First, Georgia's governor Brian Kemp, as Secretary of State, did everything he could to keep hundreds of thousands of Black and Hispanic voters in Georgia from having their votes counted or even being able to vote at all.

In the months running up to his own race for governor, he conducted massive purges of the voting rolls, closed polling places in Black and Hispanic neighborhoods, and refused to certify the recent voter registrations of about 50,000 African Americans.

Now it appears he's decided that if he can't prevent Black and Hispanic people from voting he should just help them die.

Read more here.

-Thom

Thursday's Daily Stack

Article: "GOP Georgia Governor Candidate Purged Voter Rolls" by Greg Palast.

Tweet: "LIBERATE MICHIGAN!" by Donald J. Trump.

Article: "Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp forbids cities, counties from requiring masks as coronavirus surges in the state" by Meagan Flynn.

Article: "2018 Georgia gubernatorial election" by Wikipedia.

Article: "This Is What Brian Kemp Was Up to Before He Became Governor of Georgia" by Charles P. Pierce.

Article: "Stacey Abrams" by Wikipedia.

Site: Fair Fight.

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

Article: "'It's very sad': Fauci warns blacks disproportionately affected by coronavirus" by Cassidy Morrison.

Article: "Michigan protesters storm state Capitol in fight over coronavirus rules: 'Men with rifles yelling at us'" by Louis Casiano.

Article: "Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp forbids cities, counties from requiring masks as coronavirus surges in the state" by Meagan Flynn.

Article: "Georgia's hospital system overwhelmed by 'frightening' coronavirus surge" by Andy Miller.

Article: "COVID-19 pandemic in Georgia (U.S. state)" by Wikipedia.

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

Article: "Avian influenza" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Measles" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Dengue fever" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Looming evictions may soon make 28 million homeless in U.S., expert says" by Annie Nova.

Article: "Eugenics" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Pelosi and McConnell hurtling toward coronavirus relief showdown" by Marianne Levine, Heather Caygle and John Bresnahan.

Article: "McConnell says next coronavirus relief bill will help schools reopen" by NBC News.

Book: "The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany" by William L. Shirer.

Article: "Zero COVID-19 Deaths In Vietnam" by Christina Potter.

Article: "COVID-19 could be controlled in 1-2 months if people wear masks: CDC Director Robert Redfield" by Emily Shapiro.

Article: "Lower cognitive ability linked to non-compliance with social distancing guidelines during the coronavirus outbreak" by PsyPost.

Article: "Psychopathic traits linked to non-compliance with social distancing guidelines amid the coronavirus pandemic" by Eric W. Dolan.

Article: "Chief of White House's 'Operation Warp Speed' vaccine effort can keep investing in pharma firms, under IG ruling" by Christopher Rowland.

Article: "Health department watchdog finds wrongdoing by Medicare/Medicaid chief, HHS attacks watchdog" by Joan McCarter.

Article: "Trump broke coronavirus laws within minutes of arriving in Atlanta, claims mayor" by Greg Evans.

Article: "Abenaki" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Reminder: The House Voted to Repeal Obamacare More Than 50 Times" by Tessa Berenson.

Site: "U.S. House Committee On The Judiciary Hearings".

Article: "Ag-gag" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Supremacy Clause" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Trump's 'occupying army' in Portland critically injure peaceful protester" by Joan McCarter.

Article: "Argument Over Masks in Michigan Store Leads to Knife Rampage, Police Shoot Suspect Dead in Dramatic Video" by TooFab.

Site: International Municipal Lawyers Association.

Hour Two: What Could Have Been Done for the Average Person Rather than the Fed's $3 Trillion Virus Rescue For Billionaires?
- Economist Dr. Richard Wolff, Democracy At Work / Understanding Marxism / Understanding Socialism

Article: "Federal Reserve's $3 trillion virus rescue inflates market bubbles" by Kate Duguid.

Article: "Deficit Hits Record $864 Billion in June" by Michael Rainey.

Article: "Japan General Government Gross Debt to GDP" by Trading Economics.

Article: "It's official: The U.S. entered a recession in February" by Martha C. White.

Article: "4 ways Trump's tax cuts changed the American economy" by Lydia DePillis.

Article: "Current Unemployment Rate Chart" by Tim McMahon.

Article: "Dow Jones Industrial Average" by MarketWatch.

Article: "The next Fed chair is not an economist. Does it matter?" (Jerome Powell) by Allison Schrager.

Article: "Trump ad falsely suggests Biden supports defunding police" by Glenn Kessler.

Article: "Giving Corporations a License to Kill" by Sejal Singh and Liz Watson.

Article: "US COVID-19 Survivor Receives $1.1 Mn Hospital Bill" by AFP.

Article: "During a Pandemic, an Unanticipated Problem: Out-of-Work Health Workers" by Ellen Gabler, Zach Montague and Grace Ashford.

Article: "Canada poaches tech talent from the U.S." by Bryan Walsh.

Article: "Trump Administration To Hospitals: Don't Send Covid-19 Coronavirus Data To CDC" by Bruce Y. Lee.

