Our country, at the beginning of this year, faced four major threats: Climate change, COVID-19, Russian election meddling, and a worldwide nuclear arms race.

Donald Trump lied to us about all four of them. As a result, each, today, represents a larger threat than it did before he became president and hundreds of thousands of Americans have or soon will die because of his lies.

Trump lied to us about climate change and took billions from FEMA to give to unemployed people in Texas; that money ran out today. He claimed that forest fires in the west were because we weren't "raking the forest floors," one of the more stupid and simplistic ways he lied about climate change to satisfy his fossil fuel donors. And now Americans are dying and losing their homes in a dozen western states.

Read more here.

-Thom

Thursday's Daily Stack

Article: "Tapes of Trump's conversations released" by Mike Hayes, Meg Wagner and Veronica Rocha.

Article: "'Play it down': Trump admits to concealing the true threat of coronavirus in new Woodward book" by Jamie Gangel, Jeremy Herb and Elizabeth Stuart.

Article: "Political activist Herman Cain dies after covid fight" by Louis Nelson.

Article: "Trump Looted $44 Billion From FEMA's Disaster Relief Fund in the Middle of a Record-Setting Hurricane Season" by Tessa Stuart.

Article: "Trump's extra $300 in unemployment benefits could run out in 3 weeks" by Aimee Picchi, August 18, 2020.

Article: "Make America Rake Again: Finland baffled by Trump's forest fire raking claim" by Martin Belam.

Article: "5 Oregon towns have been 'substantially destroyed' by wildfire, governor says" by Charles Davis.

Article: "GAO finds Chad Wolf, Ken Cuccinelli are ineligible to serve in their top DHS roles" by Kyle Cheney.

Article: "Homeland Security boss Chad Wolf ordered top aide to STOP intelligence reports on Russian election interference - on orders from White House, whistleblower claims" by AP.

Article: "Trump disclosed secret weapons system to Woodward: book" by Rebecca Kheel.

Article: "How That COVID Stimulus Bailed Out Big Business" by Matt Purple.

Article: "Trump dismisses question on White privilege: "You really drank the Kool-Aid"" by CBSNews.

Tweet: "The Democrats never even mentioned the words LAW & ORDER at their National Convention. That's where they are coming from. If I don't win, America's Suburbs will be OVERRUN with Low Income Projects, Anarchists, Agitators, Looters and, of course, "Friendly Protesters”." by Donald J. Trump.

Article: "Neville Chamberlain" by Biography.

Article: "'I still like playing it down': Trump told a veteran journalist he 'always' downplayed the threat of COVID-19 to avoid causing 'panic'" by John Haltiwanger and Jake Lahut.

Article: "Virus cases rise among school-age children in Florida; state orders some counties to keep data hidden" by Valerie Strauss and Lori Rozsa.

Article: "Brian Murphy: DHS Whistleblower Claims Intel Was Bent to Match Trump's Antifa Claims" by Erik Hawkins.

Article: "House Intel Bombshell: DHS Agent Ordered to Fake Data on Terrorists pouring across U.S./Mex. Border" by ericlewis0.

Article: "Exclusive: White House orders end to COVID-19 airport screenings for international travelers" by Jana Winter.

Article: "Italy's Bergamo is calling back coronavirus survivors. About half say they haven't fully recovered." by Chico Harlan and Stefano Pitrelli.

Article: "How This Year's 9/11 Ceremony Marking 19 Years Since Attacks Will Look Different" by Gus Rosendale.

Article: "The coronavirus is infecting and killing black Americans at an alarmingly high rate" by Reis Thebault, Andrew Ba Tran and Vanessa Williams.

Article: "Trump's plans to reopen the country face major obstacles" By Joanne Kenen.

Article: "Oregon Gov. Kate Brown requests emergency federal assistance for wildfires" by Meerah Powell.

Article: "Polls: Georgia: Trump vs. Biden" by Real Clear Politics.

Article: "Watch live: Trump rallies supporters in Michigan" by Kathryn Watson.

Article: "NC: Trump Rally Exceeded Pandemic Limits, but Not Illegal" by AP.

