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-- “The rationing has begun” - Alarm as major US retailer slaps new restrictions on motor oil while Trump blames Ukraine for the global diesel shortage. It’s breath taking!

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It’s not often that you encounter a book that can flip your entire view of the world on its side, which is why I’m taking a moment to share this incredible work by an old friend with you.

A physicist by training, Professor Richard Silberstein spent four decades as a working neuroscientist at Swinburne University in Melbourne, Australia. He was the Chairman of the Physics Department, founder of the Brain Sciences Institute, and the inventor of a brain imaging method (Steady State Topography) that’s now used to study everything from memory to ADHD. The author of more than 110 peer-reviewed published scientific papers, he is, by temperament and profession, a scientist and skeptic.

Those credentials — he’s literally among the world’s top brain scientists — is what makes his new book, Stranger and Stranger: The Neuroscience of How Mind and Cosmos Communicate (Park Street Press, out this October) so astonishing and life-changing.

He started out trying to make sense of one well-known stubborn anomaly, precognition (seeing the future), and ended up going down the rabbit hole that his book lays out in astonishing detail.

In the first half of the book, Richard takes us on a tour of the tens of thousands of replicated, solid, usually peer-reviewed science that suggests the existence of something parapsychologists call psi. They include:

— The Ganzfeld telepathy protocol, where a meta-analysis of 108 studies published between 1987 and 2010 produced odds against chance of roughly one in ten quadrillion that such a thing could be possible, yet it keeps getting reaffirmed over and over again.
— He digs into quantum random number generators that are influenced by human thought, the double-slit experiments run by Dean Radin’s team at the Institute of Noetic Sciences, and a body of presentiment studies in which people’s skin conductance rises a few seconds before a disturbing image appears on a screen, and, confounding all expectations and “rational” explanations, before the computer has even selected it.
— He revisits the CIA’s infamous remote viewing program (and its considerable and well-documented successes) and the 1995 evaluation in which statistician Jessica Utts and professional skeptic Ray Hyman, asked to assess the same data, ended up largely in agreement.

Silberstein’s own research also appears in the book and its mind-boggling. In 2024 he and a colleague published a study of identical twins placed in separate rooms, sensorily isolated from each other, as one viewed a series of random images while the other stared at a blank screen.

Changes in the “receiver” twin’s brain lined up with the moments the “sender” saw a “meaningful” picture and happened at a frequency that should have been four times in a hundred million trials. Even more fascinating, when these twins were, essentially, telepathically connected hroughout the experiment, the receiving twins reported feeling nothing at all. Whatever was going on, it was happening well below the threshold of human awareness.

It’s that observation that’s at the heart of Richard’s book’s most interesting argument, one that has massive implications for humanity, religion, politics, and science.

Silberstein proposes that our brains don’t so much “create” consciousness as connect to some vast universal source that our brains then filter. Evolution, he argues, built our nervous systems to prioritize necessities like food, sex, and survival, while it built elaborate inhibitory circuits to suppress everything else the universe is giving us access to but that our brains consider “not necessary.”

Recent studies he cites include patients with left frontal lobe damage, showing that they can affect random number generators in ways “normal” people can’t. Interestingly, when that same region of the brain is temporarily quieted by transcranial magnetic stimulation, normies can also influence random number generators.

Turn off the brain’s “gatekeeper,” in other words, and you let both creativity and the intelligence and experience of the universe, psi, leak through.

And then the book gets even stranger, as the title promises.

Silberstein shares the details of Michael Levin’s work at Tufts showing that bioelectric fields, not just genes, direct how animal (and, presumably, plant) bodies develop, including the now-famous tadpole grown with a working eye on its flank because of bioelectric stimulation.

He tells the stories of the heart transplant recipients who reported acquiring their donors’ tastes, from food to motorcycles.

He engages seriously, and with genuine intellectual courage, with Ian Stevenson’s decades of case files on children who describe past lives in detail.

And he posits that probable futures exists in a nested hierarchy of what he calls Temporal Causal Levels, shaped by consciousness itself through what he terms retrocausal loops.

While the science is amazing, the possible implications for society and politics are equally astonishing. Studies done by hardcore scientists working under the umbrella of the Global Consciousness Project found that when a certain threshold of people in a community regularly meditate, the crime rate and rate of general violence drops.

But what about the opposite? What happens when billionaires like Musk and Zuckerberg use their social media platform algorighms to feed hate, bigotry, fear, and rage directly into people’s minds? Whether they’re doing it to “increase engagement” to crank up time-spent-scrolling and advertisement exposure to make more billions, or to influence politics and political perspectives, the result could well be the same.

He argues that these billionaires have built a global machine for generating exactly the kind of massed, focused, hostile intent that his science finds actually affects the physical world around us as well as the minds of those around us.

Citing Peter Turchin’s work on Cleodynamics that charts cycles of political disintegration, Richard closes his book by calling for coordinated, large-scale group meditations focused on making a better and more peaceful world for us all.

This book will both astonish you and change how you view much of what we’re confronting today, from our psychology to our religion to our politics. Don’t miss it!

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Hour One: 9/11: America Can’t Let the War Lies Go Down the Memory Hole Again
Article: “9/11: America Can’t Let the War Lies Go Down the Memory Hole Again“ by Thom Hartmann.
Article: “Osama Bin Laden: Profile of a Terror Leader“ by ABC News.
Article: “In historic call, Trump speaks to Taliban leader amid concerns about deal with US“ by Conor Finnegan.
Book: A Charge To Keep: My Journey to the White House by George Bush.
Article: “Afghanistan a Year Later: Can We Finally Speak Honestly About Bush & Cheney’s “Little War”?“ by Thom Hartmann..
Article: “Why Is the Afghan National Army Performing So Miserably?“ by James A. Warren.
Article: “Trump’s New Big Lie: Afghanistan“ by Fred Kaplan.
Article: “Why Did President Polk Want War with Mexico?“ by teachinghistory.org.
Article: “George W. Bush Was AWOL, But What’s “Truth” Got to Do With It?“ by Dan Froomkin.
Tweet: “New: Republican Party has removed a page from their website bragging about Trump’s deal with the Taliban that committed Biden to withdraw 5,000 US troops from Afghanistan — and led to the fall of Kabul today.“ by Hugo Lowell.
Article: “Abraham Lincoln’s Opposition to the Mexican War“ by Daniel Walker Howe.
Article: “Mohamed Atta“ by Biography.com.
Article: “Hospital Worker: I Saw Osama“ by CBSNews.com.
Article: “The Haliburton affair: conflict of interest at its worst“ by David Gries.
Article: “Trump put 5,000 Taliban fighters back in battle and tied Biden’s hands in Afghanistan“ by Jon Perr.
Article: “Now deranged Putin targets Poland: Russia says Warsaw ‘next in line for denazification’“ by Vassia Barba.
Article: “‘Some People Won’t Get Back’ – UK Defence Secretary Breaks Down Over Afghanistan Crisis“ by Alexandra Rogers.
Article: “Three oil fields in northern Iraq halt operations amid regional tensions“ by Amr Salem.
Article: “Despite earlier stance, Trump boasts of ‘relationship’ with Taliban leader“ by Steve Benen.
Article: “Pakistan frees Taliban co-founder at US request; will play constructive role in Afghan peace initiative“ by IANS.
Article: “How Trump’s Plan to Secretly Meet With the Taliban Came Together, and Fell Apart“ by Peter BakerMujib Mashal and Michael Crowley.
Article: “Did Dick Cheney Sink Halliburton (And Will It Sink Him?)“ by S. C. Gwynne.
Article: “The Large Policy“ by Brenda Wineapple.
Article: “Trump Scrubs His Website of His Statement Bragging About His Afghanistan Withdrawal Plan“ by David Badash.
Article: “The Truth About Tonkin“ by Lieutenant Commander Pat Paterson, U.S. Navy.
Article: “Bush Rejects Taliban Offer On Bin Laden“ by John F. Harris.
Article: “Afghanistan’s military collapse: Illicit deals and mass desertions“ by Susannah George.
Article: “Statement by President Joe Biden on Afghanistan“, August 14, 2021 by Joe Biden.

Article: “Occupy Wall Street“ by Wikipedia.
Site: Democracy Watch News.
Site: Mark Taylor-Canfield.
Article: “Seattle’s gaffe-prone mayor Katie Wilson safe in her job for now after recall organizers made silly mistake in bid to unseat her“ by Adriana Tardugno.
Site: Occupy 2026.
Event: Sep 17, Zuccotti Park: 15th anniversary of Occupy Wall Street,.
Article: “Tom Morello“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Undue Medical Debt“ by Wikipedia.

Is Trump’s Fear of Death Pushing His Movement Toward a “Jonestown” Moment?
Article: “‘Gripped by the terror of death’: Macabre theory floated for Trump’s ‘Jonestown’ antics“ by Travis Gettys.
Article: “Bandy X. Lee“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Donald Trump Wants to Bury America With Him“ by Alan Elrod.
Article: “Jonestown“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Leo Ryan“ (killed at Jonestown) by Wikipedia.

Trump Leads Republicans in Bizarre “Cheat Like Hell” Oath...
Article: “Trump leads GOP convention in pledge to ‘cheat’ in midterms: ‘So help me God!’“ by Robert Davis.

Looks like Trump is about to lose to Iran even worse than so far...
Article: “‘Very bad for Trump’: Mass panic as Iran war spirals with ‘catastrophic’ new threat“ by Alexander Willis.
Article: “Yemen’s Iranian-backed Houthis seize an island in a key strait, opening a new front in the Iran war“ by Fatma Khaled, Samy Magdy And Cara Anna.
Article: “Houthis reportedly advance to key Red Sea island, further threatening crucial oil choke point“ by Sam Meredith.
Article: “Houthis using AI for missiles? Anthropic says Yemen weapons“ by Vivek Dubey.

