It should be called the HEELS Act, not the HEALS Act.

Since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, Republicans' price for supporting unemployment checks and other benefits for average working people has been several trillion dollars shoveled directly into corporate coffers, both through tax breaks, grants, and the Federal Reserve buying trillions worth of corporate stocks and bonds.

Now Republicans are saying they want to cut people's unemployment benefits, and they'll only go along with giving unemployed people a measly $200 a week if they can also give immunity to corporate CEOs and managers when their stupid decisions cause people to die.

Read more here.

-Thom

Tuesday's Daily Stack

Article: "Bush Pardons 6 in Iran Affair, Aborting a Weinberger Trial; Prosecutor Assails 'Cover-Up'" by David Johnston.

Article: "Essay; The Patsy Prosecutor" by William Safire.

Article: "Understanding the Iran-Contra Affairs" by Brown University.

Article: "Bill Barr is covering up for Donald Trump - and posing a dire threat to democracy" by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "Iraqgate" by Encyclopaedia Britannica.

Article: "Jim Jordan (American politician)" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Barr Defends Protest Response in Combative Hearing" by Nicholas Fandos and Charlie Savage.

Article: "Wall of Moms, Black Lives Matter protesters sue Trump administration for use of tear gas, force in Portland" by Marissa J. Lang.

Article: "'Wall of Vets' Join Protesters in Portland".

Article: "Portland Dads With Leaf Blowers Join Wall of Moms to Blow Back Tear Gas From Police" by Matthew Impelli.

Article: "Senate Republicans seek reduction of $600 unemployment benefits in stimulus package" by Francesca Chambers, David Lightman.

Article: "USNS John Lewis (T-AO-205)" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Trump Constitutionally Could Remain President Even if He Loses 2020 Popular and Electoral Votes, and He Knows It. Thom Hartmann Explains." by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "12th Amendment"

Article: "Aggregate demand" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Twitter penalizes Donald Trump Jr. for posting hydroxychloroquine misinformation amid coronavirus pandemic" by Katie Shepherd and Taylor Telford.

Article: "Trump's New Favorite COVID Doctor Believes in Alien DNA, Demon Sperm, and Hydroxychloroquine" by Will Sommer.

Article: "Pic Of The Moment: Trump Has Found Himself A New Fauci, So Good Luck Everyone - You're Gonna Need It" by EarlG.

Article: "National Guard officer says police suddenly moved on Lafayette Square protesters, used 'excessive force' before Trump visit" by Tom Jackman and Carol D. Leonnig.

Article: "Senate GOP bill fulfills Trump request with 100% deduction for business meals" by Jay Heflin.

Site: Bradblog.

Article: "USPS urges local jurisdictions to advise voters to send mail-in ballots at least 15 days before election" by Justin Sedgwick.

Article: "CNN's Bakari Sellers: Tributes to John Lewis from People Like Mitch McConnell 'Ring Hollow'" by Josh Feldman.

Article: "South Korea Coronavirus" by Worldometers.

Article: "United States Coronavirus" by Worldometers.

Article: "Sen. Tom Cotton bill would prohibit federal funding for teaching The 1619 Project" by Bobby Gehlen.

Book: Democracy In Chains: The Deep History of the Radical Right's Stealth Plan for America by Nancy MacLean.

Article: "The blue wave keeps growing" by Shane Savitsky.

Article: "Trump Declared Himself the 'President of Law and Order.' Here's What People Get Wrong About the Origins of That Idea" by Olivia B. Waxman.

Article: "Silent majority" by Wikipedia.

Article: "4 Rebut Testimony Of Rehnquist On Challenging Of Voters In 60's" by Stuart Taylor Jr.

Article: "Republicans devote $20m and 50,000 people to efforts to restrict voting" by Sam Levine.

Hour Two: Trump Boosts Deregulation By Undervaluing Cost of Climate Change...
- Dr. Michael Mann, Professor of Meteorology & Director, Earth System Science Center-Penn State University AND recipient of this year's 'Nobel Prize for the Environment', the Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement / Member-National Academy of Sciences / author of several books including The Madhouse Effect: How Climate Change Denial Is Threatening Our Planet, Destroying Our Politics, and Driving Us Crazy

Article: "G.A.O.: Trump Boosts Deregulation by Undervaluing Cost of Climate Change" by Lisa Friedman.

Article: "This is how an oil giant uses internal carbon pricing" by Benjamin Hulac.

Book: The New Climate War: The Fight to Take Back Our Planet by Michael E. Mann.

Article: "Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act of 2006" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Democrat Jon Ossoff denounces 'anti-Semitic' ad by Sen. David Perdue that made his nose look larger" by Felicia Sonmez.

Article: "Study: 2008 McCain attack ads depicted Obama with darker skin tone" by Reena Flores.

