Prosecuting Donald Trump and Bill Barr is not a matter of political payback. It has very little to do with Donald Trump or the Republican party, in fact: it's about the future of our republic.

Honoré de Balzac said, “Behind every great fortune lies a great crime.” Apparently there are multiple great crimes behind the Trump fortune, stretching all the way back to his stealing most of his initial wealth from other members of his family, as his niece Mary Trump is alleging in a lawsuit.

But the crimes of Trump we should all concern ourselves with are his crimes against our nation and democracy itself.

Not only is there little evidence that anybody, including the Justice Department, is interested in pursuing these crimes, but Republicans in state after state are going out of their way to facilitate future political criminal activity.

Read more at HartmannReport.com.

-Thom

Friday's Daily Stack

Article: "Trump, Who Corrupted the Highest Office in America, Must Be Prosecuted" by Thom Hartmann.

Article: “The case for prosecuting Donald Trump“ by Boston Globe.

Article: “Will William Barr Get Away With Covering Up Treason for George HW Bush, Reagan and Then Trump?“ by Thom Hartmann.

Article: “Judge Threatens Betsy DeVos With Jail In Student Loan Case“ by Adam S. Minsky.

Article: “The Pardons; Bush Pardons 6 In Iran Affair, Aborting A Weinberger Trial; Prosecutor Assails 'cover-up'“ by David Johnston.

Article: “Inspector General's Report Cites Elaine Chao for Using Office to Help Family“ by Eric Lipton and Michael Forsythe.

Article: “The Secretary of Commerce is embroiled in scandal — and no one's talking about it“ by Matthew Rozsa.

Article: "Mary Trump sues President Trump and family for ‘plot' that ‘cheated her out of MILLIONS in inheritance'" by Erica Davies.

Article: "Jeffrey Epstein" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Sarkozy: Former French president sentenced to jail for corruption" by BBC.

Article: "Benjamin Netanyahu: What are the corruption charges?" by BBC.

Article: "Michael Flynn" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Paul Manafort" by Wikipedia.

Book: My Turn to Speak: Iran, the Revolution and Secret Deals With the U.S. by Abol Hassan Bani-Sadr.

Article: "'Argo' helps Iran's dictatorship, harms democracy" by Abolhassan Bani-Sadr.

Article: "Mueller Report (Redacted) Searchable Version (PDF)".

Article: "Donald Trump's disclosures of classified information" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Comparison of United States incarceration rate with other countries" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Florida Democratic Party Says Rick Scott "oversaw the largest Medicare fraud in the nation's history."" by Amy Sherman.

Article: "Bernie Madoff" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Hitler really did have only one testicle, German researcher claims" by Guardian.

Article: "Stormy Daniels's Detailed Description of Donald Trump's Penis Explains a Lot" by Joanna Rothkopf.

Article: "Trump Administration Diverts $3.8 Billion In Pentagon Funding To Border Wall" by Brakkton Booker.

Article: "Rep. Gohmert asks whether federal agencies can fix climate change by altering orbit of the Earth and moon" by David Knowles.

Article: "'Only reasonable course of action': Oregon GOP legislator ousted over state Capitol breach" by Connor Radnovich.

Article: "Illinois Population 2021" by World Population Review.

Article: "Chicago, Illinois Population 2021" by World Population Review.

Article: "Lyndon Johnson and the Great Society" by Lumen.

Article: "The Great Eliminator: How Ronald Reagan Made Homelessness Permanent" by Chris Roberts.

Quote: "Today, we are ending welfare as we know it" - Bill Clinton.

Article: "America's Infrastructure Scores a C-" by ASCE.

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

Article: "STOCK Act" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Finally, an Insider-Trading Ban Senate voted to pass the STOCK Act" by Insider Trading.

Article: "Epic of Gilgamesh".

Article: "Horace Mann" by Wikipedia.

Tweet: "Trump and Barr must be prosecuted for crimes committed against democracy and against our country while in office." by Thom Hartmann.

Tweet: "This is what Trump was tweeting about the same month that Trump's DOJ subpoenaed Apple for metadata to spy on Rep. Schiff & other House Intel Democrats who Trump accused of “leaking”. It seems clear that Trump was directly involved in the DOJ's targeting of Schiff, which is huge." by Caroline Orr Bueno, Ph.D.

Tweet: "Little Adam Schiff, who is desperate to run for higher office, is one of the biggest liars and leakers in Washington, right up there with Comey, Warner, Brennan and Clapper! Adam leaves closed committee hearings to illegally leak confidential information. Must be stopped!"" by Donald J. Trump.

Article: "Trump's ever-present — and still growing — exploitation of the Justice Department" by Aaron Blake.

