They're betting no one will notice the GOP is increasing their wealth & lowering their taxes while manipulating white male anger & violence against women, immigrants, liberals, and people of color...

America's rightwing billionaires are making a risky bet.

They're betting that supporting openly fascist policies and politicians will increase their wealth, lower their taxes, and let them get away with more and more questionable business practices without government oversight. All without blowing back on them.

They're betting that, with the blessing of 5 Republicans on the Supreme Court (Citizens United), they can pour just enough money into election campaigns to swing them by slim margins to friendly politicians, but hold back enough on their funding (and those electoral margins) that it won't be obvious to everybody that they're simply buying elections all across the nation.

Read more at HartmannReport.com.

-Thom

Sunday book excerpt: The Hidden History of the War on Voting.

Wealthy white men have had the right to vote in America since the beginning of our republic. It's been a very, very different story for women and Native Americans.

Women's voting rights took a long time. Native Americans' took longer.

Read more at HartmannReport.com.

-Thom

The Best of the Rest of the News

— He was watching Nancy! Politically-inspired violence.
— New research proves GOP policies are killing Americans.
— Two Presidents gave talks this week and one was ignored.
— Why don't they ever say "Republican"?
— We now know a Trump-humping FBI chief blew the Portland protest all out of proportion.
— Why the GOP can't help with inflation.
— Now, even the Mayo Clinic is warning people about the Medicare Advantage scam!
— Geeky Science: There's good news and bad news on the climate. The UN reports that we're at "a sobering moment" for the planet... renewable sources of electricity are, with only few exceptions, now cheaper than any other form of power generation.
— Twitter seems to be pretty damn shocking under its new management.

Read more at HartmannReport.com.

-Thom

Monday's Daily Stack

Quote: "'Tis now the very witching time of night, when churchyards yawn and hell itself breathes out contagion to this world."
- William Shakespeare, Hamlet

Hour One: Progressive Town Hall
- Representative Ro Khanna (D-CA, 17th District) / Author of 2 books, his latest Dignity In A Digital Age: Making Tech Work For All Of Us

Article: "Ro Khanna Unveils Bill to Ban US Gas Exports as Big Oil Rakes in Record Profits" by Kenny Stancil.

Article: "Shell profits soar to $9.1bn amid calls for windfall tax" by Alex Lawson.

Article: "Shell boss calls for windfall tax on energy firms to help people with rising bills" by Suban Abdulla.

Article: "Release: With Gasoline Prices Sky High, Khanna, Whitehouse Announce Curb On Big Oil Companies Engaged In Profiteering To Provide Relief At The Pump" by Ro Khanna.

Bill: "H.R.8990 - Combatting Financial Conflicts of Interest in Government Act" by Rep. Lofgren, Zoe [D-CA-19] .

Article: "California congressman calls on the state to take over PG&E" by Fernando Alfonso.

Article: "U.K. scraps tax cut for the rich that sparked market chaos and political backlash" by Patrick Smith.

Article: "The Social Security 2100 Act" by John Larson.

Article: "U.K. scraps tax cut for the rich that sparked market chaos and political backlash" by Patrick Smith.

Article: "Ginni Thomas tells January 6 committee she didn't discuss election activities with Justice Clarence Thomas " by Annie Grayer, Sara Murray, Kristin Wilson, Andrew Millman and Paul LeBlanc.

Article: "Fiscal stimulus powered US economy in 2021 to its best performance since 1984" by Lucia Mutikani.

Article: "The Child Tax Credit" by White House.

Law: "President Biden's Bipartisan Infrastructure Law".

Article: "CHIPS Act Passes: House Approves $280 Billion Bill To Boost Microchip Production And Counter China" by Brian Bushard.

Article: "Trump era aluminum tariffs have revived U.S. industry - think-tank" by David Lawder.

Article: "1978 California Proposition 13" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Alvin Bragg Not Indicting Donald Trump 'Shameful'—Legal Experts" by Ewan Palmer.

Article: "Alvin Bragg" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Chinese spy duo charged in Huawei case as US condemns ‘egregious' interference" by Hugo Lowell.

