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How Long Will the GOP Continue to Shrink the Middle Class Rather than Grow It?
 Republicans always work against middle class people, worsen poverty, and direct all their efforts and opportunities toward the top 10 percent (and, particularly, the top 1 percent) of Americans. A middle class, when mishandled, can be a powerful and fearsome thing, as the rulers of Iran and Russia are discovering. Both regimes are now teetering on the edge of collapse because of popular uprisings that would not have happened without a middle-class in each country. People paralyzed by grinding poverty rarely revolt — it takes a lot to produce "barrio uprisings" — because their lives are consumed with day-to-day survival issues. But when people are prosperous enough that they've left behind the most severe economic insecurity — believing they'll always find another home, job, or can get into another university — they begin to demand a responsive government and will rise in protest when it fails to meet their demands. Republicans have been warning about this since the 1950s, although not in the way you may think. Read more at HartmannReport.com. -Thom |
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Thomas Paine and the Promise of America by Harvey J. Kaye
A short review of a masterpiece of a book you should have in your library. Back in 2006, Professor Harvey J. Kaye wrote one of the best history books I've read in decades: Thomas Paine and the Promise of America. I wrote a review of it back then that I recently stumbled across on the internet and thought you'd want to read. Hope you don't mind a second "book" email in your inbox today… Read more at HartmannReport.com. -Thom |
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Restoring Government, of, by and for the People
Can we reclaim the dream of freedom and individual liberty in the land of its birth? I believe we can. Every culture and every religion of what we call the civilized world carries, in one form or another, a mythos or story about a time in the past or future when humans lived or will live in peace and harmony. Whether it's referred to as Valhalla or Eden, Shambhala or One Thousand Years of Peace, the Satya Yuga or Jannat, stories of past or coming times of paradise go hand- in-hand with hierarchical cultures. Read more at HartmannReport.com. -Thom |
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Saturday Report 10/8/22: How will OPEC's 2-million-barrel-a-day production cut hit America?
The Best of the Rest of the News. — What weakens a republic enough to lead to a civil war or major change of governmental system away from democracy? — DeSantis does a master class in how to create hatred and distrust of the media and crank up violence against your political opponents. — The beginning of the end of the drug wars! — Manufacturing is what creates "the wealth of nations" (as Adam Smith taught us) and, increasingly, Democrats in Congress get it. — It's a safe bet that the Supreme Court is about to further kneecap democracy in America. — How will OPEC's 2-million-barrel-a-day production cut hit America? — Will Putin use nukes in Ukraine and, if he does, what will the result be? — Will the crime issue win the House and/or Senate for Republicans? — Geeky Science! Can petting your dog or cat help your brain? Read more at HartmannReport.com. -Thom |
Monday's Daily Stack 
Hour One: How Long Will The GOP Continue to Shrink the Middle Class Rather Than Grow It?
Tweet: " While over 60% of Americans now live paycheck to paycheck, three people own more wealth than the bottom half of American society. Got that? That's 1, 2, 3 people with more wealth than the bottom 165 million people." by Bernie Sanders. Quote: " The occupation of an hairdresser, or of a working tallow-chandler, cannot be a matter of honour to any person - to say nothing of a number of other more servile employments. Such descriptions of men ought not to suffer oppression from the state; but the state suffers oppression, if such as they, either individually or collectively, are permitted to rule. In this you think you are combating prejudice, but you are at war with nature" - Edmund Burke.
Putin Has Now Put In Charge the Notorious General Who Oversaw the Sarin Gas Attack in Damascus - Winter is Coming....
Who has Been to the Metaverse & What Happened?
Hour Two: Medical Health Professionals are Saying Trump Is a Sociopath with an Erotic Attraction to Violence and Mayhem - What Does That Mean?- Psychoanalyst Dr. Justin Frank MD, Psychoanalyst & Clinical Professor, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - George Washington University / Author - Trump on the Couch (Previous books include Bush on the Couch & Obama on the Couch) 
Quote: " I have never killed any one, but I have read some obituary notices with great satisfaction" - Clarence Darrow.
Why Are We Allowing Private Insurers to Use Medicare Advantage to Steal Billions?
Save Democracy in WI- Brad Pfaff, Democratic Candidate for 3rd Congressional District in WI - his opponent is an insurrectionist (Derrick Van Orden) / Currently state senator for Western Wisconsin
Article: " Iran" by Wikipedia.
Quote: " If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it. The lie can be maintained only for such time as the State can shield the people from the political, economic and/or military consequences of the lie. It thus becomes vitally important for the State to use all of its powers to repress dissent, for the truth is the mortal enemy of the lie, and thus by extension, the truth is the greatest enemy of the State" - Joseph Goebbels.
Geeky Science! Now We Find Out Why We Get Our Best Thoughts in the Shower
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Watch & Listen to Thom
Trump's Election Lie Is Ripping America Apart Featuring Dr. Peter Navarro
Why America's Middle Class Keep Shrinking
Is Trump Sexually Attracted To Violence? Featuring Dr. Justin Frank
Ron DeSantis Knew Hurricane Ian Was Coming
If Russia Goes To War With US Trump Is To Blame
Will DeSantis Provoke Stochastic Terrorism Against Democrats?
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