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A study by the Peace Research Institute in Norway and the University of Aarhus that polled 6,000 adults from the United States, Denmark, Italy, and Hungary found that the Covid pandemic has further eroded faith in government among people all across Europe and the US.

This is the capstone of "conservative" or neoliberal efforts to destroy faith in democratic governance in developed countries, an effort that goes back 50 years.

In the 1950s and 1960s Americans had a lot of trust in government — around 80 percent of Americans said they trusted government — as did the citizens of virtually all the western European countries. Today, the Pew Research Center says, only 17 percent of Americans say they trust their government.

For the very rich and big corporations back in the 1970s, this trust in a government that was then maintaining high tax rates and starting to aggressively hold corporations accountable for their pollution and dangerous products was, they believed, an existential threat.

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-Thom

Wednesday's Daily Stack

Article: "Why Conservatives Want Government To Fail Everywhere " by Thom Hartmann.

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

Article: "Nearly half of Republicans say 'a time will come when patriotic Americans have to take the law into their own hands,' new poll shows" by John Haltiwanger.

Article: "Public Trust in Government: 1958-2021" by Pew Research Center.

Article: "The tea party radio network" by Kenneth P. Vogel And Mackenzie Weinger.

Article: "COVID-infected children in Arkansas arriving at hospitals with 'wrecked lungs': report" by Matthew Chapman.

Article: "Powell Memo: Attack On American Free Enterprise System" by Lewis F. Powell Jr.

Article: "COVID-19 burden leading to more violence at protests, distrust in government" by Chris Melore.

Article: "Oregon leaders declare state of emergency ahead of expected heat wave " by KATU.

Site: "The Righting".

Article: "Don't buy the latest climate-change alarmism " by Bjorn Lomborg.

Article: "A Climate of Catastrophe " by WSJ.

Article: "No, this is not an epidemic of the unvaccinated " by Daniel Horowitz.

Article: "Welcome to 1938: First, they came for the unvaccinated" by Wayne Allyn Root.

Article: "America is suffering from Biden's COVID recklessness at the border" by Dale Wilcox.

Book: "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson.

Book: "Unsafe at Any Speed" by Ralph Nader.

Case: "First National Bank Of Boston V. Bellotti", 1978

Quote: "The most terrifying words in the English language are: I'm from the government and I'm here to help." - Ronald Reagan.

Video: "Reagan: Government is not the solution to our problem government IS the problem".

Quote: "The best minds are not in government. If any were, business would steal them away" - Ronald Reagan.

Article: "Florida and Texas schools defy governors' mask bans as cases soar" by Guardian.

Article: "Senate Begins Budget Political Theater With $3.5 Trillion at Stake" by Luke Broadwater and Emily Cochrane.

Article: "Senate passes $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill, sending key part of Biden's economic agenda to the House" by Jacob Pramuk.

Article: "Joe Manchin voices 'serious concerns' about $3.5tn budget after Senate approval – live" by Joan E Greve.

Article: "Joe Manchin just threatened to derail Biden's big win. Please proceed, Senator." by Greg Sargent.

Article: "Biden Wants 50% of New Cars to Be Electric by 2030" by AP.

Article: "Ignorant knuckle-draggers have a startling amount of power in America -- now we're all paying the price" by Susan J. Demas.

Site: Susan J. Demas.

Site: Inside Michigan Politics.

Tweet: "Telling me you are proudly unvaccinated is like telling me you're a drunk driver. You're not a patriot. You're not a freedom fighter. You're a menace." by George Takei.

Article: "Study Finds Most Highly Educated Americans Are Also the Most Vaccine Hesitant" by Paul Joseph Watson.

Article: "When It Comes to COVID, the Government and Media Need to Stop Lying" by Mike Weinberger.

Article: "Democrats and COVID Restrictions Forever" by Don Feder.

Article: "Ted Cruz shuts down federal voting bill before U.S. Senate leaves for recess, dashing Texas Democrats' hopes" by Abby Livingston.

Article: "The age of neoliberalism is ending in America. What will replace it?" by Gary Gerstle.

