The Guardian is reporting that Trump's Postmaster Louis DeJoy basically ripped off his brother to steal the company they had inherited from their father. Sort of like the way The New York Times reported that Donald Trump and his brother Robert conspired to rip off their brother Fred's estate and commit massive tax fraud by illegally stealing hundreds of millions of dollars out of their dad's estate.

These rich men who inherited their wealth from their parents and then turned into, essentially, monsters are the best evidence we need for a meaningful estate tax.

Republican President Teddy Roosevelt pointed to this phenomenon, saying "The really big fortune, the swollen fortune, by the mere fact of its size, acquires qualities which differentiate it in kind as well as in degree from what is possessed by men of relatively small means. Therefore, I believe in a graduated income tax on big fortunes, and... a graduated inheritance tax on big fortunes, properly safeguarded against evasion, and increasing rapidly in amount with the size of the estate."

Read more here.

-Thom

Wednesday's Daily Stack

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

Article: "Watch: President Trump Surveys Riot Damage, Meets Police, Participates In Community Roundtable in Kenosha, Wisconsin" by Tim Hains.

Article: "Kenosha, Wisconsin Cops Shoot Black Man In The Back 7 Times In Broad Daylight" by AP.

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

Article: "After Trump's law and order visit, Biden to travel to Kenosha for community meeting" by Averi Harper.

Bill: "H.R.6800 - Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions Act or the HEROES Act" by Nita Lowey [D-NY-17].

Article: "Warning: On Election Night, Expect The Mirage Of A Trump Landslide" by Susie Madrak.

Article: "How Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders joined forces to craft a bold, progressive agenda" by Ella Nilsen.

Article: "'Wake-up call': Chinese control of U.S. pharmaceutical supplies sparks growing concern" by Guy Taylor.

Article: "Kenosha Police Refuse to Comment on Cops Encouraging 'Militia', Justify Giving Alleged Shooter Bottle of Water" by Colin Kalmbacher.

Article: "Nancy Pelosi seen without mask inside San Francisco hair salon" by BBC.

Tweet: "The Beauty Parlor owner must really dislike Crazy Nancy Pelosi. Turning her in, on tape, is a really big deal. She probably treats him like she treats everyone else...And she strongly supported a Kennedy who just lost in, of all places, Massachusetts!" by Donald J. Trump.

Article: "House passes $1.5 trillion infrastructure bill, but McConnell calls it 'pointless political theater'" by Michael Laris.

Article: "Sorry America, But The Second Stimulus Check May Not Happen After All" by Jeff Rose.

Article: "Biden condemns rioting, blasts Trump's response in fiery post-convention speech" by Paul Steinhauser.

Article: "Citing 'Two Corinthians,' Trump Struggles To Make The Sale To Evangelicals" by Jessica Taylor.

Article: "Peaceful Protesters Gassed So Trump Can Do a Sacrilegious Bible Photo Op" by Ed Kilgore.

Article: "Mann Act" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Bloomberg Pledged Hundreds of Millions to Defeat Trump. Where Is It?" by Hunter Woodall, Lachlan Markay.

Article: "Census count to be cut short and exclude undocumented immigrants under possibly illegal Trump order" by Igor Derysh.

Article: "'An insidious ploy': Trump admin's decision to cut census short could have dire consequences" by Dartunorro Clark.

Article: "'They basically swallowed hard': Trumpy Census Bureau hires revive fears of political meddling" by Daniel Lippman.

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

Article: "U.S. Crime Rate & Statistics 1990-2020" by Macrotrends.

Article: "Trump Wrong on Crime Record" by Lori Robertson.

Article: "Rep. Speier Repeats Call for Impeachment and Inherent Contempt" by Jackie Speier.

Article: "The coronavirus is most deadly if you are older and male - new data reveal the risks" by Smriti Mallapaty.

Article: "Scott Atlas" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Trump Pandemic Advisor Scott Atlas Denies Suggesting Herd Immunity Strategy To Control Coronavirus" by Dawn Geske.

Article: "Black Death" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Spanish flu" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Compulsory mask-wearing in Pacific Northwest caused spirited debate -- and a jury trial -- during 1918-19 flu pandemic" by Douglas Perry.

Article: "Covid-19 Is Creating a Wave of Heart Disease" by Haider Warraich.

Article: "Sweden's COVID Policy Didn't Create Herd Immunity" by Steven Reinberg.

Article: "Herd immunity strategy to fight the pandemic can be 'dangerous,' experts say" by Jacqueline Howard.

Article: "First presumed U.S. case of coronavirus reinfection reported in Nevada" by Antonia Noori Farzan, Rick Noack, Abigail Hauslohner, Lateshia Beachum, Derek Hawkins, Hannah Denham, Miriam Berger, Hannah Knowles and Meryl Kornfield.

Article: "McConnell's Legislative Graveyard" by Nancy LeTourneau.