Article: "Two Portlanders hospitalized after shot with munitions: 'If that round had hit me in the neck, I definitely would have died.'" by K. Rambo.

Article: "The Lead Federal Agency Responding to Protesters in Portland Employs Thousands of Private Contractors" by Bill Conroy.

Article: "Academi" (ex Xe, Blackwater) by Wikipedia.

Article: "FreedomWorks" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Tea Party movement" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Chief of critical care at Baltimore's Mercy Medical Center passes away due to Covid-19 complications" by Ganesh Setty.

Article: "The US has 4% of the world's population but 25% of its coronavirus cases" by Scottie Andrew.

Article: "Police say 'Umbrella Man' who sparked Minneapolis riots is a white supremacist" by Adam Uren.

Quote: "Never, ever be afraid to make some noise and get in good trouble, necessary trouble" - John Lewis.

Article: "Selma to Montgomery marches" (Bloody Sunday) by Wikipedia.

Article: "Edmund Pettus Bridge".

Article: "John Lewis (civil rights leader)" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Trump's Efforts To 'Drain The Swamp' Lagging Behind His Campaign Rhetoric" by Peter Overby.

Case: "Buckley v. Valeo", 1976

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

Book: The Hidden History of Monopolies: How Big Business Destroyed the American Dream by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "Robert Bork" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Chicago school of economics" by Wikipedia.

Article: "On Portland's streets: Anger, fear, and a fence that divides" by Mike Balsamo, Gillian Flaccus.

Site: Tom Dwyer.

Quote: "A riot is the language of the unheard" - Martin Luther King Jr..

Article: "Killing of George Floyd" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Shooting of Breonna Taylor" by Wikipedia.

Hour Three: Latest on Pacific Northwest Protests
- Mark Taylor-Canfield, Independent Journalist / Executive Director & Contributing Editor-Democracy Watch News / Contributor-Truthout, Huff Post, Daily Kos & more / Musician

Video: 40 MM Rubber Bullets Fired By Seattle Police At Protesters.

Article: "Seattle protesters set fire to juvenile detention center construction site" by Reuters.

Article: "Youth Liberation Front protest in Seattle recalls familiar police standoffs as federal agents stay out of view" by Sydney Brownstone, Heidi Groover, Patrick Malone and Michelle Baruchman.

Article: "Department of Justice wins restraining order against Seattle's tear gas ban" by Tim Gruver.

Article: "BLM, ACLU say Seattle police violated court order with violence in protests" by Kim Malcolm, Angela King, Gil Aegerter.

Article: "Police declare riot at Seattle protests, make arrests" by AP.

Video: Protesters Set Fire To Construction Site In Seattle - New Juvenile Detention Center - Mark Taylor-Canfield.

Video: Seattle Police Chief Wants To Use Tear Gas On CHOP Protesters: Mark Taylor-Canfield Reports.

Article: "A harsh lesson in the reality of COVID-19" by Tony Green.

Article: "Public Asked To Report Receipt of any Unsolicited Packages of Seeds" by Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.

Article: "Kudzu" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Joni Ernst: Cut China Out of Supply Chain" by Luke Martz.

Article: "Permanent normal trade relations: U.S. and China" by Wikipedia

Article: "North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)" by Public Citizen.

Book: "An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations", Adam Smith, 1776.

Article: "Steve Scalise reportedly said he was 'like David Duke without the baggage'" by The Week.

Video: The Newsroom Speech by Jeff Daniels.

Article: "Guess Who Invited The Federal Agents Into Portland? The Police Union" by Susie Madrak.

Book: The labor spy racket by Leo Huberman.

Article: "Electoral College" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Iroquois Confederacy" by Encyclopædia Britannica.

Site: National Popular Vote.

Article: "Ralph Nader" by Wikipedia.

Site: "Ralph Nader Radio Hour".

Article: "The Lincoln Project" by Wikipedia.

YouTube: "The Lincoln Project".

Video: Trump compares himself to Lincoln and questions protesters' motives.

Article: "Abraham Lincoln" by Wikipedia.

Site: Oath Keepers.

Article: "Richard Mack" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Bundy standoff", 2014 by Wikipedia (Cliven Bundy).

Article: "Occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge" by Wikipedia (Ammon Bundy).

Article: "Two Standoffs in Oregon: Two Different Federal Responses" by AP.

Article: "'Patriot' Movement Conspicuously Absent From Portland's Federal Overreach Protests" by Kirk Siegler.

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

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Plus, Separated: Inside An American Tragedy - Jacob Soboroff, Correspondent-NBC News & MSNBC / Author of the new book, SEPARATED: Inside An American Tragedy

And, Polar bears could be lost by 2100 - Dr. Steven Amstrup, Chief Scientist at Polar Bears International

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