After all, doesn't their wealth prove their brilliance? And doesn't brilliance at busting unions and destroying competitors translate into the right stuff for guiding the fate of nations?

Americans aren't getting what a majority of us want, even when we show up in majority numbers to vote.

The problem is that we've trusted the rich to run things here in America for 42 years now since the Reagan Revolution, and it's not working.

Read more at HartmannReport.com.

-Thom

How Corporations Became 'People' - and How You Can Fight Back. On December 12, 2000, the U.S. Supreme Court granted yet another gift to corporate power—and hammered yet another nail into the coffin of democracy in America. They did it in a strikingly dramatic fashion: by stealing the presidency.

In the process five members of the unelected third branch of government made sure that its majority character and nature probably wouldn't change for a long enough time that the Court could cast a hugely conservative shadow over the American electoral process, guaranteeing that people like themselves and their patrons—wealthy, powerful, and corporate-connected—would continue to have a disproportionate impact on future elections.

Here's how they did it and what their actions mean for the future of the battle between corporations and citizens for the soul of the nation.

Read more at HartmannReport.com.

-Thom

The Best of the Rest of the News.

- Why is the GOP taking orders from foreign dictators?
- The January 6th treason committee is now investigating a Capitol "reconnaissance" tour led by MAGAT Congressman Barry Loudermilk.
- Republicans know how to play political hardball, and former Republican consultant and commentator Charlie Sykes has advice for Democrats.
- Meanwhile, Trump is endorsing and primary voters are choosing Republicans for elected office — particularly offices that can oversee the election process — who are openly saying they'll steal the 2024 election for Trump or an equivalent GOP candidate.
- Aren't our schools supposed to teach — and demonstrate — the importance of our free speech rights protected by the First Amendment?
- Will the leaked Alito decision — whether it survives intact or is watered down — lead to a Democratic sweep in elections this fall?
- Remember when Trump issued an executive order forcing meat-packing workers back to work at gunpoint while ending any requirement that their employers use masks or social distancing?
- The stock market is in the tank, officially breaking into "bear market" territory yesterday.
- Geeky Science! Ready for radioactive fish in the Pacific Ocean?
- Crazy Alert! Ever woken up to a strange dog in your bed?

Read more at HartmannReport.com.

-Thom

Monday's Daily Stack

Hour One: Progressive Town Hall
- Representative Ro Khanna (D-CA, 17th District)

Article: "As US oil booms, Congress lifts 40-year oil export ban" by Charlotte Raab.

Article: "Release: With Gasoline Prices Sky High, Khanna, Whitehouse Announce Curb On Big Oil Companies Engaged In Profiteering To Provide Relief At The Pump" by Ro Khanna.

Article: "Foreign Real Estate Investors Are Coming To Buy Up American Homes" by Financial Samurai.

Site: Sunrise Movement.

Article: "US to offer India $500 million in military aid to reduce dependence on Russia" by Bloomberg.

Bill: "H.R.1280 - George Floyd Justice in Policing Act of 2021" by Rep. Bass, Karen [D-CA-37].

Article: "Republican Party extremists are gaining ground in the East while falling flat in the West" by Steven Rosenfeld.

Article: "PA's Doug Mastriano Pledges to Appoint a Secretary of State Who Will Rig Elections for the GOP" by American Bridge PAC.

Article: "Doug Mastriano" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Study finds half of Americans get news on social media, but percentage has dropped" by Sarah Perez.

Case: "Roe v. Wade" (1973).

Article: "GOP Congressman Asks Why Men Should Have To Pay For Prenatal Care" by Mollie Reilly.

Article: "Nixon shock" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Fact Sheet | Fossil Fuel Subsidies: A Closer Look at Tax Breaks and Societal Costs (2019)" by Amaury Laporte.

Article: "Iron Dome" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Israel torpedoed sale of Iron Dome to Ukraine, fearing Russian reaction — report" by ToI.

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

Article: "Understanding the Direct Contracting (DC) Payment Model" by Joe Mercado.

Article: "Members of Congress Demand an End to Medicare Direct Contracting" by PNHP.

Article: "California Faces Summer Blackouts from Climate Extremes" by Anne C. Mulkern.

Article: "Pacific Gas and Electric Company"(PG&E) by Wikipedia.

