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Hour One: Progressive Town Hall (full hour w/calls)
- Representative Ro Khanna (D-CA, 17th District) / Vice Chair-Congressional Progressive Caucus / ranking member of the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Cyber, Innovative Technologies and Information Systems (CITI) / member of the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability @RepRoKhanna
Article: “Boeing shares drop 4% after Trump announces China orders just 200 jets“ by David Shepardson and Dan Catchpole.
Video: Trump claims that’s what Xi said .
Video: I Was Kidnapped by Israel in Int’l Waters, Jailed for 10 Days: Gaza Flotilla Activist Saif Abukeshek.
Article: “Who are the US CEOs in China with Trump, and what’s in it for them?“ by AP and Reuters.
Article: “Trump named in newly found Epstein accusation that officials sat on for 17 years: report “ by Alexander Willis.
Law: “Epstein Files Transparency Act“.
Article: “House vote on Iran war powers resolution fails for third time“ by Caitlin Yilek.
Article: “Maine’s Congressional Delegation“ by Track AIPAC (incl. Jared Golden).
Article: “Pennsylvania’s Congressional Delegation“ by Track AIPAC (incl. John Fetterman).
Article: “Treaty of San Francisco“ (1951) by Wikipedia.
Article: “President Reagan’s Six Assurances to Taiwan“ by CRS.
Article: “Taiwan: The Origins of the U.S. One-China Policy“ by CRS.
Article: “2026 California elections“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “California’s 22nd Congressional District election, 2026“ by Ballotpedia.
Article: “House Progressives Publicly Rebuke DCCC for Backing Jasmeet Bains in Contested California Primary“ by Andrew Mercer.
Article: “Ro Khanna endorses Tom Steyer for Governor in new TV ad“ by Sibelius Fan.
Law: “Taiwan Relations Act“ (1979).
Article: “Noem leaves waterfront Coast Guard home that 4-star admiral got 3 hours to vacate: report“ by Nicole Charky-Chami.
Article: “Reconstruction era“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Trump Set to Drop Lawsuit Against IRS in Exchange for $1.7 Billion for Allies – Including Capitol Rioters: Report“ by Michael Luciano.
Article: “US farm economy shows widening cracks as costs rise, jobs vanish“ by P.J. Huffstutter, Karl Plume and Julie Ingwersen.
Article: “Is Foreign Ownership of U.S. Farmland & Agribusiness Becoming A Problem?“ by Kenneth Rapoza.
Article: “Trump’s trade war has hurt farmers. There are new warning signs for Republicans.“ by Daniel Desrochers and Grace Yarrow.
Article: “Iran, Fertilizer, and Food Security: Risks, Impacts, and Policy Responses“ by Caitlin Welsh.
Site: Progressive Caucus.
Article: “Ashley Moody“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “New date set for Bondi deposition in House Oversight’s Epstein probe after Democrat threatens contempt“ by Lauren Peller.
Article: “House oversight committee prepares for slew of interviews for Epstein investigation“ by Lauren Green.
Article: “‘We Need Action’: Ro Khanna Calls for Expansion of ‘Morally Bankrupt’ Supreme Court“ by Julia Conley.
Article: “Survivors of Jeffrey Epstein will testify publicly on Tuesday“ by Alexandra Miller.
Article: “Virginia county’s immigration policies on trial in congressional hearing“ by Steve Thompson, Juan Benn Jr.
Case: “Trump v. Anderson“ (Only Congress, not the states, can determine eligibility for federal office).
Post: “Your Trump-handpicked Commerce Secretary, everybody... [photo]” by Seth Abramson (Lutnick nannies).
Article: “Israel-Lebanon ceasefire extended for 45 days as peace talks continue“ by ToI.
Article: “Democratic lawmakers introduce bill to raise federal minimum wage to $25 an hour“ by Kamaron McNair.
Article: “The Silence That Meets the Rape of Palestinians“ by Nicholas Kristof.
Article: “I Was Kidnapped by Israel in Int’l Waters, Jailed for 10 Days: Gaza Flotilla Activist Saif Abukeshek“ by Democracy Now!
Article: “International Court of Justice“ by Wikipedia (members).
Law: “Article II, Section 2 Clause 2: Advice and Consent“. “... The President ... hall have Power, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, to make Treaties, provided two thirds of the Senators present concur; and he shall nominate, and by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, shall appoint Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls, Judges of the supreme Court, and all other Officers of the United States, whose Appointments are not herein otherwise provided for, and which shall be established by Law: but the Congress may by Law vest the Appointment of such inferior Officers, as they think proper, in the President alone, in the Courts of Law, or in the Heads of Departments.“
Article: “How the Federalist Society shaped America’s judiciary“ by Zoya Haq.
Article: “Leonard Leo“ by Wikipedia.
Law: “Article. VI.“. “The Senators and Representatives before mentioned, and the Members of the several State Legislatures, and all executive and judicial Officers, both of the United States and of the several States, shall be bound by Oath or Affirmation, to support this Constitution; but no religious Test shall ever be required as a Qualification to any Office or public Trust under the United States.“
Article: “Trump Family Digital Grift Wealth Tracker“ by House Committee on Oversight and Government Reforn - Democrats.
Article: “Trump administration reclassifies cannabis as less dangerous“ by Max Matza.
Article: “Tax Incentives for Building and Operating Data Centers“ by Alberto Guzman.

Hour Two: Why Was Hunter’s Cup of Coffee a National Crisis but Trump’s $5 Billion Grift Isn’t?
Article: “Why Was Hunter’s Cup of Coffee a National Crisis but Trump’s $5 Billion Grift Isn’t?“ by Thom Hartmann.
Article: “Here’s a list of the individuals, including James Comey, targeted by the Trump administration“ by Peter Charalambous, Benjamin Siegel, Alexander Mallin, Katherine Faulders, and Elizabeth Schulze.
Article: “Trump poised to drop IRS suit, launch $1.7B ‘weaponization’ fund for allies: Sources“ by Katherine Faulders, Peter Charalambous, and Alexander Mallin.
Article: “New Report Exposes the Trump Family’s Multi-Billion-Dollar Crypto Empire, Fueled by Self-Dealing and Corrupt Foreign Interests“ by House Judiciary Committee Democrats.
Case: “E. Jean Carroll v. Donald J. Trump“.
Article: “White House State Ballroom/A>“ by Wikipedia.
Site: “The Hartmann Report“.
Article: “Biden won’t set red lines for Israel so long as AIPAC is ‘top’ Democratic campaign funder“ by Philip Weiss.
Article: “Trump’s Plot to Pocket Billions in Taxpayer Dollars Just Might Succeed“ by Timothy Noah.
Article: “Trump Issues Sinister Threat as He Tries to Rig the Midterms“ by Hafiz Rashid.
Site: “openstates.org“.
Article: “Caucus Members“ by Problem Solvers Caucus.
Article: “Tracking retaliatory use of arrests, prosecutions, and investigations by the Trump administration“ by Protect Democracy.
Article: “Trump’s Vengeance Tour Is Opening the Door to Something More Terrible“ by Jonathan Wroblewski.
Article: “Trump’s attempts to downplay Binance pardon draw scrutiny“ by Brett Samuels and Julia Shapero.
Article: “Democrats face flak for accepting contributions from donors funding Trump ballroom“ by Alexander Bolton.
Book: “The Prophet’s Way“ by Thom Hartmann.
Article: “Russia: Move to label Navalny’s Anti-Corruption Foundation a “terrorist organization” puts thousands in danger“ by Amnesty International.
Article: “Trump pardon of crypto billionaire sparks concerns over his use of the pardon power“ by Scott Pelley, Maria Gavrilovic.
Site: “Public Citizen“.
Site: “Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington“.
Article: “Trump invites Elon Musk, Tim Cook, Larry Fink and other CEOs to join China trip for Xi summit“ by Luke Fountain, Megan Cassella.
Article: “Judge appears skeptical of Trump’s $10 billion lawsuit against IRS and Treasury“ by Aleena Fayaz.
Article: “May 13, 2026 — Trump arrives in China for summit with Xi Jinping“ by CNN.
Article: “US Lawmakers Received Over $58 Million From Israel Lobby Last Election Cycle“ by Olivia Rosane.
Article: “Wyden, Warren Demand Answers as Trump Attempts to Steal $10B From Taxpayers in IRS Lawsuit“ by Senate Committee on Finance.
Article: “In Hungary, unease grows over Viktor Orban’s crony capitalism“ by Jean-Baptiste Chastand.
Article: “Why Eric Trump joining his father’s trip to China is so tough to defend“ by Steve Benen.
Article: “Trump pardons jailed Binance founder who supported Trump family crypto business“ by Bobby Allyn.
Article: “Hunter Biden and China: Sorting through a murky business deal“ by Louis Jacobson.
Article: “The DOJ Wants to Bail Trump Out of Paying Massive E. Jean Carroll Judgement“ by Nikki McCann Ramírez.
Article: “Contacting U.S. Senators“ by US Senate.
Site: “vote.org“.
Article: “Trump fought to keep the ballroom fundraising contract secret. Here’s what’s in it.“ by Jonathan Edwards and Dan Diamond.
Law: “Federal Employees Liability Reform and Tort Compensation Act of 1988“ (Westfall Act).
Article: “Tammany Hall“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Pennsylvania’s Congressional Delegation“ by Track AIPAC (incl. Fetterman).

Article: “10 Richest Americans Have Gained $700 Billion in Wealth Since Trump Reelection“ by Jake Johnson.

Did Clarence Thomas Just Threaten Birth Control and Porn? You Betcha.
Article: “SCOTUS Kicks Mife Back to Lower Court—Access Remains“ by Jessica Valenti and Kylie Cheung.
Article: “Comstock Act of 1873“ (Comstock Act ban on birth control information overturned) by Brandon R. Burnette.

Article: “Constitutional Convention (United States)“ by Wikipedia.
Law: “Constitution of the United States“, article 3 section 2. “... In all Cases affecting Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls, and those in which a State shall be Party, the supreme Court shall have original Jurisdiction. In all the other Cases before mentioned, the supreme Court shall have appellate Jurisdiction, both as to Law and Fact, with such Exceptions, and under such Regulations as the Congress shall make....”
Site: Convention of States.
Article: “Iran says Chinese ships passed through Hormuz overnight“ by DW.
Bill: “H.R.1 - For the People Act of 2021“ by Rep. Sarbanes, John P. [D-MD-3].
Article: “Citadel’s move from Chicago ‘not hard,’ billionaire Ken Griffin says, citing crime and taxes“ by Amanda Macias.
Quote: “[A conservative is someone who] stands athwart history, yelling Stop, at a time when no one is inclined to do so, or to have much patience with those who so urge it.“ by William F. Buckley Jr“.
Case: “Roe v. Wade“.
Article: “Historical income tax rates“ by Mark Luscombe.
Article: “Share repurchase“ (Stock buyback) by Wikipedia.
Article: “Lina Khan“ (chair of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC)) by Wikipedia.
Article: “The Company That Built Jeffrey Epstein’s 33,000 Square-Foot Ranch House Builds Nuclear Weapons Facilities and Government Installations, Not Single Residences. So Why Did It Build His?“ by Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez.

