Donald Trump and his billionaire buddies are letting America die.

The billionaires who make their money from fossil fuels have bought off Trump and Republicans so that they are denying climate change while a dozen states in the west burn and the Gulf Coast is repeatedly ravaged by hurricanes. Firefighters in California and Oregon are identifying the remains of homes where people died by the smell of burnt human flesh.

The billionaires who make their money screwing American students with almost $2 trillion in student loans bribed politicians in 2005 to make it illegal to declare bankruptcy on those loans. Across America, students are experiencing depression, despair, and suicide.

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-Thom

Tuesday's Daily Stack

Article: "Oregon air quality remains poor Tuesday; chance of showers expected in Portland" by Jim Ryan.

Article: "'I'm on stage so I'm very far away': Trump says he's not afraid of contracting coronavirus at his rallies, doesn't mention crowds of supporters" by Oliver O'Connell.

Article: "As fires ravage California, Trump gives his climate-change solution: 'It'll start getting cooler'" by David Knowles.

Article: "At Least 35 Dead As Wildfires Rampage Along The West Coast" by Laurel Wamsley.

Article: "The student loan debt is $1.6 trillion and people are struggling to pay it down" by Harmeet Kaur.

Law: "Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Landlords Are Still Trying to Evict People Even Though There's a Federal Ban" by Emma Ockerman.

Article: "Fox News' Top 10 Lies About Climate Science" by Jocelyn Fong.

Article: "Trends in Income From 1975 to 2018" by Carter C. Price, Kathryn A. Edwards.

Article: "QAnon" by Wikipedia.

Article: "The Reagan administration's unbelievable response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic" by German Lopez.

Article: "North American Free Trade Agreement" (NAFTA) by Wikipedia

Book: The Book of Virtues by William J. Bennett.

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

Article: "House Aims to Pass Stopgap Government-Funding Bill Next Week" by Erik Wasson.

Article: "The Top 1% of Americans Have Taken $50 Trillion From the Bottom 90%—And That's Made the U.S. Less Secure" by Nick Hanauer, David M. Rolf.

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.

Tweet: "THIS was around the time Trump told Woodward he wouldn't tell Americans how deadly COVID was or that it was airborne because, "I don't want to cause a panic."
The PANIC he wanted to PREVENT was IN THE STOCK MARKET.
A crash could hurt his re-election chances - his #1 concern. " by Thom Hartmann.

Tweet: "Low Ratings Fake News MSDNC (Comcast) & @CNN are doing everything possible to make the Caronavirus look as bad as possible, including panicking markets, if possible. Likewise their incompetent Do Nothing Democrat comrades are all talk, no action. USA in great shape! @CDCgov....." by Donald J. Trump.

Site: Patriotic Millionaires.

Article: "In newly released tape, Trump says COVID-19 is 'a killer' that 'rips you apart'" by Joseph Guzman. "this thing [the coronavirus] is a killer if it gets you. If you're the wrong person, you don't have a chance."

Tweet: "LIBERATE MICHIGAN!" by Donald J. Trump.

Does Trump Have a Death Wish?
- Psychoanalyst Dr. Justin Frank MD, Psychoanalyst & Clinical Professor, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - George Washington University / Author - Trump on the Couch (Previous books include Bush on the Couch & Obama on the Couch)

Article: "Trump's Defense For Indoor Rallies: 'I'm On Stage, And It's Very Far Away'" by Zoë Richards.

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

Quote: "I could stand in the middle of 5th Avenue and shoot somebody and I wouldn't lose voters." - Donald J. Trump.

Article: "The Lincoln Project" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Trump: Americans Who Died in War Are 'Losers' and 'Suckers'" by Jeffrey Goldberg.

Article: "Armin D. Lehmann" by Wikipedia.

Book: In Hitler's Bunker: A Boy Soldier's Eyewitness Account of the Fuhrer's Last Days by Armin D. Lehmann.

Article: "Sunrise Movement" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Energy subsidy" by Wikipedia.

Article: "A Pentagon budget like none before: $700 billion" by Robert Burns.

Article: "Oregon senator goes home to find rubble, devastation after Beachie Creek wildfire roars through Santiam Canyon" by Fedor Zarkhin.

Article: "Oregon state senator sabotaged a state climate vote; now, his home was incinerated by climate change" by Pakalolo.

Book: The Hidden History of Guns and the Second Amendment by Thom Hartmann.

Hour Two: DeJoy, Trump and the Battle For the Post Office
- Lisa Graves, Founder/Executive Director - True North Research

Article: "'Just Wildly, Blatantly Corrupt': Researcher Reveals DeJoy Donated $600,000 to Trump and GOP After Top USPS Job Opened" by Jake Johnson.

Article: "US postmaster DeJoy tells House committee he will resume cost-cutting after election" by Reuters.

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

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

Article: "Charles Koch" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Reason (magazine)" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Reason Foundation" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Libertarian Party" by Wikipedia.

Article: "What Do the Koch Brothers Want?" (1980 Libertarian Party platform) by Sen. Bernie Sanders.

Article: "Richard Fink" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Citizens for a Sound Economy" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Americans for Prosperity" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Wait a Minute, Mr. Koch-Man: The Plot to Kill the Public's Postal Service" by Lisa Graves.

Article: "Reagan Appoints Privatization Unit" by Joel Brinkley.

Article: "James C. Miller III" by Wikipedia.

