Friday's Daily Stack

Video: Trump-Biden Second Debate.

Tweet: "Don't miss @SonaliKolhatkar post-debate analysis tonight with @Thom_Hartmann and @julito77 live on @freespeechtv starting at 7:30 pm PT / 10:30 pm ET." by Rising Up With Sonali.

Article: "Debate: Trump Lies, Exaggerates, Calls Himself 'Least Racist Person'" by Trudy Ring.

Article: "Trump on Boston school shutdown: I want to open the schools, we have to open our country" by CNBC.

Article: "Herd immunity" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Trump Adviser Scott Atlas Pushing For 'Herd Immunity' Strategy For COVID-19" by uPolitics.com.

Article: "Biden predicts a bleak future with 200,000 more people dead from coronavirus" by S.A. Miller.

Article: "Donald Trump gave a(nother) nonsensical answer on his tax returns in the debate" by Chris Cillizza.

Article: "Trump Records Shed New Light on Chinese Business Pursuits" by Mike McIntire, Russ Buettner and Susanne Craig.

Article: "Ivanka Trump receives 5 trademarks from China amid trade talks" by CBS/AP.

Article: "Ivanka Trump's business approved for new trademarks in Japan" by Caroline Zhang.

Article: "Ivanka Trump Had More China Trademarks Approved on Same Day President Lifted Sanctions on Chinese Company" by Jessica Kwong.

Article: "15 times Trump praised China as coronavirus was spreading across the globe" by Myah Ward.

Article: "Trump, Biden trade barbs over North Korea's nukes" by Joe Gould.

Article: "Fact-Checking the Final Presidential Debate" by Michael D. Shear.

Article: "Joe Lieberman Kills Public Option in Exchange for $1,000,000 from Insurance Industry" by Jorge Rivas.

Article: "Donald Trump Got Great Government Health Care. We All Deserve the Same." by Jeff Weaver.

Article: "How to watch the presidential debate live" by Kate Sullivan.

Tweet: "For the docs out there - couldn't this just be the result of the 1.5 inch lifts in his shoes and discomfort from the girdle and Depends he wears? Neurologist: Trump's 'forward-leaning posture' and 'body ticks' are cause for serious concern - report -" by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "Expert: Trump's 'forward-leaning posture' and 'body tics' are cause for serious concern" by Sarah Toce.

Article: "Lawyers say they can't find the parents of 545 migrant children separated by Trump administration" by Julia Ainsley and Jacob Soboroff.

Article: "No, Trump Didn't Say "Good" In Response To A Question About Kids Separated From Their Parents At The Border" by Jane Lytvynenko.

Article: "The controversial 1994 crime law that Joe Biden helped write, explained" by German Lopez.

Article: "Trump says he's the "least racist person in the room." Biden says he's "one of the most racist presidents."" by Caitlin O'Kane.

Article: "Trump, Biden Clash Over Climate, Oil Industry in Final Debate" by Reuters.

Tweet: "YOOOOO. What in the hell is going on with Mitch McConnell's hands?" by Shaun King.

Tweet: "Replying to @shaunking The skin on his human suit is slipping. He needs to unzip it and reapply the lubricant and adhesive so it fits again correctly." by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "Rwandan genocide" by Wikipedia.

Site: The Mountain Astrologer.

Article: "2016 Exit Polls vs. Actual Results: Here's What May Have Happened" by .

Spreadsheet: "2016 National Popular Vote Tracker" by David Wasserman.

Article: "Comey made announcement on Clinton email probe days before election to give himself 'cover': Trump spokesperson" by Allison Pecorin.

Article: "Norway to 'completely ban petrol powered cars by 2025'" by Jess Staufenberg.

Article: "German man takes COVID-19 distancing rules to extreme with pepper spray" by DW.

Article: "It's Time to Unpack the Court" by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "Electric locomotive" by Wikipedia.

Bill: "S.1770 - Health Equity and Access Reform Today Act of 1993" by Sen. Chafee, John H. [R-RI].

Bill: "H.R.1300 - Universal Health Care Act of 1991" by Rep. Russo, Martin A. [D-IL-3].

Article: "Massachusetts health care reform" (Romneycare) by Wikipedia.

Article: "Senate to vote Monday to confirm Amy Coney Barrett to Supreme Court" by Jordain Carney.

Article: "Lochner era" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Alcohol fuel" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Hydrogen/aviation: coming clean" by Lex.

Article: "Airbus Unveils Designs For Hydrogen-Powered Aircraft Which Could Be Flying By" by Ariel Cohen.

Site: TIG/m.

Article: "Pelosi calls coronavirus the 'Trump virus' following revived White House task force briefing" by Joseph A. Wulfsohn.

Article: "Trump requests absentee ballot to vote by mail" by Kristen Welker and Dennis Romero.

Article: "Trump To Vote In-Person In Florida On Saturday" by Jack Brewster.

Article: "Uproar After Trump Suggests Voting Twice in North Carolina, an Illegal Act" by James Oliphant.

Article: "Trump is averaging more than 50 false or misleading claims a day" by Glenn Kessler, Salvador Rizzo and Meg Kelly.

Article: "Has a U.S. Supreme Court justice ever been impeached?" by Elizabeth Nix.

Hour Two: Issues of the Day
- Congressman Ro Khanna (D-CA, 17th District)

Law: "Help America Vote Act" (2002).

Article: "Transcript: former Republican Congressman Bob Ney: HAVA, Iran, prosecution. 20 August 2008" - Thom Hartmann Program.

Article: "Bob Ney" by Wikipedia.

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

Article: "Latest Polls: President: general election" by FiveThirtyEight.