Hour Three: How Trump is Spiraling After Xi Wrote America’s Obituary? And Trump’s Cringe-Fest at Xi’s Banquet Humiliates America
Article: “Trump Fires Off Frantic Post After Reports Say China’s Xi Views U.S. in Decline“ by Willa Pope Robbins.

Will a Super El Niño Cook America in 2026? But I wanted to start out with a philosophic note...an I’m wondering if others feel the same - so stay tuned
Article: “The chances of a rare ‘super El Niño’ occurring in 2026 just got higher. Here’s how it could wreak havoc on the weather.“ by Andrew Romano.

Article: “NOAA in the second Trump administration“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “One Year of Trump: How the US Reversed Climate Progress, at Home and Abroad“ by Martina Igini.
Article: “Trump Plans to Open More Than a Billion Acres of U.S. Waters to Drilling“ by Maxine Joselow and Lisa Friedman.
Book: Lies: And the Lying Liars Who Tell Them: A Fair and Balanced Look at the Right by Al Franken.
Post: “EndoThermic Steam Engine“ by DavidC.
Article: “Water fuel cell“ (Stanley Meyer) by Wikipedia.
Article: “What are the sources of revenue for the federal government?“ by TPC.
Book: The Woman’s Encyclopedia of Myths and Secrets: A Study of Mythology, Religion, and Feminine Symbolism Across Cultures by Barbara G. Walker.
Book: The Chalice and the Blade: Our History, Our Future by Riane Eisler.
Book: The Alphabet Versus the Goddess: The Conflict Between Word and Image by Leonard Shlain.
Article: “The Mists of Avalon“ by Marion Zimmer Bradley.
Article: “New Hawaii law targets corporate influence in politics after Citizens United ruling“ by Jennifer Sinco Kelleher.
Site: Transparent Election Initiative (to beat Citizens United in Montana).
Article: “Roger Ailes’ Secret Nixon-Era Blueprint for Fox News“ by John Cook.
Article: “Superpower Suicide“ by Timothy Snyder.
Article: “Jesse James“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Groupthink and the Emperor’s New Clothes“ by Kelly Williams.
Article: “Texas abortion ban turns citizens into “bounty hunters”“ by Aimee Picchi.
Article: “Confiscations in the Economy of the Spanish Inquisition“ by Henry Kamen.
Article: “The Music Man“ by Meredith Willson.
Article: “Prohibition“ by Wikipedia.
Book: The Brethren: Inside the Supreme Court by Bob Woodward.
Book: His Way: The Unauthorized Biography of Frank Sinatra by Kitty Kelley.
Article: “Lewis F. Powell Jr.“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Dilation and curettage (D&C)“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Lead-crime hypothesis“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Are Murder Rates Plummeting Under Donald Trump? What We Know“ by Sophie Clark.
Article: “Ross Perot“ by Wikipedia.
Tweet: “This is just sad. The Trump T1 phone is beginning to ship this week, and get this! It’s produced in China, by a Chinese company. It’s selling for $499 yet it’s merely an outdated T-Mobile REVVL 7 Pro 5G smartphone put into a gold shell. You can by the T-Mobile phone on eBay or at Walmart for a little over $100. Trump scammed his base yet again! [video, community note]” by Ed Krassenstein.
Article: “Stockholm syndrome“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Cuba has run out of diesel and fuel oil, energy minister says, as US blockade pushes island to brink“ by Ruaridh Nicoll.
Article: “California Officials Accuse Trump Admin of ‘Political Retribution’ as Vance Suspends Medicaid Payments“ by Julia Conley.
Article: “Abdul El-Sayed“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “2026 United States Senate election in Michigan“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Mallory McMorrow“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Early poll is sobering for Spanberger, but it’s a wake-up call, not an epitaph“ by Bob Lewis.
Article: “Jamie Raskin asks why ICE can’t simply pick up illegals from jail“ by Nicole Silverio.
Article: “Soros-Backed Fairfax DA Repeatedly Dropped Charges Against an Illegal Immigrant — Now Someone’s Dead“ by Amy Curtis.

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-- National Town Hall, Rep. Ro Khanna, full hour with calls

-- Why Was Hunter’s Cup of Coffee a National Crisis but Trump’s $5 Billion Grift Isn’t?

-- How Trump is Spiraling After Xi Wrote America’s Obituary? Plus - Trump’s Cringe-Fest at Xi’s Banquet and How it Humiliated America

-- Did Clarence Thomas Just Threaten Birth Control and Porn? You Betcha.

-- Will a Super El Niño Cook America in 2026? But I wanted to start out with a philosophic note...an I’m wondering if others feel the same - so stay tuned

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Hour One: Did Xi Welcome Wealth, Power, and Corruption as Trump Puts Taiwan on the Table?
Article: “Did Xi Welcome Wealth, Power, and Corruption as Trump Puts Taiwan on the Table?“ by Thom Hartmann.
Article: “Trump has tapped an unprecedented 13 billionaires for his administration. Here’s who they are“ by Peter Charalambous, Laura Romero, and Soo Rin Kim.
Site: “Equal Citizens“.
Article: “MOFA mum on whether Trump arms sales remarks break Six Assurances“ by CNA.
Site: “The Hartmann Report“.
Article: “On the many layers of our corruption“ by Lawrence Lessig.
Site: “openstates.org“.
Article: “The Most Important Thing You Should Know About the CEOs Traveling to China with Trump“ by Robert Reich.
Article: “How Trump’s $500 Million UAE Crypto Deal Trades U.S. National Security for Family Profit“ by CAP.
Article: “How Eric Trump Became an Ally of One of China’s Biggest Crypto Companies“ by Ryan Weeks.
Article: “‘We Can Tell’: Trump Confesses He Doesn’t ‘Think About Americans’ Financial Situation’ When It Comes to Iran War“ by Jon Queally.
Bill: “H.R.3452 - Six Assurances to Taiwan Act“ by Rep. Krishnamoorthi, Raja [D-IL-8].
Article: “Surprise! Trump’s ‘diplomatic’ China visit is just another grift.“ by Lisa Needham.
Article: “Don Jr: If My Name Was Hunter Biden, I Could “Make Millions Off My Father’s Presidency”“ by Luke Darby.
Article: “How the Presidency is Making Trump Richer“ by NPR.
Article: “Trump’s China Policy Has Weakened America“ by NY Times.
Article: “What China’s Choice of Airport Greeter Says About Trump“ by Lily Kuo, Pei-Lin Wu and Pablo Robles.
Article: “Live Updates: After Xi’s Warning on Taiwan, He and Trump Strike Positive Tone“ by Lily KuoDavid E. Sanger, Ana Swanson and Luke Broadwater.
Article: “Homeland Security probes Chinese-made Bitcoin mining equipment“ by Anand Sinha.
Site: “vote.org“.
Article: “What Trump promised oil CEOs as he asked them to steer $1 billion to his campaign“ by Josh Dawsey, Maxine Joselow.
Article: “Trump jets to China with gaggle of CEOs, hoping Xi will ‘open up’ to them“ by Victoria Craw, Rebecca Tan.
Article: “Destined for War: Can America and China Escape Thucydides’s Trap?“ by Graham Allison.

Article: “We finally know why men don’t live as long as women, say scientists“ by Ezzy Pearson.
Article: “Judge clarifies: Yes, Trump was found to have raped E. Jean Carroll“ by Aaron Blake.
Movie: “Colossus: The Forbin Project“.
Video: Playing With Fire: The Need for Decisive Climate Action incl. Gavin Newsom.
Video: Outsmarting Ourselves? Risks and Rewards of the AI Race incl. Christopher Murphy.

Will The Supreme Court Hand The GOP A Half-Billion-Dollar Midterm Cash Bomb?
Article: “GOP plans for ‘terrifying’ influx of midterm cash as Supreme Court mulls gift: report “ by Tom Boggioni.

Why Did John Fetterman Just Hand Trump Two Massive Wins In One Day?
Article: “John Fetterman Single-Handedly Tanks Effort to Rein Trump in on Iran“ by Edith Olmsted.
Article: “Fetterman and Senate GOP Confirm Trump ‘Sock Puppet’ Warsh as Fed Chair“ by Brad Reed.

Article: “Chinese nuclear weapons, 2025“ by Hans M. Kristensen, Matt Korda, Eliana Johns & Mackenzie Knight.
Article: “Comparison of China and United States Military Strengths (2026)“ by Global Firepower.
Article: “Drone Statistics by Country: The 2026 Global Power Map“ by Drone Brands.
Article: “Trump Family’s Drone Portfolio Reaches $750 Million as Pentagon Scales Up Procurement“ by Haye Kesteloo.
Article: “FBI insiders accuse Kash Patel of inflating statistics to falsely boost arrest record: Report“ by Zachary Leeman.
Article: “Why is China warning the UN of a Japanese ‘nuclear breakout’?“ by Orange Wang.
Quote: “If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle.“ - Sun Tzu.
Article: “Trump-Xi meeting: Expert decodes secret powerplay in first handshake of China visit“ by Yash Nitish Bajaj.
Article: “Porcupine strategy“ by Wikipedia.
Book: The Hidden History of American Healthcare: Why Sickness Bankrupts You and Makes Others Insanely Rich by Thom Hartmann.
Article: “Uwe Reinhardt“(Taiwan healthcare) by Wikipedia.
Article: “W. Edwards Deming“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “The success of Ukraine’s drone industry, explained“ by Kollen Post, Nick Allard, Jason Blevins.
Article: “Why Trump called Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang for China trip at the last minute“ by Justin Varghese.
Article: “US to allow powerful AI chip sales to China, Trump says“ by Ari Hawkins, Katherine Long and Cheyenne Haslett.
Article: “Anatomy of Two Giant Deals: The U.A.E. Got Chips. The Trump Team Got Crypto Riches.“ by Eric Lipton, David Yaffe-Bellany, Bradley Hope, Tripp Mickle and Paul Mozur.
Article: “Curious moment Trump has cushion whipped away from chair as he sits down for China state banquet with Xi“ by Fiona McLoughlin.
Article: “Trump once figured he’d be the first person to make money running for president. He didn’t.“ by Philip Bump (2017).
Article: “Accused WHCD shooter Cole Allen pleads not guilty to attempted Trump assassination, as defense wants prosecutors booted“ by Josh Christenson.
Article: “Pardon of January 6 United States Capitol attack defendants“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Chimpanzees vs. Bonobos: What’s the Difference?“ by Eric Ralls.
Article: “Chimpanzees in Uganda locked in vicious ‘civil war’, say researchers“ by Hafsa Khalil.

