"The bravest are surely those who have the clearest vision of what is before them, glory and danger alike, and yet nonetheless go out to meet it" – Thucydides.

I write today to praise bravery. Your bravery for subscribing to, reading, and sharing this newsletter. For not looking away.

Thucydides, who had one of the clearest eyes in history about the dangers faced by democracies, said, "The bravest are surely those who have the clearest vision of what is before them, glory and danger alike, and yet nonetheless go out to meet it."

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Friday's Daily Stack

Hour One: Progressive Town Hall
- Representative Ro Khanna (D-CA, 17th District)

Article: "Arizona Students Launch Hunger Strike to Pass Voting Rights Bill" by David Moore.

Article: "Why the Biden Presidency Feels Like Such a Disappointment" by Corey Robin.

Article: "What's in the House-passed Build Back Better bill? Paid leave, universal pre-K and more" by Joey Garrison and Ledyard King.

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

Article: "Ukraine" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Putin and Biden end high-stakes call as US poised to send fighter jets to Russian border" by Katie Harris.

Article: "The biggest threat to Medicare you've never even heard of" by Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.) and Susan Rogers, M.D.

Article: "Direct Contracting Model: Professional and Global Options Medicaid Managed Care Organization (MCO)-based Direct Contracting Entity (DCE) Fact Sheet" by CMS.

Article: "State single payer waiver provisions in the Senate healthcare bill – legislative language and fact sheet from Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders" by PNHP.

Article: "James Carville: I Have "A PhD In White-Trashology" But Boebert And Taylor Greene Could Be The Subject Of A Dissertation" by Tim Hains.

Article: "Second Amendment to the United States Constitution" by Wikipedia.

Article: "First Amendment to the United States Constitution" .

Article: "Michigan school shooting suspect's parents charged with involuntary manslaughter" by Tim Stelloh and Minyvonne Burke.

Article: "1953 Iranian coup d'état" by Wikipedia.

Article: "1954 Guatemalan coup d'état" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Roll Call 293: H. R. 4350: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022".

Article: "Immigration protections in Build Back Better bill bring hope to DACA recipients" by Carmen Valencia.

Article: "Dreamers Are Essential To America. Let Them Become Citizens" by Richard Barth.

Article: "House Dems call on Senate to add pathway to citizenship in $2T bill " by Mark Moore.

Article: "The American Rescue Plan: What It Means for People with Disabilities" by Philip Pauli.

Article: "Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Yemen crisis: Why is there a war?" by BBC.

Article: "US to stop air refueling of Saudi-led coalition in Yemen" by Ryan Browne and Barbara Starr.

Article: "US Senate votes down resolution to block $650 million in missile sales to Saudi Arabia" by WION.

Article: "Trump vetoes Yemen War Powers Resolution, his 2nd veto since taking office" by CNN.

Article: "Does Medicare Cover Naturopathic Doctors?" by Medicare.org.

Article: "Supplemental Security Income (SSI) " by Wikipedia.

Article: "Rep. Bowman and Sens. Brown, Sanders, and Warren Lead Colleagues in Calling for Desperately-Needed Expansions and Improvements to SSI Program" by Rep. Jamaal Bowman.

Bill: "H.R.3824 - Supplemental Security Income Restoration Act of 2021" by Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-3].

Article: "Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) & Medicare coverage" by healthcare.gov.

Article: "Social Security Disability Insurance" (SSDI) by Wikipedia.

Article: "Thomas Massie: US congressman condemned for Christmas guns photo" by BBC.

Image: "Pic Of The Moment: Rep. Lauren Boebert's Compassionate Christmas Message To Those Who Lost Loved Ones In School Shootings This Year" by EarlG.

Article: "In Praise Of Progressive Bravery & Not Looking Away" by Thom Hartmann.

Book: "They Thought They Were Free" by Milton Meyer.

Article: "Former Trump aide responds to Jan. 6 subpoena by threatening to 'disband' House committee " by John Wright.

Article: "Augusto Pinochet" (Chile) by Wikipedia.

Article: "Recep Tayyip Erdoğan" (Turkey) by Wikipedia.

