Trump's trial may have to shift from insurrection to treason

Probably the largest question that the Trump impeachment trial must answer is both simple and straightforward: "Did the President lead or participate in a conspiracy to overthrow the government of the United States and install himself as a strongman dictator-for-life?"

Proving this first requires connecting Trump to the traitors who actually, physically tried to seize the Capitol and murder Vice President Mike Pence and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, killing five other people in the process.

Read more here.

-Thom

Reagan Defunded the Democratic Party in 1981: It's Time to Return the Favor

Forty years ago this month, Reagan and his buddies decided they'd strip the Democratic Party of most of its funding. And their audacious plan worked.

Now that Democrats control Congress and the White House, they have an opportunity to turn the tables and defund the Republican Party with six simple steps.

Read more here.

-Thom

Monday's Daily Stack

Article: "Is This the Smoking Gun of Trump's Treason?" by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "Christopher C. Miller" by Wikipedia.

Article: "D.C riot - MAGA fanatics erect GALLOWS outside US Capitol as building is overrun and lawmakers trapped inside" by Jessica Kwong.

Article: "Rioters Were Hunting For Pence, Pelosi ... Threats Of Violence, Hanging" by TMZ.

Article: "'Women for America First' Statement on Violence at Trump Rally" by Kathryn Darden.

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

Article: "77 Days: Trump's Campaign to Subvert the Election" by Jim Rutenberg, Jo Becker, Eric Lipton, Maggie Haberman, Jonathan Martin, Matthew Rosenberg and Michael S. Schmidt.

Article: "Trump appointee put Tuberville in Jan. 5 meeting at White House before editing post" by Eddie Burkhalter.

Article: "Republican Attorneys General Dark Money Group Organized Protest Preceding Capitol Mob Attack" by Jamie Corey.

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

Article: "Trump just joked about being president for life - for the 6th time" by Kathryn Krawczyk.

Article: "Photos put Tuberville in Trump's hotel on Jan. 5 despite denying meeting" by Eddie Burkhalter.

Article: "Pentagon memo offers one version of events: Days of security planning involved Cabinet officials and President Trump" by Joshua Kaplan.

Article: "'Their inaction cost one officer his life' | Capitol Police union issues scathing rebuke of leadership response to riot" by Jordan Fischer, Bruce Leshan.

Article: "Trump Defense Secretary Disarmed D.C. National Guard Before Capitol Riot" by Mark Sumner.

Article: ""the President Threw Us Under The Bus": Embedding With Pentagon Leadership In Trump's Chaotic Last Week" by Adam Ciralsky.

Article: "Executive Order 11485-Supervision and Control of the National Guard of the District of Columbia" by Richard Nixon.

Article: "Gov. Hogan: Leaders of Congress 'pleaded' with Maryland to send aid to the Capitol" by Laura Wainman.

Article: "Dangerous new coronavirus strains may incubate in COVID-19's sickest" by Tribune Content Agency.

Article: "JUST IN: Biden Admin Announces New Over the Counter Covid Test Kit with 95% Accuracy Available this Month" by Colby Hall.

Article: "Monoclonal antibodies: A Covid-19 treatment people might not know about" by Andrea Kane.

Article: "Newt Gingrich" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Title 10 of the United States Code" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Trump Pardons And Commutes 143 People On His Last Day - But Doesn't Pardon His Family" by Joe WalshForbes, Andrew Solender.

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

Article: "Immediate Resignation & Federal Censure Of Marjorie Greene Called For" by Caleb Newton.

Article: "Emmett Till", 1955 by Wikipedia

Article: "At least 150 people have been charged by Justice Department in Capitol riot" by Paul P. Murphy, Katelyn Polantz, Marshall Cohen, Evan Perez and Christina Carrega.

Article: "Black History Month" by history.com.

Article: "The Origin of COVID-19 and Why It Matters" by David M Morens et al.

Article: "Trump wouldn't really create a new 'Patriot Party,' would he?" by Steve Benen.

Article: "Trump briefly taken to underground bunker during Friday's White House protests" (2020) by Kaitlan Collins and Noah Gray.

Article: "Sasse says Trump was 'delighted' and 'excited' by reports of Capitol riot" by Lexi Lonas.

Hour Two: Attorney Thinks His Brother, Congressman Paul Gosar (R-AZ, 4th District) Committed Treason in Capitol Riot - David Gosar speaks out...
- David Gosar, Brother of Paul Gosar and a practicing attorney.

Article: "Brother thinks Congressman Paul Gosar committed treason in Capitol riot" by Mark Phillips.

Article: "Paul Gosar" by Wikipedia.

Video: How Rep. Paul Gosar Helped Incite the Capitol Insurrection.

Video: Sedition Must Be Punished - #REMOVEPAULGOSAR.

Video: .

Article: "Republican Ties to Extremist Groups Are Under Scrutiny" by Luke Broadwater and Matthew Rosenberg.

Article: "'Nothing Less Than a Civil War': These White Voters on the Far Right See Doom Without Trump" by Astead W. Herndon.

