The Republican convention's first day was filled with sturm und drang, warnings and fear, hysteria and demagoguery. And what were they so concerned about?

The largest fear seems to be that Black people would move into the suburbs, with Black Senator Cory Booker telling them which white houses to take over.

Right behind that was the terror that the Democrats would raise taxes on millionaires and billionaires, and use the money to pay for healthcare for low-income people. Especially low-income Black people.

Finally, speakers at the Republican convention repeatedly pointed to the violence Trump intentionally provoked in Portland as a warning about future violence in our cities. Although the majority of Portland protesters were white, the message from the Republican speakers was that Black people are going to burn down our cities, just like when Roger Stone was advising Richard Nixon back in the day.

Read more here.

-Thom

Tuesday's Daily Stack

Article: "RNC 2020 Day 1: GOP formally nominates Trump to 2nd term" by ABC News.

Article: "Silent majority" by Wikipedia.

Article: "How a racist hate-monger masterminded America's War on Drugs" by Laura Smith.

Article: "Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.", April 4, 1968 by Wikipedia.

Article: "Mark McCloskey & Patricia McCloskey: St. Louis Couple Pull Guns on Protesters" by Emily Bicks.

Tweet: "The "suburban housewife" will be voting for me. They want safety & are thrilled that I ended the long running program where low income housing would invade their neighborhood. Biden would reinstall it, in a bigger form, with Corey Booker in charge! @foxandfriends @MariaBartiromo" by Donald J. Trump.

Article: "Jacob Blake paralyzed by police shooting, father says" by Bill Hutchinson and Sabina Ghebremedhin.

Video: Donald Trump Jr. speech at Republican National Convention 2020 | US elections 2020 | WION.

Video: "Ronald Reagan States' Rights Speech in Philadelphia, MS", August 3, 1980.

Article: "Mississippi civil rights workers' murders" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Donald Trump, Jr. makes curious campaign detour" by Rachel Maddow.

Article: "One Day In The Life Of The U.S. Postal Service" by USPS.

Article: "Voter turnout in the United States presidential elections" by Wikipedia.

Tweet: "WRT the Republican Convention, I frankly preferred the original as captured so brilliantly by Leni Riefenstahl." by Thom Hartmann.

Movie: "Triumph of the Will (1935)".

Article: "'Bleach is not a cure for COVID-19,' poison officials reaffirm after 46 north Texans ingest product" by ShaCamree Gowdy.

Article: "The FDA offers a big correction after helping hype Trump's coronavirus announcement" by Aaron Blake.

Article: "While the US is reeling from COVID-19, the Trump administration is trying to take away health care" by Paul Shafer, Nicole Huberfeld.

Article: "Everything you need to know about the Supreme Court's new Obamacare case" by Dylan Scott.

Article: "Back the Blue rallygoers scream the N-word at Black veteran who was trying to show her support for police" by Brad Reed.

Article: "'My husband likes to watch and he's wearing a Speedo': Falwell 'pool boy' recalls meeting the couple in 2012" by Sarah K. Burris.

Book: It Was All a Lie: How the Republican Party Became Donald Trump by Stuart Stevens.

Video: Rep. Harley Rouda Questions Postmaster General DeJoy During Hearing.

Article: "Roger Stone" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Assembly Passes AB 890 Providing Full Practice Authority to Nurse Practitioners" by Jim Wood.

Article: "Killing of George Floyd" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Shooting of Tamir Rice", 2014 by Wikipedia

TV: "Silent Witness" by BBC.

Video: Norwegian Prison - Michael Moore.

Hour Two: #UNFIT: The Psychology of Donald Trump
- Dan Partland, Director & Producer - #UNFIT: The Psychology of Donald Trump

Article: "Goldwater rule" (American Psychiatric Association) by Wikipedia.

Article: "Malignant narcissism" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Mental health experts see Trump is dangerous, but our professional gatekeepers protect him" by Bandy X. Lee.

Case: "Tarasoff v. Regents of University of California".

Article: "Revisiting Tarasoff" by Romeo Vitelli Ph.D.

Book: The Anatomy of Human Destructiveness (Hitler) by Erich Fromm.

Article: "#Unfit: The Psychology of Donald Trump' Review: A Documentary Dissects the President's Malignant Narcissism" by Owen Gleiberman.

