The casting couch is now largely a relic of the past. If we keep pushing hard, soon the same could be true of murderous and corrupt cops.

Sometimes cultural change takes generations or even centuries; sometimes it happens in the seeming blink of the eye. America's bad cops — and their enablers — are having their Harvey Weinstein moment.

Harvey was a big shot in Hollywood for decades when it was not uncommon for powerful men to help make women into stars in exchange for sex. It was so common that in a Cagney and Lacey TV show from the 1980s one of the characters openly asks the other if a particularly ditzy "movie star" character in that episode of the show "slept with the producer" to get the part.

Read more at HartmannReport.com.

-Thom

Wednesday's Daily Stack

Article: "America's Cops are Having Their Harvey Weinstein Moment" by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "Cops 'viciously' beat black teen pulled over for speeding, lawsuit claims " by Joshua Rhett Miller.

Article: "Lucille Ball's scandalous past of nude photos and casting couches " by Larry Getlen.

Article: "Congress passes George Floyd Justice in Policing Act, but Senate stall ahead" by Stacy M. Brown.

Article: "In Secretive Court Hearing, NYPD Cops Who Raped Brooklyn Teen in Custody Get No Jail Time" by Natasha Lennard.

Article: "El Salvador: Bodies found in ex-policeman's garden" by BBC.

Article: "Why do US police keep killing unarmed black men?" by BBC.

Article: "Police unions have helped shield officers from accountability. Now they're facing unprecedented backlash" by Casey Tolan, Nelli Black and Drew Griffin.

Bill: "George Floyd Justice in Policing Act".

Article: "Eric Garner dies in NYPD chokehold" by History.com.

Article: "losing their jobs and even being sued" by Casey Tolan, Nelli Black and Drew Griffin.

Article: "Off-duty cop shoots Black woman during argument sparked by her making a U-turn on her way to the hospital " by Sky Palma.

Article: "Louisiana police release video from violent arrest of Black man who died amid outcry over leaked footage" by Hannah Knowles.

Movie: "Freedom on My Mind".

Article: "Freedom Riders" by Wikipedia.

Law: "Civil Rights Act of 1964".

Law: "Voting Rights Act of 1965".

Article: "Malcolm Nance" by Wikipedia.

Article: "After Capitol breach, Philly terrorism expert warns of coming 'paramilitary' insurgency — led by Trump " by Layla A. Jones.

Article: "Florida Officials Are "Actively" Preparing for the Possibility Trump Will Be Indicted at Mar-a-Lago" by Bess Levin.

Article: "Manafort shared polling data on 2016 election with elusive Russian – Mueller" by Jon Swaine.

Article: "Biden and Harris say they won't interfere with DOJ in apparent rebuke to Trump" by John T. Bennett.

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

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

Article: "Georgia District Attorney Is Investigating Trump's Call To Overturn Election " by Stephen Fowler.

Site: Public Safety Advisory Committee - Lakewood.

Article: "Family of North Carolina man killed by Lakewood police files claim" by Mike Carter.

Article: "Officer Mike Wiley, badge #LKW111" by Chas. Ames.

Article: "An Open Letter to Lakewood Police Chief Mike Zaro" by Chas. Ames.

Speech: "Washington's Farewell Address".

Site: "Bloomington Police Citizens Academy".

Article: "Hitler sentenced for his role in Beer Hall Putsch" by History.com.

Article: "Martin Bashir: Inquiry criticises BBC over 'deceitful' Diana interview" by Francesca Gillett.

Article: "Report: Guilty Pleas on the Rise, Criminal Trials on the Decline" by Innocence Project.

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

Article: ""I don't call it profiling. I call it good police work": When a Georgia official challenged her county's entrenched racism" by Zaid Jilani.

Hour Two: What Police Reform is needed? How important is civilian oversight? How do we get there?
- Ash-Lee Woodard Henderson, Co-Executive Director - the Highlander Center / Activist - Movement 4 Black Lives @_AshDashLee_ @Mvmnt4BlkLives @HighlanderCTR

Article: "BREATHE Act" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Civilian control of the military" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Government spending in the United States" by Wikipedia.

Site: Defund The Police.

Site: Interrupting Criminalization.

Event: May 26th, 5-7 pm CT. "WCPT Virtual Labor Panel w/ Thom Hartmann, Joan Esposito, Rick Unger".

