America is, today, at a point of maximum peril only seen twice before in our history

Multiple Republicans, from former NRA spokespersons and rightwing talkshow hosts, to Republican congressional candidates, to the rightwing media are speaking out, loudly, about their concern that Joe Biden has not yet held a State of the Union address.

There are so many demands and tweets that David Badash over at The New Civil Rights Movement compiled a list of just a few them in his article about this topic.

Why, suddenly, are all these right wingers demanding that all the members of the House and Senate, the Vice President and the President all gather together in the Capitol building to hear a speech right away?

Read more here.

-Thom

Friday's Daily Stack

Article: "There's a Nefarious Plot Underway Around the State of the Union Address" by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "The Hidden History of American Healthcare" by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "The Hidden History of Guns and the Second Amendment" by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "The Hidden History of American Oligarchy" by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "The Hidden History of the War On Voting" by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "GOP doubles down on voter suppression" by S.W. Spooner.

Article: "Trump's DC hotel is hiking prices for March 4, the day QAnon followers think the former president will be sworn in" by Joshua Zitser.

Article: "CPAC Canceled An Anti-Semite. Here Are The Extremists They Didn't Cancel." by Christopher Mathias.

Article: "Mitch McConnell Says He'd 'Absolutely' Back Donald Trump In 2024 Presidential Race" by Mary Papenfuss.

Article: "Militia Groups Want to 'Blow Up the Capitol,' a Police Chief Testifies" by Luke Broadwater.

Article: "Battling the Mob, a Black Officer Came Face to Face With Racism" by Luke Broadwater.

Article: "Right Wingers Outraged Biden Hasn't Delivered SOTU – Claim It Was Required by Feb. 20 – Capitol Police Issue Warning" by David Badash.

Article: "Fact check: No deadline is in place for delivering State of the Union" by Rick Rouan.

Article: "Timothy McVeigh" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Smedley Butler" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Business Plot" (1933, Smedley Butler) by Wikipedia.

Article: "DNA" by Wikipedia.

Site: I AM - Tom Shadyac.

Book: The Descent Of Man, And Selection In Relation To Sex by Charles Darwin.

Book: The Origin Of Species By Means Of Natural Selection by Charles Darwin.

Book: Imagine: What America Could be in the 21st century by Marianne Williamson et al.

Article: "Mitch McConnell Now Says He'd 'Absolutely' Support Trump in 2024 After Savaging Him for Capitol Attack" by .

Article: "Inspector general reviews Trump relocation of Space Command" by Nicholas Riccardi.

Article: "Pic Of The Moment: Wait... What?" by EarlG.

Article: "McConnell on Impeachment: "Disgraceful Dereliction" Cannot Lead Senate to "Defy Our Own Constitutional Guardrails"" by Mitch McConnell.

Article: "Republican Sen. Josh Hawley Proposes Legislation Requiring $15 Minimum Wage For Billion-Dollar Companies" by Sarah Hansen.

Article: "Designated survivor" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Designated Survivor (TV series)" by Wikipedia.

Video: Joint Oversight Hearing on Security Failures During Attack on U.S. Capitol, February 23, 2021.

Article: "Lafayette Square, Capitol rallies met starkly different policing response" by Rachel Chason and Samantha Schmidt.

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

Article: "There are 614 billionaires in the United States, and only 7 of them are Black" by Taylor Nicole Rogers.

Article: "Discovery of pipe bombs in DC obscured by riot at Capitol" by Michael Balsamo.

Video: Rally Washington Ellipse: Don Trump Jr. Speaks to Trump Supporters Jan 6 2021.

Article: "Six Capitol Police officers suspended, 35 under investigation in wake of Capitol riot" by Cassidy McDonald.

Article: "Off-Duty Police Officers Investigated, Charged With Participating In Capitol Riot" by Eric Westervelt.

Book: With God on Our Side: One Man's War Against an Evangelical Coup in America's Military by Michael L. Weinstein and Davin Seay.

Article: "Police Shoot and Kill Alleged Portland Protest Shooter During Attempted Arrest" by Elliot Hannon.

