It turns out that Donald Trump was right: the election was rigged. He would know, of course, because he and Lewis DeJoy were the ones who rigged it.

Historically, "conservative" (e.g. "white racist") efforts to rig the vote were almost entirely focused on preventing people of color from voting. For almost a century, this involved literacy tests, guessing the number of jellybeans in a jar, and other low-tech, blatant strategies.

In the 1960s, William Rehnquist and friends launched "Operation Eagle Eye" in the Southwest where they would send "poll watchers" to threaten and intimidate Native American, Hispanic and Black voters.

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-Thom

Monday's Daily Stack

TV: "The Reagans".

Law: "Civil Rights Act of 1964".

Law: "Voting Rights Act of 1965".

Article: "Operation Eagle Eye (United States)" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Voter caging" by Wikipedia.

Article: "DNC v. RNC Consent Decree" by Brennan Center for Justice.

Article: "The Great Florida Ex-Con Game" by Greg Palast.

Article: "The GOP's Stealth War Against Voters" (Interstate Crosscheck) by Greg Palast, August 24, 2016.

Article: "Public Pressure And Lawsuits Kept USPS From Handing Trump The Election. Here's How." by Molly Redden.

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

Article: "Republicans Are Now Contesting Absentee Ballots One By One" by Charlotte Klein.

Article: "Supreme Court: Gun Ownership an Individual Right" by Nina Totenberg, Renee Montagne.

Article: "Mike Pompeo launches 2024 bid with Biden transition comments" by Tom Rogan.

Article: "Faithless elector" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Stacey Abrams" by Wikipedia.

Tweet: "I have a night off from the hospital. As I'm on my couch with my dog I can't help but think of the Covid patients the last few days. The ones that stick out are those who still don't believe the virus is real. The ones who scream at you for a magic medicine and that Joe Biden is" by Jodi Doering.

Tweet: "Going to ruin the USA. All while gasping for breath on 100% Vapotherm. They tell you there must be another reason they are sick. They call you names and ask why you have to wear all that "stuff" because they don't have COViD because it's not real. Yes. This really happens. And" by Jodi Doering.

Tweet: "I can't stop thinking about it. These people really think this isn't going to happen to them. And then they stop yelling at you when they get intubated. It's like a fucking horror movie that never ends. There's no credits that roll. You just go back and do it all over again." by Jodi Doering.

Tweet: "Which is what I will do for the next three nights. But tonight. It's me and Cliff and Oreo ice cream. And how ironic I have on my "home" Hoodie. The South Dakota I love seems far away right now." by Jodi Doering.

Article: "Oregon, New Mexico order lockdowns as other states resist" by Michelle R. Smith, Carla K. Johnson, Lisa Marie Pane.

Article: "US coronavirus: 10 million people have been infected with coronavirus in the US -- and the rates keep rising in 43 states" by Holly Yan and Madeline Holcombe.

Article: "Minnesota GOP State Senate Warns Only Republicans Of COVID-19 Outbreak" by Mary Papenfuss.

Article: "Sweden coronavirus lockdown strategy sees major U-turn as new measures urgently introduced" by Paul Withers.

Article: "Setback for Bolsonaro after poor results in Brazil local elections" by Tom Phillips.

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

Article: "Unemployment Rate by Year Since 1929 Compared to Inflation and GDP" by Kimberly Amadeo.

Article: "Trump advisor Dr. Scott Atlas accused of ‘inciting violence' after calling for Michigan to ‘rise up' against Whitmer's new order" by David Badash.

Tweet: "The only way this stops is if people rise up. You get what you accept. #FreedomMatters #StepUp" by Scott W. Atlas.

Article: "Scott Atlas" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Whitmer responds to Atlas: I won't 'be bullied into not following reputable scientists'" by John Bowden.

Quote: "I look forward to a new federal administration that works cooperatively with our state government to protect Michigan residents. 'A patriot is one who protects America from its enemies, both foreign and domestic. 'COVID-19 is the enemy, not each other. Stop pitting Americans against each other and start supporting policies proven to effectively fight the virus" - MI AG Dana Nessel.

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

Book: "The Fourth Turning" by William Strauss, Neil Howe.

Article: "Panic of 1857" by Wikipedia.

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

Article: "Crisis of 1772" by Wikipedia.

Article: "American Revolutionary War" (1775-1783) by Wikipedia.

Article: "Wars of the Roses" (1455 - 1487) by Wikipedia.

Book: They Came Before Columbus: The African Presence in Ancient America by Ivan Van Sertima.

Article: "Ivan Van Sertima" by Wikipedia.

Book: The First Americans Were Africans by David Imhotep.

Video: Herbert Hoover and FDR Transition.

Podcast: Keith Olbermann.

Article: "Ed Schultz" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Cenk Uygur" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Comcast" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Scorched earth" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Salting the earth" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Drain the swamp? Trump has named more lobbyists to Cabinet than Bush or Obama did in 8 years" by Igor Derysh.

