The media and brave politicians hold the key

The media must explode this generation's Big Lie: Donald Trump's assertion that he really won the election and "voter fraud" handed a false victory to Joe Biden.

Trump and his handmaids on Fox, et al, have pushed his Big Lie so hard and so far that more than half of Republicans fully believe it -thus some are predictably acting on it, from the January 6th failed coup to armed protests at state capitols all around the nation. As long as they believe the Lie, they're not going to stop or go away.

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-Thom

Monday's Daily Stack

Hour One: Civil Rights in America / MLK Day
- Joe Madison, The Black Eagle, Host-The Joe Madison Show (weekdays 6-10am on SiriusXM ch. 126 Urban View)

Article: "Martin Luther King Jr. Day" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Emmett Till", 1955 by Wikipedia

Article: "'Shoot them for what?' How Muhammad Ali won his greatest fight" by DeNeen L. Brown.

Article: "Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.", April 4, 1968 by Wikipedia.

Speech: "Beyond Vietnam -- A Time to Break Silence" - Martin Luther King, Jr., 1967.

Article: "Blockbusting" by Wikipedia.

Speech: "I've Been to the Mountaintop" - Martin Luther King, Jr., 1968.

Article: "Malcolm X" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Lee Atwater" by Wikipedia.

Quote: "The Hottest Places In Hell Are Reserved For Those Who, In A Period Of Moral Crisis, Maintain Their Neutrality" - attributed Dante.

Article: "Exclusive: Lee Atwater's Infamous 1981 Interview on the Southern Strategy" by Rick Perlstein.

Article: "DOJ: Trump's Early Businesses Blocked Blacks" by Gideon Resnick.

Article: "2021 storming of the United States Capitol" by Wikipedia.

Quote: "Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity." - Martin Luther King Jr.

Article: "Mother of Capitol riot zip-tie suspect arrested" by Alivia Harris.

Article: "Who is Kyle's mom Wendy Rittenhouse and did she drive him to Kenosha the night of the shooting?" by Patrizia Rizzo.

Article: "Trump loves 'the poorly educated' ... and social media clamors" by Melissa Fares, Gina Cherelus.

Hour Two: Psychology of mob mentality & violence
- Psychoanalyst Dr. Justin Frank MD, Psychoanalyst & Clinical Professor, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - George Washington University / Author - Trump on the Couch (Previous books include Bush on the Couch & Obama on the Couch)

Bible: "I form the light and create darkness, I bring prosperity and create disaster; I, the LORD, do all these things" - Isaiah 45:7.

Quote: "The mind is its own place, and in itself can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven." - John Milton.

Book: Escape from Freedom by Erich Fromm.

The Black Women Who Paved the Way - What are lessons to be learned from what they did and how they showed up
- Judith Browne Dianis Attorney & Executive Director - Advancement Project National Office

Article: "The Black women who paved the way" by DeNeen L. Brown.

Article: "Ida B. Wells" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Mary McLeod Bethune" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Fannie Lou Hamer" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Ella Baker" by Wikipedia.

Law: "Voting Rights Act of 1965".

Bill: "S.4263 - John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act" by Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT].

Video: "Ronald Reagan States' Rights Speech in Philadelphia, MS", August 3, 1980.

Article: "Mississippi civil rights workers' murders" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Lone wolf (terrorism)" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Stochastic terrorism" by Wikipedia.

Article: "The Big Lie and truth are in an epic battle for the soul of America - The media and brave politicians hold the key" by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "Here are nine investigations on voter fraud that found virtually nothing" by Christopher Ingraham.

Article: "Fox News Poll: Most Republicans say President Trump was robbed" by Dana Blanton.

Article: "Qanon Member Reports Biden Arrested; Face To Be Replaced With Trump's" by Steve.

Article: "Pennsylvania man is accused of casting Trump vote for his dead mother." by Davey Alba.

Article: "'Cruz would want us to do this': New footage of Capitol mob shows rioters inside Senate chamber" by Clayton Guse.

Article: "A comprehensive investigation of voter impersonation finds 31 credible incidents out of one billion ballots cast" by Justin Levitt.

Article: "Federal Mission" by National Guard.

Article: "Pence plans to attend Biden's inauguration" by Maggie Haberman.

Article: "Pentagon authorizes 25,000 National Guard members for inauguration" by Oren Liebermann, Caroline Kelly, Evan Perez and Geneva Sands.

Article: "Can military commanders refuse an order from Trump?" by Zachary Cohen.

Article: "FBI vetting Guardsmen in D.C. amid fears of insider attack" by AP.

Article: "013 Egyptian coup d'état" by Wikipedia.

Speech: "I Have a Dream" - Martin Luther King, Jr., 1963.

Article: "American Dream" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals" (Dreamers) by Wikipedia.

Quote: "You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one." - John Lennon.

Let States create true state-wide universal healthcare plans
- Dr. Sam Metz, Retired Anesthesiologist / Member - PNHP & Mad As Hell Doctors

Article: "Vermont health care reform" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974" (ERISA) by Wikipedia.

Law: "H.R.5010 - State-Based Universal Health Care Act of 2019" by Rep. Khanna, Ro [D-CA-17].

Article: "Tommy Douglas" (father of Canadian Healthcare) by Wikipedia.

Quote: "When the last man who remembers the horrors of the last great war dies, the next great war becomes inevitable." - attributed to Arnold Toynbee.

Book: "The Fourth Turning" by William Strauss, Neil Howe.

Book: Red Storm Rising: A Suspense Thriller by Tom Clancy.

Book: Clear and Present Danger by Tom Clancy.

Article: "The Hayes-Tilden Electoral Commission" by James Monroe.

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