This election may well seal or determine the fate and future of democracy in the United States and, by extension, most of the rest of the world.

And, just like the old Confederacy, it will reach out and try to destroy the historic democracy of the United States of America, only this time in 2024 and the two years leading up to it.

The word "fascism" gets thrown around a lot, but most Americans have no idea what it would look like or how it would actually play out.

It's critical to lay out what a fascist America would look like now, because this is what's being envisioned right now by many in the Republican Party, and it might come to pass in the course of the next week or two.

Republicans don't talk about it out loud very much, unlike Nixon's man G. Gordon Liddy, who used to love on fascism back in the day when he signed memos using Hitler's SS symbol. But there is a model here and they do have something in mind.

What could it be? What would it look like? How will it most likely come about?

First, and essential to American fascism, Republicans envision a strong-man Leader who will hold power for as long as he (it's almost always a "he") chooses, with the transition to the next Leader determined by The Leader himself.

Read more at HartmannReport.com.

-Thom

Thursday's Daily Stack

Article: "It's Critical to See what a Fascist America Looks Like, Before it's Too Late" by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "Recep Tayyip Erdoğan" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Teacher Fired For Bashing Trump, Anti-Vaxxers To Her Class In Viral Video" by GOD.

Article: "Will Trump Rule by Decree?" by John Feffer.

Article: "DeSantis administration puts Florida health director on leave for encouraging vaccinations for his staff" by Frank Gluck.

Article: "Yale psychiatrist says she was fired for calling Trump and supporters mentally ill" by Lee Brown.

Article: "They Thought They Were Free" by Milton Mayer.

Article: "Obama invokes Nazi Germany in warning about today's politics" by Miranda Green.

Article: "DeSantis blocks state money for Tampa Bay Rays training facility after team tweets against gun violence" by Steve Contorno.

Article: "Trump Says He Will ‘Negotiate' Third Term Because He's ‘Entitled' To It" by Andrew Solender.

Article: "DeSantis Dukes It Out With The House Of Mouse" by Luca Ventura.

Article: "Michael Flynn Wants Trump To Declare Martial Law And Redo The Election" by David Moye.

Article: "Woman Fired For Flipping Off Donald Trump's Motorcade" by Jennifer Bendery.

Article: "DeSantis administration fires COVID-19 data guru for ‘insubordination'".

Article: "Marjorie Taylor Greene forced to admit she called for Pelosi to get death penalty" by Andrew Feinberg.

Article: "Supreme Court Upholds Controversial Ohio Voter-Purge Law" by Nina Totenberg.

Article: "If You're Not Scared About Fascism in the U.S., You Should Be" by Jason Stanley, Adam Westbrook and Japhet Weeks.

Article: "Russia alters constitution to keep Vladimir Putin in power beyond 2024" by Daria Litvinova.

Article: "‘It's going to be an army': Tapes reveal GOP plan to contest elections" by Heidi Przybyla.

Article: "Republican congressman quits race after supporting gun control" by Daniel Trotta.

Article: "DeSantis signs bill requiring survey of Florida students, professors on their political views " by Brett Bachman.

Article: "Customs and Border Protection confirms it sent agents to Portland" by Alex Hider.

Article: "Ron DeSantis plans Florida paramilitary force outside federal control" by Oliver Milman.

Article: "Fourth House Republican who voted to impeach Trump announces retirement" by Martin Pengelly.

Article: "Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez calls Trump a ‘white supremacist' & warns ‘fascism is at our door' in stunning attack" by Fionnuala O'Leary.

Article: "Review: They Thought They Were Free" by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "Madeleine Albright Warns: Don't Let Fascism Go ‘Unnoticed Until It's Too Late'" by Terry Gross.

Article: "Biden urges voters to ‘preserve Democracy' and stand up against political violence - live" by Maanvi Singh and Chris Stein.

Article: "Michael Flynn Wants Trump To Declare Martial Law And Redo The Election" by David Moye.

Article: "Trump ally Mike Lindell of My Pillow pushes martial law at White House" by Martin Pengelly.

Article: "Employment Guidance for the District of Columbia National Guard" by Christopher C Miller, 4 January 2021.

Article: "Christopher C. Miller" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Christopher A. Wray" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Three heads roll: Capitol Police Chief, House and Senate Sergeant at Arms all QUIT - as it's revealed cops were 'intentionally under-powered to stop bad optics of armed officers'" by Jennifer Smith and Harriet Alexander.

Article: "Jim Jones" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Jonestown" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Branch Davidians" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Bombshell emails raise new questions about Ginni Thomas contacts with John Eastman: WaPo reporter" by Travis Gettys.

Article: "Clarence Thomas was ‘key' to a plan to delay certification of 2020 election, Trump lawyers said in emails" by Tierney Sneed, Katelyn Polantz and Sara Murray.

Article: "Larry Elder Wants Term Limits On Democratic Voters" by John Amato.

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

Article: "Supreme Court hears challenge to key section of the Voting Rights Act in redistricting case " by Ariane de Vogue.

Article: "US Supreme Court ruling on environmental protection ‘a setback in our fight against climate change'" by UN.

Article: "Supreme Court likely to ban affirmative action in college admissions, legal experts say" by Tyler Olson.

Site: Oregonian.

Article: "Republican says party ‘will never lose another election' in Wisconsin if he wins" by Martin Pengelly.

Article: "DeSantis Is Using "Election Police" to Intimidate Voters With Felony Convictions" by Amy Goodman.

