Fascists build walls, like they did around East Germany. Donald Trump is building a new, unscalable wall around the White House today, and the Republican party has spent the past four years celebrating a wall on our southern border.

Fascists divide and imprison people based on ideology and race. Trump and the Republicans have put children in cages after tearing them away from their mothers, and built out a private for-profit prison system to hold refugees of color.

Fascists don't believe in free and fair elections, and Donald Trump and the Republican party have spent years fighting to make it harder for Americans to vote and have their vote counted. Right now, they are launching hundreds of lawsuits and other efforts across our nation to prevent people from voting or to block already-cast votes from being counted.

Read more here.

-Thom

Monday's Daily Stack

Article: "Berlin Wall" by Wikipedia.

Article: "White House continues building 13-foot high 'anti climb' wall after protests" by Gino Spocchia.

Article: "Trump migrant separation policy: Children 'in cages' in Texas" by BBC.

Article: "Trump says that as soon as Election Day ends, 'we're going in with our lawyers'" by Tim Elfrink.

Article: "Trump Tax Cuts Helped Billionaires Pay Less Taxes Than The Working Class In 2018" by Camilo Maldonado.

Article: "Trump says MAGA convoy 'did nothing wrong' by surrounding Biden bus on freeway as he tweets clip writing 'I LOVE TEXAS'" by Niamh Cavanagh.

Article: "Trump blasts Michigan governor Whitmer; crowd chants 'lock her up'" by Jeff Mason, Michael Martina.

Article: "Trump's Calls To Intimidate Voters May Already Be Paying Off" by Eric Lutz.

Article: "Trump Presses Loyal Pompeo, Barr for Dirt to Use Against Biden" by Chris Strohm, Jordan Fabian, and Nick Wadhams.

Article: "The art of 'court packing': Trump has appointed almost one-fourth of all active federal judges in the US" by Christopher Brauchli.

Article: "How to Keep the Lights On in Democracies: An Open Letter of Concern by Scholars of Authoritarianism".

Quote: "A Republic, if you can keep it." - Benjamin Franklin.

Tweet: "The Taliban just murdered 19 students at a university in Afghanistan. This is what happens when you put idiots with pickup trucks, assault weapons and giant flags in charge of government." by Thom Hartmann.

Tweet: "This is a bit too close for comfort. The Taliban has officially endorsed Donald Trump. Seriously." by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "Taliban Endorses Trump Re-Election Campaign, Hopes for Total US Troop Withdrawal from Afghanistan" by Benjamin Fearnow.

Article: "Several Students Among 22 Killed as Gunmen Attack Kabul University, IS Claims Responsibility" by News18.

Article: "Texas Supreme Court Says No Again to Throwing Out Drive-Thru Voting. Federal Judge Hears Case Monday Morning." by Margaret Downing.

Article: "Chad Wolf is getting trotted out at taxpayer expense to basically act as a Trump campaign surrogate" by Gabe Ortiz.

Article: "Another Conservative Judge Is Deemed "Unqualified" by the ABA" by Brenee Goforth.

Article: "Amy Coney Barrett Is the Least Experienced Supreme Court Nominee in 30 years" by Stephanie Mencimer.

Article: "Video Shows Donald Trump Jr. Urging Supporters To Harass Kamala Harris In Texas" by David.

Article: "Texas Republicans Ask Federal Judge to Throw Out 117,000 Legally Cast Ballots" by Mark Joseph Stern.

Article: "'Fire Fauci': Trump tells Florida rally he will sack coronavirus expert 'a little after the election'" by Mayank Aggarwal.

Article: "Scoop: Trump's post-election execution list" by Jonathan Swan, Alayna Treene.

Article: "Executive Order on Creating Schedule F In The Excepted Service" by Donald J. Trump.

Tweet: "FACTS about counting votes:
-Ballots are counted after Election Day in every single state
-No state certifies a winner on Election night
-In 18 states ballots can arrive after Election Day per state law
-In 29 states military ballots can be received after Election Day" by Ari Berman.

Article: "Maxine Waters encourages supporters to harass Trump administration officials" by Jamie Ehrlich.

Article: "Trump called his supporters' harassment of the Biden bus a 'hot thing'" by Joshua Zitser.

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

Article: "Joe Biden" by Katie Glueck.

Site: I Will Vote.

Article: "Millions of mail ballots have not been returned as window closes for Postal Service delivery" by Derek Hawkins and Jacob Bogage.

Article: "Battleground States Face The Worst Postal Delays, Data Shows" by Alison Durkee.

Article: "DeJoy testifies before Congress, commits to delivering election ballots on time" by Phil McCausland.

Article: "USPS reports another drop in on-time movement of mail ballots two days before Election Day" by Paul P. Murphy.

Article: "Lindsey Graham: Women Can 'Follow Traditional Family Structure' If They Want A 'Place' In America" by David.

Article: "Republicans, Not Biden, Are About to Raise Your Taxes" by Joseph E. Stiglitz.

Article: "Despite CDC moratorium-and with help from White House-corporate landlords have gone on eviction spree" by Julia Conley.

Article: "Coronavirus: England to enter month-long lockdown from Thursday, PM announces" by Greg Heffer.

Article: "UK Covid-19 death toll increases by 136 and coronavirus cases rise by 18,950" by ITV.

Article: "UK extends 80% wage subsidies as England goes back into lockdown" by Reuters.

