There are only two ways that independent nations can be governed: by the people themselves through free and fair elections with maximum participation, or by an elite group that is only acting for its own benefit.

Democracy or autocracy. Freedom or oligarchy. Liberty or tyranny. Violence or the rule of law.

Trump and virtually the entire GOP have chosen autocracy, going all-in on voter intimidation, throwing people off voter rolls or preventing their votes from being counted, and trying to rig future elections.

And they're getting a big assist from other countries that have already been taken over by autocrats like Trump aspires to become. Countries that are trying to take down democracies all over the world.

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-Thom

Tuesday's Daily Stack

Article: "Republicans See Today as an Opportunity to Set Up the End of Democracy in 2024" by Thom Hartmann.

Tweet: "A peaceful protester in Portland was shot in the head by one of Donald Trump's secret police. Now Trump and Chad Wolf are weaponizing the DHS as their own occupying army to provoke violence on the streets of my hometown because they think it plays well with right-wing media." by Ron Wyden.

Article: "Here are all the people Trump said he wants thrown in jail this week" by Josh Israel.

Article: "Canadian intelligence warned PM Trudeau that China covertly funded 2019 election candidates: Sources" by Sam Cooper.

Article: "Ron DeSantis and his voter investigation unit are having a chilling effect on Black voters" by Rebekah Sager.

Article: "Protecting American Monuments, Memorials, and Statues and Combating Recent Criminal Violence" by Donald J. Trump.

Article: "D.H.S. Downplayed Threats From Russia and White Supremacists, Whistle-Blower Says" by Zolan Kanno-Youngs and Nicholas Fandos.

Article: "Federal Law Enforcement Use Unmarked Vehicles To Grab Protesters Off Portland Streets" by Jonathan Levinson and Conrad Wilson.

Article: "Putin-connected businessman admits interference in U.S. elections" by AP.

Article: "GAO finds Chad Wolf, Ken Cuccinelli are ineligible to serve in their top DHS roles" by Kyle Cheney.

Article: "'Canceling votes': Republicans have filed 3 times more lawsuits to throw out ballots as they did 2 years ago" by Matthew Chapman.

Article: "Trump rolled out a 'sick' new riff during his Monday night speech: former Ted Cruz spokeswoman" by Matthew Chapman.

Article: "China taking ‘aggressive' steps to gut Canada's democracy, warns Trudeau" by Leyland Cecco.

Article: "Loss of USCP Officer Brian D. Sicknick" by USCP.

Article: "Operations in Portland" by Office of Intelligence and Analysis.

Article: "Stochastic terrorism" by Wikipedia.

Article: "2022 Midterm Elections" by NYT.

Article: "Immigration officials say Pelosi attacker was in US illegally" by Priscilla Alvarez.

Article: "Half of American Adults Get News from Social Media; 1 in 10 Regularly on TikTok" by Marketing Charts.

Article: "Trump rolled out a 'sick' new riff during his Monday night speech: former Ted Cruz spokeswoman" by Matthew Chapman.

Article: "Ohio man fatally shoots neighbor ‘because he thought he was a Democrat'" by Travis Gettys.

Article: "‘Should not be normalized': Warnings issued after Trump calls Pelosi an ‘animal' on eve of election " by David Badash.

Article: "The World's Democracies Ask: Why Can't America Fix Itself?" by Damien Cave.

Article: "Florida gave ex-felons the right to vote. Now the state is arresting them for voting." by Maximillian Alvarez and Mansa Musa.

Article: "Tennessee says most former felons can vote. They disagree" by Adam Friedman.

Article: "Matt Cartwright" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Pennsylvania's 8th Congressional District" by Ballotpedia.

Article: "Jim Bognet" by Ballotpedia.

Article: "Donald Trump sets date for 'very big announcement' as rumours of a 2024 White House run grow" by Will Taylor.

Article: "Ken Starr" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Donald Trump/Billy Bush leaked video: Full transcript - read the full sexist exchange here" by Melanie Ehrenkranz.

Article: "Roy Moore" by Wikipedia.

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

Bible: "With that, one of Jesus' companions reached for his sword, drew it out and struck the servant of the high priest, cutting off his ear. "Put your sword back in its place," Jesus said to him. "For all who draw the sword will die by the sword." - Matthew 26:51-52.

Article: "Philadelphia vote count facing delays following GOP challenge" by Dareh Gregorian, Maura Barrett and Peter Shaw.

Article: "Global Alarm as Netanyahu to Form Israel's Most Right-Wing Government Ever" by Jessica Corbett.

Article: "Editorial: Krystle Matthews' latest display of her unfitness for office" by Post & Courier.

Hour Two: Greg Palast (LIVE from Georgia) on GOP vigilantes challenging 149,000 voters
- Greg Palast, Investigative Reporter / Author & Filmmaker - latest film is "Vigilante: Georgia's Vote Suppression Hitman"

Article: "Georgia's Governor Deputized GOP Vigilantes to Challenge 149,000 Voters" by Greg Palast.

Article: "Bad News: Vote Suppression Can Win in Georgia: Absentee Ballots Plunge by a Million" by Greg Palast.

Article: "Georgia's restrictive new voting law, explained" (SB 202) by Zack Beauchamp.

Article: "How Brian Kemp STOLE The Georgia Election" by Greg Palast.

Article: "Brian Kemp will determine the rules of the game again in November" by Beowulf Rochlen and Greg Palast.

Article: "Warrior on two fronts" by Greg Palast.

Article: "2,000 Mules: Belly Laughs, Belly Aches from Film's "Proof" that Trump Won" by Greg Palast and Zach D. Roberts.

Article: "True the Vote" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Black Voters Helped Turn Georgia Blue in 2020. Now They're Feeling Frustrated" by Mini Racker.

