Either he's dragging this out so he can raise money to line his own pockets, or he's coordinating with the billionaire donors who largely own a number of Republican state legislatures to steal the election. Or both.

The Constitution says that individual states' legislators can award their electoral votes to whomever they choose; it just takes an act of the state's legislature, in most states signed by the governor. It's never happened, but it is constitutional.

Meanwhile, election law and practical reality say that Trump can only continue to raise money from his donors if the election is still "live": so long as he doesn't concede.

Read more here.

-Thom

Tuesday's Daily Stack

Article: "The Trump Administration Is Reversing Nearly 100 Environmental Rules. Here's the Full List." by Adja Popovich, Livia Albeck-Ripka And Kendra Pierre-Louis.

Article: "Trump aides fret about damage from refusal to accept loss" by Carol E. Lee and Peter Alexander and Hallie Jackson and Monica Alba.

Article: "VP Mike Pence is taking a vacation in Florida. But he's not going to Disney World" by Madeleine Marr.

Article: "Court Greenlights Lawsuit Alleging Trump's Inaugural Committee Funneled Money to His Personal Businesses" by Jerry Lambe.

Article: "Trump fundraiser emails for legal challenges would also pay down campaign debt, fine print says" by Courtney Subramanian.

Article: "Trump Campaign Automatically Opts Donors Into Recurring Weekly Contributions" by Blake Montgomery.

Article: "Perdue, Loeffler among senators whose stock trading during coronavirus raises questions" by Tia Mitchell.

Article: "Blockchain" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Trump administration removes head of federal climate program that oversees key reports" by Christopher Flavelle, Lisa Friedman and Coral Davenport.

Article: "Federal Reserve identifies climate crisis as risk to US financial system for first time ever" by Louise Boyle.

Article: "Supreme Court appears ready to uphold Affordable Care Act over latest challenge from Trump, GOP" by Robert Barnes, Ann E. Marimow, Amy Goldstein, Paige Winfield Cunningham and Paulina Firozi.

Article: "One in 5 COVID-19 patients develop mental illness within 90 days - study" by Kate Kelland.

Article: "Covid 'raises new psychiatric disorders risk'" by Philippa Roxby.

Article: "Trump flown to hospital after Covid-19 diagnosis" by BBC.

Article: "If The ACA Is Struck Down, Millions Of Lives Will Be At Risk — Including Mine" by Meenakshi Bewtra.

Article: "Donald Trump Fires Defense Secretary Mark Esper" by Hayley Miller.

Article: "Anthony Tata" by Wikipedia.

Video: James Brown - Living In America (film Rocky IV).

Article: "Federal pardons in the United States" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Researchers Assembled over 100 Voting Machines. Hackers Broke Into Every Single One." by AJ Vincens.

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: "States are the laboratories of democracy" by Bradley A. Blakeman.

Article: "Nathaniel Philbrick" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Intel officials worry what 'financially vulnerable' Trump will do with classified info after he leaves office: report" by Tom Boggioni.

Movie: "Downfall (2004 film)".

Article: "Armin D. Lehmann" by Wikipedia.

Book: In Hitler's Bunker: A Boy Soldier's Eyewitness Account of the Fuhrer's Last Days by Armin D. Lehmann.

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

Article: "Permanent normal trade relations: U.S. and China" by Wikipedia

Article: "North American Free Trade Agreement" (NAFTA) by Wikipedia

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: "Rebooting: Chapter One: Bring My Job Home!" by Thom Hartmann

Site: The Chauncey Devega Show.

Article: "Obama's Last Three Years Of Job Growth All Beat Trump's Best Year" by Chuck Jones.

Book: The Lexus and the Olive Tree: Understanding Globalization by Thomas L. Friedman.

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

Video: Santorum: 'Shocking' to hear Trump say these things.

Article: "Don't pursue unity with your abuser': MSNBC contributor says 'normalcy' isn't possible while GOP 'sabotages' democracy" by Travis Gettys.

Quote: "Unlimited tolerance must lead to the disappearance of tolerance. If we extend unlimited tolerance even to those who are intolerant, if we are not prepared to defend a tolerant society against the onslaught of the intolerant, then the tolerant will be destroyed, and tolerance with them" - Karl Popper.

Article: "From Marijuana To Minimum Wage, Progressives Won Policy Fights On Election Night" by Emily Peck.

Speech: "Great Society" by Wikipedia.

Article: "New Deal" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Contract with America" by Wikipedia.

