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National Progressive Townhall Meeting - Representative Mark Pocan (D-WI, 2nd District) / Member & Former Co-Chair-Congressional Progressive Caucus / (Committees: Appropriations / Also, Education & Labor)
In the New "McCarthy Era," This Column Could Get Me Thrown In Jail
Will we find out all about the promisesâ€”and threatsâ€”McCarthy made to get his hands on the gavel?
Revealed: George Santos got secret campaign money from bused Italian migrant smuggler - surprised?
House Republicans focus on abortion rights and putting women in jail
Brazil judge orders arrest of top security officials in BrasÃlia riot
Geeky Science! Everything is getting hotter.....and what that means for our weather...

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In the New "McCarthy Era," This Column Could Get Me Thrown In Jail

We've entered the new McCarthy era, and Kevin is doing everything he can to empower Jordan as the new Joe.

This column could get me thrown in jail.

And the fact that I'm even thinking that way is the entire point of Jim Jordan's new Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government, a subcommittee of the Judiciary Committee which Jordan chairs.

He and his fellow fascist seditionists want Americans to be afraid of them, particularly Americans who may be in a position to identify their crimes and hold them to account.

Read more at HartmannReport.com.

-Thom

Wednesday'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: "What has Kevin McCarthy given up, and at what price?" by Anthony Zurcher.

Article: "The Secret Concessions 'Addendum' That House Republicans Can't Agree Exists" by Ursula Perano.

Article: "The Biden administration could sidestep McConnell's refusal to pay America's bills by minting a $1 trillion platinum coin" by Andy Kiersz and Joseph Zeballos-Roig.

Article: "14th Amendment section 4, July 9, 1868 "The validity of the public debt of the United States, authorized by law, including debts incurred for payment of pensions and bounties for services in suppressing insurrection or rebellion, shall not be questioned."

Article: "United States debt ceiling" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Articles of impeachment introduced against DHS Secretary Mayorkas by Texas Republican" by Lauren Peller and Luke Barr.

Article: "Classified documents from Biden's time as VP discovered in private office" by Jamie Gangel, Marshall Cohen, Evan Perez and Phil Mattingly.

Article: "'Humiliating': DCCC Chair Sean Patrick Maloney Concedes in New York" by Brett Wilkins.

Article: "Jeffries appoints DelBene to chair Democrats' House campaign operation" by Daniella Diaz.

Site: End The Bribe System (incl. bumper stickers).

Bill: "H.R.9187 - Save Medicare Act" by Rep. Pocan, Mark [D-WI-2].

Article: "C-SPAN Asks McCarthy To Permanently Allow Its Own Cameras On The House Floor" by Marita Vlachou.

Article: "Unpacking the House GOP's new rules: A handy guide to the changes " by Katherine Tully-McManus.

Article: "McCarthy's Deal to Secure the House Speakership Puts Agencies at Risk of Severe Budget Cuts " by Eric Katz.

Article: "Discharge petition" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Airlines got $50 billion in pandemic relief — but are still screwing Americans" by Karol Markowicz.

Article: "Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg says 'we're gonna own' FAA system outage as Republicans denounce his leadership" by Nicole Gaudiano.

Article: "Flights start to resume after FAA outage. What's the Notice to Air Missions system?" by Simone Jasper.

Hour Two: In the New "McCarthy Era," This Column Could Get Me Thrown In Jail

Article: "In the New "McCarthy Era," This Column Could Get Me Thrown In Jail" by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "McCarthyism: Then and Now" by Norman Stockwell.

Article: "Remembering the Hollywood 10" by Ed Rampell.

Book: The Hidden History of American Oligarchy: Reclaiming Our Democracy from the Ruling Class by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "Holdomor" by Anne Applebaum.

Article: "Hollywood Ten" by Britannica.

Article: "DHS Report Warns Of Right Wing Extremists" by Brian Montopoli.

Article: "Remember the DHS Right Wing Extremist Report?" by Mysoreback.

