Between great wealth, control of the media, police-state tactics and social media-driven "militias," authoritarianism is itching to take over completely. We are on the brink & must stop them.

In an oligarchy, the rich can get away with anything and average people who try to stop harms to themselves and their communities get crushed. We're now there; the question is whether we'll pull back from this horror show, or whether it'll continue its evolution toward a full-blown police state.

Read more at HartmannReport.com.

-Thom

Friday's Daily Stack

Article: "Never-before-seen colossal comet on a trek toward the sun" by Stephanie Pappas.

Article: "Five undervaccinated clusters put the entire United States at risk" by Elizabeth Cohen and John Bonifield.

Book: The Hidden History of Big Brother in America: How the Death of Privacy and the Rise of Surveillance Threaten Us and Our Democracy by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "Going beyond 'back to normal' – 5 research-based tips for emerging from pandemic life" by Bethany Teachman.

Article: "The neuroscience behind why your brain may need time to adjust to 'un-social distancing'" by Kareem Clark.

Article: "Delta Covid variant has a new mutation called 'delta plus': Here's what you need to know" by Holly Ellyatt.

Article: "Here's what you need to know about the lambda Covid variant" by Holly Ellyatt.

Article: "99.2% of US Covid deaths in June were unvaccinated, says Fauci" by Lauren Aratani.

Article: "American Civil War" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Spanish flu" by Wikipedia.

Article: "How Arlington National Cemetery Came to Be" by Robert M. Poole.

Article: "Robert E. Lee opposed Confederate monuments" by Lisa Desjardins.

Article: "What Robert E. Lee Wrote to The Times About Slavery in 1858" by Jacey Fortin.

Article: "What Happens When Republicans Simply Refuse to Certify Democratic Wins?" by David Atkins.

Article: "Study of Disputed Florida Ballots Finds Justices Did Not Cast the Deciding Vote" by Ford Fessenden and John M. Broder, November 12, 2001.

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: "Norquist's Tax Pledge: What It Is and How It Started" by Chris Good.

Article: "FCC Radio Broadcast Rules & Regulations" by Media Tracks.

Article: "Vera (TV series)" by Wikipedia.

Book: "Watergate: The Hidden History: Nixon, The Mafia, and The CIA" by Lamar Waldron

Book: Robert E. Lee and Me: A Southerner's Reckoning with the Myth of the Lost Cause by Ty Seidule.

Article: "Why Is Afghanistan the 'Graveyard of Empires'?" by Akhilesh Pillalamarri.

Article: "Remarks by President Obama in Address to the Nation from Afghanistan".

Article: "Paul Hellyer, Ex-Defence Minister, Believes In Aliens (VIDEO)" by Huffington Post Canada.

Article: "Commander at Pearl Harbor relieved of his duties" by History.com.

Book: Day of Deceit: The Truth About FDR and Pearl Harbor by Robert B. Stinnett.

Article: "Pearl Harbor advance-knowledge conspiracy theory" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Oligarchy: When Brutal Capitalism Becomes More Important than Democracy" by Thom Hartmann.

Book: "The Hidden History of American Oligarchy: Reclaiming Our Democracy from the Ruling Class" by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "Hundreds died during B.C.'s heat dome. Who is responsible for deaths caused by extreme heat?" by CBC.

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

Article: "As Big Oil Execs Roam Free, Climate Activist Gets 8 Years in Prison" by Brett Wilkins.

Article: "ExxonMobil admits it owns 11 US Senators" by Hank Z.

Article: "Voting Rights Roundup: Supreme Court guts the last critical protections of the Voting Rights Act" by Stephen Wolf.

Article: "The family behind America's opioid crisis: New York and London socialites who developed OxyContin made BILLIONS off of the drug's skyrocketing sales despite claims of false advertising that labelled it as LESS addictive than other painkillers" by Anna Hopkins.

Article: "Iowa climate activist sentenced to eight years in federal prison for Dakota Access pipeline sabotage" by Philip Joens.

Article: "Oregon's heat wave death toll grows to 116" by Ardeshir Tabrizian.

Article: "Compulsory mask-wearing in Pacific Northwest caused spirited debate -- and a jury trial -- during 1918-19 flu pandemic" by Douglas Perry.

Article: "Republicans want to change state election laws. Here's how they're doing it" by Zach Montellaro And Daniel Payne.

Article: "Sackler family moves closer to OxyContin settlement as key states drop opposition" by Christopher Rowland.

Video: "Thom asks WSJs Stephen Moore - Is capitalism more important than Democracy?".

Article: "'Heat dome' probably killed 1bn marine animals on Canada coast, experts say" by Leyland Cecco.

Article: "Texas upholds sentence for woman who didn't know she was ineligible to vote" by Sam Levine.

Article: "Smedley Butler" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Business Plot" (1933, Smedley Butler) by Wikipedia.

Article: "Fairness Doctrine" by Wikipedia.

Law: "Telecommunications Act of 1996" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Biden signs sweeping executive order to crack down on corporate monopolies" by Nandita Bose, Jarrett Renshaw and Diane Bartz.

