In fact, all of the fossil fuel energy sources we use originated with light radiated from our sun.

The number one thing you and I can do right now to slow down America's right-wing fossil fuel billionaires and Putin is to drive an electric car. We need to kick our addiction to ancient sunlight.

The Guardian reports on a new, just-published study: "A speedy nationwide transition to electric vehicles powered by renewable energy would save more than 100,000 American lives and $1.2tn in public health costs over the next three decades…"

Read more at HartmannReport.com.

-Thom

The Deciding Moment?

Part of the American Revolution was about to be lost a century after it had been fought. At the time probably very few of the people involved realized that what they were about to witness could be a counterrevolution that would change life in the United States and, ultimately, the world over the course of the following century.

Read more at HartmannReport.com.

-Thom

The Best of the Rest of the News.

— Sen. Mitt Romney (and the GOP) wants to cut retirement benefits.
— Tunisia: The only democracy in the Arab world bit the dust this week.
— Will Putin's war end free trade?
— Inflation: CEOs can't stop bragging about their earnings as they jack up prices.
— Why are Republicans pretending everything is fine when Trump is guilty as hell?
— In Good News: Federal judge puts Florida on 10-year probation after ruling that state's new voting law disenfranchises Black voters.
— And More Good News: Bernie Sanders calls a hearing on "healthcare as a right." Will it have an impact?
— Crazy Alert! MAGA has now decided that watching sports makes you "Feminine."

Read more at HartmannReport.com.

-Thom

Monday's Daily Stack

Article: "Cut Out the Middlemen & Get Your Energy Straight from the Sun" by Thom Hartmann.

Book: "The Last Hours of Ancient Sunlight: Revised and Updated: The Fate of the World and What We Can Do Before It's Too Late" by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "Fossil Fuels Received $5.9 Trillion In Subsidies in 2020, Report Finds" by E360 Digest.

Article: "These charts show how much it costs to charge an EV vs. refueling a gas vehicle" by John Rosevear.

Article: "Cheapest Electric Cars" by Edmunds.

Article: "What Is the Average Price for a New Car?" by Ben Luthi.

Article: "United States Spend Ten Times More On Fossil Fuel Subsidies Than Education" by James Ellsmoor.

Article: "US transition to electric vehicles would save over 100,000 lives by 2050 – study" by Nina Lakhani.

Article: "Conspiracy Theorists Claim Bucha Massacre Is 'Crisis Actors'" by Susie Madrak.

Article: "Betsy DeVos is back — and her family is flooding Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis with cash" by Igor Derysh.

Tweet: "Attention Parents!
A teacher in Palm Beach County, FL shared this template with us. It is being shared among teachers to use for grades K-3.
How do you feel about this? What will you do when this arrives home in your child's backpack?
Time to take a Stand." by Moms for Liberty.

Article: "Nikola Tesla: Everything You Want to Know About the "Father of Energy"" by Amigo Energy.

Article: "Rand Paul throws fresh wrench in Senate's push for quick Russia trade sanctions" by Andrew Desiderio.

Article: "Proud Boys" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Alan Berg" by Wikipedia.

Site: Joe Madison.

Article: "GOP senators visited Moscow on July 4, warned Russia against meddling in 2018 election: report" by Emily Birnbaum.

Article: "Rand Paul says he delivered a letter from Trump to Putin" by Alexander Mallin.

Article: "Why is the press rooting against Biden?" by Eric Boehlert.

Article: "Donald Trump Rode $5 Billion in Free Media to the White House" by Emily Stewart.

Article: "Fox viewers are less likely to believe lies after being paid to watch CNN for 30 days: study" by Sarah K. Burris.

Article: "Posts attribute bogus quote to New Zealand's prime minister" by Josh Kelety.

Article: "Was the Fox News Channel Banned in Canada?" by David Mikkelson.

Article: "Trump praises 'genius' Putin for moving troops to eastern Ukraine" by Oliver Milman.

Article: "Trump brazenly asks Putin to release dirt about Biden's family" by Marshall Cohen.

Article: "Electric bicycle" by Wikipedia.

Article: "As GOD is my witness" by Sunybird.

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

Article: "Alien and Sedition Acts of the United States". "old, querulous, Bald, blind, crippled, Toothless Adams."

Bill: "California SB1230 Zero-emission and near-zero emission vehicle incentive programs: requirements" by Senator Limón.

Article: "Daniel Sheehan (attorney)" by Wikipedia.

Article: "As Consumers Pay, Oil CEOs Refuse to Testify to Congress About Soaring Prices" by Julia Conley.

Site: Greencal.org.

Site: The Thom Hartmann Hidden History Series.

Article: "Sputnik 1" by Wikipedia.

Article: "America Must Choose Between Great Wealth or Democracy" by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "William Bennett" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Bennett: Black Abortions Would Lower Crime" by James Joyner.

Article: "Suspect arrested in Sacramento shooting that left 6 dead, 12 wounded" by Antonio Planas and Elisha Fieldstadt.

Article: "Lee Atwater" by Wikipedia.

Book: Confessions of an Economic Hitman by John Perkins.

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

Article: "Banks Have Begun Freezing Accounts Linked to Trucker Protest" by Katherine Fung.

Article: "Should Finland Show Us the Future?" by Dan K.

Article: "Bush's Crawford Ranch: An Elaborate Set" by Cheryl Seal.

Movie: "Wall Street (1987 film)".

Article: "Milton Friedman" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Neoliberalism" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Calvinism" by Wikipedia.

Article: "New Calvinism" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Predestination in Calvinism" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Prosperity theology" (prosperity gospel, health and wealth gospel) by Wikipedia.

Bible: "Matthew 19:24" "Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for someone who is rich to enter the kingdom of God." ".

Speech: "1944 State of the Union Address" (Second Bill of Rights or Economic Bill of Rights Speech) by Franklin D. Roosevelt.

Article: "Trump ramps up rhetoric on media, calls press 'the enemy of the people'" by Brett Samuels.

Article: "Covid-19 first-of-its-kind study saw volunteers infected for science" by Rohan Smith.

Article: "Safety, tolerability and viral kinetics during SARS-CoV-2 human challenge in young adults" by Ben Killingley et al.

Article: "Covid and Diabetes, Colliding in a Public Health Train Wreck" by Andrew Jacobs.

Article: "Insulin Copay Cap Passes House Hurdle, But Senate Looks for a Broader Bill" by Michael McAuliff.

Article: "Pandemic tied to sharp rise in type 2 diabetes in kids" by Reuters.

Article: "Sunday Excerpt: "Unequal Protection: How Corporations Became 'People' - and How You Can Fight Back"" by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr." by Wikipedia.

Article: "National Civil Rights Museum" by Wikipedia.

Article: "James Earl Ray" by Wikipedia.

Article: "James Earl Ray Acquitted of King's Assasination in Mock Trial" by AP.

Article: "John B. Goodenough" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Patent for glass battery for EVs filed by the co-founder of Li-ion battery" by ETAuto.

Article: "'I cannot teach in Florida': LGBTQ educators fear fallout from new education law" by Matt Lavietes.

Article: "Recreational marijuana generates more than $3.5 million in sales for New Mexico" by KDBC El Paso.

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