It's time that these "persons," when they become egregious & recidivist criminals (particularly when they kill people), be treated the same as human criminals: remove them from society permanently.

"The prevalence of the corporation in America has led men of this generation to act, at times, as if the privilege of doing business in corporate form were inherent in the citizen, and has led them to accept the evils attendant upon the free and unrestricted use of the corporate mechanism as if these evils were the inescapable price of civilized life, and, hence to be borne with resignation.

"Throughout the greater part of our history, a different view prevailed. ...

—U.S. Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis, 1933 dissent in Liggett v. Lee

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-Thom

Thursday's Daily Stack

Article: "Should Trump's Business' Get The Corporate Death Penalty?" by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "The Nazi Hydra in America: Suppressed History of a Century" (Article I, Section 25) by Glen Yeadon & John Hawkins.

Article: "Fourth State of the Union", 1888 by Grover Cleveland.

Article: "Detatched Memoranda, ca. 31 January 1820" by James Madison.

Book: "Unequal Protection: How Corporations Became "People" - And How You Can Fight Back" by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "California's largest utility provider's role in wildfires is under scrutiny" by Madeleine Ayer and Scott Glover.

Article: "ExxonMobil in Denial About Climate Science Denial" by Elliott Negin.

Article: "New Jersey Corporate Chartermongering, 1875-1929" by Christopher Grandy.

Article: "PG&E Ordered To Develop Compliance And Ethics Program As Part Of Its Sentence For Engaging In Criminal Conduct" by Department of Justice.

Article: "California's largest utility provider could face murder charges for wildfires, AG says" by Dakin Andone and Marlena Baldacci.

Article: "PG&E pleads guilty to 84 counts of manslaughter in devastating Camp Fire" by Phil Helsel.

Article: "NY AG may seek ‘corporate death penalty’ for Trump Tower — and all his golf courses: legal expert " by Bob Brigham.

Video: The Economics Fueling Fascist Unrest Featuring Richard Wolff.

Book: "The Hidden History of Neoliberalism: How Reaganism Gutted America and How to Restore Its Greatness" by Thom Hartmann.

Tweet: "So Republicans are really about to go into the midterms with this messaging:
- Defund the FBI
- Toxin-exposed veterans don’t deserve healthcare
- End Social Security and Medicare
- 10-year-olds must be forced to give birth to their rapists' baby
- Keep Insulin prices high" by MeidasTouch.

Article: "Rick Scott 'oversaw the largest Medicare fraud' in U.S. history, Florida Democratic Party says" by PolitiFact.

Article: "An 11 point plan to rescue America" by Rick Scott.

Article: "Rick Scott says letting Social Security and Medicare laws expire will 'preserve' them" by Josh Israel.

Article: "Medicare Advantage" (Medicare Part C) by Wikipedia.

Article: "Official video posted to Trump’s social media account appears to use QAnon song" by Alex Kaplan.

Article: "McKinney Fire" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Broadcasting False Information" by FCC.

Article: "The War of the Worlds (1938 radio drama)" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Fairness Doctrine" by Ronald Reagan Presidential Library & Museum.

Site: FCC Consumer Complaint Center.

Article: "Cops Get Into Shootout With Armed Man Who Tried to Bust Into FBI Field Office" by Josh Fiallo.

Article: "What Is "Stochastic Terrorism," And Why Is It Trending?" by dictionary.com.

Article: "Doctor who performed abortions shot to death" by CNN.

Article: "Bill O'Reilly Says he didn't call Dr. George Tiller a baby killer, as liberal groups charge, but was merely reporting what "some prolifers branded him."" by Angie Drobnic Holan.

Article: "Beto O'Rourke Responds to Heckler Over Uvalde With Expletive" by Paul J. Weber.

Article: "Robb Elementary School shooting" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Trump releases campaign-style video after raid as Lara says Dems ‘terrified’ of ‘24 run " by Lee Brown.

Article: "Man armed with AR-15 style rifle shoots into FBI Cincinnati building with a nail gun and flees, leading to interstate standoff" by Elisha Fieldstadt, Ken Dilanian and Jonathan Dienst.

Article: "FBI agents seeing surge in death threats after Mar-a-Lago search — according to Fox News" by Brad Reed.

Article: "'I see a rope around his neck': Trump supporters issue violent threats against judge who approved Mar-a-Lago warrant " by Sarah K. Burris.

Article: "'Lock and load': Trump-loving extremists react to FBI search of Mar-a-Lago " by Kenny Stancil.

Article: "Rep. Eric Swalwell shares disturbing voicemail from Trump supporters after Mar-a-Lago raid" by Aysha Qamar.

Article: "The Shovel’s view on the Donald Trump FBI raid" by The Shovel.

Article: "$160,000 in a week: Leon County, Tallahassee candidates spend big in run-up to early voting" by Karl Etters.

Article: "Yikes. Election deniers are winning GOP nominations in key battleground states" by Robert Reich.

Article: "Donald Trump" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Trump's 'Mexican' label against judge brings up slur history" by Russell Contreras.

