Democrats need to step up with a big and effective anti-crime program now, or the GOP will eat their lunch next year. Americans deserve to be safe in their homes and communities.

Bill Clinton famously put 100,000 new cops on the streets nationwide, an action that de-fanged Republicans who claimed Democrats were "soft on crime." So far, nothing the Biden administration has done comes even close.

As a result, Republicans are highlighting rising crime rates around the country (often tied to local increases in homelessness), blaming it on Democratic mayors and the politically suicidal "defund the police" rhetoric from folks fed up with police killings of unarmed Black people.

If Democrats in general, and President Biden in particular, don't take this opportunity to show real leadership on the crime issue, they could be in a world of hurt in November 2022.

Read more at HartmannReport.com.

-Thom

Tuesday's Daily Stack

Article: "A Crime Wave Could Take Down the Democrats in 2022" by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "Supreme Court strikes down eviction moratorium during pandemic; evictions can resume" by Mark Sherman.

Article: "2020 Law Enforcement Officers Fatalities Report" by NLEOMF.

Article: "Perspective: The growing crime problem " by John Suthers.

Article: "The GOP Delivers More Crime to America" by Thom Hartmann.

Site: "nextdoor.com".

Article: "U01: Ronald Reagan and the Federal Deinstitutionalization of Mentally Ill Patients" by Elaine Carmen Guerra.

Article: "The homeless mentally ill" by Harvard Health Publishing.

Article: "TIMELINE: Deinstitutionalization And Its Consequences" by Deanna Pan.

Article: "Rising Violent Crime Is Likely To Present A Political Challenge For Democrats In 2022" by Domenico Montanaro.

Article: "Denying the Mentally Ill" by NYT.

Article: "How Release Of Mental Patients Began" by Richard D. Lyons.

Article: "Mayor calls for more money this fall to rehire retired police officers, expand Portland Street Response, prepare for body cameras" by Maxine Bernstein.

Article: "Portland homeless camp complaints: These neighborhoods had the most and least" by Nicole Hayden.

Article: "Oregon receives nearly $1 million to launch additional non-police mental health response teams" by Nicole Hayden.

Article: "Mental Health Systems Act Remarks on Signing S. 1177 Into Law" by Jimmy Carter.

Article: "Seattle neighborhoods hire private security amid 'blatant lawlessness'" by Jessica Lee.

Article: "Trend Alert: Neighborhoods Hiring Private Security Guards" by Steve Karantzoulidis.

Article: "How bad is the rise in US homicides? Factchecking the 'crime wave' narrative police are pushing" by Lois Beckett, Abené Clayton.

Article: "CIA involvement in Contra cocaine trafficking" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Understanding the Iran-Contra Affairs" by Brown University.

Article: "Wildfires in California threaten giant sequoias." by Jenny Gross.

Article: "Lightning rocket" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Man quits anti-vax group he cofounded after coming down with COVID: 'I was afraid I was going to die'" by Brad Reed.

Quote: "This is a flu. This is like a flu" - Donald J. Trump.

Article: "Housing is a human right: How Finland is eradicating homelessness" by Tahiat Mahboob.

Article: "2021 Atlanta mayoral election" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Keisha Lance Bottoms" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Kasim Reed" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Eric Adams" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Reagan kitchen cabinet" by SourceWatch.

Article: "Ken Burns: Conditions in the US are just as bad as they were before the Civil War" by Sky Palma.

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

Article: "Cotton gin" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Revealed: Charlottesville neo-Nazi organizers were paid to make hate a full-time job" by John Wright.

Article: "Charlottesville car attack" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Eric Trump to speak at conference led by prominent anti-vaxxers " by Monique Beals.

Article: "'Private Funding' Fueled Nazis in Charlottesville: Lawsuit" by Kelly Weill.

Article: "Supreme Court announces date for case directly challenging Roe v. Wade" by Julia Conley.

Article: "Texas AG Ken Paxton sues Biden admin over LGBTQ policies he falsely claims put 'women and children at risk'" by David Badash.

Article: "Sermon on the Mount" by Wikipedia.

Bible: "Matthew 25".

Article: "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding.

Article: "Bill Clinton's claim that 100,000 cops sent the crime rate 'way down'" by Glenn Kessler.

Article: "Pic Of The Moment: Fox News: We Make Shit Up, You Die Of Covid" by EarlG.

Article: "United Airlines CEO Says Resignations in "Single Digits" After Vaccine Mandate" by Scott Olson.

Article: "Tucker Carlson" by Wikipedia.

Article: "'I hope your car explodes': Newly revealed text messages show GOP Rep threatened and harassed colleague he used to date" by Sky Palma.

Article: "Mike Lindell moves Trump's reinstatement to Thanksgiving after claiming cyber symposium was a 'home run'" by David Edwards.

Article: "An anti-masker tried to run a Michigan health official off the road at 70 mph: report" by John Wright.

Article: "Trump 'revelations' are an indictment of America's political class: They knew, and did nothing" by Chauncey Devega.

Article: "Here's what President Biden told the UN about COVID-19, Afghanistan and more" by Herb Scribner.

Article: "Brazil's Unvaccinated Far-Right President Bolsonaro Forced to Eat Pizza on the Street in NYC" by Jamie Ross.

Article: "City-owned land being identified for outdoor homeless shelters – Portland, Oregon" by Danny Peterson.

Article: "Two Canadians held for a year by China remain 'resilient'" by Jessica Murphy.

Article: "Nomadland Exposes the Middle-Class Rip-Off" by Thom Hartmann.

Book: "Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century" by Jessica Bruder.

Movie: "Nomadland".

Article: "710 Indigenous people, mostly girls, were reported missing over the past decade in Wyoming, the same state where Gabby Petito reportedly disappeared" by Kelsey Vlamis.

Article: "The Way Gabby Petito's Fiancé Brian Laundrie Has Evaded Arrest Epitomizes White Privilege" by Zack Linly.

Article: "New bodycam video shows emotional Gabby Petito after reported fight with fiancé in Utah" by Wilson Wong and Antonio Planas.

Video: Bang Zoom ...You're Going to the Moon! (the Honeymooners).

Article: "Incel" by Wikipedia.

Article: "After Floyd's killing, Minneapolis police retreated, data shows" by Brad Heath.

Article: "Portland Police Bureau Annual Report 2020".

Article: "Fox Nation offering First Responders free subscription, new content honoring America's heroes" by Laura Carrione.

Movie: "The Grapes of Wrath".

Article: "Al Franken has a new comedy tour. His targets? Former Senate colleagues." by Karen Heller.

Article: "Homelessness Response" by Seattle.

Site: Mary's Place, Seattle.

Article: "The Mayor's 2022 Budget - Denver".

Article: "FOX Nation to Offer a Free One Year Subscription to All Active United States Military and Veterans for Special Memorial Day" by Bloomberg.

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