Article: "Joseph McCarthy" by history.com.

Article: "House Dem shreds GOP's new Trump 'coverup committee'" by Matthew Chapman.

Article: "House Republicans form committee to investigate the government" by Jacqueline Alemany and Devlin Barrett.

Article: "McCarthy-Welch Exchange: "Have You Left No Sense of Decency?"", 9 June 1954.

Article: "Roy Cohn" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Democracy voucher" by Wikipedia.

Will we find out all about the promises—and threats—McCarthy made to get his hands on the gavel?

Article: "Now, about those secret documents, Kevin ..." by Joan McCarter.

Article: "House Republicans in the dark on McCarthy's shadow document" by Andrew Solender.

Article: "Republicans Who Voted To Overturn The 2020 Election Get Top Committee Posts" by Jennifer Bendery.

Revealed: George Santos got secret campaign money from bused Italian migrant smuggler - surprised?

Article: "Revealed: George Santos got shady campaign cash from Italian busted for smuggling undocumented migrants " by Travis Gettys.

Article: "NY Republican leaders call on GOP Rep. George Santos to resign over campaign lies" by Summer Concepcion, Kate Santaliz and Scott Wong.

Article: "Who is the real George Santos, and how did he get $700,000 to run for Congress?" by The Boston Globe.

Article: "5 reasons why the Republican claim about 87,000 new IRS agents is an exaggeration" by Katie Lobosco.

Article: "Oliver North" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Blue slip" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Atmospheric river" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Storm-ravaged California scrambles as fresh atmospheric river rolls in" by Dani Anguiano.

Article: "Entrainment (meteorology)" by Wikipedia.

Book: The Illustrated Man by Ray Bradbury.

Article: "Rent-seeking" by CFI.

Article: "Joseph Schumpeter" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Iroquois" by Wikipedia.

Video: Imagine - John Lennon.

Article: "Fairness Doctrine" by Ronald Reagan Presidential Library & Museum.

Article: "Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization (PATCO) - August 1981 strike" by Wikipedia.

Hour Three: House Republicans focus on abortion rights and putting women in jail

Article: "House Republicans vote to restrict abortion rights" by John Wagner, Mariana Alfaro.

Article: "House passes â€˜born alive' abortion bill" by Clare Foran.

Article: "Women can be prosecuted for taking abortion pills, says Alabama attorney general" by Amy Yurkanin.

Brazil judge orders arrest of top security officials in Brasília riot

Article: "Brazil judge orders arrest of top security officials in Brasília riot" by Anthony Faiola, Amanda Coletta and Marina Dias.

Article: "Steve Bannon calls Bolsonaro protesters 'freedom fighters'" by Alisha Rahaman Sarkar.

Article: "Steve Bannon declares he's 'not backing off one inch' on support for Brazilian rioters" by Alex Henderson.

Article: "House GOP's First Bill Would Slash IRS Budget - And Cost The Government Money" by Arthur Delaney.

Geeky Science! Everything is getting hotter.....and what that means for our weather...

Article: "The Last 8 Years Were the Hottest on Record" by Henry Fountain and Mira Rojanasakul.

Article: "Oceans were the hottest ever recorded in 2022, analysis shows" by Damian Carrington.

Article: "Marc Morano" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Reality Winner" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Committee to Defeat the President" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Keith Olbermann" by Wikipedia.

Site: Indivisible.

Article: "The rise of House extremists could cause the fall of these 18 GOP lawmakers from districts Biden won" by Ray Hartmann.

Site: American Cruise Lines.

Article: "Trump judge's rollback of birth control rights forces Texas clinics to turn away teens" by Sharon Grigsby.

Article: "Steve Bannon's prison sentence delayed as he appeals verdict" by Victor Nava.

Article: "Deb Haaland" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Deb Haaland's Biography " by VoteSmart.

Article: "Apple Steps Into Reproductive Health With Ovulation Estimates, Cycle Notifications" by Jessica Rendall.

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