If America is to again be a "shining city on the hill" we must end our gun violence epidemic.

America, John F Kennedy said, was like John Winthrop's idealistic "city on a hill." Ronald Reagan added the word "shining" to that description when he plagiarized Kennedy. And now Republicans across the country want to change the word "city" to "armed encampment."

Republicans in the Texas House of Representatives just passed a so-called "Constitutional Carry" law that would allow pretty much anybody over 21 to carry a gun, concealed or not, permitted or not, experienced or not.

Democrats offered an amendment that would've forbidden "domestic terrorists and white supremacists" from the gun-carrying "right," but Republicans voted that down.

Read more at HartmannReport.com.

-Thom

The America First movement rises again & it doesn't take a dog to figure out what that whistle means

Well, now they're just coming right out and saying it.

Several Southern Republican members of the House of Representatives have proposed a Ku Klux Kaucus that will adhere to "Anglo-Saxon" values and vigorously resist allowing any more people of color into America under any circumstances. They're officially calling it the "America First Caucus."

Read more at HartmannReport.com.

-Thom

Monday's Daily Stack

Article: "The GOP Stands Atop an Ocean of Blood - If America is to again be a "shining city on the hill" we must end our gun violence epidemic" by Thom Hartmann.

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

Article: "Indianapolis gunman bought rifles despite earlier gun confiscation" by BBC.

Article: "Jair Bolsonaro wants every Brazilian to have a gun" by The Economist.

Article: "Democratic lawmakers introduce gun control bill that would ban magazines holding more than 10 rounds" by Brooke Singman

Article: "Mass shootings are up nearly 73% so far in 2021 in what gun violence researchers describe as a contagion effect" by Haven Orecchio-Egresitz and Hannah Beckler.

Article: "Stephen Colbert Suggests Guns Be Regulated Like Cars and Alcohol" by Trish Bendix.

Article: "Instead of Addressing Mass Shootings, Lawmakers Expand Gun Rights" by Justin Miller.

Article: "Fauci says 'horrifying' gun violence is a public health problem!".

Article: "Noam Chomsky: GOP is the 'most dangerous organization in human history' " by Alex Henderson.

Article: "Marjorie Taylor Greene's Caucus Promoting 'Anglo-Saxon' Values Didn't Last Long" by Matt Stieb.

Article: "America First Committee" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Adult Obesity Facts" by CDC.

Article: "Portland approves $6 million plan to prevent gun violence" by Rebecca Ellis and Jonathan Levinson.

Quote: "Let us realize the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice." - Theodore Parker.

Article: "House Passes Gun Control Bills to Strengthen Background Checks" by Catie Edmondson.

Article: "The Ku Klux Kaucus Will End in Tragedy" by Thom Hartmann.

Speech: "Des Moines, Iowa, on September 11, 1941" by Charles Lindbergh.

Article: "The Real Story of the White Citizens' Council" by James C. Cobb.

Article: "Relatives? Naw... Just three fellers going along for the ride!" by Dr. Seuss.

Tweet: "NEW In @PunchbowlNews Midday
A new America First Caucus — led by @mtgreenee and @RepGosar — is recruiting people to join based on "Anglo-Saxon political traditions" architectural style that "befits the progeny of European architecture"
Some of the most nativist stuff we've seen" by Punchbowl News.

Tweet: "Take a look at how they describe their immigration and infrastructure policy." by Punchbowl News.

Article: "Dr. Seuss Satirized "America First" Decades before Donald Trump Made It Policy" by Molly Gottschalk.

Article: "Where Do Guns Used to Commit Shootings in Chicago Come From?" by Bryan Bowman.

Article: "Marjorie Taylor Greene and Lauren Boebert are lone votes against reauthorizing bill to help Leukemia patients" by Daniella Diaz and Manu Raju.

Article: "Leaked chats reveal 'National Guardsman' and White Lives Matter organizer is forming new fascist group that wants a race war" by Jordan Green.

Site: Thom Hartmann Patreon

Article: "7-Year-Old Girl Fatally Shot in Drive-Thru of Chicago McDonald's " by 5Chicago.

Article: "Canada's Flawed Vaccine Plan Sends Snowbirds to U.S. for Jab" by Michael Smith, Danielle Bochove.

There Was No Defense & Chauvin Trial Closing Arguments
- Debbie Hines, Trial lawyer, former prosecutor and legal/political commentator

Article: "Chauvin trial: 'This wasn't policing. This was murder,' says prosecution in closing arguments – live" by Victoria Bekiempis.

Article: "Explainer: What are charges against Chauvin in Floyd death?" by AP.

Hour Three: Forgetting Won't Save You From Authoritarianism
- Chauncey DeVega Political Essayist & Commentator/Contributor-Salon/Host-The Chauncey DeVega Show (podcast)

Article: "Trump's grip on GOP looms as support falters for independent probe of Capitol riot" by Karoun Demirjian.

Article: "Three months after the Capitol attack: Forgetting won't save you" by Chauncey DeVega.

Article: "In 2018, Why Did 8-Republican U.S. Senators Spend July 4th In Moscow?" by Jake Thomas.

Article: "Inside the prosecution of the Capitol rioters" by Scott Pelley.

Article: "New Capitol Riot Footage Reveals an Even Darker Side of the MAGA Mob" by Peter Wase.

Article: "12th Amendment"

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

Article: "Viktor Orbán" (Hungary) by Wikipedia.

Article: "Jan 6th: We Don't Need No Stinkin' Commission" by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "Warren Commission Hearings and Exhibits".

Article: "9-11 Commission".

Article: "Rioters breached US Capitol security on Wednesday. This was the police response when it was Black protesters on DC streets last year" by Nicole Chavez.

Article: "Trump's acting secretary of defense disarmed D.C. National Guard 48 hours before the fascist assault" by Jacob Crosse.

Article: "They were killers with submachine guns. Then the president went after their weapons." by Ronald G. Shafer.

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

Article: "The Hayes-Tilden Electoral Commission" by James Monroe.

Article: "The Lyndon Johnson tapes: Richard Nixon's 'treason'" by David Taylor.

Article: "Understanding the Iran-Contra Affairs" by Brown University.

Article: "The Pardons; Bush Pardons 6 In Iran Affair, Aborting A Weinberger Trial; Prosecutor Assails 'cover-up'" by David Johnston.

Article: "CNN Producer Reportedly Was Asked 'Do You Speak English' After Being Thrown to the Ground, Arrested While Covering MN Protests" by Ken Meyer.

Article: "America First Committee" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Charles Lindbergh" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Roger Stone" by Wikipedia.

Article: "New details about Trump-McCarthy shouting match show Trump refused to call off the rioters" by Jamie Gangel, Kevin Liptak, Michael Warren and Marshall Cohen.

Article: "Whig Party (United States)" by Wikipedia.

Article: "'Failure at the top:' After U.S. Capitol stormed, security chiefs out" by Jonathan Landay, Patricia Zengerle, David Morgan.

Article: "Shot heard round the world" by Wikipedia.

Quote: "We might as well require a man to wear still the coat which fitted him when a boy as civilized society to remain ever under the regimen of their barbarous ancestors." - Thomas Jefferson .

Case: "Buckley v. Valeo", 1976

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

Case: "Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission" (2010)

Book: Thomas Paine Complete Works - World's Best Ultimate Collection - All Works: Common Sense, Age Of Reason, Crisis, Rights Of Man, Agrarian Justice, Short Writings Plus Biography & Bonuses [Annotated] by Thomas Paine.

Article: "History of the Republican Party (United States)" by Wikipedia.

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