Tweet: "1. This thread is a list of corporations making last-minute contributions to keep Mitch McConnell and the Republicans in charge of the Senate
I'll be updating throughout the day
Follow if interested" by Judd Legum.

Article: "Saud of Saudi Arabia" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Turkish Bank Case Showed Erdogan's Influence With Trump" by Eric Lipton and Benjamin Weiser.

Article: "Links bet. US, Egypt investigated after $10m donation for Trump campaign" by MEO.

Article: "Ethiopia blasts Trump remark that Egypt will 'blow up' dam" by Elias Meseret.

Article: "Police pepper-spray protesters including children on peaceful march to polling station in North Carolina" by Peter Stubley.

Site: Jaime Harrison for Senate (v. Lyndsey Graham, SC.).

Article: "Race Ratings" by Nathan L. Gonzales.

Article: "'Use My Words Against Me': Lindsey Graham's Shifting Position On Court Vacancies" by Matthew S. Schwartz.

Article: "Study: Only 31 Cases Of Voter Fraud From 2000-2014" by Ray Brown.

Site: Stars and Stripes.

Hour Two: Three Ways Trump Can Steal the Election
- 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.

Video: 3 Ways Trump Can Steal the Election - Constitutionally.

Article: "12th Amendment"

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

Article: "Brooks Brothers riot" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Roger Stone" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Proud Boys" by Wikipedia.

Article: "How Police Used Antifa to Investigate Far-Right Proud Boys" by Colin Moynihan.

Article: "2nd Amendment". A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.

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

Article: "Florida Lawmakers Cite Broad Power to Award Electors to Bush" by Ronald Brownstein.

Article: "Electoral Count Act of 1887" by Wikipedia.

Site: National Popular Vote.

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"

Article: "19th Amendment "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 sex."

Article: "24th Amendment" "The right of citizens of the United States to vote in any primary or other election for President or Vice President, for electors for President or Vice President, or for Senator or Representative in Congress, shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any State by reason of failure to pay any poll tax or other tax."

Article: "26th Amendment". "The right of citizens of the United States, who are eighteen years of age or older, to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of age."

Article: "National Voter Registration Act of 1993" (Motor Voter Act) by Wikipedia. "The Congress finds that -
(1) the right of citizens of the United States to vote is a fundamental right;"

Article: "Millions of Mail-in Ballots at Risk in Battleground States With Looming Deadlines" by Rob Barry, Kevin Poulsen and Vanessa Qian.

Article: "Same Day Voter Registration" by NCSL.

Article: "California officials say GOP's ballot boxes are illegal. Republicans may expand the practice" by Stephanie Lai, Sarah Parvini.

Article: "Trump tells White House counselor Kellyanne Conway to ignore congressional subpoena" by Rachael Bade.

Article: "How the images of John Lewis being beaten during 'Bloody Sunday' went viral" by Aniko Bodroghkozy.

Law: "Civil Rights Act of 1964".

Law: "Voting Rights Act of 1965".

Article: "Video Roundup: Peaceful marchers arrested, pepper sprayed in Graham" by Elizabeth Pattman.

Quote: "[False] Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel" - Samuel Johnson.

Article: "'Umbrella Man' Who Smashed Windows in Minneapolis Is a White Supremacist Member of Hell's Angels: Police" by Madeline Charbonneau.

Article: "The Deadline To Mail Your Colorado Ballot Back Has Passed. Find A Drop Box, Or Vote In Person" by Andrew Kenney.

Article: "How a Fred Perry Polo Went From Fashion Item to Far-Right Symbol" by Rhys Thomas.

Quote: "Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities." - Voltaire.

Article: "Susan Sarandon: Trump more likely to bring 'revolution' than Clinton" by Tal Kopan.

Article: "The Supreme Court's enigmatic "shadow docket," explained" by Ian Millhiser.

Article: "Missing From Supreme Court's Election Cases: Reasons for Its Rulings" by Adam Liptak.

Hour Three: Docs, Death & Sadism
- 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: "Sadism" by Merriam-Webster.

Article: "A sadist walks into a pandemic... EXCLUSIVE: Renowned expert charges 'sadist' Trump with 'malignant neglect' and says he deserves 'permanent quarantine on November 3'" by Justin A. Frank, MD.

Article: "George Floyd death: Fired police officer Derek Chauvin charged with murder over Minnesota killing" by Alex Woodward.

Article: "George Floyd protests" by Wikipedia.

Article: "The Lincoln Project" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Jim Jones" by Wikipedia.

Site: Swing Left.

Bible: "There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love." - 1 John 4:18.

Article: "Americans hate each other. But we aren't headed for civil war." by Richard Hanania.

Latest From Florida Vote 2020
- Commissioner Nikki Fried (D-FL) Florida Commissioner of Agriculture & Consumer Services / Attorney & Activist (highest ranking Democrat in Florida & was a keynote speaker at the Democratic National Convention.)

Article: "Florida has seen massive voter turnout so far, and Democrats hold slight lead in early and mail ballots" by Aric Chokey.

Article: "Former felons in Florida cast their first ballots in early voting" by Alex Pena.

CD: Think BIG and Kick Ass in Business and Life CD by Donald J. Trump & Bill Zanker.

Article: "Steve Bannon" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Mariel boatlift" by Wikipedia.

Article: "National Popular Vote Interstate Compact" by Wikipedia.

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