As Biden told us, we stand at an inflection point of history. The fate of democracy here and around the world is actually hanging in the balance. Hopefully our Attorney General was listening...

Today's the anniversary of hundreds of Capitol police, House and Senate staffers, Members of Congress and others who work in the seat of our nation's government successfully fighting back the first violent assault on a congressional session in the history of our republic.

Trump's followers and fellow-travelers — including 139 Republicans in the House and 8 in the Senate — tried their best to end our way of government. They incited, participated in, and now are justifying the first violent attack on Congress since the Constitution was signed 235 years ago.

They failed.

Read more at HartmannReport.com.

-Thom

Thursday's Daily Stack

Article: "Sedition Day: Overthrowing Democracy is Not the Same Thing as Protesting Police Violence" by Thom Hartmann.

Speech: "Attorney General Merrick B. Garland Delivers Remarks on the First Anniversary of the Attack on the Capitol".

Tweet: "Rachel Maddow has a message for AG Garland and the other Biden appointees at the Justice Department. She told them to wake up because the country needs them to fix this." by Sarah Reese Jones.

Tweet: "I can't believe I just heard Garland say, essentially, that political violence is a problem on both sides. This "both-sides-ism" is a cancer in our political & media arenas that simply gives more license to neofascists who advocate, threaten & use violence. I'm astonished." by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "Guy Fawkes" by Encyclopedia Britannica.

Article: "Guy Fawkes Day" by Encyclopedia Britannica.

Article: "Did Garland just say...?" by BaronChocula.

Article: "New Jersey man arrested for threatening to kill federal judge" by Nate Raymond.

Video: Attorney General Merrick Garland Delivers Remarks on January 6 Attack.

Article: "Full transcript: Biden, Harris speak from Capitol Hill on Jan. 6 anniversary" by Ayushi Agarwal.

Article: "Former White House advisor Peter Navarro says Mike Pence hung up on him as he was pitching a plan to steal the 2020 election" by Grace Panetta.

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

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

Article: "'Zero indicators': There are 'no signs' DOJ 'looking at Trump and his inner circle' says top politico reporter " by David Badash.

Article: "The Sixth of January" by Sue Nethercott.

Inside the Capitol on 1/6/21
- Jazmine Ulloa, Political Reporter - Boston Globe

Article: "'I didn't think I was going to go home that day': Congressional staffers recall the lingering trauma of the Jan. 6 attack" by Jazmine Ulloa.

Article: "'The place was under siege': Globe reporter describes the scene inside the Capitol building" by Jazmine Ulloa.

Article: "Panic buttons in Ayanna Pressley's office were 'torn out' before Capitol riot" by Yaron Steinbuch.

Article: "Insurrection Act of 1807" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Martin Luther King Jr. Day" by Wikipedia.

Quote: "Let us realize the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice." - Theodore Parker.

Quote: "The triumph of demagogues is fleeting. But the ruins are eternal" - Charles Péguy.

Article: "Charles Péguy" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Insurrection Act of 1807" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Reform the Insurrection Act: Former Pentagon Adviser Says Trump Almost Used It to Subvert Election" by Democracy Now!

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

Bill: "S.2747 - Freedom to Vote Act" by Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN].

Article: "I Fear for Our Democracy" by Jimmy Carter.

Article: "Trump's Favorite Part of Jan. 6 Is Laughing at the Trauma" by Asawin Suebsaeng, Will Sommer.

Article: "Trump 'gleefully' kept 'hitting rewind' while he watched the Capitol riot on TV: former press secretary " by Tom Boggioni.

Article: "'MAGA nation should rise up': Trump sends out incendiary message to followers on eve of Capitol riot anniversary" by Brad Reed.

Article: "Trump has been laughing about the suffering of 1/6 victims when talking with close friends: report" by Tom Boggioni.

Article: "'Zero indicators': There are 'no signs' DOJ 'looking at Trump and his inner circle' says top politico reporter" by David Badash.

Article: "Trump's business career is more connected to Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy than we ever knew" by Grace Panetta.