Article: "Coronavirus data has already disappeared after Trump administration shifted control from CDC" by Will Feuer.

Article: "Michael Caputo" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Trump replaces campaign manager Brad Parscale in major shake-up" by Maanvi Singh.

Article: "Bill Stepien" by Wikipedia.

How Is American Going to Protect Our Children as Trump & DeVos Force them Back to School?
- Lily Eskelsen García, President -National Education Association (NEA)

Article: "NEA President: No One Should Listen to Trump, DeVos on Reopening Schools" by Cindy Long.

Article: "Trump says schools in US should be opened 'ASAP'" by David Aaro.

Article: "Here's what the Constitution's 10th Amendment says about Trump's claim to have total authority over states" by William Cummings.

Article: "No, Trump and DeVos can't withhold funding from schools whenever they want. Here's what they can do." by Valerie Strauss.

Article: "School Funding" by FindLaw.

Article: "As the Coronavirus Pandemic Persists, Mitch McConnell's Senate Dawdles" by Ed Kilgore.

Article: "Mitch McConnell would rather let states declare bankruptcy than receive more federal aid" by Jason Silverstein.

Tweet: "Proposed Texas GOP platform plank, advanced by temporary committee, calling for State Electoral College system for electing statewide officials:
'State Electoral College: Be it resolved that the state legislature shall cause to be enacted a State Constitutional Amendment creating an electoral college consisting of electors selected by the popular votes cast within each individual state senatorial district, who shall then elect all statewide office holders'" by Ken Herman.

Quote: "I make a point of never having any prejudices, and of following docilely wherever fact may lead me." - Sherlock Holmes.

Hour Three: The Face of Evil Fascism
- Professor Jason Stanley, Jacob Urowsky Professor of Philosophy at Yale University / Author of 4 books, including most recently, How Fascism Works: The Politics of Us and Them

Article: "Studying Fascist Propaganda by Day, Watching Trump's Coronavirus Updates by Night" by Andrew Marantz.

Article: "'The face of evil': Fascism expert warns 'we are facing an emergency' after Trump's 'send her back' rally" by David Badash.

Article: "The Debate Over the Word 'Fascism' Takes a New Turn" by Jennifer Szalai.

Article: "Arbeit macht frei" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Viktor Orbán" (Hungary) by Wikipedia.

Article: "Recep Tayyip Erdoğan" (Turkey) by Wikipedia.

Article: "Reichstag fire", 27 February 1933 by Wikipedia.

Tweet: "In order to get elected, @BarackObama will start a war with Iran." by Donald J. Trump.

Tweet: "Now that Obama's poll numbers are in tailspin - watch for him to launch a strike in Libya or Iran. He is desperate." by Donald J. Trump.

Tweet: "I predict that President Obama will at some point attack Iran in order to save face!" by Donald J. Trump.

Tweet: "Remember that I predicted a long time ago that President Obama will attack Iran because of his inability to negotiate properly-not skilled!" by Donald J. Trump.

Article: "Sturmabteilung" (Brownshirts).

Article: "Sturmabteilung" (SA, Storm Troopers, Brownshirts) by Shoah Resource Center.

Article: "ICE Offering 'Citizens Academy' Course with Training on Arresting Immigrants" by Chantal Da Silva.

Article: "UnitedHealth says profits doubled amid health care slowdown" by Sam Black.

Article: "With elective procedures delayed, UnitedHealth profit spikes" by Tom Murphy.

Article: "Medicare Advantage" (Medicare Part C) by Wikipedia.

Article: "Trump Tells Florida Crowd "Something Will Happen in Venezuela" Soon" by Alan Macleod.

Article: "Trump administration puts $15M bounty on head of Venezuelan strongman Nicolas Maduro" by Joel Gehrke.

Article: "Elliott Abrams" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Exclusive: U.S. turns screws on maritime industry to cut off Venezuela's oil" by Jonathan Saul and Matt Spetalnick.

Article: "Donald Trump claims he will announce federal action next week against 'liberal left-wing Democrats' who have 'lost control of cities'" by Emily Goodin.

How Trump Will Steal the Election...
- Greg Palast, The Guardian / Investigative Journalist/Author/Filmmaker, The Best Democracy Money Can Buy / His new book, How Trump Stole 2020 out on July 14.

Article: "Postal Service memos detail 'difficult' changes, including slower mail delivery" by Jacob Bogage.

Article: "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Losing Votes by Mail" by Stewart, Charles H., III.

Article: "Four-hour lines to cast ballots outside Atlanta because of broken voting machines" by Kira Lerner, Joshua Eaton.

Article: "Why Were Only Five Polling Places Open in Milwaukee This Week?" by John McCormack.

Article: "Absentee Voting Information" by Alabama Secretary of State.

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

Article: "McConnell's Legislative Graveyard" by Nancy LeTourneau.

Book: New World Order" by Adolf Hitler.

Article: "New World Order (conspiracy theory)" by Wikipedia.

Article: "The Final Speech from The Great Dictator" by Charlie Chaplin.

Video: Charlie Chaplin on fascism.

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.'"

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