Article: "Department of Justice obtained Mar-a-Lago surveillance tapes after subpoenaing Trump Organization" by Andrew Feinberg.

Article: "Trump accuses FBI of ‘planting’ backpacks of damaging evidence at Mar-A-Lago" by Tiffany Terrell.

Article: "Alex Jones judgment: The cost of lies" by CBS News.

Article: "United States House election in Wyoming, 2022 (August 16 Republican primary)" by Ballotpedia.

Article: "United States House election in Wyoming, 2022 (August 16 Democratic primary)" by Ballotpedia.

Article: "Democratic U.S. House candidate supports GOP platform".

Article: "Lisa Murkowski" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Fifty-state strategy" by Wikipedia.

Video: Eating Our Way To Extinction.

Hour Three: How can we best deal with growing white, rightwing "Christian" nationalism...and, remembering Heather Heyer 5 years after her murder...
- Dean Obeidallah, Host of Dean Obeidallah show weekdays 6-9PMET @SXMProgress Radio Ch127/Columnist-The Daily Beast

Article: "Unite the Right rally" (Charlottesville rally) by Wikipedia.

Article: "Charlottesville car attack" by Wikipedia.

Article: "There's a terrifying reason Republicans' 'Christian nationalism' brand is so strong" by Dean Obeidallah.

Article: "Donald Trump retweets 'White Genocide' Twitter user" by Tal Kopan.

Article: "Trump’s David Duke Amnesia" by Eugene Kiely.

Tweet: ""The Klan is rising again. They've just changed their name and traded in their hoods for polo shirts."
@Thom_Hartmann tells @DeanObeidallah that the threats MAGA members are making after the Mar-a-Lago search is the same as what The Klan did. [audio]" by SiriusXM Progress.

Article: "There are no white people in the Bible" by Human Rights Collective.

Article: "Gunman in California Synagogue Shooting Is Sentenced to Life in Prison" by Christine Hauser and Alyssa Lukpat.

Article: "Albuquerque’s Muslim Community Mourns 4 Killed as Suspect Arrested, Calls for Counseling & Support" by Democracy Now!

Article: "The judge who signed the FBI’s Mar-a-Lago warrant is facing violent antisemitic threats" by Madeline Fixler.

Article: "Albuquerque Muslims help bid to keep killings suspect jailed" by Susan Montoya Bryan.

Article: "Keith Ellison" by Wikipedia.

Article: "J. Edgar Hoover" by Wikipedia.

Book: The Burglary: The Discovery of J. Edgar Hoover's Secret FBI by Betty Medsger.

Article: "COINTELPRO" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Burglars in 1971 FBI office break-in come forward after 43 years" by Ed Pilkington.

Article: "Winter is coming: Vladimir Putin faces his "Hitler moment"" by Lucian K. Truscott IV.

Article: "Operation Barbarossa" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Massive jobs surprise: US economy added 528,000 jobs in July" by Alicia Wallace.

Article: "American veterans secure another victory with passing of PACT Act" by Ta'Niyah Jordan.

Article: "Sign-ups in Affordable Care Act marketplaces reach record 14.5 million" by Amy Goldstein.

Article: "Biden signs $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill into law, unlocking funds for transportation, broadband, utilities" by Jacob Pramuk.

Article: "Biden smashes one-week judicial nominees record with 5 new picks" by Nate Raymond.

Article: "U.S. Senate approves bill to fight climate change, cut drug costs in win for Biden" by Richard Cowan, David Morgan and Rose Horowitch.

Article: "Senate Overwhelmingly Votes to Add Sweden and Finland to NATO" by Catie Edmondson.

Article: "US kills al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri in drone strike in Afghanistan " by Kevin Liptak, Kylie Atwood, Natasha Bertrand, Maegan Vazquez, Donald Judd and Nick Paton Walsh.

Article: "Biden signs bill to boost U.S. chips, compete with China" by David Shepardson and Jeff Mason.

Article: "Biden signs gun safety bill into law" by Don Clyde, Shauneen Miranda.

Article: "The Fake Electors Scheme, Explained" by Alan Feuer and Katie Benner.

Site: Laura Quick.

Article: "Laura Quick" by Ballotpedia.

Article: "Russell Diamond" by Ballotpedia.

Article: "John Eastman Pressed Pennsylvania Legislator to Throw Out Biden Votes" by Luke Broadwater and Alan Feuer.

Article: "AR-15 style rifle" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Augusto Pinochet" (Chile) by Wikipedia.

Article: "Napoleon Bonaparte & The Russian Winter of 1812" by Michael Haskew.

Article: "Trump took the Fifth Amendment at least 440 times in deposition with NYS attorney general Letitia James: report" by Dave Goldiner.

Article: "Eric Trump Invoked Fifth Amendment About 500 Times, N.Y. AG Says" by Erik Larson.

Article: "Garland asks court to unseal warrant for Mar-a-Lago search" by Eric Tucker, Michael Balsamo.

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