Hour Two: Ukraine update
- Phil Ittner, Veteran War Correspondent based in Kiev, Ukraine & host of the ‘On the Edge‘ podcast @PhilipIttner Youtube Instagram
Article: “Russia pounds Kiev with missiles, drones as peace hopes fade“ by TRT World.
Article: “Zelensky urges Trump to raise Russian invasion during China summit“ by AFP.
Article: “Oleshky“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Drone-and-mine siege: Ukraine takes Oleshky crisis to UN as 2,000 civilians starve in occupied city“ by Alexander Moisseenko.
Article: “Russia Keeps Attacking U.S. Firms in Ukraine. The White House Is Silent.“ by Constant Méheut.
Article: “2025 Trump-Zelenskyy Oval Office meeting“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “What they said: Trump, Zelenskyy and Vance’s heated argument in the Oval Office“ by Adriana Gomez Licon.
Article: “Operation Spiderweb: a visual guide to Ukraine’s destruction of Russian aircraft“ by Artem Mazhulin, Oliver Holmes, Lucy Swan, Laure Boulinier, Arnel Hecimovic.
Article: “Russia has been cultivating Trump as an asset for 40 years, former KGB spy says“ by Thomas Colson.
Article: “The Manchurian Candidate“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “China expanding aid for Russia’s war, Western officials say“ by Alex Wickham, Alberto Nardelli, Colum Murphy, Bloomberg.
Article: “Putin says he thinks Ukraine conflict ‘coming to an end’“ by Claire Keenan.
Article: “Russia Keeps Attacking U.S. Firms in Ukraine. The White House Is Silent.“ by Constant Méheut.

Quote: “I hope you’ve washed your arse this morning. It’s about to be kissed by a king.“ - Braveheart.
Article: “How are Drones Changing War? The Future of the Battlefield “ by Michael Newton.
Article: “Countries with Hypersonic Missiles: A Shifting Defense Landscape“ by DefenceWing.
Article: “Robots captured Russian army positions for first time in history, Zelenskyy says“ by Veronika Melkozerova.

Why Is Wall Street Partying While Working America Drowns?
Article: “War, inflation and Trump’s tariffs have shaken the US. Why does the stock market keep going up?“ by Lauren Aratani and Andrew Witherspoon.

Article: “GI Bill of Rights: A Profitable Investment for the United States“ by Labor Party.
Article: “Trump’s $10 billion IRS settlement talks reveal Trump’s huge fear: analyst“ by Matthew Chapman.
Article: “Trump reaching for world’s ‘richest family’ status by 2028: expert“ by Matthew Rozsa.
Article: “Trump family“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “In 1927, Donald Trump’s father was arrested after a Klan riot in N.Y.“ by Philip Bump.
Article: “‘No Vacancies’ for Blacks: How Donald Trump Got His Start, and Was First Accused of Bias“ by Jonathan Mahler and Steve Eder.
Article: “Testosterone“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Yin and yang“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Bandy X. Lee“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Biological determinism“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Epigenetics“ by Wikipedia.
Painting: “Ball-play of the Choctaw--Ball Up“ by George Catlin.
Article: “Counting coup“ by Wikipedia.
Book: “The Hidden History of American Democracy: Rediscovering Humanity’s Ancient Way of Living “ by Thom Hartmann.
Article: “The Budapest Memorandum: America’s Forgotten Promise to Ukraine“ by Jerry Simoneaux.
Article: “Trump’s tantrums over Nato are prompting European leaders to think the unthinkable“ by Paul Taylor.
Article: “Obama explains why US didn’t intervene when Crimea was annexed: There were many Russian sympathisers“ by Ukrainska Pravda.
Article: “War of 1812“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Louisiana Purchase“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Ukraine“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Paul Manafort“ by Wikipedia.
Video: One Little Candle by Perry Como.
Article: “Who owns American wealth?“ by USAFacts.
Article: “Alzheimer’s disease“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Trump’s bruised hand and tiredness blamed on Alzheimer’s drug by congresswoman“ by Cheyenne Ubiera.
Article: “John Fetterman: I haven’t changed. Here’s what has.“ by John Fetterman.

Hour Three: Vance Yanks Medicaid Money From California In Naked Political Hit Job
Article: “California Officials Accuse Trump Admin of ‘Political Retribution’ as Vance Suspends Medicaid Payments“ by Julia Conley.

Are Missouri Republicans About To Soak Working Families With A Tax Bait And Switch?
Article: “Republicans’ plan for zero state income tax could be ‘devastating’, experts warn“ by Eric Berger.

Book: All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel by Erich Maria Remarque.
Book: Hiroshima by John Hersey .
Video: Buffy Sainte-Marie - Universal Soldier (Video).
Article: “Murdoch family“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Larry Ellison“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “David Ellison“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Dickey brothers out at radio giant Cumulus amid board shakeup“ by Claire Atkinson .
Article: “Cumulus Media“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “One America News Network“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Newsmax“ by Wikipedia.
Video: Franklin D. Roosevelt - Inaugural “The Only Thing We Have to Fear is Fear Itself” Speech.
Quote: “So, first of all, let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself--nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance.“ - Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Quote: “I see one-third of a nation ill-housed, ill-clad, ill-nourished.“ - Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Article: “Trump Tells King Charles That His Mother Had A Crush On Him At White House State Dinner“ by Alessio Atria.
Article: “China’s Robot Schools Are Training Humanoids To Fold Clothes And Wipe Tables“ by Chris Smith.
Article: “Kshama Sawant“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Kshama Sawant is challenging Rep. Adam Smith for House seat“ by Mynorthwest Staff.
Book: The Crack in the Cosmic Egg: New Constructs of Mind and Reality by Joseph Chilton Pearce.
Book: Magical Child by Joseph Chilton Pearce.
Site: Worst Pills, Best Pills.
Article: “FDA Approval of New Drugs: One Pivotal Trial or a Chaotic Agency?“ by Worst Pills, Best Pills.
Article: “RFK Jr. fought pesticides for years. Now he’s backing their production“ by Ali Swenson.
Article: “Trump order pushes glyphosate production; Roundup chemical hated by MAHA“ by Garrett Downs.
Article: “Elinzanetant (LYNKUET): A Bad Choice for Hot Flashes Due to Menopause“ by Worst Pills, Best Pills.
Article: “United States: Republic or Democracy?“ by Melissa.
Article: “Polis“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “What’s in an adjective? ‘Democrat Party’ label on the rise“ by AP.
Article: “Kansas experiment“ (Sam Brownback) by Wikipedia.
Article: “Sam Brownback“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Ambassador Brian Francis Burch II“ by U.S. Embassy to the Holy See.
Article: “Ross Perot“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Neoliberalism“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Friedrich Hayek“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Ludwig von Mises“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Mont Pelerin Society“ by Wikipedia.
Video: Admiral Stockdale - 1992 VP Debate - “Who Am I? Why Am I Here?”.
Book: Ape House: A Novel by Sara Gruen.
Article: “Michigan Reps. Dingell, Moolenaar introduce bill pushing to keep Chinese vehicles out of US“ by Heath Kalb.
Article: “Why the Trump administration is paying billions to abandon wind farms“ by Liz Landers, Doug Adams.
Article: “The Billionaire Plot to Put Women Back in Chains“ by Thom Hartmann.
Book: The Natural Superiority of Women by The Natural Superiority of Women.
Book: When God Was a Woman by Merlin Stone.
Article: “Meeting with Pope John Paul II“ by Thom Hartmann.

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-- Did Xi Welcome Wealth, Power, and Corruption as Trump Puts Taiwan on the Table?

-- Will The Supreme Court Hand The GOP A Half-Billion-Dollar Midterm Cash Bomb?

-- Why Did John Fetterman Just Hand Trump Two Massive Wins In One Day?

-- Phil Ittner - Russia Bombs American Factories And Trump Doesn’t Say A Word

-- Why Is Wall Street Partying While Working America Drowns?

-- Vance Yanks Medicaid Money From California In Naked Political Hit Job

-- Are Missouri Republicans About To Soak Working Families With A Tax Bait And Switch?

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Hour One: The Billionaire Plot to Put Women Back in Chains
Article: “The Billionaire Plot to Put Women Back in Chains“ by Thom Hartmann.
Book: The Last American President: A Broken Man, a Corrupt Party, and a World on the Brink by Thom Hartmann.
Article: “If you’re worried about Project 2025, blame this Coloradan“ by Quentin Young.
Site: “HartmannReport.com“.
Site: “openstates.org“.
Article: “A HUGE impact from a small memo in 1971 by a non-politician, affecting EVERYONE today...“ by Dingo Dave.
Site: “Abortion Action Missouri“.
Site: “ACLU of Missouri“.
Article: “The Dangerous and Violent Reality of Controlling Women“ by Elyse Shaw and Lorena Roque.
Article: “New version of GOP suppression bill would impose nationwide proof of citizenship, photo ID requirements“ by Jacob Knutson.
Article: “Mapped: How 6 Billionaire Family Fortunes Fund Project 2025“ by Joe Fassler.
Site: “Guttmacher Institute“.
Article: “Year One of Project 2025: Tracking the Trump Administration’s Devastating Campaign Against Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights“ by Guttmacher Institute.
Article: “Saving America by Saving the Family: A Foundation for the Next 250 Years“ by Roger Severino, Jay Richards, PhD, Emma Waters, Delano Squires, Rachel Sheffield and Robert Rector.
Article: “The Heritage Foundation Has a Radical New Project“ by Billie Jean Sweeney.
Article: “‘Americans are under-babied’: Dr Oz issues stark warning over US fertility ‘crisis’“ by Joe Sommerlad.
Article: “Massively influential GOP group hires leader who wants to criminalize homosexuality“ by Daniel Villarreal.
Article: “The Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act is a Trick“ by LWV.
Article: ““Put Them in Trauma”: Inside a Key MAGA Leader’s Plans for a New Trump Agenda“ by Molly Redden, Andy Kroll, Nick Surgey.
Article: “Does Heritage Support Discrimination Against Women?“ by Henry Olsen.
Article: “‘Just disgraceful’: outcry as Heritage thinktank appoints far-right figure to key post“ by Jason Wilson.
Site: “vote.org“.
Article: “The SAVE Act: What every American Voter Needs to Know“ by vote.org.
Site: “Project 2025“.
Article: “The Mandate for Leadership“ by Heritage Foundation.
Article: “Powell Memorandum: Attack On American Free Enterprise System“ by Scholarly Commons.
Article: “Lewis F. Powell Jr.“ by Wikipedia.
Case: “First National Bank Of Boston V. Bellotti“, 1978.

Article: “Demographics of the United States“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Who’s winning under Trump’s tariff policy?“ by Kira Schacht.
Article: “ICE raids are killing the U.S. tourism industry, hospitality workers warn“ by Leo Heit.
Article: “Medicaid: What to Watch in 2026“ by Robin Rudowitz, Alice Burns, Elizabeth Hinton, Jennifer Tolbert, and Elizabeth Williams.
Article: “Automatic military draft registration takes effect in December. Here’s how it would work“ by Kaanita Iyer.
Article: “What do they know? World’s billionaires are building bunkers and assembling fortresses outside their mansions“ by Kim Komando, Matthew Phelan.