Bill: "H.R.4 - Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2019" by Rep. Sewell, Terri A. [D-AL-7].

Tweet: "NEW--> GOP Congressman on bipartisanship: We want "18 more months of chaos and the inability to get stuff done" [video]" by Lauren Windsor.

Tweet: "Tesla & Bitcoin" by Elon Musk.

Article: "Bitcoin" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Blockchain" by Wikipedia.

Article: "What is bitcoin and how does it work?" by Matthew Sparkes.

Article: "Want to really understand how bitcoin works? Here's a gentle primer" by Timothy B. Lee.

Book: "The Last Hours of Humanity: Warming the World to Extinction" by Thom Hartmann

Site: Warnock for Georgia.

Site: Tim Ryan for Senate (Ohio).

Site: John Fetterman for Senate (Pennsylvania).

Site: Mark Kelly for Senate.

Article: "Four days in April: How politics brought the MLB All-Star Game to Denver" by Justin Wingerter.

Article: "Colorado man suspected in wife's death cast ballot for Trump in her name" by AP.

Article: "John Fetterman" by Wikipedia.

Tweet: "Let me be 100 clear:
Over 6M votes cast, there's exactly 2 cases of criminal voter fraud in PA.
- Luzerne Republican voting for a dead mom
- Chester Republican voting for a live democrat son.
10 days of every Republican frenetically searching: TWO CASES." by John Fetterman.

Article: "Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. John Fetterman Asks For $1 Million Election Fraud Reward Payable In Sheetz Gift Cards From Texas Lt. Governor" by KDKA.

Article: "Gerrymandering" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Steve Schmidt" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Cryptocurrency" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Is Congress about to get involved in crypto exchange regulation?" by Jessica Mathews.

Article: "Quantum computing" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Bonneville Dam" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Electricity Mix in Oregon" by Oregon.

Article: "List of U.S. states by electricity production from renewable sources" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Carbon Pollution from Transportation" by EPA.

Article: "Build Back Better: Joe Biden's Jobs And Economic Recovery Plan For Working Families" by Joe Biden.

Article: "Biden's EV charging push could boost automakers taking on Tesla" by Subrat Patnaik, Chavi Mehta.

Article: "Roswell incident" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Society for Scientific Exploration" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Scientology" by Wikipedia.

Book: Human Genome Project by Wikipedia.

Geeky Science: "Cell phones and cancer: New UC Berkeley study suggests cell phones sharply increase tumor risk" by Sharon Song.

Article: "Trump administration plans to end census early, defying judge's order" (Wilbur Ross).

Article: "2021 California gubernatorial recall election" by Wikipedia.

Article: "United States census" by Wikipedia.

Article: "United States congressional apportionment" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Transcript: The Rachel Maddow Show, 6/30/21" (describes how the slave-breaker's house where Frederick Douglass was taken was bought by Donald Rumsfeld).

Article: "Japan proposes four-day working week to improve work-life balance" by DW.

Article: "Four-day work week trial in Iceland hailed an 'overwhelming success'" by Emma Soteriou.

Article: "How a group of beavers prevented a wildfire and saved California a million dollars" by Graig Graziosi.

Article: "World's Largest Seagrass Restoration Project is a Virginia Success, Planting 600 Acres That Grow to Become 9,000" by Andy Corbley.

Article: "Ideonella sakaiensis" by Wikipedia (bacterium that eats PET).

Article: "Recycled plastic used to make roads in India" by Expert Skip Hire.

Quote: "It takes a crook to catch those crooks." - Franklin Delano Roosevelt.

Article: "Securities turnover excise tax" (STET tax) by Wikipedia.

Book: "Screwed: The Undeclared War Against The Middle Class" by Thom Hartmann. Get "Screwed" by Thom Hartmann!

Article: "Senate Democrats reintroduce bill to create financial transaction tax" by Naomi Jagoda.

Article: "Modern Monetary Theory" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Eminent domain" (takings clause of 5th amendment) by Wikipedia.

Site: Star Knowledge.

Article: "'Polarizing' Republican Rep. Cawthorn faces historic number of challengers 19 months before election" by Joel Burgess, Shelby Harris.

Site: Move to Amend

Site: Progressive Democrats of America

Site: Indivisible

Site: Democratic National Committee

Article: "Boosting the COVID-19 vaccination rate: could Donald Trump make a difference?" by Kathy Frankovic.

Article: "Vaccine Passports Could Save Us From Trump's Final Massacre" by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "US troops leave Afghanistan's Bagram airbase after nearly 20 years" by Emma Graham-Harrison, Julian Borger.

Article: "Iran and Russia move to fill diplomatic vacuum in Afghanistan" by Patrick Wintour.

Article: "Turkey Awaiting Decision from U.S., NATO to Take Control of Afghanistan Airport" by Julia Marnin.

Article: "Younger brother of Michael Flynn takes command of US Army Pacific" by Mayank Aggarwal.

Article: "What You Need to Know About 'Chained CPI'" by Sho Chandra.

Article: "The Perils of Privatization: Bush's lethal plan for Social Security" by Edith Rasell and Christian E. Weller.

Site: Social Security Works.

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

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