The GOP has planted their flag deeply into the soil of fear and hate, right up to and including a call to repeal the Voting Rights Act of 1965 - this year we must vote as if our future depends upon it.

The Texas GOP's state party meeting last week gave America a clear insight into Republican thinking going into this year's election and the 2024 presidential race. They've planted their flag deeply into the soil of violence, fear, white supremacy, and hate right up to and including a call to repeal the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

Democratic candidates across the nation, on the other hand, show that party is leaving behind the neoliberalism of Clinton and Obama and moving forward with a futuristic "Freedom Agenda.”

(They should brand it as such, taking a lesson from Gingrich's 1994 "Contract With America” strategy that put Republicans solidly in charge of the House for the first time since the Republican Great Depression.)

The GOP "Hate and Fear Agenda” is straightforward: Republicans and GOP media like Fox tell their voters to fear.

Read more at HartmannReport.com.

-Thom

Tuesday's Daily Stack

Article: "January 6 hearings: state officials to testify about pressure from Trump to discredit election" by Joan E Greve.

Article: "Examining The Vote: The Overview; Study of Disputed Florida Ballots Finds Justices Did Not Cast the Deciding Vote" by Ford Fessenden and John M. Broder.

Bill: "H.R.1 - For the People Act of 2021" by Rep. Sarbanes, John P. [D-MD-3].

Article: "Understanding the Iran-Contra Affairs" by Brown University.

Article: ""Hate & Fear" or "Liberty & Prosperity"?" by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "When Was Bribery of Politicians Legalized In America?" by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "Why the "Reagan Revolution" Scheme to Gut America's Middle Class is Coming to an End" by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "Texas Republican party adopts far-right position that homosexuality is 'abnormal'" by Nina Lakhani.

Article: "Mary Trump: Trump Could Have Used Pence's Murder to Declare Martial Law" by Dan K.

Article: "Republican candidate sells 'RINO hunting license' promoting shooting non-MAGA politicians" by Mark Sumner.

Article: "Elite Republicans are now openly encouraging political violence" by Paul Waldman.

Article: "Eric Greitens" by Wikipedia.

Book: An Uncivil War: Taking Back Our Democracy in an Age of Trumpian Disinformation and Thunderdome Politics by Greg Sargent.

Article: "Thomas Jefferson" by Wikipedia.

Article: "National Popular Vote Interstate Compact" by Wikipedia.

Site: "National Popular Vote".

Book: "Cracking the Code: How to Win Hearts, Change Minds, and Restore America's Original Vision" by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "The Texas GOP is pushing for a referendum to decide if the state will secede from the US" by Cheryl Teh.

Site: Democracy for America.

Site: Our Revolution.

Site: Indivisible.

Site: Move to Amend.

Article: "Ranked Choice Voting / Instant Runoff" (RCV) by FairVote.

Article: "Despite Growing Evidence, a Prosecution of Trump Would Face Challenges" by Michael S. Schmidt and Maggie Haberman.

Article: "At Jan. 6 hearing, GOP state election officials detail emotional pushback to Trump's pressure" by Libby Cathey and Alexandra Hutzler.

Article: "Jan. 6 committee holds fourth hearing" by Adrienne Vogt, Aditi Sangal, Elise Hammond, Maureen Chowdhury, Melissa Macaya and Meg Wagner.

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

Article: "Donald Trump Approval Rating Slightly Up Since Impeachment Began, Most Americans Don't Want Conviction: Poll" by James Walker.

Book: "Mein Kampf" by Adolf Hitler.

Book: Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World's Most Dangerous Man by Mary L. Trump Ph.D..

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

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