As this nation recovers from a deadly pandemic and rightwing hate groups that are trying to provoke a second Civil War, let's remember how this all came about. And all for a few extra pieces of gold.

As we're struggling to recover from Trump's half-million unnecessary Covid deaths here in America, fighting to get a clear picture of how extensive the sedition was among Republicans in Congress around January 6th, and trying to pass legislation to ensure clean and safe elections and put the country back into shape, dark money, foreign oligarchs and rightwing media groups are hard at work tearing this nation apart.

And they're having considerable success.

Read more at HartmannReport.com.

-Thom

Friday's Daily Stack

Article: "Blowing Up the Billionaires' Con that's Shattering America" by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "Since leaving office, Trump has charged the Secret Service more than $40,000 to use space at Mar-a-Lago" by David A. Fahrenthold, Josh Dawsey.

Article: "New Taipei hospital reports COVID death, Taiwan's 13th" by Keoni Everington.

Article: "Public Trust in Government: 1958-2021" by Pew Research.

Video: "Reagan: Government is not the solution to our problem government IS the problem".

Article: "The Powell Memo or Powell Manifesto".

Article: "Tea Party movement" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Federalist society" by Wikipedia.

Site: Heritage Foundation

Article: "With Congressional Stimulus Fight Looming, 76% of Voters Back $1.9 Trillion Plan, Including 60% of Republicans" by Claire Williams.

Article: "Senate could vote next week on Jan. 6 commission as GOP filibuster looms" by Sahil Kapur.

Article: "John C. Frémont" by Wikipedia.

Book: Abraham Lincoln: The Prairie Years & the War Years (Library of the Presidents) by Carl Sandburg.

Article: "‘I'm scared': AP obtains video of deadly arrest of Black man" by Jim Mustian.

Article: "Video shows police taunting man before he died in jail: ‘You shouldn't be able to breathe'" by Tim Elfrink.

Article: "Report: Georgia's Secretary of State Brian Kemp is blocking 53,000 voter registrations as he runs for Governor" by Ben Nadler.

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].

Article: "Highlights of the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act (H.R. 4)" by Redistrictingonline.org.

Article: "17 shot in 5 hours overnight in Chicago, shootings now up 36% over last year" by David Struett.

Video: Two Monkeys Were Paid Unequally: Excerpt from Frans de Waal's TED Talk.

Article: "Young Children's Ability to Recognize and Challenge Unfair Treatment of Others in Group Contexts" by Killen M., Elenbaas L., Rizzo M.T.

Article: "Alternative for Germany" (Alternative für Deutschland, AfD) by Wikipedia.

Article: "Katie Porter Delivers Another Knockout Punch" by Tim Dickinson.

Article: "Jen Psaki" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Maternal and infant mortality" by OECD.

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

Article: "State government trifectas" by BallotPedia.

Article: "New analysis reveals one key reason Trump lost Arizona — and deflates his claim of 'rigging'" by Steven Rosenfeld.

Article: "Rapid school reopenings may have led to thousands of COVID cases, hundreds of deaths in Texas" by Marlene Lenthang.

Article: "The tea party radio network" by Kenneth P. Vogel And Mackenzie Weinger.

Case: "Buckley v. Valeo", 1976

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

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

Case: "McCutcheon v. Federal Election Commission", 2014

Video: Sen. Durbin: Republicans voting against commission are afraid of the truth.

Tweet: "BREAKING—Oklahoma State Department of Health announced that it identified a cluster of 17 cases of the #B16172 variant, including 3 that were in fully vaccinated people. 2 others were partially vaccinated. Travel didn't play a role." by Eric Feigl-Ding.

Article: "What to know about the COVID-19 variant identified in Oklahoma" by Dana Branham.

Tweet: "The Capitol siege was in affect a "second kind of Civil War," says Del Stacey Plaskett, an impeachment manager in the 2nd trial of former Pres. Trump
"We were on the frontlines to save our…Republic," she said. "…We have shown who Donald Trump is…the enemy that was among us"" by Cuomo Prime Time.