Article: "Meadows Pressed Justice Dept. to Investigate Election Fraud Claims" by Katie Benner.

Article: "He didn't just spy on Democrats" by tinrobot.

Article: "Redlining" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Oregon COVID-19 Update" by Oregon Health Authority COVID-19.

Article: "COVID-19: Delta variant about 60% more transmissible than Alpha and more resistant to vaccines, PHE reports" by Alix Culbertson.

Article: "Boris ‘to delay June 21 reopening until July 19' after surge in Covid cases" by Faye Brown.

Article: "G-7 leaders commit to donating 1 billion doses of coronavirus vaccines as summit begins" by John Wagner, Colby Itkowitz, Eugene Scott, Felicia Sonmez.

Article: "What is the Delta variant? Why are scientists warning Boris not to lift June 21 rules?" by Liam Doyle.

Article: "Trump Casino Dream Dashed in Florida as Doral Votes to Ban Gambling" by Khaleda Rahman.

Article: "1991- Trump's Dad Buys 3.4 Million in Chips From His Son's Casino, but Never Plays a Hand" by otto.

Article: "Legal affairs of Donald Trump" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Tucker Carlson Warns of ‘Fertility Crisis' In America: ‘We've Really Been Sold a Bunch of Lies'" by Michael Luciano.

Article: "Phyllis Schlafly" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Developer Of Aluminum-Ion Battery Claims It Charges 60 Times Faster Than Lithium-Ion, Offering EV Range Breakthrough" by Michael Taylor.

Book: The Hidden History of American Healthcare: Why Sickness Bankrupts You and Makes Others Insanely Rich by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "Massachusetts health care reform" (Romneycare) by Wikipedia.

Site: Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP).

Site: OpEdNews - Rohn Kenyatta.

Article: "North American Free Trade Agreement" (NAFTA) by Wikipedia

Article: "General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade" (GATT) by Wikipedia

Site: World Trade Organization (WTO)

Law: "Glass-Steagall Act", 1933.

Law: "Commodity Futures Modernization Act", 2000.

Article: "Permanent normal trade relations: U.S. and China" by Wikipedia

Article: "Roman Republic" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Whigs (British political party)" by Wikipedia.

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

Article: "Senate Democrats threaten to subpoena Barr, Sessions for testimony over Justice Dept.'s secret pursuit of two House Democrats' data" by Felicia Sonmez, Matt Zapotosky, Karoun Demirjian.

Tweet: "How about instead of telling ‘Democrats' whether ‘Republicans' were also spied on, the Justice Department informs the Chair of the Intelligence Committee whether those other members of the Committee were spied on. What leg does Garland have to stand on here?" by Ryan Goodman.

Article: "‘People of Praise leaders failed me': Christian group tied to Justice Amy Coney Barrett faces reckoning over sexual misconduct" by Beth Reinhard, Alice Crites.

Article: "Darnella Frazier, the teen who filmed George Floyd's murder, awarded a Pulitzer citation" by Elahe Izadi.

Article: "Bossie: RNC might cut out networks if primary debates aren't reformed " by Nick Niedzwiadek.

Article: "Is your state ending unemployment benefits this weekend? Status of $300 bonus checks" by Oscar Gonzalez.

Article: "Senators' Statement on Infrastructure" by Mitt Romney.

Article: "United States Postmaster General" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Louis DeJoy" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Megan Brennan" by Wikipedia.

Documentary: Fahrenheit 11/9.

Book: "The Prophet's Way" by Thom Hartmann

Article: "Vaccinated House Members Will Now Be Allowed to Go Maskless – Over 100 Republicans Have Refused to Reveal Status" by David Badash.

Article: "Assassination of John F. Kennedy" by Wikipedia.

Book: "Legacy of Secrecy" by Lamar Waldron with Thom Hartmann

Article: "Enrique Ruiz-Williams" (Harry Williams) by Spartacus.

Book: Reaganland by Rick Perlstein.

Article: "The Plot Against America (miniseries)".

Site: The Plot Against America.

Book: The Plot Against America by Philip Roth.

Article: "Neville Chamberlain" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Vidkun Quisling" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Video shows Texas GOP official seeking 'army' of volunteers to monitor polls in mostly Black and Hispanic Houston precincts" by Teo Armus and Derek Hawkins.

Article: "Trump Pardons Roger Stone, Paul Manafort And Charles Kushner" by Amita Kelly, Ryan Lucas, Vanessa Romo.

Article: "Executive Grant of Clemency - Roger Stone" by Donald J Trump.

Article: "Essay; Justice Corrupts Justice" by William Safire.

Article: "Essay; The Patsy Prosecutor" by William Safire.

Article: "Merrick Garland to announce Justice Dept. plans to protect voting access." by Katie Benner.

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