Fascists and oligarchs within the Republican Party are already beginning preparations to steal the 2024 presidential election. Trump, it turns out, was just a dry run for them.

Their allies in the media are coming together, too. This weekend a Fox & Friends host suggested that Trump shouldn't have to go through the courts to stay President; Republicans in swing state legislatures should simply award their state's electors to him.

Read more here.

-Thom

Monday's Daily Stack

Article: "Cabinet of Joe Biden" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Fox News host claims Trump no longer needs to prove his case in court to overturn the election" by Travis Gettys.

Article: "Milton Friedman" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Ludwig von Mises" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Objectivism (Ayn Rand)" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Books of Kings" by Wikipedia.

Article: "The Holocaust" by Wikipedia.

Article: "We need to plan now in case Trump loses in November - but refuses to leave the White House" by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "12th Amendment"

Article: "GOP leaders in four key swing states won by Joe Biden say they WON'T defy results and nominate Electoral College voters to back Donald Trump" by Katelyn Caralle.

Article: "Federalist 68: The Mode of Electing the President" by Alexander Hamilton. "The process of election affords a moral certainty, that the office of President will never fall to the lot of any man who is not in an eminent degree endowed with the requisite qualifications."

Article: "Federalist 68: The Mode of Electing the President" by Alexander Hamilton. "Talents for low intrigue, and the little arts of popularity, may alone suffice to elevate a man to the first honors in a single State; but it will require other talents, and a different kind of merit, to establish him in the esteem and confidence of the whole Union"

Site: National Popular Vote.

Article: ""Shadow candidate" in Florida race where the Republican won by 34 votes is now under investigation" by Alex Henderson.

Article: "Gerrymandering" by Wikipedia.

Site: Free Speech TV

Site: Sirius XM - Progress

Article: "Moderna becomes second company to request emergency FDA authorization for COVID-19 vaccine candidate" by Karen Weintraub.

Article: "If Congress doesn't act, 12 million Americans could lose unemployment aid after Christmas" by Eli Rosenberg.

Article: "Here Are All The Coronavirus Relief Programs Expiring At The End Of The Year" by Sarah Hansen.

Article: "How do we avoid future authoritarians? Winning back the working class is key" by Bernie Sanders.

Article: "Man charged with fatally shooting a 19-year-old Black man in Ashland over 'loud music'" by Jayati Ramakrishnan.

Quote: "Even the mailmen, look the mailmen are carrying thousands of ballots back and forth, back and forth.
There are many mailmen that are in big trouble right now for selling ballots, getting rid of ballots.
This is the craziest thing you've ever seen" - Donald J. Trump.

Will Trump Take Us To War Before Jan 20th?
- Dr. Trita Parsi, Executive Vice President, Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft

Article: "How the assassination of Iran's top nuclear scientist can sabotage diplomacy & start a war" by Trita Parsi.

Article: "Iran says nuclear scientist killed by remote-controlled device" by Oliver Holmes.

Article: "Kushner to visit Saudi Arabia and Qatar seeking deal to end crisis" by Barak Ravid.

Article: "Georgia secretary of state: My family voted for Trump. He threw us under the bus anyway." by Brad Raffensperger.

Article: "Jubilee (biblical)" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Fairness Doctrine" by Wikipedia.

Article: "French security bill proposes to outlaw dissemination of 'malicious' images of police" by France 24.

Article: "French protesters decry bill outlawing use of police images" by Thomas Adamson, Angela Charlton.

Article: "Four police officers indicted over Michel Zecler beating in Paris" by Euronews with AFP.

Hour Two: Issues of the Day
- Congressman Ro Khanna (D-CA, 17th District)

Article: "Mitch McConnell, an Emperor Without Clothes?" (role of vice president in Senate) by Nicolas Carteron.

Article: "All the Acting Heads of Trump's Presidency" by Natasha Bach.

Article: "Bank of North Dakota" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Great Depression (1929 - 1930s) by Wikipedia.

Article: "Michele Dauber" by Wikipedia.

Book: The Sympathetic State: Disaster Relief and the Origins of the American Welfare State by Michele Landis Dauber.

Article: "Pelosi is re-elected as House Speaker" by Reuters.

Article: "Joe Biden plans special commission to suggest supreme court reforms" by Kenya Evelyn.

Bill: "S.3548 - CARES Act" by Sen. McConnell, Mitch [R-KY].

Law: "Voting Rights Act of 1965".

Article: "Shelby County v. Holder" by Wikipedia.

Bill: "H.R.1 - For the People Act of 2019" by Rep. Sarbanes, John P. [D-MD-3].

