Republicans in state after state are loading cannons as you're reading this, and the very concept of democracy is the target. Will their scheme be completed by 2024?

Americans thought January 6 was the peak of the effort to end democracy in America and replace it with strongman authoritarian rule. But January 6 was merely the tip of the iceberg.

And it's not just about Donald Trump. This "iceberg" monster that threatens to sink the United States is about ending democracy altogether here and replacing it with a wealthy, white aristocratic oligarchy.

The less visible but largest part of that iceberg is in the states, and it's huge.

Read more at HartmannReport.com.

-Thom

For businesses wanting a competitive edge, a "let's all live" marketing strategy is the opportunity of the decade! Well, it's started. The United States has reached the point, in many parts of the country, where there are more vaccines available than there are people willing to take them.

Most of this so-called "vaccine reluctance" is driven by pure politics.

Donald Trump's visceral hatred of Joe Biden, who beat him like a drum in the last election, and the Republican party's commitment to raw power over anything that may help Americans, have brought us this crisis.

Read more at HartmannReport.com.

-Thom

Monday's Daily Stack

Video: "Andrew Brown's attorneys say they are still waiting to see body cam footage of his death as officials tell them they are making redactions to video".

Article: "'Ready for the Pop?' Cops Laughed at Body-Cam of Violent Arrest of 'Ancient' Woman With Dementia, Video Shows" by Jamie Ross.

Article: "New Red State Evil Plot: Going Authoritarian & Ditching Democracy" by Thom Hartmann.

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

Book: "The Hidden History of the Supreme Court and the Betrayal of America" by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "Meet the Real Dark Money GOP Donors Who Funded Those Who Voted to Overturn the Election" by Alex Kotch.

Article: "Charlottesville car attack" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Stand-your-ground law" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Shooting of Trayvon Martin" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Arizona Republicans deploy Cyber Ninjas in pro-Trump election audit" by AP.

Article: "Derek Chauvin(ist): No Piece of Just-Us" by Rohn Kenyatta.

Article: "Turns Out That Trillion-Dollar Bailout Was, in Fact, Real" by Matt Taibbi.

Article: "Steven Mnuchin, Foreclosure King Of America" by Nomi Prins.

Article: "Bernie Madoff" by Wikipedia.

Article: "As Tucker Carlson justifies violence, Fox News is paying him $10 million a year" by Brian Stelter.

Article: "Stacey Abrams" by Wikipedia.

Site: Fair Fight.

Article: "Boogaloo movement" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Timothy McVeigh" by Wikipedia.

Article: "The Turner Diaries" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Blood libel" by Wikipedia.

Article: "McMartin preschool trial" by Wikipedia.

Article: "QAnon" by Wikipedia.

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

Article: "It's Time To Blow Up the Maskhole's Sick and Twisted Plan" by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "Pillar House history".

Article: "COVID-19 pandemic in Taiwan" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Australia's Perth to enter three-day lockdown after one Covid case" by Reuters.

Article: "New Zealand pauses travel bubble with Western Australia after virus case" by AFP.

Article: "Manchin, Sinema phone numbers read aloud on live TV as activists step up pressure" by Marty Johnson.

Article: "Covid: Vatican says coronavirus vaccines 'morally acceptable'" by BBC.

Movie: "A Day Without a Mexican".

Article: "Delano grape strike" by Wikipedia.

On being an immigrant, hate crimes against Asian Americans and her brilliant new book, Heart of Fire
- Senator Mazie Hirono (D-HI), author of "Heart of Fire: An Immigrant Daughter's Story" @maziehirono

Article: "'No question' Trump's racist rhetoric fuelled anti-Asian hate, says White House" by Joe Sommerlad.

Article: "Trump's 'Chinese Virus' tweet helped lead to rise in racist anti-Asian Twitter content: Study" by Dr. Mishal Reja.

Article: "NY police hunt for hate-crime attacker who stomped on Chinese man's head" by Karen Matthews.

Article: "Chinese Exclusion Act", 1882 by Wikipedia.

Article: "Japanese Internment Camps" by History.com.

Tweet: "Gollum has lost his precious." by Senator Mazie Hirono.

Article: "World leaders brace for historic Trump Facebook ban decision" by Sara Fischer, Jonathan Swan.

Book: The Feminine Mystique by Betty Friedan.

Article: "Merrick Garland" by Wikipedia.

Article: "House passes $1.5 trillion infrastructure bill, but McConnell calls it 'pointless political theater'" by Michael Laris.

Article: "House passes wide-ranging Democratic police reform bill " by Grace Segers.

Case: "California v. Texas" (Affordable Care Act).

Article: "Herd immunity" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Vaccine Refusal May Put Herd Immunity At Risk, Researchers Warn" by Geoff Brumfiel.

Article: "Spanish flu" by Wikipedia.

Article: "E.U. Set to Let Vaccinated U.S. Tourists Visit This Summer" by Matina Stevis-Gridneff.

Article: "Fairness Doctrine" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Fox News pulled off the air in Britain" by Charles Riley.

Article: "Fox News broke the UK's broadcasting rules" by BBC.

Article: "What would 'Buckhead City' look like? We crunched the numbers".

Article: "Another attempt at a state takeover of Atlanta's airport".

Hour Three: Covid: Trauma Recovery & Fear of Returning to Normal....
- Psychoanalyst Dr. Justin Frank MD, Psychoanalyst & Clinical Professor, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - George Washington University / Author - Trump on the Couch (Previous books include Bush on the Couch & Obama on the Couch) @JustinFrankMD

Article: "Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Decision fatigue" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Trump to veterans: Don't believe what you're reading or seeing" by Rob Tornoe. "Just remember, what you are seeing and what you are reading is not what's happening"

Article: "Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD)" by NHS.

Book: Out of Many, One: Portraits of America's Immigrants by George W. Bush.

Quote: "In every adult there lurks a child— an eternal child, something that is always becoming, is never completed, and calls for unceasing care, attention, and education. That is the part of the personality which wants to develop and become whole" - Carl Jung.

Article: "Chris Christie Says 'Far-Left' President Biden's Capital Gains Tax is 'Socialism' as Angela Rye, Heidi Heitkamp Audibly Laugh" by Caleb Howe.

Song: "We Can Be Together" by Jefferson Airplane.

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

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Trauma Recovery From Pandemic? (w/Justin Frank)

GOP Greed: The Dying of America (w/ Dean Obeidallah)

What's in the George Floyd Legislation? (w/Rep. Mark Pocan)

The Real Court-Packing Debate Disclosed (Thom vs John Vecchione)

Is the GOP the #1 Danger On Earth?