Is it useful to examine why so many white people, with their built-in white privilege, would stand shoulder-to-shoulder with wannabe dictators like Trump, Abbott, and DeSantis? Male white supremacy is real and white suppression of minorities, particularly Black and Brown people along with gender minorities and women, absolutely permeates every aspect of our society, from business to culture to governance.

Without setting aside that reality, it's useful to examine why so many white people, with their built-in white privilege, would stand shoulder-to-shoulder with wannabe dictators like Trump, Abbott, and DeSantis.

All over social media people are asking, "Why would anybody embrace fascism? Why would they be willing to overthrow a functioning democratic republic?"

And why now, instead of forty or more years ago?

The answer is simple: their perception of their own safety.

Read more at HartmannReport.com.

-Thom

Tuesday's Daily Stack

Article: "Why Would Anybody Embrace Fascism?" by Thom Hartmann.

Book: The Conservative Mind: From Burke to Eliot by Russell Kirk.

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

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

Article: "Report: Aide says Nixon's war on drugs targeted blacks, hippies" by Tom LoBianco.

Article: "They abandoned the 90 percent: How the Reagan Revolution and Third Way politics led America to ruin" by Thom Hartmann.

Book: The Conservative Mind: From Burke to Eliot by Russell Kirk.

Video: "Reagan: Government is not the solution to our problem government IS the problem".

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.

Article: "Conservative political podcasts like Steve Bannon's are 11 times more likely to spread lies than liberal ones, study finds" by Mia Jankowicz.

Article: "Nikki Haley enters race for president as first major challenger to Trump for the Republican nomination" by Dawn Kopecki, Kevin Breuninger.

Article: "Biden administration to admit some Venezuelan migrants under new policy, send others back to Mexico" by Julia Ainsley.

Article: "Federalist 10" by James Madison.

Article: "Donald Trump *knew* his election conspiracy theories were bullshit" by Chris Cillizza.

Article: "Maddow: If Trump is indicted, there will be 'an attack on the full system' that has the power to put him on trial" by Sarah K. Burris.

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

Article: "'Horrific': 3 dead, 5 hurt in Michigan State University shooting" by Melissa Gaffney and Kevin Shalvey.

Article: "Columbine High School massacre" (April 20, 1999) by Wikipedia.

Article: "Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting", December 14, 2012 by Wikipedia.

Article: "Stoneman Douglas High School shooting" (Parkland) by Wikipedia.

Article: "University of Texas tower shooting" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Chart of day: The link between gun ownership and gun deaths" by Joe Myers.

Article: "Netanyahu launches contentious overhaul as thousands protest" by Josef Federman.

Article: "Benjamin Netanyahu" (Israel) by Wikipedia.

Article: "Israel enters a dangerous period – public protests swell over Netanyahu's plan to limit the power of the Israeli Supreme Court" by Dov Waxman.

Article: "A Chilling Lesson for Israel From Hungary, Poland and Turkey: Democracy Dies Slowly" by Danel Lushi, Liza Rozovsky, Yaron Kelner.

Article: "Judge orders release of parts of Georgia grand jury report on Trump's post-election conduct" by Graham Kates.

Article: "Donald Trump's racial comments about Hispanic judge in Trump University case" by Tom Kertscher.

Site: "Neeva.com".

Article: "Eric Cantor, Paul Ryan & Kevin McCarthy: Plot To Sabotage US Economy with Frank Luntz" (caucus room conspiracy) by keepemhonest.

Book: The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli.

Article: "William Barr's Unsolicited Memo to Trump About Obstruction of Justice " by Jonathan Hafetz, Brett Max Kaufman.

Book: Evolving in a Dangerous World Made Racism Inevitable: Concerned Citizens, Police Officers, and Teachers Can Help Change This by Charles D. Hayes.

Article: "Cognitive Behavioral Therapy" by Psychology Today.

Hour Two: Will the French allow the pension age to be raised?
- Cole Stangler, French-American journalist based in Marseille, France covering labor & politics and correspondent for the international news network France 24

Article: "Nearly 1 Million March Against 'Unjust and Brutal' Plan to Raise French Pension Age " by Brett Wilkins.