Article: "Financial disclosures reveal postmaster general's business entanglements and likely conflicts of interest, experts say" by Marshall Cohen.

Article: "There have been 317 criminal indictments under three recent Republican presidents and only three indictments under three recent Democratic presidents." by Tom Kertscher.

Article: "Trump tells cops they should rough people up more during arrests" by Kelly Swanson.

The Selling of the Presidency
- Sarah Blaskey, Journalist - Miami Herald & Co-Author, The Grifter's Club: Trump, Mar-a-Lago and the Selling of the Presidency

Article: "See Inside the 'Winter White House' at Mar-a-Lago".

Article: "Isaac Perlmutter" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Was Donald Trump a Democrat?" by Tom Murse.

Article: "Trump previously donated $6,000 to Kamala D. Harris's campaigns" by David A. Fahrenthold.

Article: "McDonnell Douglas DC-10" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Joseph Stalin said some version of "It's not the people who vote that count, it's the people who count the votes."" by David Emery.

Article: "'Coronavirus is a poor person's virus': Silcon Valley's elite are throwing lavish parties where guests take 15-minute rapid COVID tests and use private jets to hop from one 'safe' city to the next as they ride out the pandemic" by Emily Crane.

Article: "Trump's payroll tax cut would 'terminate' Social Security, critics say" by Lorie Konish.

Article: "Trump payroll plan would deplete Social Security by 2023: Administrator" by Niv Elis.

Hour Three: Science revolution: Wildfires, Pollution and Health
- Kevin Patel, Founder & Executive Director - OneUpAction

Article: "California wildfires have charred 1.2 million acres, with more than 100,000 evacuees" by Scott Wilson.

Article: "California's air quality is worse than India's. That's not good in a pandemic" by Jorge L. Ortiz.

Article: "'Climate change is real.' Gavin Newsom checks into Democratic convention from California wildfires" by Sophia Bollag.

Article: "No End in Sight as Blazes Keep Growing in California".

Article: "Health and Environmental Effects of Particulate Matter (PM)" by EPA.

Article: "More than 5 million in state live near oil or gas well, report says" by Tony Barboza.

Article: ""Lightning siege" hits California with nearly 12,000 strikes in a week" by Caroline Linton.

Article: "Trump claims 'dogs are getting' mail-in ballots in wild attack on 'stupid people' at the post office" by David Edwards.

Article: "Jared Kushner admonished by CNN host for blowing off multiple voter fraud studies with an anecdote" by Tom Boggioni.

Article: "Watch Matt Gaetz's full speech at the 2020 RNC" by NBCU.

Article: "Is Donald Trump on drugs? The Adderall rumors are back" by Andrew O'Hehir.

Article: "Trump's visit to Walter Reed 'not protocol' for routine visit, source says" by Jeremy Diamond.

Article: "Speculation over Trump's health after 'dragging' right leg video: 'What is wrong with him?'" by Bob Brigham.

Article: "At Homeland Security, I saw firsthand how dangerous Trump is for America" by Miles Taylor.

Article: "Trump Administration Insider: President Wanted to 'Maim' Migrants" by Rick Wilson and Molly Jong-Fast.

Stop the Bomb Trains
- Bradley Marshall, Staff Attorney - Earthjustice Florida Office

Article: "Hindenburg disaster" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Groups File Legal Challenge To Stop "bomb Trains"" by Earthjustice.

Article: "14 states sue Trump administration over gas transportation rule" by Rachel Frazin.

Article: "Congressional Review Act" by Wikipedia.

Article: "The Plot Against America (miniseries)".

Site: The Plot Against America.

Article: "CBS CEO: "...may not be good for America, but it's damn good for CBS"" by Lee Fang.

Book: Hoax: Donald Trump, Fox News, and the Dangerous Distortion of Truth by Brian Stelter.

Article: "Who Is Louis DeJoy? U.S. Postmaster General In Spotlight Ahead Of 2020 Election" by Tim Mak, Tom Dreisbach & Dina Temple-Raston.

Article: "XPO Logistics" by Wikipedia.

Article: "New Postmaster General's Focus on Modernization Likely Means Job Losses at USPS" by Paul Ratje.

Article: "House passes bill to put $25 billion into USPS and reverse changes amid uproar" by Jacob Pramuk.

Article: "Shooting of Philando Castile" by Wikipedia.

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