Fifty-four years of Republican presidents using treason to achieve the White House (or inheriting it from one who did) has transformed America and weakened our democracy.

Dwight Eisenhower was arguably the last Republican president who believed in democracy, the rule of law, and that government should do what the people want.

From 1960 to today a series of leaders within the Republican Party have abandoned the democracy that American soldiers fought the Revolutionary War to secure, the Civil War to defend here at home, and World War II in Europe and the Pacific to defend around the world.

This has brought us a series of criminal Republican presidents and corrupt Republican Supreme Court justices, who've legalized political bribery while devastating voting and civil rights.

None of this was a mistake or an accident, because none of these people truly believed in democracy.

This rejection of democracy and turn toward criminality and it's logical end-point, fascism, started in the modern GOP with Richard Nixon.

He took millions in now-well-documented bribes both while Vice President to Eisenhower and as President (his VP, Spiro Agnew, resigned rather than go to prison for taking bribes). Nixon saw public service as a way to bathe himself in money, power, and adulation.

He didn't care a bit about democracy.

Read more at HartmannReport.com.

-Thom

Wednesday's Daily Stack

Article: "How Republicans Abandoned Democracy in 1960" by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "What really happened in Florida?" by BBC.

Book: "The Hidden History of the War On Voting" by Thom Hartmann.

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

Article: "Bush v. Gore proves Antonin Scalia's "originalism" doctrine is a fraud, so karma dictates that President Obama should nominate Al Gore to Supreme Court" by legalschnauzer.

Case: "Bush v. Gore".

Article: "The EPA's Ties to Monsanto Could Be Disastrous for the US" by Daily Take Team.

Book: "Legacy of Secrecy: The Long Shadow of the JFK Assassination" by Lamar Waldron with Thom Hartmann

Article: "The Lyndon Johnson tapes: Richard Nixon's 'treason'" by David Taylor.

Article: "'Argo' helps Iran's dictatorship, harms democracy" by Abolhassan Bani-Sadr.

Article: "The Election Was Stolen - Here's How..." by Greg Palast.

Article: "What the Mueller Report Tells Us About Russian Influence Operations" by Alina Polyakova.

Article: "The Pardons; Bush Pardons 6 In Iran Affair, Aborting A Weinberger Trial; Prosecutor Assails 'cover-up'" by David Johnston.

Article: "Contesting The Vote: Challenging A Justice; Job of Thomas's Wife Raises Conflict-of-Interest Questions" by Christopher Marquis.

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.

Article: "Biden Administration Says Russian Intelligence Obtained Trump Campaign Data" by Mark Mazzetti and Michael S. Schmidt.

Article: "Florida's flawed "voter-cleansing" program" by Gregory Palast.

Article: "Mueller targeted flows of money to Israeli social media company" by Michael Riley and Lauren Etter.

Article: "Legal claims shed light on founder of faith group tied to Amy Coney Barrett" by Stephanie Kirchgaessner.

Article: "The Secret Nixon-LBJ War" by Daniel Schorr.

Video: "President Jimmy Carter: Bush Didn't Win in 2000".

Video: ""This is Treason!" Lyndon Johnson Everett Dirksen Phone Call November 2 1968".

Article: "The Lyndon Johnson tapes: Richard Nixon's 'treason'" by David Taylor.

Article: "'Argo' helps Iran's dictatorship, harms democracy" by Abolhassan Bani-Sadr.

Article: "Uvalde Community Calls for Gun Control in Heartbreaking Hearing" by Abigail Weinberg.

Article: "Scalise Compares Planes Not Being Banned After 9/11 to Gun Violence" by Adam Staten.

Tweet: "I will not be physically attending the first panel of the House Oversight and Reform Committee's hearing on gun violence today.
I object strongly to the Democrats' exploitation of children who have been victimized so recently in Uvalde." by Rep Andy Biggs.

Article: "Garland announces team to review police response to Uvalde shooting" by Jacob Knutson.

Article: "‘Ignore Guns, Talk Inflation': Memos Show GOP Strategy After the Uvalde Massacre" by Asawin Suebsaeng.

Article: "A Crime Wave Could Take Down the Democrats in 2022" by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "When "electability" is really about control" by Jordan Zakarin.

Article: "S.F. DA recalled, L.A.'s Caruso advances as Democrats tested on crime" by Hannah Knowles.

Article: "Chuck Grassley sails past Jim Carlin in Republican US Senate primary; moves on to run for 8th term" by Brianne Pfannenstiel.

Article: "Charlie Crist Leading Ron DeSantis in Very Close Race!" by The Listener Group.

Article: "Jared Kushner and Steven Mnuchin Have Reportedly Secured Billions from Saudi Government" by Ken Meyer.

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

Article: "Rick Crawford (politician)" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Tom Cotton" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Arkansas Governor Primary Election Results: Sarah Huckabee Sanders wins GOP primary" by NBC News.

Article: "Sarah Huckabee Sanders" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Chris Jones, a nuclear engineer and political newcomer, enters Arkansas governor's race" by Erik Ortiz.

Article: "Rice Subsidies in Arkansas, 1995-2020" by EWG.

Article: "Paragould, Arkansas" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Uvalde and the Border Security Scam" by Michelle García.

