There is an active movement within the United States trying to start a civil war -- and we have two and a half years before the 2024 election to put this country back on track.

Congressman Adam Kinzinger is worried about a second American civil war. "I don't think that's too far of a bridge to recognize," he said earlier this week, adding, "It's going to be armed groups against armed groups, targeted assassination and violence."

There is an active movement within the United States trying to start a civil war. They're armed and serious, having already tried to kidnap and murder the Governor of Michigan and the Vice President of the United States.

Read more at HartmannReport.com.

-Thom

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— Trump Taking Home Documents Should Be An Easy Prosecution!
— Oklahoma is Considering a Database of Pregnant People So They Don't Get an Abortion.
— In Good News - Representative Jayapal Gets a Whopping 120 Cosponsors for Medicare For All Bill.
— In Science News: Scientists are concerned we may be nearing the tipping point where global warming causes oceans and permafrost to start releasing methane at a faster rate than it can be absorbed and metabolized in the environment.
— Geeky Science: Do Scientists Now Know How Long Haul Covid Happens?
— Crazy Alert: The Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster May Be Right: Alien life forms are more likely to look like pasta than like you or me.

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-Thom

Monday's Daily Stack

Article: "How Can America Avoid the Bloodshed & Chaos of Civil War?" by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "Thomas Massie: Republican Congressman condemned over Christmas guns photo days after Michigan school shootings" by Claire Gilbody-Dickerson.

Tweet: "This is what a rigged economy looks like" by Fifty Shades of Whey.

Tweet: "After Rep. Thomas Massie asserted that American citizens must possess weapons powerful enough to overthrow the government should 30-40% agree it's necessary, Tim Pool declared that the 2nd Amendment protects the individual right to own nuclear and biological weapons." by Right Wing Watch.

Book: The Hidden History of Big Brother in America: How the Death of Privacy and the Rise of Surveillance Threaten Us and Our Democracy by Thom Hartmann.

Book: How Civil Wars Start: And How to Stop Them by Barbara F. Walter.

Article: "Kinzinger: "We have to recognize" possibility of a civil war" by Erin Doherty.

Article: "Tristan Harris says 'civil war for profit business model' is harming democracy" by Brian Stelter.

Article: "Trump resurrects election-year conspiracy theory that he lost New Hampshire because busloads of Massachusetts voters came north to illegally support Hillary Clinton – two years after Corey Lewandowski debunked it" by Katelyn Caralle.

Article: "How the Immigration Act of 1965 Changed the Face of America" by History.com.

Article: ", slipped below the 50% of the population mark" by .

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

Article: "Ronald Reagan Inaugural Address", January 20, 1981.

Article: "'The Turner Diaries' a blueprint for Capitol attack" by Dorany Pineda.

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

Law: "Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965".

Video: "Reagan: Government is not the solution to our problem government IS the problem".

Article: "Elections Canada" by Wikipedia.

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: "Oregon" by History.com.

Article: "John Birch Society" by Wikipedia.

Case: "Brown v. Board", 1954.

Book: The Real Anthony Fauci: Bill Gates, Big Pharma, and the Global War on Democracy and Public Health by Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Article: "'Psychopaths in Suits' Are Getting Away With Murder. Why?" by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "Fact check: COVID-19 rules in place for Super Bowl in Los Angeles, despite online claims" by Valerie Pavilonis.

Article: "California's Mask Mandate Set to End on Feb. 15" by Shawn Grant.

Article: "Oregon is poised to become one of the last states to lift mask mandates. Why?" by Aimee Green.

Article: "Eminem makes statement by taking knee during Super Bowl halftime show, NFL says it was 'aware'" by Bryan Alexander.

Article: "Donald Trump's top 10 campaign promises" by Linda Qiu.

Article: "The theory of hybrid warfare as developed by Generals Gerasimov and Primakov" by Giancarlo Elia Valori.

Article: "CIA has secret program that collects data on Americans, two senators say" by AP.

Article: "Timothy McVeigh" by Wikipedia.

Article: "The Turner Diaries" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Los Angeles County to keep mask mandate in place as California rolls back edict " by Evan Simko-Bednarski.

Article: "Publix heiress faces criticism for helping finance 6 January rally" by Gloria Oladipo.

Article: "Whiskey Rebellion" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Shays' Rebellion" by Wikipedia.

Article: "U.S. posts $119 billion budget surplus in January; first in over 2 years" by Reuters.

