If the GOP had the courage of the Senate Republicans in 1974, Milley never would have been in a position to worry that an American president might start a nuclear war just to hang on to power.

Joint Chiefs Chairman General Mark Milley stepped outside the realm of his constitutional power to prevent Donald Trump from starting nuclear war with China or Iran. It was definitely unconstitutional and probably illegal. But he's not the true villain in this story; the true villain is almost never mentioned in the press.

Trump's advisors aren't the villains, either, although Trump was just the latest Republican president advised by Paul Manafort and Roger Stone, whose partner in the years after they advised Nixon, Lee Atwater, had passed away from brain cancer after making a public apology for all the damage he did to our nation in the service of Nixon's party and, later, George HW Bush (Willie Horton, et al).

Read more at HartmannReport.com.

-Thom

Thursday's Daily Stack

Hour One: Anti Vaxxers & Maskers - The Deadly Secret Strategy Exposed
- Jennifer Stefano, Vice President & Chief Strategist - Commonwealth Foundation / Fellow - Independent Women's Forum

Article: "The way we were: Denmark lifts all Covid curbs" by AFP.

Article: "Denmark" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Latest Data on COVID-19 Vaccinations by Race/Ethnicity" by Nambi Ndugga, Latoya Hill and Samantha Artiga.

Article: "India" by Wikipedia.

Article: "COVID-19 pandemic in India" by Wikipedia.

Article: "America Must Never Forget what Trump & the GOP Did On April 7th, 2020" by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "Black Americans Face Alarming Rates of Coronavirus Infection in Some States" by John Eligon, Audra D. S. Burch, Dionne Searcey and Richard A. Oppel Jr.

Article: "Donald and Melania Trump quietly got Covid vaccines last month, reports say" by Gabrielle Canon.

Article: "Operation Warp Speed" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Surprise: Trump Left Biden With a Vaccine Distribution Plan That's Basically a Xerox Copy of His Bare Ass" by Bess Levin.

Article: "Which states are banning vaccine mandates?" by Oli Povey.

Article: "Wealthy L.A. Schools' Vaccination Rates Are as Low as South Sudan's" by Olga Khazan.

Article: "Democrat Gavin Newsom easily survives California recall, will remain governor" by Annika Kim Constantino.

Article: "Pennsylvania Republicans approve subpoena for partisan investigation into recent elections" by Sara Murray.

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

Article: "Garland Pledges Renewed Efforts to Protect Voting Rights" by Katie Benner, Nick Corasaniti and Reid J. Epstein.

Site: Greg Palast.

Article: "Michigan Secretary of State" by Wikipedia.

Article: "The Real Crime General Milley Exposed Laid Bare" by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "James R. Schlesinger" by History Commons.

Article: "Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Scandals the US Founding Fathers Tried to Keep Secret" by Larry Holzwarth.

Article: "Trump Meets With Putin Alone For 2 Hours, Blames US For Poor Russia Relations" by Eli Stokols, Sabra Ayres.

Book: The American Revolution of 1800: How Jefferson Rescued Democracy from Tyranny and Faction - and What This Means Today by Dan Sisson with Thom Hartmann

Article: "The Secret Papers of Lee Atwater, Who Invented the Scurrilous Tactics That Trump Normalized" by Jane Mayer.

Article: "The Most Patriotic Act of Treason in American History?" by Gil Troy.

Article: "The swamp builders" by Manuel Roig-Franzia.

Book: Peril by Bob Woodward and Robert Costa.

Article: "Woodward/Costa book: Worried Trump could 'go rogue,' Milley took top-secret action to protect nuclear weapons" by Jamie Gangel, Jeremy Herb and Elizabeth Stuart.

Article: "Top general feared Trump would launch nuclear war, Woodward book reports" by Martin Pengelly.

Article: "Fears That Trump Might Launch a Strike Prompted General to Reassure China, Book Says" by Michael S. Schmidt.

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

Article: "1 in 500 people died from COVID-19 in these 6 states" by Herb Scribner.

Article: "Tuskegee syphilis experiment" by Wikipedia.

Documentary: The Silence of Others.

Quote: "The Democrats are politicizing the coronavirus. This is their new hoax" - Donald J. Trump.

Article: "Weekend Rally at U.S. Capitol to Paint January 6 Rioters as Political Prisoners" by Zoe Strozewski.

Article: "Angela Davis: The Political Prisoner" by Angela Y. Davis.

Article: "Andrew McCabe" by Wikipedia.

Article: "MCCABE OUT: FBI deputy director fired day before he was set to retire" by Sonam Sheth.

Article: "H. R. McMaster" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Trump replaces National Security Adviser HR McMaster with John Bolton" by BBC.

Article: "Alexander Vindman" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Alexander Vindman, whistleblower in first Trump impeachment, accuses Milley of breaking chain of command" by Matthew Brown.

Article: "Trump loyalists get top Pentagon jobs after firing of defence secretary" by AP.

Article: "America And The TRIPS Waiver: You Can Talk The Talk, But Will You Walk The Walk?" by Vineeta Gupta, Sreenath Namboodiri.