Article: "Operation Warp Speed" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Who Is Emily Murphy? Trump Official Delaying Transfer Of Power To Biden" by Dan Graeber.

Law: "Presidential Transition Act of 1963".

Bill: "H.R.6821 - Small Business Expense Protection Act of 2020" by Rep. Holding, George [R-NC-2].

Bill: "H.R.6754 - Protecting the Paycheck Protection Program Act of 2020" by Rep. Fletcher, Lizzie [D-TX-7].

Article: "Rep. Katie Porter Wins Reelection To 45th Congressional District Seat" by CBSLA.

Article: "The 2020 Election Set a Record for Voter Turnout. But Why Is It Normal for So Many Americans to Sit Out Elections?" by Olivia B. Waxman.

Article: "The Great Reset" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Mark Esper fired as Pentagon chief after contradicting Trump" by Julian Borger.

Article: "Report: Trump Has Repeatedly Asked If He Can "preemptively" Pardon Himself" by Bess Levin.

Article: "Joe Biden Won't Force His Justice Department To Investigate Donald Trump" by Staci Zaretsky.

Article: "First Amendment to the United States Constitution"

Article: "How immunity for Facebook kills Americans" by Thom Hartmann.

Hour Three: Democracy... For the First Time!
- David Orr, Founder, State of American Democracy project and co-editor, Democracy Unchained / Professor-Environmental Studies & Politics (Emeritus)-Oberlin College / Author of numerous books including, most recently, Dangerous Years: Climate Change and the Long Emergency (and a speaker at the 2020 Bioneers Conference - more info at https://bioneers.org)

Event: December 5-6: "Bioneers 2020 online conference".

Event: December 5: 12:30 pm: "Panel: Democracy for the First Time" (incl. David Orr).

Event: December 6: 11:11 am: "Bioneers 2020 online conference: Thom Hartmann - All Life Is Organized Around Democracy".

Event: December 12-13: "Bioneers 2020 online conference".

Quote: "It's very hard to see us fixing the climate until we fix our democracy" - James Hansen.

Article: "Libertarian Party" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Foundation for Economic Education (FEE)" by Wikipedia.

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

Quote: "That government is best which governs least." - Henry David Thoreau.

Article: "Presidential Election Results: Biden Wins" by NY Times.

Article: "All the Ways NY Attorney General Letitia James Will Prosecute Trump Once He's Out of Office (Watch)" by EURPublisher01.

Article: "Stacey Abrams: The woman behind Biden's biggest surprise" by Chelsea Bailey.

Article: "Tom Perez" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Fascism" by Wikipedia.

Article: "New Calvinism" by Wikipedia.

The New Deals We Need Now
- Vien Truong who currently advises lawmakers, universities, foundations, and organizations on developing inclusive workforces, sustainable economies, and equitable environmental policies; directs the Climate Justice efforts for Tom Steyer PAC; and supports the climate efforts of the California Business and Jobs Recovery Task Force...(and a speaker at the 2020 Bioneers Conference)

Event: December 12: 12:30 pm: "Panel: The New Deals We Need Now: Green, Red and Blue".

Article: "The Trump Administration Is Reversing More Than 100 Environmental Rules. Here's the Full List" by Nadja Popovich, Livia Albeck-Ripka And Kendra Pierre-Louis.

Article: "Paris Agreement (Climate Change).

Site: Tom Steyer.

Article: "A civil rights 'emergency': justice, clean air and water in the age of Trump" by Oliver Milman.

Article: "Cancer Alley" by Wikipedia.

Article: "California wildfires: San Francisco sky turns apocalyptic orange" by Josh White.

Article: "'Oregon looks like Mars': Wildfire photos show apocalyptic red skies" by Josh K. Elliott.

Quote: "The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now." - Old Chinese proverb.

Law: "Alien and Sedition Acts", 1798.

Article: "Manual of Procedure" (Senate) by Thomas Jefferson.

Article: "U.S. Senate: Rules & Procedure".

Site: U.S. Climate Alliance.

Article: "List of United States presidential elections by popular vote margin" by Wikipedia.

Tuesday on The Thom Hartmann Program, 12-3pm ET

I'll be talking with Kenny Ausubel, Journalist/filmmaker/author of 4 books including his latest, Dreaming the Future: Reimagining Civilization in the Age of Nature / CEO & Founder-Bioneers about the Bioneers Conference... what it is, what you'll learn & why now

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Civil Rights: Hidden History Of The Democratic Party

Trump Wants Firing Squads Before Leaving Office!

Obscure Rule Could Let Harris Take Over Senate (w/ Mark Pocan)

Trump Dismantles U.S. Spy Planes?

Can Our Economy Recover?(w/ Richard Wolff)