We have the resources to deal with childhood injuries & deaths from the only product sold in America specifically designed to kill human beings - and it's now the leading cause of deaths in children.

Nina Shapiro reports at Forbes this week in an article titled "The Leading Cause Of Death In Children And Youths Is Now Guns":

"Access to firearms by children, by unlicensed owners, and absence of safety measures when it comes to both intentional and unintentional gun-related injuries and deaths, are among the reasons that the incidence of this horrific, truly avoidable tragedy is on the rise."

The latest con from the GOP is that they're all about "the children."

Read more at HartmannReport.com.

-Thom

Thursday's Daily Stack

Article: "The GOP's Newfound Concern for "The Children" Doesn't Save Kids from Their #1 Killer: Guns" by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "Smart guns: They're ready. Are we?" by Roger Parloff.

Site: "March For Our Lives".

Article: "Protection or peril? An analysis of firearm-related deaths in the home" by A L Kellermann, D T Reay.

Tweet: "Koskoff says this is how it was marketed to young men, a campaign called "the Man Card" which allowed people to report their friends to Bushmaster for not being a man. @News12CT" by Marissa Alter.

Tweet: "Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) was criticized for posting a Christmas photo Saturday showing his family members all holding long guns. The Twitter post was accompanied by the caption, 'Merry Christmas! ps. Santa, please bring ammo.'" by NowThis.

Article: "Gun Ownership by Country 2022" by World Population Review.

Book: "The Hidden History of Guns and the Second Amendment" by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "The Leading Cause Of Death In Children And Youths Is Now Guns" by Nina Shapiro.

Article: "Crossing Lines — A Change in the Leading Cause of Death among U.S. Children" by Lois K. Lee, Katherine Douglas and David Hemenway.

Article: "NRA Was 'Foreign Asset' To Russia Ahead of 2016, New Senate Report Reveals" by Tim Mak.

Article: "A Review of Gun Safety Technologies" by Mark Greene.

Article: "Guns in the U.S. – 2021 Second-Highest Year for Gun Sales Since 2000" by SafeHome.org Research.

Article: "Gun safety activists decry inaction as US shootings surge" by AP.

Article: "Texas woman charged with murder after miscarriage" by Amelia.

Article: "Protocols of the Elders of Zion" by Encyclopaedia Britannica.

Article: "Blood libel" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Biden to visit Portland, Seattle to tout administration's progress" by Nandita Bose.

Article: "Jared Kushner and Steven Mnuchin Have Reportedly Secured Billions from Saudi Government" by Ken Meyer.

Article: "White flight" by Wikipedia.

Article: "What Happened at Valley Forge" by NPS.

Article: "Donald Trump appears to storm out of Piers Morgan TV interview in advert" by Tom Ambrose.

Article: "Trump releases own audio of 'doctored' interview refuting Piers Morgan's 'unlawful' edits" by Terresa Monroe-Hamilton.

Article: "Most Americans support mask mandates on planes and trains, poll finds" by Snejana Farberov.

Article: "California Briefly Runs on 97% Renewable Energy—Reveals a Future in Which Oil and Gas Dictators Can Be Defunded" by Juan Cole.

Article: "Bill requiring eligible citizens to vote in elections introduced to Congress" by Nathaniel Puente.

Book: "Sideswiped: Lessons Learned Courtesy of the Hit Men of Capitol Hill" by Robert Ney.

Article: "Donald Trump Likens Military School He Was Forced to Attend to Serving in the Actual Military" by Kathy Ehrich Dowd.

Movie: "The Omen".

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

Article: "How Jeb Bush Stole the 2000 Election for His Brother" by Greg Palast.

Article: "How Brian Kemp STOLE The Georgia Election" by Greg Palast.

Video: Sen. Mallory McMorrow (D-MI) shows everyone how to deal with Republican hate in powerful speech.

Article: "John A. Gotti" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting", December 14, 2012 by Wikipedia.

Article: "Anti-Truth Campaigns in Russia and the United States" by Alan Singer.

Article: "Holodomor" (Ukraine famine) by Wikipedia.

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

Article: "Lawrence asks, 'Is a vote for Republicans a vote to destroy democracy?'" by Lawrence O'Donnell.

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

Article: "6 GOP House members opposed a bill meant to document and preserve evidence of war crimes during Russia's invasion of Ukraine" by Taiyler Simone Mitchell.

Article: "DeSantis' Anti-LGBTQ Attack on Disney Could Hand Orlando Taxpayers $2 Billion of Debt – That's $2200 Per Family: Report" by David Badash.

