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The Supreme Court May Be Preparing to Light our Planet on Fire
 The SCOTUS is about to use it's ill-gotten power on behalf of the fossil fuel industry to cripple America's ability to meet the challenge of climate change. It appears that Republicans on the Supreme Court are preparing to light our planet on fire. Longtime readers of my work and listeners to my program know that the Supreme Court has seized for itself extraordinary powers that the Framers of the Constitution never intended for it to have. There are summaries here and here, for example.This is not an opinion unique to me or my book The Hidden History of the Supreme Court and the Betrayal of America: two Harvard Law professors just this week wrote an article for The Atlantic that lays out pretty much the same arguments.And now it appears Republicans on the Court are about to use that ill-gotten power — on behalf of the fossil fuel industry — to cripple America's ability to meet the challenge of climate change. Read more at HartmannReport.com. -Thom |
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Unequal Regulation
There's a side to regulation that most people don't think about, and it has far-reaching effects if representatives of corporations are writing the rules. Once a regulation is passed saying, "you can emit no more than 10 ppm [parts per million] of mercury," you can legally emit up to 10 ppm.
Before that rule was passed, any amount you emitted might subject you to potential lawsuits from nearby humans made ill by your emissions, by other states, or even by the federal government.
The regulatory rule essentially legalizes what a corporation is doing. In the best of worlds, this wouldn't be a problem. But in practice it means that business interests are often directly involved in writing the regulations that they themselves will have to obey.
Read more at HartmannReport.com.
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Saturday Report 6/18/22 — Is America doomed to follow Russia and Hungary's path to fascism like Fox "News" and the GOP are hoping?
The Best of the Rest of the News. — " A Big Mistake": Economists warn Fed rate hikes risk plunging US into recession. — Is America doomed to follow Russia and Hungary's path to fascism like Fox "News" and the GOP are hoping? — Hating on LGBTQ people has been the province of bigots and those who'd advance their political goals at the expense of people least likely to fight back. Cowards, in other words. — New Mexico is the first test run for Republicans refusing to count votes before the critical 2024 presidential election. — When Republicans want to string along Democrats — the modern version of Lucy and the football — they call on Texas Republican Senator John Cornyn. — Republicans have been trying to end Social Security and Medicare ever since both programs were put into law. — I remember " duck and cover" when I was in elementary school in the 1950s, but we never really took the possibility that we'd all die in a nuclear holocaust seriously, in part because we never saw any evidence of it happening (at least until the Cuban Missile Crisis). — In Good News, Houston has moved over 25,000 people off the Streets and into homes of their own. — GOP Death Cult Alert! DeSantis doesn't care how many children die from Covid, and is proud of it. Read more at HartmannReport.com. -Thom |
Monday's Daily Stack 
Hour One: How Juneteenth Was Sabotaged in 1880s and the Same Thing Is Happening Now...
Article: " Juneteenth" (June 19, 1865) by Wikipedia. Law: " 15th Amendment", February 3, 1870 " The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude".
Law: " 13th Amendment", December 6, 1865. " Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.". Law: " 14th Amendment, July 9, 1868 (citizenship, representatives, public debt, Equal Protection Clause).
Because Liberals Refused to Take the Bait - Trump's Most Evil Plan Was Foiled...
Tweet: " 1/ NEVER FORGET that hrs before #January6th, Trump initiated the designation of an imagined domestic enemy he called "Antifa" as a criminal terrorist organization & gave DHS broad powers to enforce against suspected non-citizen members & supporters. [ link]" by Matt Cameron.
Texas' GOP Convention Shows a Grim Future
Quote: " It is a party built on fraud, fear and fascism"" - DNC chair Jaime Harrison. Article: " Constitution of the United States" Article 1 section 9. " The privilege of the writ of habeas corpus shall not be suspended, unless when in cases of rebellion or invasion the public safety may require it."
Hour Two: Will WI Hold the Fake Electors Accountable?- Jeff Mandell, President & Lead Counsel - Law Forward 
The Supreme Court may be Preparing to Light our Planet on Fire...
Tweet: " Oil prices are decreasing, gas prices should too.
Last time oil was $96 a barrel, gas was $3.62 a gallon. Now it's $4.31.
Oil and gas companies shouldn't pad their profits at the expense of hardworking Americans." by President Biden.
Is the GOP Building a Paramilitary Wing?
Hour Three: Cult Expert Sees 95% Chance of Worsening Trump Violence...- Dr. Steven Hassan, PhD, MA, MEd, LMHC, NCC, Licensed Mental Health Professional, Cult Expert & Author of several books including, The Cult of Trump / Founding Director Freedom of Mind Resource Center
Will trump be finally held accountable for his crimes against democracy?
Quote: " [False] Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel" - Samuel Johnson. Tweet: " Eric Greitens a member of the Navy Reserves has violated DOD policy by identifying himself as a “SEAL†and using military uniforms without a disclaimer.
Contact the Naval Inspector General Hotline at NAVIGHotlines@navy.mil or (800)522-3451 and report this abuse.
This Tweet violated the Twitter Rules about abusive behavior. However, Twitter has determined that it may be in the public’s interest for the Tweet to remain accessible. Learn more" by VoteVets. Law: " 26th Amendment". " The right of citizens of the United States, who are eighteen years of age or older, to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of age.". |
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Tuesday on The Thom Hartmann Program, 12-3pm ET
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Watch & Listen to Thom
Cult Expert Sees 95% Chance of Worsening Trump Violence Featuring Dr. Steven Hassan
Will SCOTUS Unleash Climate Change Hell?
Can We Save Juneteenth From Sabotage?
The Bribe That Stopped Gun Control Exposed
Why Does DeSantis Has His Own Army?
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