Instead of fleeing the Democratic Party, we must reach out & tell our leaders that we have their backs. That they can afford to be brave, and together we can save our freedoms and our republic. We're in the midst of a war for the future of America; abortion is the most obvious battlefield right now. And when you're at war, you don't want Neville Chamberlain running the country: you want Churchill, Zelensky, or FDR.

There was an era when the Democratic Party had that kind of courage; many of us lived through it and remember it well.

Read more at HartmannReport.com.

-Thom

Tuesday's Daily Stack

Article: "Here are the bombshells surprise J6 Committee witness Cassidy Hutchinson has already dropped" by Brad Reed.

Article: "Cassidy Hutchinson expected to tell J6 Committee about Mark Meadows trip to Georgia to discuss Trump's election loss " by Travis Gettys.

Article: "Here’s what we know about Cassidy Hutchinson, the surprise Jan. 6 hearing witness" by Shannon Larson.

Video: Thom Hartmann on the Supreme Court and Political News of the Day - Washington Journal 06/28/2022.

Article: "Supreme Court sides with praying football coach criticized by appeals court for pushing 'deceitful narrative' about his case" by Travis Gettys.

Article: "Sermon on the Mount" by Wikipedia.

Bible: "And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by others. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full." - Matthew 6:5.

Article: "‘Lied’: Gorsuch blasted after photos expose his claims in high school coach praying case are a ‘flat out, knowing lie’" by David Badash.

Article: "The Supreme Court hands the religious right a big victory by lying about the facts of a case" by Ian Millhiser.

Article: "Alito writes that granting women personal autonomy could license prostitution. Where is the press?" by Tumbulu.

Case: "Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization" (2022).

Article: "NBC News: Democrats introduce bill to expand Supreme Court to 13 Justices" by Grasswire2.

Article: "Here Are the Members of Congress Who Asked Trump for Pardons After January 6" by Jack Holmes.

Article: "Barry Loudermilk" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Marjorie Taylor Greene" by Wikipedia.

Case: "Marbury v. Madison", 1803 (judicial review).

Article: "It's Not Just the Fate of Abortion or Democrats At Stake: Democracy Hangs In the Balance" by Thom Hartmann.

Video: We Stand With Planned Parenthood New York State, 1970.

Tweet: "Sens. Joe Manchin, Kyrsten Sinema, Susan Collins, and Lisa Murkowski ALL supported a carve-out to the filibuster to lift the debt ceiling just six months ago.
They could support a carve-out to codify Roe today if they wanted." by Sawyer Hackett.

Article: "Joe Manchin's coal ties are worse than we thought — yet legal" by Zeeshan Aleem.

Article: "'70 Abortion Law: New York Said Yes, Stunning the Nation" by Richard Perez-Pena.

Article: "New Financial Disclosures Show Kyrsten Sinema Is Raking in Cash from Big GOP Donors" by Jack Crosbie.

Video: We Stand With Planned Parenthood New York State, 1970.

Video: "Reagan: Government is not the solution to our problem government IS the problem".

Article: "Bannon vows a daily fight for ‘deconstruction of the administrative state’" by Philip Rucker and Robert Costa.

Site: Poor People's Campaign.

Article: "William Barber II" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Are You Ready to Be Surveilled Like a Sex Worker?" by Olivia Snow.

Law: "Telecommunications Act of 1996" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Neil Gorsuch" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Constitution of the United States", article 3 section 2. "... In all Cases affecting Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls, and those in which a State shall be Party, the supreme Court shall have original Jurisdiction....".

Book: "The Hidden History of the Supreme Court and the Betrayal of America" by Thom Hartmann.

Quote: "[A conservative is someone who] stands athwart history, yelling Stop, at a time when no one is inclined to do so, or to have much patience with those who so urge it." " by William F. Buckley Jr.

Article: "The Supreme Court Has Been Expanded Many Times Before. Here Are Four Ways To Do It Today." by margaret.

Article: "Supreme Court Upholds Health Care Law, 5-4, in Victory for Obama" by Adam Liptak.

Quote: "Liberty finds no refuge in a jurisprudence of doubt" - Sandra Day O’Connor.

Case: "Planned Parenthood v. Casey", 1992.

Case: "West Coast Hotel Co. v. Parrish" (1937, minimum wage law for women).

Speech: "January 6, 1941: State of the Union (Four Freedoms)" by Franklin D. Roosevelt.

Article: "Four Freedoms (Rockwell)" (paintings) by Wikipedia.

Case: "Roe v. Wade" (1973) (abortion legal) (7–2).

Case: "Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization" (The Constitution does not confer a right to abortion; Roe and Casey are overruled) (2022) (6–3).

Case: "Janus v. AFSCME" (2018) (trade union dues) (5–4).

Case: "Abood v. Detroit Board of Education" (1977) (trade union dues) (9–0).

Article: "Stare Decisis" by Merriam-Webster.

Article: "Carolene Products Footnote Four" by David Schultz.

Article: "Judicial review" by Wikipedia.

Case: "United States v. Carolene Products Company" (1938).

Article: "Judicial review in the United States" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Levels Of Scrutiny In The Equal Protection Clause" by Bhanodai Pippala.

Article: "Jan 6 committee hearings live: Cheney describes possible witness tampering after ex-aide’s testimony" by Joan E Greve.

Video: Sixth Hearing on Investigation of Capitol Attack, June 28, 2022.

Article: "Miss Day 6 of the Jan. 6 hearing? Trump knew mob was armed and dangerous, bombshell witness says" by Candy Woodall.

Article: "Trump Wanted Armed Protesters at Jan. 6 Rally, Tried to Join Mob at Capitol: Ex-Aide" by Mary Clare Jalonick, Farnoush Amiri, Eric Tucker and Michael Balsamo.

Article: "Benito Mussolini" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Blackshirts" by Wikipedia.

Article: "March on Rome" (Mussolini, 1922) by Wikipedia.

Article: "Trump claims he'll lead march to the Capitol, only to slip back to White House in motorcade" by Jeva Lange.

Article: "If The Jan. 6 Rioters Were Just Tourists, Why Was Mo Brooks Wearing Body Armor?" by Ryan Grenoble.

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