Next week, the Republican Party is holding their convention to crown Donald Trump as their candidate for a second term in office.

They've invited a few people who are noted mostly for their threats of violence or extreme bad manners, including the two multimillionaires who pointed guns at Black Lives Matter protesters in front of their St. Louis mansion and the smirking MAGA kid who stared down a Native American elder.

Read more here.

-Thom

Wednesday's Daily Stack

Hour One: Mid-day with Mark
- Congressman Mark Pocan (D-WI, 2nd District)

Article: "Postal Service Suspends Changes After Outcry Over Delivery Slowdown" by Emily Cochrane, Hailey Fuchs, Kenneth P. Vogel and Jessica Silver-Greenberg.

Article: "USPS Quietly Added Rule Prohibiting Workers From Signing Mail-In Ballots As Witnesses" by Cristina Cabrera.

Article: "Patients say post office slowdown is delaying delivery of life-saving medications" by Christina Farr.

Article: "Here's who may be impacted by the post office slow down" by Megan Leonhardt.

Article: "Pelosi calls on House to return to vote on bill that would stop changes at Postal Service" by William Cummings.

Article: "Former USPS board member to brief House Democrats this week" by Heidi Przybyla and Leigh Ann Caldwell.

Tweet: "1/ One thing I hope comes out of the USPS hearings is the degree to which DeJoy's appointment was the product of financial blackmail from the Treasury Department." by David Dayen.

Article: "90 House Democrats Demand USPS Board of Governors Immediately Remove DeJoy Over Postal Service Sabotage" by Jake Johnson.

Article: "House Democrats Unveil Bill to Restore Mail Service to 'Pre-DeJoy Levels' and Require USPS to Treat All Ballots as First Class" by Jake Johnson.

Article: "Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva" by Wikipedia.

Bill: "H.R.1 - For the People Act of 2019" by Rep. Sarbanes, John P. [D-MD-3].

Article: "Russia Secretly Offered Afghan Militants Bounties to Kill U.S. Troops, Intelligence Says" by Charlie Savage, Eric Schmitt and Michael Schwirtz.

Site: Joe Biden for President: Official Campaign Website.

Article: "Democrats Ask FBI Director to Open Criminal Investigation of Postmaster General and USPS Board of Governors" by Jerry Lambe.

Article: "USPS chief Louis DeJoy agrees to testify before Congress next week" by Kevin Breuninger.

Article: "Pelosi, Schumer Statement on President's Assault on the Postal Service and Elections" by Nancy Pelosi.

Article: "Pelosi Statement on Postal Announcement of Pause to Operational Changes Delaying the Mail" by Nancy Pelosi.

Article: "Internal USPS Documents Outline Plans to Hobble Mail Sorting" by Aaron Gordon.

Article: "Texas Just Hit 10,000 COVID Deaths, and It's 'Flying Blind'" by Olivia Messer.

Article: "Trump Administration To Hospitals: Don't Send Covid-19 Coronavirus Data To CDC" by Bruce Y. Lee.

Article: "Kara Eastman" by BallotPedia.

Site: EastmanforCongress.

Article: "'Office mask mandate' applied in Oregon" by NBC.

Article: "Why Republicans are dragging their feet on more stimulus" by Li Zhou and Ella Nilsen.

Article: "Vice President Pence visits Wisconsin to counter DNC coverage" by AP.

Article: "Eric Trump Campaigns For His Father In Milwaukee" by Latoya Dennis.

Article: "Democrats label Trump Wisconsin visit a health risk as 'Where's Joe?' billboards go up" by Zack Budryk.

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

Article: "Why Medicare Can't Get The Lowest Drug Prices" by John F. Wasik.

Hour Two: Theme of the Democratic Convention? WE the PEOPLE
- Xochitl Hinojosa Communications Director & Spokesperson - DNC

Article: "DNC 2020 schedule, speakers and key themes on Monday" by Eric Bradner and Gregory Krieg.

Article: "3 key takeaways from the 2nd night of the DNC" by Cheyenne Haslett.

Article: "What to watch for Wednesday at the DNC: Heavy hitters go to bat for Biden" by Tyler Olson.

Article: "What the Democratic Party Platform Actually Says" by Sydney Ember and Matt Stevens.