Article: “German far-right AfD wins Saxony-Anhalt election, falls short of majority“ by Al Jazeera.
Article: “Marine Le Pen“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Crowd member at GOP convention repeatedly shouts ‘He should be shot!’ as Ted Cruz namechecks Dems“ by Kathryn Wilkens.
Article: “Trump pledged $5K ‘dividend’ to every US adult if GOP wins midterms. Can he do that?“ by Rae Deng.
Video: lashback: McCain tells supporter Obama is ‘a decent, family man.”
Article: “Trump’s $500 Obamacare ‘Rebate Checks’ Announced Thursday—But Who Qualifies Is Murky“ by Sara Dorn.
Article: “Trump Keeps Promising Cash To Americans—But They Haven’t Gotten Any“ by Mary Whitfill Roeloffs.
Site: “No Kings“ (next, October 17).
Site: Indivisible (”The next No Kings Day will be different. Join the No Kings kickoff call this Thursday, 9/10 at 8pm ET/5pm PT to learn about the national day of voter participation being planned for this October.”).
Article: “Trump reveals Brazil, Argentina involved in controversial beef deal“ by Mallory Wilson.
Article: “Quashing Consumers’ Right-To-Know, Congress Repeals Country-Of-Origin-Labeling For Beef And Pork“ by Nancy Fink Huehnergarth.
Article: “Charlie Kirk“ by Wikipedia.
Quote: “I think it’s worth to have a cost of, unfortunately, some gun deaths every single year so that we can have the Second Amendment to protect our other God-given rights.“ - Charlie Kirk.
Article: “Assassination of Charlie Kirk“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Assassination of John F. Kennedy“ (November 22, 1963) by Wikipedia.
Book: Hit List: An In-Depth Investigation into the Mysterious Deaths of Witnesses to the JFK Assassination by Richard Belzer, David Wayne.
Book: JFK and Vietnam: Deception, Intrigue, and the Struggle for Power by John M. Newman.
Law: “Patriot Act“, 2001.
Video: Trump Bribes Americans For Votes, Brags About Crowd Size to Empty Seats & Our Talarico FCC Fight - Jimmy Kimmel Live.
Quote: “Dank Ihrer Führung wird Deutschland sein Ziel erreichen, Heimat zu sein. Heimat zu sein für alle Deutschen der Welt.“ by Rudolph Hess, 1934 Nuremberg rally.
Video: “Triumph of the Will“ by Leni Riefenstahl.

Hour Two: As the Treasury heads to the danger zone - it looks like we’re headed for another rate hike. We’re paying for Trump’s incompetence.
Article: “Inflation persisted in August, potentially locking in a Fed interest rate hike“ by Jeff Cox.
Article: “Treasury yields surge after Bessent’s beefed-up buyback operation fails to calm market“ by Joy Wiltermuth.
Article: “IEA warns global oil refining system ‘stretched to the limit’ as Iran, Ukraine wars tighten market“ by Sam Meredith.
Article: “Diesel hits all-time high of $6 per gallon, and just about everything will cost more“ by Steve Kopack and Kayla Steinberg.

As RFK Jr. Claims Neither His Father Nor Uncle ‘Would Recognize the Democratic Party’ - he het’s fact checked. Would his father or uncle recognize him and his seeming lies?
Article: “RFK Jr. Reportedly Used $9,000-an-Hour Military Jet to Attend GOP Campaign Events“ by Kathryn Wilkens.

Article: “Trump ‘wrong’ in claiming US Arabs cheered 9/11 attacks“ by BBC.
Article: “Republicans Show Laughable ‘God Made Trump’ Video at MAGA Fyre Fest“ by Sarah Ewall-Wice.
Article: “A Doctor Sued 700 Patients for Debts; 81 Were Arrested. Now He’s a Senator.“ (Roger Marshall) by Sarah Kliff.
Article: “Debtors’ prison“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Anthropic researcher believes more than 10% chance AI ‘could kill all humans’“ by Tom Gerken.
Movie: “Colossus: The Forbin Project“.
Article: “Terminator (franchise)“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Anthropic Called SFPD Over Claude User Who Threatened to Kill CEO Amodei“ by Emily Johnson.
Movie: “WarGames“.
Article: “Sharp rise in incidents of AI escaping users’ control, research finds“ by Robert Booth.
Article: “I, Robot“ by Isaac Asimov.
Article: “Three Laws of Robotics“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Artificial general intelligence (AGI)“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Bernie Sanders aims to ban AI ‘superintelligence.’ But experts can’t agree on what the term means“ by Tom Howarth.
Book: The Bin Ladens: An Arabian Family in the American Century by Steve Coll.
Article: “Osama bin Laden“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “1982 Lebanon War“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Letter to the American People“ by Osama bin Laden.
Article: “Hallie Shoffner“ by Ballotpedia.
Bible: “‘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; naked, and you clothed Me; I was sick, and you visited Me; I was in prison, and you came to Me.’“ - Matthew 25:35.
Article: “Petit Jean State Park“ by Wikipedia.
Video: George Carlin - The American Dream: “You Have to be Asleep to Believe it” Article: “Politically Incorrect: A Eulogy“ (Bill Maher) by Chris Raphael.
Article: “How Eisenhower Forced Israel to End Occupation After Sinai Crisis“ by Donald Neff.
Article: “‘4% of Gaza’s population is dead’: Report reveals shocking death toll from Israeli genocidal war“ by AP.
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Article: “How Did Lucifer Fall and Become Satan?“ by Ron Rhodes.
Article: “Roger Marshall“ by Wikipedia.
Movie: “2001: A Space Odyssey“.
Book: 2001: A Space Odyssey by Arthur C. Clarke.

Hour Three: Trump’s $500 Healthcare Rebate Plan Called ‘An Absolute Joke’ as Premiums Skyrocket
Article: “Trump’s $500 Healthcare Rebate Plan Called ‘An Absolute Joke’ as Premiums Skyrocket“ by Jake Johnson.
Article: “Massachusetts health care reform“ (Romneycare) by Wikipedia.
Article: “Health care subsidies expire with millions of Americans now facing steep insurance hikes” by Ali Swenson.
Article: “Changes to Medicaid, the ACA and other key provisions of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act“ by AMA.

Al Franken, other Jewish Americans endorse El-Sayed in Michigan Senate race
Article: “Al Franken, other Jewish Americans endorse El-Sayed in Michigan Senate race“ by Theodoric Meyer.

Quote: “ This act upon us could cause us to become a facist state and cause us to abuse our power.“ - OmegaStauf (Sep 11 2001).
Quote: “I tell you, freedom and human rights in America are doomed. The U.S. government will lead the American people in — and the West in general — into an unbearable hell and a choking life.“ - Osama bin Laden.
Article: “Trump Just Voted In Florida. Here’s How Other People With Felony Convictions Can, Too.“ by Matt Shuham.
Article: “Should We Eliminate the Social Security Tax Cap? “ by Peter G. Peterson Foundation.
Article: “9/11 conspiracy theories“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Researcher Jacob Coxon who warned ‘AI could kill us all’ gave up his equity to leave Anthropic“ by Prabhakar Jha.
Article: “August 4-30, 2001: Bush Nearly Sets Record for Longest Presidential Vacation“ by International Center For 9/11 Justice.
Quote: “I don’t think that anybody could have predicted that these people would take an airplane and slam it into the World Trade Center, take another one and slam it into the Pentagon, that they would try to use an airplane as a missile.“ - Condoleezza Rice.
Article: “Transcript: Bin Laden determined to strike in US, August 6, 2001.
Article: “War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Iraq War“ (2003–2011) by Wikipedia.
Article: “2020-2021 US troop withdrawal from Afghanistan“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Fact Check: Trump Gave Taliban Everything They Wanted, Laid Groundwork for Afghanistan Challenge“ by Democratic Party of Oregon.
Video: Dolly Parton - I Will Always Love You [Official Music Video].
Article: “The 9/11 Commission Report“.
Article: “What this blacksmith’s viral video going after 9/11 ‘truthers’ says about Donald Trump“ by Callum Borchers.
Article: “Joe Biden, master oil trader“ by Economist.

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-- 9/11: America Can’t Let the War Lies Go Down the Memory Hole Again

-- Is Trump’s Fear of Death Pushing His Movement Toward a “Jonestown” Moment?

-- Trump Leads Republicans in Bizarre “Cheat Like Hell” Oath...

-- Looks like Trump is about to lose to Iran even worse than so far...

-- As the Treasury heads to the danger zone - it looks like we're headed for another rate hike. We're paying for Trump's incompetence.

-- As RFK Jr. Claims Neither His Father Nor Uncle ‘Would Recognize the Democratic Party’ - he het's fact checked. Would his father or uncle recognize him and his seeming lies?

-- Trump’s $500 Healthcare Rebate Plan Called ‘An Absolute Joke’ as Premiums Skyrocket

-- Al Franken, other Jewish Americans endorse El-Sayed in Michigan Senate race

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-- 9/11: America Can’t Let the War Lies Go Down the Memory Hole Again

-- Is Trump’s Fear of Death Pushing His Movement Toward a “Jonestown” Moment?

-- Trump Leads Republicans in Bizarre “Cheat Like Hell” Oath...

Hour 2…

-- Looks like Trump is about to lose to Iran even worse than so far...

-- As the Treasury heads to the danger zone - it looks like we’re headed for another rate hike. We’re paying for Trump’s incompetence.

-- As RFK Jr. Claims Neither His Father Nor Uncle ‘Would Recognize the Democratic Party’ - he het’s fact checked. Would his father or uncle recognize him and his seeming lies?

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-- As the Houthies escalate the war - what does this mean?

