To save our Democracy -- it needs to be taken from the hedge funds, movie makers, and merchandise sellers, and returned to the hands of journalism professionals who understand and care about it.

"The basis of our governments being the opinion of the people, the very first object should be to keep that right; and were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers, or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter." —Thomas Jefferson

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-Thom

Thursday's Daily Stack

Article: "The News Is Too Vital To Be Left to the "Free Market" & Must Again be Owned & Run by Actual Journalists" by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "Howard Dean on front cover of Time magazine, Aug. 11, 2003".

Article: "What Is the PRO Act?" by AFL-CIO.

Article: "Time to End the Medicare Advantage Scam" by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "CNN Live Event/Special - Howard Dean Addresses Supporters - January 19, 2004".

Article: "Aid channels needed to avoid Afghan famine, charities warn G20" by Arab News.

Article: "How hedge funds took over America's struggling newspaper industry" by Sunny Kim.

Article: "CBS Chief Les Moonves Says Trump's 'Damn Good' For Business" by Nick Visser.

Article: "More than 90 local newsrooms closed during the coronavirus pandemic" by Kristen Hare.

Article: "Fears for future of American journalism as hedge funds flex power" by Edward Helmore.

Article: "funded the creation" by .

Article: "AT&T funds rightwing channel One America News, Reuters reveals" by Samira Sadeque.

Video: Hardball with Governor Howard Dean.

Article: "'If anything, this country is center-right': Manchin tells Democratic colleagues they 'can't go too far left' after progressive protesters swarmed his house boat and followed him to the Capitol" by Morgan Phillips.

Article: "Eight GOP candidates who were present at Jan. 6 insurrection won their elections on Tuesday" by David Neiwert.

Article: "AT&T has yet to answer for its support of OAN, and customers have had it" by April Siese.

Bill: "H.R.2474 - Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2019" (PRO Act) by Rep. Scott, Robert C. "Bobby" [D-VA-3].

Article: "Just 34 New York City police officers went on unpaid leave rather than comply with Monday's vaccination deadline " by Craig McCarthy and Tina Moore.

Article: "Baltimore Banner" by Wikipedia.

Article: "A Secretive Hedge Fund Is Gutting Newsrooms" by McKay Coppins.

Article: "The executive who tried to buy The Baltimore Sun plans a rival news outlet." by Marc Tracy.

Article: "Voting in primaries at 17 years old" by Ballotpedia.

Article: "Pelosi tells Democratic leaders she wants House votes on infrastructure bills this week" by Mariam Khan, Libby Cathey.

Article: "Chris Matthews under fire after pressing Warren on Bloomberg allegation" by Kaelan Deese.

Article: "Fairness Doctrine" by Wikipedia.

Law: "Telecommunications Act of 1996" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Biden Supreme Court commission delays final report to December 15" by Arlette Saenz.

Article: "14th Amendment, July 9, 1868 (citizenship, representatives, public debt, Equal Protection Clause)

Article: "Franita Tolson" by USC.

Article: "Constitution of the United States" Article 1 section 4 "The Times, Places and Manner of holding Elections for Senators and Representatives, shall be prescribed in each State by the Legislature thereof; but the Congress may at any time by Law make or alter such Regulations, except as to the Places of chusing Senators."

Article: "15th Amendment", February 3, 1870 "The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude"

Case: "Oregon v. Mitchell" (Congress may only set requirements for voter qualifications in federal elections, but it is prohibited from setting requirements in local and state elections).

Article: "Republicans block John Lewis Voting Rights Act in Senate vote" by Savannah Behrmann.

Article: "Selina Vickers on How West Virginia Democrats Voted for Bernie But Ended Up with Hillary" by Morgan County USA.

Case: "Brown Shoe Co., Inc. v. United States, 370 U.S. 294 (1962)".

Article: "Manchin objects to paid family leave added back into social spending bill" by Veronica Stracqualursi.

Article: "Pelosi defends including paid family leave despite Senator Manchin's objections" by Eric Garcia.

Article: "The Biden administration sets a Jan. 4 vaccination deadline for private sector workers." by Lauren Hirsch.

Article: "Dr. Fauci Just Warned of a Possible Surge" by Alek Korab.

Article: "Transcript: All In with Chris Hayes, 11/3/21".

Article: "United Airlines Terminates 232 Workers For Not Taking Covid Vaccine" by RTTNews.

Article: "Can kids 5-11 get a flu shot and Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine at the same time? Here's what doctors say " by Andrew Keshner.

Article: "First Amendment to the United States Constitution"

Article: "Strategic Defense Initiative"(Star Wars) by Wikipedia.

Article: "Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization (PATCO) - August 1981 strike" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Iron Dome" by Wikipedia.

How the assault on public goods diminishes our democracy
- Donald Cohen Founder/Executive Director - In the Public Interest / Co-author of the forthcoming book: The Privatization of Everything

Article: "What Biden's sweeping social safety plan might include -- and what it likely won't" by Tami Luhby and Katie Lobosco.

Article: "Stuart Butler" by Wikipedia.

Site: Heritage Foundation

Article: "Cato Institute" by Wikipedia.

Article: "The $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill would incentivize privatization" by Jeremy Mohler.

Article: "The War in Afghanistan had one clear winner: US contractors" by Justin Ward.

Article: "Billionaires for Bush" by Wikipedia.

How Do We Avert a Hot Toxic Endgame?
- Osprey Orielle Lake, Founder/Executive Director - Women's Earth and Climate Action Network (WECAN) / Executive Committee-Global Alliance for the Rights of Nature

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

Event: Nov. 11, 12:45 pm: "Panel Averting a Hot, Toxic Endgame: Strategizing & Mobilizing for Climate Justice".

Event: Nov. 12, 12:45 pm: "Panel Nature + Justice + Women's Leadership: A Strategic Trio for Effective Change ".

Article: "60 largest banks in the world have invested $3.8 trillion in fossil fuels since the Paris Agreement" by Catherine Clifford.

Hour Three: The Violent Holy War QAnon is Secretly Plotting
- Dr. Thomas Lecaque, Historian & Associate Professor of History - Grandview University

Article: "Historian: Make no mistake — QAnon cultists are plotting a violent holy war" by Travis Gettys.

Article: "When 'Jesus' Came to Q" by Thomas Lecaque.

Article: "Could Qanon Reign Mean the "End Times" for Democracy?" by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "Surrounded by generals, Trump remarks on "the calm before the storm"" by Peter Symonds.

Bible: "Book of Revelation".

Article: "QAnon Believers Went to Dealey Plaza Expecting Arrival of Deceased JFK Jr." by Bethania Palma.

Article: "Blood libel" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Ellen G. White" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Seventh-day Adventist Church" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Five points for anger, one for a 'like': How Facebook's formula fostered rage and misinformation" by Jeremy B. Merrill and Will Oremus.

Video: QAnon: The Search for Q.

Article: "Louisiana's governor lifts the state's indoor mask mandate except in schools." (except for K-12 schools) by Adeel Hassan.

Article: "Gov. Edwards Lifts Louisiana's Mask Mandate Statewide, Except for K-12 Schools" by John Bel Edwards.

Article: "CDC: 1 in 4 US adults live with a disability" by CDC.

Article: "Disability Impacts All of Us" by CDC.

Article: "Phil Murphy narrowly reelected governor in New Jersey" by Mike Catalini.

Book: "Mein Kampf" by Adolf Hitler.

Article: "Stab-in-the-back myth" by Wikipedia.

Article: "US Senate may vote Friday whether to confirm Rahm Emanuel as ambassador to Japan" by FOX 32 News.

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

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

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