With phony "concern for the debt," Republicans will try to sucker-punch a fourth Democratic President: will it work again?

"The only thing wrong with the U.S. economy is the failure of the Republican Party to play Santa Claus."
-Jude Wanniski, March 6, 1976

The Republican Party has been running a long con on America since Reagan's inauguration, and somehow our nation's media has missed it — even though it was announced in The Wall Street Journal in the 1970s and the GOP has clung tenaciously to it ever since.

And over the next few weeks as President Biden's Covid Recovery bill moves through Congress, a new generation of Americans will have an opportunity to watch it play out in real time.

Read more here.

-Thom

Trump still has majority Republican support; most are ready and willing for a 2024 authoritarian coup

When Republicans in the United States Senate refused to convict Donald Trump of his crimes against democracy, they set up his comeback plans for 2024. Odds are he'll be either making an announcement at the upcoming CPAC conference, or at least will strongly hint at it.

This will benefit the Trump Crime Family in a variety of ways, but represents a significant peril to the fragments of American democracy that survived his departure from the White House.

Read more here.

-Thom

Monday's Daily Stack

Article: "Mercury Retrograde: What Is It, And Dates For 2021" by Farmer's Almanac.

Article: "Supreme Court won't stop grand jury from getting Trump's tax returns" by Pete Williams.

Article: "Trump, Allies Rejected by U.S. Supreme Court on Election Appeals" by Bloomberg.

Article: "Trump's Ruthless Plan to Stomp Out Democracy in 2024" by Thom Hartmann.

Book: "The Illustrious Dunderheads" by Rex Stout.

Siee: "GPS with Fareed Zakaria" (Global Public Square).

Article: "Trump's Popularity Rebounds Among Republicans After Impeachment Trial, Poll Suggests" by Carlie Porterfield.

Article: "Trump raises $495 million since mid-October, including a massive haul fueled by misleading appeals about election fraud" by Michelle Ye Hee Lee, Anu Narayanswamy.

Article: "US officials finally found a case of a dead person voting, and it was for Donald Trump" by Jacob Shamsian.

Article: "EXCLUSIVE: Jared Kushner helped create a Trump campaign shell company that secretly paid the president's family members and spent $617 million in reelection cash, a source tells Insider" by Tom LoBianco and Dave Levinthal.

Article: "How Trump's team spent most of the $1.6 billion it raised over 2 years" by Soo Rin Kim.

Article: "Merrick Garland's attorney general confirmation hearing: Day 1" by Meg Wagner, Melissa Macaya and Mike Hayes.

Article: "These Three Siblings Died Tragically in Texas' Deep Freeze. It Didn't Have to Be This Way." by Kate Briquelet.

Article: "Family of 11-year-old boy who died in Texas deep freeze files $100 million suit against power companies" by Bill Hutchinson.

Article: "Kenneth Lay" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Enron scandal" by Wikipedia.

Article: "This Week the GOP Will Again Roll Out The Brutal Scam They've Used To Con America for 40 years" by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "Surprise! Surprise! Republicans Care About Deficits Again!" by Al Franken.

Article: "Taxes and a Two-Santa Theory" by Jude Wanniski.

Article: "Jude Wanniski" by Wikipedia.

Video: Bill Clinton in 1992 ad: 'A plan to end welfare as we know it'.

Article: "Merrick Garland" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Timothy McVeigh" by Wikipedia.

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

Article: "FBI and NYPD conspired to assassinate Malcolm X, late cop alleges in shocking letter" by Lauren Floyd.

Article: "Replay: Gov. Greg Abbott gives update Sunday on Texas water, resources" by Diane Pantaleo.

Article: "AOC Raised $5 Million for Texas Storm Relief, Visited Houston Food Banks" by Emily Bloch.

Article: "Ted Cruz's Cancún Trip: Family Texts Detail His Political Blunder" by Shane Goldmacher and Nicholas Fandos.

Article: "Malcolm X" by Wikipedia.

Article: "On 56th Anniversary Of His Murder, Watch Malcolm X Predict Today's Police State" by Constitutional Nobody.

Site: OpEdNews: Rohn Kenyatta.

Site: Medium.

Article: "J. Edgar Hoover" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Biden declares emergency in Texas; FEMA sends generators, supplies" by Jim Parker.

Article: "Texas governor deflects blame with 'deeply misleading' claims about wind turbines" by CNN.

Article: "Oath Keeper claims she was VIP security at Trump rally before riot and says she met with Secret Service agents" by Katelyn Polantz.

Article: "The founder of a far-right militia once warned of federal tyranny. Then came Trump." by Josh Lederman.

Article: "Trump administration has ordered the unmasking of over 36,000 people in three years — higher than Obama" by Sarah K. Burris.

Article: "Kim Jong-un" (North Korea) by Wikipedia.

Hour Two: Progressive Town Hall
- Representative Ro Khanna (D-CA, 17th District)

Article: "House panel advances $1.9 trillion Covid relief bill as Democrats move toward passage this week" by Kevin Breuninger.

Site: House Oversight Environmental Subcommittee.

Article: "Intense Cold Wave of February 2011" by Mike Hardiman.

Article: "Texas Was Warned a Decade Ago Its Grid Was Unready for Cold" by Ari Natter and Jennifer A. Dlouhy.

Article: "Louis DeJoy" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Board of Governors of the United States Postal Service" by Wikipedia.

Law: "26 U.S. Code § 86 - Social security and tier 1 railroad retirement benefits".

