For much of the past four decades, climate activists have been warning us that we're approaching tipping points that will alter how Americans live - now we're there. There's a new study out about climate change — and our new climate normal — that is truly shocking and, for those of us concerned about future generations, alarming.

The lead researcher's first name is Cassandra, no doubt an unintentional choice in the paper's authors' pecking order, but still.

For much of the past four decades, climate activists have been warning us that we're approaching tipping points and thresholds that will alter how Americans live, cost us a fortune, and kill thousands of Americans every year.

Now we're there. Our "normal" climate is dead; the weather has gone insane, and it is killing Americans and millions of people all around the globe.

Read more at HartmannReport.com.

-Thom

Wednesday's Daily Stack

Hour One: National Progressive Townhall Meeting
- Representative Mark Pocan (D-WI, 2nd District) / Member & Former Co-Chair-Congressional Progressive Caucus / (Committees: Appropriations / Also, Education & Labor)

Article: "Highland Park Fourth of July shooting: A timeline of events" by Michael Ruiz.

Article: "Biden signs bipartisan gun safety bill into law: 'God willing, it's going to save a lot of lives'" by Donald Judd.

Article: ""Terrifying and outrageous": Protests after video shows Akron police shoot Jayland Walker 60 times" by Julia Conley.

Article: "Pocan Introduces Police Training and Accountability Act" by Mark Pocan.

Article: "Robb Elementary School shooting" by Wikipedia.

Bill: "H.R.2584 - Judiciary Act of 2021" by Rep. Johnson, Henry C. "Hank," Jr. [D-GA-4] (increases from 9 to 13 the number of Justices on the Supreme Court).

Article: "Reps. Lee, Pocan Announce Defense Spending Reduction Caucus" by Barbara Lee.

Article: "Reps. Pocan and Lee Introduce Bill to Cut Defense Spending by $100 Billion and Prioritize People Over the Pentagon" by Mark Pocan.

Article: "Marine Corps general says amphibious vehicle accident that killed nine was 'preventable'" by Ellie Kaufman.

Article: "New US Navy aircraft carrier toilet flaw costs $400,000 a flush" by Bloomberg.

Bill: "H.R.3115 - Universal School Meals Program Act of 2021" by Rep. Omar, Ilhan [D-MN-5].

Law: "Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act" (PLCAA) (Child Safety Lock Act of 2005).

Article: "A 2-year-old found in Highland Park kept asking for his parents. They had both been killed." by Sinéad Baker.

Article: "Highland Park shooter contemplated shooting in Madison-area" by Nick Viviani.

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: "CMS Redesigns Accountable Care Organization Model to Provide Better Care for People with Traditional Medicare " by CMS.

Article: "Tennessee v. Garner - The Fleeing Felon Rule" by DoJ.

Case: "Graham v. Connor" (objective reasonableness test).

Article: "Social Security Lump Sum Death Payment" by benefits.gov.

Hour Two: The Bond Yield has inverted and when that happens Wall Street freaks out. What is that and what does it mean and why?
- Economist Dr. Richard Wolff, Co-founder, Democracy At Work / Author of numerous books - his latest is The Sickness is the System (now also available as an e-book)

Article: "Bonds flash recession warning light as key part of the yield curve inverts again" by Patti Domm.

Article: "2 year US treasury yield" by FT.

Article: "US 10 year Treasury" by FT.

Article: "US inflation hits 40-year high of 8.6% as food, gas and shelter costs rise" by Dominic Rushe.

Article: "Lake County state's attorney calls for nationwide ban on assault weapons in aftermath of Highland Park shooting that left at least seven dead" by Lloyd Lee.

Article: "Governor of the state with the highest homicide rate brags about 'creating a culture of life'" by Laura Clawson.

Article: "Federal Assault Weapons Ban" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Mississippi's governor: Full speed ahead with new abortion restrictions" by David Cohen.

Article: "The Climate Emergency We Worried About is Here - Our "Normal" Climate is Dead" by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "The Supreme Court has Lit Our Planet On Fire" by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "Sixfold Increase in Historical Northern Hemisphere Concurrent Large Heatwaves Driven by Warming and Changing Atmospheric Circulations" by Cassandra D. W. Rogers et al.

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: "Oil & Gas: Money to Congress" by opensecrets.

Article: "Oil & Gas: Money to Congress" by opensecrets.

Article: "Last time CO2 levels were this high, there were trees at the South Pole" by Damian Carrington.

Article: "Kamala Harris Keeps Beating Ron DeSantis In Polls. Why Don't We Hear More About That?" by Doktor Zoom.

Article: "Blaze TV Host Says ‘When Women Lead, It's a Sign of a Curse on a Country'" by Candice Ortiz.

Article: "US vs. China: How the world's two biggest emitters stack up on climate" by Helen Regan and Carlotta Dotto.

Case: "Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission" (2010)

Article: "Anne Gorsuch Burford, Neil's Mother: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know" by Chris Bucher.

Article: "Barrett hears climate case against her father's ex-employer Shell" by Rachel Frazin and John Kruzel.

Article: "Amy Coney Barrett: spotlight falls on secretive Catholic group People of Praise" by Stephanie Kirchgaessner.

Article: "State Policy Network" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Democrats Are Headed for a Disaster With Unfilled Judicial Vacancies" by Christopher Kang.

Hour Three: How Does the Average Person and You Stay Inspired and Keep Up the Fight?
- Rev. William Barber, Pastor-Greenleaf Christian Church, Disciples of Christ in Goldsboro, North Carolina / President & Senior Lecturer - Repairers of the Breach and the architect of the Forward Together Moral Movement.

Article: "Over 180 Arrested Protesting for Abortion Rights Outside Supreme Court" by Democracy Now!

Article: "Democrats Don't Have a Plan, but Abortion Rights Activists Do: "We Will Primary Everybody"" by Austin Ahlman.

Speech: "Speech on the Dred Scott Decision" by Frederick Douglass .

Article: "Paralytic illness of Franklin D. Roosevelt" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Martin Luther King Jr. was stabbed by a deranged woman. At 29, he almost died." by DeNeen L. Brown.

Article: "Fannie Lou Hamer" by Wikipedia.

Site: Poor People's Campaign.

Article: "Climate change: 'Sand battery' could solve green energy's big problem" by Matt McGrath.

Article: "Energy and National Goals: Address to the Nation", July 15, 1979 speech by Jimmy Carter.

Article: "Trump's 'Slow-Moving Coup' is Happening ... Here's How it Plays Out" by Bill Maher.

Article: "The Nightmare Scenario SCOTUS is Plotting For the 2024 Election Takeover" by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "Proposed solar panels in Columbia Co. draw opposition from some neighbors" by Michelle Baik.

Article: "Inside Clean Energy: Yes, There Are Benefits of Growing Broccoli Beneath Solar Panels" by Dan Gearino.

Article: "On Conservative Radio, Misleading Message Is Clear: ‘Democrats Cheat'" by Stuart A. Thompson.

Article: "'Shameful': GOP colluding with autocratic Orban government" by Jake Johnson.

Article: "Putin Pal Drops Menacing Hint: a ‘Cleansing' Is Coming for Europe" by Shannon Vavra.

Article: "Little Ice Age" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Jayland Walker was handcuffed when his body arrived at the medical examiner's office, according to the autopsy report" by Polo Sandoval and John Couwels.

Video: Last Hours.

Article: "Georgia Guidestones" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Explosion at Historic Georgia Guidestones Prompts Bomb Team Response" by Emma Mayer.

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