Is our "reality TV" media up to the task of comparing and contrasting the two political parties, and judging the most likely outcomes of the directions they've chosen?

With the Republican Party turning to Trumpism, and the Democratic Party returning to their progressive roots, will we have an honest debate this election year in our media?

"What you see is what you get" is an old cliche, but it's endured all these centuries because there's so much truth in it. "Don't listen to what people say, instead look at what they do" is another truism we can apply to inform us about today's politics.

Read more at HartmannReport.com.

-Thom

Wednesday's Daily Stack

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

Article: "Pascrell, Pocan, Porter Sound Alarm on Medicare Oversight".

Article: "Biden Administration Pauses Key Value-Based Reimbursement Models" by Jacqueline LaPointe.

Article: "War of 1812" by Wikipedia.

Article: "CDC estimates Omicron variant now makes up 95.4% of all Covid strains circulating in the US as of January 1".

Article: "Dr. Ashish Jha speaks on omicron variant surge" by NBC.

Article: "Student Loan Debt Crisis" by Mark Pocan.

Article: "Sergeant at Arms of the United States House of Representatives" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Fairness Doctrine" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Did Ronald Reagan Pave the Way for Fox News?" (Fairness Doctrine) by Dan MacGuill.

Article: "Jan. 6 committee confirms Trump watched Capitol riot unfold on TV" by Washington Post.

Article: "Here's what pleading the Fifth is and what it means for the January 6 committee" by Paul LeBlanc.

Article: "There you go again" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Medicare Advantage" (Medicare Part C) by Wikipedia.

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

Article: "Lloyd Doggett" by Wikipedia.

Article: "2021 United States Capitol attack" by Wikipedia.

Article: "January 6 Committee seeks information from Fox News' Sean Hannity" by Sophie Reardon.

Article: "Guy Fawkes Night" by Wikipedia.

Hour Two: Will America Start To See a Crackdown on Monopoly?
- Economist Dr. Richard Wolff, Democracy At Work / Author of numerous books - his latest is The Sickness is the System (now also available as an e-book)

Article: "Biden's monopoly gambit" by Felix Salmon.

Article: "Biden's beef with the meat industry: President says he is stunned hamburger meat now costs $5 and announces $1billion to tackle firms dominating the market and help farmers and ranchers" by Morgan Phillips.

Article: "Oligarchy" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Monopoly" by Wikipedia.

Law: "Sherman Antitrust Act", 1890.

Law: "Clayton Antitrust Act of 1914" by Wikipedia.

Book: Unthinkable: Trauma, Truth, and the Trials of American Democracy by Jamie Raskin.

Article: "Nixon's Wage and Price Freeze".

Article: "1967 Oil Embargo" by Wikipedia.

Article: "The Shocking Things the GOP and Trumpians Believe" by Thom Hartmann.

Transcript: "CNN Newsroom January 04, 2022".

Article: "Shocking things that liberals believe" by 634-5789.

Article: "Breakup of the Bell System" by Wikipedia.

Article: "USA TODAY/Suffolk Poll: Red flags for the GOP on the midterms, for Biden on leadership" by Susan Page.

Article: "The January 6 Insurrection Hoax" by Roger Kimball.

Article: "Hillsdale College" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Hunter Biden" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Hitler sentenced for his role in Beer Hall Putsch" by History.com.

Book: The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity by David Graeber, David Wengrow.

Article: "American Liberty League" by Encyclopedia.com.

Article: "Smedley Butler" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Business Plot" (1933, Smedley Butler) by Wikipedia.

Article: "1939 Nazi rally at Madison Square Garden" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Prominent former evangelical: 'Authoritarian Christianity' at the heart of the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol" by Sarah K. Burris.

Article: "Jericho March Returns to DC to Pray for a Trump Miracle" by Bob Smietana.

Article: "Sodom and Gomorrah" by Wikipedia.

Bible: "Matthew 25".

Bible: "Matthew 25:31-46 The Sheep and the Goats".

Article: "Glenn Kirschner" by Wikipedia.

Video: Bipartisan Jan. 6 Committee Investigates Trump w/Clear-Eyed Determination and Purpose of Mission.

Article: "Marjorie Taylor Greene brags about flouting House mask rules: 'I'm up to almost $90,000 in fines'" by David Edwards.

Article: "Predestination in Calvinism" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Herbert Spencer" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Social Darwinism" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Cyrus the Great in the Bible" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Cyrus the Great" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Why Trump Reigns as King Cyrus" by Katherine Stewart.

Article: "Epiphany (holiday)" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Our Lady of Guadalupe" by Wikipedia.

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

Article: "Merrick Garland on Capitol attack: 'The actions we have taken thus far will not be our last'" by Tierney Sneed.

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

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