Covid may soon be the least of our worries

As more Americans are getting vaccinated, there's a sense of relief washing over the country that's almost giddy. But we're not out of the Covid woods yet, and, in some ways, it's distracted us from a frankly much larger crisis.

Our planet is screaming a message at us, and Covid is part of that communication. The death of nature and the appearance of Covid are all part of the same thing.

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-Thom

Thursday's Daily Stack

Hour One: Hidden Horrors in the Georgia Vote Law
- 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: "International Transgender Day of Visibility" by Wikipedia.

Tweet: "Transgender rights are human rights — and I'm calling on every American to join me in uplifting the worth and dignity of transgender Americans. Together, we can stamp out discrimination and deliver on our nation's promise of freedom and equality for all. #TransDayofVisibility" by President Biden.

Tweet: ".@Delta Thank you! That Georgia Black Voter Suppression bill WAS "based on a lie" and your CEO saying so out loud is a big deal. Much appreciated. -Thom (DL 2-million-miler, Flying Colonel)" by Thom Hartmann.

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

Article: "Georgia's New Voting Law Is Rife With Hidden Horrors" by Greg Palast.

Article: "Trump asked Georgia secretary of state to 'find' 11.7k ballots, recalculate election result" by John Bowden.

Article: "Reconstruction era" by Wikipedia.

Article: "How the 2022 Senate map is shaping up" by Aaron Blake, Adrian Blanco and Kevin Uhrmacher.

Article: "Georgia House Votes To Strip Delta Of $35 Million Tax Credit For Flipping On Election Law Support" by Tim Pearce.

Article: "Operation Eagle Eye (United States)" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Texas GOP-led Senate advances highly restrictive voting legislation as part of a bigger agenda" by Alexa Ura.

Article: ""Are They Gonna Make Us Outlaws Again? Is That What It's Comin' To My Friend?"" by Atticus.

Article: "Inside the Koch-Backed Effort to Block the Largest Election-Reform Bill in Half a Century" by Jane Mayer.

Article: "Proud Boys Join 'White Lives Matter' Rallies Slated to Take Place Across America April 11" by Jordan Green.

Article: "Michigan GOP Leader Spews Conspiracies, Ponders 'Fistfight' With Gov. Gretchen Whitmer" by Ed Mazza.

Article: "Mich. Republican Apologizes for Calling Governor, Other Female Officials 'Witches' Who Should Be Ready to Burn".

Article: "Nixon's Southern strategy" by James Boyd.

Book: The Hidden History of the War on Voting: Who Stole Your Vote and How to Get It Back by Thom Hartmann.

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

Article: "Rodney King" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Shelby County v. Holder" by Wikipedia.

Law: "Voting Rights Act of 1965".

Article: "Constitution of the United States" Article 1 section 4 "The Times, Places and Manner of holding Elections for Senators and Representatives, shall be prescribed in each State by the Legislature thereof; but the Congress may at any time by Law make or alter such Regulations, except as to the Places of chusing Senators."

Article: "Andrew Johnson" by Wikipedia.

Article: "The Covid Warning Signal We're Ignoring Could Be Disastrous" by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "The Last Hours Of Ancient Sunlight" by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "Humans just 0.01% of all life but have destroyed 83% of wild mammals – study" by Damian Carrington.

Article: "Falling sperm counts 'threaten human survival', expert warns"" by Miranda Bryant.

Article: "A Car 'Splatometer' Study Finds Huge Insect Die-Off" by Damian Carrington.

Article: "Thunder on the left: AOC wants $10 trillion over 10 years for infrastructure plan" by Axios.

Article: "Voters support paying for infrastructure with taxes, especially a tax on the wealthy, poll says" by Juliana Kaplan.

Article: "QAnon Claims Stuck Suez Canal Ship Used by Hillary Clinton to Traffic Children" by Ewan Palmer.

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

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

Article: "Fake' Twitter users rush to Amazon's defense over unions and working conditions" by Michael Sainato.

Article: "Trump calls Biden jobs plan 'massive giveaway to China,' says it will 'crush American workers'" by Ronn Blitzer.

Article: "Kentucky state lawmakers override veto to strip away governor's power to fill U.S. Senate vacancies" by AP.

Article: "DC Statehood Bill Introduced By Senate Democrats" by WJZ.

Article: "A "Jimmy Stewart Filibuster" Would Pass HR 1 & Save American Democracy" by Thom Hartmann.

Video: Mr Smith Goes To Washington.

Article: "Dwight D. Eisenhower and the birth of the Interstate Highway System" by Lee Lacy.

Article: "US Debt by President by Dollar and Percentage" by Kimberly Amadeo.

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

Article: "Qualified immunity" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Sovereign immunity" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Louie Gohmert Repeatedly Bangs on Desk During House Hearing, Sets Off Insane Battle Royale" by Ken Meyer.

Article: "Gov. Brian Kemp signs restrictive Georgia voting bill into law in front of painting of former plantation grounds" by John L. Dorman.

The latest on the Chauvin trial for the murder of George Floyd
- Debbie Hines, Trial lawyer, former prosecutor and legal/political commentator

Article: "Live Blog / Derek Chauvin trial live: Updates on George Floyd's death" (April 1) by NBC News.

Article: "Three videos piece together the final moments of George Floyd's life" by Eliott C. McLaughlin.

Hour Three: Chauvin trial and Qualified Immunity for Police
- Christopher Brown, Principal attorney of The Brown Firm PLLC

Video: Thom Hartmann: History Of American Oligarchy And How It ENDS.

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

Law: "Civil Rights Act of 1964".

Article: "The Ku Klux Klan Act of 1871" by Office of the Historian.

Case: "Pierson v. Ray" (1967) (qualified immunity for police officers).

Article: "Top Trump adviser warned then-president on virus supply shortage, then pursued controversial deals" by Dan Diamond.

Article: "Australia partners with US to develop hypersonic missiles" by Reuters.

Geeky Science: "Brisk walking five times a week helps combat brain aging and memory loss by encouraging blood flow, study suggests" by Natalie Rahhal.

Article: "'I totally disagree with you,' Fauci tells GOP senator in fiery exchange over masks" by Berkeley Lovelace Jr., Will Feuer.

Article: "Rand Paul May Be Infecting America with a Brand New COVID Epidemic" by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "2 Capitol Police officers sue Trump for physical and emotional injuries from Jan. 6 riot" by Jack Date.

Article: "Census in the Constitution" by US Census Bureau.

Article: "Fed Balance Sheet Hits $7 Trillion: Increased Buying Of Corp Bond ETFs" by Derek Wolfe.

Article: "Consumer Price Index for the elderly" (CPI-E) by BLS.

Article: "Consumer Price Index" by BLS.

Article: "Moore's law" by Wikipedia.

Law: "Buy American Act", 1933.

Book: Capital in the Twenty-First Century by Thomas Piketty.

Book: "The Spirit Level: Why Greater Equality Makes Societies Stronger" by Richard Wilkinson, Kate Pickett.

Book: The Inner Level: How More Equal Societies Reduce Stress, Restore Sanity, and Improve Everyone's Well-Being by Richard Wilkinson, Kate Pickett.

Article: "Why Inequality Matters" by My Fair London in association with The Equality Trust.

Case: "Buckley v. Valeo", 1976

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

Bill: "H.R.4 - Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2019" by Rep. Sewell, Terri A. [D-AL-7].

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