Article: "NFL Denies Being Defied by Eminem's Colin Kaepernick Gesture: 'We Were Aware'" by Brandon Contes.

Article: "Biden Urged to Cancel Student Debt During Super Bowl at SoFi Stadium" by Jake Johnson.

Tweet: "How does it happen that SoFI, a student loan re-financing company, could spend $625 million to put its name on the LA Rams football stadium when 45 million Americans are drowning in $1.8 trillion in student debt? Today would be a good day for the President to cancel student debt." by Bernie Sanders.

Article: "Watch: Trump Praises 'Tough' and 'Smart' Putin While Attacking Biden as Russia Prepares to Go to War" by David Badash.

Article: "How Student Debt is Sabotaging America" by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "GI Bill of Rights: A Profitable Investment for the United States" by Labor Party.

Article: "Land-grant university" by Wikipedia.

Article: "The Educational Legacy of Ronald Reagan" by Gary K. Clabaugh.

Bill: "H.R.6590 - Senior Citizens Tax Elimination Act" by Rep. Massie, Thomas [R-KY-4].

Article: "How the NRA Rewrote the Second Amendment" by Michael Waldman.

Article: "Trump claims allegations that Clinton operatives tried to infiltrate Trump Tower, White House servers are crimes that 'would have been punishable by death'" by Alia Shoaib.

Article: "Durham probe alleges Clinton campaign spied on Trump" by John Clark.

Article: "Shots fired at Louisville mayor candidate Craig Greenberg so close they grazed his shirt" by Ben Tobin, Krista Johnson, Morgan Watkins.

Article: "1967 Detroit riot" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Detroit in 1967: Looting, Burning and Guerrilla War" by U.S. News.

Article: "What Redistricting Looks Like In Every State - Wisconsin" by FiveThirtyEight.

Article: "In win for Republicans, Wisconsin Supreme Court promises 'least changes' approach to redistricting" by Shawn Johnson.

Article: "Georgia Senate bill would put limits on fundraising by challengers".

Article: "Early voting for the Texas primary election kicks off on Monday. Here's what to know." by Nusaiba Mizan.

Article: "New Texas voting rules causing high number of ballot rejections" by Edward Helmore.

Article: "Kidnapping of Aldo Moro" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Red Brigades" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Thucydides Trap" by Graham Tillett Allison, Jr.

Article: "Black Death" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Renaissance" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Age of Enlightenment" by Wikipedia.

Article: "2nd Amendment". A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed..

Audio: SM Happy Hour Extra with Malcolm Nance 2-10-22.

Article: "Josh Hawley officially selling his Jan 6 fist-pump as a coffee mug" by Gustaf Kilander.

Article: "Trump's Falling Star" by Susan Milligan.

Article: "Pence says "Trump is wrong" that he could have overturned election" by Kathryn Watson.

Article: ""Trump fatigue" is hype: The GOP is still firmly in Donald Trump's grip — and that may haunt them" by Heather Digby Parton.

Article: "Alarm as Trump backs 'big lie' candidates for key election posts in Michigan" by Peter Stone.

Article: "Citizens United V. Federal Election Comm'n: Justice Stevens' dissent".

Article: "Tokyo Rose" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Reliable Sources with Brian Stelter, Feb 13, 2022.

Article: "TikTok" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Just about all eggs will be cage-free soon." by Pakalolo.

Site: Physicians for a National Health Plan (PNHP).

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

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

Article: "'It is serious and intense': white supremacist domestic terror threat looms large in US" by Ed Pilkington.

Law: "Patriot Act", 2001.

Quote: ""We are like tenant farmers, chopping down the fence around our house for fuel, when we should be using nature's inexhaustible sources of energy—sun, wind, and tide." . . .
"I'd put my money on the sun and solar energy. What a source of power! I hope we don't have to wait till oil and coal run out before we tackle that. I wish I had more years left!" - Thomas Edison.

Article: "Ukraine's President Says Wednesday 'Will Be the Day' of Russia's Attack" by Janet H. Cho.

Video: Pentagon: We don't believe Russia has made 'final decision' on invading Ukraine.

Article: "Pfizer's Vaccine for Under 5s on Hold; Study Finds Even Mild COVID Cases Up Risk of Heart Disease" by Democracy Now!

Article: "Boogaloo Boys Aim to Provoke 2nd US Civil War" by Masood Farivar.

Article: "Fact check: False claim that Biden administration is distributing $30M of 'crack pipes'" by Bayliss Wagner.

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