This year will be an unprecedented referendum on democracy. Fully sixty percent of Americans will have an "election denier" Trump-humping Republican on the ballot this November.

Our country has been poisoned, and if we don't remove the poison and start using the antidote America may soon be completely unrecognizable as a "free" nation. It's taken 50 years, but we're now at the point of maximum crisis.

First came the poison of big money corrupting politics.

Read more at HartmannReport.com.

-Thom

Thursday's Daily Stack

Article: "America has been Poisoned - Where's the Antidote?" by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "White supremacists 'seek affiliation' with law enforcement to further their goals, internal FBI report warns" by Josh Margolin.

Article: "Michael Flynn says America needs ‘one religion under God’" by Brad Bull.

Article: "Brian Timpone" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Will This Finally Be the Time Republicans Turn Against the NRA's Money? " by Thom Hartmann.

Site: "Local Government Information Services (LGIS)".

Article: "60 Percent Of Americans Will Have An Election Denier On The Ballot This Fall" by FiveThirtyEight.

Article: "Wallace Defines 'American Fascism'" by Henry A. Wallace.

Article: "Gun Ownership by Country 2022" by World Population Review.

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

Book: "The Hidden History of Guns and the Second Amendment" by Thom Hartmann.

Book: "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson.

Book: "Unsafe at Any Speed" by Ralph Nader.

Article: "Rand Paul calls for repeal of Espionage Act after Trump FBI search" by Ivana Saric.

Article: "Voting Laws Roundup: February 2022" by Brennan Center for Justice.

Article: "Ukraine funding bill: These 11 Republican senators split from party leadership, opposed $40 billion in aid" by Tyler Olson.

Article: "The Lewis Powell Memo: A Corporate Blueprint to Dominate Democracy" by Lewis Powell.

Article: "Full List of 57 House Republicans Who Voted Against Ukraine Aid" by Darragh Roche.

Article: "Supreme Court gives Ohio right to purge thousands of voters from its rolls" by Pete Williams.

Article: "Republicans employ 'defund the FBI' message in midterm campaigns — and other GOP candidates aren't happy" by Sarah K. Burris.

Article: "Fox News Floats ‘Man Traps,’ ‘Ballistic Blankets’ to Stop School Shootings" by William Vaillancourt.

Article: "Falwell: blame abortionists, feminists and gays" by Laurie Goodstein.

Article: "Kyrsten Sinema ensured a $14 billion tax break for private equity, hedge fund, and real estate executives remains intact. It's a win for many of her campaign donors." by Sam Tabahriti.

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

Law: "Civil Rights Act of 1964".

Law: "Voting Rights Act of 1965".

Article: "Norman Lear" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Nixon's Southern strategy" by James Boyd.

Video: Willie Horton 1988 Attack Ad.

Article: "'Drug dealers, criminals, rapists': What Trump thinks of Mexicans" by BBC.

Article: "Dark triad" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Narcissism" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Machiavellianism (psychology)" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Psychopathy" by Wikipedia.

Email: "MAGA = Make America Great Again " by Donald J. Trump.

Article: "Medicare Advantage has a marketing problem" by Victoria Knight.

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

Article: "Kansas Primary Results" by CNN.

Article: "Donald Trump pardons Steve Bannon amid last acts of presidency" by Martin Pengelly, Julian Borger.

Article: "Steve Bannon surrenders to New York authorities in border-wall fraud case – live" by Richard Luscombe.

Article: "Private border wall not in compliance, construction stops now says Sunland Park mayor" by Aaron Montes.

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

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

Article: "Trump says 'Fox & Friends' has 'gone to the dark side' after the show's hosts mentioned polls showing Ron DeSantis beating him in 2024" by Cheryl Teh.

Book: "Conservatives Without Conscience" by John W. Dean.

Article: "What if Trump's Conspiracy was Way Bigger than We Know?" by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "Melania Trump" by Wikipedia.

Hour Two: The Conservative Movement Within Islam
- Ani Zonneveld, Muslims For Progressive Values

Event: Sep 14: 9:30 - 11:30 AM: DC & virtual "Addressing Apostasy and Blasphemy Laws in Muslim Societies Workshop".