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Hour One: The Old America Is Dying. Who Will Build the New One?
Article: “The Old America Is Dying. Who Will Build the New One?“ by Thom Hartmann.
Article: “Washington’s Marie Gluesenkamp Perez voted with Republicans to repeal student loan debt forgiveness“ by Carlos Nogueras.
Article: “The Right Reads Gramsci: Project 2025 and Neo-Fascism“ by Jerry Harris.
Article: “Dictators — Even Those Who Start Out as a “Dictator for a Day” — Play for Keeps“ by Thom Hartmann.
Article: “Bernie Sanders says he consistently beats Donald Trump by bigger margins than Hillary Clinton does”“ by Louis Jacobson.
Article: “Clinton-Trump Close In Florida, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Quinnipiac University Swing State Poll Finds“ by Quinnipiac.
Book: “The Hidden History of Neoliberalism: How Reaganism Gutted America and How to Restore Its Greatness“ by Thom Hartmann.
Book: The Nerd Reich: Silicon Valley Fascism and the War on Democracy by Gil Durán.
Article: “‘Astonishing Stat’: Billionaires Gave Nearly 20% of Donations in 2024 US Federal Elections“ by Stephen Prager.
Article: “AOC Chances of Winning in 2028 as Report Says She’s Weighing Run“ by Andrew Stanton.
Article: “Public Trust in Government: 1958-2025“ by Pew Research Center.
Article: “Pritzker launches $20M pre-midterms PAC“ by Shia Kapos.
Article: “Polls: Sanders vs. Republicans: 2016 General Election“ by RealClearPolitics.
Book: I Paid Hitler by Fritz Thyssen.
Article: “‘This Man Is So Out of Touch’: Hakeem Jeffries Slammed for Opposition to Medicare for All“ by Jon Queally.
Article: “Massachusetts health care reform“ (Romneycare) by Wikipedia.
Article: “populism“ by Britannica.

Article: “Hurricane Marie destroys California beaches, homes and prompts hundreds of rescues“ by Laylan Connelly.
Book: “Who Killed the American Dream? The Greatest Political Crime Ever Told“ by Thom Hartmann.
Article: “How much aid does the US give to Israel?“ by USAFacts.
Article: “Healthcare in Israel“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Education in Israel“ by Wikipedia.

Trump Promises You $5,000. Will It Arrive Before the Tooth Fairy?
Article: “US citizens will receive $5,000 if Republicans win midterms, Trump claims in lengthy convention speech“ by Adam Gabbatt.
Article: “Trump claims he will give $5,000 to every American if Republicans win the midterms as he defends Iran war and tariffs– as it happened“ by Shrai Popat, Christopher Hippensteel, Lucy Campbell and Tom Ambrose.

Fetterman Pledges to ‘Work With President Trump’ in Video at GOP Convention
Article: “Fetterman Pledges to ‘Work With President Trump’ in Video at GOP Convention“ by Sarah Rumpf.
Article: “House Democrat Torches Fetterman: ‘Nowhere To Be Found’“ by Michael Luciano.

Video: “The View: S30E2Ted Cruz grades Trump’s economy an ‘A,’ says midterms will ‘come down to turnout’“.
Video: This Latin music star has a plan to BUST Trump’s Texas redistricting scheme.
Article: “HUD Secretary Scott Turner Appears to Go for Butt Slap on Rep. Anna Paulina Luna“ by TMZ Staff.
Movie: “The Godfather Part II“.
Article: “Roy Cohn: The mysterious US lawyer who helped Donald Trump rise to power“ by Caryn James.
Substack: American Kompromat - Craig Unger.
Article: “Ultimate Fighting Championship“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Some Republicans Open to Higher Taxes to Save Social Security“ by Newsmax Wires.
Article: “Permanent Residents No Longer Eligible for SBA Loans“ by Amanda Hayes.
Article: “German far right’s ‘remigration’ plans amount to ethnic cleansing, says Merz“ by Nette Nöstlinger.
Article: “The Interview: The Man Who Tried to Solve Immigration for the G.O.P.“ (James Lankford) by Lulu Garcia-Navarro.
Article: “Hillary Clinton Officially Wins Popular Vote by Nearly 2.9 Million “ by Alana Abramson.
Article: “Air America (radio network)“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Talking Back To Talk Radio - Fairness, Democracy, and Profits“ by Thom Hartmann.
Article: “Radio Silence: How Progressives Lost the Airwaves“ by Thom Hartmann.
Article: “How the US right wing is taking over news media and choking press freedom“ by Edward Helmore.

Hour Two: Ukraine Briefing
- Phil Ittner, Veteran War Correspondent based in Kiev, Ukraine & host of the ‘On the Edge‘ podcast @PhilipIttner Youtube
Article: “Ukraine strikes deep into Russia’s Arctic gas heartland as Trump pushes Putin toward peace“ by Efrat Lachter.
Article: “Jared Kushner’s Incompetence Was on Full Display This Weekend“ by Fred Kaplan.
Article: “Ukraine is quietly destroying Russia’s irreplaceable bombers “ by Verity Bowman.
Article: “Lyman, Ukraine“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “The Critical Importance of Ukraine’s Fortress Belt in Donetsk Oblast“ by ISW.
Article: ““When we retire, we will have a lot of stories that we can remember, and communication with you will be one of the best and most memorable,” Steve Witkoff thanked Vladimir Putin for the warm welcome in Moscow“ by Max “vesti”.
Article: “US envoys Kushner and Witkoff visit Kyiv for first time after Putin talk“ by Amy Hawkins.
Article: “Russia/Ukraine: Ill-treatment of Ukrainians in Russian captivity amounts to war crimes and crimes against humanity“ by AI.
Article: “Fiona Hill (presidential advisor)“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Alex Vindman“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Ukrainian grocer prayed to Russian drone operator and showed he only had two garlic cloves before explosion “ by Barney Davis.
Article: “Russian strike kills 3 Ukrainian toddlers and father, with pregnant mother injured“ by Claire Keenan and Jaroslav Lukiv.
Article: “Ukraine war briefing: Kyiv books in 1,000 Patriots as UK and EU open up missile aid“ by Warren Murray.
Article: “The Budapest Memorandum: America’s Forgotten Promise to Ukraine“ by Jerry Simoneaux.
Article: “Vance calls end of Ukraine aid ‘one of the proudest’ achievements of Trump administration“ by Martin Fornusek.
Article: “Germany identifies Russian suspects behind Leipzig airport drone attack, say reports“ by Maira Butt.
Article: “First Thing: German far-right leader thanks Elon Musk after landmark election win praised by Russia“ by Martin Belam.
Article: “Marine Le Pen“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Nigel Farage“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Vladimir Putin“ by Wikipedia.

Book: “Hacks: The Inside Story“ by Donna Brazile.
Quote: “If You Want a Friend in Washington, Get a Dog“ - attributed to Harry Truman.
Article: “Norway Wealth Fund Plans $80bn US Treasury Cut, Oslo“ by Alaa AbuJaser.
Article: “Petrodollar system explained – And why it might be unwinding“ by Tejvan Pettinger.
Article: “Has China become the new risk-free rate?“ by Charles de Quinsonas.

The Bond market rebuffed US treasury’s plan to buy back $6bn in government debt - What’s next?
Article: “Bond market rebuffs US treasury’s plan to buy back $6bn in government debt“ by Lauren Aratani.
Article: “Savings and loan crisis“ by Wikipedia.

Fascist Alert. Right-wing media repeated Trump administration claims that over 250,000 noncitizens registered to vote
Article: “Right-wing media repeated Trump administration claims that over 250,000 noncitizens registered to vote — now that “inflated” number is falling apart“ by Hanne MacDonald & Reed McMaster.
Article: “Operation Eagle Eye (United States)“ (voter suppression, William Rehnquist) by Wikipedia.

Why won’t our DOJ help the Europeans investigating Epstein?
Article: “Europeans investigating Epstein say DOJ has not agreed to requests for help“ by Maegan Vazquez.
Article: “DOJ Has Yet to Turn Over Epstein Evidence as European Criminal Probes Expand“ by Bridget Luckey.

Article: “The Supreme Court Blocks Missouri’s Voting Map, Again“ by Matthew Cullen.
Article: “Missouri Races to Print Ballots After Supreme Court Map Ruling“ by Gabe Whisnant and Dan Gooding.
Article: “Lawmakers threaten to impeach Missouri Supreme Court if Denny Hoskins found in contempt“ by Joey Schneider.
Article: “Gaza genocide“ by Wikipedia.
Site: Al Jazeera.
Site: Democracy Now!
Article: “Israeli settler violence“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Down in the Polls, Republicans Embrace a Familiar Tool: Fear“ by Lisa Lerer.
Article: “The Tariff Refund Tracker“ by Sam Baker Consulting LLC.
Article: “OpenAI hires Chuck Schumer’s daughter as Big Tech cozies up to Democrats ahead of midterms: report“ by Ariel Zilber.
Site: Progressive Caucus.
Article: “Newt Gingrich“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Literacy in the United States“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “William Bennett“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Carter Proposes $100 Million Solar Energy Bank“ by Edward Walsh.

Hour Three: How can rural voters save the Democratic Party (and America)?
Host - The Blue Ridge Breakdown, Co-Owner We Act Radio, West Virginia Organizer & Special Projects Director for Social Security Works and an “At-Large” member of the West Virginia State Democratic Executive Committee. Instagram
Book: “The Last Hours of Ancient Sunlight: Revised and Updated: The Fate of the World and What We Can Do Before It’s Too Late“ by Thom Hartmann.
Article: “$64 billion of data center projects have been blocked or delayed amid local opposition“ by Data Center Watch.
Article: “West Virginia Primary Results 2016“ by NYT.
Article: “West Virginia Remains Trump Country, But He is Losing Support Among Independents“ by Hoppy Kercheval.

Article: “Trump latest: President accused of bribing Americans with ‘ridiculous’ $5,000 promise“ by Sky News.
Article: “Purity test (politics)“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Trump still a convicted criminal as judge rejects request—what happens next“ by Amanda Castro.

Jimmy Kimmel Sends James Talarico Interview to YouTube After Threats From Trump’s FCC
Article: “Jimmy Kimmel sends James Talarico interview to YouTube after threats from Trump’s FCC“ by David Gilmour.
YouTube: “Jimmy Kimmel Live“.
Article: “Jimmy Kimmel Live!“ by Wikipedia.

