Imposing a judicial code of ethics on SCOTUS like the European Parliament is creating this week is a vital place for Congress and the White House to begin... The European Parliament and the US Supreme Court are both ensnarled in major corruption scandals. Each was caused by powerful politicians having no independent legal check on their own behavior.

And on "this side of the pond" Congress needs to act as soon as possible (as are the Europeans).

While news coverage of the EU here in the United States is mostly confined to the rarefied pages of financial and diplomatic publications and "international news" in major papers, the European Parliament is in the midst of a major, multinational bribery scandal.

Numerous members are accused of taking hundreds of thousands of Euros in cash as well as trips and expensive gifts; several have been arrested; and it's rocking that body and among the biggest buzzes across the European continent.

Here in the United States, the scandal de jour is around a group of wealthy rightwing "Christians" who spent millions to get close to and influence Republican members of the Supreme Court.

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-Thom

Wednesday's Daily Stack

Article: "Breaking down the Jan. 6 committee's possible referrals — criminal and beyond " by Kyle Cheney and Nicholas Wu.

Article: "Mark Meadows Exchanged Texts With 34 Members Of Congress About Plans To Overturn The 2020 Election" by Hunter Walker, Josh Kovensky and Emine Yücel.

Article: "Rudy Giuliani barred from practicing law in New York over election lies" by Sarah Betancourt.

Law: "Hatch Act of 1939" (restricts political activity of federal workers).

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

Article: "Christopher C. Miller" by Wikipedia.

Article: "As Inflation Cools, Experts Warn Powell to 'Think Twice Before Hiking Up Interest Rates Again'" by Jake Johnson.

Article: "Inflation Is Falling Much Faster than Most People Know" by Mark Weisbrot.

Article: "The Fed is Dead" by Robert Reich.

Article: "10 Health Benefits of Cardamom, Backed by Science" by Lizzie Streit.

Article: "How Do We Stop Wealthy Rightwing "Christians" from Bribing the Supreme Court?" by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "Christian activist: I ‘pray with' Supreme Court justices ruling on my cases" by Hemant Mehta.

Article: "Antonin Scalia Was with Members of Secretive Society of Elite Hunters When He Died" by Tierney McAfee.

Article: "Ginni Thomas's Texts: A "Coup in Search of a Legal Theory," and Judicial Malfeasance" by Steven Harper.

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

Article: "Brett Kavanaugh's attack on Democrats could pose risk to Supreme Court" by CBS/AP.

Article: "Qatari investor who denies plotting to bribe ex-Trump aide Steve Bannon and boasting of payments to Mike Flynn confirms he IS a government official after months of denial-and is accused of being 'caught lying'" by Ryan Parry, Josh Boswell.

Article: "MEP gifts register" by EU.

Article: "Qatar wooed EU lawmakers ahead of football World Cup" by Silvia Sciorilli Borrelli in Milan, Javier Espinoza in Strasbourg, Andy Bounds and Valentina Pop.

Article: "Antonin Scalia Took Hundreds of Free Vacations Paid For By God Only Knows Who" by Gabrielle Bluestone.

Article: "What to Know About the Corruption Scandal That Has Rocked the European Parliament" by Sanya Mansoor.

Article: "Kavanaugh attended a right-wing activist's holiday party at 'the worst possible time': legal reporter" by Alex Henderson.

Article: "Did Anthony Kennedy Resign from the Supreme Court to Protect His Son?" by David Mikkelson.

Article: "2021 Year-End Report on the Federal Judiciary" by John Roberts.

Article: "Not a Joke: Trump Is Looking Into Making Bribery Legal" by Bess Levin.

Article: "Democrats Want Answers About Jared Kushner's Very Shady Middle East Deal (No, Not the Saudi One!)" by Bess Levin.

Article: "The thinly sourced theories about Trump's loans and Justice Kennedy's son" by Salvador Rizzo.

Article: "Advocate tells lawmakers of ‘stealth' efforts to influence Supreme Court" by Ann E. Marimow, Emma Brown.

Site: Talk Radio Project.

Article: "Michael Medved" by Wikipedia.

Video: The Great Debate: Thom Hartmann vs Michael Medved (1/10).

Video: The Great Debate: Thom Hartmann vs Michael Medved (2/10).

