The poison of libertarian ideology in the GOP has been gutting America since Reagan. It's in the category of "failed ideas" like the USSR's version of communism or Hitler's fascism.

Libertarian ideology has been gutting America's middle class and working people ever since it seized the GOP with the Reagan Revolution.

Most of the rightwing billionaires who fund the GOP call themselves "libertarians" — people who think the only legitimate functions of government are the military, the police and the courts (which they are paying to pack).

Many libertarians (and objectivists) will tell you straight-up that "democracy is mob rule" and rant about "the tyranny of the majority."

Read more at HartmannReport.com.

-Thom

America turned away from authoritarianism in 1800 & became a more democratic republic. Now, again, we have a similarly huge job ahead of us as Trumpism spreads like a virus.

It's a holiday weekend, so let's take a short look back in American history and see how it may inform us today.

Donald Trump was the second authoritarian American president; the first was America's first "conservative" president, one-term Federalist John Adams, who followed George Washington in the election of 1796 and was replaced by Jefferson in the election of 1800. We almost lost our democracy because of Adams' ego and unwillingness to accept criticism.

Read more at HartmannReport.com.

-Thom

Republicans are playing with a fire that could burn down our nation & Democrats must get control of the Senate now and nuke the filibuster so they can pass the laws that will protect our democracy.

Republicans in the US Senate just filibustered a January 6th bipartisan commission, and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer failed to take the opportunity to call for a vote on a rules change in the Senate to end the filibuster. That's a disaster.

Read more at HartmannReport.com.

-Thom

Tuesday's Daily Stack

Article: "Pride month: What is it and why do people celebrate it?" by BBC.

Article: "WATCH: Boat explodes just after passengers harass family with Pride flag" by riversedge.

Article: "Tulsa race massacre" by Wikipedia.

Documentary: Dreamland: The Burning of Black Wall Street.

Article: "Can You Name One Successful Libertarian Country?" by Thom Hartmann.

Site: "Salem Uganda".

Article: "Trump disbanded NSC pandemic unit that experts had praised" by Deb Riechmann.

Article: "The Prophet's Way" by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "Americans Must Repudiate the Connection Between a Child-Murderer, Reaganism and Trumpism" by Thom Hartmann.

Site: "Joe Madison - The Black Eagle".

Article: "Audience at tea party debate cheers leaving uninsured to die" by Wolf Blitzer, Ron Paul.

Article: "Koch foundation proposal to college: Teach our curriculum, get millions" by Dave Levinthal.

Article: "There's a Straight Line from a Child-Murderer to Donald Trump's Treason" by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "What is ALEC" by ALEC Exposed.

Article: "The Prophet's Way" by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "On Food Safety, the Bush Administration is Out to Lunch" by John Podesta.

Article: "Tough-guy Texas mayor tells residents 'fend for themselves' and resigns" by Matt Young.

Video: Bush: "Brownie, you're doing a heck of a job".

Article: "Keep Your Goddamn Government Hands Off My Medicare!" by Bob Cesca.

Article: "Conservative Advocate" (Grover Norquist) by Mara Liasson.

Article: "'There's Nothing Left': Why Thousands of Republicans Are Leaving the Party" by Nick Corasaniti, Annie Karni and Isabella Grullón Paz.

Site: "Salem International".

Article: "Kidnapped in Colombia -- A Country Held Hostage" by Thomas Christensen.

Article: "'Another reason to hate Jerry Jones.' Dallas Cowboys owner profits from Texas crisis" by Stefan Stevenson.

Article: "Fury as Texas homeowners hit with eye-watering electricity bills up to $17,000 due to 'high demand' during freeze" by Jessica Kwong.

Article: "Uganda Sojurn" by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "Transcript: Thom & Joe Madison in Darfur 14 March 2008, part 2".

Article: "Southern Sudan/Darfur 2008" by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "June 27 2008 show notes".

Article: "I ran the White House pandemic office. Trump closed it." by Beth Cameron.

Article: "Libertarian Party" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Foundation for Economic Education (FEE)" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Redlining" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Mother of fallen Capitol Police officer asks GOP senators to support January 6 commission but changes few minds" by Jamie Gangel.

Article: "Mo Brooks won't apologize despite resolution for his censure" by Kim Chandler.

Article: "Did Lauren Boebert Help Rioters? GOP Rep Accused of Live-Tweeting Nancy Pelosi's Location" by Parwinder Sandhu.

Article: "Videos show ally of Marjorie Taylor Greene among mob inside Capitol during January 6 riot" by Andrew Kaczynski and Em Steck.

Article: "Michael Flynn" by Wikipedia.

Article: "'Blame Trump' defense in Capitol riot looks like a long shot" by AP.

Article: "January 5 Meeting at Trump International Hotel Could Hold the Key to the January 6 Insurrection" by Seth Abramson.

Article: "Jan 6th: We Don't Need No Stinkin' Commission" by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "The myth of 'a good guy with a gun' relies upon people believing the worst about humanity" by Doctor RJ.

