Monday, 8 September, 2025
Your daily homework - links to everything discussed on today's show
Monday’s Daily Stack
Hour One: Could Trump Flip Blue States Red at Gunpoint?
Article: "Could Trump Flip Blue States Red at Gunpoint?" by Thom Hartmann.
Article: "Chicago preparing for National Guard deployment, increased immigration enforcement, leaders say" by Christian Piekos, Craig Wall, Michelle Gallardo, and Tre Ward.
Post: "The President of the United States is threatening to go to war with an American city. This is not a joke. This is not normal. Donald Trump isn't a strongman, he's a scared man. Illinois won't be intimidated by a wannabe dictator. [image of chipocalypse now post]" by Governor JB Pritzker.
Article: "EYE ON HISTORY: JFK sends 3,000 troops to Univ. of Mississippi to quell riots" by Dillon Fuhrman.
Case: "Martin v. Mott, 25 U.S. 19 (1827)" ()"The authority to decide whether the exigencies contemplated in the Constitution of the United States and the Act of Congress of 1795, ch. 101, in which the President has authority to call forth the militia, "to execute the laws of the union, suppress insurrections, and repel invasions" have arisen is exclusively vested in the President, and his decision is conclusive upon all other persons"
Article: "The Insurrection Act Explained" by Joseph Nunn.
Article: "Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker says sending military troops to Chicago would be an "invasion" by Trump administration" by Ed O'Keefe, Joe Walsh.
Article: "Democrats threaten charges for troops who commit crimes at Trump's direction" by Ja'han Jones.
Article: "19 Democratic Governors Warn Trump Not to Send Troops to Their States" by Reid J. Epstein.
Article: "Blue-State Governors Warn Trump May Use Military to Disrupt Elections" by Tim Dickinson.
Law: "Constitution of the United States" Article 2 section 4 (impeachment). "The President, Vice President and all civil Officers of the United States, shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors."
Case: "Brown v. Board", 1954 (school desegregation).
Law: "Insurrection Act of 1807".
Article: "Pentagon approves use of Navy base for Chicago ICE operations" by Dan Lamothe, Tara Copp.
News...Time to shut down the government- since we'd be finding a wannabe dictator? Massive protest in DC, Garcia is now being deported to Eswatini, Beyond the boos at the US Open, there's more...
Article: "Stop Acting Like This Is Normal" by Ezra Klein.
Article: "Video GIANT protest march in DC. Church bells ringing in solidarity along route. Inspiring and heartwarming!" by Amaryllis.
Article: "U.S. says it will deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia to Eswatini because he fears deportation to Uganda" by Travis Loller.
Post: "In an exclusive interview with the Guardian, she has alleged that Trump accosted her outside the bathroom of his VIP box at the US Open tennis tournament in New York in 1997." [link]" by Mehdi Hasan.
Article: "'It felt like tentacles': the women who accuse Trump of sexual misconduct" by Lucy Osborne.
Events: Bernie's Fighting Oligarchy Tour.
Article: "New Deal" by Wikipedia.
Speech: "Great Society" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Will Republicans in Congress finally stand up to Trump?" by David Smith.
Article: "The Trump administration has stopped work at the CFPB. Here's what the agency does" by Joe Hernandez.
Article: "Exclusive: Democratic senators press big banks after Trump kills consumer protection rule that capped overdraft fees at $5" by Leo Schwartz.
Article: "No cash for flight delays as Trump administration scraps Biden-era rule" by David Shepardson.
Article: "Chicago federal intervention: Tracking surge in immigration enforcement operations" by ABC7 Chicago Digital Team. "On Monday, DHS announced "Operation Midway Blitz" in Chicago.".
Video: Johnny Rivers - Secret Agent Man (Lyrics) [HD].
Article: "Lee Atwater" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Tom Hanks Dropped from West Point Awards Ceremony" by Kimberlee Speakman.
Article: "Family Relationship of Tom Hanks" by FamousKin.com.
Movie: "Forrest Gump".
Article: "Blitzkrieg" by Wikipedia.
Substack: "LookingNWords" by Rohn Kenyatta.
Hour Two: Trump's people have figured out how to screw old people: you must have a current drivers license to get benefits.