Article: "G-20 Fossil-Fuel Support Hits Nearly $600 Billion in 2020" by Victoria Cuming and Maia Godemer.

Article: "The "Medicare Advantage" Plan to Kill Real Medicare" by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "Study finds half of Americans get news on social media, but percentage has dropped" by Sarah Perez.

Article: "Fireside chats" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Full Transcript: Biden's Speech on Guns" (June 2 2022).

Hour Two: What the hell is stagflation and what does this mean to the average person?
- Economist Dr. Richard Wolff, Co-founder, Democracy At Work / Author of numerous books - his latest is The Sickness is the System (now also available as an e-book)

Article: "Stagflation" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Commerce secretary says the 'brutal reality' is that there 'isn't very much more to be done' on gas prices" by Betsy Klein.

Article: "Yellen says inflation to stay high, Biden likely to up forecast" by David Lawder and Andrea Shalal.

Article: "Joe Biden: My Plan for Fighting Inflation" by Joseph R. Biden Jr..

Article: "Americans collecting unemployment benefits hit 53-year low" by AP.

Article: "World Bank warns global economy may suffer 1970s-style stagflation" by David J. Lynch.

Article: "Worldwide Inflation by Country 2022" by InflationData.com.

Article: "Consumer Debt Breaks Record as Americans Up Borrowing to Cope With Inflation" by Michael Maharrey.

Article: "Chris Jones (Arkansas)" by Ballotpedia.

Article: "Arkansas Coronavirus Vaccination Progress" by USA Facts.

Article: "Big Rock" by Encyclopedia of Arkansas.

Article: "Maumelle, Arkansas" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Poland Establishes 'Terrifying' Pregnancy Register After Banning Almost All Abortions" by Julia Conley.

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

Article: "South Dakotans Crush GOP Effort to Preemptively Sabotage Medicaid Expansion Vote" by Jake Johnson.

Article: "Chevy slashes Bolt EV, EUV prices to under $30K" by Kalea Hall.

Article: "Cementing Oswego's future" by Nancy Dunis.

Article: "How You Can Write or Call the White House" by White House.

Article: "Oil and petroleum products explained " by EIA.

Article: "As US oil booms, Congress lifts 40-year oil export ban" by Charlotte Raab.

Hour Three: Young People Are Stepping Up
- Sam Lawrence, 19 year old student & Democrat running for Ohio state rep 47th District (against Republican incumbent Sara Carruthers) (primary is 8/2/22)

Article: "Progress over pride: First-year Miamian Sam Lawrence launches Ohio House campaign" by Shr-Hua Moore.

Tweet: "I'm Sam Lawrence - a 19-year-old fighting for common sense gun reform, good-paying union jobs, and a reinvestment in Ohio's infrastructure.
I need your help to reach 30K followers by the end of the day so I can unseat an incumbent Republican in SW Ohio. Can I count on you?" by Sam Lawrence for Ohio House.

Article: "Sara Carruthers" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Ohio GOP lawmaker proposed $300m handout to nursing homes, then raised $52,000 from their liaisons" by Jake Zuckerman.

Article: "Breaking down HB99: Bill would allow educators to carry guns after less than 24 hours of training" by WLWT Cincinnati.

Article: ""A New Low": Ohio's Trans Sports Ban Includes a Genital Inspection" by James Factora.

Article: "March for Our Lives to hold protests in over 450 cities" by Mike Allen.

Article: "Thomas Hall" by Ballotpedia.

Article: "Sherrod Brown" (D-OH) by Wikipedia.

Article: "William Bennett" by Wikipedia.

Article: "New Study Finds Toxic PFAS Chemicals in Compost" by Toxic-Free Future.

Article: "Maine first in nation to ban PFAS in sludge, compost" by Haley Rischar.

Article: "Debbie Lesko" by Wikipedia.

Article: "WATCH: GOP Rep. Booed Off Stage After Trying to Turn Commencement Speech Into Trump Rally " by Todd Neikirk.

Article: "Debbie Lesko" by Insurrection Index.

Article: "Mumia Abu-Jamal" by Wikipedia.

Book: "The Federalist Papers" by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison and John Jay.

Article: "Oregon's 5th District race takes new turn with Kurt Schrader out in historic loss" by Chris Lehman.

Article: "Toledo Town Hall this weekend Oct 13, 2021" by Mathew Brock.

Article: "Union Pacific Rail to Cut Fuel Shipments by Pilot Flying J Truck Stops and Gas Stations by Uncover DC and Offgrid with Doug and Stacey .

Article: "Russia is still blocking key Ukrainian port as fighting continues in Ukraine's east" by Greg Myre.

Article: "Did LBJ Advocate: 'Convince the Lowest White Man He's Better Than the Best Colored Man'?" by David Emery.

Article: "The Libre Initiative: The Koch Brothers' Focus on Latino Voters" by Right Wing Watch.

Law: "Insurrection Act of 1807" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Ukraine: Blue and Yellow in Black and White" by Rohn Kenyatta.

Article: "Biden arrives at Summit of the Americas intent on demonstrating focus on region despite snubs" by Kevin Liptak.

Article: "New Supply Chain Risk: 22,000 Dockworkers Who May Soon Strike" by Peter S. Goodman.

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