Article: "The repo market, explained - and why the Fed keeps pumping hundreds of billions into it" by Sarah Foster.

Article: "It's official: The U.S. entered a recession in February" by Martha C. White.

Article: "Contributing to the Delinquency or Criminal Delinquency of a Minor Charges in Illinois" by Puryear Law.

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

Article: "'White House cover-up': New report shows Trump and Pence withheld truth about COVID-19 as they spread lies" by Jake Johnson.

Article: "U.S. refuses to join 170 countries teaming up to produce a coronavirus vaccine" by The Week.

Article: "How testing failures allowed coronavirus to sweep the U.S." by Joanne Kenen.

Article: "Pharma Lobby Disputes Trump's Claim That Drug Companies Are Negotiating" by Anna Edney and Justin Sink.

Article: "First covid-19 death linked to Sturgis Motorcycle Rally reported in Minnesota" by Brittany Shammas and Lena H. Sun.

Article: "Trump's Kenosha camera shop lie is a symbol of how far he'll go to deceive us" by Laura Clawson.

Article: "We need to plan now in case Trump loses in November - but refuses to leave the White House" by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "12th Amendment"

Bill: "Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement Act" by Wikipedia.

Article: "The People's Convention Draws More than 400,000 Views. Attendees Cast Historic Vote to Build a Major New Political Party Free of Corporate Money and Influence" by Movement for a People's Party.

Law: "Civil Rights Act of 1964" by Wikipedia.

Law: "Voting Rights Act of 1965".

Article: "How Republicans and Democrats switched on civil rights" by Allison WB.

Article: "This Is Democrats' Doomsday Scenario for Election Night" by Trip Gabriel.

Article: "Nancy Pelosi Says Biden Shouldn't Debate Trump: 'I Wouldn't Legitimize a Conversation With Him'" by Ken Meyer.

Article: "Transcript: Bin Laden determined to strike in US, August 6, 2001.

Article: "DHS withheld July intelligence bulletin calling out Russian attack on Biden's mental health" by Josh Margolin, Lucien Bruggeman, Will Steakin and Jonathan Karl.

Article: "Barr tightens rules on surveillance of political candidates" by Eric Tucker.

Article: "Director of National Intelligence will no longer brief Congress in person on foreign election interference" by Emma Newburger.

Article: "Lawsuit filed against Fountain Square owners who shot at Uhaul customers" by Jada Williams.

Article: "Trump's IRS chief earns over $100,000 per year from Trump property while in office: new documents" by Igor Derysh.

Article: "U.S. Workers' Worries Spike Amid COVID's Economic Impact" by RJ Reinhart.

Article: "Trump Jr. And Kimberly Guilfoyle's Paris Trip Cost Taxpayers At Least $64,000 For Security" by S.V. Date.

Article: "PICTURED: Arsenal of 138 guns, thousands of rounds of ammunition and explosives seized at college professor and 'Boogaloo member's' home after he was arrested for sending threatening letters to California health official" by Karen Ruiz And Andrew Court.

Article: "Meet the doctor who ordered the Bay Area's coronavirus lockdown, the first in the U.S." by Julia Prodis Sulek.

Article: "San Francisco schools will have to apply to reopen, with elementary schools first in line" by Jill Tucker.

Article: "How Ed Markey won, defeating Joe Kennedy in Massachusetts Senate race" by Benjamin Kail.

Article: "How Steve Bannon's 'We Build the Wall' led to a federal indictment" by Danny Cevallos.

Video: Willie Horton 1988 Attack Ad.

Article: "Blackshirts" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Trump supporter hit with $250K lawsuit after he's caught on video shooting paintballs at counter-protesters" by Sky Palma.

Article: "Donald Trump Interrupted Hillary Clinton 37 Times During Last Night's Debate" by Claire Landsbaum.

Article: "Kevin McCarthy's truthful gaffe on Benghazi" by E.J. Dionne Jr.

Article: "These Presidents Won the Electoral College - But Not the Popular Vote" by Tara Law.

Article: "Trump Says Ivanka Is More Fit to Be First Female President Than Kamala Harris" by Blake Montgomery.

Article: "Trump 'prowls' behind Clinton during presidential debate – video".

Book: "Rebooting the American Dream: 11 Ways to Rebuild Our Country" by Thom Hartmann (read online)

Book: "Rebooting the American Dream: 11 Ways to Rebuild Our Country" by Thom Hartmann

Article: "Put Lou Dobbs Out to Pasture" by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "Biden's Health Play In A COVID-19 Economy: Lower Medicare's Eligibility Age To 60" by Julie Rovner.

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, Michigan declares racism a public health crisis - Garlin Gilchrist II, Lt. Governor - Office of Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer

And, how to to avoid big pharma price gouging of a COVID-19 vaccine - Alexander Zaitchik, Freelance Journalist & contributor - The New Republic, Rolling Stone & more / Author - The Gilded Rage: A Wild Ride Through Donald Trump's America

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