Law: “18 U.S. Code § 597 - Expenditures to influence voting “. “Whoever makes or offers to make an expenditure to any person, either to vote or withhold his vote, or to vote for or against any candidate; and

Whoever solicits, accepts, or receives any such expenditure in consideration of his vote or the withholding of his vote—

Shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than one year, or both; and if the violation was willful, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than two years, or both.”
Article: “South Koreans protest over possible plan to send forces to back US in Hormuz“ by MEE.
Article: “Trump says US to reduce military drills with South Korea after it stayed out of Iran war“ by Brandon Drenon, Jake Kwon.
Article: “The Virginian (TV series)“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Gunsmoke“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “List of The Virginian episodes“ (No. 67 “Big Image, Little Man”) by Wikipedia.
Article: “Morality play“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Dennis Weaver“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Lizzie Magie“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Great Game“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “George Carlin“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “World Trade Center (1973–2001)“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “National September 11 Memorial & Museum“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Helping the Terrorists to Win“ by Timothy Snyder.
Article: “José Padilla (criminal)“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Transcript: Bin Laden determined to strike in US, August 6, 2001.
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-- The Old America Is Dying. Who Will Build the New One?

-- Trump Promises You $5,000. Will It Arrive Before the Tooth Fairy?

-- Fetterman Pledges to ‘Work With President Trump’ in Video at GOP Convention. Say What?!

-- Phil Ittner - Ukraine Update

-- The Bond market rebuffed US treasury’s plan to buy back $6bn in government debt - What's next?

-- Fascist Alert. Right-wing media repeated Trump administration claims that over 250,000 noncitizens registered to vote

-- Troy Miller - How can rural voters save the Democratic Party (and America)

-- Jimmy Kimmel Sends James Talarico Interview to YouTube After Threats From Trump’s FCC

-- Why won't our DOJ help the Europeans investigating Epstein?

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-- Fetterman Pledges to ‘Work With President Trump’ in Video at GOP Convention. Say What?!

-- Phil Ittner - Ukraine Update

-- The Bond market rebuffed US treasury’s plan to buy back $6bn in government debt - What’s next?

-- Fascist Alert. Right-wing media repeated Trump administration claims that over 250,000 noncitizens registered to vote

-- Troy Miller - How can rural voters save the Democratic Party (and America)?

-- Jimmy Kimmel Sends James Talarico Interview to YouTube After Threats From Trump’s FCC

-- Why won’t our DOJ help the Europeans investigating Epstein?

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Hour One: A Brazilian Meat Billionaire Walked Into Trump’s Oval Office. What Happened Next Should Terrify Us All…
Article: “A Brazilian Meat Billionaire Walked Into Trump’s Oval Office. What Happened Next Should Terrify Us All…“ by Thom Hartmann.
Article: “Trump administration stalled a survey of PFAS in wastewater, former EPA officials say“ by Michael Phillis.
Article: “After RFK Jr. cut food safety inspectors, the strained FDA struggles to close the gap“ by Matthew Perrone.
Site: The Hartmann Report.
Article: “The World’s Biggest Meat Company Gets the Greenlight to Go Public on the New York Stock Exchange“ by Georgina Gustin.
Article: “Watchdog group alleges Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins violated ethics rules“ by Sky Chadde.
Article: “Report: JBS Owner Met With Trump Before Beef Import Plan“ by Chris Moore.
Article: “Meatpacking giant JBS debuts on NYSE six months after $5m Trump donation“ by Shanna Hanbury.
Article: “Oversight Democrats Urge HHS Secretary RFK Jr. to Halt Purge of FDA Staff, Warn of Increased Outbreaks of Contaminated Food“ by Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Article: “White House defends Trump’s beef import plan after report on billionaire’s influence“ by Mira Bhakta.
Book: The Jungle by Upton Sinclair.
Article: “America’s expensive groceries are getting less safe to eat“ by Josephine Walker.
Article: “Cattle ranchers express concern about U.S. plan to boost foreign beef imports“ by Mary Cunningham.
Article: “RFK’s cuts to FDA are a threat to public health and safety“ by Sarah Sorscher.
Article: “FSMA Final Rule on Requirements for Additional Traceability Records for Certain Foods“ by FDA.
Article: “Trump, aided by RFK Jr., is dismantling the U.S. food safety network“ by Phyllis Entis.
Article: “Quashing Consumers’ Right-To-Know, Congress Repeals Country-Of-Origin-Labeling For Beef And Pork“ by Nancy Fink Huehnergarth.
Article: “How Upton Sinclair’s ‘The Jungle’ Led to US Food Safety Reforms“ by Christopher Klein.
Article: “Eric Schlosser Asks Whether We Should Be Afraid of Our Food. The Better Question Is What We Are Going to Do About It. Here Is My List.“ by Bill Marler.
Article: “Where’s the beef coming from? The White House won’t say.“ by Adam Hudacek.
Article: “This Chicken Company Paid Over $100 Million in Fines for Fixing Prices, Then Gave $5 Million to Trump’s Inauguration“ by Claire Heddles.
Article: “Why Did Trump Order Up 660 Million Pounds of Mystery Meat?“ by Eric Schlosser.
Article: “The USDA secretary is a dangerous religious zealot like Pete Hegseth“ by Amanda Marcotte.
Article: “Letter to CEOs of Pilgrim’s Pride and JBS USA“ by Elizabeth Warren.

Article: “Wesley Batista“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Behind Closed Doors, John Fetterman Shows Little Interest in the Work of a Senator“ by Will Hobson and Siobhan Hughes.
Article: “Le Pen family“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Grigori Rasputin“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Automatic military draft registration takes effect in December. Here’s how it would work“ by Kaanita Iyer.
Article: “Changes to Medicaid, the ACA and other key provisions of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act“ by AMA.
Article: ““Trump Always Chickens Out” (TACO)“ by Wikipedia.

Trump’s oil investments have gained millions during Iran war as his accounts keep trading as Oil hits $100 and may go to $150
Article: “Trump’s oil investments have gained millions during Iran war as his accounts keep trading“ by Luke Fountain.
Article: “Goldman Sachs warns oil prices could hit $120 as U.S. fuel costs surge“ by Aimee Picchi.
Video: The Bogatin Brothers’ Long Connection to Donald Trump (w/ Craig Unger).

Trump claims another scalp? Jimmy Kimmel’s talk show coming to an end. Our media is tanking into the billionaire/right-wing trap...
Article: “Jimmy Kimmel’s talk show coming to an end amid ‘nasty feud’ with Trump: report “ by Bennito L. Kelty.
Article: “Trump called out on brazen new ‘totally made up story’ about 9/11: ‘Despicable liar’“ by Howard Koplowitz.

Article: “Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Humpty Dumpty“ by Wikipedia.
Book: Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World’s Most Dangerous Man by Mary L. Trump Ph.D..
Article: “Paxton slams Talarico over Texas tax break votes“ by Adam Powell.
Article: “Ken Paxton’s Statewide Crackdown Could Block Hundreds of Texas Cities From Raising Taxes“ by Ericka Rodriguez Diaz.
Quote: “The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little. “ - FDR.
Article: “Tarrant County, Texas“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Stacey Abrams“ by Wikipedia.
Site: “No Kings“ (next, October 17).
Article: “A Doctor Sued 700 Patients for Debts; 81 Were Arrested. Now He’s a Senator.“ (Roger Marshall) by Sarah Kliff.
Article: “Donald Trump makes wild 9/11 firefighter rescue claim in car-crash speech with distasteful dead rescuer quip“ by Anders Anglesey.
Article: “New Yorkers were ‘lied’ to about toxic air after 9/11 attacks, says Mamdani“ by Madeline Halpert and Kayla Epstein.
Article: “7 World Trade Center (1987–2001)“ by Wikipedia.

Hour Two: Sloptocracy
- Heidi Siegmund Cuda, Emmy award-winning investigative reporter, writes the Bette Dangerous substack — she also writes the “Hot Type” column for Byline Times & produces documentary films (currently working on the film, “Kherson: Human Safari”) @heidicuda.bsky.social
Article: “Hot Type: Sloptocracy“ by Heidi Cuda.
Article: “The Manchurian Candidate“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Calls Grow to Invoke 25th Amendment After Trump’s AI Truth Social Posts“ by Ewan Palmer.
Article: “While America Burns, Trump Builds Himself a Colosseum“ by Thom Hartmann.
Article: “Bread and circuses“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Yale scientists warn Medicaid cuts could cause 51,000 preventable deaths“ by Jake Robbins.
Article: “Carney tells Trump ‘stop doing memes’ as US-Canada trade war persists“ by Rob Gillies.
Article: “Julius Caesar“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Trump sued over Truth Social advance access sale“ by Dan Mangan.
Article: “1999 Russian apartment bombings“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Chilling conspiracy theory behind Putin’s rise to power“ by news.com.au.
Article: “Moscow theater hostage crisis“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Reichstag fire“ by Britannica.
Substack: “Thinking about...“ by Timothy Snyder.
Article: “Witkoff and Kushner discussed ‘next steps’ with Putin to end Ukraine war, says US“ by William Christou.
Article: ““When we retire, we will have a lot of stories that we can remember, and communication with you will be one of the best and most memorable,” Steve Witkoff thanked Vladimir Putin for the warm welcome in Moscow“ by Max “vesti”.
Article: “Memetic warfare“ by Wikipedia.

Article: “The legacy that Smithsonian head Lonnie Bunch leaves“ by Andrew Limbong, Michel Martin.
Article: “Lonnie Bunch“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Trump to attend Presidents Cup at Medinah as honorary chairman“ by AP.
Site: Daily Song.
Facebook: “Sully Dawg“.
Article: “36 Reasons to Thank Your Union“ by Derrick Hernandez.

