They've sold out to big money and don't give a rat's ass about the issues that really matter to most Americans.

It's somewhere between comical and tragic watching the Senate Judiciary Committee hearings for Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson.

Lindsey Graham throws his trademark hissy fit and storms out, John Cornyn tries to sound erudite and fails, Marsha Blackburn outs herself as a fanatic, Ted Cruz thinks Black judges should vet children's books about racism, and Josh Hawley and Tom Cotton just end up making fools of themselves.

But none of them really care. None of the Republicans do.

Read more at HartmannReport.com.

-Thom

Wednesday's Daily Stack

Article: "Judge Jackson's Hearing Proves That All the Sold-Out GOP Has Left Is Performance Art" by Thom Hartmann.

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

Article: "Allow American People to Review Records of Brett Kavanaugh's Involvement in Bush Administration's Torture Policies" by Tammy Duckworth.

Article: "'Lean into the culture war': House conservatives push fight against critical race theory" by Melanie Zanona.

Case: "Buckley v. Valeo", 1976.

Case: "First National Bank Of Boston V. Bellotti", 1978.

Article: "Manafort Bid to Run Poroshenko '14 Campaign Rejected as Too Divisive " by VOA News.

Article: "Manafort Removed From Plane In Miami Bound For Dubai" by Josh Kovensky.

Quote: "It became necessary to destroy the town to save it" - quoted by Peter Arnett.

Article: "Robert McNamara" by Wikipedia.

Article: "If You Break It, You Own It" by George Mitrovich.

Twitter: "Senator Ted Cruz".

Article: "Historian reveals the disturbing reason why many right-wingers believe Biden's presidency is illegitimate " by Meaghan Ellis.

Article: "The real – and far scarier – reason Republicans think Biden is illegitimate" by Thomas Zimmer.

Article: ""Conservatism" is no Longer Enough" by Glenn Ellmers.

Quote: "It's funny listening to the same people who let the president get away with trying to overthrow the government call anyone 'soft on crime,'" - Jimmy Kimmel.

Article: "Liquid metal, ruby and sapphire could rain down on huge exoplanet" by Rob Lea.

Article: "Why Republican senators kept bringing up Janice Rogers Brown" by Ruth Marcus.

Article: "Biden Departs White House En Route to Brussels".

Article: "Belarusian military could 'soon' join war in Ukraine, US and NATO officials say" by Natasha Bertrand, Vasco Cotovio, Jennifer Hansler and Jim Sciutto.

Article: "Large Protests Against Belarus' Lukashenko Persist" by VOA News.

Article: "Would-be home buyers may be forced to rent the American dream, rather than buy it" by Lesley Stahl.

Article: "Wall Street's Barons are Causing Homelessness: Can We Stop Them?" by Thom Hartmann.

Documentary: The Brainwashing Of My Dad by Jen Senko.

Book: The Brainwashing of My Dad by Jen Senko.

Article: "First Amendment to the United States Constitution".

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

Article: "Deadline for Governor Little to sign abortion bill looms" (Idaho ) by Candice Hare.

Article: "Gov. Holcomb signs bill eliminating permit requirement to carry handguns in Indiana" by Kaitlin Lange.

Hour Two: The War In Ukraine Is Taking Place in the Worlds 5th largest Wheat Producing Nation - What Will that Mean Socially and Economically for America & the World?
- Economist Dr. Richard Wolff, Democracy At Work / Author of numerous books - his latest is The Sickness is the System (now also available as an e-book)

Article: "Inflation and Russian invasion of Ukraine to take a toll on US economy, Fannie Mae says" by Kelsey Ramirez.

Article: "Nations brace for wheat shortages due to war in Ukraine" by Daniel Uria.

Article: "Food Insecurity" by ODPHP.

Article: "The SNAP/Food Stamp Challenge – Could You Eat on $4.15 a Day?" by Amy Livingston.

Article: "World War II Rationing on the U.S. Homefront" by AHM.

Article: "Police 'asked to assist' after Cruz clashes with Montana airport staff" by Sarah Polus.

Article: "Ted Cruz Wasn't Recognized by Cop Asked to Deal With Him at Montana Airport" by Khaleda Rahman.

Article: "Playground of the rich and famous: Exclusive Montana club where Tom Brady, Bill Gates and Justin Timberlake relax - and members must OWN a home, pay $400,000 to join and hand over $41,500 a year in dues" by Sheila Flynn.

Article: "As GOP Blocks Funds, Federal Agency Ends Covid Coverage for Uninsured" by Jake Johnson.

Article: "3 Neo-Nazis Plead Guilty In Plot To Attack U.S. Power Grids" by Sebastian Murdock.

Article: "Inside a years-long neo-Nazi plot to attack the U.S. power grid" by Jordan Green.

Article: "Timothy McVeigh" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Oklahoma City bombing" by Wikipedia.

Article: "The Turner Diaries" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Sen. Lindsey Graham storms off during questioning of SCOTUS nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson" by Devyani Chhetri.

Article: "Candlelight vigil for 12-year-old North Side Middle School student" by Monica Murphy and 16 News Now.

Article: "Rep. Ayanna Pressley reveals she has alopecia: 'It's important I'm transparent about this new normal" by Chandelis Duster.

Article: "Waco siege", 1993 by Wikipedia.

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..."

Site: Kids Guide.

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.

Hour Three: A New SEC proposal on De-Carbonizing the Planet - Could It Work?
- Frank Dalene, Creator of the ICEMAN® Carbon Factor Index / Author - Decarbonize the World: Solving the Climate Crisis While Increasing Profits in Your Business & President / CEO - Telemark, Inc.

Article: "U.S. SEC proposes companies disclose range of climate risks, emissions data" by Katanga Johnson.

Article: "EPA's Role in Energy Star" by Energy Star.

Article: "Idaho's Uniquely Evil Abortion Bill Gives Rapists' Families a Say" by Bess Levin.

Article: "Oregon invests $15 million to prepare for fallout of Idaho anti-abortion legislation" by Lizzy Acker.

Article: "UN chief calls for extreme weather warning systems for everyone on Earth" by Fiona Harvey.

Article: "Pacific Northwest bakes under once-in-a-millennium heat dome" by Jeff Berardelli.

TV: "The Family".

Book: The Family: The Secret Fundamentalism at the Heart of American Power by Jeff Sharlet.

Article: "Vince McMahon" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Capitol riot suspect is granted refugee status in Belarus after fleeing US" by Hannah Rabinowitz.

Article: "Gas price stimulus checks proposals head to Congress" by Chris Williams.

Article: "Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Madeleine Albright, 1st female US secretary of state, dies" by Matthew Lee.

Article: "Pitched battle in Mariupol intensifies, as war displaces millions across Ukraine" by David L. Stern, Missy Ryan, Dan Rosenzweig-Ziff and Ellen Nakashima.

Book: "The Illustrious Dunderheads" by Rex Stout.

Article: "Attack on Pearl Harbor" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Monsanto Forced Fox TV to Censor Coverage of Dangerous Milk Drug" by Jeffrey Smith.

Article: "Maglev" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Golden spike" by Wikipedia.

Article: "U.S. says it is unclear if issues in Iran talks will be resolved" by Reuters.

Article: "Can the World Learn from the Failure of the Budapest Accords?" by Thom Hartmann.

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