Pentagon Readies Sledgehammer to Pound Iran Again?
Article: “Pentagon Ready to Go With New Name for Iran War in Sign Fighting May Resume Imminently“ (Operation Sledgehammer) by Sarah Rumpf.
Article: “Chinese satellite imagery of Middle East bases is helping Iran, US intelligence says“ by Henry Zwartz and Kathleen Calderwood.
Article: “List of U.S. service members killed during the 2026 Iran war“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Who’s Gone With Trump to China? And What It Shows About US Priorities“ by Mandy Taheri and Brendan Cole.

Crazy Alert! Has Jesse Watters Finally Lost His Grip on Reality - claiming woman are born “bad?”
Article: “Jesse Watters Blames Women and Their ‘Savior Complex’ for ‘Feminized’ Justice System“ by Willa Pope Robbins.
Article: “Trump Called Two Female Reporters ‘Dumb’ and ‘Stupid’ in Minutes — Here Is Every Woman Journalist He Has Attacked“ by Jim Manzon.

Article: “New AI data center in Utah will generate and consume more than twice the amount of power the entire state uses — Kevin O’Leary’s 9 Gigawatt Utah data center campus approved“ by Luke James.
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: “World population milestones“ by Wikipedia.
Podcast: “Is China Winning the A.I. Race?“ by Natalie Kitroeff.
Article: “One-child policy“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “How learning a new language changes your brain“ by Carley Spence.
Article: “Did Trump Say, ‘I Love the Poorly Educated’?“ by David Mikkelson.
Article: “Fact check: Was Donald Trump recruited by the KGB and codenamed ‘Krasnov’?“ by Estelle Nilsson-Julien.
Article: “Donald Trump ‘falls asleep with face drooping’ during Oval Office event - ‘unfit to serve’“ by Callum Hoare.
Article: “Awkward moment an aging Mitch McConnell needs help from staff during hearing with Pete Hegseth“ by Stephen M. Lepore.
Article: “Trump nominates Kari Lake to be US ambassador to Jamaica“ by Anna Betts.
Article: “The Handmaid’s Tale“ by Margaret Atwood.
Article: “Ted Cruz Admits Trump Accounts Are Designed to Privatize Social Security Over Time“ by Jake Johnson.

Hour Two: We were promised gold plated phones...
- Judd Legum, Founder & Author - Popular Information / lawyer & journalist @juddlegum.bsky.social Substack
Article: “ICE has not paid for detainee medical care for 7 months“ by Judd Legum.
Article: “We were promised a gold-plated Trump phone“ by Judd Legum.
Article: “Pulitzer-winning newsrooms are quietly publishing mountains of gambling slop“ by Judd Legum.

Article: “Scott Bessent“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Senate Republicans include $1 billion for Trump ballroom in spending package“ by Alexander Willis.
Article: “US gets first $500 million Venezuelan oil deal, holding some proceeds in Qatar“ by Shelby Talcott and Eleanor Mueller.
Article: “US sending thousands more troops to Middle East despite Iran ceasefire“ by Al Jazeera Staff and AFP.

Mamdani Slams the Door on Austerity in New York
Article: “New York Mayor Mamdani Applauded for Closing $12 Billion Budget Deficit Without Austerity Measures “ by Julia Conley.
Article: “The U.S. Economy Performs Better Under Democratic Presidents“ by JEC.

Did the FBI Build a “Payback Squad” for Trump’s Enemies?
Article: “FBI Created ‘Payback Squad’ to Handle Political Cases, Sources Say“ by Jose Pagliery.

Quote: “Give me the man and I will give you the case against him“ - Andrey Vyshinsky.
Article: “‘So Did You!’ Kash Patel Gives Head-Scratching Reply When Being Accused of Lying to Congress“ by Alex Griffing.
Book: Myth of the Lost Cause: Why the South Fought the Civil War and Why the North Won by Edward H. Bonekemper III.
Article: “Pandora“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Native Americans and women’s suffrage in the United States“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “The Letters of Thomas Jefferson 1743-1826“.
Site: Salem International.
Article: “Justice Department wants to get Trump out of E Jean Carroll payment“ by Nikki McCann Ramirez.
TV: “The Comey Rule“.
Article: “NEW STUDY: Nearly $80 Trillion Redistributed from the Bottom 90% to the Top 1% Since 1975“ by Bernie Sanders.

Hour Three: Big Money is why the GOP has captured the Supreme Court
- Dean Obeidallah, Host of Dean Obeidallah show weekdays 6-9PM ET @SXMProgress Radio Ch127 / His substack is The Dean’s Report @deanobeidallah.bsky.social @siriusxmprog.bsky.social
Article: “BIG money in politics is why the GOP/oligarchs have “captured” the Supreme Court“ by Dean Obeidallah.
Event: Sun May 17: 6:00 pm: D.C. New York Arab American Comedy Festival presents Freedom to Laugh.
Article: “Trump and Kash Patel have made US the most vulnerable to attack since 9/11“ by Dean Obeidallah.
Article: “Trump, comedians and his long-running beef with late night TV“ by Nicole Fallert.
Movie: “Cabaret (1972 film)”.
Article: “BIG money in politics is why the GOP/oligarchs have “captured” the Supreme Court“ by Dean Obeidallah.
Podcast: “Master Plan“ by David Sirota.
Article: “Citizens United V. Federal Election Comm’n: Justice Stevens’ dissent“.
Article: “How ‘Tokyo Rose’ Became WWII’s Most Notorious Propagandist“ by Evan Andrews.
Article: “American Consumer Price Index: 1913 to 2026“ by rateinflation.com.
Article: “December 3, 1888: Fourth Annual Message“ (iron heel) by Grover Cleveland. “As we view the achievements of aggregated capital, we discover the existence of trusts, combinations, and monopolies, while the citizen is struggling far in the rear or is trampled to death beneath an iron heel. Corporations, which should be the carefully restrained creatures of the law and the servants of the people, are fast becoming the people’s masters.“
Book: An Unlikely Trust: Theodore Roosevelt, J.P. Morgan, and the Improbable Partnership That Remade American Business by Gerard Helferich.
Law: “Sherman Antitrust Act“, 1890.
Article: “Gilded Age“ by Wikipedia.

Article: “‘Maybe That Was The Reason’: Trump Thinks He Knows Why God Saved Him From Assassination“ by Ed Mazza.
Article: “Trump’s meltdown as he ‘screams at top generals for hours before ban from Situation Room’“ by Reanna Smith, Olivia Beeson and Gina Martinez .
Article: “Trump gets revenge, and other takeaways from Tuesday’s Indiana and Ohio primaries“ by Eric Bradner.

Will Trump Erase His Own IRS Audits Forever?
Article: “Justice Dept. Officials Consider Settling Trump Suit Against I.R.S.“ by Andrew Duehren and Alan Feuer.

Article: “Dred Scott“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Roger B. Taney“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “State Restrictions on Voter Registration Drives“ by Diana Kasdan.
Documentary: “Trust Me: The False Prophet“.
Article: “Terry Tempest Williams“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “West Virginia Supreme Court Special Election Results“ by NYT.
Quote: “Figures Don’t Lie, But Liars Do Figure“ - anon.
Article: “Sheldon Whitehouse“ by Wikipedia.

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Hour One: Is Trump’s Gilded Ballroom a Middle Finger to Working Americans?
Article: “Is Trump’s Gilded Ballroom a Middle Finger to Working Americans?“ by Thom Hartmann.
Article: “Bill Maher and John Fetterman unleash on whining Dems crying over Trump’s ballroom“ by Sky News Australia.

Article: “2026 Lebanon war“ by Wikipedia.

Is Trump’s Iran War Eating Your Paycheck?
Article: “US inflation jumped to 3.8% in April as war with Iran continues to drive up prices“ by Gaya Gupta.

Will Trump Jail Journalists for Telling the Truth?
Article: “‘Effort to Stifle and Intimidate’: Trump DOJ Subpoenas News Outlets Over Iran War Coverage“ by Jake Johnson.

Article: “David Ellison“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “CBS News confirms anti-woke star Bari Weiss is new editor-in-chief and that she’ll host debate show“ by Laura Parnaby.
Article: “Tom Steyer“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “J. B. Pritzker“ by Wikipedia.
Substack: “Retired Analyst Mike“.
Article: “Trump calls Iran response to US proposal to end war ‘totally unacceptable’“ by George Wright and Henri Astier.
Article: “Cuban missile crisis“ (1962) by Wikipedia.
Article: “Checkmate in Iran“ by Robert Kagan.
Video: Why Pancho Villa invaded the United States? - The Columbus Raid in 10 minutes..
Article: “Zimmermann telegram“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Considerations On Representative Government“ by John Stuart Mill.
Article: “Cuban missile crisis“ (1962) by Wikipedia.
Article: “Anti-Muslim bigot sent to prison for 24 years for mosque arson“ by Bill Morlin.
Article: “Elon Musk spends $277 million to back Trump and Republican candidates“ by Julia Ingram, Steve Reilly.
Article: “Musk is giving some US voters $1m. Is it legal?“ by Sam Cabral, James FitzGerald and Jake Horton.
Article: “A Look at The Many State Felonies Elon Musk Seemingly Committed to Elect Trump“ by Christopher Armitage.
Article: “Interest Costs on the National Debt“ by Peter G. Peterson Foundation.
Law: “Constitution of the United States“, article 3 section 2. “... In all Cases affecting Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls, and those in which a State shall be Party, the supreme Court shall have original Jurisdiction. In all the other Cases before mentioned, the supreme Court shall have appellate Jurisdiction, both as to Law and Fact, with such Exceptions, and under such Regulations as the Congress shall make....”
Article: “Congressional power of enforcement“ by Wikipedia.
Law: “Voting Rights Act of 1965“.
Law: “15th Amendment“, February 3, 1870 “The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude“.
Article: “Samuel Alito’s Voting Rights Act ruling cited misleading data from DoJ“ by Sam Levine, Will Craft and Andrew Witherspoon.
Law: “Adkins v. Children’s Hospital“ (1923).
Article: “List of justices of the Supreme Court of the United States“ by Wikipedia.

Hour Two: Louisiana’s Governor Just Tossed 45,000 Votes in the Trash
Article: “45,000 Votes Will Be Discarded In Louisiana. Gov Says It’s ‘Not A Big Deal.’“ by Anthony Orrico.
Quote: “We knew we couldn’t make it illegal to be either against the war or black, but by getting the public to associate the hippies with marijuana and blacks with heroin, and then criminalizing both heavily, we could disrupt those communities. We could arrest their leaders, raid their homes, break up their meetings, and vilify them night after night on the evening news. Did we know we were lying about the drugs? Of course we did.“ - John Ehrlichman.

