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Monday, August 2

Supporters of then-President Donald Trump try to break through a police barrier at the Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 6, 2021.

We warned about Trump in 2019

Good morning. It's a new month, ya'll. Let's do it.

Can you believe that it's already August? It seems like the Summer of COVID Part 2 has just sped by. Thankfully we have a full lineup of columns for you to start things off with, beginning with a look back at former President Donald Trump, circa 2019.

We warned of Trump coup attempt in March 2019. We were right.

By Jerry H. Goldfeder and Lincoln Mitchell

"Just say the election was corrupt + leave the rest to me and the R. Congressmen."

That's what President Donald Trump told Justice Department officials as part of his insistent pressure campaign to declare the 2020 election "corrupt" so he and his Republican cronies in Congress could overturn the results and keep him in office, according to notes of a conversation released Friday by a House committee. We may be used to this happening in other countries, yet many Americans believe it could never happen here. It's shocking – but, unfortunately, not surprising, at least to us.

Today's editorial cartoon

Don Landgren, USA TODAY Network

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Crack down on the unvaccinated. They have no right to give us COVID.

By Richard Florida and Arthur Caplan

People are free to make all the bad choices they want when it comes to themselves, but not when they put others in danger and incur costs that we all must pay. This is where we find ourselves today with the COVID-19 vaccine. Until now, the default has been to err on the side of liberty, allowing individuals a maximum of free choice and personal responsibility.

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