Americans are disconnected from the real carnage these weapons of war produce.

Back in 1955, young Black people like 14-year-old Emmett Till were routinely murdered by white people all over America, usually with no consequence whatsoever.

Emmett Till was kidnapped by two white Mississippi men, brutally tortured, murdered and his mangled body was thrown into the Tallahatchie River. (And the white men who did it, and the white woman who set it off with a lie, never suffered any consequence.)

His mother, Mamie Bradley, made the extraordinarily brave decision to show her baby's mutilated face with an open-coffin funeral in their hometown of Chicago.

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-Thom

Wednesday's Daily Stack

Article: "Mass Shootings: America needs an Emmett Till moment " by Thom Hartmann.

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

Article: "A 'devastated' Biden addressed the Boulder shooting before leaving for Ohio." by Glenn Thrush.

Article: "My picture led to end of the Vietnam war: 'Napalm Girl' photographer Nick Ut tells TNM" by Saritha S Balan.

Article: "Why Obama Cries Over Gun Control" by Maya Rhodan.

Article: "Columbine Students Are Asking: Will Sharing Photos of the Dead Change Our History of Violence?" by Fred Ritchin.

Twitter: "#MyLastShot".

Article: "10 killed in Boulder shooting: Victims identified, suspect charged" by Emily Shapiro, Ivan Pereira and Jeffrey Cook.

Article: "8 dead in Atlanta-area spa shootings, suspect arrested" by Phil Helsel and Rachel Elbaum.

Article: "Cruz: Gun laws 'would do nothing to stop these murders'" by Biba Adams.

Article: "GOP Sen. John Kennedy compares gun violence to drunk driving in hearing after Colorado shooting: 'The answer is not to get rid of all sober drivers'" by Oma Seddiq.

Article: "Emmett Till's Casket Goes to the Smithsonian" by Abby Callard.

Site: The Joe Madison Show.

Article: "Charles Whitman" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Schumer pledges action on gun bills in wake of Boulder mass shooting" by Susan Ferrechio.

Article: "Democrats vow vote on gun bills; Biden says 'we have to act'" by Mary Clare Jalonick.

Article: "Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting", December 14, 2012 by Wikipedia.

Article: "Port Arthur massacre (Australia)" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Tough gun laws in Australia eliminate mass shootings" by Meghan Rosen.

Article: "Gun violence in the United States" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Columbine High School massacre" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Prescription For Violence: The Corresponding Rise of Antidepressants, SSRIs & Mass Shootings" by Molly Carter.

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

Article: "2nd Amendment". A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.

Article: "North-West Rebellion" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Shays' Rebellion" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Whiskey Rebellion" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Black Panther Party" by Wikipedia.

Case: "District of Columbia v. Heller", 2008 (2nd Amendment).

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

Documentary: Q: Into the Storm.

Article: "University of Texas tower shooting" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Donald Trump Ran For President Because He Was Furious About Gwen Stefani's $10 Million 'The Voice' Pay?" by Ashley Mitchell.

Article: "Did Trump Campaign Offer Actors $50 to Cheer Him at Prez Announcement?" by Bethania Palma.

Article: "Trump made $1.6 billion while president, according to financial disclosures, but left office less wealthy than before" by Charles Davis.

Article: "After Georgia, Donald Trump has delivered Republicans a trifecta of defeat" by Geoffrey Kabaservice.

Article: "Capitol riot suspects ramped up donations to Trump after his election defeat" by Allan Smith.

Article: "Changes in US mass shooting deaths associated with the 1994-2004 federal assault weapons ban: Analysis of open-source data" by Charles DiMaggio et al.

Article: "Beer Hall Putsch" by Encyclopaedia Britannica.

Article: "The Failed Coup That Led To Hitler's 'Mein Kampf'" by WBFO.

Article: "Treaty of Versailles" by Wikipedia (28 June 1919, at the end of World War I).

Article: "Stab-in-the-back myth" by Wikipedia.

Book: "The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany" by William L. Shirer.

Book: 1924: The Year that made Hitler by Peter Ross Range.

Book: "Mein Kampf" by Adolf Hitler.

Article: "Final Solution" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Republicans roll out "tidal wave of voter suppression": 253 restrictive bills in 43 states" by Igor Derysh.

Article: "Angus King" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Angus King signals he would nix filibuster for voting rights" by Jordain Carney.

Article: "Bacon's Rebellion" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Boulder Shooting Suspect Is Identified After Killing 10 People In Supermarket" by Bruce C.T. Wright.

Article: "Hollow-point bullet" by Wikipedia.

Hour Three: The Exxon Valdez Accident Happened 33 Years Ago... Why You Shouldn't Buy Exxon's Fable Of the Drunken Captain
- 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 and, previously, Vultures' Picnic

Article: "Exxon Valdez oil spill" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Don't Buy Exxon's Fable Of The Drunken Captain" by Greg Palast.

Article: "Stoneman Douglas High School shooting" (Parkland) by Wikipedia.

Article: "David Hogg" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Federal Assault Weapons Ban" (1994-2004) by Wikipedia.

Article: "Pic Of The Moment: On What Planet Does This Make Sense?" by EarlG.

Article: "NBC White House correspondent says gun safety and voting rights are 'far-left issues'" by David Edwards.

Article: "Survivor of San Francisco's 1977 Golden Dragon massacre speaks" by Cornell Barnard.

Tweet: "My prayers are with the shoppers, employees, first responders & others affected by the shooting in Boulder.
May God be with them.
While we are still awaiting important information and details in this case, random public shootings & senseless acts of violence are never ok." by Lauren Boebert.

Article: "Golden Dragon massacre" by Wikipedia.

Site: Planet Proctor.

Site: The Firesign Theatre.

Book: Where's My Fortune Cookie? by Phil Proctor, Brad Schreiber.

Tweet: "ICYMI: A Colorado judge gave law-abiding gun owners something to celebrate. In an @NRAILA-supported case, he ruled that the city of Boulder's ban on commonly-owned rifles (AR-15s) and 10+ round mags was preempted by state law and STRUCK THEM DOWN. [link]" by NRA.

Article: "Execution of Nguyễn Văn Lém" by Wikipedia.

Article: "2011 Tucson shooting" (Gabby Giffords and others) by Wikipedia.

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

I'll be talking with Economist Dr. Richard Wolff, Co-founder, Democracy At Work / Author of numerous books - his latest is The Sickness is the System (now also available as an eBook)

Plus, Debbie Hines, Trial lawyer, former prosecutor and legal/political commentator, will be here to talk about the George Floyd murder/Chauvin trial

And, the best of the rest of the news along with your calls right here on...

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