Article: "'Everything Has Been Criminalized,' Says Neil Gorsuch as He Pushes for Stronger Fourth Amendment Protections" by Damon Root.

Article: "All eyes on Senate parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough as she rules against minimum wage provision in Covid relief bill" by Veronica Stracqualursi and Lauren Fox.

Article: "Parliamentarian of the United States Senate" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Robert Dove" (former Senate Parliamentarian) by Wikipedia.

Article: "Pelosi Statement on Senate Parliamentarian Ruling on Minimum Wage" by Nancy Pelosi.

Article: "Minimum wage in the United States" by Wikipedia.

Article: "AP FACT CHECK: Blue high-tax states fund red low-tax states" by Stephen Ohlemacher.

Article: "John C. Calhoun" by Wikipedia.

Article: "The Filibuster Was Grounded in Slavery and Now Threatens All Life on Earth" by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "Kansas Republicans spent a decade attacking social assistance. Now they are shocked at the results" by Christopher Reeves.

Article: "Going to the Moon Was Hard — But the Benefits Were Huge, for All of Us" by Mike DiCicco.

Article: "Kosovo" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Kosovo is slowly recovering from Trump's coup" by Agon Hamza.

Article: "Kosovo's Leftist Opposition Party Sees Landslide Win" by Llazar Semini.

Article: "Trump hosts leaders of Serbia, Kosovo for signing of historic agreement" by Steven Nelson.

Article: "Purim" by Wikipedia.

Law: "Voting Rights Act of 1965" (preclearance).

Law: "Patriot Act", 2001.

Article: "Reality Winner" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Saudi crown prince approved operation that led to death of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, U.S. intelligence report concludes" by Karen DeYoung.

Article: "Biden speaks with Saudi king ahead of Khashoggi report's release" by Conor Finnegan.

Article: "Assassination of Jamal Khashoggi" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Mohammed bin Salman" (Saudi Arabia) by Wikipedia.

Article: "Hastings Introduces Legislation to Establish a Bipartisan Congressional Commission" by Alcee L. Hastings.

Case: "Buckley v. Valeo", 1976

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

Book: I Paid Hitler by Fritz Thyssen.

Tweet: "Now that we have the report that MBS ordered the murder of Khashoggi where's the info on the role Jared Kushner played in the decision and the coverup?" by Thom Hartmann.

Video: Highlights: President Obama Visits Standing Rock Reservation, North Dakota, June 13, 2014.

Article: "Standing Rock Indian Reservation" by Wikipedia.

Bill: "S.117 - Disability Integration Act of 2019" by Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY].

Bill: "H.R.555 - Disability Integration Act of 2019" by Rep. Sensenbrenner, F. James, Jr. [R-WI-5].

Article: "Reagan tax cuts" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Minimum wage in Canada" by Wikipedia.

Video: Before the Flood.

Book: "The Last Hours of Ancient Sunlight: Revised and Updated: The Fate of the World and What We Can Do Before It's Too Late" by Thom Hartmann

Site/movie: Carbon

Site/movie: Green World Rising

Site/movie: Last Hours

Site/movie: Restoration

Documentary: Ice on Fire.

Article: "September 11 attacks" by Wikipedia.

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

Article: "Pelosi says 9/11-style commission to investigate Capitol riots is 'next step' after Trump impeachment trial" by Ledyard King.

Article: "9-11 Commission".

Article: "Warren Commission Hearings and Exhibits".

Article: "Warnings to Rice outlined" by Conor O'Clery.

Article: "Maps And Charts Of Iraqi Oil Fields" by Dick Cheney.

Article: "Mr. Cheney, You Did Not Keep Us Safe" by Paul Begala.

Article: "Malcolm X's family reveals letter they claim shows NYPD, FBI assassination involvement" by Sydney Trent.

Article: "Watergate scandal" by Wikipedia.

Coming up Monday on The Thom Hartmann Program, 12-3pm ET

I'll be debating the Minimum Wage with Patrick Hedger, Vice President of Policy - Taxpayers Protection Alliance (Prior to joining TPA, Patrick was a Research Fellow at the Competitive Enterprise Institute's Center for Technology and Innovation and also served as Director of Policy at FreedomWorks)

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