Trump just had another long phone conversation with Putin in which he received his most recent marching orders
Article: “Putin praises US peace efforts in call with Trump“ by FT.
Article: “Russia launches missile strikes against Kyiv as pause in raids ends“ by FT.
Article: “Michael Cohen to Donald Trump Hey Boss, How About A Pardon???“ by TMZ.
Article: “Trump sides with Russia against FBI at Helsinki summit“ by BBC.

RFK Jr’s penis obsession continues
Article: “RFK Jr’s penis obsession continues“ by Derek Beres.

Article: “First Thing: German far-right leader thanks Elon Musk after landmark election win praised by Russia“ by Martin Belam.
Article: “Elon Musk is accused of making a Nazi salute. Here’s what has been said“ by Georgie Hewson.
Book: The Nerd Reich: Silicon Valley Fascism and the War on Democracy by Gil Durán.
Article: “The Poison Squad“ by PBS.
Video: The Poison Squad.
Article: “Harvey Washington Wiley“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “George W. Bush misrepresented our work at CIA to sell the Iraq invasion. It’s time to call him what he is: ‘A liar.’“ by Mattathias Schwartz.
Article: “Trump’s territorial ambition: new imperialism or a case of the emperor’s new clothes?“ by Julian Borger.
Article: “Dennis Kucinich“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Trump Will Reportedly Spend Millions Making the Midterms a Referendum on His Record“ by Michael Luciano.
Article: “Trump admin’s mail-in ballot fight lands back at Supreme Court“ by Stephen Sorace.
Article: “American Civil War (1861 - 1865) by Wikipedia.
Article: “Battle of Shiloh“ by Wikipedia.

Hour Three: The Most Important Election of Our Lifetime?
- Christopher Armitage, Journalist. Criminal justice Researcher, former law enforcement officer, veteran, author. Substack: “The Existentialist Republic“. @carmitage.bsky.social.
Article: “The Most Important Election of Our Lifetime?“ by Christopher Armitage.
Article: “Four People Have Begun the Process to Convene Grand Juries Over DOGE, the Make Corrupt Politicians Pay Act Is in the Mail to 1,519 Legislators, the Calls Start This Week, and More“ by Christopher Armitage.
Article: “Todd Blanche Knowingly Disobeyed a Federal Court Order on the Epstein Files, So I Filed for His Disbarment in New York“ by Christopher Armitage.

Article: “Operation Northwoods“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “destruction of the Maine“ by Britannica.
Article: “Gulf of Tonkin incident“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Cubana de Aviación Flight 455“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Bay of Pigs Invasion“ (Operation ZAPATA) by Wikipedia.
Article: “Assassination of John F. Kennedy“ (November 22, 1963) by Wikipedia.

Yes. You need to know what Elon’s up to.
Article: “VoteSafe.org IS Elon Musk—and He’s Trying To Capture Your Sensitive Voter Data“ by This Will Hold.
Substack: “This Will Hold“.

Article: “2026 Nepal–Tibet floods“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “DOGE cuts to USAID halted program that built flood early-warning system in Nepal?“ by Laerke Christensen.
Videos: Shahid King Bolsen - Middle Nation.
Article: “The US is gobbling up Venezuelan oil, but will it lower fuel prices?“ by Priyanka Shankar.
Article: ““It’s not 1950”: Senator Murray on Trump’s Outrageous and Backwards Move to Siphon Child Care Funding Away from Single Parents and Working Families“ by PUBT.
Book: Learned Optimism: How to Change Your Mind and Your Life by Martin E. P. Seligman.
Article: “Martin Seligman“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Learned helplessness“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Spasmodic dysphonia“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “More than 192,000 voters purged from Wisconsin rolls, the highest in 6 years“ by Kimberly Wethal.
Site: My Vote Wisconsin.
Site: “Vote.org“.
Article: “Absentee ballots go out in North Carolina as new mail-in return rules take effect“ by Jordan Luker.
Article: “Roy Cooper“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Whatley within striking distance of defeating Roy Cooper in North Carolina: Poll“ by Anna Commander.
Article: “1988 Hamas charter“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Entebbe raid“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Munich massacre“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Socialism“ by Wikipedia.

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-- A Brazilian Meat Billionaire Walked Into Trump’s Oval Office. What Happened Next Should Terrify Us All…

-- Trump’s oil investments have gained millions during Iran war as his accounts keep trading as Oil hits $100 and may go to $150

-- Trump claims another scalp? Jimmy Kimmel's talk show coming to an end. Our media is tanking into the billionaire/right-wing trap...

-- Heidi Seigmund Cuda (aka Bette Dangerous) - She's here on Sloptocracy....We'll explain...

-- Trump just had another long phone conversation with Putin in which he received his most recent marching orders

-- RFK Jr’s penis obsession continues

-- Christopher Armitage - The Most Important Election of Our Lifetime?

-- And finally - Yes. You need to know what Elon's up to...

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-- A Brazilian Meat Billionaire Walked Into Trump’s Oval Office. What Happened Next Should Terrify Us All…

-- Trump’s oil investments have gained millions during Iran war as his accounts keep trading as Oil hits $100 and may go to $150

-- Trump claims another scalp? Jimmy Kimmel’s talk show coming to an end. Our media is tanking into the billionaire/right-wing trap...

Hour 2…

-- Heidi Seigmund Cuda (aka Bette Dangerous) - She’s here on Sloptocracy....We’ll explain...

-- Trump just had another long phone conversation with Putin in which he received his most recent marching orders

-- RFK Jr’s penis obsession continues

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-- Christopher Armitage - The Most Important Election of Our Lifetime?

-- And finally - Yes. You need to know what Elon’s up to...

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Hour One: Trump’s Billionaires Are Proving FDR’s Darkest Warning Was Right
Article: “Germany’s Far-Right and Trump’s Billionaires Are Proving FDR’s Darkest Warning Was Right“ by Thom Hartmann.
Article: “Billionaires Buying Elections: They’ve Come to Collect“ by Americans for Tax Fairness.
Article: “Why Was Shenzhen China’s Most Successful SEZ?“ by Vivian Wang.
Site: The Hartmann Report.
Site: “Find Your Legislators“.
Article: “Powell Memorandum: Attack On American Free Enterprise System“ by Lewis F. Powell, Jr.
Article: “German far-right AfD wins Saxony-Anhalt election, falls short of majority“ by Al Jazeera.
Book: “The Hidden History of Neoliberalism: How Reaganism Gutted America and How to Restore Its Greatness“ by Thom Hartmann.
Book: “The Hidden History of the Supreme Court and the Betrayal of America“ by Thom Hartmann.
Book: “Who Killed the American Dream? The Greatest Political Crime Ever Told“ by Thom Hartmann.
Article: “Far-right win in state election tests Germany’s political firewall“ by Andrew Pantazi.
Article: “The Education of a Libertarian“ by Peter Thiel.
Article: “China slaps Alibaba with $2.8 billion fine in anti-monopoly probe“ by Christine Wang.
Article: “China fines Jack Ma’s Ant Group nearly $1 billion“ by Wayne Chang, Anna Cooban.
Article: “The Post-9/11 Wars, Trends of ’26, State of Democracy“ (Sep 6, 2026) by Fareed Zakaria GPS.
Article: “Has Germany’s far-right AfD become a gateway for Chinese and Russian spies?“ by Sébastian Seibt.
Article: “Germany’s far-right achieves an electoral breakthrough in key state election“ by Esme Nicholson.
Article: “Acceptance Speech for the Renomination for the Presidency, Philadelphia, Pa. June 27, 1936“ by FDR.
Article: “Address at Madison Square Garden, New York City. October 31, 1936“ by FDR.
Article: “Justice Clarence Thomas Acknowledges He Should Have Disclosed Free Trips From Billionaire Donor“ by Joshua Kaplan, Justin Elliott and Alex Mierjeski.
Site: “Vote.org“.
Article: “China“ by World Bank Group.

Article: “Debtors’ prison“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “A Doctor Sued 700 Patients for Debts; 81 Were Arrested. Now He’s a Senator.“ (Roger Marshall) by Sarah Kliff.
Book: The Nerd Reich: Silicon Valley Fascism and the War on Democracy by Gil Durán.
Article: “AfD wins big in German regional election, falls short of bid to become first far-right party to lead a state since WWII“ by CBS News.
Article: “Ludwig Müller“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “‘Things happen’: How Vance’s comment on Iran wedding strike fits US pattern“ by Stephen Quillen.
Article: “Kunduz hospital airstrike“ by Wikipedia.

HHS releases report linking ‘gender ideology’ to political violence – a study scientists say was poorly conducted. We have seen this movie before...
Article: “‘Nakedly political’: US attempts to link trans support to authoritarianism in new health department report“ by Melody Schreiber.

How Can Anyone Say It’s not Time for the 25th Amendment? This is Bonkers!
Article: “‘Absolutely Bonkers’ and ‘Unacceptable’: Trump Posts Map Showing US Takeovers of Other Nations “ by Jessica Corbett.
Article: “Onlookers fear ‘something very wrong’ with Trump as he claims US ownership of the moon“ by Alexander Willis.
Article: “Trump’s Jaw-Dropping Labor Day Weekend Posting Blitz Sends Social Media Into a Spin: ’25th Amendment NOW!’“ by David Gilmour.

Article: “Government of the District of Columbia“ by Wikipedia.
Substack: “The Existentialist Republic“ by Christopher Armitage.
Article: “Michael Fanone“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Democrats allege Trump-linked Freedom 250 tricked donors meant for America250“ by David Beckam.
Article: “List of impeachment resolutions introduced against Donald Trump“ by Wikipedia.
Law: “25th Amendment Section 4“ (presidential succession). “Whenever the Vice President and a majority of either the principal officers of the executive departments or of such other body as Congress may by law provide, transmit to the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives their written declaration that the President is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office, the Vice President shall immediately assume the powers and duties of the office as Acting President.“
Event: 25 Sep. 7:00 PM: Powell’s City of Books, Portland: Thom Hartmann sook signing.
Article: “Socialism“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Green Bay Packers“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Hoover Dam“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Alaska Permanent Fund“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Trump insists Iran ‘not a war’ FOUR times as 767 troops lie wounded and gas lingers over $4 a gallon“ by Breanne Deppisch.
Article: “Trump describes Iran war as ‘small potatoes’, citing just 18 Americans killed“ by Nick Pearson.