Article: "Prosecutor in Trump criminal probe convenes grand jury to hear evidence, weigh potential charges" by Shayna Jacobs and David A. Fahrenthold.

Article: "Al Capone" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Adolf Hitler" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Beer Hall Putsch" by Encyclopaedia Britannica.

Article: "The Failed Coup That Led To Hitler's 'Mein Kampf'" by WBFO.

Book: "Mein Kampf" by Adolf Hitler.

Article: "Rudolf Hess" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Maddow demands to know why attorney general is "trying to paper over what Barr did to protect Trump"" by Sarah K Burris.

Article: "DOJ Moves To Block Full Memo On Trump Obstruction Decision From Release " by Carrie Johnson.

Article: "Trump Holds Some JFK Assassination Files Back, Sets New 3-Year Deadline" by Sarah Pruitt.

Article: "Warren Commission Hearings and Exhibits".

Article: "Rudy Giuliani's phone and laptop seized over Ukraine probe" by Josie Ensor.

Article: "Giuliani Says Feds Raided His iCloud as Well as Apartment" by Patricia Hurtado.

Article: "Football gag" by Charles M. Schulz.

Article: "Here's What's In President Biden's $2 Trillion Infrastructure Proposal" by Scott Detrow, Tamara Keith.

Article: "Infrastructure negotiations: Republicans unveil $600 billion framework as Democrats try to iron out issues" by Lauren Fox.

Article: "White House makes $1.7 trillion infrastructure counteroffer — but Republicans say sides now seem further apart" by Christina Wilkie.

Article: "Schumer says Senate will move on Biden's infrastructure agenda in July" by Alexander Bolton.

Article: "Kevin McCarthy's truthful gaffe on Benghazi" by By E.J. Dionne Jr.

Article: "Rural Utilities Service" (Rural Electrification Administration, Rural Telecommunications) by Wikipedia.

Article: "Biden to meet with George Floyd family but miss police reform deadline " by David Smith.

Article: "Infrastructure talks rendered a joke by GOP bad faith and whatever Joe Manchin thinks he's doing" by Laura Clawson.

Article: "Dozens of constitutional scholars tell Congress it has power to make D.C. a state" by Sahil Kapur.

Article: "Manchin opposes D.C. statehood, dealing a blow to Democratic priority " by Sahil Kapur and Dartunorro Clark.

Article: "Manchin says he won't support a D.C. statehood bill." by Madeleine Ngo.

Article: "Manchin defends CEO daughter after company raised EpiPen price" by David Wright.

Article: "Merrick Garland's 'flawless' work in Oklahoma City crucial in white supremacy fight" by Tom McCarthy.

Article: "Defund the police encounters resistance as violent crime spikes" by Peter Nickeas, Julia Jones, Josh Campbell and Priya Krishnakumar.

Article: "A Vanishing Breed: Black Farm Owners in the South,1651-1982" by Loren Schweninger.

Article: "Forty acres and a mule" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Joseph P. Kennedy Jr." by Wikipedia.

Article: "George H. W. Bush" by Wikipedia.

Article: "George McGovern" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Colin Kaepernick" by Wikipedia.

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

Article: "George Floyd Justice in Policing Act" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Genocide of indigenous peoples" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Slavery in America Timeline" by Jim Crow Museum.

Article: "Jim Crow laws" by Wikipedia.

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

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

Article: "National Apology" by Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, 13 February 2008.

Article: "Mexico Apologizes for Centuries of Abuse Against Maya Indigenous Community" by Democracy Now!

Article: "Heather Bresch" by Wikipedia.

Article: "With the Mylan plant closing, Morgantown wonders what's next " by Douglas Soule.

Article: "Joe Manchin beats his chest for D.C. elites while struggling W. Va. waits for help" by Will Bunch.

Article: "Gov. Manchin Announces State Will Sue EPA" by Joe Manchin.

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

I'll be talking with Economist Dr. Richard Wolff, Co-founder, Democracy At Work / Author of numerous books - his latest is The Sickness is the System (now also available as an eBook)

Plus, I'll debate Carrie Lukas, President - Independent Women's Forum, Author, Checking Progressive Privilege on Government paid leave

And, Dr. Joi Lewis CEO & Founder - The Healing Justice Foundation - a national nonprofit founded in Minneapolis, providing community resources to address inequities & offering urgent healing and support to Black people / Author - Healing: The Act of Radical Self Care

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