The US & our allies must push the UN to convene a new round of negotiations leading to solid and unambiguous treaties that will prevent rogue nations from invading nearby states they covet.

Nuclear non-proliferation and preventing war — stopping or even reversing the spread of nuclear weapons across the world and preventing the invasion of one country by another — is right up there with doing something about climate change in terms of guaranteeing a future that includes safety and security for the people of our planet.

Right now we're engaged in negotiations with Iran, for example.

Since Trump stupidly and single-handedly pulled the US out of the JCPOA Iran nuclear deal, we and the other countries negotiating the deal (Britain, France, China, Germany, Russia, and the US) are trying to assure Iran that we'll protect them in the event, say, Saudi Arabia or Israel decide to try to take them out.

It's not going so well, and part of the reason is the failure of the "Budapest Memorandum" of 1994, an agreement worked out just three years after the Soviet Union dissolved and Ukraine again became an independent nation.

Read more at HartmannReport.com.

-Thom

Tuesday's Daily Stack

Article: "Live Updates: Biden Bans Russian Oil Imports as Civilian Toll in Ukraine Grows" by NY Times.

Article: "Curbs on Russian exports raise risk of oil shock and recession in Europe" by Chris Giles.

Article: "World's Top 10 Oil Exporters" by Alexandra Twin.

Article: "How Reliant Is the US on Russian Oil?" by Dawn Allcot.

Article: "Are Republicans Patriotic Enough to Support a Ban on Russian Oil Imports Without Turning It Into a Hustle?" by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "Russia warns of $300 oil, threatens to cut off European gas if West bans energy imports" by Sam Meredith.

Article: "Biden Bans Russian Oil Imports as U.S. Gas Prices Soar" by Susan Milligan.

Video: President Biden on Banning Russian Oil Imports.

Article: "OPEC Secretary General: There's 'no capacity' to replace Russia's 7 million barrels of oil per day" by Weston Blasi.

Article: "Why it matters that Tucker Carlson is broadcasting from Hungary this week" by Zack Beauchamp.

Article: "Tucker Carlson Slams 'Propaganda' That's 'Designed to Get You to Support a War Against Russia'" by Kipp Jones.

Article: "International Women's Day" by Wikipedia.

Video: Moms, daughters, teachers, beauty queens | Women in Ukraine arm up, join fight against Russia.

Article: "'Turn the clock forward on women's rights': UN chief's International Women's Day message" by UN Secretary-General António Guterres.

Article: "Transgender Texas kids are terrified after governor orders that parents be investigated for child abuse" by Texas Tribune.

Article: "Florida House approves CRT, 'don't say gay' bills" by Jeffrey S. Solochek.

Article: "'Prisoners In Our Homes': How The Taliban Takeover Changed The Lives Of Afghan Women " by Freshta Shikhani.

Article: "Eurozone inflation spirals to all time high as Ukraine crisis brings stagflation threat" by Tom Hill.

Article: "'He's got a disaster on his hands': Expert says Putin could see Moscow fall within six months " by Tom Boggioni.

Article: "Putin's World War Z Has Created a New Swastika" by Barbie Latza Nadeau.

Article: "Russian Gymnast Facing Ban for Pro-Invasion 'Z' Symbol on Podium" by NBC NY.

Event: March 8 @ 5pm (PT)" Powell's Books webinar: 'The Hidden History of Big Brother in America'".

Event: March 10 @ 6pm (PT)" Seattle Townhall Books webinar: 'The Hidden History of Big Brother in America'".

Article: "Can the World Learn from the Failure of the Budapest Accords?" by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "Memorandum on Security Assurances in connection with Ukraine's accession to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons", Budapest, 5 December 1994.

Article: "Zelensky's full speech at Munich Security Conference", February 19, 2022.

Article: "Why Taiwan needs nuclear weapons" by Michael Rubin.

Article: "Why care about Ukraine and the Budapest Memorandum" by Steven Pifer.

Article: "Zelensky calls NATO 'weak' after alliance rejects Ukraine no-fly zone" by Adam Schrader.

Article: "How Ukraine Was Betrayed in Budapest" by WSJ.

Article: "Carter's 'Windfall'" by NY Times.

Site: U.S. Energy Information Administration.

