In a stunning proof that he doesn't care about anybody's life except his own, a sick and infectious Donald Trump ordered two Secret Service agents to join him in "The Beast," the presidential limousine, which is "hermetically sealed against chemical attacks" so it has absolutely no fresh air. The #ProudBoys and other white supremacist groups had gathered outside Walter Reed, and Trump had to go out and wave to his adoring cult members.

Meanwhile, news reports tell us that people who work for this administration are in full-blown panic because Trump doesn't give a damn about their lives, as Mark Meadows, the Chief of Staff, has failed to provide guidance or even instructions on what they should be doing and how they should protect themselves from the virus that seems to be spreading rapidly through the White House.

Read more here.

-Thom

Monday's Daily Stack

Article: "Walter Reed attending physician swipes at Trump for motorcade visit to supporters" by Brooke Seipel.

Article: "Donald Trump Jr thinks his father is 'acting crazy' and is desperate to rein him in: report" by Brad Reed.

Article: "White House 'in a panic,' Trump under pressure to make public appearance" by Carol E. Lee and Hallie Jackson.

Article: "CNN Doctor Warns That Trump's Steroid Treatment Can Cause Psychosis, Delirium and Mania" by Colby Hall.

Article: "Trump's Risk for Illness or Death From COVID-19" by Ryan Basen.

Article: "New Zealand 'Beat The Virus Again,' Prime Minister Declares, As Nation Lifts Second-Wave Restrictions" by Isabel Togoh.

Article: "Rugby internationals to be played in front of capacity crowds - but only in New Zealand" by Graham Bean.

Article: "President Trump has made more than 20,000 false or misleading claims" (July 13, 2020)

Article: "White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany tests positive for COVID-19" by Kathryn Watson.

Article: "Michael Cohen says 'Trump knows he will face prison if he leaves office' because of 'fraud, scams and lawlessness'" by Erin Van Der Meer.

Tweet: "Anybody else notice how we're no longer talking about how Trump is broke and millions in debt to foreign oligarchs?
Why can't the American news media hold two thoughts at the same time?" by Thom Hartmann.

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

Article: "Ex-officials say Trump administration didn't use pandemic 'playbooks'" by ABC News.

Article: "Trump seeks Monday release from hospital; press secretary McEnany tests positive for virus" by Jill Colvin, Steve Peoples And Zeke Miller.

Article: "Texas governor orders only one mail ballot drop-off location allowed per county" by Kaelan Deese.

Article: "Scott Atlas repeats that COVID-19 deaths are a blip in his Herd Immunity plans being implemented" by List maker NOT List taker.

Article: "Face masks will still be 'recommended but not required' at the White House" by Jacob Lambert.

Site: The Hartmann Report

Article: "Here are 8 reasons COVID is so much worse than the skeptics think" by Thom Hartmann.

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

Article: "How Jared Kushner's Secret Testing Plan "Went Poof Into Thin Air"" by Katherine Eban.

Article: "Trump Reportedly Weighed Letting COVID-19 'Wash Over' U.S., But Was Warned Of Grim Toll" by Mary Papenfuss.

Article: "Joe Lieberman" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Did Lieberman Just Kill the Public Option?" by Timothy Noah.

Article: "25th Amendment Section 4" "Whenever the Vice President and a majority of either the principal officers of the executive departments or of such other body as Congress may by law provide, transmit to the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives their written declaration that the President is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office, the Vice President shall immediately assume the powers and duties of the office as Acting President..."

Article: "Trump's Helsinki summit with Putin was 'soul crushing' for Mueller's team and showed them Russia had won a 'servile' American president, new book says" by Sonam Sheth.

Article: "Defense Production Act" by Wikipedia.

Site: I Will Vote.

Hour Two: The Most Important 60 Second Message of 2020
- Greg Palast, The Guardian / Investigative Journalist/Author/Filmmaker, The Best Democracy Money Can Buy / His new book, How Trump Stole 2020: The Hunt For America's Vanished Voters.

Tweet: "Voter suppression is a very real threat. @SaveMyVote2020 from @Greg_Palast seeks to change that. Check now to see if your voter registration has been cancelled at http://savemyvote2020.org @YNB" by Leonardo DiCaprio.

Article: "The Most Important 60 Second Message Of 2020" by Greg Palast.

Site: Save My Vote 2020.

Article: "Monday is the last day to register to vote in several states" by Kyle Hicks.

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

Article: "Stacey Abrams" by Wikipedia.

Article: "For the sake of the country, cancel the remaining debates" by George F. Will.

Article: "The Lincoln Project" by Wikipedia.

Article: "2020 Election Voter Registration Deadlines: A State-by-State Guide" by Rachel Epstein.