Article: "US Midterms: Voter intimidation already reported as Americans head to the polls" by Benjamin Lynch.

Article: "Florida warns US Justice Department that federal election monitors are not allowed inside polling places" by Geneva Sands and Steve Contorno.

Article: "Brad Raffensperger" by Wikipedia.

Article: "With Trump, Kanye West and Kyrie Irving remarks, Jewish communities fear rising hate" by Marc Ramirez.

Article: "'Jews will not replace us': Why white supremacists go after Jews" by Yair Rosenberg.

Article: "Nazi salute incident in Beverly Hills now being investigated by LAPD" by Yahoo news.

Article: "Pilgrims to Mussolini's birthplace pray that new PM will resurrect a far-right Italy" by Angela Giuffrida.

Article: "Amy Schumer References About Kanye West's Anti-Semitic Comments In ‘SNL's Opening Monologue" by Cassie Gill.

Article: "American Jews start to think the unthinkable" by Dana Milbank.

Article: "Ron DeSantis and his voter investigation unit are having a chilling effect on Black voters" by Rebekah Sager.

Article: "Far-right activists boast on Truth Social they'll work the polls — and tamper with election equipment" by Matthew Chapman.

Why today's election is so important (Gen-X perspective)
- Alan Minsky, Executive Director - Progressive Democrats of America (PDA)

Article: "No Person of Conscience Can Sit Out this Midterm Election" by Alan Minsky.

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

Article: "John Fetterman" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Mandela Barnes" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Cheri Beasley" by Wikipedia.

Bill: "S.4263 - John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act" by Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT].

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

Article: "'None of this is okay': North Carolina voters report 'harassment and intimidation' at polling stations " by Travis Gettys.

Article: "Black voters in Florida express fear, confusion as DeSantis election laws kick in" by Lori Rozsa.

Article: "How Tennessee Disenfranchised 21% of Its Black Citizens" by Bianca Fortis.

Article: "Washington state carbon tax poised to fail after Big Oil campaign" by Nichola Groom.

Article: "Florida's Election Police Have a Million-Dollar Budget and Just a Few Cases" by Patricia Mazzei.

Article: "The Scandal of Michigan's Emergency Managers" by Chris Savage.

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

Article: "The Fed Audit" by Bernie Sanders.

Article: "North Carolina reports possible voter intimidation, threats ahead of midterm elections" by Gram Slattery.

Article: "Arizona asks federal prosecutors to probe possible voter intimidation" by Ned Parker Ned Parker and Sarah N. Lynch.

Article: "Outrage as Nashville singer avoids jail time for shooting homeless man who asked her to move her Porsche" by Johanna Chisholm.

Article: "Trump calls Pelosi 'an animal'" by Olivia Olander.

Article: "A MAGA America Would Be Ugly" by Paul Krugman.

Article: "Report: Far-right social media site users claim they'll be poll workers" by Heidi Przybyla and Zach Montellaro.

Article: "Far-right activists boast on Truth Social they'll work the polls — and tamper with election equipment" by Matthew Chapman.

Book: We the People: A Call to Take Back America by Thom Hartmann, illustrated by Neil Cohn.

Article: "Hungary" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Turkey" by Wikipedia.

Site: "The Righting".

Article: "Democrats Are Not Going To Relinquish Power Peacefully" by John Daniel Davidson.

Article: "All The Signs Point To A Landslide For Liberty; Are The Leftists Still Going To Cheat?" by D Parker.

Article: "The Morning Briefing: Election Day Is Always a Cheat Day for Democrats" by Stephen Kruiser.

Article: "Vote Against Every Democrat Everywhere" by Derek Hunter.

Article: "It's a day for voting – and a day of PRAYER" by Joseph Farah.

Article: "Does Joe Biden Know The Fix Is In?" by Matt Keener.

Article: "The clock has run out on Democrats' chaotic closing midterm message" by Jimmy Failla.

Article: "How Jimmy Kimmel Became a Democrat Hack" by James Hirsen.

Article: "Portland, Oregon" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Portland Protester Shot in Head With Impact Weapon by Federal Officer: Video" by Tom Cleary.

Site: Mondragon Corporation (co-op).

Article: "Antifa (United States)" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Assailant tried to tie up Paul Pelosi in home attack and shouted, 'Where is Nancy?' sources say" by Jamie Gangel, Clare Foran, Whitney Wild and John Miller.

Article: "Joy Reid" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Constitution of the United States", article 3 section 2. "... In all Cases affecting Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls, and those in which a State shall be Party, the supreme Court shall have original Jurisdiction. In all the other Cases before mentioned, the supreme Court shall have appellate Jurisdiction, both as to Law and Fact, with such Exceptions, and under such Regulations as the Congress shall make...."

Quote: "The day will come when our Republic will be an impossibility. It will be an impossibility because wealth will be concentrated in the hands of a few" - attributed to James Madison.

Tweet: "For every extra $1 you're paying due to inflation, 54¢ is going right into the pockets of big corporations. Wall Street is price gouging families to earn sky-high profits, jeopardizing our entire economy in the process." by Katie Porter.

Law: "Public Law 102-14, H.J. Res 104: Education Day U.S.A" (Noahide Law).

Cartoon: "Doonesbury for February 21, 2016" by Garry Trudeau.

Article: "Ralph Nader 2000 presidential campaign" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Jill Stein 2016 presidential campaign" by Wikipedia.

Twitter: "Pizza to the Polls".

Article: "The wealthiest 1% has taken $50 trillion from working Americans and redistributed it, a new study finds. Here's what that mean." by Paul Constant.

Case: "Buckley v. Valeo", 1976.

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

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