This is a symptom of the much deeper problem: Donald Trump has planted authoritarianism across America and only his humiliation and conviction will pull it out by the roots.

Violent behavior on airplanes has reached such epidemic proportions that the President of Delta Airlines last week asked the Department of Homeland security to allow the airlines to submit passengers who have terrified or otherwise abused flight crews for placement on the government's no-fly list.

This is a symptom of the much deeper problem: Donald Trump has planted authoritarianism across America like some kind of bizarre Johnny Appleseed, and only his humiliation and conviction will pull it out by the roots.

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-Thom

Friday's Daily Stack

Article: "Why Trump Can't Be Ignored & Must Be Held Accountable" by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "Right-wing authoritarianism" by Wikipedia.

Article: "U.S. Conservatives Are Uniquely Inclined Toward Right-Wing Authoritarianism Compared to Western Peers" by Cameron Easley.

Article: "Delta CEO repeats call for a 'no-fly' list for unruly passengers; DOJ responds" by Pete Muntean, Gregory Wallace and Marnie Hunter.

Article: "Michael Cohen On Why Republicans Support Trump: 'We're Stupid'" by Josephine Harvey.

Article: "The Tipping Point: Most Americans No Longer Are Middle Class" by Marilyn Geewax.

Article: "McConnell signaling to GOP he doesn't want 'crazed' candidates: report" by Tom Boggioni.

Article: "The Dead Bodies of Benito Mussolini, His Mistress Claretta Petacci and Other Executed Fascists on Display in Milan, 1945" by .

Article: "Eight Republican senators" by Vintage Everyday.

Article: "Daunte Wright's Family Slams Judge Over Kim Potter's 2-Year Sentence" by Steve Karnowski.

Article: "Mississippi Burning" by FBI.

Article: "Mississippi civil rights workers' murders" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Shelling, Mortar Fire Intensify in Ukraine's Donbas as War Clouds Gather " by Jamie Dettmer.

Article: "Biden administration accuses Russian intelligence of poisoning Navalny, and announces its first sanctions." by David E. Sanger and Steven Erlanger.

Article: "Falklands War" by Wikipedia.

Article: "War in Afghanistan (2001 - 2021)" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Iraq War" by Wikipedia.

Article: "United States invasion of Grenada", 25 October 1983 by Wikipedia.

Article: "War in Donbass" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Ukrainian rebels to evacuate civilians to Russia as tension spike" by Sarakshi Rai.

Article: "Kamala Harris Warns of Consequences of 'Unprovoked Invasion' of Ukraine at Munich Security Conference".

Article: "Harris, Blinken navigate Munich Security Conference as Europe holds its breath" by Cleve R. Wootson Jr. and John Hudson.

Article: "Johnny Appleseed" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Tom Cotton Says Slavery Not About White Supremacy But Was A Necessary Evil. Some Facts." by KeithDB.

Article: "The 1619 Project and the Long Battle Over U.S. History" by Jake Silverstein.

Article: "Sen. Tom Cotton says slavery was 'necessary evil'" by Biba Adams.

Article: "Sen. Mitch McConnell's great-great-grandfathers owned 14 slaves, bringing reparations issue close to home" by Corky Siemaszko.

Article: "Michael Vick" by Wikipedia.

Site: Bureau of Consumer Protection - Federal Trade Commission.

Site: "Consumer Financial Protection Bureau".

Article: "Democrats try to regroup heading into rough November" by Jordain Carney.

Article: "Weather service confirms tornadoes in western Kansas" by AP.

Article: "Douglas County school board controversy: A timeline of what led to the firing of the superintendent" by Jenny Brundin and Alison Borden.

Article: "DougCo Schools to release names of teachers who called out in protest of superintendent's firing" by Blair Miller, Blayke Roznowski.

Article: "Names of Douglas County teachers who rallied against school board members might be publicly released" by Jenny Brundin.

Article: "Douglas County School District will not release teachers' names after public records request for those who protested school board policies" by Jessica Seaman.

Book: Democracy In Chains: The Deep History of the Radical Right's Stealth Plan for America by Nancy MacLean.

Article: "How the Koch Brothers Are Influencing U.S. Colleges" by Dave Levinthal.

Article: "Steve Bannon touts "hyper-locality" focused activism as a means to foment a "populist revolt"" by Media Matters.

Article: "Basic income" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Countries That Have Tried Universal Basic Income 2022" by World Population Review.

Bill: "WA HB2009 Creating the evergreen basic income trust." (Washington).

Site: Mayors for a Guaranteed Income.

Article: "These Washington Billionaires Are Among Richest In U.S.: Forbes" by Charles Woodman.

Article: "Social Security Lifts More Americans Above Poverty Than Any Other Program" by Kathleen Romig.

Site: Vote Smart.

Site: OpenSecrets.org: Money in Politics -- See Who's Giving & Who's Getting.

Site: Latinos for America First.

Article: "'Drug dealers, criminals, rapists': What Trump thinks of Mexicans" by BBC.

Article: "Two Of The Big Three Organizers Of the Right Wing Protests In Ottawa Are Under Arrest. UPDATE." by Merlin196357.

Site: Run for Something.

Article: "Small Plane's Pilot Killed in Interstate Crash-Landing, Truck Collision" by Patricia McKnight.