Article: "Congress Just Introduced the Answer to America's Water Woes With Unprecedented Support: The WATER Act of 2021" by Lena Greenberg.

Article: "California's $8 Per KW Solar Proposal Would Punish Homeowners For Using Clean Energy" by Johnna Crider.

Article: "Why Are Investors Buying Up Mobile Home Parks And Evicting Residents?" by Chris Arnold.

Article: "Bill Introduced in U.S.Congress to Help Preserve Nations Mobile Home Parks" by Jimmy Hegeduis.

Bill: "H.R.3332 - Manufactured Housing Community Preservation Act of 2021" by Rep. Axne, Cynthia [D-IA-3].

Article: "US to welcome 100,000 Ukrainian refugees" by CNN.

Article: "Number of people who crossed the Polish border from the war-stricken Ukraine as of May 2022, by date of report" by Statista.

Article: "Here are the 11 Republican senators who voted against the $40 billion Ukraine aid package" by (Bryan Metzger.

Article: "Apology to People of Color for APA's Role in Promoting, Perpetuating, and Failing to Challenge Racism, Racial Discrimination, and Human Hierarchy in U.S." by APA.

Article: "2022 Pennsylvania primary election: Lee wins Democratic nomination for House, Oz-McCormick race too close to call" by CBS Pittsburgh.

Site: "Jamie McLeod-Skinner".

Article: "Nina Turner" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Jessica Cisneros" by Wikipedia.

Site: Congressional Progressive Caucus PAC.

Article: "Why Do Americans Trust "Davos Man" to Run the Nation?" by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "Winston Churchill links to Eugenics".

Book: The Hidden History of the War on Voting: Who Stole Your Vote and How to Get It Back by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "Latin Inscriptions on British Coins" by CoinParade.

Article: "Preamble to the Constitution of the United States".

Article: "The Horrifying American Roots of Nazi Eugenics" by Edwin Black.

Article: "Who Does J.D. Vance Think He's Fooling?" by Timothy Noah.

Article: "The Proper Sphere Of Government" by Herbert Spencer .

Article: "The genius of Bill Gates: Steal it first" by Mark Tokarski.

Article: "WEF Brief History" (Davos) by Time.

Tweet: "In the past I voted Democrat, because they were (mostly) the kindness party.
But they have become the party of division & hate, so I can no longer support them and will vote Republican.
Now, watch their dirty tricks campaign against me unfold … " by Elon Musk.

Article: "Francis Galton" by Britannica.

Article: "Davos and the new era of deglobalisation" by Rana Foroohar.

Article: "What is Calvinism and is it biblical?" by Got Questions Ministries.

Article: "George Will Gets (Almost) Everything Wrong About Voting Rights" by Andrew Cohen.

Article: "Oh no. Is Jeff Bezos preparing to run for office?" by Hamilton Nolan.

Article: "Who is Dave McCormick? Former hedge fund executive running for Senate in Pennsylvania" by Orlando Mayorquin.

Article: "Eugenics: Compulsory Sterilization in 50 American States" by Lutz Kaelber.

Article: "Federal voting drive makes a mountain out of a molehill" by George F. Will .

Article: "Davos 2022: Who's coming and everything else you need to know" by Gayle Markovitz, Beatrice Di Caro.

Bible: "even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before him. In love" - Ephesians 1:4–6.

Site: Democracy Now!

Article: "Oil companies face 'big tobacco moment' in Congress over their climate policies" by Deidre Walsh and Jeffrey Pierre.

Article: "Tax Billionaire Wealth and Pandemic Profits, Says Oxfam, to End 'Inequality That Literally Kills'" by Jon Queally.

Law: "Sherman Antitrust Act", 1890.

Article: "A Nigerian-American doctor; Dr. Stella Immanuel proclaims Hydroxychloroquine, Zinc, and Zithromax as COVID-19 cure" by AfroWorldNews.

Article: "Trump-promoted 'Alien DNA' doctor says Joe Biden is dead and his body was replaced by demonic clone" by Sky Palma.

Article: "Lizard people: the greatest political conspiracy ever created" by Alex Abad-Santos.

Article: "GOP Anti-Abortion Witness: DC Electricity Comes From Burning Fetuses" by Ryan Grenoble.

Site: "Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol".