Article: "Dianne Feinstein" by Wikipedia.

Article: "If I've already had COVID, do I need a vaccine? And how does the immune system respond? An expert explains" by Sunit K. Singh.

Article: "Newsom's biggest recall danger: Complacent Democrats who don't turn out to vote" by Julia Wick, Phil Willon.

Article: "spreadneck: a person who consciously chooses to not wear a mask during covid-19" by coffeeguy84.

Article: "Burlington bar requiring proof of COVID-19 vaccination".

Article: "Magna Carta" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Mesa County District Attorney Conducts Criminal Investigation After Posting Of Election System Passwords" by AP/CBS4.

Article: "Fact-Checking My Pillow CEO Mike Lindell's 'Absolute Proof' Election Fraud Special" by Trevor Schakohl, Elias Atienza.

Article: "Lindell's cyber symposium held in Sioux Falls, some question evidence " by Beth Warden.

Article: "Maricopa County will need new voting machines after GOP's audit, Arizona secretary of state says" by Jane C. Timm.

Article: "Ivanka's Trademark Requests Were Fast-Tracked In China After Trump Was Elected" by Tommy Beer.

Hour Two: Code Red on Climate Change
- Dr. Michael Mann, Distinguished Professor of Meteorology & Director, Earth System Science Center-Penn State University / Member-National Academy of Sciences / author of several books including including his latest just out, The New Climate War / (previously, The Madhouse Effect: How Climate Change Denial Is Threatening Our Planet, Destroying Our Politics, and Driving Us Crazy) / Recipient of the Tyler Prize

Article: "Humans have pushed the climate into 'unprecedented' territory, landmark U.N. report finds" by Brady Dennis and Sarah Kaplan.

Article: "Climate change: IPCC report is 'code red for humanity'" by Matt McGrath.

Article: "World's climate scientists to issue stark warning over global heating threat" by Fiona Harvey .

Article: "Climate crisis: Scientists spot warning signs of Gulf Stream collapse" by Damian Carrington.

Article: "California's Dixie Fire Grows to Over 500k Acres, Destroying More Than 1,000 Structures" by Matthew Impelli.

Article: "It's Not a Border Crisis. It's a Climate Crisis." by Sabrina Rodriguez.

Article: "Syria" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Syria's Climate Refugees" by Scientific American.

Article: "Peddler's martyrdom launched Tunisia's revolution" by Lin Noueihed.

Article: "Arab Spring" by Encyclopaedia Britannica.

Article: "Permian-Triassic extinction event" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Paleocene–Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM)" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Paradise, California" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Out-of-control wildfire destroys town of Greenville, California, as dry, gusty conditions encourage rapid spread" by Julia Jacobo.

Article: "In the Infrastructure Bill, a Recognition: Climate Change Is a Crisis" by Christopher Flavelle.

Article: "Democrats propose $3.5 trillion safety net and climate spending plan as infrastructure bill heads toward Senate passage" by Christopher Wilson.

Article: "2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference" (COP26) by Wikipedia.

Article: "'Why You Gotta Be So Rude?' Study Highlights 'Vicious Cycle' of Workplace Incivility" by Portland State University.

Article: "New York Governor Cuomo resigns after sexual harassment findings" by Jonathan Allen.

Article: "Sinema Claims Getting Rid of the Filibuster Would Lead To 'Very Negative Restrictions' on Voting Rights" by Bradley Cortright.

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

Article: "Pressure mounts on holdouts as Texas House speaker signs civil arrest warrants for 52 Democrats" by AP.

Article: "Filibuster" by Wikipedia.

Article: "The Filibuster Was Grounded in Slavery and Now Threatens All Life on Earth" by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "Problem Solvers Caucus" by Wikipedia.

Article: "No Labels" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Joe Biden speech today LIVE – 'Tax per mile' plan uncovered after president 'got lost at White House' day before address" by Julia Fields.

Article: "Video of U.S. Marines urinating on Taliban fighters" by Wikipedia.

Law: "Florida Statute 100.361 Municipal recall".