Article: "OMB Nominee Tied to Furor Over Ketchup" by UPI.

Article: "Trump's postmaster general Louis DeJoy stole his brother's share in family company: Court documents" by Travis Gettys.

Article: "Wisconsin Supreme Court rules Green Party presidential ticket is ineligible for state ballot" by Amy Gardner.

Article: "A Wildfire Destroyed His House. This Climate Denier Blames Environmentalists." by Michael Daly.

Article: "Scientists and officials say climate change causes wildfires; Trump says 'forest management' is to blame" by David Jackson.

Article: "California Governor Gavin Newsom Confronts Donald Trump On Climate Change, Wildfires: "57% Of The Land In This State Is Federal"" by Tom Tapp.

Article: "Washington County wine grower on climate change and wildfire: The grapes don't lie" by Jeff Manning.

Quote: "The difference between the almost right word and the right word is really a large matter. 'tis the difference between the lightning bug and the lightning." - Mark Twain.

Article: "Judge rules Pennsylvania's COVID-19 restrictions unconstitutional" by Darryl Coote.

Article: "Start of Pennsylvania's election is on hold because of ballot delay" by Kristen Holmes, Ellie Kaufman and Kelly Mena.

Article: "Justice Dept. Opens Criminal Inquiry Into John Bolton's Book" by Katie Benner.

Article: "Smokejumper" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Hotshot crew" by Wikipedia.

Article: "West Coast Wildfires Visible From Almost 1 Million Miles Away As Smoke Spreads Over 4,000 Miles" by Aristos Georgiou.

Article: "2016 United States presidential election in Georgia" by Wikipedia.

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

Article: "In Oregon, you can vote a ballot for your home address, even if your home burned and you're staying elsewhere" by Betsy Hammond.

Hour Three: Right Wing Rage...From Canada?
- Jared Holt, Investigative Journalist - Right Wing Watch (a project of PFAW)

Article: "The Post Millennial: The Latest Canadian Outlet Serving Rage Bait to Far-Right America" by Jared Holt.

Article: "Large network of Facebook pages circulates voting misinformation from obscure right-wing website" by Judd Legum and Tesnim Zekeria.

Article: "Kentucky Man Accused Of Breaking Canada's COVID-19 Rules Faces $569,000 Fine" by Samantha Raphelson.

Book: Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies by Jared Diamond Ph.D.

Article: "The Political History of Cap and Trade" by Richard Conniff.

Article: "Federal judge blocks USPS from sending mailers containing incorrect voting information to Coloradans" (Colorado) by Sam Tabachnik.

Article: "Voter beware: State election leaders warn of inaccurate USPS postcard for mail-in voting" (Maryland) by WBFF.

Article: "Colorado Sues USPS As States Warn Postal Service Sending Out Mail-In Voting Misinformation" by Alison Durkee.

Article: "Jared Kushner says Trump was surrounded by 'overconfident idiots' from his 2016 campaign and it 'took him a while to figure out' who was loyal to him" by Eliza Relman.

Article: "Bob Woodward fires back after Kushner claims he has his own audio tapes: 'I report accurately'" by David Edwards.

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

Tweet: "Something new in the rebellion of players in the NFL: After the kickoff, all the players on both the Seahawks and the Falcons took a knee.
No one returned the ball, no one gave chase.
These players know that Black Lives are #BiggerThanFootball.
#BlackLivesMatter https://twitter.com/i/status/1305190631896043520" by Jesse Hagopian.

Quote: "The separation is in the preparation." - Russell Wilson.

Article: "Exclusive: Dem group warns of apparent Trump Election Day landslide" by Margaret Talev.

Article: "Plants clean this office building's air in the world's most polluted city" by Sam Bliss.

Article: "Electoral College" by Wikipedia.

Article: "5 Presidents Who Lost the Popular Vote But Won the Election" by Dave Roos.

Article: "American Airlines Flight 191" by Wikipedia.

Tweet: "Trump was so enthusiastic to send troops to take on 100 demonstrators.
But now that Oregon actually needs federal help, our entire congressional delegation today signed a letter begging him to follow through and provide us with FEMA assistance.
He just wanted his damn photo op." by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "Oregon's congressional delegation seeks fast federal disaster declaration" by KTVZ.

Article: "'I'm cognitively there': Trump again brags about his cognitive test performance" by Rebecca Shabad.

Article: "All The US Presidents, Ranked By IQ" by Ranker.

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

Congressman Mark Pocan (D-WI, 2nd District) will be calling in to talk about the issues of the day and take your calls.

Plus, Judd Legum, Founder - Popular.info (former founding Editor-in-Chief, Think Progress.org) will tell us about 62 landlords who received at least $60 million in taxpayer bailouts but are evicting tenants.

And, Tom Perez, DNC Chairman/former U.S. Secretary of Labor will be here to talk about voting, USPS, wildfires

Plus, Science Revolution: I'll be talking with about the clear link between extreme weather like the ongoing wildfires and the climate crisis with Dr. Gary Yohe, Senior Member - United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) / Huffington Foundation Professor of Economics & Environmental Studies-Wesleyan University / And, 2007 Nobel Peace Prize recipient

And, the best of the rest of the news along with your calls right here on...

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And don't forget...Democracy is NOT a spectator sport...it begins with you...

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QANON: Is Antisemitism Hiding In Dangerous Conspiracy Theory?

COVID-19: Trump's Panic in Grim Perspective