Article: "The GOP's Stealth War Against Voters" (Interstate Crosscheck) by Greg Palast, August 24, 2016.

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

Site: Bumper stickers .

Site: End The Bribe System.

Article: "Size of the Federal Reserve's balance sheet since quantitative easing (QE) measures were introduced from March 2020 to May 2022" by Statista.

Article: "List of recessions in the United States" by Wikipedia.

Article: "US Presidents and Recessions – What Can We Learn?" by Urban Carmel.

Article: "US Unemployment Rate by Month" by multipl.

Article: "Early Voting wins Preakness Stakes" by Alaa Elassar.

Article: "What Absentee Voting Looked Like In All 50 States" by Nathaniel Rakich and Jasmine Mithani.

Article: "Oil price drops 10% in biggest one-day fall since early days of pandemic" by Jillian Ambrose.

Article: "Shock Poll: Almost 70 Percent of Republicans Say IMPEACH BIDEN After Midterm Win" by Tommy Christopher.

Article: "First impeachment of Donald Trump" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Trump's Extortion of Ukraine: A Complete Government Shakedown" by Jeremy Venook, Talia Dessel.

Article: "Alexander Vindman" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Second impeachment trial of Donald Trump" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Turns Out Mo Brooks Was Wearing Body Armor to Trump's Very Peaceful Jan. 6 Rally" by Jim Newell.

Article: "John Eastman" by Wikipedia.

Article: "How Many Died as a Result of Capitol Riot?" by Robert Farley.

Article: "Insurrection Day Gallows on Capitol Grounds Planned Weeks Ahead of Jan. 6 Siege" by Adele M. Stan.

Article: "Critics warn 'the coup is ongoing' after Trump posts message 'advocating or predicting civil war' " by David Badash.

Article: "Study offers clearer picture of how extremism has seeped into halls of power, and it's not good" by David Neiwert.

Article: "Biden says U.S. willing to use force to defend Taiwan — prompting backlash from China" by Sam Meredith.

Article: "Despite Biden's Latest, Pentagon Says Nothing Has Changed On US Defense of Taiwan " by Tara Copp and Jacqueline Feldscher.

Article: "Obama: Biden forced hand on same-sex marriage, but "all's well"" by Corbett Daly.

Tweet: "Tonight legendary progressive radio host @Thom_Hartmann is on my @SXMProgress show to talk why the GOP headed to Hungary last week for CPAC and more. LIVE 7:05PMET on @SIRIUSXM channel 127" by Dean Obeidallah.

Movie: "Red Dawn".

Article: "COVID-19, shootings: Is mass death now tolerated in America?" by Michelle R. Smith.

Article: "Martin Seligman" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Learned helplessness" by Wikipedia.

Article: "How Australia Saved Thousands of Lives While Covid Killed a Million Americans" by Damien Cave.

Article: "Gun Violence Statistics in the United States: 12 Charts You Need to See " by Laurie Budgar.

Article: "Shoppers, guard among 10 dead in Buffalo supermarket attack" by AP.

Article: "Timothy McVeigh" by Wikipedia.

Article: "The Doomsday Glacier Set To Cause Global Catastrophe" by Will Lockett.

Video: Trump-Putin summit in Helsinki.

Article: "Brennan Suggests Impeachment After Trump's Helsinki Summit With Putin: 'Treasonous...High Crimes'" by Randy DeSoto.

Article: "Trump chooses Putin's word over the US intelligence community's — again" by Alex Ward.

Site: Indivisible.

Site: Progressive Democrats of America.

Site: Our Revolution.

Site: MoveOn.org.

Site: Daily Kos.

Article: "Alex Jones" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Steve Bannon" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Roger Stone" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Rudy Giuliani" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Resolution Trust Corporation" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Oil Nations, Prodded by Trump, Reach Deal to Slash Production" by Clifford Krauss.

Book: The Permission Society: How the Ruling Class Turns Our Freedoms into Privileges and What We Can Do About It by Timothy Sandefur.

Article: "Problem Solvers Caucus" by Wikipedia.

Tuesday on The Thom Hartmann Program, 12-3pm ET

I'll be talking with Gregg Barak, North American Editor of the Journal of White Collar & Corporate Crime / Emeritus Professor of Criminology & Criminal Justice at Eastern Michigan University / Author of the new book, Criminology On Trump.

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