Article: "The leader of a far-right militant group says Republican Rep. Paul Gosar told him the US was in a civil war: 'We just haven't started shooting yet.'" by Eliza Relman.

Tweet: "Biden should concede. I want his concession on my desk tomorrow morning. Don't make me come over there. #StopTheSteaI2021 @ali" by Paul Gosar.

Article: "Arizona congressman repeats bogus claim that Charlottesville violence was left-wing plot" by Derek Hawkins.

Article: "14th Amendment Section 3., July 9, 1868

Article: "Fireside chats" by Wikipedia.

Movie: "Deliverance".

Article: "John C. Calhoun" by Wikipedia.

Article: "What Happened With Merrick Garland In 2016 And Why It Matters Now" by Ron Elving.

Article: "2020 was the worst year for economic growth since World War II" by Rachel Siegel, Andrew Van Dam and Erica Werner.

Article: "Unemployment benefits: Another 847,000 Americans filed jobless claims in Joe Biden's first week as president" by David Goldman.

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

Article: "US alerted Israel, NATO to disease outbreak in China in November - TV report" by Times of Israel.

Article: "Woodward book: Trump says he knew coronavirus was 'deadly' and worse than the flu while intentionally misleading Americans" by Robert Costa and Philip Rucker.

Article: "Trump administration officials passed when Pfizer offered months ago to sell the U.S. more vaccine doses." by Sharon LaFraniere, Katie Thomas and Noah Weiland.

Article: "Biden inheriting nonexistent coronavirus vaccine distribution plan and must start 'from scratch,' sources say" by CNN.

Article: "World's Most Vaccinated Nation Struggles With Virus Variants" by Gwen Ackerman.

Article: "Republicans ask Biden to hear pitch on trimmed down relief bill" by Daniel Uria.

Article: "Trump paid Capitol rally organizers over $2.7 million" by Ashley Terrell.

Article: "Pence took lead as Trump initially resisted sending National Guard to Capitol" by Kaitlan Collins, Zachary Cohen, Barbara Starr and Jennifer Hansler.

Article: "Did Clarence Thomas' Wife Ginni Sponsor 80 Buses to Capitol Riots?" by Alex Kasprak.

Article: "Federal conspiracy charges for 2 Proud Boys in Capitol riot" by Jennifer Peltz.

Article: "'Be There. Will Be Wild!': Trump All but Circled the Date" by Dan Barry and Sheera Frenkel.

Article: "Army now acknowledges the brother of Michael Flynn was a part of Army response to Capitol riot" by Oren Liebermann and Barbara Starr.

Article: "Donald Trump Jr. video shows happy family, friends backstage at rally prior to Capitol riot that killed 5" by Dan Mangan.

Article: "Why Trump is suddenly replacing Pentagon officials with loyalists" by Alex Ward.

Article: "Tea Party movement" by Wikipedia.

Law: "18 U.S. Code § 2381 - Treason".

Law: "18 U.S. Code § 2382 - Misprision of treason".

Law: "18 U.S. Code § 2383 - Rebellion or insurrection".

Law: "18 U.S. Code § 2384 - Seditious conspiracy".

Law: "18 U.S. Code § 2385 - Advocating overthrow of Government".

Case: "Brown v. Board Of Education", 1954 (Segregation in public schools) (overturned Plessy v. Ferguson).

Article: "9 of the nastiest things Trump said about Obama" by Madeline Conway.

Article: "Trump has longstanding history of calling elections 'rigged' if he doesn't like the results" by Terrance Smith.

Clip: "Paul Weyrich - "I don't want everybody to vote" (Goo Goo)".

Hour Three: Neuroscience of the Creative Geek
- Richard Silberstein, Professor Emeritus, Swinburne University-Melbourne, AU & Founder/Board Chairman, Chief Scientist & Director - Neuro-Insight's research program

Article: "Neuroscience of the creative 'Geek'" by Richard B Silberstein.

Article: "Alan Turing" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Albert Einstein" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Elon Musk" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Simon Baron-Cohen" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Men who are jerks and who break traffic laws prefer high-status cars, study says" By Sven Gustafson.

Article: "Phineas Gage" by Wikipedia.

Book: "Attention Deficit Disorder: A Different Perception" by Thom Hartmann

Article: "3M, the corporate inventor, surpasses 100,000 patents worldwide" by Steve Alexander.

Article: "The Science of "Sleeping on It"" by Markham Heid.

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

Article: "Executive Order 10030: Administration And Supervision Of The District Of Columbia National Guard" by Harry S. Truman.

Article: "Kent State shootings" by Wikipedia.

Book: The Hidden History of American Healthcare: Why Sickness Bankrupts You and Makes Others Insanely Rich by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "Washington Post Photographer Catches My Pillow CEO's Notes On Martial Law" by Mary Papenfuss.

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

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

Conversations with Great Minds: Craig Unger, Author of five books on GOP war on democracy, including his latest, American Kompromat, & a Vanity Fair contributor for 15 years

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