Article: "Rusty Humphries" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Facts About Benzene" by CDC.

Article: "Fluoroscopy" by Wikipedia.

Article: "FTX's Bankman-Fried donated about $40M this political cycle. Here's who benefited." by Isaac Stanley-Becker, Chris Zubak-Skees, Nick Mourtoupalas.

Article: "Echoes of January 6 as Bolsonaro Supporters Torch Vehicles, Attempt to Storm Police HQ" by Kenny Stancil.

Article: "Bolsonaro's Supporters Riot in Brazil" by Irontortoise.

Book: "Mein Kampf" by Adolf Hitler.

Article: "Germany arrests dozens as QAnon-inspired "Reichsbürger" group accused of plotting to overthrow government" by Anna Noryskiewicz.

Article: "Lead(II) acetate" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Governor Kate Brown Commutes Oregon's Death Row" by Kate Brown.

Article: "Wolfman Jack" by Wikipedia.

Article: "KPFK" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Roy Tuckman" (Roy of Hollywood) by Wikipedia.

Article: "Crystal radio" by Wikipedia.

Article: "DeSantis calls for grand jury to investigate Covid-19 vaccines" by Arek Sarkissian.

Article: "More Republicans than Democrats died after COVID-19 vaccines were available" by Richard Payerchin.

On the spread of domestic terrorism
- Keisha Deonarine NAACP Director of Opportunity, Race, and Justice

Article: "NAACP Releases Plan to Address Spread of Domestic Terrorism" by NAACP .

Article: "FBI releases 2021 hate crime data, says it's most likely underreported due to new data reporting system" by Jon Shirek, Jessica Moore.

Site: "Federal Bureau of Investigation Crime Data Explorer".

Article: "2022 Buffalo shooting" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Orlando nightclub shooting" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Students for a Democratic Society" (SDS) by Wikipedia.

Article: "Black Panther Party" by Wikipedia.

Article: "War on Drugs" by Wikipedia.

Article: "What's in the $858 billion military spending budget that's now headed to the Senate?" by Ashley Nash.

Article: "Spandau Prison" by Wikipedia.

Article: "State Gas Price Averages" by AAA.

Article: "Gas Price Charts" by gasbuddy.

Hour Three: Branding Democrats: A Top to Bottom Reimagining of Campaign Strategies
- Ken Weber, President at Weber Asset Management, Inc. & author previously of Dear Investor, What the HELL are You Doing?
- Daryl Weber, brand strategist & author previously of Brand Seduction: How Neuroscience Can Help Marketers Build Memorable Brands

Book: Branding Democrats: A Top-to-Bottom Reimagining of Campaign Strategies by Ken Weber and Daryl Weber.

Speech: "Democratic National Convention Nomination Acceptance, 15 July 1948" by Harry S. Truman. "The Democratic Party is the people's party, and the Republican Party is the Party of special interest, and it always has been and always will be."

Article: "Jon Ossoff" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Obama Humbled By Election 'Shellacking'" by Liz Halloran.

Article: "Focus group" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Push poll" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Frank Luntz" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Bernie Sanders" by Wikipedia.

Law: "Civil Rights Act of 1964".

Law: "Voting Rights Act of 1965".

Article: "Rep. Joe Crowley loses primary to 28-year-old newcomer Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez" by Alex Seitz-Wald and AP.

Article: "Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act" (Obamacare) by Wikipedia.

Article: "North Carolina electric grid shooter 'knew exactly what they were doing,' sheriff says" by Sharon Bernstein.

Article: "Stochastic terrorism" by Wikipedia.

Article: ""Foreclosure King" Steven Mnuchin Doesn't Appreciate His Totally Accurate Nickname" by Bess Levin.

Article: "Kamala Harris Has To Answer For Not Prosecuting Steve Mnuchin" by Jesse Mechanic.

Article: "Obama Has Actually Raised More Money from Wall Street Than Romney" by Rebecca Greenfield.

Article: "Right-wing parties win Swedish election in historic political overhaul" by Sam Meredith.

Article: "Anthony Fauci" by Wikipedia.

Book: The Real Anthony Fauci: Bill Gates, Big Pharma, and the Global War on Democracy and Public Health by Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Article: "Sanfilippo syndrome" by Wikipedia.

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