Book: The Hidden History of the War on Voting: Who Stole Your Vote and How to Get It Back by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "Ocean-based Climate Solutions Act Would End Offshore Oil Leasing, Protect Marine Habitat" by Miyoko Sakashita.

Article: "Chairs Grijalva, Castor Introduce Landmark Oceans Solutions Bill to Tackle Climate Crisis" (Ocean-Based Climate Solutions Act) by Raúl M. Grijalva.

Article: "Supreme Court allows 3-day extension for Pennsylvania ballot counting" by Pete Williams.

Article: "Fact check: Do Republican presidents oversee recessions and Dems oversee recoveries?" by Doug Stanglin.

Article: "Biden, squeezed on the Supreme Court, promises a commission to consider changes" by Annie Linskey.

Article: "Why Trump's expected Supreme Court nominee believes all Civil Rights legislation is 'illegitimate'" by Mark Sumner.

Article: "13th Amendment", December 6, 1865. "Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction."

Article: "14th Amendment, July 9, 1868 (citizenship, representatives, public debt, Equal Protection Clause)

Article: "15th Amendment", February 3, 1870 "The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude"

Tweet: "Whoa...Schumer just forced the Senate into a rare closed door session. No cameras. No press. Doors being locked as I type. A last ditch effort to convince Republicans to not send the Senate into this death spiral of power politics.
Long shot to succeed, but why not?Stay tuned." by Chris Murphy.

Article: "House passes bill to rewrite labor laws and strengthen unions" (PRO Act) by Eli Rosenberg.

Bill: "H.R.2474 - Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2019" by Rep. Scott, Robert C. "Bobby" [D-VA-3].

Bill: "H.R.5728 - Workplace Democracy Act" by Rep. Pocan, Mark [D-WI-2].

Bill: "H.R.4447 - Clean Economy Jobs and Innovation Act" by Rep. O'Halleran, Tom [D-AZ-1].

Article: "Rev. William Barber: 'Jesus Is a Socialist'" by Trent Baker.

Article: "A Bold Plan for Clean Cars" by Chuck Schumer.

Bill: "H.R.860 - Social Security 2100 Act" by Rep. Larson, John B. [D-CT-1].

Article: "Trump payroll plan would deplete Social Security by 2023: Administrator" (and disability mid 2021) by Niv Elis.

Article: "Understanding the Medicare Late Enrollment Penalty" by Healthline.

Article: "Can a sitting U.S. president face criminal charges?" by Jan Wolfe.

Article: "A Sitting President's Amenability To Indictment And Criminal Prosecution" by U.S. Department of Justice (OLC).

Hour Three: Inside the Republican Plot For Permanent Minority Rule...How the GOP Keeps Cheating Its Way Into Power
- David Daley Contributor - New Republic / Author, Ratf**ked: Why Your Vote Doesn't Count and Unrigged: How Americans Are Battling Back to Save Democracy

Article: "Inside the Republican Plot for Permanent Minority Rule" by David Daley.

Article: "Gerrymandering" by Wikipedia.

Article: "'Gerrymandering On Steroids': How Republicans Stacked The Nation's Statehouses"(REDMAP) by David Daley.

Article: "Sen. Lindsey Graham: Not Enough 'Angry White Guys' to Sustain GOP" by Neetzan Zimmerman.

Article: "The Powell Memo or Powell Manifesto".

Article: "Mitch McConnell refuses to explain to voters why he is disturbingly bruised and bandaged" by David Badash.

Book: "Unequal Protection: The Battle to Save Democracy" by Thom Hartmann (read online)

Book: "Unequal Protection: How Corporations Became "People" - And How You Can Fight Back" by Thom Hartmann

Case: "Dartmouth College v. Woodward", 1819

Article: "Stephen Johnson Field" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Jay Gould" by Wikipedia.

Case: "Santa Clara County vs. Southern Pacific Railroad", 1886

Case: "Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission" (2010)

Site: Move to Amend

Article: "To Restore Democracy: First Abolish Corporate Personhood" by Thom Hartmann.

Site: The Hartmann Report

Article: "DNI Ratcliffe said Iran aimed to hurt Trump with faked Proud Boy emails. Democrats are skeptical." by Katie Shepherd.

Article: "Destroying trust in the media, science, and government has left America vulnerable to disaster" by Marc Hetherington, Jonathan M. Ladd.

Article: "Class III - Senators Whose Terms of Service Expire in 2023" by Senate.

Book: Gangs of America: The Rise of Corporate Power and the Disabling of Democracy by Ted Nace.

Book: Corporations Are Not People: Reclaiming Democracy from Big Money and Global Corporations by Jeffrey D. Clements.

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

Site: Sara Gideon for Maine.

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

Article: "Cash for Geezers? Lower the Retirement Age to 55 Now!" by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "ACLU Releases Palast Fund 'Georgia Voter Purge Errors' Report" by Nicole Powers.

Article: "Georgia, do I really have to sue you again?" by Greg Palast.

Article: "Wisconsin "Movers" Didn't Move: Court Heard Lawsuit to Purge Voters Based on List that is "Wrong and Racist"" by Greg Palast.

Article: "USPS removed 711 sorting machines this year, new court documents show" by Kristen Holmes and Paul P. Murphy.

Coming up Monday on The Thom Hartmann Program, 12-3pm ET

I'll be talking with Brian Baird (Former) U.S. Congressman (D-WA, 3rd District) / Founder of Don't F*** With My Vote about ballot drop boxes being burned, the USPS not delivering mail on time, fake ballot boxes placed by Republicans in California, and how DFWMV.ORG provides a vital evidentiary record that could be essential to ensuring a fair outcome this election

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