They see themselves as standing apart from the rest of humanity, as even genetically superior to the rest of us. Whether they believe their god sent them or that their DNA is superior to the rest of us, the new supremacists who own the GOP represent a threat to American democracy. They've tried to conquer America three times in the past: will they do it this time?

Marjorie Taylor Greene, who describes herself as a Christian Nationalist, is lying to the families of imprisoned January 6th traitors that Trump couldn't possibly have pardoned any of them. She's quite concerned that they're upset with him.

Many, perhaps most, of the people who attacked our Capitol on January 6th believed they were doing work endorsed by their white male all-supreme god. Just like the men who flew planes into the Twin Towers believed they were doing work endorsed by their brown male all-supreme god.

There is no negotiating with people who believe they were sent by a god. Even in America. Or, perhaps, especially in America in 2022.

Read more at HartmannReport.com.

-Thom

Tuesday's Daily Stack

Article: "Beware of Those Who Believe They Were Sent By God or DNA" by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "Trump, Melania 'Just Sick' About Imprisoned Insurrectionists, Says Marjorie Taylor Greene" by Mary Papenfuss.

Article: "Putin Frees 35,000 Imprisoned Children in Ukraine" by Michael Baxter.

Book: Wealth and Our Commonwealth: Why America Should Tax Accumulated Fortunes by William H. Gates and Chuck Collins.

Article: "Billionaires like Elon Musk want to save civilization by having tons of genetically superior kids. Inside the movement to take 'control of human evolution'" by Julia Black.

Article: ""I Welcome Their Hatred" – FDR 1936" by Doug Masson.

Article: "Rachel Maddow Presents: Ultra".

Article: "Acceptance Speech for the Renomination for the Presidency, Philadelphia, Pa." by Franklin D. Roosevelt.

Article: "Lauren Witzke Says Giving Women the Right to Vote ‘Was the Worst Thing That Ever Happened to America'" by Kyle Mantyla.

Article: "Carter pardons draft dodgers Jan. 21, 1977" by Andrew Glass.

Article: "Herbert Spencer" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Social Darwinism" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Business Plot" (1933, Smedley Butler) by Wikipedia.

Article: "Smedley Butler" by Wikipedia.

Quote: "It was natural and perhaps human that the privileged princes of these new economic dynasties, thirsting for power, reached out for control over government itself. They created a new despotism and wrapped it in the robes of legal sanction. In its service new mercenaries sought to regiment the people, their labor, and their property. And as a result the average man once more confronts the problem that faced the Minute Man." - Franklin D. Roosevelt.

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: "East India Company" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Boston Tea Party" (1773) by Wikipedia.

Article: "American Revolutionary War" (1775-1783) by Wikipedia.

Article: "American Civil War" (1861 - 1865) by Wikipedia.

Article: "German American Bund" by Wikipedia.

Article: "US oil prices hit lowest level in nearly a year. Gas is down 6% in a month" by Anna Cooban.

Article: "Giving Tuesday: How day for 'radical generosity' went global" by Brandon Drenon.

Case: "Brown v. Board", 1954.

Article: "Bob Jones University" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Jerry Falwell Jr." by Wikipedia.

Article: "Jerry Falwell" by Wikipedia.

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

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

Article: "The switch in time that saved nine" by .

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

Article: "Banning books about Martin Luther King Jr. and opposing school district desegregation efforts: Inside Moms for Liberty's deep ties to the anti-civil rights movement" by Olivia Little.

Case: "Plessy v. Ferguson", 1896 (separate but equal).

Article: "In Defense of Being Alone" by John Halpin.

Article: "Introvert and extravert" by Britannica.

Article: "KosAbility: Who else is among the 1 in 20 Americans who've dodged COVID (so far)?" by Besame.

Article: "From tweeting to 'tooting':Â The switch from Twitter to Mastodon" by DPA.

Video: Survival of the Friendliest | Sunday on 60 Minutes.

Article: "Antonio Damasio" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Voter turnout in Georgia" by Robert B. Hubbell.

Article: "Questions swirl around Herschel Walker as new report shows his Georgia residence was rented out for over a decade" by David Badash.

Article: "Franklin Graham's ugly lie ahead of Senate vote on same-sex marriage bill" by David Badash.

Article: "Senate finally passes Respect for Marriage Act, provides federal protections for everyone's unions" by Joan McCarter.

Article: "Congress to take up bill to avert rail strike as Biden and unions clash – as it happened" by Joanna Walters.

Article: "Mary L. Trump" by Wikipedia.

Site: Princeton Gerrymandering Project / Electoral Innovation Lab.

Site: DuckDuckGo.

Site: Neeva.

Article: "In God We Trust" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Russia 'shocked' as Belarusian foreign minister dies after 'sudden heart attack'" by Charles Harrison.

Article: "Zero-Covid policy: why is China still having severe lockdowns?" by Jonathan Yerushalmy.

Article: "Redistricting" by Brennan Center.

Article: "Gerrymandering & Fair Representation" by Brennan Center.

Article: "Trump Goes Off the Rails Attacking ‘Fully Weaponized Monster' Special Counsel Jack Smith: ‘Hit Man for Obama'" by Zachary Leeman.

Article: "Coronavirus (COVID-19) Vaccinations" by Our World in Data.

Article: "'You Don't Have To Die': In Speech, Biden Described Plan To Get Americans Vaccinated" by Franco Ordoñez.

Article: "On aid to Ukraine, the Republicans are jammed" by Noah Berlatsky.

Article: "Russian Attack on Energy Grid Marks Dangerous New Phase of Invasion, Threatens Nuclear Reactor Safety" by Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS).

Bible: "Accept the way God does things, for who can straighten what he has made crooked?" - Ecclesiastes 7:13.

Article: "Ten Lost Tribes" by Wikipedia.

Bible: "Judge not lest ye be judged" - Matthew 7:1.

Article: "Why Is There No Rest for the Wicked?" by G. Connor Salter.

Article: "1/6 panel to interview ex-Secret Service agent Tony Ornato" by Farnoush Amiri.

Article: "Former Trump adviser Kellyanne Conway sits for 5-hour interview with January 6 committee" by Annie Grayer, Zachary Cohen, Jamie Gangel, Sara Murray.

Movie: "They Live".

Article: "Norman Lear" by Wikipedia.

Book: Jim Crow's Children: The Broken Promise of the Brown Decision by Peter Irons.

Article: "What's A Tripledemic? RSV, Covid And Flu" by Nina Shapiro.

Article: "As 2 new COVID-19 variants take over, what symptoms are most common now?" by Sarah Jacoby.

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