Article: "100-year-old Portlander to feds who cut off her pension benefits: I'm not dead yet! " by Ted Sickinger.
Massie busts Mike Johson's on Epstein, "Why was Trump an informant to a hoax?" And Why is the DOJ protecting names of Epstein funders?
Article: "Thomas Massie busts Mike Johnson on Epstein: 'Why was Trump an informant to a hoax?'" by David Edwards.
Article: "Bombshell NBC Report Reveals Trump DOJ Seeking to Keep Secret Names of Two Epstein Associates" by Alex Griffing.
Trump is trying to hand Moldova over to Putin
Article: "Russia Steps Up Disinformation Efforts as Trump Abandons Resistance" by Steven Lee Myers.
Article: "'The perfect target': Russia cultivated Trump as asset for 40 years – ex-KGB spy" by David Smith.
Article: "Florida Surgeon General admits he didn't study impact before calling to lift vaccine mandate " by Jake Tapper.
It's pretty astounding when a SCOTUS judge "can't answer" if Trump has any accountability. It looks like an assisted coup....
Article: "Amy Coney Barrett 'can't answer' if Trump has the 'right to do anything' as president" by David Edwards.
Video: Extended interview: Justice Amy Coney Barrett.
Book: "Unequal Protection: How Corporations Became "People" - And How You Can Fight Back" by Thom Hartmann.
Article: "U.S. Supreme Court Grants Stay in L.A. Raids Case" (allows racial profiling) by ACLU.
Article: "Sotomayor Scorches Supreme Court's Racial Profiling Ruling In Blistering Dissent" by Lydia O'Connor.
Article: "Amy Coney Barrett served as a 'handmaid' in Christian group People of Praise" by Emma Brown, Jon Swaine, Michelle Boorstein.
Article: "Donald Trump's Rose Garden Debut Is Going Viral For All Of The Wrong Reasons" by Matt Stopera.
Movie: "The Robe".
Movie: "Demetrius and the Gladiators".
Article: "Trump's maneuvering in NYC mayor's race fuels push for Democrats to unite behind Mamdani" by Nick Reisman, Jeff Coltin and Emily Ngo.
Article: "Seven times Barack Obama cried during an emotional eight years" by BBC.
Movie: "Death on the Highway".
Article: "General, envoy … future Ukraine president? Valerii Zaluzhnyi's London waiting game" by Shaun Walker.
Article: "Peter Thiel > Quotes" by Goodreads.
Article: "Trial begins in case of Ryan Routh, suspect in Trump assassination attempt" by Christopher Cann, Hannah Phillips.
Hour Three: Growing up Palestinian in Israel, and her one-woman show
- Hend Ayoub.
Event: Sept 12 to Oct 11: "Home? A Palestinian Woman's Pursuit of Life, Liberty & Happiness" by Hend Ayoub.
Article: "What to Know About the Arab Citizens of Israel" by Kali Robinson.
Article: "60 Percent of Israeli Jews Favor Segregation From Arabs, Survey Finds" by Or Kashti.
Event: Nov. 13th – 15th: New York Arab American Comedy festival.
Article: "Chicago-area protesters demonstrate ahead of expected surge in ICE operations, new details revealed" by Christian Piekos, Evelyn Holmes, Craig Wall, Sarah Schulte, Eric Horng.
Article: "Chicago braces for expanded immigration enforcement as local officials push back on Trump post" by Ivan Pereira, Hannah Demissie, and Selina Wang.
Article: "El Grito Chicago 2-day Festival in Downtown Chicago will be postponed." by El Grito.
Article: "Mulford Act" by Wikipedia.
Article: "'Just 150 Billionaire Families Spent Nearly $2 Billion' On Elections – Bernie Sanders Says We Live In An Oligarchy. Here's What He Proposes" by Adrian Volenik.
Article: "Sen. Eric Schmitt lets his extremist flag fly in racist speech at NatCon" by Ja'han Jones.
Site: "Velshi".
Article: "Mexican Independence Day Parade to go on as planned amid scaled-up immigration enforcement " by Vi Nguyen.
Article: "$1.6B data center proposed in Menomonie draws strong response from concerned citizens" by Rich Kremer.