They're enthusiastically letting people die: low income working people have to put off medical care or, like Charlene Dill, cut their medications in half to be able to buy food for their kids...

In his State of the Union address, President Biden noted:

"So, some of my Republican friends want to take the economy hostage — I get it — unless I agree to their economic plans. All of you at home should know what those plans are.

"Instead of making the wealthy pay their fair share, some Republicans — some Republicans want Medicare and Social Security to sunset. I'm not saying it's a majority —"

At which point Republicans in the audience started shouting, booing, stomping their feet, and yelling, "Liar!"

They were, of course, trying to keep up the pretense that they actually support Medicare and Social Security, programs the GOP has been openly and enthusiastically trying to kill off since their inceptions in 1966 and 1935 respectively.

But that's not the worst of it.

Read more at HartmannReport.com.

-Thom

Wednesday's Daily Stack

Article: "'I don't think you will be shocked,' Georgia grand juror says of possibility of Trump indictment" by Laura Clawson.

Book: What's the Matter with Kansas? by Thomas Frank.

Video: The Rich Hooked America on the Free Market Myth Featuring Naomi Oreskes.

Article: "Death is the New Republican Badge of Honor" by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "A Casualty Of Rick Scott, The Florida Legislature, And The Party Of "No"" by Leslie Wimes.

Article: "Sanders announces plans for another work requirement for Medicaid recepients" by Lindsey Millar.

Article: "Rep. Eastman sparks outrage after asking about the potential economic benefits of the deaths of abused Alaska children" by .

Article: "The Hidden History of American Healthcare: Why Sickness Bankrupts You and Makes Others Insanely Rich" by .

Article: "convicted of the largest Medicare fraud" by Sean Maguire.

Article: "Why the South has such low credit scores" by Andrew Van Dam.

Article: "Kentucky becomes the first state allowed to impose Medicaid work requirement" by Amy Goldstein.

Article: "President Biden's State of the Union Address" (2023)

Tweet: "Alaska: Rep. Eastman of the family values party says it's actually a net benefit to society when a child dies from abuse & neglect because of the financial burden it would otherwise put on the state budget. [video]" by ChudsOfTikTok.

Article: "‘We Need a National Divorce': Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene Calls for Republican States to Secede From the Union" by Ken Meyer.

Article: "MTG Tells Sean Hannity: ‘Divorce' Better Than Civil War" by William Vaillancourt.

Article: "They knew it was a lie: The behind-the-scenes happenings at Fox while the network pushed false claims about Dominion" by Julie Tulbert, Bushra Sultana, Payton Armstrong, Shelby Jamerson & Zachary Pleat.

Article: "Marjorie Taylor Greene Gets Sean Hannity On Board for National Divorce – Then Warns of Looming Civil War" by Colby Hall.

Tweet: "The footage reveals security camera capabilities, safe room locations and more. What could possibly go wrong?McCarthy Blasted for Handing Over Jan. 6 Footage to Tucker Carlson [link]" by Frank Figliuzzi.

Article: "Kevin McCarthy Blasted for Handing Over Jan. 6 Footage to Tucker Carlson" by Fatma Khaled.

Video: Tucker Carlson's January 6th conspiracy documentary.

Article: "Biden to announce $10 billion from American Rescue Plan for policing, public safety" by Justin Gomez.

Article: "Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders calls for Medicaid work restrictions" by Worth Sparkman.

Article: "Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act" (Obamacare) (ACA) by Wikipedia.

Article: "FACT SHEET: The Biden Administration Announces New Actions to Lessen the Burden of Medical Debt and Increase Consumer Protection" by White House.

Article: "As of July 1, your medical debt may no longer hurt your credit score—here's why" (2022) by Brett Holzhauer.

Article: "How Bill Clinton's Welfare Reform Changed America" by Mary Pilon.

Site: Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP).

Book: The Hidden History of American Healthcare: Why Sickness Bankrupts You and Makes Others Insanely Rich by Thom Hartmann.

Book: Conscience of a Conservative by Barry M. Goldwater.

Article: "Dark triad" by Wikipedia.

Article: "The Lewis Powell Memo: A Corporate Blueprint to Dominate Democracy" by Lewis Powell.

Article: "State Policy Network" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Sen. Bernie Sanders is embracing his anger. A new book details what he's angry about" by Steve Inskeep, Jojo Macaluso.

Book: How the South Won the Civil War: Oligarchy, Democracy, and the Continuing Fight for the Soul of America by Heather Cox Richardson.

Hour Two: Nicky Haley's despicable white-washing of racism
- Dean Obeidallah, Host of Dean Obeidallah show weekdays 6-9PMET @SXMProgress Radio Ch127 / Columnist - CNN.com / Contributor - The New Republic

Article: "While Nikki Haley was saying there's no racism in America, a white supremacist was being sentenced for intentionally murdering Black Americans" by Dean Obeidallah.

Site: The Dean's Report by Dean Obeidallah.

Article: "When John Roberts Said There Isn't Enough Racism In America To Justify The Voting Rights Act" by Ian Millhiser.

Article: "Great Replacement" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Critical race theory" (CRT) by Wikipedia.

Article: "Black GOP Senator Talks About Being Pulled Over By Police 7 Times In One Year" by Laura Barrón-López.

Article: "Mike Pence wants to "Repeal and Replace" Social Security" by Dean Obeidallah.

Quote: "The most terrifying words in the English language are: I'm from the government and I'm here to help." - Ronald Reagan.