Article: "What you need to know about the budget reconciliation process " by Louis Jacobson.

Article: "Will Free College Become A Reality Under Biden?" by Robert Farrington.

Bill: "H.R.3472 - College for All Act of 2019" by Rep. Jayapal, Pramila [D-WA-7].

Article: "Khanna Introduces The Stop Cheaters Act, Making Ultra-rich Pay Their Fair Share" by Ro Khanna.

Article: "Republicans who voted to convict Trump in impeachment trial face backlash" by Kevin Breuninger.

Article: "Medicare Advantage" (Medicare Part C) by Wikipedia.

Article: "Are You Enjoying Daylight Saving? You Can Thank The Golf Industry (Sort Of)" by Sam Weinman.

Article: "Some might not receive a $600 stimulus check this time around. Here's why" by Lorie Konish.

Article: "Dakota Access Pipeline" by Wikipedia.

Hour Three: Another Earthquake... Water Leaks Indicate New Damage at Fukushima Nuclear Plant
- Kevin Kamps, Radioactive Waste Specialist - Beyond Nuclear

Article: "Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster" by Wikipedia.

Article: "7.3 earthquake strikes near Fukushima nuclear site" by Beyond Nuclear.

Article: "Water leaks indicate new damage at Fukushima nuclear plant" by Mari Yamaguchi.

Article: "Radioactive Water Spills Out From Fukushima Pools With Nuclear Waste Due to Earthquake in Japan" by Evgeny Mikhaylov.

Article: "Fukushima nuclear plant operator: Seismometers were broken" by Mari Yamaguchi.

Article: "No nukes in Asia… or anywhere" by beyondnuclearinternational.

Article: "Palisades Nuclear Generating Station" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Point Beach Nuclear Plant" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Downstream" by Arnie Gundersen.

Article: "80 Years At Point Beach, WI? Comment against high-risk extension!" by Beyond Nuclear.

Article: "Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Energy Department".

Article: "Biden Names Democrat Hanson as Chair of Nuclear Regulator" by Jordan Yadoo.

Article: "Christopher T. Hanson" by Wikipedia.

Article: "While Texans Freeze, Ted Cruz Heads To Cancún" by Ed Scarce.

Article: "Heidi Cruz" by Wikipedia.

Tweet: "Heidi Cruz, now exiled in Cancun with her deadbeat husband, is a managing director at Goldman Sachs, which has a controlling interest in several Texas utility companies, including Energy Future Holdings..." by Jeffrey St. Clair.

Article: "Energy Future Holdings" by Wikipedia.

Audio: "Ralph Nader Hour: Why So Little Progressive Radio?" with Thom Hartmann.

Article: "Biden will support Amtrak; can he convince GOP?" by Jessica Wehrman.

Article: "Vermonter (train)" by Wikipedia.

Article: "High-speed rail" by Wikipedia.

Article: "With Trump gone, CNN pulls the plug on White House press briefings" by Eric Boehlert.

Article: "38 Reasons to Investigate the Trump Administration" by David M. Perry.

Article: "Investigation into the 2012 Benghazi attack" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Gov. Abbott Asks President Biden For 'Major Disaster Declaration' In Texas To Help With Recovery Efforts Following Winter Storms" by CBS DFW.

Article: "Texas army veteran faces $16,000 bill due to rocketing energy prices as billionaire gas producer and Dallas Cowboys owner stands to profit from it" by Tom Porter, Joshua Zitser.

Article: "Merrick Garland just left Josh Hawley in a smoldering heap" by Aldous J Pennyfarthing.

Book: There's Nothing in the Middle of the Road but Yellow Stripes and Dead Armadillos: A Work of Political Subversion by Jim Hightower.

Article: "How Sept. 11 Changed the Nuclear Industry" by Olga Belogolova.

Article: "Indian Point Energy Center" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Montana governor lifts mask mandate; medical officer resigns" by Iris Samuels.

Article: "Permitless concealed carry of firearms is now legal in Montana, changes coming to university campuses" by John Riley.

Article: "Trump praises Montana congressman who assaulted reporter: 'He's my guy'" by Jonathan Allen.

Article: "Biden to urge wearing masks for first 100 days in office" by Nathaniel Weixel.

Article: "White House Reportedly Killed U.S. Postal Service Plan to Send Masks to Every Household" by Reed Richardson.

Article: "30% of people with COVID-19 experience symptoms up to 9 months later" by Rachael Rettner.

Article: "Inslee: Washington schools should reopen for in-person learning" by AP.

Article: "Why aren't teachers more highly prioritized in Washington's COVID-19 vaccine rollout?" by Abby Acone.

Article: "Motor Carrier Act of 1980" by Wikipedia.

Article: "North American Free Trade Agreement" (NAFTA) by Wikipedia

Video: Blue collar voters trending from Democratic to Republican.

Law: "S.2147 - Butch Lewis Act of 2017" by Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH].

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

I'll be talking with Rep. Bill Pascrell Jr., U.S. Congressman (D-NJ, 9th District) / Chairman-House Ways & Means Subcommittee on Oversight, about the U.S. Supreme Court setting the stage for the release of Trump tax returns

Plus, Greg Palast, The Guardian / Investigative Journalist/Author/Filmmaker, The Best Democracy Money Can Buy / his new book, How Trump Stole 2020: The Hunt For America's Vanished Voters, will be here to talk about Enron and the Mess In Texas

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