This naked assault on Democracy sets the stage for other GOP-controlled states to do the same

In light of what Georgia's legislature and Governor Brian Kemp just did to crush democracy in that state, you will want to read what a brilliant reporter wrote in the 1950s about how the Nazis took over Germany. It illustrates what the GOP is doing with vivid detail.

The Nazis corrupted the political system and took it over, bit by bit, gradually drawing the people along with them, and packing the courts with partisans in a way that was shockingly banal and totally resonant with today.

And then, in a relative instant, they changed the laws so it was all irreversible.

You can draw a straight line from Reagan through Bush to Trump, and then to Georgia and Iowa outlawing democracy in their states this past week. We're watching democracy ripped right out from under us.

Read more at HartmannReport.com.

-Thom

Friday's Daily Stack

Article: "Georgians Are Waking Up To Governor Kemp's Authoritarian Takeover" by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "Georgia lawmaker arrested for knocking on Gov. Kemp's door amid election bill" by Ny Magee.

Article: "Now as a governor-elect, Kemp points to Georgia's future".

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

Article: "They Thought They Were Free" by Milton Mayer.

Article: "Obama invokes Nazi Germany in warning about today's politics" by Miranda Green.

Article: "Do Florida Republicans want to purge existing enrollments in Vote By Mail? Make your voice heard." by Miami-Dade Democratic Party.

Article: "In Statehouses, Stolen-Election Myth Fuels a G.O.P. Drive to Rewrite Rules" by Michael Wines.

Video: "If You're Not Scared About Fascism in the U.S., You Should Be".

Article: "Number of Georgia Voters Purged by Brian Kemp Continues to Climb" by Peter Wade.

Article: "Report: Georgia's Secretary of State Brian Kemp is blocking 53,000 voter registrations as he runs for Governor" by Ben Nadler.

Article: "US sinks to new low in rankings of world's democracies" by Sam Levine.

Article: "Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez calls Trump a 'white supremacist' & warns 'fascism is at our door' in stunning attack" by Fionnuala O'Leary.

Article: "Review: They Thought They Were Free" by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "Madeleine Albright Warns: Don't Let Fascism Go 'Unnoticed Until It's Too Late'" by Terry Gross.

Article: "Biden's press conference was elder abuse" by Kelly Sadler.

Article: "Biden's first press conference leaves Americans with many more questions than answers" by Kayleigh McEnany.

Article: "Watch: Joe Biden Lapses Into Nonsense During First Solo Press Conference as President" by Joe Saunders.

Article: "Biden Suffers Four-Second Mental Meltdown, Struggles to Move on to Next Question, During Press Event" by Craig Bannister.

Article: "Joe Biden survives his first press conference – barely" by Joseph Farah.

Article: "Georgia Representative Arrested for Knocking on Governor's Door" by Tamara Stevens.

Article: "Pizza outlawed in Georgia" by Greg Palast.

Article: "'There's Nothing Left': Why Thousands of Republicans Are Leaving the Party" by Nick Corasaniti, Annie Karni and Isabella Grullón Paz.

Article: "Michael Flynn" by Wikipedia.

Book: Fascism: A Warning by Madeleine Albright.

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

Book: The Patriot's Grill by Steven Day.

Article: "Donald Trump won in West Virginia" by Politico.

Article: "Jim Justice" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Joe Manchin Calls for Bipartisan Solution to Pass Sweeping Voting Rights Bill" by Mary Ellen Cagnassola.

Video: Mr Smith Goes To Washington.

Article: "Filibuster" by history.com.

Article: "Georgia Lawmaker Charged With Felony For Knocking On Gov. Brian Kemp's Office Door" by Nick Visser.

Site: Coalition for Good Governance.

Article: "2002 Georgia elections" by SourceWatch.

Article: "Coronavirus meltdown: Why April 7th must go down in infamy" by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "Black Americans Face Alarming Rates of Coronavirus Infection in Some States" by John Eligon, Audra D. S. Burch, Dionne Searcey and Richard A. Oppel Jr.

Article: "How Jared Kushner's Secret Testing Plan "Went Poof Into Thin Air"" by Katherine Eban.

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

Site: Cascade Kidney.

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

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

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

Article: "Amendment 4 organizers raising funds to help felons pay fines, fees so they can vote" by Lawrence Mower.

Article: "Tucker Carlson Goes Full Insurrectionist: Promotes AR-15's to Use Against Government" by News Corpse.

Article: "Joseph Stiglitz" by Wikipedia.

Site: Joseph E. Stiglitz.

Article: "Federal Employees' Retirement System Act of 1986" by Wilmer L. Kerns.

Article: "Double Dipping" by Merriam-Webster.

Article: "Poll: 31 percent of Republicans think their party backs the American Rescue Plan" by Li Zhou.

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

Article: "Smedley Butler" by Wikipedia.

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

Article: "War on Drugs" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Criminalizing the Opioid Epidemic is No Way to Help Chronic Pain Sufferers" by Richard A. Lawhern.

Article: "Richard Sackler" 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: "Lawmakers gave groups 'reconnaissance' tours of the Capitol one day before riots, Democratic congresswoman says" by Andrea Salcedo.

Article: "Oath Keepers militia figure ordered held in U.S. Capitol riot, others freed" by Mark Hosenball.

Article: "Merkley, Welch Introduce Bicameral Legislation to Extend Electric Vehicle Tax Credit" by Peter Welch.

Article: "China, cobalt and the Congo: Why Xi Jinping is winning the 'batteries arms race'" by Felix Todd.

Article: "Rising U.S. Lithium Industry: A Potential Quandary For Environmental Activists" by David Blackmon.

Article: "Holdover Trump appointees are delaying stimulus payments, House Democrats complain" by Jon Skolnik.

Article: "Attorney general testifies Indiana will sue to protect the votes of Americans if bill passes" by Margaret Menge.

Article: "South Africa Covid Strain Offers Immunity Against Other Variants: Experts" by AFP.

Article: "Sleeping Octopuses May Have Dreams, But They're Probably Brief" by Nell Greenfieldboyce.

Article: "First known gene transfer from plant to insect identified" by Heidi Ledford.

Article: "Ban on US water shutoffs could have prevented thousands of Covid deaths – study" by Nina Lakhani.

Site: Food and Water Watch.

Case: "United States v. Miller" by Wikipedia.

Law: "National Firearms Act" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Sen. Tim Scott releases statement on his vote against $1.9T stimulus package" by Alexx Altman-Devilbiss.

Article: "How Taiwan's 'civic hackers' helped find a new way to run the country" by Carl Miller.

Article: "Sunflower Student Movement" by Wikipedia.

Bill: "H.R.395 - Do-Not-Call Implementation Act" by Rep. Tauzin, W. J. (Billy) [R-LA-3].

Documentary: Seaspiracy.

Documentary: Cowspiracy.

Article: "China Retaliates Against Clothing Brands After Western Sanctions" by Emily Feng.

Article: "Giant panda" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Minimum Wage in America: A Timeline" by Patrick J. Kiger.

Article: "Israel" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Benjamin Netanyahu" by Wikipedia.

Site: Haaretz.

Site: Jerusalem Post.

Article: "Adelson's pro-Netanyahu Free Daily Newspaper Lost $190 Million in Seven Years" by Uri Blau.

Article: "Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Exxon Valdez oil spill" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Amazon 'river monster' turns up dead in Florida" by Laura Geggel.

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

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