Friday’s Daily Stack
Hour One: Topic: Did Trump’s Iran War Just Blow a Hole in Big Oil’s Future?
Article: “Did Trump’s Iran War Just Blow a Hole in Big Oil’s Future?“ by Thom Hartmann.
Site: The Hartmann Report.
Article: “What If Every American’s Home Was a Power Plant?“ by Thom Hartmann.
Article: “EV sales rebound as energy crisis drives global growth“ by Energy Institute.
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: “EV sales hit record highs globally as U.S. demand stalls at 5.8%“ by Jason Becknell.
Article: “Oil Market Report - September 2026“ by IEA.
Article: “Fossil Fuel Subsidies Surged to Record $7 Trillion“ by Simon Black, Ian Parry, Nate Vernon-Lin.
Article: “How Trump’s terrible policy decisions led to this one surprising outcome“ by Hayes Brown.
Article: “Trump the environmentalist? How his Iran war exposed the fragility of dirty energy“ by Oliver Milman.
Article: “What Trump promised oil CEOs as he asked them to steer $1 billion to his campaign“ by Josh Dawsey, Maxine Joselow.
Article: “German solar power capacity surpasses key milestone of 100 gigawatts“ by DPA.
Article: ““I don’t wanna COUCH my words here”: Angie Nixon claps back at JD Vance after the VP says the Florida rep doesn’t belong in America“ by Aaratrika Bal.
Article: “Susan Collins bribery report throws wrench into razor-thin Senate battle“ by Alison Durkee.
Article: “James Baker“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Abu Ghraib prison“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Church Committee“, 1975-6 (senate).
Article: “COINTELPRO“ by Wikipedia.
Whoa...Kushner, who has been tasked with negotiating peace in Gaza, has a huge financial stake in one of the biggest backers of the Israeli military.
Article: “Bombshell Report Exposes Jared Kushner’s Ties to Company Backing IDF“ by Edith Olmsted.
Article: “Ex-Trump official flags disturbing aspect of Jared Kushner’s ‘volunteer’ status“ by Bennito Kelty.
Article: “2026 Israeli legislative election“ (27 October 2026) by Wikipedia.
Article: “Teapot Dome Scandal“ (oil reserves) by Britannica.
Trump Snaps About Lack of “One F**king Positive Question” - Is there any one “positive thing” about Trump? I can’t come up with one. Can you?
Article: “5 Wildest Bombshell Moments From Trump’s Rollercoaster TIME Interview“ by Zachary Leeman.
Article: “AI could kill all humans in next decade, warn experts: but how seriously should we take them?“ by Robert Booth.
Article: “Darwinism“ by Wikipedia.
Event: Oct. 05: Protest against Trump’s Grand Island visit on October 5th - Central Nebraska Indivisible.
Event: Oct. 05: GOP: Midterm Rally in Grand Island, Nebraska featuring President Donald J. Trump.
Article: “Los Angeles River“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Medicare & You“ by Medicare.
Site: trumprx.gov.
Article: “Trump urges Russia to hack Clinton’s email“ by Michael Crowley and Tyler Pager.
Article: “Hillary Clinton email controversy“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “2026 California Proposition 39“ (voter ID) by Wikipedia.
Hour Two: The latest voter suppression efforts from the Trump administration and the Republican Party
Article: “Daily Docket“ by Sally Holtgrieve.
Article: “Assassination of Jamal Khashoggi“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Trump is testing major election plot so ‘when he pulls the trigger, it’s done’: DC insider“ by Tom Boggioni.
Article: “Charles Kushner“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Indictments against Donald Trump“ by Wikipedia.
Is Trump quietly setting the stage for a major military escalation in Iran as the Pentagon secretly moves to expand Trump’s nuclear power? It is time to panic? All this while Trump and Hegseth cuts the military to only loyalists? What will these loyalists do? What could go wrong?
Article: “‘That’s Scary!’ Charlamagne Worries Trump Cutting Military Down to ‘Loyalists’ Who Will Help Him Stay in Power“ by Kathryn Wilkens.
Article: “Panic as Pentagon quietly moves to expand Trump’s ‘nuclear options’ “ by Alexander Willis.
Article: “Trump threatens to ‘annihilate’ Iran in UN speech as officials from both countries meet on sidelines“ by Bernd Debusmann Jr, Khashayar Joneidi, Sarah Smith and Nada Tawfik.
Video: Young Frankenstein - Walk this way.
Article: “Ketchup as a vegetable“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Marie Gluesenkamp Perez“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “‘People Are Very Scared’: Trump Administration Purge of JAG Officers Raises Legal, Ethical Fears“ by Thomas Novelly and Konstantin Toropin.
Article: “Gluesenkamp Perez and Braun neck-and-neck in race for Southwest Washington swing district, OPB poll finds“ by Elena Neale-Sacks.
Facebook: “John Braun“.
Article: “President Trump endorses John Braun for Congress“ by Jacob Moore.
Article: “How did Trump’s name end up on coronavirus relief checks in 2020? ABC News successfully sued to find out.“ by Chris Young.
Article: “Since 1975, $79 trillion has been redistributed from the bottom 90% to the top 1%“ by Alexandra Jacobo.