Why Did Trump Kill Sewage Help for Black Families?
Article: “They Were Promised New Septic Tanks. Trump Called It ‘Illegal DEI.’“ by Bernard Mokam.
Article: “Hookworm“ by Wikipedia.

Article: “Uniform Congressional District Act“ (1967) by Wikipedia.

WHO head tells countries to prepare for more hantavirus cases
- Dr. Eric Feigl-Ding, Epidemiologist & Health Economist - New England Complex Systems Institute / (per Dr. Feigl-Ding) “first whistleblower on the Covid pandemic” / former faculty member & researcher-Harvard Medical School and Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Substack @drericding.bsky.social @DrEricDing @FAScientists
Article: “WHO head tells countries to prepare for more hantavirus cases“ by Sam Jones.
Article: “Orthohantavirus“(hantaviruses) by Wikipedia.
Article: “Andes virus (ANDV)“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Hantavirus that killed Gene Hackman’s wife hits cruise ship“ by Melina Khan.
Article: “Andes hantavirus: Deadly 2018 outbreak shows it is not only transmitted through close contact“ by Enrique Alpñés.
Article: “Hantavirus outbreak should reset WHO’s default approach to airborne risk“ by Donald K Milton, Trisha Greenhalgh, David N Fisman, Amanda Kvalsvig, Lidia Morawska, Jonathan M Samet.
Article: “What doctors know about how the Andes hantavirus spreads “ by Brenda Goodman.
Article: “RFK Jr.: ‘We’re not worried’ about hantavirus spreading after cruise ship outbreak“ by Joseph Choi.
Article: “Hantavirus Response Shows How Trump Cuts Have Compromised U.S. Preparedness“ by Apoorva Mandavilli.
Article: “The CDC Fired All Its Cruise Ship Inspectors Before the Hantavirus Outbreak“ by Frank Landymore.
Article: “Hantavirus is very different to COVID. Here’s why the ‘Andes virus’ won’t cause the next pandemic“ by Rhys Parry.
Article: “COVID Vaccines and Boosters: What’s Changing in 2026“ by Patricia Weiser.
Article: “A(H5) Bird Flu: Current Situation“ by CDC.
Article: “The ‘bird flu’ that killed 40 million“ by BBC.

Book: Werner and Me: A very green young man meets enlightenment at Werner Erhard’s EST by Jim Terr.
Site: Werner and Me.
Article: “Russia notified the United States and other countries about the Sarmat missile system tests.” by Dmitry Peskov.
Article: “Severe test: with the launch of the Sarmat, the Russian Federation proved its superiority in nuclear missile technology“ by Izvestia.
Article: “Putin hails Russia’s test launch of new ICBM known as Satan II, calls it “most powerful missile in the world”“ by CBS/AP.
Article: “Armin D. Lehmann“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “In Hitler’s Bunker: A Boy Soldier’s Eyewitness Account of the Fuhrer’s Last Days“ by Armin D. Lehman.
Article: “Putin hiding in bunkers ‘for weeks’ at a time amid assassination fears“ by Maira Butt.
Article: “‘Overweight’ and Bloated Vladimir Putin Seen Pulling at Skin-Flaps During Dour, Shrunken Victory Day Parade“ by Chrys Brent Deiparine .
Article: “Russia-Ukraine War Enters Fifth Year“ by CFR.
Article: “Putin is mocked with hilarious social media memes for his paranoia over military parade drone attack“ by Will Stewart and Sabrina Penty.
Article: “Impoundment of appropriated funds“ by Wikipedia.
Law: “Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974“.
Article: “Electoral College“ by Wikipedia.
Site: “National Popular Vote Interstate Compact“.
Article: “Virginia joins a national effort to ensure only popular vote winners become president“ by Ashley Lopez.

Hour Three: Trump Drags American Oligarchs to Beijing
Article: “China Increasingly Views Trump’s America as an Empire in Decline“ by Li Yuan.
Article: “China will benefit from the Iran war, regardless of any deal between Trump and Tehran“ by Ahmed Aboudouh.
Article: “How Trump’s tariffs, and forced labor, led China to new record trillion-dollar trade surplus: Supply chain data“ by Lori Ann LaRocco.
Article: “China Sees a ‘Giant With a Limp’ as U.S. Drains Weapons on Iran War“ by David Pierson and Berry Wang.
Article: “Congressional Redistricting: Key Legal and Policy Issues“ by CRS.

Will Epstein’s Survivors Finally Be Heard Today?
Article: “Survivors of Jeffrey Epstein will testify publicly on Tuesday“ by Alexandra Miller.

Law: “14th Amendment, July 9, 1868 (citizenship, representatives, public debt, Equal Protection Clause). “All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside.“
Site: Democracy Docket (Mark Elias).
Article: “Pardon of January 6 United States Capitol attack defendants“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Democratic lawmakers introduce bill to raise federal minimum wage to $25 an hour“ by Kamaron McNair.
Article: “The Top 1% of Americans Have Taken $50 Trillion From the Bottom 90%—And That’s Made the U.S. Less Secure“ by Nick Hanauer.
Article: “NEW STUDY: Nearly $80 Trillion Redistributed from the Bottom 90% to the Top 1% Since 1975“ by Bernie Sanders.
Book: “Rebooting the American Dream: 11 Ways to Rebuild Our Country“ by Thom Hartmann.
Article: “N. Korea’s Kim oversees ground test of high-thrust solid-fuel missile engine: KCNA“ by Yonhap.
Article: “North Korea test-launches ‘multiple’ ballistic missiles, South Korea says“ by Kevin Shalvey, Anthony Trotter, and Joohee Cho.
Video: Overtime with Bill Maher: John Fetterman, Dan Crenshaw, Donna Brazile (HBO).
Article: “Gerrymandering“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Equal Protection Clause“ by Wikipedia.
Bill: “H.R.1 - For the People Act of 2021“ by Rep. Sarbanes, John P. [D-MD-3].
Case: “Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission“ (2010).
Bill: “John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act“.
Site: Progressive Change Campaign Committee (PCCC).
Site: Progressive Caucus.
Article: “Sleep-Deprived Trump Posts Every 3 Minutes in Unhinged Rampage“ by Josh Fiallo.
Article: “Ohio Senate bill would impose strict reliability standard on new power plants, sidelining most wind and solar“ by Jason Salley.
Article: “Jeffrey Sachs“ by Wikipedia.

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Hour One: They’re Coming for Our Voter Rolls: Millions Could Vanish Before Election Day
Article: “They’re Coming for Our Voter Rolls: Millions Could Vanish Before Election Day“ by Thom Hartmann.
Article: “What really happened in Florida? 16/2/01“ by Greg Palast.
Book: The Hidden History of the War on Voting: Who Stole Your Vote and How to Get It Back by Thom Hartmann.
Article: “How the 2000 Election in Florida Led to a New Wave of Voter Disenfranchisement“ by Ari Berman.
Case: “League of Women Voters of Tennessee v. Tre Hargett“.
Article: “They Told Us Elections Were Rigged. Now They’re Making Sure Your Vote Doesn’t Count.“ by Dissent in Bloom.
Excerpt: “A New War on the Vote: The Hidden History of the War on Voting“ by Thom Hartmann.
Article: “TRUMP LOST. Vote Suppression Won.“ by Greg Palast.
Article: “Kansas groups halt voter registration drives to avoid being jailed under new law“ by Sherman Smith.
Article: “Memorandum of Understanding“ by DoJ (Wisconsin voter list).
Case: “Husted v A Phillip Randolph Institute“.
Article: “Trump’s Calls for an “Army” of Poll Watchers Are Renewing Fears Of Voter Intimidation“ by W.J. Hennigan, Vera Bergengruen.
Tweet: “... IMPORTANT OHIO ALERT If you live in Cuyahoga or Summit county, you need to double-check your polling location ...“ by Christopher Webb.
Tweet: “The Ohio GOP is playing “You’re polling place has moved” with 47,000 voters in the largest African American voting county in Ohio—just five days before the election...“ by James Connor.
Article: “12 states have new voter ID laws. Ohio’s strict rules blocked 8,000 from voting“ by VoteRiders.
Article: “Voter Purge Rates Remain High, Analysis Finds“ by Kevin Morris.
Case: “League of Women Voters of Florida v. Browning“.
Article: “Purges: A Growing Threat to the Right to Vote“ by Kevin Morris, Myrna Perez, Jonathan Brater, Christopher Deluzio.
Article: “Trump and GOP test precedent with aggressive voter roll purges“ by Tierney Sneed.
Article: “Why Putin Won: Seven Reasons“ by Gordon M. Hahn.
Article: “SCOTUS used faulty racial voter turnout data to shred Voting Rights Act in recent ruling “ by Brentin Mock.
Article: “League of Women Voters threatens to sue Texas over cap on voter registration forms“ by Cayla Harris.
Article: “Trump promises ‘election integrity army’ in every state from Republicans for midterms“ by Zachary Leeman.
Article: “Map Shows States That Have Handed Over Voter Information to Trump Admin“ by Giulia Carbonaro and Aliss Higham.
Article: “Ohio GOP Changing Polling Locations Days Before Election Raises Questions/A>“ by Giulia Carbonaro.
Article: “Democrats Worry GOP Efforts To Recruit Poll Watchers May Lead To Voter Intimidation“ by Pam Fessler.
Article: “Trump, Putin talk about each other’s wars in Wednesday phone call“ by Gregory Svirnovskiy.
Article: “Samuel Alito’s Voting Rights Act ruling cited misleading data from DoJ“ by Sam Levine, Will Craft and Andrew Witherspoon.
Article: “Millions in India stripped of vote before critical state election, as government seeks to ‘purify’ electoral roll“ by Hannah Ellis-Petersen and Aakash Hassan.
Article: “Narendra Modi’s BJP wins election in West Bengal for the first time“ by Hannah Ellis-Petersen.
Operation Eagle Eye (United States)” (voter suppression, William Rehnquist) by Wikipedia.
Article: “Voter caging“ by Wikipedia.

Article: “How to get away with gerrymandering“ by David Daley.
Article: “Cleta Mitchell“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Trump’s leaked call costs his attorney her job: Top DC lawyer quits her firm after she was revealed to be secretly advising President on his bid to overturn Georgia election results“ (>Cleta Mitchel) by Megan Sheets.
Article: “Tom DeLay“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Contract with America“ by Wikipedia.

Trump announced on Truth Social Sunday that he is building an “Election Integrity Army” for the 2026 midterms
Article: “Trump Issues Sinister Threat as He Tries to Rig the Midterms“ by Hafiz Rashid.