Article: "How Brian Kemp STOLE The Georgia Election" by Greg Palast.

Article: "Gov. Greg Abbott limits counties to one absentee ballot drop-off location, bolstering GOP efforts to restrict voting" by Emma Platoff.

Article: "Supreme Court Upholds Controversial Ohio Voter-Purge Law" by Nina Totenberg.

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: "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: "Armistice of 11 November 1918" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Fifth column" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Vatican City" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Benito Mussolini" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Blackshirts" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Hu Jintao argued about official papers before being escorted out of congress" by Emma Graham-Harrison.

Hour Two: Dark money & why this election is important
- Jamie McCleod-Skinner, Candidate for Congress (D-OR, 5th District) (Opponent is Republican Lori Chavez DeRemer)

Article: "Meet Jamie" by Jamie McCleod-Skinner.

Article: "Priorities" by Jamie McCleod-Skinner.

Article: "Outside Spending Dominates in Oregon's Congressional Swing Districts " by Nigel Jaquiss.

Article: "Oregon Is About To Vote On Whether To Send GOP Election Deniers To Congress" by Jennifer Bendery.

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

Article: "Ken Paxton" by Wikipedia.

Article: "They Were Trying to Help Run Elections. Then They Got Criminally Investigated." by Cassandra Jaramillo and Joshua Kaplan.

Article: "America Can Have Democracy or Political Violence. Not Both." by NYT.

Article: "Fact Sheets on Unlawful Militias for All 50 States Now Available from Georgetown Law's Institute for Constitutional Advocacy and Protection" by ICAP.

Article: "Who is Oath Keepers' founder, Stewart Rhodes?" by Ben Hill, Amanda Castro.

Article: "Oath Keepers' Stewart Rhodes Was in Contact With Secret Service: Ex-Member" by Katherine Fung. "My only regret is that they should have brought rifles."

Article: "DOJ Rests in Trial of Oath Keepers Founder Stewart Rhodes" by AP.

Article: "fascism" by Merriam-Webster.

Article: "Adolf Hitler's rise to power" by Wikipedia.

Book: "The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany" by William L. Shirer.

Article: "What's in the House-passed Build Back Better bill? Paid leave, universal pre-K and more" by Joey Garrison and Ledyard King.

Article: "US congress passes 15% corporate alternative minimum tax" by Deloitte.

Article: "Biden announces release of 15 million barrels of oil from Strategic Petroleum Reserve" by CBS/AP.

Article: "Some Medicare drug prices will drop under new law, insulin co-pays to be capped" by Caitlin Granfield.

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

Bill: "H.R.6800 - Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions Act or the HEROES Act" by Nita Lowey [D-NY-17].

Hour Three: The midterms, polls and voting...
- Ali Velshi, Host - MSNBC "Velshi" (Sat/Sun 8-10aET) & "The Last Word" (Fri 10pET) / Host of the digital platform, The Velshi Exchange

Article: "Michigan Election Guide 2022: Races, Proposals and Voting Options" by Rasha Almulaiki.

Article: "2022 Arizona Races At-A-Glance" by Cook Political Report.

Article: "Liz Cheney endorses a DEMOCRAT for the midterms: Republican Rep. who suffered crushing primary loss will campaign for Elissa Slotkin in Michigan" by Morgan Phillips.

Article: "Republican Doug Mastriano and Democrat Josh Shapiro face off for governor of Pennsylvania" by Grace Panetta.

Article: "More Republicans Back Josh Shapiro in Pennsylvania" by Taegan Goddard.

Article: "Election Denier Doug Mastriano Doesn't Get Why He's Called One" by William Vaillancourt.

Article: "2nd militia member pleads guilty in plot to kidnap Mich. Gov. Gretchen Whitmer" by Don Jacobson.

Article: "Stewart Rhodes wrote message to Trump after Jan. 6 calling on him to 'save the Republic' and arrest members of Congress" by Ryan J. Reilly and Daniel Barnes.

Article: "Private Militia Groups Operate In Violation of State Laws" by Crime and Justice News.

Article: "Wheatland man guilty of murder: Influenced by conspiracy theories, Banks had 'hit list' of potential victims" by Robert Summa.

Article: "What the GOP is threatening to do to Social Security and Medicare is not politics as usual" by Joan McCarter.

Article: "Republicans, Eyeing Majority, Float Changes to Social Security and Medicare" by Jim Tankersley.

Article: "Two Santa Clauses or How The Republican Party Has Conned America for Thirty Years" by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "Metabolite from pomegranates may help fight colorectal cancer" by Annie Lennon.

Article: "Rick Scott just laid out a Republican agenda. He has done his party no favors." by Jennifer Rubin.

Article: "Steve Bannon Hosts at Least 4 Election Deniers Since Jan. 6 Sentencing" by Nick Mordowanec.

Article: "Steve Bannon Hopes for Century of Pro-Trump Republican Rule: 'We Reign for 100 Years'" by Jason Lemon.

Article: "North Korea missile tests escalate tensions with U.S., South Korea" by NBC.

Article: "North Korea ‘smuggling missiles' to Russia as desperate Putin turns to new ally" by Charles Harrison.

Article: "Amid Ukraine's Clamor For Air Defense, Iran Readies Ballistic Missiles, Drones For Russia: Reports" by Sunny Peter.

Article: "Elon Musk wants Twitter users to pay to be verified. It could create a new set of headaches for the company" by Clare Duffy.

Law: "First Amendment to the United States Constitution" .

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