Article: "Cold War" by Wikipedia

Book: What's the Matter with Kansas? by Thomas Frank.

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

Book: "The Hidden History of American Oligarchy" by Thom Hartmann.

Site: "Democracy Alliance".

Article: "New study exposes falsehood of Republican claim that unemployment aid keeps people from working" by Laura Clawson.

Article: "League of Nations" by Wikipedia.

Book: "The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany" by William L. Shirer.

Article: "Hitler Forecasts No Reich Overturn In Next 1,000 Years; Proclamation to Nazi Congress Says Movement Won't Yield No Matter What Happens." by NY Times.

Article: "Madison's notes on the Constitutional Convention of 1787: July 20, 1787" by James Madison.

Site: Mondragon Corporation (co-op)

Article: "In Challenge To Roe, Supreme Court To Review Mississippi Abortion Law" by Nina Totenberg.

Article: "If a Fetus is a Person, It Should get Child Support, Due Process and Citizenship" by Carliss Chatman.

Article: "Roe v. Wade" by History Channel.

Case: "Planned Parenthood v. Casey", 1992.

Article: "Betsy DeVos Ordered to Testify in Student Borrower Class Action" by Nicholas Iovino.

Article: "Anthony Kennedy" by Wikipedia.

Article: "The Son of Former Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy Helped Trump Secure Loans at Deutsche Bank" by Jerry Lambe.

Article: "President Trump Nominates Acting EPA Chief Andrew Wheeler, a Former Coal Lobbyist, to Lead Agency" by Bloomberg.

Article: "Trump Wrote Off Ivanka Payments As 'Consulting Fees' On His Taxes: New York Times" by Marina Fang.

Article: "Manhattan district attorney adds prominent prosecutor in Trump probe" by Celine Castronuovo.

Article: "All the Ways NY Attorney General Letitia James Will Prosecute Trump Once He's Out of Office (Watch)" by EURPublisher01.

Article: "US jobless claims fall again as some states end federal aid" by Christopher Rugaber.

Article: "$300 unemployment boost has 'small' effect on job finding: Fed study" by Niv Elis.

Article: "Yale study finds expanded jobless benefits did not reduce employment" by Mike Cummings.

Article: "New study exposes falsehood of Republican claim that unemployment aid keeps people from working" by Laura Clawson.

Article: "Sunset provision" by Wikipedia.

Site: National Popular Vote.

Article: "The Age of Kayfabe" by Freddie deBoer.

Article: "Kayfabe" by Wikipedia.

Video: Senator Inhofe on Value of the Electoral College.

Article: "2016 US Presidential Election Map By County & Vote Share" by Brilliant Maps.

Article: "Ranked Choice Voting / Instant Runoff" (RCV) by FairVote.

Article: "Electoral College" by Wikipedia.

Speech: " Acceptance of Party Nomination" - Senator John F. Kennedy, September 14, 1960. "What do our opponents mean when they apply to us the label, "Liberal"?"

Article: "Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization (PATCO) - August 1981 strike" by Wikipedia.

Quote: "We must, indeed, all hang together or, most assuredly, we shall all hang separately." - Benjamin Franklin.

Site: Don Siegelman.

Book: Stealing Our Democracy: How the Political Assassination of a Governor Threatens Our Nation by Don Siegelman.

Video: Howard Dean and Bev Harris hack the vote.

Coming up Monday on The Thom Hartmann Program, 12-3pm ET

Is American Democracy in Worse Shape Than You Think?

Blowing Up the Billionaires' Con that's Shattering America

Worrisome COVID Variant Spreads Unnoticed

Climate Change Makes Zombie Fires More Common (w/ Dr. Michael Mann)

The Weak Dollar's Impact On You (w/ Prof. Richard Wolff)