The GOP does have a vision for America and beyond, as does the media aligned with them -- If you want to see that vision, look no further than the Eastern European nation of Hungary.

The GOP has a vision for America and the rest of the "liberal" world.

Yes, in 2020 they abandoned altogether even the idea of having a Party platform, and appear about to do the same for 2024, but they do have a vision.

Read more at HartmannReport.com.

-Thom

Or will we avoid the horrors of Americans killing each other in another futile effort to protect wealth gained by evil and destructive business practices, this time in service of fossil fuels?

Read more at HartmannReport.com.

-Thom

Tuesday's Daily Stack

Article: "Can't You See that the Overthrow of the Entire Planet's "Liberal Order" is their Goal?" by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "Trump adviser: Orbán aims to 'make Hungary great again' " by Christian Keszthelyi.

Article: "Immigration threatens Christianity" by Catholic News Agency.

Article: "Pro-Orban media moguls who destroyed Hungary's media now targeting European outlets" by Alison Mutler.

Article: "The GOP's Shameless Plot Against Democracy" by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "The Gruevski affair and how Viktor Orbán turned Hungary into a criminal state" by Christopher Adam.

Article: "Viktor Orbán and women in politics" by Hungarian Spectrum.

Article: "Orbán's dirty little trick: Conflating pedophilia with homosexuality" by Hungarian Spectrum.

Article: "What is behind Viktor Orbán's climate change doublethink?" by Fábián Tamás.

Article: "Resolution Regarding The Republican Party Platform" by Republican National Committee.

Tweet: "Trump wants to do here what Orban has done in Hungary: weaken democratic institutions, curb press freedom, and rewrite election laws to entrench his own party's power. The threat to our democracy could not be clearer, and we must act boldly to protect it. [link]" by Bernie Sanders .

Article: "Orbán's Next Victim: the Hungarian Science Academy" by Edit Zgut.

Book: "Fascism: A Warning" by Madeleine Albright.

Article: "Must-see video: Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orbán on Tucker" by Andrea Widburg.

Article: "Hungary's Orbán: Christian Persecution Is 'Organized Attack on an Entire Culture'" by Thomas D. Williams.

Article: "Trump placed hold on military aid to Ukraine well before he called its president" by Mark Sumner .

Article: "EU Parliament votes to trigger Article 7 sanctions procedure against Hungary" by Rebecca Staudenmaier.

Article: "The Great Wall of Europe: Hungary splits continent in two with huge fence to stop migrants" by Nick Gutteridge.

Article: "Connecting Fox News' Tucker Carlson, Hungary — and Trump" by Casey Michel.

Article: "How Viktor Orban Bends Hungarian Society to His Will" by Patrick Kingsley.

Article: "Hungary's Judges Warn of Threats to Judicial Independence" by Benjamin Novak and Patrick Kingsley.

Article: "Orban and His Allies Cement Control of Hungary's News Media" by Patrick Kingsley.

Article: "The Roma people's Hungarian hell" by Barbora Černušáková.

Article: "Govt to detain migrants in container camps" by Pulse.

Article: "Parliament approves detention of all asylum-seekers" by Pulse.

Article: "Tens of thousands join rally for Hungary's Orban before April vote" by Krisztina Than.

Article: "Hungary's anti-Soros posters recall 'Europe's darkest hours': Soros' spokesman" by Krisztina Than.

Article: "Who Is Viktor Orban, Really?" by Rod Dreher.

Article: "'The Most Dangerous Man in the European Union'" by Paul Lendvai.

Article: "Viktor Orbán's War On Intellect" by Franklin Foer.

Article: "Heather Heyer, victim of Charlottesville car attack, was civil rights activist" by Maev Kennedy.

Article: "'A useful punching bag': why Hungary's Viktor Orbán has turned on George Soros" by Shaun Walker.

Article: "'We won't keep quiet again': the women taking on Viktor Orbán" by Shaun Walker.

Article: "Orbán deploys Christianity with a twist to tighten grip in Hungary" by Shaun Walker.

Article: "Hungary passes law banning LGBT content in schools or kids' TV" by Jennifer Rankin.

Article: "Could a New Far-Right Party Grouping Take Europe by Storm?" by Mihailo S. Zekic.

Article: "The American right's favorite strongman" by Zach Beauchamp.

Article: "'He's a tough man': Trump shrugs off concerns about Hungary's hard-right leader during White House visit" by Anne Gearan.

Article: "Trump offers unusual endorsement of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban ahead of parliamentary elections" by John Wagner.

Article: "Joe Manchin says he has had no talks about resurrecting Biden's Build Back Better plan " by Jacob Pramuk.

Tweet: "CPAC is going to Budapest. Mike Pence was just in Budapest talking about his hopes for the Supreme Court outlawing abortion. Tucker Carlson embraced Orban and his anti Semitic fascist state on Fox prime time. Why are they all going to Hungary? What magnetic force is drawing" by Steve Schmidt.

Article: "Calling Trump 'Just a Warm-Up Act,' Professor Warns of Democratic Collapse in US" by Jake Johnson.

Article: "The American polity is cracked, and might collapse. Canada must prepare" by Thomas Homer-Dixon.

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

Bill: "S.2747 - Freedom to Vote Act" by Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN].