Article: “When is President Trump going to China? See his schedule“ by Kinsey Crowley.
Article: “Red state lawmaker triggers alarms with call to overturn Fourteenth Amendment“ by Bennito L. Kelty.
Article: “Accused WHCD shooter Cole Allen pleads not guilty to attempted Trump assassination, as defense wants prosecutors booted“ by Josh Christenson.
Article: “Luigi Mangione“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Ronald Reagan’s Legacy: The Rise of Student Loan Debt in America“ by Sriskandha Kandimalla.
Article: “Blue States Are Bailing Out Red States“ by Jeffrey Sonnenfeld and Stephen Henriques.
Article: “United States congressional apportionment“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Reapportionment Act of 1929“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “The Polar Jet Stream and Polar Vortex“ by Wanying Kang, Aaron Krol.
Article: “What Exactly Is A Bomb Cyclone And Why It Is So Powerful?“ by Jennifer Gray.
Article: “Atlantic meridional overturning circulation (AMOC)“ (conveyor belt) by Wikipedia.
Article: “Scientists say a critical Atlantic ocean current is weakening and the world could feel the impact“ by University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science.
Movie: “The Day After Tomorrow“.

Hour Two: The American People See the Rot. Washington Cashes the Checks and CNN Anchor Stunned to Discover Americans Like Taxing Billionaires
Article: “72% of Americans Agree: There Is Too Much Money in US Politics“ by Olivia Rosane.
Article: “Investors lost billions on Trump’s memecoin. Another gala won’t fix that.“ by Ashley Belanger .
Case: “Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission“ (2010).
Article: “‘Wow’ CNN’s Smerconish Shocked By Results of His Poll Asking Whether ‘Tax the Rich’ Push Is ‘Liability’ for Dems“ by Zachary Leeman.

Did Ted Cruz Just Confess to Killing Social Security?
Article: “Ted Cruz Admits Trump Accounts Are Designed to Privatize Social Security Over Time“ by Jake Johnson.

Article: “Supreme Court continues to temporarily maintain mail access to abortion pill“ by Melissa Quinn.
Article: “Twenty-sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution“ (voting age 18) by Wikipedia.
Article: “Orthohantavirus“(hantaviruses) by Wikipedia.
Article: “Hantavirus hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS)“ (Korean hemorrhagic fever) by Wikipedia.
Article: “Andes virus (ANDV)“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Trump Halts Government Agency Communication, Making Bird Flu Even More Precarious“ by Dawn Attride.
Article: “RFK Jr cancels $500m in funding for mRNA vaccines for diseases like Covid“ by Madeline Halpert.
Article: “Mylagaulidae“ (extinct horned rodents) by Wikipedia.
Article: “Hantavirus that killed Gene Hackman’s wife hits cruise ship“ by Melina Khan.
Article: “Leaked audio of Trump boasting he would ‘bomb the s*** out of Moscow’ if Putin invaded Ukraine“ by Luke Alsford.
Article: “Trump, Putin talk about each other’s wars in Wednesday phone call“ by Gregory Svirnovskiy.
Video: Ipana Toothpaste Bucky Beaver.
Article: “As a racial justice activist, NBA great Bill Russell was a legend off the court“ by Dustin Jones.
Article: “Ryan Clark is Right: Black Athletes Shouldn’t Play Where Their Voting Rights Are Threatened“ by Lawrence Ware.
Article: “They Refused to Play Sun City, and Helped Change the World“ by Daniel Gauss.
Video: Roy Wood Jr.’s is DNA Cousins with Congressman John Lewis.
Article: “Georgia on My Mind“ by Wikipedia.
Site: “Project 2025“.
Article: “Legal Scholar Says Black People ‘Will Lose’ On SCOTUS Voting Rights Decision: Here’s Why The Timing Matters“ (Elie Mystal) by Maya Boddie.
Article: “Trump Sent to ‘Reform School’ As Teen for Bullying, Niece’s Book Says“ by Elizabeth Crisp.
Book: The Last American President: A Broken Man, a Corrupt Party, and a World on the Brink by Thom Hartmann.
Article: “Trump DOJ can’t stop whiffing in court as 5th judge torpedoes ‘fishing expedition’ for ‘unredacted’ voter rolls, and the hits could keep coming“ (Marc Elias) by Matt Naham.
Article: “Age of consent in the United States“ (Amy Goodman) by Wikipedia.
Article: “Marriage age in the United States“ by Wikipedia.
Movie: “Steal This Story, Please!“.
Article: “The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart — Amy Goodman Interview“ by Pressenza.
Article: “American Civil War“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Jeremy Scahill“ by Wikipedia.

Hour Three: There is no help coming for any disasters...Trump’s Closing the Chapter on FEMA and Why Did Trump Fire the CDC Inspectors Right Before a Cruise Ship Outbreak?
Article: “‘Closing the chapter’ on Fema: Trump panel seeks to weaken disaster response amid climate crisis“ by Gabrielle Canon.
Article: “The Biggest Casualties of Trump’s Year of Government Cuts—and What to Expect in 2026“ by Connor Greene.
Article: “The True History of Libertarianism in America: A Phony Ideology to Promote a Corporate Agenda“ by Mark Ames.
Article: “Powell Memorandum: Attack On American Free Enterprise System“ by Scholarly Commons.
Article: “Hantavirus response stokes questions about CDC“ by Tina Reed.
Article: “Experts wonder ‘Where is the CDC?’ as a hantavirus outbreak unfolds on a cruise ship“ by Mike Stobbe.
Article: “The CDC Fired All Its Cruise Ship Inspectors Before the Hantavirus Outbreak“ by Frank Landymore.
Article: “US officially leaves World Health Organization“ by Imogen Foulkes, Ottilie Mitchell.
Article: “NY Sen. Schumer says hantavirus outbreak underscores dangers of CDC staffing cuts“ by Catalina Gonella.

Article: “Ted Cruz Holy Ghost Video Revealed – Father Claims Ted is the “Anointed One”“ by Jim Hoft.
Video: Ted Cruz:The Anointed One? - Thom Hartmann.
Article: “The Original 12 Amendments?“ by National Archives Foundation.
Article: “District of Columbia statehood movement“ by Wikipedia.
Video: Sean Duffy’s seven-month road trip is beyond tone deaf as the country deals with surging gas prices.
Article: “Gavin Newsom calls Trump’s transportation secretary Sean Duffy ‘total disgrace’ for filming reality TV ‘instead of doing his job’“ by Badar Shaikh.
Article: “Sean Duffy“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Pete Buttigieg“ by Wikipedia.
Law: “Voting Rights Act of 1965“.
Site: Indivisible.
Site: MoveOn.org.
Case: “Santa Clara County vs. Southern Pacific Railroad“, 1886.
Article: “Sunday Book Excerpt: Unequal Protection: How Corporations Became “People”...“ by Thom Hartmann.
Book: Who Killed the American Dream?: The Greatest Political Crime Ever Told by Thom Hartmann.
Article: “fairness doctrine“ by Matt Stefon.
Article: “Giant golden statue of Trump installed at his Florida golf course“ by Owen Scott.
Article: “MAGA Evangelical Leaders Under Fire For Leading Prayer Ritual Over Gold Trump Statue at Doral“ by Crisnel Longino.
Article: “Trump Isn’t Taking Cuba. He’s Starving It.“ by Ricardo Zúniga.
Article: “The big questions hanging over the Trump-Xi meeting in China“ by Amy Hawkins.
Site: Chris Bennett for U.S. Congress CA-03.
Video: Time To Elect DEMOCRACY WARRIORS To Congress! - Glenn Kirschner w/ Chris Bennett.
Article: “Kevin Kiley (politician)“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Tom McClintock“ by Wikipedia.
Site: Bernie Sanders.
Article: “Graham Platner“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “The Handmaid’s Tale“ by Margaret Atwood.
Article: “It’s Harder Than Ever to Get Federal Disaster Aid. Even in Red States.“ by Scott Dance and Ashley Cai.
Article: “Virginia supreme court strikes down new congressional maps in win for Republicans“ by Chris Stein.
Article: “Virginia AG files emergency appeal to US Supreme Court on maps“ by Katie Barlow and Isabel Soisson.
Article: “Trump Wins Big as Virginia Dems Won’t Go Nuclear to Save 4 House Seats“ by Greg Sargent.
Book: Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid by Jimmy Carter.
Book: A People’s History of the United States by Howard Zinn.
Article: “From the river to the sea“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Gene Hackman’s cause of death was heart disease, wife died of hantavirus days earlier, officials say“ by Alex Sundby.

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Hour One: How Rightwing Billionaires Created a Faux Movement and Used It to Rob America Blind
Article: “How Rightwing Billionaires Created a Faux Movement and Used It to Rob America Blind“ by Thom Hartmann.
Article: “Inside a MAGA influencer’s turn against the right-wing machine“ by Drew Harwell.
Article: “X algorithm changed in July to boost right-wing accounts, study finds“ by Gintaras Radauskas.
Article: “The Heritage Foundation“ by Wikipedia.
Site: “openstates.org“.
Article: “Powell Memorandum: Attack On American Free Enterprise System“ by Scholarly Commons.
Site: “vote.org“.
Article: “U.S. says Russia funded media company that paid right-wing influencers millions for videos“ by Stefan Becket, Melissa Quinn.
Article: “6 Billionaire Fortunes Bankrolling Project 2025“ by Joe Fassler.
Article: “Musk Apparently Acknowledges Baby With Ashley St. Clair—And Demands Custody Over Transgender Concerns“ by Antonio Pequeño IV.
Article: “The political effects of X’s feed algorithm“ by Germain Gauthier, Roland Hodler, Philine Widmer & Ekaterina Zhuravskaya.
Article: “Fox News settles blockbuster defamation lawsuit with Dominion Voting Systems“ by David Folkenflik, Mary Yang.
Article: “How Russian operatives covertly hired U.S. influencers to create viral videos“ by Shannon Bond, Jude Joffe-Block, Caitlin Thompson.
Article: “Measuring the Income Gap from 1975 to 2023“ by Carter C. Price.
Article: “Rumors of secret GOP payments to influencers now confirmed by ex-insider: expert“ by Travis Gettys.
Article: “NEW STUDY: Nearly $80 Trillion Redistributed from the Bottom 90% to the Top 1% Since 1975“ by Bernie Sanders.
Article: “Former MAGA Influencer Describes the Exact Platform Where Political Operatives Pay for Posts — and the Loophole That Keeps It Hidden“ by Olamide Oloro.
Site: “Talkers Magazine“.
Article: “Thom Hartmann“ by Talkers Magazine.

Article: “Country Joe and the Fish“ by Wikipedia.
Video: Organizers of the Mayday Protests of 1971.
Article: “World Press Freedom Day“(3 May) by UNESCO.
Article: “RSF World Press Freedom Index 2026“ (USA 64th) by Reporters Without Borders (RSF).
Article: “Schatz Leads Group of 9 Senators In Introducing Resolution Commemorating World Press Freedom Day“ by Brian Schatz (D-Hawai’i).

Is America Becoming a Giant With a Limp?
Article: “China Sees a ‘Giant With a Limp’ as U.S. Drains Weapons on Iran War“ by David Pierson and Berry Wang.

