These are the two primary strategies we all use to motivate ourselves and others every day. We use them in our internal self-talk, we use them with our children, and politicians use them constantly. Increasingly, the Democratic and Republican parties are offering us all a very real choice: trust or fear.

Think back to the 2022 election we endured just two months ago. Remember the ads you saw on TV? Odds are each one fell into one of two very simple categories: "be afraid of the other guy" or "trust that I'll make your life better."

Most of the "fear" ads came from Republicans; most of the "trust" ads came from Democrats.

Pain or pleasure. Fear or trust.

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-Thom

Friday's Daily Stack

Hour One: Progressive Town Hall
- 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

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Article: "Oliver North" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Rachel Maddow uncovers a WWII-era plot against America in 'Ultra'" by Terry Gross.

Article: "Deleted text messages from Jan 6 found on 10 Secret Service staff phones, report says" by Alex Woodward.

Article: "Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility (SCIF)" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee" (DCCC) by Wikipedia.

Article: "Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee" (DSCC) by Wikipedia.

Article: "Barbara Lee says she plans to run for Senate, sources say" by Daniella Diaz.

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

Article: "Statement: Rep. Khanna welcomes Sen. Gillibrand's ‘Democracy Dollars" plan, praises others to join the field" by Ro Khanna.

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Article: "US Lawmakers Reintroduce Bill to Give CFTC Crypto Spot Market Oversight" by Glenn Thompson.

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Article: "How a speaker of the House can be ousted with a 'motion to vacate'" by Kyle Stewart.

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Article: "Resignation Demanded After Wisconsin GOP Official Boasts of Suppressing Black, Hispanic Vote" by Brett Wilkins.

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

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

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Article: "Setback for Contras : CIA Mining of Harbors ‘a Fiasco' " by Doyle Mcmanus And Robert C. Toth.

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Video: Mr Smith Goes To Washington.

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Article: "January Jobs Report - Economy Remains Strong, 10.7m Biden Jobs" by Simon Rosenberg.

Article: "Apple CEO Tim Cook requests and receives a 40% pay cut after shareholder vote" by Kif Leswing.

Article: "Stop the Steal's massive disinformation campaign connected to Roger Stone" by Rob Kuznia, Curt Devine, Nelli Black and Drew Griffin.

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Article: "Originalism" by Wikipedia.

Articles: "on originalism" by Dean Chemerinsky.

Article: "Textualism" by Wikipedia.

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

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Article: "Trump's false or misleading claims total 30,573 over 4 years " by Glenn Kessler, Salvador Rizzo and Meg Kelly.

Book: Donald Trump's Book of Lies by Samuel G. Allen.

Article: "McCarthy says he will look at expunging Trump impeachment" by Julia Shapero.

Article: "Republicans Are Finally Breaking Out of the Fox News Bubble" by Joshua Green.

Article: "Report: Omnibus Bill to Include Electoral Count Act that Was Crafted in Response to January 6" by Jordan Dixon-Hamilton.

Book: The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck.

Article: "Will Americans Embrace the Politics of Fear or Trust?" by Thom Hartmann.

Tweet: "This is not a subtle program -- from Friday night." by Matthew Gertz.

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Article: "Resignation Demanded After Wisconsin GOP Official Boasts of Suppressing Black, Hispanic Vote" by Brett Wilkins.

Article: "Joe Biden's 2020 slogan is straight-up gibberish" by David Covucci.

Book: "Cracking the Code: How to Win Hearts, Change Minds, and Restore America's Original Vision" by Thom Hartmann.

Speech: "Acceptance of Democratic Nomination for President" by John F. Kennedy, 15 July 1960.

Case: "Brown v Board of Education".

Law: "Civil Rights Act of 1964".

Law: "Voting Rights Act of 1965".

Speech: "Address before the 18th General Assembly of the United Nations, September 20, 1963" by John F. Kennedy.

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

Video: Willie Horton 1988 Attack Ad.

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Article: "New Deal" by Wikipedia.

Speech: "Great Society" by Wikipedia.

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Tweet: "@MichaelSteele on video showing police ambushing unarmed Black man in DeSantis voter fraud crackdown: "...the governor believes that he can just sort of willy-nilly circumvent because he doesn't like the outcome of the voters' choice to re-empower felons... [video]" by The ReidOut.

Article: "Bonneville Dam" by Wikipedia.

Article: "French Government Unveils Plan to Raise Retirement Age to 64" by Aurelien Breeden.

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Article: "'Nail in the Coffin': Study Shows Exxon Accurately Predicted Warming Decades Ago " by Jessica Corbett.

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Tweet: "This is corruption. Period." by Nina Turner.

Article: "Joe Manchin's top aide to join oil and gas lobbying group" by Hans Nichols.

Article: "Climate during the Upper Pleistocene and Holocene" by Brian Williams.

Article: "Climate crisis: Scientists spot warning signs of Gulf Stream collapse" by Damian Carrington.

Article: "Johnny Appleseed" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Special counsel named to investigate Biden classified records that included top secret document" by Stephanie Miller Show.

Article: "The Dirty Game Republicans are Playing with Desperate People's Lives" by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "Russians join thousands of migrants waiting for end of Title 42 at US border" by Snejana Farberov.

Quote: "History Does Not Repeat Itself, But It Rhymes" - attributed to Mark Twain.

Article: "Talking Back To Talk Radio - Fairness, Democracy, and Profits" by Thom Hartmann.

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