Hour Two: Is the Fed Picking Winners & Losers?
- Economist Dr. Richard Wolff, Democracy At Work / Understanding Marxism / Understanding Socialism

Article: "The Fed Now Owns Nearly One Third of All US Mortgages" by Mish.

Article: "1 big thing: Big companies can't lose" by Dion Rabouin.

Article: "National Mortgage Crisis of the 1930s" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Millions face homelessness as end of eviction moratorium looms" by Adriana Diaz.

Article: "Biden says Trump downplaying threat of coronavirus is 'almost criminal'" by Justin Wise.

Article: "Tom Cotton" by Wikipedia.

Article: "How Richard Nixon Destroyed American Manufacturing" by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "Southern strategy" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Muslim black woman sues city, cops over violent arrest" by Priscilla DeGregory.

Article: "NYPD hit with lawsuit for breaking the neck of Black Muslim woman during simple traffic stop" by Colin Taylor.

Article: "Cops Bought Dylann Roof Burger King Hours After Charleston Shooting" by Simon McCormack.

Article: "Kenosha Shooting: Video Shows Suspected Gunman Kyle Rittenhouse Being Allowed To Leave Scene" by Chris Tye.

Article: "Bill To Strip Qualified Immunity From Police Clears Virginia House On Re-Vote, Heads To Senate" by Ned Oliver.

Article: "US Chamber of Commerce & Corporations Lobby Trump Not To Actually Use Defense Production Act" by Seashells.

Article: "The Powell Memo or Powell Manifesto".

Article: "1973 oil crisis" by Wikipedia.

Video: Howard Dean and Bev Harris hack the vote.

Article: "What Is a 'K-Shaped' Recovery?" by Douglas A. McIntyre.

Article: "The American Middle Class Is Losing Ground" by Pew Research.

Hour Three: Climate Change...the West is on Fire & Earth May Temporarily Pass Dangerous 1.5°C Warming Limit by 2024
- Dr. Michael Mann, Professor of Meteorology & Director, Earth System Science Center-Penn State University / 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 / Recipient of the Tyler Prize

Article: "Earth may temporarily pass dangerous 1.5°C warming limit by 2024, major new report says" by Pep Canadell, Rob Jackson.

Article: "The West Coast Is on Fire: 'It Just Took Off as If There Was Jet Fuel'" by Paul Blest.

Article: "Anatomy of a 'mega-blaze'" by Kevin Nguyen, Philippa McDonald and Maryanne Taouk.

Article: "Hurricane season peaks today, and the Hurricane Center is watching 7 systems" by Allison Chinchar.

Article: "Greenhouse gas emissions around the world nearly back to pre-pandemic levels" by Irina Ivanova.

Article: "Greenland's melting ice sheet has 'passed the point of no return,' scientists say, dooming it to disappear" by Morgan McFall-Johnsen.

Video: California battles second, third, and fourth largest fires in state history.

Article: "Camp Fire (2018)" by Wikipedia.

Book: Cannabis vs. Climate Change (Volume 1) by Paul J. von Hartmann.

Article: "Trump hoped to 'settle' Mueller investigation like a lawsuit: New book" by Travis Gettys.

Article: "Flabbergasted anchor points out to commerce secretary why there wasn't a 'single hint of a protester' in Saudi Arabia" by Natasha Bertrand.

Article: "Bailout: Billions of Dollars of Federal COVID-19 Relief Money Flow to the Oil Industry" by Antonia Juhasz.

Article: "Mnuchin secrecy on bailout sparks rift with Congress" by Zachary Warmbrodt.

Article: "Contempt of Congress" (inherent contempt, criminal contempt, civil contempt) by Wikipedia.

Article: "10 facts about Americans and Facebook" by John Gramlich.

Article: "Kristallnacht" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Night of the Long Knives" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Absentee and Early Voting" by Virginia Department of Elections.

Article: "Pardon of Richard Nixon" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Supreme Court to hear challenge to Obamacare on Nov. 10, a week after Election Day" by Tucker Higgins.

Article: "Biden Says He'll Pass a Public Option. His For-Profit Health Industry Donors Don't Want Him To" by Branko Marcetic.

Site: Indivisible

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