Did Trump and Hegseth Lie About Crushing Iran?
Article: “Leaked CIA Analysis Shows Trump and Hegseth ‘Lied Through Their Teeth’ About Iran War, Says Murphy“ by Jessica Corbett.
Article: “USS Maine (ACR-1)“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Robert McNamara“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “The Real Tonkin Gulf Deception Wasn’t by Lyndon Johnson“ (Robert McNamara) by Gareth Porter.
Article: “Nixon’s ‘Secret Plan’ That Never Was“ by Godfrey Sperling.
Article: “The Korean War: On What Legal Basis Did Truman Act?“ by Louis Fisher.

Article: “President Trump Job Approval“ by RealClear Polling.
Article: “Fred Rogers“ (Mister Rogers) by Wikipedia.
Article: “10 Of The Craziest Things Americans Believe“ by lolwot.
Article: “13 Crazy Things People Believe (That Are Still Shockingly Popular Today)“ by Andriy Nurzhynskyy.
Quote: “You can fool all the people some of the time and some of the people all the time, but you cannot fool all the people all the time.“ - attributed to Abraham Lincoln.
Article: “‘Food security timebomb’: a visual guide to the Gulf fertiliser blockade“ by Joanna Partridge.
Article: “What to expect from the Trump-Xi summit“ by Spencer Feingold, Miriam Schive.
Article: “Trump shelved ‘Project Freedom’ after Saudis refused use of bases and airspace“ by Patrick Wintour.
Article: “Hezbollah, Hamas, and More: Iran’s Terror Network Around the Globe“ by AJC.
Article: “Who are the two Gaza flotilla activists abducted by Israel?“ by Al Jazeera Staff.
Article: “Will Iran be at the World Cup? FIFA and Donald Trump’s stance explained“ by Filipe Guedes.
Substack: “Retired Analyst Mike“.
Article: “U.S. intelligence says Iran can outlast Trump’s Hormuz blockade for months“ by Warren P. Strobel, John Hudson, Ellen Nakashima.
Article: “NBC News: Iran steps up efforts to remove weapons from underground storage facilities, sources say“ by NEWS.am.
Article: “Merrick Garland“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Merrick Garland Net Worth 2026: The $20M Inheritance & Law Firm“ by PoliticianNetWorth.com.
Article: “Jack Smith (lawyer)“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “The U.S. debt now exceeds the country’s GDP. Should we worry?“ by Aimee Picchi.
Article: “National debt of Japan“ by Wikipedia.
Movie: “The Wizard of Oz“.
Article: “Sovereign immunity“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Supreme Court says Trump has absolute immunity for core acts only“ by Nina Totenberg.
Article: “Senate Republicans include $1 billion for Trump ballroom in spending package“ by Alexander Willis.
Article: “Donald J. Trump Presidential Library“ by Wikipedia.

Hour Two: Trump Rips 27,000 Children From Their Parents
Article: “Revealed: The Trump administration arrested the parents of at least 27,000 kids in seven months“ by Maanvi Singh, Will Craft.

Article: “How ICE agents detained one US citizen three times“ by Billal Rahman.
Article: “Kavanaugh stop“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Brett Kavanaugh“ by Wikipedia.

Why Is Bezos’s Paper Crusading Against Taxing Billionaires?
Article: “‘Are Readers Meant to Take This Seriously?’: Economist Refutes Latest Attack on Wealth Tax by Bezos’ Washington Post“ by Stephen Prager.

Could Carrying Extra Weight Be Shrinking Your Brain?
Article: “Carrying Extra Weight For Years Linked To Faster Cognitive Decline“ by StudyFinds Analysis.

Article: “Lighthouse and naval vessel urban legend“ by Wikipedia.
Bible: “Where there is no counsel, the people fall; But in the multitude of counselors there is safety.“ - Proverbs 11:14.
Article: “U.S. Murder Rate By Year: Trend Chart (2026)“ by ConsumerShield.
Article: “Understanding the Iran-Contra Affairs“ (1981 - 1986) by Brown University.
Article: “United States incarceration rate“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Lead–crime hypothesis“ by Wikipedia.

Article: “Virginia supreme court strikes down new congressional maps in win for Republicans“ by Chris Stein.
Article: “Trump Fires Board Members of Group That Oversees U.S. Science Funding“ by Adam Sella.
Article: “National Science Foundation fires roughly 10% of its workforce“ by Jonathan Lambert.
Quote: “Sound And Fury, Signifying Nothing“ - Macbeth.
Movie: “The Wizard of the Kremlin (film)“.
Article: “Yalta Conference“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Alabama Republicans Pass Last-Minute Gerrymander in Middle of Election“ by Hafiz Rashid.
Article: “Right-to-work law“ by Wikipedia.
Law: “Equal Employment Opportunity Act of 1972“.
Law: “Equal Credit Opportunity Act“ (1974).
Article: “Age of consent in the United States“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Marriage age in the United States“ by Wikipedia.
Law: “Civil Rights Act of 1964“.
Law: “Louisiana V. Callais et al.“ (Louisiana gerrymandering).
Article: “Tennessee Republicans pass new gerrymander following Supreme Court’s Voting Rights Act ruling“ by Samuel Benson.
Article: “14-year-olds to pull overnight shifts as US state moves to roll back child labor laws & combat ‘dirt cheap’ migrant work“ (Florida) by Arshi Qureshi.
Article: “Studies show white women benefit more from DEI than Black people“.
Article: “M&M’s test positive for a surprisingly low level of Lead (but a level still unsafe for kids to consume)!“ by Tamara.
Site: Leaving MAGA.
Article: “Mother’s Day (United States)“ (May 10 2026) by Wikipedia.
Article: “Dean Phillips“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Dear Abby“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “What 30+ Years of Deportations Show Across 5 Presidents“ by Wendy Selene Pérez.
Article: “Elon Musk Calls South Africa “Racist.” The Data, and History, Tell a Different Story“ by TIME Africa Staff.

Hour Three: Court Slams Trump Tariffs as Manufacturing Boom Disappears
Article: “Trump Tariffs Ruled Illegal—Again—as Data Shows Promised Manufacturing Boom Is Nonexistent “ by Jake Johnson.

Article: “Ramparts (magazine)“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “The Realist“ by Wikipedia.
Site: Christopher Armitage.
Site: Dean Obeidallah.
Article: “Every Trump Business That Went Bankrupt“ by Owen Chase.
Article: “Modern Monetary Theory“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Fact Check: Under Donald Trump, Did U.S. Accrue 25% of National Debt?“ by Ewan Palmer.
Article: “Are Republicans Meddling in Democratic Primaries?“ (Lead Left PAC) by Taegan Goddard.
Article: “Republicans Might Be Meddling In A Key Swing District Primary. Democrats Aren’t Sure Why.“ by Kevin Robillard.
Article: “Lead Left PAC“ by FEC.
Book: Greeks & Romans Bearing Gifts: How the Ancients Inspired the Founding Fathers by Carl J. Richard.
Article: “George Washington’s Farewell Address (1796)“ by George Washington. “Respect for its authority, compliance with its laws, acquiescence in its measures, are duties enjoined by the fundamental maxims of true liberty”. “The Constitution which at any time exists, till changed by an explicit and authentic act of the whole people, is sacredly obligatory upon all”. “The alternate domination of one faction over another, sharpened by the spirit of revenge,...”
Article: “The Union as a Safeguard Against Domestic Faction and Insurrection (Continued)“ (Federalist 10) by James Madison.
Article: “The Adams-Jefferson letters : the complete correspondence between Thomas Jefferson and Abigail and John Adams“.
Book: The Theory of Moral Sentiments by Adam Smith.
Article: “The Federalist Papers : No. 67“ by Alexander Hamilton. “He has been decorated with attributes superior in dignity and splendor to those of a king of Great Britain. He has been shown to us with the diadem sparkling on his brow and the imperial purple flowing in his train. He has been seated on a throne surrounded with minions and mistresses, giving audience to the envoys of foreign potentates, in all the supercilious pomp of majesty. The images of Asiatic despotism and voluptuousness have scarcely been wanting to crown the exaggerated scene. We have been taught to tremble at the terrific visages of murdering janizaries, and to blush at the unveiled mysteries of a future seraglio.“
Article: “Federalist No. 70“ (unitary executive) by Wikipedia.
Article: “History of immigration to the United States“ by Wikipedia.
Movie: “Gangs of New York“.
Article: “This breakthrough model uses 1,000X less compute“ by Zain Kahn.
Article: “What is Moore’s Law?“ by Max Roser, Hannah Ritchie, and Edouard Mathieu.
Article: “Tennessee approves new congressional map that dissolves majority Black district“ by Caroline Linton.
Article: “Maine Just Delivered a Brutal Wake-Up Call to Democrats. Will It Land?“ by Thom Hartmann.
Article: “No, It’s Not Rahm Emanuel. Graham Platner Is the Future of the Democratic Party “ by Robert Reich.

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-- Is America Becoming a Giant With a Limp?

-- Did Trump and Hegseth Lie About Crushing Iran?

-- Trump Rips 27,000 Children From Their Parents

-- Why Is Bezos’s Paper Crusading Against Taxing Billionaires?

-- Could Carrying Extra Weight Be Shrinking Your Brain?

