Trump has so far avoided the final fate of Abimelech, who was taken out by a woman...or has he?

Back in November when it was clear that Trump had lost the election in an historic landslide of 7 million votes, a fascinating CNN piece noted how he and his top officials were working to create absolute chaos during the presidential transition specifically and intentionally to sabotage the incoming Biden Administration.

"Some observers," the authors noted, "pointing to Trump's rush to pull troops [out of Afghanistan] over unanimous objections from the military's most senior leaders as well as NATO commanders, question whether the President and his officials are trying to salt the earth for Biden."

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-Thom

Tuesday's Daily Stack

Hour One: What Do the Next 5 Covid Years Look Like?
- Dr. Eric Feigl-Ding, Epidemiologist & Health Economist / Adjunct Senior Fellow - Federation of American Scientists

Article: "Is there any evidence ivermectin can treat COVID-19? We analyzed the prominent scientific studies" by Nicole Karlis.

Article: "New strain in deadly delta variant surfaces after 53,000-person festival: report" by Sarah K. Burris.

Article: "New COVID variant detected in South Africa, most mutated variant so far" by Tzvi Joffre.

Article: "100,000 More Covid Deaths Seen Unless U.S. Changes Its Ways" by Carla K. Johnson, Nicky Forster.

Article: "Severe acute respiratory syndrome" (SARS, SARS-CoV-1) by Wikipedia.

Article: "Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS, MERS-CoV)" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Alpha, Beta, Delta, Gamma: What's important to know about SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern?" by Diana Duong.

Article: "Study shows booster shot after 6 to 12 months likely to provide best protection from COVID-19, Pfizer says" by Mark Osborne and Eric M. Strauss.

Article: "Moderna may be superior to Pfizer against delta variant — breakthrough odds rise with time" by Reuters.

Article: "Six conservative Supreme Court justices are trying to rule the nation from the shadows" by Joan McCarter.

Article: "Did Clarence Thomas' Wife Ginni Sponsor 80 Buses to Capitol Riots?" by Alex Kasprak.

Article: "Watchdog Group Calls For Supreme Court Ethics Code Amid Conflict Of Interest Fears" by Mary Papenfuss.

Book: "The Hidden History of the Supreme Court and the Betrayal of America" by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "Florida changed its COVID-19 data, creating an 'artificial decline' in recent deaths" by Sarah Blaskey, Ana Claudia Chacin, and Devoun Cetoute.

Article: "DeSantis administration blows off court ruling and strips funding from schools defying mask mandate ban" by Brad Reed.

Article: "Florida withholds funds from two school districts over mask mandates" by Kanishka Singh.

Case: "Buckley v. Valeo", 1976

Case: "Brown v. Board", 1954.

Letter: "to Edgar Newton Eisenhower" by Dwight D. Eisenhower, November 8, 1954. "Should any political party attempt to abolish social security ... Their number is negligible and they are stupid"

Case: "First National Bank Of Boston V. Bellotti", 1978

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

Article: "John Birch Society" by Wikipedia.

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

Article: "Public Trust in Government: 1958-2021" by Pew Research Center.

Article: "Top Donor Of Gov. Ron DeSantis Is Regeneron Investor" by AP.

Article: "Medicare-For-All Will Stop Boss-Men from Playing Games with Deadly Diseases for Political Gain" by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "Trump "Salted the Earth" Against Biden to Get Chaos, Revenge & Profit" by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "Afghanistan: The "Big" Media's Question Today Is Wrong & Dangerous" by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "Critical End-of-month Goal!" by Donald J. Trump.

Article: "Judges 9:45: Abimelek".

Article: "Trump team looks to box in Biden on foreign policy by lighting too many fires to put out" by Nicole Gaouette, Kylie Atwood and Alex Marquardt.

Article: "Trump sexual assault allegations: How many women have accused the president?" by Clark Mindock.

Article: "Timeline on Jared Kushner, Qatar, 666 Fifth Avenue, and White House Policy" by Ryan Goodman and Julia Brooks.

Article: "Senior Trump Officials Rip Former Boss for Afghanistan Pact: 'The Taliban Didn't Defeat Us. We Defeated Ourselves'" by Joe DePaolo.

Article: "Trump Defense Secretary Disarmed D.C. National Guard Before Capitol Riot" by Mark Sumner.

Article: "Trump Has Built War Chest of More Than $100 Million" by Shane Goldmacher and Rachel Shorey.

Article: "'Really quite shocking': Inside the ugly transition at the Pentagon" by Lara Seligman and Bryan Bende.

Article: "Biden administration places hold on weapons sales to UAE, Saudi Arabia" by Karen DeYoung.

