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Thom's blog
Will the Next President Be America's Last President?
 If an alliance of neoliberal billionaires & authoritarian Republican politicians succeed at blocking Biden's progressive reforms or drag us into a recession - we are truly screwed. Mitch McConnell's use of the debt ceiling, and two Democratic senators taking big bucks from billionaires and the fossil fuel industry to sabotage Democratic efforts, illustrate a major — and largely unacknowledged — crisis point in American politics. Since the end of the 1800s, America has flipped back and forth between two poles that have typically been called "conservative" and "progressive." The election of 2020 and President Biden's efforts now with his Build Back Better bills, for example, signal a turn from the 1980 flip to "conservative" back toward today's "progressive" politics dominating American discourse. This swing from one pole to the other is generally driven by, literally, "swing voters": people with weak party affiliations who, when fed up with one pole or the other, drive the change, reflecting a larger shift in society. But this time there are huge warning flags that we've never seen before other than, possibly, of the Civil War era. They could mean make-or-break for our American democratic republic because a small group of rightwing billionaires and giant corporations are paying off politicians to prevent this normal transition.Read more at HartmannReport.com. -Thom |
Thursday's Daily Stack 
Hour One: Will the Next President Be America's Last President?
Quote: "Less government in business and more business in government" - Warren Harding.
2020 Election: Just How Close Did We Come to Losing Democracy?
Tweet: " If every bird is a drone, can they please make drones that don't shit on my car? [photo]" by Hil.i.am. Tweet: " Biden's plans to expand Medicare, tackle climate change, and get childcare for young families are very, very popular in Red states.
Might there be two Rs who could replace Manchema's votes?
Murkowski? Collins? One who's retiring?
Haven't yet heard a single one asked on-air…" by Thom Hartmann.
Hour Two: Debate: When Joe Manchin Talks About An Entitlement Mentality - What the Hell is He Talking About?- Julio Rivera, Editorial Director - Reactionary Times / Contributor - Newsmax, American Thinker & Townhall.com 
Quote: " When the people find they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic" - attributed to Benjamin Franklin.
Law: " 18 U.S. Code § 2384 - Seditious conspiracy". " If two or more persons in any State or Territory, or in any place subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, conspire to overthrow, put down, or to destroy by force the Government of the United States, or to levy war against them, or to oppose by force the authority thereof, or by force to prevent, hinder, or delay the execution of any law of the United States, or by force to seize, take, or possess any property of the United States contrary to the authority thereof, they shall each be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than twenty years, or both."
Hour Three: Conversations with Great Minds: The Storm is Upon Us - How QAnon Became a Movement, Cult and Conspiracy Theory of Everything- Mike Rothschild, Investigative journalist focusing on the intersection of internet culture, politics & conspiracy theories... specializing in QAnon conspiracy cult since its inception in 2018... contributor - The New York Times, The Washington Post, NPR, CNN, MSNBC, the BBC, and elsewhere. Author of the new book, The Storm Is Upon Us: How QAnon Became a Movement, Cult and Conspiracy Theory of Everything
Article: " QAnon" by Wikipedia. Tweet: " Here's the Jan. 4 memo from former acting Defense Secretary requiring "personal authorization" for DC National Guard to employ riot control agents & other tactics at Jan. 6 "March for Trump." This same day Capitol police knew of a "strong potential" for violence against Congress." by Luke Broadwater. |
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Friday on The Thom Hartmann Program, 12-3pm ET
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Watch & Listen to Thom
Conversations With Great Minds - The History Of QAnon (w/ Mike Rothschild) Part One
Build Back Better – NO says Julio (w/ Julio Rivera)
Inside the Underground Illegal Abortion Network
Exposed! Who Isn't In The Pandora Papers (w/ Chuck Collins)
Conversation with Great Minds - Prof. Anita Hill
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