If Angela Merkel has governed Germany for 16 years as a "conservative," there are probably a lot of Americans ready to adopt the label.

The headline at Fox "News" blares: "German Elections: Big Setback for Merkel's Conservatives as Center-Left Party Comes Out on Top." In a single sentence, it summarizes everything wrong with how American media and the American public understand what "conservative" means.

In America, conservatives don't want women to get abortions and some conservatives are even proposing the death penalty for women who succeed in aborting a zygote or fetus. Angela Merkel's "conservatives" offer abortions to women in the first three months of pregnancy at no cost (if low-income) and with no excuses. A woman must meet with a state-approved "counselor" to essentially get a prescription for the abortion, a remnant of Germany having outlawed abortion in 1871 and doubled-down during Hitler's time, but that's it. And the meeting to get the prescription, the law says, must be, "An open-ended consultation that encourages the woman to keep the child while at the same time not persuading her." No ultrasound wand rapes, no gory movies to watch, no multiple visits, no bounties on people who help.

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-Thom

Tuesday's Daily Stack

Article: "Angela Merkel Governed Germany to the Left of Bernie Sanders: Why Don't Americans Know?" by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "Sick Leave in Germany" by European Contractor Blog.

Article: "Briefing Paper on the Precautionary Principle " by PAN.

Article: "Pesticide caused kids' brain damage, California lawsuits say" by Don Thompson.

Book: The Hidden History of American Healthcare: Why Sickness Bankrupts You and Makes Others Insanely Rich by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "The Ins and Outs of German Vacation Time and Vacation Pay" by Dr. Bernd Borgmann LL.M.

Article: "State of Homelessness: 2021 Edition" by National Alliance to End Homelessness.

Article: "Solar twice as expensive in US as in Germany" by Craig Morris.

Article: "Gun Laws in Germany" by German Culture.

Article: "Blowing Up the Billionaires' Con that's Shattering America" by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "German workers win right to 28-hour week" by Alanna Petroff.

Article: "Regulatory, Pricing, and Reimbursement" (drugs) by Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek.

Article: "Germany's welfare system: an overview" by Jannika Keitel.

Article: "Pesticides: an update of human exposure and toxicity" by Sara Mostafalou, Mohammad Abdollahi.

Article: "German union's big win shows US labor the path forward" by Cathy Feingold.

Article: "How Do U.S. Internet Costs Compare To The Rest Of The World?" by BroadbandSearch.

Article: "Angela Merkel saw Germans through crisis after crisis. Now they wonder who'll fill the void" by Frederik Pleitgen.

Article: "German government strikes deal on basic pension" by DW.

Article: "Germany shuts down atomic plant as nuclear phase-out enters final stretch" by DW.

Article: "Solar PV Rooftop Policies And Strategies: The German Experience" by ECOFYS.

Article: "A guide to German preschool and daycare options" by Danielle Richardson.

Article: "Minimum wage and average salary in Germany" by Expatica.

Article: "German elections: Big setback for Merkel's conservatives as center-left party comes out on top" by Paul Steinhauser.

Article: "Public Transport in Germany" by The German Way.

Article: "Health Insurance in Germany – The German Healthcare System" by Germany Visa.

Article: "Germany: Total Number of Gun Deaths" by GunPolicy.org.

Article: "German Workplace Organizations and Associations" by How To Germany.

Article: "Paying Taxes in Germany" by How To Germany.

Article: "German Cities To Trial Ambitious Free Public Transport Plans" by Senay Boztas.

Article: "Housing benefit in Germany (Wohngeld)" by IamExpat.

Law: "13th Amendment".

Article: "2020 saw more gun deaths in the US than any year in over two decades, showing even a pandemic couldn't stop the violence" by John Haltiwanger.

Article: " Crime Stats: compare key data on Germany & United States" by NationMaster.

Article: "Trump's regulatory rollbacks, from net neutrality to campus sex assault" by Suzy Khimm.

Article: "America's incarceration rate falls to lowest level since 1995" by John Gramlich.

Article: "Germany" by Prison Insider.

Article: "How does Germany deal with the homeless and the poor?" by Judith Meyer.

Article: "Best Internet Providers in Germany [2021 English Guide]" by Simple Germany.

Article: "Abortion Law in Germany" by Speak Act Change.

Article: "What Does It Cost to Study in Germany" by Studying in Germany.

Article: "Untested chemicals are everywhere, thanks to a 39-year-old US law. Will the Senate finally act?" by Elizabeth Grossman.

Article: "Roundup Cancer: Causes, Types, and What You Need To Know" by VanDerGinst Law.

Article: "The true story of America's sky-high prescription drug prices" by Sarah Kliff.

Article: "Angela Merkel welcomed refugees to Germany. They're starting to help the economy" by Griff Witte and Luisa Beck.

Article: "Here's how Finland solved its homelessness problem" by Alex Gray.

Article: "The new German Privacy Act" by Dr. Söntje Julia Hilberg.

Thread: "When I got Covid in 2020 and spent weeks in the hospital, it was harrowing. But it was nothing compared to what my family is dealing with now—also as a result of Covid...." by Summer Brennan.

