Science doesn't lie - A true sh*tstorm is on its way, and it's going to hit red-county Trump voters like the climate change hurricanes just hit Kentucky. Omicron is on its way, and it loves to infect people who've been previously infected with other variants of Covid, the unvaccinated, and even people who think they're fully vaccinated (but not boosted).

While all of us can get infected with Omicron, how sick you get from that infection is very different, depending on which category you belong to.

Read more at HartmannReport.com.

-Thom

Friday's Daily Stack

Article: "The Deadly Omicron News for Trump-Humpers Laid Bare" by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "Coronavirus (COVID-19) in the UK" by GOV.UK.

Article: "COVID-19 Integrated County View" by CDC.

Article: "Unvaccinated America, In 5 Charts" by Elena Mejía.

Article: "Poll: As Omicron looms, a growing number of Trump voters oppose even 'encouraging' vaccination" by Andrew Romano.

Article: "COVID-19 and chronic fatigue syndrome: Is the worst yet to come?" by Peter Wostyn.

Tweet: "The difference in death rates from COVID between Republicans and Democrats is becoming even more striking. [graph]" by Michael Olesen.

Article: "COVID-19 connected to dementia-like disability, multiple studies find" by Alicia Lasek.

Article: "The Epidemic of COVID-19-Related Erectile Dysfunction: A Scoping Review and Health Care Perspective" by Tung-Chin Hsieh, Natalie C. Edwards, Samir K. Bhattacharyya, Krista D. Nitschelm and Arthur L. Burnett.

Article: "A Third of COVID Survivors Have Long-Haul Symptoms" by Dennis Thompson.

Article: "UK records 88,376 Covid cases in a single day - highest ever total " by Tom Williams.

Video: Will Omicron Overwhelm U.S.? (w/ Dr. Eric Feigl-Ding).

Twitter: "Eric Feigl-Ding" by .

Article: "'Unprecedented political interference': Bombshell House report finds Trump Admin 'undermined' COVID response" by David Badash.

Article: "Christopher A. Wray" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Roger Stone" by Wikipedia.

Article: "House passes $768B defense bill, super-sizing Biden's Pentagon plans" by Connor O'Brien.

Article: "U.S. News & World Report ranks University of Florida fifth among top public universities in its 2022 Best Colleges rankings " by UF.

Article: "University of Florida Reverses Expert Testimony Ban" by Charles Kim.

Article: "Accreditation authority notifies UF of plans to dig deeper into academic freedom concerns" by Danielle Ivanov.

Article: "Texts reflect UF trustee chairman's relationship with DeSantis amid pandemic decisions" by Corbin Bolies.

Article: "Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis wanted $100k donations from University of Florida trustees or they'd lose their appointments, Democratic Florida commissioner alleges" by Jake Lahut.

Site: "The Righting".

Article: "Stop Wearing Masks to Protect Others" by Sean Ross Callaghan .

Article: "The Morning Briefing: Thought Experiment—Imprison the Mask/Vax Mandate Nazis" by Stephen Kruiser.

Article: "Biden's Vaccine Mandate Triggers a Winter of Lockdowns" by Daniel Greenfield.

Article: "Bill Gates Admits that Coronavirus Vaccines "Only Slightly" Reduce Transmission" by Richard Moorhead.

Article: "China reporting no COVID-19 deaths since January" by Eric Utter.

Article: "Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections" by Wikipedia.

Article: "John Adams Explains Why People Without Property Should Not Be Able to Vote".

Article: "Powell Memo".

Article: "Smedley Butler" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Business Plot" (1933, Smedley Butler) by Wikipedia.

Article: "Cambridge Analytica" by Wikipedia.

Tweet: "MUST WATCH: Project Alamo uses Cambridge Analytica data for Trump: "Without Facebook, we wouldn't have won." [link]" by Amee Vanderpool.

Article: "Tim Ryan" (D-OH) by Wikipedia.

Book: The Pathology of Normalcy by Erich Fromm.

Article: "Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs" by Saul McLeod.

Book: Thom Hartmann's Complete Guide to ADHD by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "Are We Doomed?" by George Parker.

Article: "Bannon Recruits QAnon Supporters As GOP Precinct Chairs" by Isaac Arnsdorf.

Site: Indivisible.

Site: Progressive Democrats of America.

Site: Our Revolution.

Site: MoveOn.org.