Article: "Carlos Álvarez (American politician)" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Carlos A. Giménez" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Don't forget that Republicans also eliminated the filibuster for Supreme Court nominees" by RETIII.

Hour Three: The Course From 9/11 to President Trump
- Spencer Ackerman, Investigative journalist and author of the new book, REIGN OF TERROR: How the 9/11 Era Destabilized America and Produced Trump

Article: "'Reign of Terror' Brilliantly Traces the Course From 9/11 to President Trump" by Jennifer Szalai.

Article: "Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Terrorists" (AUMF, 2001) by Wikipedia.

Article: "September 11 attacks" by Wikipedia.

Article: "War in Afghanistan (2001–present)" by Wikipedia.

Article: "The Trump Administration Wants To Pull Federal Funds From Major Cities Where There Are Anti-Racism Protests" by Hamed Aleaziz.

Quote: "As a matter of fact, in interviews in 1999 with respected journalist, and long time Bush family friend, David Herskowitz, then Governor George Bush stated: 'One of the keys to being seen as a great leader is to be seen as a commander-in-chief. My father had all this political capital built up when he drove the Iraqis out of Kuwait and he wasted it. If I have a chance to invade... if I had that much capital, I'm not going to waste it. I'm going to get everything passed that I want to get passed and I'm going to have a successful presidency." - My Testimony for the Downing Street Memo Hearings" by Cindy Sheehan, June 16 2005.

Article: "Timothy McVeigh" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Oklahoma City bombing" by Wikipedia.

Article: "The Turner Diaries" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Bush rejects Taliban offer to hand Bin Laden over" by Guardian.

Article: "Maglev" by Wikipedia.

Article: "COVID's delta variant is sending more children to the hospital. Are they sicker, too?" by Emily Anthes.

Article: "Sturgis motorcycle rally ready to roll despite Delta variant surge" by Megan Cerullo.

Article: "Kristi Noem to Appear at Sturgis Charity Ride as Some Fear Rally Will Prompt COVID Spread" by Julia Marnin.

Article: "The Water Cycle and Climate Change" by NASA.

Article: "The Water Cycle and Climate Change" by UCAR.

Article: "Baker who refused to make cake for gay wedding: 'I don't discriminate'" by Adam Edelman.

Article: "Deutsche Bank and Donald Trump: a peculiar relationship" by Mohamed Dabo.

Article: "Rudy Giuliani Is Reportedly Almost Broke And Trump's Shutting Him Out" by Mary Papenfuss.

Article: "Number of Georgia Voters Purged by Brian Kemp Continues to Climb" by Peter Wade.

Article: "Report: Georgia's Secretary of State Brian Kemp is blocking 53,000 voter registrations as he runs for Governor" by Ben Nadler.

Article: "MyPillow Guy Mike Lindell Is Having a 'Cyber Symposium' to Prove Trump Won" by David Gilbert.

Article: "Wisconsin court upholds Republican laws curbing powers of Democratic officials" by Sam Levine.

Article: "NC Republicans try a backdoor grab for power" by Charlotte Observer.

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, David Neiwert, Investigative Journalist - Daily Kos / Author, 'Red Pill, Blue Pill: How to Counteract the Conspiracy Theories That Are Killing Us (2020) and, Alt-America: The Rise of the Radical Right in the Age of Trump - Far-right Vigilante Militias On U.S.-Mexico Border Enjoy a Cozy Relationship With Border Patrol

And, Jimmy Tobias Investigative Journalist & Contributing Writer - The Guardian / Contributor - The Nation, The Intercept & more - The Collapse of Wild Red Wolves Is a Warning That Should Worry Us All...

And, the best of the rest of the news along with your calls right here on...

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And don't forget...Democracy is NOT a spectator sport...it begins with you...

Breaking Down the "Code Red" IPCC Climate Change Report (w/ Dr. Michael Mann)

Are You Tired of All the Racists & Bigots?

Are Insurance Companies Scaring Black Women? And Why? (w/ Wendell Potter)

Can You Halt the Trumpsters from Drinking the Kool-Aide? Part 2 (w/ Dr. Justin A. Frank)