Article: "AOC says she might quit politics as Dems pin losses on progressives and top black lawmaker James Clyburn says defund the police was a disaster" by Katelyn Caralle.

Article: "Ocasio-Cortez says Rahm Emanuel would be a 'divisive pick' for Biden Cabinet" by John Bowden.

Article: "'Let's all stop lying': Fox News' Tucker Carlson says it's time to stop 'lying about everything that matters'" by Bob Brigham.

Article: "'They don't want the ride to end': Donald Trump Jr. and Kimberly Guilfoyle eye takeover of RNC, sources say" by David Edwards.

Article: "Trump Campaign Secretly Paying $180,000 A Year To His Sons' Significant Others" by S.V. Date.

Article: "The $15 Minimum Wage Wasn't the Only Progressive Ballot Measure That Passed in Conservative States" by Will Peischel.

Article: "White-shoe firm" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Four top law firms turned down requests to represent Trump" by Michael Isikoff.

Article: "Growing Discomfort at Law Firms Representing Trump in Election Lawsuits" by Jessica Silver-Greenberg, Rachel Abrams and David Enrich.

Article: "Man-in-the-middle attack" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Stephen Harper" by Wikipedia.

Hour Three: HUGE Win In Florida For Rights of Nature!!
- Mari Margil, Executive Director - Center for Democratic and Environmental Rights & Program Manager-CDER's International Center for the Rights of Nature

Article: "Orange County, FL, Voters Overwhelmingly Approve 'Rights of Nature' Initiative" by CEDR.

Article: "The Rights of Nature in Ecuador - Sumak Kawsay" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Donald Trump Jr expected to run for President in 2024, bookies predict" by James Moncur.

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

Article: "DOJ: Trump's Early Businesses Blocked Blacks" by Gideon Resnick.

Article: "Central Park jogger case" (Central Park Five) by Wikipedia.

Article: "Donald Trump and the Central Park Five: the racially charged rise of a demagogue" by Oliver Laughland.

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

Article: "'Jews will not replace us': Vice film lays bare horror of neo-Nazis in America" by Adam Gabbatt.

Article: "Trump defends response to Charlottesville violence, says he put it 'perfectly' with 'both sides' remark" by David Jackson.

Book: Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World's Most Dangerous Man by Mary L. Trump Ph.D..

Movie: "Gangs of New York".

Article: "Canada, US travel ban extended to Nov 21" by AFP.

Article: "Georgia Legislature Should Convene And Ban Mail-In Voting For Runoff Elections" by Jordan Davidson.

Article: "War on poverty" by Wikipedia.

Bible: "Matthew 25".

Bible: "Matthew 25:31-46: The Sheep and the Goats". "...All the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate the people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats... For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, ... 'Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.'"

Article: "Supreme Court appears to signal Obamacare will survive latest GOP challenge" by Ariane de Vogue.

Article: "Trump Administration Moves to End Food Stamps for 700,000" by Jennifer Jacobs and Mike Dorning.

Article: "Cuts to Low-Income Assistance Programs in President Trump's 2020 Budget Are Wide-Ranging" By Richard Kogan, Hannah Katch, Dottie Rosenbaum, Douglas Rice, Kathleen Romig, Ife Floyd, Sharon Parrott.

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

Bible: "Psalm 139".

Bible: "Proverbs 6".

Article: "Roe v. Wade" by History Channel.

Tweet: "Are you a purged #Georgia voter that was forced to a provisional ballot because your name was not on the voter rolls? Or were you purged and turned away from the polls? If so, we urgently need to hear from you. Reply to this tweet and let's chat. #PassItOn...." by Greg Palast.

Article: "Debra Messing, DiCaprio and Palast Release 'The Purged'" by Rachel Yang.

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

Article: "Georgia 2020 Purge List" by Greg Palast.

Article: "Trump transgender military ban: 14,700 jobs at risk as controversial policy comes into effect" by Victoria Gagliardo-Silver.

Article: "Russia Secretly Offered Afghan Militants Bounties to Kill U.S. Troops, Intelligence Says" by Charlie Savage, Eric Schmitt and Michael Schwirtz.

Article: "Report: Trump Called U.S. WWI Veterans 'Suckers' And 'Losers'" by Matt Perez.

Article: "'Periods for Pence' Campaign Targets Indiana Governor Over Abortion Law" by Mitch Smith.

Article: "Pennsylvania launches its own health insurance marketplace" by Sarah Gantz.

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