Article: “‘Vote YES on Prop 40’: California Billionaire Tax Opposed by Newsom Gets Ballot Name“ by Brett Wilkins.
Article: “Visual History of Income Tax in United States“ by Dave Manuel.
tax rates by president Article: “One Big Beautiful Bill: What It Means for Seniors“ by Analic Mata-Murray, Yolanda Taylor.
Article: “Donald Trump doesn’t just love billionaires, he loves multimillionaires too“ by Eduardo Porter.
Article: “US jobs report September 2026: Hiring slows sharply to 29,000 jobs, unemployment rises to 4.2%“ by Reuters.
Article: “Voting Eligibility for Probationers and Parolees“ by Missouri Department of Corrections.
Article: “Trump is a convicted felon. Here’s why he can still vote today “ by Tierney Sneed.
Article: “Trump Finishes the Saudi Nuclear Deal Michael Flynn Started“ by Zev Shalev.
Article: “The $589 Billion Hanford Cleanup and 2086 Deadline Aren’t Sustainable. Here’s What Needs to Change“ by Hanford Communities.
Site: The Majority Report with Sam Seder.
Article: “Sam Seder“ by Wikipedia.
Site: “No Kings“ (next, October 17).
Article: “Idi Amin and Donald Trump - strong men with unlikely parallels “ by Geoffrey Ssenoga.
Article: “Idi Amin“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Pete Hegseth’s New Religious Affairs Office Sparks a Legal Church-State Fight“ by Adam Gramegna.
Article: “Pete Hegseth and other Trump picks unfit for their big government jobs“ by Phenix S Halley.
Article: “MAPPED: 70 Percent of Trump’s Cabinet Tied to Project 2025 Groups“ by Joe Fassler.
Article: “Republican Party Platform of 1956“ (Eisenhower) by The American Presidency Project.
Article: “Powell Memorandum: Attack On American Free Enterprise System“ by Lewis F. Powell, Jr.
Article: “Justice Department Reviews If Nixon Got a Raw Deal“ by Taegan Goddard.
Site: Geoff Shepard (Watergate, Nixon).
Article: “Roger Stone“ by Wikipedia.
Hour Three: Trump Ominously Discusses the Prospect of Jailing Reporters Over Leaks: ‘I Haven’t Done That…Yet’ Take in the YET!
Article: “Trump Ominously Discusses the Prospect of Jailing Reporters Over Leaks: ‘I Haven’t Done That…Yet’“ by Kathryn Wilkens.
Article: “James Risen“ (journalist) by Wikipedia.
Article: “Judith Miller“ by Wikipedia.
US states and cities sue over Trump EPA’s repeal of emissions rules - Democratic-led coalition says gutting key protections will set US back decades and worsen climate crisis
Article: “US states and cities sue over Trump EPA’s repeal of emissions rules“ by AP.
Article: “U.S. Supreme Court to Hear Boulder Climate Case Monday“ by Layra Nicli.
Article: “Derecho“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Explosive cyclogenesis“ (Bomb cyclone) by Wikipedia.
Article: “US ends limits on coal and gas plant emissions, removing key tool to fight climate crisis“ by Oliver Milman.
Event: Oct 3: 9 am Pacific: Ask Thom Anything: The monthly Q&A session with Thom (paid subscribers).
Article: “Anti-vaccine activism“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “White House turmoil as Stephen Miller pushed midterm voting machine seizures: report“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “How US states mistakenly added 30,000 non-citizens to voter rolls“ by David Morgan.
Article: “Over 1.5 Million Russians Chose Online Voting for State Duma Elections“ by Roman Zaharov.
Article: “They Trained to Protect Immigrants From ICE. Now They’re Prepping to Defend the Midterm Elections.“ by Jessica Washington.
Article: “How Senate Democrats can stop Trump from stealing the midterms“ by David Walbert.
Article: “Alexis de Tocqueville“ by Wikipedia.
Quote: “Some men see things as they are and say “Why?” I dream things that never were and say, “Why not?”“ - Robert Kennedy.
Quote: “In this age, in this country, public sentiment is everything. With it, nothing can fail; against it, nothing can succeed. Whoever molds public sentiment goes deeper than he who enacts statutes, or pronounces judicial decisions.“ - Abraham Lincoln.
Article: “A Day In The Life Of Joe Middle-Class Republican“ by John Gray.
Article: “President Donald Trump headlines rally at University of South Alabama (Live coverage)“ by Thomas Boni.
Article: “Tuberville ‘constitutionally ineligible’ to be Alabama’s governor, court filing claims“ by Anna Barrett, Alabama Reflector.
Article: “2026 Alabama Governor - Tuberville vs. Jones“ by Real Clear Polling.
Article: “Heavy rain expected in Alabama this weekend: Here’s how much you could get“ by Leigh Morgan.
Article: “Tommy Tuberville ends blockade of 400 military promotions“ by Cameron Joseph and agency.
Article: “Tuberville pledges effort to lower, eliminate I-10 Mobile River Bridge tolls“ by Erica Thomas.
Article: “Senator Tuberville Again Raises Alarm About ‘Club’ of Pilot Furries: ‘Follow the Information’“ by Kathryn Wilkens.
Article: “Senator-elect Tommy Tuberville flubs basics of the Constitution, World War II and the 2000 election.“ by Catie Edmondson.