Those who forget history, the old saying goes, are doomed to repeat it.

"Lawmakers on both sides indicated Tuesday that the Republican-dominated Legislature will call a special session by the end of the week to appoint its own slate of delegates to the electoral college," wrote Jeffrey Gettleman for The Los Angeles Times on November 29, 2000.

Republicans in Florida were preparing to direct their electors to vote for George W. Bush even if the Florida Supreme Court-ordered recount found that Al Gore actually won the state.

The evening before, The New York Times published an article by David Barstow and Somini Sengupta which laid it out bluntly.

Read more here.

-Thom

Friday's Daily Stack

Article: "New Mini-Moon Might Actually Be Old Space Junk Coming Back to Haunt Us" by George Dvorsky.

Article: "Donald Trump Refuses to Promise Peaceful Transition of Power If He Loses 2020 Election to Joe Biden" by Virginia Chamlee.

Site: I Will Vote.

Article: "6 Crucial Races That Will Flip the Senate" by Robert Reich.

Site: Cal Cunningham, Democrat for U.S. Senate (North Carolina).

Site: Sara Gideon for Maine.

Site: Jaime Harrison for Senate (South Carolina).

Site: Steve Bullock for Senate (Montana).

Site: Theresa Greenfield For Iowa (Arizona).

Site: Mark Kelly for Senate.

Article: "Postmaster general says postal service can't return mail-sorting machines" by Kaelan Deese.

Article: "Trump signs meaningless paper, promises bribes to seniors and calls it his healthcare plan" by Joan McCarter.

Article: "These Military Construction Projects Could Be Cut to Fund a Border Wall" by Richard Sisk.

Article: "Trump Signs Order Vowing to Protect Pre-existing Conditions" by Eric Mack.

Article: "Pelosi Slams Trump Executive Order As An 'Insult' To Those With Preexisting Conditions" by Nick Visser.

Article: "Executive Order on An America-First Healthcare Plan" by Donald J. Trump.

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

Article: "President Trump Unveils 'America First' healthcare plan in NC" by AP.

Article: "The Feds Are Investigating Issues With A Small Number Of Mail-In Ballots In One Pennsylvania County" by Stephanie K. Baer.

Article: "Graham vows GOP will accept election results after Trump comments" by John Bowden. "Now, we may have litigation about who won the election, but the court will decide and if the Republicans lose, we will accept that result."

Article: "In Resurfaced Clip, Amy Coney Barrett Says it Would've Been Inappropriate for Obama to Nominate SCOTUS Judge Who Could 'Flip Balance of Power'" by Meghan Roos.

Article: "Joe Biden is Running an Invisible Digital Campaign in All-Important Michigan. That's Making Some Democrats Nervous" by Charlotte Alter.

Article: "Michael Moore: Biden strategy in Michigan might be 'worse than Hillary'".

Article: "Bernie Sanders calls for commission to certify 2020 election results" by Emily Jacobs.

Movie: "Kiss the Ground".

Documentary: Agents of Chaos.

Hour Two: Issues of the Day
- Congressman Ro Khanna (D-CA, 17th District)

Article: "House passes sweeping clean energy bill" by Rachel Frazin.

Article: "Op-Ed: Claims of a rigged election? Here's how Congress could save our democracy from vote-count chaos." by Bruce Ackerman And Ro Khanna.

Article: "Katherine Harrison" by Wikipedia.

Article: "For Florida Legislature, It's Full Speed Ahead to Name Electors" by Jeffrey Gettleman, Nov. 29, 2000.

Article: "CONTESTING THE VOTE: THE FLORIDA LEGISLATURE; Jeb Bush Is Said to Be Willing to Sign Bill Ensuring Republican Victory in Florida" by David Barstow and Somini Sengupta, 28 Nov 2000.

Article: "The Election That Could Break America" by Barton Gellman.

Article: "Electoral Count Act" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Trump On Possible Election Night Rioting: "We Will Put It Down Very, Very Quickly"" by Ian Schwartz. "At a certain point it goes to Congress"

Article: "SAT" by Wikipedia.

Bill: "George Floyd Justice in Policing Act of 2020" by Rep. Bass, Karen [D-CA-37].

Book: Hiding in Plain Sight: The Invention of Donald Trump & the Erosion of America by Sarah Kendzior.

Video: Will Donald Trump Destroy America? (w/ Sarah Kendzior).

Article: "Disgraced former FBI agent Peter Strzok says it's 'clear' that Trump is 'compromised by the Russians'" by Nikki Schwab.

Article: "Mueller Report (Redacted) Searchable Version (PDF)".

Article: "Louis XIV" by Wikipedia.

Article: "The Incredible Life Of Grover Norquist, The Man Behind The GOP's Famous Tax Pledge" by Brett LoGiurato.

Article: "W. Edwards Deming's 14 Points For Total Quality Management".

Quote: "It's more important to hire people with the right qualities than with specific experience" - J. Willard Marriott.

Article: "Arlie Russell Hochschild" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Trump promises permanent cut to payroll tax funding Social Security and Medicare if he's reelected" by Tony Romm.

Article: "Social Security could come to a screeching halt" by Nancy Altman.

Article: "Paul Begala" by Wikipedia.

Bill: "H.R.6496 - Emergency Money for the People Act" by Rep. Ryan, Tim [D-OH-13].

Article: "Battleground states want to be able to process mail ballots before Election Day" by Zak Hudak, Adam Brewster.

Article: "Frank Luntz" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Trump's intel head informs Congress they will no longer get in-person briefings on election security: CNN" by Matthew Chapman.

Video: Is Believing Trump A Fatal Condition? (w/ Kristin Urquiza).

Article: "Former Nashville councilman Tony Tenpenny dies from COVID-19 complications" by Yihyun Jeong and Holly Meyer.

Article: "'I really don't think he has done a great job': COVID-19 puts Florida at risk for Trump" by Michael Finnegan.

Article: "'People are just being dishonest': Parents are sending coronavirus-infected kids to school, Wisconsin officials warn" by Tim Elfrink.

Article: "Herd immunity" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Some Coronavirus Patients Are Reporting Symptoms That Last Months. Nobody Knows Exactly How to Treat Them" by Jamie Ducharme.

Article: "Lochner era" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Wealthy Americans will receive billions in tax cuts if Obamacare is overturned, new report says" by Berkeley Lovelace Jr.

Article: "Faith and Freedom Coalition" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Did U.S. House Democrats Pass a Bill to Allow Immigrants to Vote?" by Dan MacGuill.

Quote: "Figures Don't Lie, But Liars Do Figure" - anon.

Site: Indivisible

Geeky Science: "How marijuana makes you forget" by Mo Costandi.

Geeky Science: "Impact of cannabidiol on the acute memory and psychotomimetic effects of smoked cannabis: naturalistic study" by Celia J. A. Morgan, Gráinne Schafer, Tom P. Freeman and H. Valerie Curran.

Book: American Nations: A History of the Eleven Rival Regional Cultures of North America by Colin Woodard.

Article: "Quisling" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Biden's 'build back better' could build a better US foreign policy" by Elizabeth Losos.

Article: "Mens rea" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Foreign Actors And Cybercriminals Likely To Spread Disinformation Regarding 2020 Election Results" by FBI.

Article: "Trump's a Terrible Christian—Democrats of Faith Should Say So" by Lenny Glynn.

Article: "Astronaut Casts Election Day Vote From International Space Station" by Lisette Voytko.

Article: "China Is Leading The Quantum Computing Revolution" by Jeanne Whalen.

Site: Democratic National Committee

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