What red blooded, Nazi-arm-band-wearing, Confederate-flag-waving, Capitol-invading, gun-toting American patriot could possibly object?

Marjorie Taylor Greene is characterizing vaccine passports as "Joe Biden's mark of the beast," so they must have some value. But we have to come up with a different name for them if we're going to get the conspiracy nuts…er…Republicans on board.

And that includes rightwing media. The headline in The Washington Post sums up today's health crisis: "The Dangerous Game [Fox News'] Tucker Carlson is Playing on Vaccines."

If our country is going to "open up" again in a way that preserves the lives and liberty of millions of Americans who've stayed virus-free so far, we're going to have to confront the GOP death cult, head-on. "Freedom" shouldn't mean the right to force other people to die all alone in a hospital ICU hooked up to breathing tubes.

Read more at HartmannReport.com.

-Thom

Wednesday's Daily Stack

Hour One: National Progressive Townhall Meeting
- Representative Mark Pocan (D-WI, 2nd District)

Article: "Biden Details $2 Trillion Plan to Rebuild Infrastructure and Reshape the Economy" by Jim Tankersley.

Article: "To Bridge the Digital Divide, Some Cities Have Taken the Matter Into Their Own Hands" (e.g. Chattanooga) by Jason Ruiz.

Article: "ISP lobby has already won limits on public broadband in 20 states" by Jon Brodkin.

Article: "How Reedsburg Got Broadband" by Joe Tarr.

Article: "Common carrier" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez denounces socialists and praises Biden administration, Democratic Party" by Eric London.

Article: "Why Is Marijuana A Schedule I Drug?" by Amy Nordrum.

Article: "Biden White House asks staffers to resign over past marijuana use: report" by Zachary Folk.

Article: "Victims of Crime Act of 1984" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Congress must pass the VOCA Fix Act now to protect crime victims" by Alex Otte.

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: "Budget Reconciliation: The Basics" by House Committee on the Budget.

Article: "Ron Johnson Says He May Not Run for Re-Election in Wisconsin" by Todd Neikirk.

Site: Senator Tammy Baldwin.

Law: "DREAM Act" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Bernie Sanders aims to lower Medicare eligibility age as part of Democrats' recovery plan" by Jacob Pramuk.

Article: "Biden proposes lowering Medicare eligibility age to 60 and more student debt forgiveness as job losses soar" by Tucker Higgins.

Article: "Medicare Advantage" (Medicare Part C) by Wikipedia.

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

Article: "Reps. Pocan and Royce Launch Bipartisan Congressional Cooperative Business Caucus" by Mark Pocan.

Article: "Mitch McConnell Warns Trump 'Didn't Get Away With Anything,' Can Still Be Criminally Prosecuted" by Christina Zhao.

Article: "Trump falsely claims the Capitol rioters were 'hugging and kissing' police as they stormed the building" by Eliza Relman.

Article: "Call Them "Right to Life" or "Freedom" Passports!" by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "Israel lifts Covid restrictions as 'green passport' system introduced" by Jewish News.

Article: "NGLCC Denounces Florida's HB-3 Preemption Bill as Destructive to their Economy and Dangerous for the LGBT Community" by NGLCC.

Article: "No Federal Mandate for Vaccine Passports: Biden Administration" by Reuters.

Article: "A Number of Republicans in Congress Aren't Getting Vaccinated" by Chris Walker.

Article: "Vaccine Passports Risk Worsening Pandemic Inequalities" by Yara M. Asi.

Tweet: "The vaccine passport is the next digital ID card. It's the introduction of China's surveillance system into free Western societies.
Anybody who pushes these passports as a "good idea" is trying to destroy liberal democracy and replace it with totalitarian communism" by Emerald Robinson.

Article: "The Ad Council and COVID Collaborative Reveal 'It's Up To You' Campaigns to Educate Millions of Americans about COVID-19 Vaccines".

Article: "Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis Says He'll Ban Vaccine Passports" by Thomas Colson.

Site: "Clear Health Pass".

Article: "IATA Travel Pass for Travelers" by IATA.

Article: "IBM Says Its New COVID-19 Passport Is Your Ticket to Normal Life – But Some See Troubles in Privacy Paradise" by Yaël Bizouati-Kennedy.

Article: "Marjorie Taylor Greene Rebukes Vaccine Passports as 'Biden's Mark of the Beast'" by Alexandra Hutzler.

Article: "Florida is undercounting COVID-19 deaths, per new report" by Alex Galbraith.

Article: "Denmark is introducing vaccine passports, eliminating the need to quarantine" by Malcolm Brabant, Layla Quran.

Site: "Salem International".

Article: "White Republicans are refusing to get the COVID-19 vaccine more than any other demographic group in Texas" by Reese Oxner.

Article: "World Tourism Organization Calls For Vaccine Passport" by Rich Thomaselli.

Article: "Biden Administration Working on 'Vaccine Passport' Initiative" by Ernie Mundell, Robin Foster.

Article: "The dangerous game Tucker Carlson is playing on vaccines" by Aaron Blake.

Article: "NFL caps Super Bowl attendance at 22,000, including 7,500 vaccinated health-care workers" by Mark Maske.

Podcast: "Rumble with Michael Moore Ep. 162: How To Make 2021 The Year Of The Equal Rights Amendment (w/ Rep. Jackie Speier)".

Article: "Federal judge says deadline to ratify ERA 'expired long ago' in setback to advocates' efforts" by Veronica Stracqualursi.

Article: "No Jab, No Pint! Pubs will be allowed to ban boozers who haven't had Covid vaccine and punters may have to show proof of jab or test" by Harry Cole.

Article: "WHO says it will not encourage vaccine passports for 'ethical or scientific' reasons" by Eleanor Sly.

Article: "George Washington and the First Mass Military Inoculation" by Amy Lynn Filsinger, Raymond Dwek.

Article: "Facebook took down 1.3 billion fake accounts in three months" by Noah Manskar.

Article: "Polio vaccine" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Smallpox vaccine" by Wikipedia.

Article: "US top court rules vaccine makers cannot be sued" by Reuters.

Article: "Infrastructure plan: Here's what's in Biden's proposal" by Tami Luhby, Katie Lobosco and Kate Sullivan.

Article: "Biden to make pitch for $2.3 trillion infrastructure plan in Pittsburgh speech on Wednesday afternoon" by Victor Reklaitis.

Article: "United States Federal Corporate Tax Rate 1909-2020 Data" by Trading Economics.

Article: "Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Chauvinism" by Wikipedia.

Article: "The Moderna and Pfizer vaccines are 90% effective at stopping infection in the real world too" by Charlotte Jee.

Article: "Sturgis Bike Rally: Superspreading Event or Not?" by Kathleen Doheny.

Article: "Lineage B.1.1.7" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Brazilian Covid variant: what do we know about P1?" by Sarah Boseley.

Article: "France tightens lockdown as Covid cases surge" by Anthony Cuthbertson.

Article: "1976 swine flu outbreak" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Guillain-Barré syndrome" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Messenger RNA" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Trump angrily lashes out at Biden for 'cruel and heartless' plan to create jobs by taxing the wealthy" by Eric W. Dolan.

Article: "Glioblastoma" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Dr. Fauci Says "Don't Get Vaccinated" If You Have This Condition" by Alek Korab.

Article: "Donald and Melania Trump received Covid vaccine at the White House in January" by Jim Acosta and Caroline Kelly.

Article: "Lasting immunity found after recovery from COVID-19" by NIH.

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