Article: "Rodrigo Duterte" (Philippines) by Wikipedia.

Article: "Narendra Modi" (India) by Wikipedia.

Article: "Viktor Orbán" (Hungary) by Wikipedia.

Article: "Vladimir Putin" (Russia) by Wikipedia.

Article: "Sotomayor unloads on the Supreme Court for betraying the Constitution in scathing response to Texas 'madness' " by .

Article: "Despite Trump Abuses, 208 House Republicans Vote Against Bill to Ensure 'No President Is Above the Law'" by Brett Wilkins.

Article: "Starbucks workers at a Buffalo store unionize in a big symbolic win for labor." by Noam Scheiber.

Article: "Contempt of Congress" (inherent contempt, criminal contempt, civil contempt) by Wikipedia.

Article: "Steve Bannon charged with contempt of Congress" by bbc.

Article: "Rep Lieu Reintroduces Legislation To Strengthen Congress' Inherent Contempt Power" by Ted Lieu.

Twitter: "Rep. Ted Lieu".

Article: "Merrick Garland" by Wikipedia.

Article: "These 14 Republicans Defy Trump, Vote to Break Filibuster for Dems to Raise Debt Ceiling" by Jason Lemon.

Article: "After Senate Proves 'Exceptions to Filibuster ARE Possible,' Progressives Say: Now Do All the Good Stuff" by Kenny Stancil.

Article: "Special counsel" (Special prosecutor) by Wikipedia.

Article: "Julian Assange can be extradited to the US, court rules" by Becky Morton.

Site: Democracy Watch News.

Article: "Reuters NEXT · Virtual Global Conference: December 1-3, 2021".

Article: "Biden sounds alarm at virtual summit about global democracy" by AP.

Article: "Journalists Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov receive Nobel peace prize" by Rebecca Ratcliffe.

Article: "Reporters Without Borders" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Nobel Peace Prize ceremony: Maria Ressa and Dmitri Muratov represent a profession with at least 1,636 members killed in 20 years (46 this year alone)" by RSF.

Article: "Committee to Protect Journalists" (CPJ) by Wikipedia.

Article: "US Summit for Democracy must address threats to press freedom" by CPJ.

Article: "Judge rules Seattle media companies must hand over unpublished protest images to police " by Mike Reicher.

Article: "Reporters Without Borders: U.S. ranks 44th on World Press Freedom Index" by NBC News.

Article: "Boehlert: Biden is getting even more negative coverage than Trump" by CNN.

Site: "PressRun.media".

Article: "Outcry after Republicans vote to dismantle independent ethics body" by Julian Borger.

Article: "The Coronavirus Attacks Fat Tissue, Scientists Find" by Roni Caryn Rabin.

Article: "How Staying Physically Active May Protect the Aging Brain" by Gretchen Reynolds.

Movie: "It's A Wonderful Life".

Book: Reel to Real: The Video Store Murders by Joyce Nance.

Book: Escaping the Arroyo by Joyce Nance.

Book: The Crime Gene by Joyce Nance.

Book: "The Fourth Turning" by William Strauss, Neil Howe.

Article: "Sandoval County redistricting efforts fall short " by Laura M. Montoya.

Article: "Blocked for now, Biden's vaccine-or-test rule for workers faces uncertain future" by Andrea Hsu.

Article: "OSHA's General Duty Clause" by CDC.

Article: "With "Midnight" Executive Order, Meatpacking Slaughterhouses Become Trump's Forced-Labor Camps of Human Sacrifice" by Mark Karlin.

Article: "Vaccines Do Not Cause Erectile Dysfunction and Male Infertility – But COVID-19 Could" by Ranjith Ramasamy.

Article: "Raskin: Those Defying January 6 Committee Subpoenas Could 'Be Jailed'" by Pam Key.

Article: "Flee or starve: How climate change is impacting Guatemala: Reporter's notebook" by Juju Chang.

Article: "John Negroponte" by Wikipedia.

Article: "El Salvador" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Honduras" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Report: Biden Forced to Reinstate Trump 'Remain in Mexico' Asylum Policy " by Reuters.

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