Article: "The Swamp That Trump Built" by Nicholas Confessore, Karen Yourish, Steve Eder, Ben Protess, Maggie Haberman, Grace Ashford, Michael LaForgia, Kenneth P. Vogel, Michael Rothfeld and Larry Buchanan.

Hour Two: Have We Passed the Point of No Return?
- Dr. Michael Mann, Distinguished Professor of Meteorology & Director, Earth System Science Center-Penn State University / Member-National Academy of Sciences / author of several books including his latest out in January & available now for presale, The New Climate War / (previously, The Madhouse Effect: How Climate Change Denial Is Threatening Our Planet, Destroying Our Politics, and Driving Us Crazy)

Article: "List of countries by carbon dioxide emissions" by Wikipedia.

Article: "The U.S. Is the Biggest Carbon Polluter in History. It Just Walked Away From the Paris Climate Deal." by Justin Gillis, Nadja Popovich.

Article: "UK poised to ban new petrol and diesel cars by 2030" by Matt Allan.

Article: "How Biden aims to amp up the government's fight against climate change" by Juliet Eilperin, Annie Linskey.

Article: "Two million-year-old skull of human cousin found by Australian team in South African cave" by AAP.

Article: "Drimolen cranium DNH 155 documents microevolution in an early hominin species" by Jesse M. Martin.

Article: "Humans May Have Passed the 'Point of No Return' in Climate Crisis, Says Study-But That Doesn't Mean All Hope Is Lost" by Brett Wilkins.

Letter: "Hitting net zero is not enough - we must restore the climate" by Gideon Futerman... Michael E Mann...

Article: "Fossil Fuel Subsidies And Impact Greenwashing Are Stalling The Energy Transition" by Wal van Lierop.

Article: "Yes, Fossil Fuel Subsidies Are Real, Destructive And Protected By Lobbying" by Wal van Lierop.

Article: "Joe Biden recommits to ending fossil fuel subsidies after platform confusion" by Justine Calma.

Article: "Hippocratic Oath" by Wikipedia.

Article: ""Smoking Doesn't Kill" And Other Great Old Op-Eds From Mike Pence" by Andrew Kaczynski.

Article: "Hurricane Iota strengthens to Category 5 as it bears down on Central America" by CBS/AP.

Article: "Keep America Beautiful" ("Crying Indian" PSA) by Wikipedia.

Video: Keep America Beautiful - Crying Indian on Horseback - Iron Eyes Cody.

Article: "Coca-Cola is world's biggest plastics polluter - again" by Mona Chalabi.

Article: "Leaked Audio Reveals How Coca-cola Undermines Plastic Recycling Efforts" by Sharon Lerner.

Article: "The carbon footprint sham" by Mark Kaufman.

Documentary: Ice on Fire.

Article: "Carbon pricing in Australia" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Keystone Pipeline" (KXL) by Wikipedia.

Article: "Hydrogen fuel cell" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Hindenburg disaster" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Airbus unveils concepts for hydrogen-powered plane" by Reuters.

Article: "Energy density" by Wikipedia.

Article: "2020 Toyota Mirai Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle" by Toyota.

Article: "Hockey stick graph" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Trump officials rush to auction off rights to Arctic National Wildlife Refuge before Biden can block it" by Juliet Eilperin.

Article: "Wisconsin supreme court justice refuses recusal in anti-mask case despite receiving $20,000 from GOP plaintiff" by David Edwards.

Article: "Sweden unveils tougher coronavirus restrictions" by Richard Milne.

Article: "How Donald Trump set-up nursing home residents to die in the pandemic" by Jillian S. Ambroz.

Article: "Ecological footprint" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Geothermal energy" by Wikipedia.

Article: "" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Perpetual motion" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Desalination" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Ion exchange" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Trump Forms PAC in Hopes of Keeping Hold on G.O.P." by Maggie Haberman.

Article: "Michigan judge: Claim of poll worker fraud in Trump lawsuit is 'vague hearsay'" by 13news.

Article: "Who Is Emily Murphy? Trump Official Delaying Transfer Of Power To Biden" by Dan Graeber.

Article: "Latest Polls" by Real Clear Politics.

Article: "History of the rise of Hydrogen forklift trucks" by Hiremech.

Article: "Phase-out of fossil fuel vehicles" by Wikipedia.

Tweet: "Good god - it never stops. It's long past time to reform policing in America...
Texas cop tases Black man after pulling him over for 'dirty license plate' https://youtu.be/daDs8pVtxuY via @YouTube." by Thom Hartmann

Video: Texas cop tases Black man after pulling him over for 'dirty license plate'.

Article: "Military budget of the United States" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Saul Alinsky" by Wikipedia.

Video: "Reagan: Government is not the solution to our problem government IS the problem".

Article: "Progressives praise Biden's picks for economic transition team" by Sylvan Lane.

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

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