Hour Two: The Bogatin Brothers and the Long Shadow of the Brainy Don
- Craig Unger, Journalist / Author, “Den of Spies: Reagan, Carter, and the Secret History of the Treason That Stole the White House“ (from Craig’s Substack: NYT bestselling author of six books on the GOP’s assault on democracy including American Kompromat, House of Trump, House of Putin and, most recently, Den of Spies. He has written for Vanity Fair, New York, and other publications.) Substack: American Kompromat @craigunger.bsky.social
Article: “The Bogatin Brothers and the Long Shadow of the Brainy Don“ by Craig Unger.
Article: “‘No evidence’: Trump 9/11 speech fact-checked in brutal takedown“ by Sarah K. Burris.
Article: “Money laundering“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Trump honors 9/11 first responders — and plugs his political priorities“ by Betsy Klein.
Article: “The Six Dark Lessons Roy Cohn Taught Trump (That He Still Uses Today)“ by Berrett-Koehler.
Article: “A Four-Decade Secret: One Man’s Story of Sabotaging Carter’s Re-election“ (Iran hostages) by Peter Baker.
Video: “This is Treason!” Lyndon Johnson Everett Dirksen Phone Call November 2 1968.
Law: “Civil Rights Act of 1964“.
Book: “The Hidden History of American Oligarchy: Reclaiming Our Democracy from the Ruling Class“ by Thom Hartmann.

Site: KPFK.
Article: “Roy Tuckman“ (Roy of Hollywood) by Wikipedia.
Book: Learned Optimism: How to Change Your Mind and Your Life by Martin E. P. Seligman.
Article: “Martin Seligman“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Learned helplessness“ by Wikipedia.

Has the Media Normalized the GOP’s Voter Suppression Right Before Our Very Eyes?
Article: “Has the Media Normalized the GOP’s Voter Suppression Right Before Our Very Eyes?“ by Thom Hartmann.
Article: “Long lines, confusion mark start of early voting in NC“ by Jon Camp.
Article: “Amid public outcry, Tarrant County, Texas cuts polling locations ahead of 2026 midterm elections“ by Deena Zaru.
Article: “How long do we have to fight?“ by Beto O’Rourke.
Article: “They’re Coming for Our Voter Rolls: Millions Could Vanish Before Election Day“ by Thom Hartmann.
Article: “TRUMP LOST. Vote Suppression Won.“ by Greg Palast.
Transcript: “Battleground Blitz; Long Lines For Early Voting Continue; A Look at the Candidates’ Iraq Policies; Interview with Bill Maher; Race: The Great Unknown; The Undecided Voter Factor“ (31 Oct 2008) by Campbell Brown, CNN.
Transcript: “Battleground North Carolina; Record Number Expected to Vote in Pennsylvania; Balance of Power; Election Day Surprises“ (4 Nov 2008) by Kirin Chetry, CNN.
Article: “Waiting to Vote“ by Hannah Klain, Kevin Morris, Rebecca Ayala, Max Feldman.
Article: “Long Lines Don’t Deter North Texans On First Day Of Early Voting: ‘We Were So Excited To Come Here To Vote’“ (2020) by CBS Texas.
Article: “2012 Elections Leave Few State Legislatures with Split Control“ by Mike Maciag.
Article: “Lines at the Polls in the 2012 General Election“ by Pew.
Article: “Political Participation“ by US Commission on Civil Rights.
Article: “Long lines at the polls braved by voters to cast ballots in Election 2012“ by Washington Post.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was personally and explicitly warned that Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar was planning a major attack roughly 10 days before the October 7 massacre, but dismissed the threat and did not alert his security chiefs, according to a shocking new Haaretz report.
Article: “Netanyahu Ignored Explicit Warning Hamas Was Planning ‘Terrifying Operation’ 10 Days Before Oct. 7 Attack: Report“ by David Gilmour.

Article: “Transcript: Bin Laden determined to strike in US, August 6, 2001.
Article: “How Jeb Bush Stole the 2000 Election for His Brother“ by Greg Palast.
Book: “The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany“ by William L. Shirer.
Book: “Berlin Diary: The Journal of a Foreign Correspondent, 1934-1941“ by William L. Shirer.
Article: “2000 United States presidential election recount in Florida“ by Wikipedia.
Law: “10th Amendment“ “The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people“.
Article: “Why Has America Tolerated Six Illegitimate GOP Presidents?“ by Thom Hartmann.
Article: “Katherine Harris“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “2020-2021 US troop withdrawal from Afghanistan“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “RIP to the Russiagate Liberals“ by Eoin Higgins.
Quote: “I am not a member of any organized political party. I am a Democrat.“ - Will Rogers.
Article: “Map Shows How Trump, Putin and Xi Could Carve Up the Globe“ by John Feng and Brendan Cole.
Article: “Pentagon denies Iran war death benefits to grieving families over one brutal ‘it’s not a war’ technicality“ by Jim Manzon.
Article: “Police action“ by Wikipedia.

Hour Three: Market Humanism: A New Paradigm for a New Era
- Nick Hanauer, Entrepreneur / venture capital, Host - Pitchfork Economics Podcast / civic activist, author - “Corporate Bullsh*t“ w/Joan Walsh @NickHanauer @nickhanauer.bsky.social
Article: “Market Humanism: A New Paradigm for a New Era“ by Nick Hanauer, Eric Beinhocker.
Article: “What if Everything We Know About the Economy Is Dead Wrong?“ by Monica Potts.
Site: Markets Built for Humans (download free booklet).
Article: “The Super-Wealthy VC Behind The Fight For A $15 Minimum Wage“ by NCPR.
Article: “Milton Friedman“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Friedrich Hayek“ by Wikipedia.
Book: “The Hidden History of Neoliberalism: How Reaganism Gutted America and How to Restore Its Greatness“ by Thom Hartmann.
Article: “Neoliberalism“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Keynesian economics“ by Wikipedia.
Book: The Theory of Moral Sentiments by Adam Smith.
Article: “The Theory of Moral Sentiments“ by Adam Smith (free).
Book: The Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith.
Article: “An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations“ by Adam Smith (free).

Article: “A Brief History of the Origin of the German National Health Care System“ by Richard Ebeling.
Book: “The Hidden History of American Healthcare: Why Sickness Bankrupts You and Makes Others Insanely Rich“ by Thom Hartmann.
Article: “‘Astonishing Stat’: Billionaires Gave Nearly 20% of Donations in 2024 US Federal Elections“ by Stephen Prager.
Article: “Elon Musk Spends Millions Tricking People Into Giving Up Personal Data“ (Vote Safe) by Edith Olmsted.
Site: Vote Safe.

The Men Who Want to Sign for You Are Coming for Your Rights
Article: “The Men Who Want to Sign for You Are Coming for Your Rights“ by Thom Hartmann.
Article: “Gloria Steinem“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “E&C Democrats Investigate Elon Musk’s Grok for Spreading Rampant Non-Consensual, Sexualized Content“ by Committee on Energy and Commerce, Democratic Staff.
Article: “Science Democrats Slam Musk for Grok’s Creation of Illicit Images“ by Science Committee Democrats.
Article: “Phyllis Schlafly Bio – founder of Eagle Forum“ by Eagle Forum.
Article: “Did Christian Nationalist Leaders Prompt Mike Johnson’s Epstein Flip-Flop?“ by Kiera Butler.
Article: “The Christian Nationalist Next Door: Meet Joel Webbon“ by GPAHE.
Article: “The Memo That Hijacked American Democracy — And How Democrats Can Take It Back “ by Thom Hartmann.
Article: “Why the GOP is ‘Joking’ About Women’s Right to Vote“ by Jessica Valenti.
Article: “From The Vault: We Have Had Abortions (Spring 1972)“ by Ms. Magazine Editors.
Article: “Texas banned abortion. Then sepsis rates soared“ by Repro Health Watch.
Article: “RFK Jr. Was a Compulsive Womanizer, and Yes, We Should Care“ by Nina Burleigh.
Article: “Texas Is Prosecuting a Midwife for Abortion. Its Case Is Already Falling Apart.“ by Mary Ziegler.
Article: “Former Top Trump White House Official Called for ‘Male Only’ Voting“ by David Badash.
Article: “No, the World Would Not Be a Better Place If Women Ran It.“ by Laura Hollis.
Article: “Trump fails to undo E. Jean Carroll verdict at Supreme Court“ by Avery Lotz.
Article: “Hegseth told Senator Warren he paid $50,000 to woman who accused him of 2017 sex assault“ by Tara Copp.
Article: “The Equal Rights Amendment: Background and Recent Legal Developments“ by Shimabukuro, Jon O.
Article: “Ms.“ by Tina Gianoulis.
Article: “Andrew Tate’s ‘Generals’ Victimized at Least 45 Women, Per Horrific Leaked Texts“ by Kylie Cheung.
Article: “Hegseth Orders Mandatory Testosterone Screening, Optional TRT for Troops 30 & Older“ by Adam Gramegna.
Article: “Musk’s Grok AI chatbot is still making sexual deepfakes, despite X’s promise to stop it“ by David Ingram.
Article: “Barron Trump Got Dating Advice from Andrew Tate Associate: Report“ by Marni Rose McFall.
Article: “Smithsonian’s new series is tied to 50th anniversary of Equal Credit Opportunity Act“ by Neda Ulaby.
Article: “Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth reposts video of pastors saying women shouldn’t vote“ by Julia Simon.
Article: “Justice Department publishes some missing Epstein files related to Trump“ by Stephen Fowler, Saige Miller.
Article: “Joel Webbon“ by PFAW.
Article: “Neo-Nazi Nick Fuentes Endorses Dictatorship“ by Conor J. Kelly.
Article: “Texas Banned Abortion. Then Sepsis Rates Soared.“ by Lizzie Presser, Andrea Suozzo, Sophie Chou and Kavitha Surana.
Article: “Who are Elon Musk’s 14 kids? Here’s what to know about his children and their mothers“ by Drew Weisholtz, Rachel Paula Abrahamson.
Site: “Vote.org“.
Article: “New archivist says Equal Rights Amendment is still dead“ by Stephen Dinan.