Article: "Bruce Willis" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Billy the Kid" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Johnny Crawford" by Wikipedia.

TV: "The Rifleman".

TV: "Hawaii Five-0 (2010 TV series)".

TV: "Intelligence (Canadian TV series)".

TV: "Flashpoint (Canadian TV series)".

Movie: "Die Hard (film series)".

Movie: "Death Wish (2018 film)".

Article: "Capitol Police Told to Hold Back on Riot Response on Jan. 6, Report Finds" by Luke Broadwater.

Article: "Portland's protesters spot double standard in restrained response to Capitol insurrection" by Rebecca Ellis.

Article: "Derek Chauvin" by Wikipedia.

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

TV: "The White Queen".

TV: "Game of Thrones".

Article: "Martin Luther King: I am proud to be maladjusted" by Martin Luther King.

Article: "'Get in good trouble, necessary trouble': Rep. John Lewis in his own words" by Joshua Bote.

Article: "2011 Tucson shooting" (Gabby Giffords and others) by Wikipedia.

Article: "Two Michigan Drivers Shoot and Kill Each Other After Road Rage Incident" by Kami Dimitrova.

Hour Two: I think I was a lobbyist for the Koch Brothers...
- Lisa Graves, Executive Director & Editor in Chief - True North Research @thelisagraves @itstruenorth

Article: "I Think I Was a Lobbyist for the Koch Brothers—I Just Didn't Know It" by Lisa Graves.

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].

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

Article: "Jurisdiction stripping" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Supreme Court of the United States" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Federalist Society's Leonard Leo is helping Trump make courts more conservative" by Robert O'Harrow Jr. and Shawn Boburg.

Article: "Shelby County v. Holder" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Supreme Court Bars Challenges to Partisan Gerrymandering" by Adam Liptak.

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

Law: "Article 3 Section 2 of the Constitution".

Article: "Proposals to Divest the Supreme Court of Appellate Jurisdiction: An Analysis in Light of Recent Developments" by John Roberts.

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

Case: "Brown v. Board Of Education", 1954 (Segregation in public schools) (overturned Plessy v. Ferguson).

Article: "Joe Manchin" by Wikipedia.

Article: "West Virginia ALEC Politicians" by sourcewatch.

Article: "Michael Flynn" by Wikipedia.

Article: "To Celebrate the Fourth, Michael Flynn Posts a Pledge to Conspiracy Group QAnon" by Jackie Flynn Mogensen.

Article: "What Q-Fanatic Flynn was actually Advocating for -- No Joke" by jamess.

Article: "Flynn says he didn't endorse Myanmar-style coup after he appears to back plan in video exchange" by Donie O'Sullivan.

Article: "Charles A. Flynn" by Wikipedia.

Article: "2021 Myanmar coup d'état" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Cheney fires back at Flynn over coup remark" by Mychael Schnell.

Article: "Coup-coup-kachoo: Former guy is reportedly telling insiders he'll be reinstated by August" by Aldous J Pennyfarthing.

Quote: "Taxes, after all, are dues that we pay for the privileges of membership in an organized society" - Franklin D. Roosevelt.

Article: "Sen. Ted Cruz insulted a 'woke, emasculated' U.S. Army ad. Angry veterans fired back." by Katie Shepherd.

Article: "Army now acknowledges the brother of Michael Flynn was a part of Army response to Capitol riot" by Oren Liebermann and Barbara Starr.

Book: War for Eternity: The Return of Traditionalism and the Rise of the Populist Right by Benjamin Teitelbaum.

Video: Steve Bannon's New War For Eternity (w/ Benjamin Teitelbaum).

Article: "Steve Bannon" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Opus Dei" by Wikipedia.

TV: "The Family".

Article: "The Family: The Secret Fundamentalism at the Heart of American Power" by Jeff Sharlet.

Article: "Texas Democrats leave House floor, effectively blocking passage of restrictive voting bill for now" by Eric Bradner and Dianne Gallagher.

Article: "It's not Trump's "grip" on GOP that's driving its descent into madness " by Eric Boehlert.

Clip: Phone conversation between President Lyndon Johnson and Sen. Everett Dirksen (R) 968. "Here's the latest information we've got... This is treason. ... "

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

Article: "Biden taps Sen. Manchin's wife to co-chair Appalachian board" by Josh Boak.

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

Article: "Jim Justice" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Republicans head to West Virginia to plot 2018 agenda" by Scott Wong and Alexander Bolton.

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

Article: "David Cay Johnston: 'There's no evidence Donald Trump is a billionaire'" by Sam Rega.

Article: "New York attorney general opens criminal investigation into Trump Organization" by Luke Harding , Amanda Holpuch.

Article: "What Happened With Merrick Garland In 2016 And Why It Matters Now" by Ron Elving.

Site: Scott County Democratic Party.

Book: I Paid Hitler by Fritz Thyssen.

Article: "Roll call on H.R. 3233 (National Commission to Investigate the January 6 Attack on the United States Capitol Complex Act )".

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