Article: "How much did Greg Abbott's border stunt end up costing Americans?" by Steve Benen.

Article: "Manhattan DA's Star Witness: Indict Trump Now or I'm Out" by Jose Pagliery.

Article: "Lend-Lease" by Wikipedia.

Article: "How Joe Biden's Lend-Lease for Ukraine Could Turn the Tide of War" by Darragh Roche.

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.

Article: "Oliver Cromwell" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Puritans" by Wikipedia.

Article: "The Women of Dover" by John Greenleaf Whittier.

Article: "$100 Billion. Russia's Treasure in the U.S. Should Be Turned Against Putin" by Laurence H. Tribe and Jeremy Lewin.

Article: "Oklahoma man released early from prison accused in three deaths" by AP.

Video: Willie Horton 1988 Attack Ad.

Article: "Kevin Stitt hits New Mexico slopes while Oklahoma deals with massive winter storm…" by Patrick.

Article: "Ted Cruz's Cancún Trip: Family Texts Detail His Political Blunder" by Shane Goldmacher and Nicholas Fandos.

Article: "Jared Kushner Flaunted His Influence With Saudi Arabia, Russia in Pitch to Investors" by Ken Klippenstein.

Article: "Saudi, UAE leaders ignore Biden when he calls to talk gas prices: report" by Steven Nelson.

Movie: "Bitter Harvest" (2017 film).

Quote: "Gun control? We need bullet control! I think every bullet should cost 5,000 dollars. Because if a bullet cost five thousand dollar, we wouldn't have any innocent bystander" - Chris Rock.

Article: "Scott Walker (politician)" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Business Plot" (1933, Smedley Butler) by Wikipedia.

Article: "Smedley Butler" by Wikipedia.

Book: War is a Racket: The Antiwar Classic by America's Most Decorated Soldier by Smedley D. Butler.

Hour Three: The Spirit of Animal Healing
- Dr. Marty Goldstein, Integrative Veterinarian specializing in both traditional & alternative / Creator of Nature's Blend / Author, The Nature of Animal Healing — The Definitive Holistic Medicine Guide to Caring for Your Dog and Cat / also, The Spirit of Animal Healing

Movie: "The Dog Doc".

Article: "Melamine Pet Food Recall of 2007" by FDA.

Site: American Holistic Veterinary Medical Association (AHVMA).

Article: "Can animals predict an earthquake?" by USGS.

Article: "Seizure-Alert Dogs Save Humans With Early Warnings" by Maryann Mott.

Site: Dr. Marty Pets.

Speech: "Farewell Address", by Dwight David Eisenhower, January 17, 1961 (transcript). "This conjunction of an immense military establishment and a large arms industry is new in the American experience.... we must not fail to comprehend its grave implications."

Article: "What Have Dems Done for Us Lately? GLAD YOU ASKED! - Good News Roundup, April 20" by niftywriter.

Article: "Why the Hell Isn't Jared Kushner's $2 Billion Saudi Payment a Big Scandal?" by David Corn.

Article: "Billygate – 1980" by Larry J. Sabato.

Article: "Before Giving Billions to Jared Kushner, Saudi Investment Fund Had Big Doubts" by David D. Kirkpatrick and Kate Kelly.

Article: ""Foreclosure King" Steven Mnuchin Doesn't Appreciate His Totally Accurate Nickname" by Bess Levin.

Article: "Jared Kushner pushed to inflate Saudi arms deal to $110 billion: Sources" by Tara Palmeri.

Article: "Unemployment rates by age, sex, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity" by BLS.

Article: "3D printed firearm" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Ghost gun" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Biden announces rule making 'ghost guns' illegal as part of comprehensive gun crime strategy" by Brooke Singman.

Article: "FGC-9" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Allen West (politician)" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Jeff Bezos's True Tax Rate Is 0.98%" by Jared A. Brock.

Article: "As a Director, Clinton Moved Wal-Mart Board, but Only So Far" by Michael Barbaro.

Article: "Inside the "dangerous" math textbooks DeSantis claims would "indoctrinate students"" by Judd Legum, Tesnim Zekeria and Rebecca Crosby.

Article: "Social Emotional Learning (SEL) & Why It Matters for Educators" by NU.

Video: Lawrence asks, 'Is a vote for Republicans a vote to destroy democracy?'.

Article: "Transfer Factor - Uses, Side Effects, and More" by WebMD.

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