Article: "2016 RNC Delegate: Trump Directed Change To Party Platform On Ukraine Support" by Carrie Johnson.

Article: "What's in the $2.2 Trillion Social Policy and Climate Bill" by New York Times.

Hour Two: Debate: Thom Vs The Freedom Convoy - People Are Dying In Ukraine to Defend Real Freedom & You Guys Are Burning Tons Of Diesel Fuel to Complain About Masks? How Pathetic Is that?
- Michael Letts, Co-Chairman, Freedom Convoy USA 2022 / (Also, CEO & Founder, InVest USA - non-profit helping communities provide bullet proof vests for police)

Article: "The U.S. States That Are Ending Mask Mandates" by New York Times.

Article: "COVID-19 vaccination mandates in the United States" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Face masks during the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States" by Wikipedia.

Article: "After 40-year ban, U.S. starts exporting crude oil" by Matt Egan.

Article: "Covid-19 was the leading cause of death among U.S. police officers in 2021, a report says." by Derrick Bryson Taylor.

Article: "Al Franken Calls Tucker Carlson 'A Worthless Piece Of Sh*t' For His Coverage Of Putin" by Michael Luciano.

Article: "Tucker Carlson Slams 'Propaganda' That's 'Designed to Get You to Support a War Against Russia'" by Kipp Jones.

Article: "Battery Resourcers to Open North America's Largest Lithium-ion Battery Recycling Facility in Georgia, Create 150 Jobs" by Metro Atlanta CEO.

Article: "What it costs to produce oil" by CNN.

Article: "Valero Poised To Export Keystone XL Crude Tax-Free" by Brad Johnson.

Article: "What Is the Keystone XL Pipeline?" by Melissa Denchak, Courtney Lindwall.

Article: "Sergei Shoigu" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Z (1969 film)" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Zorro" by Wikipedia.

Article: "A History of Gas Prices: Do You Remember How Little You Once Paid?" by Vance Cariaga.

Article: "Democrats or Republicans: Which Is Better for the Economy?" by Kimberly Amadeo.

Article: "Alaska Permanent Fund" by Wikipedia.

Book: The Hidden History of Big Brother in America: How the Death of Privacy and the Rise of Surveillance Threaten Us and Our Democracy by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "The Women of Dover" by John Greenleaf Whittier.

Book: The Hidden History of American Oligarchy: Reclaiming Our Democracy from the Ruling Class by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "Frederick Douglass" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Trump fires director of Homeland Security agency who had rejected President's election conspiracy theories" by Kaitlan Collins and Paul LeBlanc.

Article: "Lawmakers criticize Trump's slashed budget for key federal cyber agency" by Maggie Miller.

Article: "Under Trump, the Fight Against Cybercrime Has Waned" by Ishan Mehta.

Article: "White House Eliminates Cybersecurity Coordinator Role" by Nicole Perlroth and David E. Sanger.

Video: Will Cyber Attacks Bring the End of the World? (w/ Nicole Perlroth).

Article: "Florida Senate passes controversial "Don't Say Gay" bill despite protests" by Zoe Christen Jones.

Article: "Senate unanimously passes anti-lynching bill after century of failure" by Felicia Sonmez.

Article: "Guy Reffitt, 1st accused Capitol rioter to stand trial, found guilty on all counts" by Quinn Owen and Alexander Mallin.

Article: "Toyota Mirai" (hydrogen fuel cell vehicle) by Wikipedia.

Article: "Covid May Cause Changes in the Brain, New Study Finds" by Pam Belluck.

Article: "What Is the Average Profit Margin for a Company in the Oil & Gas Drilling Sector?" by Melissa Horton.

Article: "Neville Chamberlain" by Britannica.

Video: Norm Macdonald on Germany.

Article: "US can transfer Poland's fighter jets to Ukraine, Polish foreign minister says" by Rachel S. Cohen and Joe Gould.

Article: "Gulf of Tonkin incident" by Wikipedia.

Site: UNHCR.

Article: "How You Can Help Ukraine" by Brendan Hoffman.

Article: "Heat Pumps for Peace and Freedom" by Bill McKibben.

Article: "The 6 WARNING Signs of Dementia" by Dr. Eric Berg.

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