After four years of America having a professional, lifelong criminal as our president, is it any wonder crime is up?

Years ago when Nextdoor.com rolled out, Louise signed up to see what was happening in our neighborhood; back then it was mostly people offering kittens, trying to find their lost dogs, or begging neighbors to take piles of zucchini. Today, in many parts of the country, it's become a running list of assaults and burglaries.

Crime is up and people are noticing. Which means it'll get political, and fast.

Republicans are planning to make crime a big issue this fall for the elections: Newt Gingrich just pointed out on Fox how well it worked for Glen Youngkin in Virginia and they see it as a template for November.

It's a scheme rich with irony. On the other hand it will probably work for them: Democrats need to get ready now.

Read more at HartmannReport.com.

-Thom

Wednesday's Daily Stack

Article: "If a Criminal Becomes President -- Do You Get More Crime?" by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "Enron scandal" by Wikipedia.

Site: "Nextdoor.com".

Article: "The International Criminal Court takes on Rodrigo Duterte" by The Economist.

Article: "Newt Gingrich: Six key lessons for Republicans from the 2021 elections" by Newt Gingrich.

Article: "George H.W. Bush White House Once Ordered Drug Buy From Teen For Presidential TV Stunt" by Sara Boboltz.

Article: "The Golden Age of White Collar Crime" by Michael Hobbes.

Article: "Number of reported murder and nonnegligent manslaughter cases in the United States from 1990 to 2020" by Statista.

Article: "Opioids have killed 600,000 Americans. The Sacklers just got off basically scot-free" by Chris McGreal.

Article: "More than 1,000 US public figures aided Trump's effort to overturn election" by Ed Pilkington.

Article: "New Details About Wilbur Ross' Business Point To Pattern Of Grifting" by Dan Alexander.

Article: ""Foreclosure King" Steven Mnuchin Doesn't Appreciate His Totally Accurate Nickname" by Bess Levin.

Article: "Trump's Kids Forced To Attend Classes On How NOT To Defraud A Charity" by Farron Cousins.

Article: "Michael Cohen (lawyer)" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Five Trump Cabinet officials were referred to federal prosecutors; DOJ declined them all" by Rachel Maddow.

Article: "Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer to retire, giving Biden a chance to nominate a replacement" by Kevin Breuninger.

Article: "Surprise! Russia cancels Kentucky aluminum plant after Moscow Mitch fails to throw election" by DeposuitPotentes.

Article: "Ferguson effect" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Ferguson unrest" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Boston Hospital Will Not Perform Heart Transplant for Man Who Refuses to Get COVID Vaccine" by Julie Mazziotta.

Article: "Every hospital has a covid ward. - No hospital has a vaccine injury ward" by kpete.

Article: "Robot vacuum cleaner escapes from Cambridge Travelodge" by BBC.

Tweet: "I'm just sayin… [graphic of criminal indictments by administrations]" by jessica.

Article: "Donna Shalala" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Florida's 27th congressional district" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Daniella Levine Cava" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Florida Democrat Wins Special Election to Succeed the Late Alcee Hastings" by Brittany Bernstein.

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

Article: "Mike Pence's 'nuclear football' was potentially at risk during Capitol riot" by Julian Borger.

Article: "2022 Crime Rates in U.S. Cities Report" by SafeHome.org.

Article: "Here's what crime rates by county actually look like" by Dan Keating and Denise Lu.

Article: "Justice Dept. Is Reviewing Role of Fake Trump Electors, Top Official Says" by Katie Benner.

Article: "Wilbur Ross" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Ken Paxton" by Wikipedia.

Article: "David Perdue" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Trump Wants to Host Next Year's G7 At One of His Golf Courses" by Eric Lutz.

Article: "Year One What Biden Has Done Mega Thread" by whatbidenhasdone.

Tweet: "My office is now getting calls from folks who say they watch Tucker Carlson and are upset that we're not siding with Russia in its threats to invade Ukraine, and who want me to support Russia's "reasonable" positions." by Tom Malinowski.

Article: "Fact check: Claim about unvaccinated being sent to quarantine camps started as satire" by Rick Rouan.

Site: Daily Kos.

Site: Raw Story.

Site: Alternet.

Article: "Judge tries to block teen from having an abortion because her grades were too low " by Sky Palma.

Article: "Virginia's racist Gov. Youngkin sets up email hotline to expose teachers—it's not going as planned" by Walter Einenkel.

Article: "South Carolina bill would make it illegal to ask vaccine status" by Marisa Schultz.

Article: "Black History Month" by history.com.

Article: "Biden revokes KXL permit in blow to Canada's oil sector, Ottawa disappointed" by Rod Nickel, Nia Williams.

Article: "Keystone Pipeline" (KXL) by Wikipedia.

Site: American Oversight.

Article: "Water and the Keystone XL Pipeline" by Christiana Z. Peppard.

Article: "Covid relief bill gives $86 billion bailout to failing union pension plans" by Greg Iacurci.

Article: "Yellow journalism" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Trump University" by Wikipedia.

Site: World Oil.

Article: "Canada Oil" by worldometers.

Article: "Megan's Law" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Amber alert" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Fact check: Republicans, not Democrats, eliminated the Senate filibuster on Supreme Court nominees" by Camille Caldera.

Article: "Warner tests positive for breakthrough COVID-19 case" by Jordain Carney.

Article: "San Jose is first U.S. city to mandate gun owners carry insurance and pay a fee" by Maggie Angst.

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

Article: "Schumer vows to confirm Breyer replacement "with all deliberate speed"" by Ivana Saric.

Article: "Social Security Benefits Increase in 2022" by Darlynda Bogle.

Article: "Starve the beast" by Wikipedia.

Article: "This is Harry Reid's biggest legacy" by Chris Cillizza.

Article: "Political activist Herman Cain dies after covid fight" by Louis Nelson.

Documentary: The Brainwashing Of My Dad by Jen Senko.

Book: The Brainwashing of My Dad by Jen Senko.

Video: Conversations w/Great Minds! The Brainwashing Of My Dad Part 1 (w/ Jen Senko).

Video: Conversations w/Great Minds! The Brainwashing Of My Dad Part 2 (w/ Jen Senko).

Article: "Beto O'Rourke raises $7M in first weeks of bid for Texas governor" by AP.

Article: "All In with Chris Hayes".

Article: "Laura Coates" by Wikipedia.

Book: "Threshold: The Progressive Plan to Pull America Back from the Brink" by Thom Hartmann.

Site: Mondragon Corporation (co-op).

Article: "Tucker Carlson" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Michael Flynn" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Charles A. Flynn" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Christian mayor 'is refusing to hand over $110K in city-approved funds to Mississippi county libraries until they remove all books featuring 'homosexual materials' because they 'go against his beliefs'" by Brian Stieglitz.

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

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Plus, Andrea Mazzarini, Co-founder Brown University's Costs of War Project / Activist & Social Worker interested in the health impacts of war / Co-editor of War and Health: The Medical Consequences of the Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan / Contributor-TomDispatch

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