They must play hardball; the future of our republic is at risk. When your opponents are deeply corrupt, using the word corruption isn't just a strategy, it's an imperative.

There is one word Republicans fear more than any other, for good reason. That word is corruption, and they fear it because it has brought down multiple rightwing politicians and governments. When dealing with a corrupt political party, It's the most powerful word in politics.

Read more at HartmannReport.com.

-Thom

Frank Luntz is advising his rich patrons to continue to kneecap the middle class with a slick new sloganeering strategy. Have Americans finally figured out the the "long con" of the Reagan Revolution?

Frank Luntz, who made millions messaging for the wealthy and powerful, has an idea.

His most recent survey found that across American society there is widespread skepticism about capitalism and outrage at the tendency of deregulated capitalism to produce mind-boggling wealth and terrible poverty.

Read more at HartmannReport.com.

-Thom

Monday's Daily Stack

Article: "Democrats Must Use the Most Powerful Word In Politics" by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "Cracking the Code" by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "Luntz Watch: Dueling with the "Death” Tax" by Aaron Rupar.

Article: " Corruption and the Arab Spring" by Stuart Levey.

Article: "Is the "International Criminal Class" GOP Worth Saving?" by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "The GOP Is a Modern-Day Death Cult and Proud Of It" by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "William Barr and the Corruption of the Justice Department" by Paul Waldman.

Article: "This Is Still Happening: Elaine Chao" by Jeremy Stahl.

Article: "Gingrich: Biden corruption scandal 'dramatically bigger than Hunter'" by Fox News.

Article: "Comedian Wins Ukrainian Presidency In Landslide" by Matthew S. Schwartz.

Article: "Trump Justice Department Subpoenaed Apple For Info On Former White House Counsel" by Ryan Lucas, Emine Yücel.

Article: "Nixon Criticized By 49% In Survey" by New York Times.

Article: "Gingrich's Guide To Political Rhetoric Offers Words To Lie By" by Lars-Erik Nelson.

Article: "How Did the Republican Party Get So Corrupt?" by George Packer.

Article: "What happens when a comedian turns politician? Ukraine hopes it's not the punch line." by Adam Taylor.

Article: "Even in jail, Russia's Navalny knows how to enrage his rival Putin. This time it's with a viral video." by Robyn Dixon.

Article: "Kremlin critic Navalny calls Putin a ‘naked king' as opposition offices disband" by Robyn Dixon.

Article: "Bennett to Netanyahu: Free the country so it can move on" by Moran Azulay.

Video: "The comedian who could be president - BBC News".

Video: "Putin's palace. History of world's largest bribe".

Article: "House Republicans commit in writing to raising Medicare, Social Security eligibility to 69" by Kerry Eleveld.

Article: "An Open Letter to US Attorney General Merrick Garland From BuzzFlash Editor Mark Karlin Who Attended High School With You: Defending Indefensible Behavior Is Not Your Job " by Mark Karlin.

Article: "A Sitting President's Amenability To Indictment And Criminal Prosecution" by U.S. Department of Justice (OLC), 2000.

Article: "Re: Amenability of the President, Vice President and Other Civil Officers to Federal Criminal Prosecution while in office." by U.S. Department of Justice (OLC), 1973.

Article: "Donald Trump mockingly suggests banning trucks, vans at NRA convention" by Rahul Kalvapalle.

Site: SHERO - Amee Vanderpool.

Article: "Four mass shootings in six hours across US leave six dead and dozens injured" by Graig Graziosi.

Article: "Gun violence in 6 states this weekend brings US mass shootings to 272 so far this year" by Chris Boyette, Jay Croft and Hollie Silverman.

Article: "One woman killed and three people injured as vehicle rams into protesters in Minnesota" by Laura Clawson.

Article: "Arizona audit of Maricopa County ballots has attracted out-of-state visitors. Here's the list" by Andrew Oxford, Ryan Randazzo, Lacey Latch.

Law: "52 USC 20701: Retention and preservation of records and papers by officers of elections; deposit with custodian; penalty for violation".

Article: "DOJ sends letter detailing concerns over Arizona election audit" by Catherine Garcia.

Article: "Biden's Justice Department follows Trump's lead in E. Jean Carroll defamation lawsuit" by Marlene Lenthang, Aaron Katersky, Alexander Mallin.

Article: "Colorado Democrats' big health care bill is headed to the governor's desk to be signed into law" by Jesse Paul.