Article: “On thin ice: how European allies are blocking US ambitions in Greenland“ by Izvestia (”Shield” and dreams: how European allies are blocking US ambitions in Greenland).
Book: None Dare Call It Treason by John A. Stormer.
Book: The Lost Empire of Emanuel Nobel: Romanovs, Revolutionaries, and the Forgotten Titan Who Fueled the World by Douglas Brunt.
Article: “Spiridon Putin“ by Wikipedia.
Book: The Rockefellers: An American Dynasty by Peter Collier, David Horowitz.
Article: “Joseph P. Kennedy Sr.“ by Wikipedia.
Quote: “It takes a crook to catch those crooks.“ - Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
Video: Longtime Kentucky Pundit Scott Jennings Said He Spoke With McConnell—What We Know About His Health.
Article: “What Charlie Kirk Said About Israel“ by Jordan King.
Article: “Jeffrey Epstein“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Russia offers Washington business in exchange for war in the Dmitriev package“ by IntelliNews.
Article: “Child abductions in the Russo-Ukrainian war“ by Wikipedia.
Event: Sep 09: 12:00 pm to 05:00 pm: Washington State Capitol Campus · Olympia: Bring Kids Back - Installation and rally.
Article: “Satellite photos show shrinking Lake Mead, Powell as levels hit record lows“ by Joe Edwards.
Site: Indivisible (”The next No Kings Day will be different. Join the No Kings kickoff call this Thursday, 9/10 at 8pm ET/5pm PT to learn about the national day of voter participation being planned for this October.”).
Site: “No Kings“ (next, October 17).

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In today’s program:

-- Trump’s Billionaires Are Proving FDR’s Darkest Warning Was Right

-- HHS releases report linking ‘gender ideology’ to political violence – a study scientists say was poorly conducted. We have seen this movie before...

-- How Can Anyone Say It's not Time for the 25th Amendment? This is Bonkers!

-- Craig Unger - The Bogatin Brothers and the Long Shadow of the Brainy Don. We'll explain it all...

-- Has the Media Normalized the GOP’s Voter Suppression Right Before Our Very Eyes?

-- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was personally and explicitly warned that Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar was planning a major attack roughly 10 days before the October 7 massacre, but dismissed the threat and did not alert his security chiefs, according to a shocking new Haaretz report. Why?

-- Nick Hanauer - Market Humanism: A New Paradigm for a New Era

-- The Men Who Want to Sign for You Are Coming for Your Rights

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-- Trump’s Billionaires Are Proving FDR’s Darkest Warning Was Right

-- HHS releases report linking ‘gender ideology’ to political violence – a study scientists say was poorly conducted. We have seen this movie before...

-- How Can Anyone Say It’s not Time for the 25th Amendment? This is Bonkers!

Hour 2…

-- Craig Unger - The Bogatin Brothers and the Long Shadow of the Brainy Don. We’ll explain it all...

-- Has the Media Normalized the GOP’s Voter Suppression Right Before Our Very Eyes?

-- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was personally and explicitly warned that Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar was planning a major attack roughly 10 days before the 10/7 massacre but dismissed the threat and did not alert his security chiefs, according to a shocking new Haaretz report. Why?

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-- Nick Hanauer - Market Humanism: A New Paradigm for a New Era

-- The Men Who Want to Sign for You Are Coming for Your Rights

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Hour One: What Would Trump Be Doing Differently If Putin Were Giving the Orders?
Article: “What Would Trump Be Doing Differently If Putin Were Giving the Orders?“ by Thom Hartmann.
Article: “Trump’s Use of the National Guard in American Cities/A>“ by American Oversight.
Article: “Chairman Arrington Statement on CBO Long-Term Budget Outlook“ by Jodey Arrington.
Article: “FBI and IRS Concretize Implementation of NSPM-7“ by Charity & Security Network.
Article: ““?U.S. Urgently Pulling THAAD and Patriot Air Defense Systems From South Korea — Essentially a Gift to Kim Jong Un“ by Defense Express.
Article: “Tarrant County’s November elections will have 92 fewer places to cast ballots than 2022.“ by Cecilia Lenzen.
Article: “Are We Seeing the Last Gasp of the GOP’s Two Santa Claus Scam?“ by Thom Hartmann.
Article: “US Brain Drain Threatens Scientific and Biopharmaceutical Leadership“ by Sandra Barbosu.
Article: “Trump Jr. Warns Republican Lawmakers to Back Off Prediction Markets“ by Hafiz Rashid.
Article: “Trouble at the Pentagon“ by Liz Wolfe.
Article: “‘Orcas’ with likely inside info win big on Trump Jr.-funded Polymarket“ by Stavroula Pabst.
Article: “RFK Jr. guts the US childhood vaccine schedule despite its decades-long safety record“ by Jake Scott.
Article: “Trump silences the Voice of America: end of a propaganda machine or void for China and Russia to fill?“ by Valerie A. Cooper.
Article: “Depleted U.S. Stockpiles Raise Strategic Risks“ by The Soufan Center.
Site: “Vote.org“.
Article: “President Trump signs an executive order in the Oval Office of the White House.“ by Hina Shamsi.
Article: “Pentagon urges faster US weapons production amid stockpile concerns“ by Al Jazeera Staff and AP.
Article: “$1 Trillion in Medicaid Cuts—$1 Trillion in Tax Giveaways for the Richest 1 Percent: The One Big ‘Beautiful’ Bill’s Budget Math“ by Micah Johnson, Andrea Ducas.
Article: “Masked and Unidentifiable: The Risks of Federal Law Enforcement Operating Without Identification“ by Allie Preston.
Article: “Trump fires labor statistics chief after weak jobs report“ by Neil Irwin.
Article: “Trump speech intensifies pressure campaign against broadcasters“ by Sara Fischer.
Article: “Pentagon turmoil deepens as Hegseth consolidates control“ by Zachary Basu.
Article: “European allies say Russia is helping Iran more than the U.S. has acknowledged, sources say“ by Margaret Brennan.
Article: “Nearly 80% of interceptors for a key missile defense system depleted, sources say“ by Zachary Cohen, Jim Sciutto, Haley Britzky.
Article: “‘Very outdated’: Trump’s directive to revert to steam catapults on new aircraft carrier baffles naval experts“ by Kaanita Iyer.
Article: “Sanctions evasions using crypto increased by 700% in 2025: Chainalysis“ by Olivier Acuna.
Article: “CBO’s February 2026 Budget and Economic Outlook“ by Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget.
Article: “Restocking US missile interceptors will take years. China and Russia are watching.“ by Anna Mulrine Grobe.
Article: “Where Are Ed. Dept. Programs Moving? Answers to Frequently Asked Questions“ by Mark Lieberman.
Article: “Trump’s ‘America First’ stamp on foreign bribery enforcement“ by Alice Johnson.
Article: “Donald Trump Jr.’s firm leads $1 billion funding round for Polymarket“ by Lauren McCarthy.
Article: “A summer of recalls exposes holes in the nation’s food safety net“ by Anna Claire Vollers.
Article: “The Administration’s Drug Boat Strikes Are Crimes Against Humanity“ by Charlie Trumbull.
Article: “G7 to grill Rubio as Europe accuses Russia of aiding Iran in Middle East war“ by Malay Mail.
Article: “Marco Rubio Downplays Bombshell Report on Russia Helping Iran: ‘Putin’s Got His Own Set of Problems’“ by Ahmad Austin Jr.
Article: “‘Gross’: Bessent Sparks Fury By Chiding Ukraine For Attacking Russia“ by Alex Griffing.
Article: “13 US troops killed, more than 380 wounded in Operation Epic Fury“ by Patricia Kime.
Article: “Trump gutted the agency built to stop election interference“ by Laura Barrón-López and David Rohde.
Article: “Nobody’s cashing in on the presidency quite like Donald Trump Jr.“ by Paul Waldman.
Article: “Full steam in reverse: Trump orders US Navy back to old-style aircraft catapults“ by Navy Lookout.
Article: “‘Mom, are we OK?’ Children worry their families can’t afford food after Trump’s SNAP cuts“ by Elizabeth Chuck.
Article: “Justice Department moves to toss conspiracy convictions for Jan. 6 rioters“ by AP.
Article: “CPB says it is shutting down after being defunded by Congress, targeted by Trump“ by AP.
Article: “Foreign Food Safety Inspections Hit Historic Low After Trump Cuts“ by Annie Waldman and Brandon Roberts.
Law: “Foreign Corrupt Practices Act“ (1977).

Article: “Gloria Steinem, groundbreaking feminist campaigner, dies aged 92“ by Sian Cain.
Article: “USAID Budget Breakdown: How Agency Is Funded And Where Do The Dollars Go | Explained“ by Kirti Chauhan.
Article: “How Trump’s DHS deports people to prisons in countries they don’t know“ by Eduardo Cuevas and Jennifer Borresen.
Article: “Trump denies disaster aid for 4 Democratic-led states“ by .
Article: “Trump approves disaster relief funds for 7 red states after denying aid to blue states“ by Steve Benen.
Article: “Bessent Blames Ukraine for High Energy Prices“ by Alan Rappeport.
Article: “Scott Bessent“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “What is Moore’s Law?“ by Max Roser, Hannah Ritchie, and Edouard Mathieu.

Trump Lies That Medicare for All Would Cost ‘Entire Budget of the Whole Country’
Article: “Trump Lies That Medicare for All Would Cost ‘Entire Budget of the Whole Country’“ by Jake Johnson.
Article: “Public policy and health in the Trump era“ by Prof Steffie Woolhandler et al.