Article: "'Devastating': Morning Joe panel stunned by depth of Trump criminality exposed in GOP Russia report" by Tom Boggioni.

Article: "A Senate Intelligence Committee Report Reveals Damning New Information About Trump's Russia Ties" by David Corn, Dan Friedman.

Article: "Report Details Manafort's Ties During 2016 Trump Campaign to a Russian Agent" by Sharon LaFraniere and Julian E. Barnes.

Article: "FAQ: Who is Konstantin Kilimnik and why does his name appear 800 times in a Senate report?" by David L. Stern.

Article: "Manafort was 'grave counterintelligence threat' due to Russian contacts, Senate panel says" by Andrew Desiderio, Kyle Cheney And Martin Matishak.

Article: "Rubio Statement on Senate Intel Release of Volume 5 of Bipartisan Russia Report" by Marco Rubio.

Article: "United States Postal Service" by Wikipedia.

Bill: "'Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions Act' or the 'HEROES Act'" by Rep. Nita Lowey.

Article: "Republicans Are Planning A Hatefest For Next Week. Who Will Join Missouri Couple Who Brandished Guns at Black Lives Matters Protesters on Speakers' List?" by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "'No Blame?' ABC News finds 54 cases invoking 'Trump' in connection with violence, threats, alleged assaults." by Mike Levine.

Article: "In rule change, Postal Service forbids employees from signing absentee ballots as witnesses" by James Brooks.

Article: "How Susan Collins engineered the postal service disaster she's now protesting" by Eric Cortellessa.

Quote: "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has" - Margaret Mead.

Article: "Paul Gosar" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Six Siblings of a Republican Congressman Endorse His Opponent in Campaign Ads" by Mihir Zaveri.

Article: "Joe Biden: 'I will not interfere with the Justice Department' if it seek charges against Trump" by Rebecca Morin.

Article: "US surpasses 170,000 COVID-19 deaths, could reach 200,000 by Labor Day weekend" by Kyle Hicks.

Article: "Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez" by Wikipedia.

Hour Three: Do You Agree With the GOP Senate That Unemployed People Shouldn't Get Anything During a Pandemic? Thom Vs. Economist Charles Sauer
- Charles Sauer, Libertarian / Economist & President - The Market Institute / author of Profit Motive: What Drives the Things We Do

Article: "The extra $600 unemployment benefits will end before July 31" by Megan Leonhardt.

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

Article: "Mutual aid (organization theory)" by Wikipedia.

Women for Biden
- Susie Turnbull, former Vice-Chair, Democratic Party / Former Dem Nominee for Lt. Gov of Maryland (Ben Jealous was nominee for Gov.)

Article: "2017 Women's March" by Wikipedia.

Video: Jill Biden delivers remarks at 2020 DNC.

Video: Michelle Obama delivers keynote speech from first night of the Democratic National Convention.

Article: "Abigail Spanberger" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Rashida Tlaib" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Michelle Lujan Grisham" (governor of New Mexico) by Wikipedia.

Article: "Gretchen Whitmer" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Trump Has A Meltdown Over Goodyear" by John Amato.

Article: "Ohio Sen. Sherrod Brown Blasts Trump for 'Despicable' Call to Boycott Akron-Based Goodyear: 'Betrays' US Workers" by Josh Feldman.

Article: "United States presidential primary" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Me Too movement" (#MeToo) by Wikipedia.

Article: "Shooting of Breonna Taylor" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Health savings account" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Will U.S. Coal Power Plant Retirements Slow Down?" by Jude Clemente.

Article: "The Real Immigration Crisis: People Overstaying Their Visas" by Krishnadev Calamur.

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

I'll be talking with Economist Dr. Richard Wolff, Co-founder, Democracy At Work / Author of numerous books including Understanding Marxism and his latest, Understanding Socialism.

Plus, Rick Perlstein, Journalist & contributing writer-The Nation / former chief national correspondent for the Village Voice, former online columnist for the New Republic & Rolling Stone / Author of 4 books, will be here to talk about his latest, Reaganland

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How to Survive a Pandemic (w/ Dr. Michael Greger)

Will Wisconsin Decide 2020? (w/ Ben Wikler)

Beyond 2020: Stopping The Next Fascist President

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