Article: "Pensions in France" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Net pension replacement rates" by OECD.

Article: "Sanders-Warren Plan Would Tax the Rich to Increase Social Security by $2,400 a Year" by Kenny Stancil.

Article: "Woman jailed for collecting 4 ballots in Arizona sparks fear of voting in majority Latino city" by Kira Lerner.

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

Book: Why We're Polarized by Ezra Klein.

Site: Scott Horton Show.

Article: "Max Blumenthal" by Wikipedia.

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.

Article: "Lauren Boebert failed to disclose husband's income for energy firm during run for Congress" by AP.

Article: "Jayson Boebert, Lauren Boebert's Husband: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know" by Tom Cleary.

Article: "Fact check: Democratic group makes multiple false claims in its dramatic allegations about Lauren Boebert's past" by Daniel Dale.

Article: "How Jessica Tarlov of 'The Five' became a liberal star on Fox News" by Stephen Battaglio.

Article: "Who is DOJ Special Counsel Jack Smith?" by Dustin Jones.

Article: "Special counsel Robert Hur takes over probe into Biden's handling of documents" by Chris Strohm.

Article: "Book I, Chapter 58: The Multitude is Wiser and More Constant Than a Prince" by Niccolo Machiavelli.

Hour Three: The Satanic Temple on the Sam Alito's Mom's Religious Abortion Clinic
- Chalice Blythe, Media Relations Specialist - The Satanic Temple Reproductive Rights Campaign

Article: "Satanic Temple opens telehealth abortion clinic and names it after Samuel Alito's mom" by Aldous J Pennyfarthing.

Site: Honeybee Health.

Article: "Alabama's Chief Judge Ordered to Remove Ten Commandments Monument from Courthouse" by ACLU.

Article: "Idaho seeks to dismiss Satanic Temple abortion lawsuit, says a suit requires a pregnant woman" by Kelcie Moseley-Morris.

Article: "The Satanic Temple Files New Lawsuit Challenging Texas Abortion Law" by The Satanic Temple.

Site: TST Health.

Site: Daily Kos.

Site: Democratic Underground.

Site: Indivisible.

Site: OpEdNews.

Site: Our Revolution.

Site: Progressive Democrats of America.

Article: "Amendment to bar Nebraska kids from church camps grabs national attention" by Martha Stoddard.

Article: "Feinstein not running for reelection, setting up contentious Senate primary" by Tal Axelrod, Trish Turner, and Allison Pecorin.

Article: "Katie Porter, California Congresswoman, Is Running for Senate" by Reid J. Epstein.

Article: "Adam Schiff, a Trump Impeachment Manager, Runs for Senate in California" by Reid J. Epstein and Neil Vigdor.

Article: "Ro Khanna" by Wikipedia.

Bible: "Ezekiel 23: Two Adulterous Sisters".

Article: "Lot (biblical person)" by Wikipedia.

Video: Senator Mike Lee caught ON TAPE saying he wants to "phase out Social Security.

Article: "Pranks, Parties and Politics: Ron DeSantis's Year as a Schoolteacher" by Frances Robles.

Article: "Former Ron DeSantis students trash his year teaching history at a Georgia boarding school" by Tom Boggioni.

Article: "Well, Trump Is Now Suggesting Ron DeSantis Is a Pedophile" by Ryan Bort.

Article: "Number of mass shootings in the United States between 1982 and January 2023 " by Statista.

Article: "How Many Guns are in the US? (2023)" by American Gun Facts.

Article: "Another classified document was found at Mike Pence's Indiana home during FBI search" by Michael Kosnar, Dareh Gregorian and Jesse Rodriguez.

Article: "A Trump lawyer said a current aide's laptop turned in to federal investigators contained a copy of a classified folder, report says" by Hannah Getahun.

Article: "Trump and Kushner Slammed for Benefitting From Saudi Funds" by Fatma Khaled.

Article: "Eric Swalwell" by Wikipedia.

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