Elizabeth Warren's new legislation would give back to workers the power Republicans have taken away - It could restore the middle class, and expand it to include people in virtually all labor sectors.

What we today call the middle class — the ability to raise a family, buy a house and car, take a vacation, save for old age — was, until the 1940s, typically very small in the United States, as it was in much of the rest of the developed world.

Most Americans today have no idea that Charles Dickens' descriptions of life in England were also pretty accurate depictions of life for the working class here in the United States around that time, as well.

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-Thom

Friday's Daily Stack

Article: "Do Americans Want Our Middle Class Back?" by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "Federal Receipts as Percent of Gross Domestic Product (FYFRGDA188S)" by Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis.

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.

Book: "The Hidden History of the Supreme Court and the Betrayal of America" by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "Economic Report of the President 2000".

Article: "Address in the Chicago Stadium. October 25, 1948" by Harry S. Truman.

Article: "Tennessee moves to cement right-to-work law in state constitution" by Sandy Mazza.

Article: "Bonus chapter to The Hidden History of the Supreme Court and the Betrayal of America" by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "The Nationwide Right to Unionize Act" by Elizabeth Warren.

Article: "Voter Registration Deadlines" by NCSL.

Article: "Tucker Carlson Praises British Empire Because It 'Spread Protestant Christianity to the Entire World'" by Kipp Jones.

Article: "Shooting of Trayvon Martin", 2012 by Wikipedia.

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

Article: "Kim Reynolds' Private School Voucher Plan Fails For The Year" by Ty Rushing.

Book: The Conservative Mind: From Burke to Eliot by Russell Kirk.

Article: "Edmund Burke" by Wikipedia.

Book: The Hidden History of American Healthcare: Why Sickness Bankrupts You and Makes Others Insanely Rich by Thom Hartmann.

Case: "Brown v. Board", 1954 (integrated schools).

Article: "Looking Back on the Desegregation of U.S. Hospitals in 1966" by John McDonough.

Article: "Aleutian Islands campaign" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Forgotten History: Japanese Submarine Opens Fire on Santa Barbara" by Theodore Hoosevelt.

Article: "As US planes bombed Japan in World War II, the Japanese sent balloons across the ocean to try to set the US on fire" by Benjamin Brimelow.

Article: "Battle of Los Angeles" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Rich man and Lazarus" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Barbara Ehrenreich, author who resisted injustice, dies aged 81" by 2 Sep 2022.

Article: "Exxon Mobil Knew About Climate Change, But Lied for Years: Report" by Joe McCarthy.

Article: "Carbon Capture & Storage Explained: The New Fossil Fuel Frontier" by Mia DiFelice.

Case: "Buckley v. Valeo", 1976.

Case: "First National Bank Of Boston V. Bellotti", 1978.

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

Bill: "H.R.1 - For the People Act of 2021" by Rep. Sarbanes, John P. [D-MD-3].

Hour Two: Sexy Liberal Tour - Plus topics of the day...
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Event: 10 Sep: DC: "Stephanie Miller's Sexy Liberal Save Democracy Tour" w/Glenn Kirschner.

Event: 24 Sep: Chicago: "Stephanie Miller's Sexy Liberal Save Democracy Tour" w/ Rep.Jan Schakowsky and Jill Wine Banks.

Event: 22 Oct: Beverly Hills: "Stephanie Miller's Sexy Liberal Save Democracy Tour" w/ Rob Reiner and Rep. Adam Schiff.

Article: "Glenn Kirschner" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Democrats Fret as Stacey Abrams Struggles in Georgia Governor's Race" by Maya King and Reid J. Epstein.

Case: "Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization" (2022) (abortion).

Article: "Collins underscores need to reform Electoral Count Act: 'Peaceful transfer of power shouldn't require heroes'" by Caroline Vakil.

Bill: "S.4573 - Electoral Count Reform and Presidential Transition Improvement Act of 2022" by Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME].

Article: "Nixon shock" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Judge's Fiat Law and Legal Definition" (Judicial fiat) by USLegal.

Movie: "Programming The Nation".

Movie: "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance".

Article: "Guns now the leading cause of death for US children, CDC says" by Anders Hagstrom.