Article: "Jonathan Price, 31, fatally shot by Texas police while breaking up fight" by Biba Adams.

Article: "Election violence in November? Here's what the research says" by Ore Koren.

Article: "Long-term unemployment's V-shaped bounce" by Dion Rabouin.

Article: "Drop in labor force participation cut unemployment rate" by Dion Rabouin.

Twitter: #TyphoidTrump.

Article: "Eric Trump is being deposed by New York attorney general's office about Trump Organization" by Aaron Katersky.

Article: "'Biological weapons attack' conspiracies surface over 'suspicious' timing of Trump, GOP senators, suddenly getting COVID-19" by Jon Dougherty.

Article: "What Is Dexamethasone? Trump Given Steroid To Help Fight Coronavirus Infection" by Hayley Miller.

Article: "Trump waves from SUV to supporters outside hospital; he was given steroid treatment" by Stefan Becket, Jordan Freiman, Caroline Linton, Melissa Quinn.

Article: "Clubbing of fingers" by Mayo Clinic.

Article: "John F. Kennedy kept these medical struggles private" by Dr. Howard Markel.

Article: "Biden snags KeepAmericaGreat.com to troll Trump" by Andrew Wyrich.

Site: Keep America Great: Promises Made, Promises Kept Broken.

Article: "During Trump Presidency, 200,000 Jobs Offshored and Corporations Involved Awarded $425 Billion in Federal Contracts" by Public Citizen.

Article: "White House grinds to a halt as Trump's press chief joins Covid-infected list" by Tom McCarthy.

Article: "White House" by Wikipedia.

Article: "The Rose Garden Ceremony for Amy Coney Barrett May Have Been a Super-Spreader Event. Could It Derail Her Supreme Court Nomination?" by Stuart Emmrich.

Article: "Melania Trump cops backlash over underwhelming Rose Garden reno" by Mary Kaye Linge.

Article: "Inside Amy Coney Barrett's White House reception" by Dana Bash and Kevin Bohn.

Article: "'No one was wearing masks' during debate prep, Chris Christie says after president contracts coronavirus" by William Cummings.

Article: "Trump Traveled To 7 States And Met Dozens Of People Before He Tested Positive For COVID-19. Here's A Timeline." by Stephanie K. Baer.

Article: "What to Know About COVID-19 Tests, From PCR to Antigen to Antibody" by Jamie Ducharme.

Article: "Fox News' Chris Wallace Grills Campaign Advisor About Trump Family Flouting Of Mask Rules" By Vinnie Longobardo.

Site: Trump Scandals.

Article: "Tom Cotton Says COVID Positive Senators To Be Wheeled In To Vote For Amy Coney Barrett" by Farron Cousins.

Article: "Eric Trump is being deposed by New York attorney general's office about Trump Organization" by Aaron Katersky.

Book: Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America by Ibram X. Kendi.

Article: "'Naked Ballot' Rule Could Lead To Thousands Of Pa. Votes Getting Rejected" by Katie Meyer.

Article: "U.S. Rep. Chip Roy, a former aide to Texas AG Ken Paxton, calls on him to resign" by Sanford Nowlin.

Article: "Chip Roy" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Pennsylvania's voter services website went down over the weekend as deadlines for mail ballots loom" by Jeremy Roebuck and Jonathan Lai.

Article: "Pennsylvania House GOP Pushes Forward With 'Election Integrity' Panel" by Meghan Schiller.

Site: Indivisible

Site: MoveOn.org

Site: Black Lives Matter.

Article: "Great Depression (1929 - 1930s) by Wikipedia.

Article: "Germany 1933: From democracy to dictatorship" by Anne Frank House.

Article: "World War II" (1939 - 1945) by Wikipedia.

Article: "List of recessions in the United States" by Wikipedia.

Article: "American Civil War" (1861 - 1865) by Wikipedia.

Article: "Assassination of John F. Kennedy" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Pelosi said she's not in the loop on president's health" by Kelsey TamborrinO.

Article: "Biden team says he will be tested 'regularly'" by Jake Tapper.

Tweet: "It is reported that the Media is upset because I got into a secure vehicle to say thank you to the many fans and supporters who were standing outside of the hospital for many hours, and even days, to pay their respect to their President. If I didn't do it, Media would say RUDE!!!" by Donald J. Trump.

Tweet: "I will be leaving the great Walter Reed Medical Center today at 6:30 P.M. Feeling really good! Don't be afraid of Covid. Don't let it dominate your life. We have developed, under the Trump Administration, some really great drugs & knowledge. I feel better than I did 20 years ago!" by Donald J. Trump.

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