Speech: "Composite Nation" by Frederick Douglass.

Article: "Stochastic terrorism" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Joseph Goebbels" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Medigap" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Senate Control Hinges on Neck-and-Neck Races, Times/Siena Poll Finds" by Lisa Lerer and Ruth Igielnik.

Article: "Will the Billionaires' Risky Bet Pay Off?" by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "Outside groups have spent nearly $1 billion so far to boost GOP Senate candidates" by Domenico Montanaro.

Article: "Targeting Campaign Donors in Arizona" by WSJ.

Case: "Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission" (2010).

Article: "This Is the Election You Get for 9 Billion Bucks" by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "French Revolution" by Wikipedia.

Article: "American Civil War" (1861 - 1865) by Wikipedia.

Book: On Liberty by John Stuart Mill.

Book: I Paid Hitler by Fritz Thyssen.

Article: "Assailant tried to tie up Paul Pelosi in home attack and shouted, ‘Where is Nancy?' sources say" by Jamie Gangel, Clare Foran, Whitney Wild and John Miller,.

Article: "Who's spending to influence your vote? Proposition 211 would give you the right to know" by Terry Goddard, Robert Burns and David Tedesco.

Article: "Wall Street Journal lashes out at measure that would expose wealthy 'dark money' donors" by Tom Boggioni.

Law: "First Amendment"

Article: "The GOP's Limitless Lying Endangers America" by Kurt Eichenwald.

Article: "Obama jokes about the 'good old days' when Birtherism was the craziest thing Republicans claimed" by Bob Brigham.

Article: "More secrets emerge about 'scandal-plagued' NC MAGA candidate " by Tom Boggioni.

Article: "Lauren Boebert's husband did jail time for "lewd exposure" in a bowling alley. She was there" by Zachary Petrizzo.

Case: "Dodge v. Ford Motor Co." by Wikipedia.

Article: "Robert Bork" by Wikipedia.

Article: "The Lincoln Project" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Lucky Man (Emerson, Lake & Palmer song)" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Jerome Powell" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Democratic Sen. Maggie Hassan vies against Republican Don Bolduc in the New Hampshire's US Senate race" by John L. Dorman.

Hour Three: The demonization & cancellation of women - parallels between witches & the women's movement
- Pamela "Pam" Grossman - Writer, curator, and teacher of magical practice & history / Host - The Witch Wave podcast & Author, latest - Waking the Witch: Reflections on Women, Magic, and Power

Article: "Misogyny" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Salem witch trials" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Paganism" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Pantheism" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Samhain" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Obama drinks filtered city water in Flint to show it's safe" by Kevin Freking.

Article: "Fallacies and Propaganda" by Rosemary McKeever.

Article: "Republican Brains Differ From Democrats' In New FMRI Study" by Stephanie Pappas.

Article: "On Eve of Brazil's Election, Meta and TikTok Pushing 'Stop the Steal 2.0': Report " by Brett Wilkins.

Article: "Bolsonaro Yet to Concede as Progressives Worldwide Celebrate Lula's Win" by Jake Johnson.

Article: "Anger as DeSantis eases voting rules in Republican areas hit by hurricane" by Gloria Oladipo.

Article: "The Right Goes Full Conspiracy Theorist On Paul Pelosi Attack" by Igor Bobic and Arthur Delaney.

Article: "Donald Trump Jr. buried by CNN analyst over his 'disgusting' response to attack on Paul Pelosi " by Tom Boggioni.

Article: "Rep. Green Destroys Kevin McCarthy Over Bakersfield Murder Rate" by John Amato.

Book: The Republican Brain: The Science of Why They Deny Science- and Reality by Chris Mooney.

Article: "Latest Polls" by Real Clear Politics.

Video: The Ghoul Halloween Show with Count Scary.

Article: "Oil Giants' Massive Profits Revive Calls for Windfall Taxes" by Sabrina Valle and Ron Bousso.

Site: Minuteman Press.

Site: Stand Up Daily.

Site: Indivisible.

Site: Democratic National Committee.

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