Article: "Uvalde breaking news: at least 2 injured in park shooting" by The Janitor.

Article: "Estimated number of civilian guns per capita by country" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Midterm Elections 2022: "It's AGED+, Stupid"" by Malcolm Lazin.

Article: "King Charles III brings long history of environmental activism to throne" by Doug Cunningham.

Article: "Hurricane Kay has led to extreme weather in California. We're tracking the impacts" by Jack Lee, Gerry Díaz and Hannah Hagemann.

Article: "UK Lifts Shale Gas Fracking Ban in Bid to Boost Fuel Supply" by Will Mathis.

Article: "A bill to extend Diablo Canyon nuclear plant is introduced in Sacramento. But can it pass in time?" by Rob Nikolewski.

Article: "California power outages: How a text message averted major blackouts" by Paul Rogers.

Article: "United States Army Corps of Engineers" by Wikipedia.

Article: "'Monstrous': Federal Judge Rules HIV Drug Coverage Mandate Violates Religious Freedom" by Brett Wilkins.

Article: "Preamble to the Constitution of the United States".
"We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America."

Article: "Tashkent Declaration" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Constitution of the United States" Article 1 section 8 (Powers of Congress). "The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States... To establish Post Offices and post Roads;"

Article: "Aileen Cannon" by Wikipedia.

Article: "The Great Eliminator: How Ronald Reagan Made Homelessness Permanent" by Chris Roberts.

Article: ""Complicit in the Railroading of Democracy": DNC Panel Blocks Vote on Dark Money Ban" by Jake Johnson.

Article: "Problem Solvers Caucus" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Congressional Progressive Caucus" by Wikipedia.

Article: "1971 September 09 Uprising at Attica prison begins" by history.com.

Documentary: Where to Invade Next - Michael Moore.

Article: "Why Norway's prison system is so successful" by Christina Sterbenz.

Article: "Anders Behring Breivik" by Wikipedia.

Article: "'Rallying Cry' Against Privatization: Pa. County Rejects Billion-Dollar Sewer System Sale" by Julia Conley.

Article: "Tech experts warn Georgia's voting system in danger after Trump supporters busted copying software " by Travis Gettys.

Article: "Surveillance video shows Georgia 'fake elector' escorting operatives into elections office before alleged data breach" by Zoë Richards, Blayne Alexander and Charlie Gile.

Article: "What It Took to Form Chipotle's First Union" by Nitish Pahwa.

Article: "Upton Sinclair" by Wikipedia.

Book: The Jungle by Upton Sinclair.

Law: "Pure Food and Drug Act" (1907).

Law: "Federal Meat Inspection Act" (1906).

Book: Cup of Fury by Upton Sinclair.

Book: Cup of Fury (scan) by Upton Sinclair.

Book: How to Change Your Mind: What the New Science of Psychedelics Teaches Us About Consciousness, Dying, Addiction, Depression, and Transcendence by Michael Pollan.

Article: "Psilocybin Therapy Sharply Reduces Excessive Drinking, Small Study Shows" by Andrew Jacobs.

Article: "Mikhail S. Gorbachev, Reformist Soviet Leader, Is Dead at 91" by Marilyn Berger.

Site: Vote Now Or Never!.

Site: Star Trek Day.

Article: "Solar power in Germany" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Declaration of Independence".

Bible: "Proverbs".

Bible: "Ecclesiastes".

Bible: "Joshua".

Article: "Sermon on the Mount" by Wikipedia.

Bible: "Matthew 25:31-46 The Sheep and the Goats".

Article: "Trump search affidavit reveals confidential source documents found at Mar-a-Lago, raising new alarms" by Kevin Johnson, Kevin McCoy, Tami Abdollah.

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

Article: "Rand Paul delivers letter from Trump to Putin" by Rebecca Morin.

Article: "Jaime Harrison" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Val Demings" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Dietrich Bonhoeffer" by Wikipedia.

Quote: "Stupidity is a more dangerous enemy of the good than malice..." - Dietrich Bonhoeffer.

Video: Bonhoeffer's Theory of Stupidity.

Article: "The Impact of Voter Suppression on Elderly & Disabled Americans" by dave.

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