Americans can hold the same idea in two different contexts at the same time: While embracing interdependence at home, we must also embrace self-reliance on the international stage.

While much of it is based in fantasy ideas and children's tales about "pioneers" carving their own lives out of the wilderness (in reality, community was the main value that guaranteed success for frontier towns), it's nonetheless a foundational value intrinsic to Americans' notion of themselves.

Self-reliance is also the number-one meme promoted by rightwing media and billionaires, celebrated by the Republican Party, and used to market everything from guns to trucks to survival food for Trump-humpers.

"Stand on your own two feet!" is a favorite GOP mantra, particularly when discussing poor people looking for bootstraps to pull themselves up with.

Self-reliance is an entirely different thing when applied to nations, however.

Read more at HartmannReport.com.

-Thom

Friday'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: "Trump officials removed '2.7 million' PPP fraud flags from 'the largest corporations' during his lame duck period" by Alex Henderson.

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

Site: Project On Government Oversight (POGO).

Article: "Brad Pfaff" by Ballotpedia.

Article: "Jan. 6-linked candidate secures GOP nomination for Wisconsin House seat" by Andrew Solender.

Article: "What's Next For Lawsuit Over Wisconsin's 1849 Abortion Ban?" by Sarah Lehr.

Article: "Energiewende infographics" by Heinrich Böll Foundation.

Article: "The Acceleration Of PV And The Role Of The German Programme" by Dr. Herman Scheer.

Article: "Biden's Inflation Reduction Act Means 87,000 New IRS Agents: 6 Ways To Avoid an Audit" by Josephine Nesbit.

Article: "Seattle March for the Abolition of Nuclear Weapons" by WPSR.

Article: "Fed Chief Sets Monetary Policy By Seat-of-the-Pants Approach" by David Wessel.

Article: "The Social Security 2100 Act" by John Larson.

Bill: "H.R.5723 - Social Security 2100: A Sacred Trust" by Rep. Larson, John B. [D-CT-1].

Article: "Here's how to watch Friday's U.S. Senate debate between Ron Johnson and Mandela Barnes " by Alexander Shur.

Article: "National Archives claims some Trump records from White House still missing" by Mark Moore.

Article: "Questions raised over 2021 footage of Trump taking boxes from Mar-a-Lago to Bedminster" by Oliver O'Connell.

Law: "Inflation Reduction Act of 2022".

Article: "Biden's Inflation Reduction Act Means 87,000 New IRS Agents: 6 Ways To Avoid an Audit" by Josephine Nesbit.

Article: "The GOP Is Trying to Convince Americans the IRS Is Coming to Kill Them" by Bess Levin.

Article: "U.S. IRS launches security review after threats, misinformation on social media" by David Lawder.

Article: "John Dillinger" by Wikipedia.

Law: "President Biden's Bipartisan Infrastructure Law".

Article: "Diane Hendricks" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Richard and Elizabeth Uihlein" by Wikipedia.

Article: "John Menard Jr." by Wikipedia.

Article: "Can America Stand On Her Own Two Feet?" by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "Will Powell, MBS, and Putin Throw the Entire World Into a Depression?" by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "Jack Welch Was a Bitter Foe of American Workers" by Erik Loomis.

Book: Entrepreneurial Nation: Why Manufacturing is Still Key to America's Future by Ro Khanna.

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

Book: Sam Walton: Made In America by Sam Walton with John Huey.

Article: "U.S. Gasoline Exports Surge Even as Americans Pay Up at the Pump" by Lucia Kassai.

Article: "Biden Officials Float Fuel Export Limit in Meeting With Refiners" by Jennifer A Dlouhy and Ari Natter.

Article: "America needs a New Economic Patriotism plan" by Ro Khanna.

Article: "'Their Greed Knows No Bounds': Analysis Shows Ongoing Price Gouging by Oil Giants" by Brett Wilkins.

Article: "Report: U.S. Crude Exports Increased Nearly 600% From 2015 to 2020 After Lifting of the Crude Export Ban—Driving Permian Oil Production To Increase 135% Over the Period" by Oil Change International.

Bill: "American Crude Oil Export Equality Act" by Sen. Heitkamp, Heidi [D-ND].

Article: "Why Is It So Hard to Hit the Brakes on Inflation?" by Michael Barbaro.

Article: "U.S. Repeals Longstanding Ban on Export of Crude Oil" by Anthony B. Cavender, Thomas A. Campbell, Dan LeFort, Paul S. Marston.

Article: "CHIPS Act Passes: House Approves $280 Billion Bill To Boost Microchip Production And Counter China" by Brian Bushard.

Quote: "Ideally, you'd have every plant you own on a barge to move with currencies and changes in the economy." - Jack Welch.

Article: "Ralph Waldo Emerson" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Walden Pond" by Henry David Thoreau.

Article: "Can America Stand On Her Own Two Feet?" by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "Andrew Jackson" (Old Hickory).