Article: "Trump's acting secretary of defense disarmed D.C. National Guard 48 hours before the fascist assault" by Jacob Crosse.

Tweet: "Here's the Jan. 4 memo from former acting Defense Secretary requiring "personal authorization" for DC National Guard to employ riot control agents & other tactics at Jan. 6 "March for Trump." This same day Capitol police knew of a "strong potential" for violence against Congress." by Luke Broadwater.

Article: "Texas House Democrats served with arrest warrants to force return to state Capitol " by Juliegrace Brufke.

Article: "Texas House passes voting bill after runaway Democrats were forced to return " by Mary Kay Linge.

Article: "Calls to expel 'traitorous' Madison Cawthorn grow after he warns of 'bloodshed' and lies about 'rigged' election" by David Badash.

Article: "Madison Cawthorn's claim about Naval Academy creates false impression" by Tom Fiedler.

Article: "Ted Cruz is blocking diplomats from being confirmed, and it has nothing to do with their qualifications" by .

Article: "Bohemian Grove" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Freemasonry" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Skull and Bones" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Goddess of Democracy" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Capitol riots: World media see Trump ignite an 'insurrection'" by BBC.

Article: "Trump put 5,000 Taliban fighters back in battle and tied Biden's hands in Afghanistan" by Jon Perr.

Article: "Taliban" by Wikipedia.

Article: "insurrection" by Merriam-Webster.

Article: "Bush rejects Taliban offer to hand Bin Laden over" by The Guardian.

Article: "Pentagon Papers" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Fall of Saigon" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Operation Frequent Wind" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Staggering Costs – U.S. Military Equipment Left Behind In Afghanistan" by Adam Andrzejewski.

Hour Three: Why Vaccinating the World Will Save Americans Too
- Lori Wallach, Public Citizen's Trade Watch

Article: "Vaccine Access Negotiations to Resume as New Variants Spread" by Lyndal Rowlands.

Article: "America And The TRIPS Waiver: You Can Talk The Talk, But Will You Walk The Walk?" by Vineeta Gupta, Sreenath Namboodiri.

Article: "Contrary to Pharma Company Promises, COVID-19 Vaccine Producers Are Not on Track to Make Enough for Everyone" by Global Trade Watch.

Article: "Angela Merkel rejects US move to waive patents on vaccines" by Guy Chazan, Erika Solomon, Hannah Kuchler and Jim Brunsden.

Article: "Jeffrey Zients" by Wikipedia.

Article: "We Must End Trade-Pact Obstructions Against Global Production of COVID-19 Vaccines and Treatments" by Global Trade Watch.

Petition: "The world needs more vaccines, diagnostic tests and treatments now".

Petition: "Tell White House COVID Czar Jeff Zients to Suspend Pharma Monopolies Now or the Pandemic Will Never End!".

Event: UN, NYC: September 20: "Biden: End vaccine apartheid".

Book: The Passing of the Great Race by Madison Grant.

Article: "Madison Grant" by Wikipedia.

Article: "United States invasion of Grenada", 25 October 1983 by Wikipedia.

Article: "Iraq War" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Facebook groups around the world are promoting unprescribed livestock medications for COVID-19, while the platform seemingly does nothing to stop them" by Clara Martiny & Kayla Gogarty.

Article: "Flawed ivermectin preprint highlights challenges of COVID drug studies" by Sara Reardon.

Article: "Anatomy of a conspiracy theory: how misinformation travels on Facebook" (e.g. Ivermectin) by Nick Evershed, Michael McGowan and Andy Ball.

Article: "Fact-checking claim about the use of ivermectin to treat COVID-19" by Miriam Valverde.

Article: "Donald and Melania Trump quietly got Covid vaccines last month, reports say" by Gabrielle Canon.

Article: "White House abandoned plan to send 650 million face masks across the U.S. in April, report says" by Hannah Miao.

Article: "DeSantis, faced with covid surge, urges Floridians to use Regeneron antibody treatment given to Trump" by Timothy Bella.

Article: "Gov. DeSantis Opens New Regeneron Monoclonal Antibody Treatment Center In Bonita Springs" by CBSMiami.

Article: "Regeneron Position Statement on Stem Cell Research" by Regeneron.

Article: "John C. Calhoun" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Slavery as a positive good in the United States" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Articles of Confederation".

Article: "Bennett: Black Abortions Would Lower Crime" by James Joyner.

Article: "Smedley Butler" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Business Plot" (1933, Smedley Butler) by Wikipedia.

Book: War is a Racket: The Antiwar Classic by America's Most Decorated Soldier by Smedley D. Butler.

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