For America to survive as a democratic republic, we must restore the legal guardrails that keep psychopaths from the political process. And we must hold the known psychopaths accountable.

The "election audit" in Arizona continues, with Republican hacks handling the ballots in ways that pretty clearly violate federal law — and now we're learning there's an open router connected to the auditing computers. It's not just a scam — the FBI/DOJ is investigating it as an actual crime.

But that "audit" is all about massaging Donald Trump's psychopathic ego, helping him with his Lost Cause of "proving" he "won" the 2020 election. We laugh because it's not going to end up throwing Joe Biden out of the White House and re-installing Trump, as his followers on social media believe will happen sometime this summer.

But what about 2024?

Read more at HartmannReport.com.

-Thom

Friday's Daily Stack

Article: "The CDC's announcement will not immediately change my personal habits." by Atticus.

Article: "CDC says fully vaccinated Americans no longer need masks indoors or outdoors in most cases" by Yasmeen Abutaleb and Laurie McGinley.

Article: "The 2024 Treasonous Plot to Steal the Presidency Exposed, Yet Still Working" by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "The Corporate Psychopath" by Paul Babiak, Mary Ellen O'Toole.

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

Article: "Election experts say giving Maricopa County routers to election auditors could be security threat" by Jen Fifield.

Article: "Leaked Video: Dark Money Group Brags About Writing GOP Voter Suppression Bills Across the Country" by Ari Berman, Nick Surgey.

Article: "Republicans Say the Georgia Law Wasn't Designed to Suppress Voting. Don't Believe Them." by Ari Berman.

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

Article: "Justice Department: Arizona Senate Audit, Recount May Violate Federal Law" by .

Article: "How Republicans Could Steal the 2024 Election" by Ben Giles.

Article: "Corporate psychopaths common and can wreak havoc in business, researcher says" by APS.

Case: "Buckley v. Valeo", 1976

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

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

Article: "Oregon reports 611 vaccinated people infected with COVID-19, 8 of whom died" by Aimee Green.

Article: "This Week's Real Time Canceled After Host Bill Maher Tests Positive for COVID-19" by Halle Kiefer.

Article: "Former acting defense secretary testifies he was trying to avoid another Kent State on Jan. 6" by Beatrice Peterson and Morgan Winsor.

Book: "Cracking the Code: How to Win Hearts, Change Minds, and Restore America's Original Vision" by Thom Hartmann

Article: "Texas Fisherwoman Diane Wilson Holds Hunger Strike to Stop Dredging for Oil Exports" by Democracy Now!

Article: "A Republican House member just described January 6 as a 'normal tourist visit'" by Chris Cillizza.

Site: Get Involved Wisconsin.

Article: "2021 Conservative Political Education Conference".

Video: Shielding Trump From Extradition If Indicted Is A Thing People Are Working On.

Site: Club for Growth.

Site: Wisconsin Family Council.

Article: "In 2020, 13 hate groups were tracked in Wisconsin" by SPLC.

Site: Welcome to Wisconsin United For Freedom.

Book: Reaganland: America's Right Turn 1976-1980 by Rick Perlstein.

Book: "October Surprise" by Barbara Honegger.

Book: "October Surprise: America's Hostages in Iran and the Election of Ronald Reagan" by Gary Sick.

Article: "Coronavirus is in the air — there's too much focus on surfaces" by Nature.

Article: "America's anti-democratic Senate, by the numbers" by Ian Millhiser.

Hour Two: Progressive Town Hall
- Representative Ro Khanna (D-CA, 17th District) @RepRoKhanna

Article: "Democrat gets heated with former Trump official over Capitol riot: 'I have never been more offended'" by Alex Henderson.

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

Bill: "S.1 - For the People Act of 2021" by Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR].

Documentary: The Crime of the Century.

Article: "Jewish American Heritage Month" by Wikipedia.

Article: "United States recognition of Jerusalem as capital of Israel" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Two-state solution" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Israel Gaza violence: Clashes spread to West Bank" by BBC.

Article: "Total number of cases and deaths from coronavirus (COVID-19) in the United States " by Statista.

Article: "Pelosi renews call for Congress to investigate the Capitol insurrection" by Katelyn Burns.

Article: "The repair of a vital Memphis bridge could take 2 months, chief engineer says. The impacts are already being felt" by Dakin Andone, Nick Valencia and Katie Lobosco.

Article: "Catalytic converter theft - why is it so common? " by Claire Evans.

Article: "Texas Passes Bill That Would Create Anti-Abortion Vigilantes" by Emily Shugerman.

Article: "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood.

Article: "US Starts Reuniting Separated Migrant Children with Parents " by Ken Bredemeier.

Article: "Israel's Real-life Evidence That Vaccine Can Prevent Severe COVID-19" by Bridget M. Kuehn.

Article: "Lester Maddox" by Wikipedia.

Article: "What is the military doing about UFOs? The Pentagon's internal watchdog wants to know" by Geoff Ziezulewicz.

Article: "SpaceX Just Launched a Fleet of Starlink Satellites. Here's How to Spot Them in the Sky." by Mike Wall.

Article: "James Madison" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Arkansas is first state to ban gender-affirming treatments for trans youth" by Guardian.

Article: "Trans actor Elliot Page says getting top surgery to remove his breasts has 'changed his life' - and admits seeing himself with just a towel around his waist has brought him the 'most joy'" by Carly Stern.

Movie: "The Phenomenon".

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

Documentary: Kill the Messenger.

Article: "Yes, vaccines block most transmission of COVID-19" by Tara Haelle.

Article: "Biden attempts to consign trickle-down economics to the dustbin of history" by Larry Elliott.

Article: "Redlining" by Wikipedia.

Site: The Black Vault – Document Archive.

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