitol to protest evictions. Democrats credited her for the renewed protections" by Jaclyn Peiser.

Article: "The Biden Administration Issues A New Eviction Moratorium After A Federal Ban Lapsed" by Barbara Sprunt.

Article: "Democrats Took Big Real Estate Money, Then Let the Eviction Ban Expire" by Andrew Perez, Joel Warner.

Article: "Problem Solvers Caucus" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Covid Delta variant is 'in the air you breathe': what you need to know about Sydney outbreak strain" by Donna Lu.

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: "Filibuster" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Ohio Democratic primary election: Shontel Brown defeats progressive Nina Turner" by David Smith.

Article: "Additional Deferments for SBA Disaster Home and Business Loans Adversely Affected by the Coronavirus (COVID-19) Emergency – Second Extension; and Deferments for new SBA Disaster Loans" by Small Business Administration.

Article: "Madison Cawthorn" by Wikipedia.

Article: "North Carolina's 11th Congressional District election, 2022" by BallotPedia.

Article: "Eric Gash" by BallotPedia.

Article: "Rep. Madison Cawthorn tried to board a plane with a gun and loaded magazine in February" by Alia Shoaib.

Article: "Madison Cawthorn's screed brings to light the dire predicament authoritarians pose for democracy" by John Stoehr.

Facebook: "Welcomed U.S. SBA Administrator Isabel Guzman to Madison this morning to meet with our small businesses owners and discuss all the ways we can be helpful to their recovery from COVID-19. I'll keep fighting to ensure that our small businesses have the relief they need to rebuild from this crisis." by Mark Pocan.

Article: "Waters Announces Introduction of Groundbreaking Legislative Housing Package" by Maxine Waters.

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

Bill: "S.4263 - John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act" by Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT].

Article: "A Trump bombshell quietly dropped last week. And it should shock us all" by Robert Reich.

Article: "14th Amendment Section 3, July 9, 1868 (citizenship, representatives, public debt, Equal Protection Clause)

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

Article: "Rosa DeLauro and the Child Tax Credit" by Lisa Pierce Flores.

Article: "Two American carrier groups sail into South China Sea" by George Allison.

Article: "UK's HMS Queen Elizabeth aircraft carrier pictured in South China Sea" by Brad Lendon.

Article: "Slow slog in U.S. Senate for $1 trillion infrastructure bill " by Makini Brice and David Morgan.

Article: "117th United States Congress" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Local prosecutors look into alleged sexual harassment by New York's Cuomo" by Jonathan Allen.

Article: "GOP Rep. Matt Gaetz investigated for possible sex trafficking of girl, 17, report says — he claims extortion" by Kevin Breuninger.

Article: "Louis DeJoy" by Wikipedia.

Article: "DeSantis' Anti-Mask Order Is Replaying Reagan's Phony "Rugged Individualism" " by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "COVID In Florida: Gov. DeSantis Downplays Coronavirus Threat As State Breaks New Hospitalization Record" by Ted Scouten.

Article: "Government spending, percent of GDP - Country rankings" by TheGlobalEconomy.com.

Article: "Countries With the Highest Government Spending to GDP Ratio" by Barclay Palmer.

Article: ""Little House on the Prairie" and the Myth of Self-Reliance" by Julie Tharp and Jeff Kleiman .

Site: "US Inflation Calculator".

Article: "National Debt Graph" by zFacts.

Article: "Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson Regrets Signing A Law Banning Mask Mandates Now That His State Is Being Decimated By COVID" by Jessica Toomer.

Article: "Some Are Chasing Extra Vaccine Shots, While Scientists Debate" by Maria Cramer and Jenny Gross.

Article: "Covid Live Updates: W.H.O. Calls for Moratorium on Covid Vaccine Boosters" by Isabella Kwai and Benjamin Mueller.

Article: "The TRIPS Waiver as a recognition of public health concerns in the WTO" by Andrew D. Mitchell, Tania Voon.

Article: "Let It Rip: How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Live With The Virus" by Andrew Sullivan.

Article: "'Maxed out or close to capacity': Oklahoma hospitals on the brink of collapse as many run out of ICU beds " by Meaghan Ellis.

Article: "Coronavirus (COVID-19) Vaccinations" by Our World in Data.

Article: "Coronavirus: 'Deadly masks' claims debunked" by Jack Goodman and Flora Carmichael.

Article: "Orange County school board to sue over K-12 mask mandate " by AP.

Article: "2024 Presidential Election Interactive Map " by 270toWin.

Article: "2022 Florida gubernatorial election" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Charlie Crist" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Legal experts debunk Mike Lee's 'ludicrous' claim that mask mandates may violate the 1st Amendment" by Alex Henderson.

Article: "Florida school district reverses mask mandate after DeSantis threatens to cut funding" by Yacob Reyes.

Article: "Polio vaccine" by Wikipedia.

Hour Three: Keeping ALEC in check
- David Armiak, Research Director, Center for Media and Democracy

Article: "What is ALEC" by ALEC Exposed.

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

Video: Mark Pocan: ALEC Exposed in New Orleans.

Article: "CMD Files IRS Whistleblower Complaint Against ALEC for Illegal In-Kind Campaign Contributions Worth More Than $6 Million" by David Armiak.

Site: ALEC Exposed..

Article: "How Long Does COVID-19 Vaccine Protection Last? New Study Raises Red Flags" by Sissi Cao.

Article: "Arkansas loses a third of its vaccine stockpile to an Expiration Date".

Article: "Kristi Noem to Appear at Sturgis Charity Ride as Some Fear Rally Will Prompt COVID Spread" by Julia Marnin.

Article: "Dems Scored Real Estate Cash Before Letting Eviction Ban Expire" by Andrew Perez, Joel Warner.

Article: "'Give the Money Back,' Demands Tlaib After Revelation of $1 Million Donation to House Dems From Real Estate Titan" by Brett Wilkins.

Case: "Buckley v. Valeo", 1976

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

Book: "The Hidden History of the Supreme Court and the Betrayal of America" by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "DOJ sounds the alarm as jailed Proud Boy receives a mysterious influx of cash" by Matthew Chapman.

Article: "'Ever more terrifying': Tucker Carlson's visit with Hungary's authoritarian Viktor Orban sets off alarm bells " by Travis Gettys.

Article: "Orban Loses Budapest as Hungary's Opposition Breaks His Hegemony" by Zoltan Simon.

Article: "Coronovirus weekly update: Florida death toll surpasses 39,000" by Joe Byrnes.

Article: "F.D.A. Aims to Give Final Approval to Pfizer Vaccine by Early Next Month" by Sharon LaFraniere and Noah Weiland.

Article: "Call Them "Right to Life" or "Freedom" Passports!" by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "Vaccine Passports Could Save Us From Trump's Final Massacre" by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "Why some experts recommend upgrading to N95 masks to help fight the delta variant" by Allyson Chiu.

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: "White House abandoned plan to send 650 million face masks across the U.S. in April, report says" by Hannah Miao.

Article: "Eric Cantor, Paul Ryan & Kevin McCarthy: Plot To Sabotage US Economy with Frank Luntz" (caucus room conspiracy) by keepemhonest.

Article: "COVID variants Lambda and Delta Plus: All you need to know about the emerging strains" by Sunil Lal.

Article: "Understanding mRNA COVID-19 Vaccines" by CDC.

Article: "Nikki Fried" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Tear down this wall!" by Wikipedia.

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