Article: "Man died after a COVID denier recorded himself 'helping' the man leave against doctor's pleas" by Aysha Qamar.

Article: "Explainer: What are 'Crisis Standards of Care?'" by Rebecca Boone, Iris Samuels, Lindsey Tanner.

Article: " Crisis standards of care now in place across all of Idaho. What does that mean?" by Idaho Statesman.

Article: "Alaska, overwhelmed by COVID-19 patients, adopts crisis standards for hospitals" by Yereth Rosen.

Article: "Veteran dies of treatable illness as COVID fills hospital beds, leaving doctors "playing musical chairs"" by CBS News.

Hour Two: Extremists See Ending Same Sex Marriage Within Their Grasp
- Michelangelo Signorile, Journalist / Commentator & Host - Michelangelo Signorile Show - SXMProgress ch. 127 3-6 ET M-F

Article: "Extremists see ending marriage equality within grasp" by Michelangelo Signorile.

Article: "Women can say no to sex if Roe falls, says architect of Texas abortion ban" by Stephanie Kirchgaessner and Jessica Glenza.

Article: "Supreme Court Strikes Down Texas Abortion Restrictions" (2016) by Adam Liptak.

Case: "Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization" (abortion).

Case: "Lawrence v. Texas" (2003, Sodomy).

Case: "Obergefell v. Hodges".

Article: "Eastman memo shows how close Georgia GOP chair came to enabling Trump coup" by Jay Bookman.

Article: "Rep. Gohmert Sues Pence in Last-Ditch Attempt to Overturn Election Results" by Zachary Evans.

Article: "Samuel Alito on Abortion" by OnTheIssues.

Article: "Amy Coney Barrett says the supreme court aren't 'partisan hacks'. Oh really?" by David Sirota.

Article: "Portland Police Union to City: Vaccine Mandate Will "Exacerbate an Already Dangerous Staffing Crisis" for Police and 911 Staff" by Tess Riski.

Article: "United Airlines CEO says number of workers who have quit over vaccine mandate is in 'single digits'" by Clara Hill.

Article: "'We don't like being mandated,' Florida police unions stick to guns on no vax mandates" by Katie LaGrone.

Article: "National Voter Registration Day" (4th Tuesday of every September - 28th in 2021).

Article: "1 in 4 rural hospitals is vulnerable to closure, a new report finds" by Dylan Scott.

Book: Peril by Bob Woodward and Robert Costa.

Book: Rage by Bob Woodward.

Article: "Trump team failed to follow NSC's pandemic playbook" by Dan Diamond, Nahal Toosi.

Site: Tracking COVID-19 - Johns Hopkins University.

Article: "How the Democrats Can Pass the Entire Reconciliation Bill" by Harold Meyerson.

Article: "Maybe We Should Be Talking More About the Trump Coup Memo" by Tim Murphy.

Article: "Schmidt: The "TRUMP COUP MEMO" should be an occasion for a giant, collective, national time out" by Nevilledog.

Article: "The infamous 'Eastman memo' shows how close Georgia GOP chair came to enabling Trump coup" by Jay Bookman.

Article: "The shocking new evidence of the GOP conspiracy against the U.S." by John Stoehr.

Article: "The Hayes-Tilden Electoral Commission" by James Monroe.

Article: "12th Amendment"

Article: "Republicans ruthlessly reshaped America to hold onto power -- can Dems do the same thing to save it?" by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "We need to plan now in case Trump loses in November — but refuses to leave the White House " by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "CNN's Brian Stelter highlights failure of news broadcasts to cover the Trump coup memo" by Media Matters.

Article: "Rick Scott 'oversaw the largest Medicare fraud' in U.S. history, Florida Democratic Party says" by PolitiFact.

Article: "Rick Scott" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Gen. Milley crushes Sen. Tom Cotton with forceful statement on the role of America's military" by Mark Sumner.

Article: "Vaccine mandate: China's plan to destroy America?" by Wayne Allyn Root.

Article: "Only 0.19 Percent of Anti-Vax Health Care Workers Quit Maine Hospital Over Mandate Protests" by Daniel Villarreal.

Article: "Biden mandates 'effective immediately' COVID vaccine for all US military personnel " by Laura Widener.

Article: "70 percent of active-duty troops already fully vaccinated against the coronavirus, senior official says" by Karin Zeitvogel.

Article: "Despite 95% Vaccination Rate, Harvard Experiences "Substantial Outbreak" of COVID" by Paul Joseph Watson.

Article: "Army physician warns about toxic ingredients in COVID shots" by Joel S. Hirschhorn.

Article: "Andrés Manuel López Obrador" by Wikipedia.

Book: Conscience of a Conservative by Barry M. Goldwater.

Book: With no apologies: The personal and political memoirs of Barry M. Goldwater by Barry M. Goldwater.

Article: "The South's Republicans Talk About Freedom While People Die" by Margaret Renkl.

Image: "Erangelicals: Makes Trump the Messiah... God: Sends a plague Antichrist and followers".

Article: "City Of Dalton Offering Antibody Treatment At Drive-In Clinic" by Chattanoogan.

Article: "More than 40,000 antibody treatments given in Florida".

Article: "Defense Production Act" by Wikipedia.

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

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