Article: "Mitch McConnell got asked what the GOP agenda would be if they regain control of Congress in the midterms. His response: Wait and see." by Politico.

Article: "Gorsuch overrules Sotomayor, again demonstrating the Supreme Court has to be expanded to be saved" by Joan McCarter.

Article: "Supreme Court to consider challenge to teacher vaccine mandate in New York City" by Joseph Choi .

Article: "Gorsuch writes scathing dissent after Supreme Court rejects New York vaccine mandate challenge" by Kaelan Deese.

Article: "Anne Gorsuch Burford" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Son of Omicron?" by Josh Marshall.

Article: "Why does the Omicron sub-variant spread faster than the original?" by Ewen Callaway.

Article: "As BA.2 subvariant of Omicron rises, lab studies point to signs of severity" by Brenda Goodman.

Article: "Study Calms Fears of Harsher New Version of Omicron Variant" by Antony Sguazzin.

Article: "Pope Francis urges people to get vaccinated against Covid-19" by Devin Watkins.

Article: "Crimea" by Wikipedia.

Article: "WATCH: Body cam footage shows cop panic when he learns Black woman has a gun permit " by Bob Brigham.

Article: "Killing of Philando Castile" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Killing of Daunte Wright" by Wikipedia.

Site: Great Backyard Bird Count (February 18–21, 2022).

Article: "Bob Altemeyer" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Karen Stenner" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Nixon shock" by Wikipedia.

Article: "1967 Oil Embargo" by Wikipedia.

Bible: "No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon" - Matthew 6:24".

Article: "Coalition Warns Trump and GOP Allies Pose 'Unprecedented' Threat to Democracy" by Jake Johnson.

Article: "RNC Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel says January 6 committee is a 'Democrat-led persecution of ordinary citizens who engaged in legitimate political discourse'" by Bryan Metzger.

Article: "These are the 10 episodes Mueller investigated for obstruction of justice" by Emily Stewart.

Article: "William Barr misled Congress about Mueller's report. He must resign as attorney general." by Mimi Rocah (2019).

Article: "What stochastic terrorism is and why the US may see more of it" by Mihai Andrei.

Article: "Slavs" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Estonia" by Wikipedia.

Article: "The Canadian House of Commons Question Period " by Susan Munroe.

Article: "A viral video of birds falling from the sky sparked countless theories. But there's a likely answer." by María Luisa Paúl.

Article: "Biden touts $1 billion in funding for Great Lakes restoration, during trip to Ohio" by John Wagner.

Article: "Biden Administration Announces $1.15 Billion to Plug Abandoned Oil and Gas Wells" by Olivia Rosane.

Article: "The Love Canal Tragedy" by Eckardt C. Beck.

Article: "Henry A. Wallace" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Wallace Defines 'American Fascism'" by Henry A. Wallace.

Article: "The Ghost of Vice President Wallace Warns: "It Can Happen Here"" by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "Did LBJ Advocate: 'Convince the Lowest White Man He's Better Than the Best Colored Man'?" by David Emery.

Article: "Shays' Rebellion" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Jennifer H. Rearden" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Biden Re-Nominates Trump Pick and GOP Donor Jennifer Rearden as a Federal Judge" by Donald Shaw.

Article: "Leonard Leo" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Federalist Society's Leonard Leo is helping Trump make courts more conservative" by Robert O'Harrow Jr. and Shawn Boburg.

Article: "Federalist society" by Wikipedia.

Article: "DeSantis introduces 'Stop WOKE Act' to ban critical race theory from schools, workplaces" by Callie Patteson.

Article: "Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin demonstrates how Republicanism works in one awful stroke" by Mark Sumner.

Article: "Satanists want statue next to 10 Commandments" by Daniel Burke.

Article: "Cop on Train Shooting: I Mistook Gun for Taser" by CBS/AP (Oscar Grant).

Article: "Shooting of Oscar Grant" by Wikipedia.

Film: "Fruitvale Station" (Shooting of Oscar Grant).

Article: "Ex-U.S. Ambassador to USSR: Ukraine Crisis Stems Directly from Post-Cold War Push to Expand NATO" by Democracy Now!

Article: "Cuban missile crisis" (1962) by Wikipedia.

Article: "7 Facts about Ukraine" by Greg Palast.

Article: "International sanctions during the Venezuelan crisis" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Blockade of Yemen" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Exercise can help older adults retain their memories" by University of Pittsburgh.

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

I'll be debating Julio Rivera, Editorial Director - Reactionary Times / Contributor - Newsmax, American Thinker & Townhall.com. What's Wrong With a "No Fly" List For Dangerous Passengers?

Plus, How Do We Stop a Trump Race War? I'll be asking Rep. Joe Walsh Host, "White Flag w/Joe Walsh" (on Apple podcasts) / Former U.S. Congressman (R-IL, 8th District) & former Presidential Candidate / Author, "F*ck Silence: Calling Trump Out for the Cultish, Moronic, Authoritarian Con Man He Is", Former Republican, now an Independent.

And, Trump...circling the legal drain yet? David Cay Johnston, Investigative Journalist & Co-founder of DCReport.org / Pulitzer Prize Recipient (2001) / Distinguished Visiting Lecturer-College of Law and Whitman School of Management, Syracuse University / Author of 8 books including his latest, The Big Cheat: How Donald Trump Fleeced America and Enriched Himself and His Family

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