Article: "Trump's Supreme Court Seat: The Art of the Steal" by Andrew Kreig.

Article: "Far-right terror poses bigger threat to US than Islamist extremism post-9/11" by Joanna Walters and Alvin Chang.

Article: "Guy Fawkes" by Wikipedia.

Article: "'To Restore American Democracy,' House Progressives Endorse Adding 4 New Seats to Supreme Court" by Julia Conley.

Article: "Constitution of the United States", article 3 section 2. "... In all Cases affecting Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls, and those in which a State shall be Party, the supreme Court shall have original Jurisdiction. In all the other Cases before mentioned, the supreme Court shall have appellate Jurisdiction, both as to Law Fact, with such Exceptions, and under such Regulations as the Congress shall make...."

What happened on 1/6 & how likely is it to happen again?
- Dr. Steven Chermak, Professor - School of Criminal Justice-Michigan State University / Contributor - START: National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism

Article: "The Organizational Dynamics of Far-Right Hate Groups in the United States: Comparing Violent to Non-Violent Organizations" by National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism.

Article: "Oklahoma City bombing" by Wikipedia.

Article: "September 11 attacks" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Timothy McVeigh" by Wikipedia.

Article: "The Turner Diaries" by Wikipedia.

Article: "The Camp of the Saints" by Wikipedia.

Movie: "The Birth of a Nation (1915)".

Video: Nancy Pelosi speaks after Congress holds moment of silence for 6 January insurrection – watch live (starts after about 6 minutes).

Article: "Officers' Injuries, Including Concussions, Show Scope of Violence at Capitol Riot" by Michael S. Schmidt and Luke Broadwater.

Article: "Cognitive Dissonance: True Lies and False Truths" by Saul Levine.

Hour Three: What the Proud Boys Did After Jan 6, 2021
- Tess Owen, Senior Reporter - Vice News

Article: "The Proud Boys Changed Tactics After Jan. 6. We Tracked Their Activity" by Tess Owen.

Article: "Eugene Goodman (police officer)" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Ku Klux Klan" (KKK) by Wikipedia.

Article: "Robert Byrd" by Wikipedia.

Law: "Civil Rights Act of 1964".

Law: "Voting Rights Act of 1965".

Article: "Local Oregon GOP Invited Proud Boy Security Team to Guard a Secret Meeting" by Kelly Weill.

Article: "Nevada GOP gripped by civil war after far right Proud Boys attempt "takeover"" by Meaghan Ellis.

Article: "Roger Stone" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Feds investigated Roger Stone ties to Proud Boys as part of possible threat to judge" by Katelyn Polantz.

Article: "Exclusive: New Video of Roger Stone with Proud Boys Leaders Who May Have Planned for Capitol Attack" by Ryan Goodman and Justin Hendrix.

Article: "'It's a Trap': Advocates Warn Against McConnell-Backed Election Reform Gambit" by Jake Johnson.

Article: "Build Back Better Plan" 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: "Electoral Count Act of 1887" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Constitution of the United States", article 5 (amendments, convention).

National Effort to Oust Pro-Insurrection Representatives Launches with Jan. 6 Actions Across Country
- DaMareo Cooper, Co-Executive Director - Center for Popular Democracy Action

Article: "Trump's Banana Republicans: Eight GOP senators and 139 House members - including Ted Cruz and Kevin McCarthy - are branded 'treason caucus' and face calls for expulsion for objecting to Biden victory AFTER Capitol riot" by Katelyn Caralle.

Article: "Fears of White People Losing Out Permeate Capitol Rioters' Towns, Study Finds" by Alan Feuer.

Article: "Charlottesville car attack" by Wikipedia.

Article: "'Jews will not replace us': Why white supremacists go after Jews" by Yair Rosenberg.

Article: "Swing-Vote Manchin Received Major Advertising Attention Throughout 2021" by Michael Ginsberg.

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

Memo: "Employment Guidance for the District of Columbia National Guard" by Christopher C Miller, 4 January 2021.

Article: "Christopher C. Miller" by Wikipedia.

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