Article: "Tommy Douglas" (father of Canadian Healthcare) by Wikipedia.

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

Article: "Federal appeals court blocks sweeping Missouri abortion ban" by Tal Axelrod.

Hour Two: Today's Moral March on Manchin
- Pam Garrison, Spokesperson - West Virginia chapter of the Poor People's Campaign @UniteThePoor

Article: "Why I'm voting against the For the People Act" by Joe Manchin.

Article: "The hard work of being poor" by Pamela Garrison.

Article: "Poor People's Campaign plans ‘Moral March on Manchin'" by Jack Jenkins.

Article: "A Powerful Petrochemical Lobbying Group Advanced Anti-Protest Legislation in the Midst of the Pandemic" by Alleen Brown.

Article: "West Virginia" by Wikipedia.

Clip: "Paul Weyrich - "I don't want everybody to vote" (Goo Goo)".

Site: Heritage Foundation

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

Article: "Ronald Reagan: The Union Buster" by Kris LaGrange on Mar 05, 2018.

Article: "McConnell's Legislative Graveyard" by Nancy LeTourneau.

Article: "Senate Preparing $10 Billion Bailout Fund for Jeff Bezos Space Firm" by Sara Sirota, Ryan Grim.

Article: "Blue Origin Auctions Seat On Bezos Rocket For $28 Million" by Justin Bachman.

Article: "Live Updates: Justice Dept. to Tighten Rules on Seizing Congressional Data, Garland Says" by Charlie Savage.

Article: "Dominion Voting Systems sues Fox News for $1.6bn over election fraud lies" by Tom McCarthy.

Article: "Anger as judge compares AR-15s to Swiss Army knives while striking down California assault weapon ban" by Graig Graziosi.

Article: "Revealed: rightwing firm posed as leftist group on Facebook to divide Democrats" by Julia Carrie Wong.

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

Article: "Roger Stone's Latest Mess: His Oath Keeper Bodyguards Arrested in Capitol Attack" by Dan Friedman.

Article: "Viktor Orbán" (Hungary) by Wikipedia.

Article: "Hungary and Poland Aren't Democratic. They're Authoritarian." by Dalibor Rohac.

Article: "Will "Economic Freedom" be the Billionaire's New Phrase to Replace "Capitalism"?" by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "From the President re “The war on the Successful” 6/17" by Pat Soldano.

Article: "“The war on the Successful” national survey and focus group summary" by Frank Luntz.

Article: "United States Is Now the Most Unequal of All Advanced Economies" by Eric Zuesse.

Hour Three: Civilized To Death
- Christopher "Chris" Ryan PhD, Author of 5 books, including his latest: Civilized to Death: The Price of Progress , @ThatChrisRyan

Book: "The Last Hours of Ancient Sunlight: Revised and Updated: The Fate of the World and What We Can Do Before It's Too Late" by Thom Hartmann

Book: "Leviathan" by Thomas Hobbes, 1651. "And the life of man, solitary, poore, nasty, brutish, and short."

Site: "The Equality Trust".

Book: "The Spirit Level: Why Greater Equality Makes Societies Stronger" by Richard Wilkinson, Kate Pickett.

Book: The Inner Level: How More Equal Societies Reduce Stress, Restore Sanity, and Improve Everyone's Well-Being by Richard Wilkinson, Kate Pickett.

Article: "Why Inequality Matters" by My Fair London in association with The Equality Trust.

Article: "San Diego Zoo" by Wikipedia.

Book: Humankind by Peter Farb.

Book: “Humankind: A Hopeful History“ by Rutger Bregman.

Book: "Man's Rise to Civilization: The Cultural Ascent of the Indians of North America" by Peter Farb.

Article: "Potlatch" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Gerrymandering" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Risch & Senate Republicans Introduce Bill to Save Keystone Jobs" by Jim Risch.

Article: "Interim DNC Chair Donna Brazile Apologizes to Bernie Sanders" by David Badash.

Video: "Concord Project GOTV - the importance of precinct committee members".

Video: "Concord Project GOTV - how you become a precinct committee member".

Article: "Fairness Doctrine" by Wikipedia.

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

I'll be talking with Professor Elizabeth Hinton Historian / Associate Professor of History & African American Studies at Yale University and Professor of Law at Yale Law School, Author of the new book, America On Fire / previously, From the War on Poverty to the War on Crime

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