Article: "Novelist Salman Rushdie in surgery after on-stage stabbing" by Dulcie Lee.

Article: "Salman Rushdie" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Majority Of Muslims Voted For Biden, But Trump Got More Support Than He Did In 2016" by Leila Fadel.

Article: "Trump travel ban" ("Muslim ban") by Wikipedia.

Article: "Donald Trump’s horrifying words about Muslims" by Wikipedia.

Site: "Dean Obeidallah".

Article: "New to Medicare" by SHIIP - Iowa’s Medicare Resource.

Site: Medicare.

Site: Alex Lawson, Executive Director - Social Security Works / Strengthen Social Security

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

The life & death of Queen Elizabeth II
- Victoria Jones, Chief Washington Analyst-The DC Radio Company

Article: "Queen Elizabeth II has died" by BBC.

Article: "Elizabeth II" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Charles III" by Wikipedia.

Article: "UK to cap energy prices, end fracking ban to ease crisis" by Jill Lawless, Sylvia Hui.

Article: "Liz Truss takes over as British prime minister after meeting with the queen" by Hyder Abbasi, Elizabeth Kuhr.

Article: "King Charles III, the new monarch" by BBC.

Article: "Now begins the reign of King Charles III: What kind of sovereign will he be? Not like his mother" by Maria Puente.

Article: "Queen Victoria" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Elimination of Prejudices" by Abdu'l-Baha.

Article: "Bahá'í Faith" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales" by Wikipedia.

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

Article: "Medicare Agent Broker Compensation " by CMS.

Article: "Ivana Trump Laid to Rest in Gold Casket at Trump Family's New Jersey Golf Club" by Kyler Alvord, Charlotte Triggs.

Bible: "Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse those who have leprosy, drive out demons. Freely you have received; freely give." - Matthew 10:8.

Hour Three: The Ukraine & Democracy
- Ali Velshi, Host - MSNBC “Velshi” (Sat/Sun 8-10aET) & "The Last Word" (Fri 10pET) / Host of the digital platform, The Velshi Exchange

Video: "Ali Velshi reports live from train carrying refugees from Ukraine arriving in Hungary".

Video: "Velshi: Other dictators are watching the war in Ukraine. How we react to Putin is crucial.".

Site: "Salem International".

Article: "Viktor Orbán" (Hungary) by Wikipedia.

Article: "Andrzej Duda" (Poland) by Wikipedia.

Article: "Volodymyr Zelensky" (Ukrainian president) by Wikipedia.

Video: Fmr. Ukrainian president Poroshenko: “This is a terrorist attack at the NATO border”.

Article: "Biden Fires Trump Appointee as Head of Social Security Administration" by Jim Tankersley.

Site: Medicare and You.

Article: "Medigap" by Wikipedia.

Article: "The war to end all wars" by BBC.

Article: "Aldous Huxley" by Wikipedia.

Article: "George Orwell" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Attack on Pearl Harbor" by Wikipedia.

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: "Dennis Kucinich" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Department of Peace" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Marianne Williamson" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Gulf War" by Wikipedia.

Article: "These 17 Agencies Make Up The Most Sophisticated Spy Network In The World" by Paul Szoldra.

Article: "United States invasion of Grenada", 25 October 1983 by Wikipedia.

Article: "Falklands War" by Wikipedia.

Quote: "As a matter of fact, in interviews in 1999 with respected journalist, and long time Bush family friend, David Herskowitz, then Governor George Bush stated: 'One of the keys to being seen as a great leader is to be seen as a commander-in-chief. My father had all this political capital built up when he drove the Iraqis out of Kuwait and he wasted it. If I have a chance to invade... if I had that much capital, I'm not going to waste it. I'm going to get everything passed that I want to get passed and I'm going to have a successful presidency." - My Testimony for the Downing Street Memo Hearings" by Cindy Sheehan, June 16 2005.

Article: "GoodRx" by Wikipedia.

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