Article: "Andrew Jackson shuts down Second Bank of the U.S." by History.com.

Article: "Bretton Woods system" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Biden's nuclear warning not based on new intelligence but opens a window into real worries inside the White House" by Phil Mattingly, Jeremy Diamond and Kevin Liptak.

Article: "Putin 'wants to take the world with him when he dies' and 'the decision about using tactical nukes has already been made', says political expert behind claims over Vladimir's health" by Will Stewart.

Article: "This Video Of Russians Surrendering To Ukrainian Troops Is Intense" by Emma Helfrich.

Article: "Two Russians detained in Alaska were seeking asylum to avoid draft" by Julia Vargas Jones and Priscilla Alvarez.

On His New Vision for American Manufacturing & Economic Progress
- Representative Ro Khanna (D-CA, 17th District) / Author of 2 books, his latest Dignity In A Digital Age: Making Tech Work For All Of Us

Article: "Ro Khanna Lays Out New Vision for American Manufacturing and Economic Progress" by Brett Wilkins.

Article: "America needs a New Economic Patriotism plan" by Ro Khanna.

Article: "What Biden's Poughkeepsie visit to IBM means to a supply chain resurgence in the U.S." by David McKay Wilson.

Article: "Democrat Pat Ryan Wins in House Race That Turned on Abortion" by Grace Ashford.

Article: "Chinese woman arrested at Mar-a-Lago had device to detect hidden cameras, officials say" by AP.

Article: "Ukrainian woman posing as Rothschild family member infiltrated Mar-a-Lago: report " by Patrick Reilly and David Propper.

Article: "California agencies float Colorado River water cuts proposal" by Kathleen Ronayne.

Law: "First Amendment to the United States Constitution" .

Article: "California to make its own low-cost insulin, governor says" by Aya Elamroussi.

Article: "California bans the sale of new gas-powered cars by 2035" by Emma Newburger.

Article: "Hurricane Ian" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Iron-air batteries: Huge green-energy breakthrough, or just a lot of hype?" by David Von Drehle.

Article: "Opinion: Biden's fist bump turned slap in the face" by David A. Andelman.

Article: "OPEC is trying to prop up oil prices as global demand slows down" by Scott Horsley.

Article: "140-year-old rusty batteries offer huge breakthrough for energy storage" by Anthony Cuthbertson.

Article: "We're going to need a lot more grid storage. New iron batteries could help." by Dawn Stover.

Article: "Iron-air batteries: Huge green-energy breakthrough, or just a lot of hype? " by David Von Drehle.

Article: "A new concept for low-cost batteries" by David L. Chandler.

Article: "Aluminium battery" by Wikipedia.

Article: "'How civil wars start': Expert explains how America's democracy is 'ripe to be exploited'" by Eric Umansky.

Book: How Civil Wars Start: And How to Stop Them by Barbara F. Walter.

Article: "Cheese, Bro' ...Chuck Grassley was in on the attempted coup" by annieli.

Article: "Mike Pence refused to get in car amid 6 January riots fearing Secret Service ‘conspiracy', reports claim" by Louise Hall.

Article: "Why are We Surprised Barr Covered-Up Trump's Treason When He Did the Same for GHW Bush & Reagan?" by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "Biden pardons all prior federal marijuana possession charges, begins process to decriminalize" by Joan McCarter.

Article: "I've Studied 13 Days of the Cuban Missile Crisis. This Is What I See When I Look at Putin." by Michael Dobbs.

Article: "Nike's approach to outsourcing" by Derek Gallimore.

Article: "National Republicans stand by Herschel Walker after report he paid for an abortion" by Sahil Kapur and Henry J. Gomez.

Article: "Trump's PAC gave $1 million to Meadows' non-profit weeks after House formed January 6 committee" by Eric Bradner.

Article: "What petting a dog can do for your brain" by Sandee LaMotte.

Article: "Permanent normal trade relations: U.S. and China" by Wikipedia.

Book: "Rebooting the American Dream: 11 Ways to Rebuild Our Country" by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "Explainer: Past Fed hiking cycles, from sanguine to severe, may say little about this one" by Howard Schneider.

Book: "Screwed: The Undeclared War Against The Middle Class" by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "We get what we measure: Why policymakers overlook profits as the source of inflation" by Robert Reich.

Article: "Medigap" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Medicare Rate Increases for 2022" by HelpAdvisor.

Article: "This Is How To Deal With Psychopaths And Toxic People: 5 Proven Secrets" by Eric Barker.

Article: "Can you file bankruptcy on student loans? Here's everything you need to know" by Elizabeth Gravier.

Law: "Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act" by Wikipedia.

Article: "History of the Venezuelan oil industry" by Wikipedia.

Article: "International sanctions during the Venezuelan crisis" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Windfall Tax" by Julia Kagan.

Article: "Proud Boys member is first to plead guilty to seditious conspiracy " by CNN.

Monday on The Thom Hartmann Program, 12-3pm ET

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