Site: Daily Kos.

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

Article: "White House: Biden wants bill passed 'as soon as Congress returns'" by Morgan Chalfant.

Article: "White House: Parliamentarian rejecting immigration offer 'deeply disappointing'" by Alex Gangitano.

Article: "Democrats pivot to voting rights as Build Back Better stalls in Senate" by Juliegrace Brufke.

Article: "Sinema pops Democrats' filibuster trial balloon on voting rights" by Burgess Everett.

Article: "Biden Nominates Two New Postal Service Board Members" by Madeleine Ngo.

Article: "Board of Governors of the United States Postal Service" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Protesting voting rights activists arrested as Biden meets with Manchin" by Lauren Burke.

Article: "Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC)" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Section 230" by Wikipedia.

Article: "ByteDance" (TikTok owner) by Wikipedia.

Site: Free Speech TV.

Article: "Adam Kinzinger" by Wikipedia.

Article: "The Lincoln Project" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Will California Get Its Shot at Single-Payer Health Care?" by Mark Kreidler.

Bill: "H.R.3775 - State-Based Universal Health Care Act of 2021" by Rep. Khanna, Ro [D-CA-17].

Article: "Electoral Count Act of 1887" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Release: Markey, Khanna Introduce the "Investing in Cures Before Missiles (ICBM) Act" by RO Khanna.

Article: "Over half of Pentagon spending since FY2001 went to the private sector" by Stephen Semler.

Article: "Edward Snowden" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Hyman Minsky" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Salaries and Benefits of US Congress Members" by ThoughtCo.

Article: "The Outlook for the Social Security Cap" by Amy Fontinelle.

Article: "Susan McDougal Goes to Jail For Not Testifying on Clinton" by Stephen Labaton.

Article: "Supreme Court: Changing number of justices not a new idea" by Bob D'Angelo.

Article: "COVID-19 pandemic death rates by country" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Patriot Day" by Wikipedia.

Law: "Telecommunications Act of 1996" by Wikipedia.

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

Article: "Biden Supreme Court commission votes to send president report taking 'no position' on court-packing" by Jon Brown.

Article: "What Happened With Merrick Garland In 2016 And Why It Matters Now" by Ron Elving.

Article: "Trump's business career is more connected to Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy than we ever knew" by Grace Panetta.

Article: "Mitch McConnell Announces The Senate Will Hold A Vote To Replace RBG" by Jacob Palmieri.

Article: "Memorandum: Proposals to Divest the Supreme Court of Appellate Jurisdiction: An Analysis in Light of Recent Developments" by John Roberts.

Video: "Kim Potter testifies in her trial for the death of Daunte Wright".

Article: "Killing of Daunte Wright" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Murder of Botham Jean" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Death of Sandra Bland", 2015 by Wikipedia.

Article: "Shooting of Tamir Rice" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Travis McMichael testifies he misspoke to police after killing Ahmaud Arbery" by Jonathan Allen and Rich McKay.

Article: "Kyle Rittenhouse sobs on witness stand and defence calls for mistrial during chaotic day of testimony" by Alex Woodward.

Article: "Killing of George Floyd" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Native American disease and epidemics" by Wikipedia.

Article: "How smallpox devastated the Aztecs – and helped Spain conquer an American civilization 500 years ago" by Richard Gunderman.

Article: "Congressional Progressive Caucus" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Turning Point USA" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Neoliberalism" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Mont Pelerin Society" by Wikipedia.

Law: "Voting Rights Act of 1965".

Article: "Shelby County v. Holder" by Wikipedia.

Site: New Sunlight's Way, Inc.

Article: "Terri Schiavo case" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Death of Ashley Babbitt" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Military budget of the United States" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Military budget of China" by Wikipedia.

Article: "China sends 'alarming' threat with hypersonic missile test over South Pole – US blindsided" by Jon King.

Article: "Compulsive Liar Rand Paul Denies Opposing Disaster Relief For Any States..... Ever" by 634-5789.

Book: "The Spirit Level: Why Greater Equality Makes Societies Stronger" by Richard Wilkinson, Kate Pickett.

Book: The Inner Level: How More Equal Societies Reduce Stress, Restore Sanity, and Improve Everyone's Well-Being by Richard Wilkinson, Kate Pickett.

Article: "Why Inequality Matters" by My Fair London in association with The Equality Trust.

Site: "The Equality Trust".

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