Trump threatens to starve poor kids if states don’t help with mass deportation
Article: “Trump threatens to starve poor kids if states don’t help with mass deportation. This is not a joke.“ by Miles Taylor.

Article: “Republican state party leaders grumble about the timing, cost and planning of Trump’s midterm convention“ by Matt Dixon.
Article: “Pete Hegseth“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Pete Hegseth Calls For ‘No Quarter’ For US Enemies In Apparent Violation of International Law“ by Jennifer Bowers Bahney.
Article: “Pete Hegseth gives Senate new price tag for Iran war“ by Amanda Castro.
Article: “‘Pete Hegseth was responsible’: Colombian fisherman’s family files formal murder complaint“ by Travis Gettys.
Article: “Trump says boat crews are narco-terrorists. The truth is more nuanced, AP finds“ by AP.
Article: “Trump’s plan to sell off a part of Yosemite is what oligarchy looks like“ by Rebecca Solnit.
Article: “The Trump regime dirty Yosemite secret land scheme“ by Lynda Carson.
Article: “Bulldozers roll into Big Bend National Park to build Trump border wall“ by Trevor Hughes.
Article: “‘We’re at war’: Locals protest border construction inside Big Bend National Park“ by Jay Gray.
Article: “Big Bend, California“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “28 Environmental Laws Suspended to Build a “Smart Wall” in Big Bend National Park“ by Sky Chatuchinda.
Article: “Billionaire Leon Black refuses to appear for Epstein deposition“ by Joey Cappelletti.
Article: “Gloria Steinem, Feminist Icon & Ms. Magazine Co-Founder, Dies at 92“ by Democracy Now!.
Article: “No, the World Would Not Be a Better Place If Women Ran It“ by Laura Hollis.
Article: “Knives Out in Times Square: Sympathy for the Devil Is a New Hallmark of the Left“ by Tim O’Brien.
Article: “America’s quiet socialist takeover is spreading from town halls to classrooms“ by Rosemary Becchi.
Article: “Trump’s Renaming Lake Ontario Is Smart Politics, and Democrats Can’t Help But Prove It“ by Johnathan Jones.
Article: “Truth and Reconciliation Commission“ by Desmond Tutu, Britannica.
Article: “The Nuremberg Trials“ by United States Holocaust Museum Holocaust Encyclopedia
Book: The Nerd Reich: Silicon Valley Fascism and the War on Democracy by Gil Durán.
Video: Silicon Valley Fascism and the War on Global Democracy (Gil Duran, “Nerd Reich”).
Article: “PM Magyar hits back at critics of Hungary’s new asset recovery office, his own supporters among others: ‘They are harming the country’.“ by Hetzmann Mercédesz.
Book: The Dual State: A Contribution to the Theory of Dictatorship by Ernst Fraenkel.
Article: “Ernst Fraenkel (political scientist)“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “The “Dual State” Theory Was Invented to Describe Nazis. The Supreme Court Could Take Us There.“ by Pema Levy.

Hour Two: Ukraine Briefing
- Phil Ittner, Veteran War Correspondent based in Kiev, Ukraine & host of the ‘On the Edge‘ podcast @PhilipIttner Youtube
Article: “Massive Russian missile attack on Kiev, surrounding areas kills four“ by TRT World.
Article: “Russian strikes on food warehouses pose threat of shortages in Ukraine“ by Anastacia Galouchka.
Article: “Russia’s New Jet-Powered Shaheds Put Ukraine’s Defenses to the Test“ by SOFX Staff Writer.
Article: “Vance calls end of Ukraine aid ‘one of the proudest’ achievements of Trump administration“ by Martin Fornusek.
Article: “Kiev is preparing for new Russian attacks. Authorities are asking residents to stock up on water and food.“ by Raluca Ioana Draghici.
Article: “Vance pressed on whether Iran war will be resolved before US midterm elections“ by Charlotte Hadfield, Kieran Kelly, Oliver O’Connell, Tom Bateman.
Article: “The Budapest Memorandum: America’s Forgotten Promise to Ukraine“ by Jerry Simoneaux.
Article: “Scott Bessent blames Ukraine for gas prices — a former Ukrainian official says the Iran war matters ‘significantly more’“ by Joseph Zeballos-Roig.
Article: “Germany identifies Russian suspects behind Leipzig airport drone attack, say reports“ by Maira Butt.
Article: “Russian stuff blowing up: Explosion rocks Russian missile plant in Perm“ by quaoar.
Article: “Ukraine Invasion Day 1,652: new alert system for drones and missiles“ by annieli.

Article: “Flock Safety“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Axon Enterprise“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Trump bought Axon stock before ICE sought $220M Taser contract“ by Cris Tolomia.
Article: “Epstein Could Have Made $100 Million On A Secret Police Tech Investment“ by Thomas Brewster.

Heads Up! Wayne Allyn Root: Trump posted “my columns about national security emergency for elections three times in the last two weeks. Why is he doing that if he doesn’t plan to actually sign that declaration?”
Article: “Wayne Allyn Root: Trump posted “my columns about national security emergency for elections three times in the last two weeks. Why is he doing that if he doesn’t plan to actually sign that declaration?”“ by Media Matters.
Article: “Trump ‘Laying the Groundwork for Election Meddling’ With DHS Hunt for Noncitizen Voters “ by Jessica Corbett.

Article: “Tarrant County commissioners voted 3-2 to cut 92 polling locations ahead of 2026 midterms“ by Standing Record.
Article: “Trump Administration Begins Blitz to Find Elusive Voter Fraud Ahead of Midterms“ by Nick Corasaniti and Hamed Aleaziz.

GOP hypocrisy alert! Trump Throws Taxpayer Cash at a Bowling Alley
Article: “Pinhead president throws taxpayer cash at White House bowling alley“ by Lisa Needham.

Article: “Spain sending troops as thousands enter enclave of Ceuta from Morocco“ by Sarah Rainsford, Alicia Curry.
Article: “Ceuta“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Spain says disinformation on Ceuta crisis was spread by Russia and Israel“ by Reuters.
Article: “‘In Ceuta, they are eating the cats’: Fake images and a persistent rumour“ by France 24.
Article: “Country Joe and the Fish“ by Wikipedia.
Audio: Superbird (Tricky Dick) - Country Joe and the Fish.
Article: “What really happened to the 1,500 immigrant children the Trump administration ‘lost’?“ by Emily Shugerman.
Article: “Trump to declare martial law? What is Insurrection Act of 1807 and rumours circulating about it“ by Navashree Nandini.
Article: “Trump’s 50% Canada tariffs take effect, testing USMCA protections“ by David Beckam.
Article: “‘We got attacked’: Carney says retaliatory tariffs on U.S. to take effect next month“ by The Canadian Press.
Site: American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU).
Site: NAACP.
Site: Indivisible.
Article: “Rupert Murdoch“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Anthropic AI used fake profiles to target people in hack then hid the evidence“ by Kali Hays and Imran Rahman-Jones.
Article: “The Dirty Game Republicans are Playing with Desperate People’s Lives“ )’open border’by Thom Hartmann.
Article: “MS St. Louis“ by Wikipedia.

Hour Three: Trump’s illegal, unauthorized, unnecessary war is the worst strategic defeat in U.S. history - and - The main national security threat we face in not in Russia, China, North Korea or even Canada, but in the White House
- Joe Cirincione, national security analyst & author / former adviser to the State Dept. Substack: Strategy & History @joecirin.bsky.social
Article: “Six Months of Failure“ by Joe Cirincione.
Article: “Economic D-Day policy flops, as Trump and Bessent suffer another embarrassment“ by Steve Benen.
Article: “As US strikes Iran, a look at American bases & assets that are now vulnerable to potential retaliation“ by FP News Desk.
Article: “Exclusive: Iranian girls killed by ‘double-tap’ strikes on Minab school“ by MEE.
Article: “Pentagon Considers Relocating Gulf Bases to Israel“ by Democracy Now!
Article: “Here’s why conditions on the USS Lincoln fell apart“ by Bruce Golding.
Article: “Hurray for the Bond Market“ by WSJ.
Article: “Donald Trump floats renaming ‘under control’ Strait of Hormuz after himself“ by Berk Uyal.

Article: “Black Colorado ranchers say they’re “shaken” after surviving drive-by shooting amid years of racial tension“ by Oumou Fofana.
Site: “El Paso County Sheriff“.
Article: “Constitutional Sheriffs“ by SPLC.
Site: KPFK.

New Trump Scam Alert! - Trump gold coins dubbed a ‘scam’ as US mint selling $100 for $154
Article: “Trump gold coins dubbed a ‘scam’ as US mint selling $100 for $154“ by Yelena Mandenberg.

Is the End of Home Insurance Coming?
Article: “Why more homeowners across the U.S. are turning to an insurance that offers less coverage“ by Brianna Sacks and Kevin Crowe.

Article: “January 6 United States Capitol attack“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Former state Rep. Lon Burnam eyes lawsuit after arrest during meeting on voting site cuts “ by Alex Nguyen.
Book: “The Prophet’s Way“ by Thom Hartmann.
Article: “Ed Markey defeats Seth Moulton in Massachusetts’ Democratic primary for Senate“ by Neal Riley, Aaron Parseghian, Louisa Moller.
Site: “No Kings“.
Article: “Kamala Harris on red-state Dems keeping her at arm’s length: ‘Whatever they need to do to win’“ by Alec Hernandez. “I’m focused on ‘26. And to be very serious about this: ‘28 doesn’t matter if we don’t win ‘26.”
Article: “Donald Barr“ by Wikipedia.
Book: Space Relations: A Slightly Gothic Interplanetary Tale by Donald Barr.
Article: “Bush Pardons 6 in Iran Affair, Aborting a Weinberger Trial; Prosecutor Assails ‘Cover-Up’“ by David Johnston.
Article: “There’s finally a timeline for when Mitch McConnell might return to Senate“ by David Moye.

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