If this decision succeeds in removing rights — like Dred Scott and Plessy did — history tells us the turning of events will still be toward progress. But how many women will die in the process?

Sam Alito and his buddies may think they're winning, but, if its any consolation, they're on the wrong side of history and will ultimately lose.

The history of democracy moves forward, then is jerked back by reactionary forces, then moves forward again: it's been going that way since ancient Greece.

The leaked SCOTUS decision on abortion isn't a singular and lonely stream of misplaced misogyny; instead, it's part of a larger river of political efforts to turn the clock back to a bygone era when straight wealthy white men ruled everybody else with absolute, unquestioned power.

This is almost never mentioned out-loud or in mainstream media; instead, its reality is lost in the tennis-like back-and-forth of journalism and opinion writing that treats politics as if it were simply another form of sports.

Read more at HartmannReport.com.

-Thom

Wednesday's Daily Stack

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

Article: "'This is the Republican Party': NBC reporter says Ohio results show GOP's shift toward MAGA extremism" by Sarah K. Burris.

Article: "Supreme Court has voted to overturn abortion rights, draft opinion shows" by Josh Gerstein and Alexander Ward.

Article: "The Trump-endorsed candidates who have won their primaries" by Caroline Vakil.

Article: "Voting in primaries at 17 years old" by Ballotpedia.

Article: "How Wisconsin's redistricting guarantees a lopsided Republican legislature in a 50/50 state" by Craig Gilbert.

Article: "Wisconsin 2020 results" by CNN.

Article: "GOP Senators Susan Collins and Lisa Murkowski, who support abortion rights, dismayed by draft opinion on Roe V. Wade" by Scott MacFarlane.

Article: "Congressman Mondaire Jones Bill Would Add 4 More Justices To Us Supreme Court" by Dan Murphy.

Article: "Series I Savings Bonds" by Treasury.

Article: "New Tennessee bill would allow rapists' families, friends to sue if victims have an abortion" by Danielle Campoamor.

Article: "Has a U.S. Supreme Court justice ever been impeached?" by Elizabeth Nix.

Bill: "H.R.3755 - Women's Health Protection Act of 2021" by Rep. Chu, Judy [D-CA-27].

Site: Jessica Cisneros for Congress.

Article: "Jessica Cisneros" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Henry Cuellar" by Wikipedia.

Article: "2020 Endorsements" by Progressive Caucus.

Article: "Greg Casar" by Wikipedia.

Hour Two: Implications of Supreme Court's Roe v Wade Deliberations
- Noreen Farrell, Civil Rights Attorney / Executive Director - Equal Right Advocates

Article: "Equal Rights Advocates Condemns Leaked Roe Decision and its Destruction of Women's Reproductive Liberty & Autonomy" by Equal Rights Advocates.

Article: "Help Wanted-Female Classified Ads: Working Women Ancestors" by Gena Philibert-Ortega.

Article: "Forty Years Ago, Women Had a Hard Time Getting Credit Cards" (2014) by Rose Eveleth.

Article: "Hyde Amendment" by Wikipedia.

Article: "26 states where abortion will be banned or restricted if Roe v. Wade is overturned " by Snejana Farberov.

Article: "Nina Turner hints at presidential run in congressional concession speech" by Sabrina Eaton.

Article: "Ohio 11th Congressional District Primary Election Results" by NY Times.

Article: "March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom" (August 28, 1963) by NPS.

Article: "How Wealthy Straight White Reactionaries Fight Progress" by Thom Hartmann.

Case: "Eisenstadt v. Baird".

Case: "Olmstead v. US".

Tweet: "And here's if just dudes voted: What 2016 would look like if just men voted" by Nate Silver.

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

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: "Smedley Butler and the 1930s Plot to Overthrow the President" by Arcadia Publishing.

Article: "Trump's Racist "Rigged Election" Attack Is as Old as America" by Harvey Wasserman, Bob Fitrakis.

Case: "Loving v Virginia".

Case: "Obergefell v Hodges".

Case: "Carpenter v US".

Case: "Plessy v Ferguson".

Case: "Brown v Board of Education".

Case: "Dred Scott v Sandford".

Case: "Griswold v Connecticut".

Case: "Lawrence v Texas".

Case: "Roe v Wade".

Article: "Supreme Court gives Ohio right to purge thousands of voters from its rolls" by Pete Williams.

Article: "Conservative pundit Ann Coulter speaks at Missouri State, says women shouldn't have the right to vote" by Andrew Sullender.

Case: "Dobbs v Jackson Women's Health".

Article: "Make the Senate Great Again" by Ben Sasse.

Article: "Senate to vote on legislation that'll codify abortion rights bill into federal law, Chuck Schumer says" by Tristan Smith.

Article: "Sens. Kyrsten Sinema and Joe Manchin could save abortion rights but ... they won't" by EJ Montini.

Article: "Supreme Court leaker mystery deepens in 24-hours since Roe v. Wade draft came out: analysis " by Bob Brigham.

Article: "How We Know It Wasn't A Liberal Who Leaked SCOTUS Decision" by Susie Madrak.

Article: "The 2000 Campaign: The Christian Right; Evangelicals Found a Believer in Bush" by Gustav Niebuhr.

Article: "A Running List of Theories About the Supreme Court Leaker" by Matt Stieb.

Article: ""You're asking people who can become pregnant to accept less bodily autonomy than we grant to...." by A Heretic I Am.

Article: "Sir Matthew Hale" by Britannica.

Article: "'Periods for Pence' campaign goes viral, urges women to call Gov. Pence's office and discuss their menstrual cycles".

Article: "Here's your ballot for the May 24 Texas primary runoff election" by Carla Astudillo.

Article: "Life without Roe: How overturning ruling may impact foster care, maternal mortality and infant mortality" by Sarah K. Burris.

Article: "Foster kids starved, beaten and molested, reports show. Few caregivers are punished." by Suzanne Hirt, Michael Braga, Pat Beall.

Article: "Study: Oklahoma's foster-care abuse numbers are the worst in America" by High Plains Public Radio.

Article: "What Does It Mean That Amy Coney Barrett Served As A 'Handmaid' In A Religious Group?" by Jemima McEvoy.

Article: "Highlights of Amy Coney Barrett's questioning at Supreme Court confirmation hearing" by NBC News.

Article: "Hospitals know how to protect mothers. They just aren't doing it." by Alison Young.

Book: On Liberty by John Stuart Mill.

Article: "Connecticut Offers Refuge to Red State Women with a "Fugitive Woman Act" " by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "Michigan 'Lie Back and Enjoy' Rape Guy Loses Race By 12 Points, Flipping Red District Blue" by Caitlin Cruz.

Book: The Premonition: A Pandemic Story by Michael Lewis.

Book: The Afghanistan Papers: A Secret History of the War by .

Article: "Freakonomics" by Wikipedia.

Article: "'How Dare They': Harris, Abrams, Schumer Blast GOP After Roe Draft Leaks" by Nick Visser.

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