We must expose the real threat to liberty

You think things are bad in America now? Wait until hungry heads-of-households stop hoping for help and start stealing from stores or kicking in doors to get food for their kids. It's already starting to happen.

We're in an unacknowledged Second Republican Great Depression.

One in six families with children "lacked sufficient food in the past 7 days." A survey completed just two weeks ago found fully 46 percent of American children live in renter households that are behind on their rent or lack sufficient food or both. Read more here.

-Thom

Thursday's Daily Stack

Article: "If "Good Government" Doesn't Make American Lives Better Soon, the Coup of 2024 is Inevitable" by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "Stealing to survive: More Americans are shoplifting food as aid runs out during the pandemic" by Abha Bhattarai and Hannah Denham.

Article: "Going to bed hungry" by Washington Post.

Article: "All The World's A Stage" by Dennis Weaver.

Article: "The Hidden History of American Oligarchy: Reclaiming Our Democracy from the Ruling Class" by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "Tracking the COVID-19 Recession's Effects on Food, Housing, and Employment Hardships" by Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.

Quote: "The most terrifying words in the English language are: I'm from the government and I'm here to help." - Ronald Reagan.

Article: "QAnon Thinks Trump Will Become President Again on March 4" by David Gilbert.

Article: "QAnon Believers Are Pushing New Trump Conspiracy Theories on TikTok" by EJ Dickson.

Article: "QAnon Thinks Trump Will Become President Again on March 4" by David Gilbert.

Article: "MAGA Conspiracy Theory Suggests Donald Trump And Joe Biden Are Doing Face/Off" by Stewart Perrie.

Article: "January 5 Meeting at Trump International Hotel Could Hold the Key to the January 6 Insurrection" by Seth Abramson.

Article: "DC police union reveals officers suffered 'brain injuries' in riot: 'One officer is going to lose his eye'" by David Edwards.

Article: "Vichy France" by Wikipedia.

Article: "QAnon-aligned Rep. Marjorie Greene's support for 'a bullet to the head' for Pelosi draws rebuke from House GOP leader" by Christopher Wilson.

Article: "Pelosi slams Republican leadership for response to Marjorie Taylor Greene: 'What could they be thinking?'" by Clare Foran and Kristin Wilson.

Article: "Matthew Lyon" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Marine Le Pen" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Alternative for Germany" (Alternative für Deutschland, AfD) by Wikipedia.

Article: "Sweden Democrats" (Sverigedemokraterna, SD) ( nationalist and right-wing populist) by Wikipedia.

Article: "Biden administration calls on Russia to free jailed opposition leader Navalny as well as pro-democracy protesters" by Azmi Haroun.

Article: "5th Amendment" (double jeopardy, witness against self, due process, taking clause, due compensation)

Hour Two: Nations Where Government is Respected & Empowered Have Effectively Contained the Covid-19 Pandemic. Alternately, Where Government is Demonized, Disrespected and Distrusted, the Pandemic Has Been Devastating
- Economist Dr. Richard Wolff, Democracy At Work / Author of numerous books - his latest is The Sickness is the System

Article: "The US has 4% of the world's population but 25% of its coronavirus cases" by Scottie Andrew.

Article: "COVID-19 pandemic death rates by country" by Wikipedia.

Transcript: "The era of big government is over" - President Clinton's radio address, January 27, 1996.

Article: "Arizona GOP censures Cindy McCain, Jeff Flake and Doug Ducey, signaling a fractured party in a key swing state" by Kyung Lah.

Article: "Judge orders ex-congressman William Jefferson released from jail" by AP.

Article: "Just five GOP senators vote Trump impeachment trial is constitutional" by Jordain Carney.

Article: "Here are the arguments the GOP is using to normalize the attack on the Capitol" by Sarah K. Burris.

Article: "Sen. Graham To His Dem Colleagues On Impeachment: 'If You Try To Call One Witness, You're Going To Blow Up The U.S. Senate'" by Lindsey Michelle.

Video: Is a Frog's Ass Watertight? .

Case: "Buckley v. Valeo", 1976

Case: "First National Bank Of Boston V. Bellotti", 1978

Bill: "H.R.1 - For the People Act of 2021" by Rep. Sarbanes, John P. [D-MD-3].

Book: I Paid Hitler by Fritz Thyssen.

Article: "Sandlot ball" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Senate hold" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Senator Rand Paul holds up passing bill that would ban lynching" by Jason Silverstein.

Article: "Discharge petition" by Wikipedia.

Article: "DC Statehood Bill Introduced By Senate Democrats" by WJZ.

Bill: "S.51 - A bill to provide for the admission of the State of Washington, D.C. into the Union." by Sen. Carper, Thomas R. [D-DE].

Bill: "H.R.51 - Washington, D.C. Admission Act" by Rep. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large].

Article: "Nevada" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Dakota Territory" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Second police officer died by suicide following Capitol attack" by Caitlin Emma, Sarah Ferris.

Book: The Hidden History of American Oligarchy: Reclaiming Our Democracy from the Ruling Class by Thom Hartmann.

Event: Feb 2, 5pm PT: "Powell's virtual event, in conversation with David Korten".

Event: Feb 4, 6pm PT: "Town Hall Seattle virtual event".

Event: Feb 9, 4pm PT: "Books & Books virtual event, in conversation with David Korten".

Tweet: "Here's the Jan. 4 memo from former acting Defense Secretary requiring "personal authorization" for DC National Guard to employ riot control agents & other tactics at Jan. 6 "March for Trump." This same day Capitol police knew of a "strong potential" for violence against Congress." by Luke Broadwater.

Article: "MD Gov. Hogan: Congressional leaders were 'pleading for help' from national guard" by Andrea Mitchell.

Article: "If you 'take the Fifth,' does it imply guilt?" by Joel Cohen.

Site: Southern Poverty Law Center.

Article: "Apple CEO Tim Cook rails against 'purveyors of fake news' as Facebook feud rages on" by Daniel Howley.

Article: "CEO at center of EpiPen price hike controversy is Sen. Joe Manchin's daughter" by Catherine Ho.

Article: "Ivanka Trump's love for Goya beans violates ethics rules, say US rights groups" by AP.

Article: "Reporter says she was threatened with arrest after trying to ask Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene a question at town hall" by Caitlin O'Kane.

Article: "Watch Marjorie Green harrass classmates of school shooting victims only weeks after the crime" by magicguido.

Article: "Now Marjorie Taylor Greene is revealed to have claimed deadly California Camp Fire of 2018 was caused by laser beam fired from space and added anti-Semitic slur that the Rothschilds were involved" by Nikki Schwab.

Article: "Nancy Pelosi denounces GOP leaders over Georgia lawmaker Marjorie Taylor Greene's posts" by Will Weissert & Brian Slodysko.

Article: "Trump meets with McCarthy in Florida to plan GOP House takeover in 2022" by Marisa Schultz.

Article: "Steve Scalise reportedly said he was 'like David Duke without the baggage'" by The Week.

Article: "Mexico-United States border" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Rangel: Reinstate the draft" by Martin Matishak.

Article: "House Democrat touts resolution to expel Marjorie Taylor Greene from Congress" by Lexi Lonas.

Article: "Steve King stripped of committee seats - with more punishment coming" by Heather Caygle, Sarah Ferris and John Bresnahan.

Quote: "An optimist will tell you the glass is half-full; the pessimist, half-empty; and the engineer will tell you the glass is twice the size it needs to be." - Oscar Wilde.

Article: "Talk Radio: Democrats Can't Win if They Don't Play" by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "Trump claims he'll lead march to the Capitol, only to slip back to White House in motorcade" by Jeva Lange.

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