-- Court Slams Trump Tariffs as Manufacturing Boom Disappears

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Hour One: National Progressive Townhall taking your calls
- Representative Pramila Jayapal, U.S. Congressmember (D-WA, 7th District) (Committees: House Judiciary / House Foreign Affairs / House Budget / Former Chair Congressional Progressive Caucus) @pramilajayapal.bsky.social
Article: “Iran War (2026)“ by War Costs.
Law: “Louisiana V. Callais et al.“ (Louisiana gerrymandering).
Law: “Voting Rights Act of 1965“.
Article: “Reconciliation bill text would fund ICE, CBP, ballroom security“ by David Lerman.
Article: “Washington: Effectuated ACA enrollment down 11 - 16% so far; over 46,000 have already lost coverage“ by Charles Gaba.
Article: “White House torches Jayapal over Cuba oil outreach: Dems ‘sip margaritas with terrorists’“ by Stepheny Price, Ashley J. DiMella.
Video: “Rep. Pramila Jayapal: Medicare for all popularity rising in swing districts“.
Article: “Jayapal, Jackson Statement on Delegation to Cuba“ by Jonathan Jackson.
Video: Rep. Pramila Jayapal: Medicare for all popularity rising in swing districts.
Article: “Insurance and Pharmaceutical Companies Blamed for Rising Healthcare Costs“ by Maryann Cousens & Julie Alderman Boudreau.
Article: “AI-driven insurance decisions raise concerns about human oversight“ by Stanford Report.
Article: “Congressional Budget Office Scores Medicare-For-All: Universal Coverage For Less Spending“ by Adam Gaffney, David Himmelstein, and Steffie Woolhandler .
Article: “Medicare for All Act“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Insured but skipping care: 38% of Americans delay treatment over costs, study finds“ by Austin Littrell.
Article: “Jump in cancer diagnoses at 65 implies patients wait for Medicare, according to Stanford study“ by Tracie White.
Article: “Suzan DelBene“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “John Cavanaugh (politician)“ by Wikipedia.
Video: Franklin D. Roosevelt - Inaugural “The Only Thing We Have to Fear is Fear Itself” Speech.
Article: “Trump re-ups push to eliminate low-income heating assistance program LIHEAP “ by Rachel Frazin.
Article: “Social Security’s 2.8% COLA for 2026 is sparking debate over how the annual increase gets calculated“ by Lorie Konish.
Article: “The Social Security 2100 Act“ by John Larson.
Article: “Shouting match erupts after Bondi asked to apologize to Epstein victims“ by Rebecca Beitsch.
Article: “Ashley Moody“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Republican Senator Suggests Pramila Jayapal and Other Democrats May Be Guilty of Treason Over Cuba Talks: ‘Communism 101’“ by Zachary Leeman.
Site: Indivisible.
Article: “Why Isn’t News of Trump Building Vast Concentration Camps Being Treated as a National Emergency?“ by Thom Hartmann.
Article: “‘Nowhere in the text’: 11th Circuit rejects ICE’s indefinite detention policy, says Trump admin ‘profoundly oversimplifies’ the law“ by Colin Kalmbacher.
Article: “Jayapal, Booker, and Smith Introduce Dignity for Detained Immigrants Act“ by Pramila Jayapal.
Bill: “H.R.6397 - Dignity for Detained Immigrants Act“ by Rep. Jayapal, Pramila [D-WA-7].
Article: “Graham Platner“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Why is the Democratic party hiding its 2024 autopsy report?“ by Norman Solomon.
Article: “DNC “Autopsy” Finds Kamala Harris’s Silence on Gaza Genocide Cost Her Votes“ by Chris Walker.
Article: “Nixon’s Southern strategy“ by James Boyd.
Book: The Hidden History of American Healthcare: Why Sickness Bankrupts You and Makes Others Insanely Rich by Thom Hartmann.
Speech: “How Long, Not Long“, March 25, 1965 by MLK.
Article: “Federalist society“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “How the Federalist Society shaped America’s judiciary“ by Zoya Haq.
Article: “Leonard Leo“ by Wikipedia.
Law: “Article II, Section 2 Clause 2: Advice and Consent“. “... The President ... hall have Power, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, to make Treaties, provided two thirds of the Senators present concur; and he shall nominate, and by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, shall appoint Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls, Judges of the supreme Court, and all other Officers of the United States, whose Appointments are not herein otherwise provided for, and which shall be established by Law: but the Congress may by Law vest the Appointment of such inferior Officers, as they think proper, in the President alone, in the Courts of Law, or in the Heads of Departments.“
Law: “Article. VI.“. “The Senators and Representatives before mentioned, and the Members of the several State Legislatures, and all executive and judicial Officers, both of the United States and of the several States, shall be bound by Oath or Affirmation, to support this Constitution; but no religious Test shall ever be required as a Qualification to any Office or public Trust under the United States.“
Article: “Warren, Jayapal, Colleagues Introduce Bill to Reform Broken Judicial Ethics System“ by Elizabeth Warren.

Hour Two: Ukraine update
- Phil Ittner, Veteran War Correspondent based in Kiev, Ukraine & host of the ‘On the Edge‘ podcast @PhilipIttner Youtube Instagram
Article: “Victory Day (9 May)“ (Public holidays in Russia and ex-USSR) by Wikipedia.
Article: “Ukraine and Russia Declare Separate Temporary Ceasefires“ by AFP.
Article: “Ukraine’s air-defence shortage exacerbated by slowdown of US shipments“ by Christopher Miller.
Article: “Oleshky“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Drone-and-mine siege: Ukraine takes Oleshky crisis to UN as 2,000 civilians starve in occupied city“ by Alexander Moisseenko.
Article: “‘Tsunami of Disinformation’: Poland Hit by Unprecedented Troll Attack Amid Russian Drone Incursion“ by Alisa Orlova.
Article: “Poland–Ukraine relations“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Russian interference in the 2016 Brexit referendum“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Links between Trump associates and Russian officials“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Russian stuff blowing up: Russia bombs a kindergarten in Sumy“ by quaoar.
Article: “Russian stuff blowing up: Ukraine strikes Russia’s Kirishi refinery“ by quaoar.

Video: Hungary politician dances on stage after Péter Magyar wins election (Zsolt Hegedűs).
Article: “Hungary’s New Leader Reveals Viktor Orbán Was Paying CPAC“ by Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling.
Article: “Viktor Orbán tells CPAC the path to power is to ‘have your own media’“ by Flora Garamvolgyi.
Article: “Honorary Consulate of Hungary in Seattle, Washington“ by Embassies.info.
Article: “Consulate General of Hungary in Los Angeles“ by Embassies.info.
Article: “Who is Péter Magyar, the former Orbán ally heading for power in Hungary?“ by Paul Kirby.
Article: “World Leaders, Celebrities Rally behind Viktor Orbán Ahead of Decisive Election“ by Joakim Scheffer.

Was the 2024 Election Stolen, Not by Ballots, but by Algorithms?
Article: “Was the 2024 Election Stolen, Not by Ballots, but by Algorithms?“ by Thom Hartmann.
Book: The Hidden History of Big Brother in America: How the Death of Privacy and the Rise of Surveillance Threaten Us and Our Democracy by Thom Hartmann.
Site: “openstates.org“.
Substack “The Peacock Report“ by Nigel Peacock.
Site: “vote.org“.
Article: “Echo chambers, rabbit holes, and ideological bias: How YouTube recommends content to real users“ by Megan A. Brown, Jonathan Nagler, James Bisbee, Angela Lai, and Joshua A. Tucker.
Article: “Elon Musk spends $277 million to back Trump and Republican candidates“ by Julia Ingram, Steve Reilly.
Article: “Did Yellow Journalism Fuel the Outbreak of the Spanish American War?“.
Article: “The political effects of X’s feed algorithm“ by Germain Gauthier, Roland Hodler, Philine Widmer & Ekaterina Zhuravskaya.
Article: “Systematic partisan content skews in TikTok during the 2024 US elections“ by Hazem Ibrahim, HyunSeok Daniel Jang, Nouar Aldahoul, Aaron R. Kaufman, Talal Rahwan & Yasir Zaki.
Article: “How Mark Zuckerberg pivoted Meta to the right“ by David Ingram.
Article: “Meta says it will end fact-checking as Silicon Valley prepares for Trump“ by Huo Jingnan, Shannon Bond, Bobby Allyn.
Article: “About half of TikTok users under 30 say they use it to keep up with politics, news“ by Colleen McClain.
Article: “42% of social media users say the sites are important for them getting involved with political, social issues“ by Eugenie Park.
Article: “New Research Points to Possible Algorithmic Bias on X“ by Prithvi Iyer.
Article: “TikTok’s algorithm favored Republican content in 2024 US elections, study finds“ by Sanya Mansoor.
Article: “YouTube Video Recommendations Lead to More Extremist Content for Right-Leaning Users, Researchers Suggest“ by Alex Russell.
Article: “What you should know about Section 230, the rule that shaped today’s internet“ by Barbara Ortutay.

Article: “Here are the candidates who have qualified for CNN’s California governor’s debate“ by Kaanita Iyer, Jack Clifton.
Article: “Katie Porter“ by Wikipedia.
Video: California Governor Debate Fight Night Round 2! Live Coverage!.
Article: “Students for a Democratic Society“ (SDS) by Wikipedia.
Article: “Rick Scott ‘oversaw the largest Medicare fraud’ in U.S. history, Florida Democratic Party says “ by Amy Sherman.
Law: “Telecommunications Act of 1996“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “‘We’re creatives - this is what AI has done to our jobs’“ by Ben Schofield, Andrew Sinclair.
Article: “I was a commercial illustrator when Mac and Adobe’s Illustrator and Photoshop programs began replacing designers, illustrators, photographers and typesetters.“ by Dan Piraro.
Bible: “Whoever claims to love God yet hates a brother or sister is a liar. For whoever does not love their brother and sister, whom they have seen, cannot love God, whom they have not seen.“ - 1 John 4:20.
Article: “Franklin Graham’s Fierce Defense Of Trump’s Jesus-Like Post Highlights A Growing Pattern, Expert Says“ by Kimberley Richards.
Article: “Antifa (United States)“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC)“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “The Israel Lobby in Us Congress“ by Track AIPAC.

Hour Three: Are MAGA Influencers Getting Paid to Lie to You?
Article: “Rumors of secret GOP payments to influencers now confirmed by ex-insider: expert“ by Travis Gettys.
Article: “Right-wing influencers were duped to work for covert Russian operation, US says“ by Alan Suderman, Ali Swenson.

A Billionaire Compares “Tax the Rich” to Racial Slurs
Article: “New York real estate titan likens the phrase ‘tax the rich’ to racial slurs“ by Gaya Gupta.
Article: “Ken Griffin slams Mamdani’s tax video as ‘creepy and weird,’ says New York ‘doesn’t welcome success’“ by Tanya Rawat.

Movie: “Charlie Wilson’s War“.
Article: “U.S. Sues The New York Times, Claiming Discrimination Against a White Man“ by Rebecca Davis O’Brien.
Article: “Studies show white women benefit more from DEI than Black people“ .
Law: “Civil Rights Act of 1964“.
Law: “Voting Rights Act of 1965“.
Article: “Trump’s supposedly private-funded ballroom could cost US taxpayers $1bn“ by Sky News.
Article: “These Are The 37 Donors Helping Pay For Trump’s $300 Million White House Ballroom“ by The Wealth Advisor.
Article: “Trump has tapped an unprecedented 13 billionaires for his administration. Here’s who they are“ by Peter Charalambous, Laura Romero, and Soo Rin Kim.
Quote: “Behind Every Great Fortune There Is a Crime“ - Honoré de Balzac.
Article: “White House State Ballroom“ by Wikipedia.
Quote: “The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.“ - Thomas Jefferson.
Quote: “The earth belongs in usufruct to the living : that the dead have neither powers nor rights over it.“ - Thomas Jefferson.
Quote: “We might as well require a man to wear still the coat which fitted him when a boy as civilized society to remain ever under the regimen of their barbarous ancestors.“ - Thomas Jefferson.
Article: “Who pays the most income tax?“ by USAFacts.
Article: “How the Rich Live Off Loans: A Deep Dive into Debt Strategies of the Wealthy“ by Bella Mertz.
Article: “Iroquois Woman“ by Micki M. Caskey, Ph.D., Theresa J. Rapida, Ph.D. and Mark Wubbold.
Book: “The Hidden History of American Democracy: Rediscovering Humanity’s Ancient Way of Living “ by Thom Hartmann.
Article: “Donor States 2026 “ by World Population Review.
Article: “Ask an Analyst: What makes a “donor state”?“ by Chris G.
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