Article: "How to Buy a Home in the U.S. as a Non-U.S. Citizen" by Redfin.

Article: "Southern strategy" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Larry Elder launched a website claiming voter fraud in the California recall. The election isn't even done yet" by Bill Bostock.

Article: "Larry Elder concedes California recall defeat" by AP.

Article: "2022 United States elections" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Biden to meet with Manchin, Sinema to discuss U.S. $3.5 trillion spending bill" by Reuters.

Article: "Compassionate conservatism" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Death of Hillsborough GOP member from COVID-19 causes financial problems for party " by Steve Contorno.

Article: "Florida GOP official who wanted to 'end Faucism' dies from COVID-19" by John Wright.

Article: "In the middle of a pandemic, Republicans permanently stripped power from public health officials" by Mark Sumner.

Tweet: "Brilliant ad! We need these customized to every race in America this election season... Great work, @strikepac! [link]" by Thom Hartmann.

Tweet: "When Republicans win, you lose. [ad video]" by STRIKE PAC.

Tweet: "Dear @RepSchrader: Why did you vote to allow the pharmaceutical industry to continue ripping off all of us average Americans on drug prices? Your vote could have allowed the government to negotiate these prices. Yours was the deciding vote. Why? [link]" by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "Drug Plan Fails, Signaling Thorny Path for Democrats' $3.5 Trillion Bill" by Emily Cochrane and Margot Sanger-Katz.

Article: "North Dakota....The Only State Without Voter Registration " by North Dakota.

Article: "John Lewis Voting Rights Bill Passes House With Zero Republican Votes" by Sharon Zhang.

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

Article: "Senate Democrats release 'compromise' voting rights bill but face another GOP blockade" by Alex Woodward.

Article: "Freedom to Vote Act (Executive Session)".

Article: "" by Wikipedia.

Article: "History of the Republican Party (United States)" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Whig Party (United States)" by Wikipedia.

Article: "13th Amendment", December 6, 1865. "Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction."

Article: "Trump signs criminal justice overhaul" by Chris Mills Rodrigo.

Article: "Mens rea" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Rush Limbaugh" by Wikipedia.

Article: "California Recall Stokes Dem Fears of Latino Defection" by Caroline Downey.

Article: "The Filibuster: Should America Try Democracy?" by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "Paul Ryan did extensive research on psychological disorders to learn how to deal with Trump: Bob Woodward " by Brad Reed.

Hour Three: Are Earth's Tipping Points Closer Than We Think? Thoughts on kids and despair?
- 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: "Earth's tipping points could be closer than we think. Our current plans won't work" by George Monbiot.

Article: "Rain fell on Greenland's ice sheet for the first time ever known. Alarms should ring" by Kim Heacox.

Article: "Greenland's ice sheet melting so fast it has caused global sea levels to rise 0.5mm in just a month" by Jon Sharman.

Article: "Thermohaline circulation" by Wikipedia.

Movie: "The Day After Tomorrow".

Article: "Climate Inaction Has Left Majority of Young People Believing Humanity Is 'Doomed'" by Julia Conley.

Article: "56 Percent of Young People Think Humanity Is Doomed" by Sophia Smith Galer.

Article: "2,180+ Scientists Worldwide Demand 'Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty'" by Kenny Stancil.

Article: "No new fossil fuel projects for net-zero: IEA" by Patrick Galey.

Article: "'Pay your fair share': Biden goes after big corporations and 'super wealthy' for not paying taxes as he coughs his way through another speech" by Emily Goodin.

Site: The Daily Poster.

Article: "What is the Stepped-Up Basis, and Why Does the Biden Administration Want to Eliminate It?" by Peter G. Peterson Foundation.

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

Article: "How Much Does a Politician Cost? A Groundbreaking Study Reveals the Influence of Money in Politics." by Jon Schwarz.

Article: "Streisand event raises $1.3 million for Democrats" by Reuters.

Article: "Church Committee", 1975-6.

Article: "First Amendment to the United States Constitution"

Case: "Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission" (2010)

Case: "McCutcheon v. Federal Election Commission", 2014

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

Video: Lawrence interviews NY's first woman governor, Kathy Hochul.

Article: "GOP candidate improperly purged 340,000 from Georgia voter rolls, investigation claims" by Erin Durkin.

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

It's Anything Goes Friday!

Conversations with Great Minds: I'll be talking with Adam Tooze, Kathryn & Shelby Cullom Davis Professor of History-Columbia University & Author of 7 books including, Crashed: How a Decade of Financial Crisis Changed the World / His latest book is Shutdown: How Covid Shook the World's Economy

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Is Climate Change On a Crash Course? (w/ Michael Mann)

As GOP Faces End? Will "Compassionate Conservatism" Return?

Why Is Fox News Forcing Mandatory Vaccinations?

Texas Abortion Hypocrites Don't Care Once You're Born

California Recall Fails! Is This the Death Rattle of Trumpism (w/ Mark Pocan)