Bill: "S.4263 - John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act" by Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT].

Article: "George Washington and the First Mass Military Inoculation" by Amy Lynn Filsinger & Raymond Dwek.

Case: "Jacobson v Massachusetts" (1905, the authority of states to enforce compulsory vaccination laws).

Article: "Media Watchdogs Warn Networks Against Uncritical Airing of 'Big Lie' Trump Event" by Jessica Corbett.

Tweet: "My suggestions.
* No build up, no count down, no empty podium awaiting his arrival
* Don't carry it live; disinformation risk too high
* After it's over, sift for any genuine news and report it
* Do not amplify familiar lies and distortions; they've all been fact checked already" by Jay Rosen.

Article: "Fairness Doctrine" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Did Ronald Reagan Pave the Way for Fox News?" (Fairness Doctrine) by Dan MacGuill.

Law: "Telecommunications Act of 1996" by Wikipedia.

Article: "2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike" by Wikipedia.

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

Article: "6 in 10 Americans say U.S. democracy is in crisis as the 'Big Lie' takes root" by Joel Rose, Liz Baker.

Video: Willie Horton 1988 Attack Ad.

Article: "Convention to propose amendments to the United States Constitution" (Article V Convention) by Wikipedia.

Video: How the Koch Network Hijacked Covid and the Constitution (w/ Lisa Graves).

Article: "William Bennett" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Douglas Coe" by Wikipedia.

Video: Are Far Right Christians Taking Over The Military? (w/ Mikey Weinstein).

Video: Frank Zappa American Fascism.

Article: "Delano grape strike" by Wikipedia.

Article: "2021 Kellogg's strike" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Quarterback Aaron Rodgers Brags He Has Ayn Rand's 'Atlas Shrugged' On His Bookshelf" by Ed Scarce.

Book: "Atlas Shrugged" by Ayn Rand.

Article: "Paul Ryan and Ayn Rand" by Rachel Weiner.

Quote: "The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness." - John Kenneth Galbraith.

Article: "Bob Dole" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Major Corporations Have 'Broken Promises and Funded Seditionists' Since Jan. 6, Reports Reveal" by Jessica Corbett.

Article: "Seven major corporations pledge not to support GOP objectors in 2022" by Judd Legum, Rebecca Crosby, Tesnim Zekeria.

Article: "The Front Line COVID-19 Critical Care Alliance (FLCCC)" by Wikipedia.

Article: "In 2018, Why Did 8-Republican U.S. Senators Spend July 4th In Moscow?" by Jake Thomas.

Documentary: The Brainwashing Of My Dad by Jen Senko.

Book: The Brainwashing of My Dad by Jen Senko.

Video: Conversations w/Great Minds! The Brainwashing Of My Dad Part 1 (w/ Jen Senko).

Video: Conversations w/Great Minds! The Brainwashing Of My Dad Part 2 (w/ Jen Senko).

Article: "Attorney General Merrick Garland plans speech for 6 January investigation" by Matt Zapotosky.

Article: "Will America Be Torn Apart Again By Wealthy White Men?" by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "First Alabama Cavalry, USA"

Article: "Christopher Sheats" by Joseph W. Danielson.

Article: "Incident at Looney's Tavern" by Ian McDowell.

Article: "Advancine Principled Public Policy" by Koch Seminar Network.

Article: "How Kansas' Koch Industries helped fuel the U.S. Capitol insurrection" by Marcela Mulholland.

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

Book: Rich Man's War: Class, Caste, and Confederate Defeat in the Lower Chattahoochee Valley by David Williams.

Article: "How The Koch Network Hijacked The War On COVID" by Walker Bragman, Alex Kotch.

Article: "How The Koch Network Hijacked The War On Covid" by Walker Bragman, Alex Kotch.

Article: "Trump Weakens Major Conservation Law to Speed Construction Permits" by Lisa Friedman.

Article: "Trump Secretly Mocks His Christian Supporters" by McKay Coppins.

Article: "Trump's EPA just replaced Obama's signature climate policy with a much weaker rule" by Umair Irfan.

Article: "Trump makes it official: U.S. will withdraw from the Paris climate accord" by Brady Dennis.

Article: "To round out a year of rollbacks, the Trump administration just repealed key regulations on fracking" by Chris Mooney.

Book: Rich Man's War: Class, Caste, and Confederate Defeat in the Lower Chattahoochee Valley by David Williams.

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

Article: "'I thought it was a joke': Melania Trump selling off her stuff causes questions about her cash needs" by Sarah K. Burris.

Article: "Steve Bannon pleads not guilty to fraud after arrest on luxury yacht" by Victoria Bekiempis.

Article: "Nikki Haley" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Kristi Noem" by Wikipedia.

Article: "It Can't Happen Here" by Sinclair Lewis.

Article: "Did Ayn Rand Receive Social Security Benefits?" by David Emery.

Article: "Seven deadly sins" by Wikipedia.

Article: "John Maynard Keynes predicts economic chaos" by History.com.

Article: "Hungary begins building second portion of its border wall" by Chris Perez.

Book: Mortal Republic: How Rome Fell into Tyranny by Edward J. Watts.

Book: The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity by David Graeber, David Wengrow.

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