Article: "How Trump Could Make a Bird Flu Pandemic More Deadly Than Covid" by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "1918/19 oregon case re mask refusal" by Douglas Perry.

Article: "DeSantis, Florida GOP introduce bill to give Supreme Court opportunity to reconsider press freedom" by Joan McCarter.

Case: "New York Times Co. v. Sullivan", 1964.

Article: "Anne Gorsuch Burford, Neil's Mother: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know" by Chris Bucher.

Article: "Trump Tower exposed as 'something of a fraud': Forbes" by Brad Reed.

Article: "Senators question Jared Kushner's cozy ties with Saudis after explosive report" by Sarah K. Burris.

Article: "Jared Kushner and Steven Mnuchin Have Reportedly Secured Billions from Saudi Government" by Ken Meyer.

Tweet: "McCarthy giving 40,000 hrs of Jan. 6 tape to a pro-Putin journalist is an astounding ethical collapse. What security precautions were taken to keep this from becoming a roadmap for 2024 insurrection? Why isn't it available to all media & public? Smell the MAGA propaganda coming." by Rep. Jamie Raskin.

Article: "MTG wants to prevent a "civil war" by banning Dems who move to red states from voting for 5 years" by Areeba Shah.

Article: "Rick Scott just laid out a Republican agenda. He has done his party no favors." by Jennifer Rubin.

Article: "Freedom of Information Act (United States)" (FOIA) by Wikipedia.

Article: "In defamation lawsuit against Beto O'Rourke, lawyers debate whether Kelcy Warren is a public figure" by Patrick Svitek.

Article: "A strategic lawsuit against public participation (SLAPP)" by Wikipedia.

Article: "How Oprah Got Sued for Dissing a Burger" by Brian Duignan.

Hour Three: Shelby County v. Holder...10 years later
- Kathay Feng, National Redistricting Director - Common Cause

Case: "Shelby County v. Holder", 2013.

Law: "Voting Rights Act of 1965".

Article: "Moore v. Harper, Explained" (state legislatures can choose electors) by Eliza Sweren-Becker, Ethan Herenstein.

Article: "League of Women Voters forced to stop voter registration in Florida" by Scottish Dragon.

Article: "Annotated Guide to the For the People Act of 2021" by Brennan Center.

Bill: "John Lewis Voting Rights Act".

Bill: "S. 2747: Freedom to Vote Act" by Amy Klobuchar.

Article: "11 (obvious) ways Republican Kari Lake's secession dream for Arizona would be a nightmare" by EJ Montini.

Article: "East Palestine mayor fears Trump visit will turn them into ‘political pawns'" by Travis Gettys.

Article: "Trump Is Returning to the Scene of His Crime When He Visits East Palestine" by Will Bunch.

Article: "East Palestine mayor: Biden Ukraine visit ‘biggest slap in the face'" by Olafimihan Oshin.

Article: "Buttigieg to visit East Palestine following train derailment and toxic spill" by Rebecca Shabad and Jay Blackman.

Tweet: "While Trump and Marjorie Taylor Greene continue to support Putin's slaughter in Ukraine, some Republicans are doing the right thing!" by Thom Hartmann.

Tweet: "Thank you Chairman @RepMcCaul, Congressmen @DarrellIssa, @RepKeithSelf, @MaxMillerOH, @JakeEllzey for your visit to Kyiv, meeting with President @ZelenskyyUa, and for important signals of support to Ukraine, and our fight for Freedom! Together we win [video]" by Oksana Markarova.

Article: "U.S. Lawmaker In Kyiv: Momentum Shifting Toward Atacms, F-16S For Ukraine" by News18.

Article: "The Real Problem With Marjorie Taylor Greene's Call for a "National Divorce"" by Elie Mystal.

Article: "Mike Pence breaks with Trump on Medicare and Social Security" by Jonathan Allen.

Book: The Late Great Planet Earth by Hal Lindsey with Carole C. Carlson.

Book: Left Behind 25th Anniversary Edition by Tim LaHaye (Author), Jerry B. Jenkins.

Article: "Syrian civil war" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Battle of Aleppo (2012–2016)" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Damascus" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Arab Spring" by Encyclopaedia Britannica.

Article: "Turkey's Erdogan Threatens to Block Sweden's NATO Entrance Over Quran Burning" by Jared Malsin, Sune Engel Rasmussen.

Article: ""No change" in Sweden and Finland's desire to join NATO "simultaneously," Finnish PM tells CNN" by Arnaud Siad and Ben Kirby.

Article: "Gerrymandering" by Wikipedia.

Article: "History: CMS' program history: Medicare & Medicaid" by CMS.

Article: "President Bush's Plan for Prescription Drug Coverage" by PBS.

Law: "Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act", 2003.

Article: "‘The Cash Monster Was Insatiable': How Insurers Exploited Medicare for Billions" by Reed Abelson and Margot Sanger-Katz.

Article: "Medicare Advantage's cost to taxpayers has soared in recent years, research finds" by Fred Schulte.

Thursday on The Thom Hartmann Program, 12-3pm ET

I'll be debating Julio Rivera, Editorial Director - Reactionary Times / Contributor - Newsmax, American Thinker & Townhall.com.

And, I'll be talking with Veteran War Correspondent Phil Ittner, who is on the ground in Kyiv, Ukraine

Plus, William "Will" Sommer, Politics Reporter - The Daily Beast / Host-Fever Dreams podcast / Author of the brand new book (just released 2/21/23) Trust the Plan: The Rise of QAnon and the Conspiracy That Unhinged America

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