And here we are. This is one of those hinge points in history, a moment people remember other events in the context of "before" and "after" that moment.

Cities across Ukraine are under siege as you read these words. Families gathering their most precious goods, trying to calm their terrified children, desperate to flee but unsure where to go.

Americans have no memory of what it's like to have their own towns shelled, to have their homes blown apart, to see family members die and bodies in the streets as brutal men in uniform spread terror, death and destruction.

The last time an American city was under bombardment from a foreign power was the War of 1812.

Read more at HartmannReport.com.

-Thom

Thursday's Daily Stack

Tweet: "Ukraine's Interior Ministry confirms that Kyiv is under attack from cruise and ballistic missiles. My God." by Kevin Rothrock.

Tweet: "The prayers of the world are with the people of Ukraine tonight as they suffer an unprovoked and unjustified attack by Russian military forces. President Putin has chosen a premeditated war that will bring a catastrophic loss of life and human suffering." by President Biden.

Article: "Putin's invasion of Ukraine, explained" by Jen Kirby and Jonathan Guyer.

Article: "Taiwan warns Chinese aircraft in its air defence zone" by Reuters.

Article: "Putin threatens West with 'consequences greater than any you have faced in history' if it intervenes in his invasion of Ukraine" by Mia Jankowicz.

Article: "Full text of Vladimir Putin's speech announcing 'special military operation' in Ukraine".

Video: United Nations Security Council holds emergency meeting – watch live.

Article: "Ukraine official questions why Russia is even part of UN security council" by Sarakshi Rai.

Book: Markings by Dag Hammarskjold.

Article: "A War Against One is a War Against All" by Thom Hartmann.

Article: ""Indian Killer" Andrew Jackson".

Article: "How Joseph Stalin Starved Millions in the Ukrainian Famine" by Patrick J. Kiger.

Article: "British troops set fire to the White House" by History.com.

Article: "Tulsa Race Massacre" by History.com.

Tweet: "Russia Named World's Most Unequal Economy..." by Gary Rappard.

Article: "Russia Named World's Most Unequal Economy" by Moscow Times.

Article: "What Are The Major Natural Resources Of Ukraine?" by WorldAtlas.

Tweet: "Putin can't go on TV & tell the Russian people that he's declaring war on Ukraine to protect wealth concentration of oligarchs, & offset Russia's economic stagnation by confiscating Ukraine's wealth. Instead, Putin claims that war on Ukraine restores Russia historical boundaries" by Gary Rappard.

Book: "The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany" by William L. Shirer.

Video: George Carlin - It's a big club and you ain't in it.

Article: "Ukraine crisis exposes Putin's 'isolated, paranoid' world" by Stuart Williams and Valerie Leroux.

Article: "Nuclear weapons and Ukraine" by Wikipedia.

Article: "New START (Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty) " by Wikipedia.

Article: "The Lost People" by Thom Hartmann.

Book: Book of the Hopi by Frank Waters.

Book: My Russia by Peter Ustinov.

Article: "Biden "I Did That!" Stickers Are Showing Up on Gas Pumps Nationwide" by Jennifer Farrington.

Article: "Russian state media is using Tucker Carlson, Mike Pompeo to bolster Putin's moves in Ukraine" by Catherine Garcia.

Article: "Trump reacts to Ukraine invasion by denouncing the 'rigged election'" by David Badash.

Article: "Trump's praise for Putin will look 'atrocious' when tens of thousands die: former ambassador " by John Wright.

Article: "In a historic moment, the West cannot look away from Ukraine" by Thomas Graham, Jr.

Site: "The Righting".

Article: "Biden Presidency Has Made the U.S. Look Weaker to Putin" by Kyle Smith.

Article: "With a Weakling in the Oval Office, Putin Does What He Wants" by Stephen Kruiser.

Article: "Biden Is Making It Easier for Putin to Act with Aggression" by Victor Davis Hanson.

Article: "Biden's Failures on Energy and Foreign Policy Gave Putin the Tools to Invade" by Kristi Noem.

Article: "It's No Surprise That Putin Invaded During Obama's and Biden's Presidencies Instead of Trump's" by Jack Hellner.

Article: "Ukraine Has The Absolute Right To Be Free, But Biden Has Failed Them" by Justin O. Smith.

Article: "Trudeau's Canadian Fascism Is a Bigger Threat to America Than Putin" by Kurt Schlichter.

Article: "NBC Brings on Obama's Russia Ambassador to Praise Biden on Ukraine" by Kyle Drennen.

Article: "Obama's Doctor Demands Biden Take Cognitive Exam as Russia Starts War" by Daily Wire News.

Article: "5 Presidents Who Raised Taxes the Most, and 5 Who Lowered Them" by Andrew Lisa.

Article: "This is who they are: Republicans hurry to support Russian dictator and sneer at America" by Mark Sumner.

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: "Thousands join anti-war protests in Russia after Ukraine invasion" by Pjotr Sauer and Andrew Roth.

Article: "Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT)" by Wikipedia.

Article: "International Air Transport Association (IATA)" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Ukraine invasion: How a digital cold war with Russia threatens the IT industry" by Jason Perlow.

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

Article: "Trump Sold a $40 Million Estate to a Russian Oligarch for $100 Million—and a Democratic Senator Wants to Know Why" by Tom Porter.

Article: "Biden unveils new sanctions on Russia for "premeditated attack" on Ukraine" by Kathryn Watson, Melissa Quinn.

Article: "President Biden Remarks on Russian Invasion of Ukraine, February 24, 2022".

Article: "Transcript: President Biden addresses Russia's 'brutal assault' on Ukraine, further sanctions on Russia" by Marina Pitofsky.

Article: "Ukraine crisis: commodities prices surge as stock markets slump" by Phillip Inman, Rob Davies and Julia Kollewe.

Article: "Vladimir Putin appears to threaten nuclear attack against West in chilling TV address" by Adam May.

Article: "Afghanistan" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Russian Company Bankrolling Troubled Kentucky Aluminum Plant Suspends Investments" by Josh James.

Video: The Putin Files: Masha Gessen.

Article: "Trump was planning to withdraw US from Nato and ditch South Korea alliance, according to new book" by Helen Elfer.

Event: March 8 @ 5pm (PT)" Powell's Books webinar: 'The Hidden History of Big Brother in America'".

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: "They Thought They Were Free" by Milton Mayer. "First they came for the ... What happened here was the gradual habituation of the people, little by little, to being governed by surprise..."

Speech: "Farewell Address", by Dwight David Eisenhower, January 17, 1961 (transcript). "Until the latest of our world conflicts, the United States had no armaments industry. American makers of plowshares could, with time and as required, make swords as well. But now we can no longer risk emergency improvisation of national defense; we have been compelled to create a permanent armaments industry of vast proportions."

Article: "Did Hillary Clinton Give 20% of United States' Uranium to Russia in Exchange for Clinton Foundation Donations?" by David Emery.

Book: "The Hidden History of Neoliberalism: How Reaganism Gutted America and How to Restore Its Greatness" by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "After 40-year ban, U.S. starts exporting crude oil" by Matt Egan.

Article: "Eric Trump Pleaded The Fifth More Than 500 Times In Deposition, Court Filing Says" by Josephine Harvey.

Article: "Trump once said pleading the Fifth was for 'the mob' and now he might do it" by Joan Biskupic.

Event: Feb 24, 2022 4 to 8 PM, Madison WI: "Picket & Rally for UW Health Nurses".

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