Sue's Daily Stack, The Thom Hartmann Program 01/14/26

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Wednesday’s Daily Stack

Hour One: At What Point Do We Admit This Isn’t Immigration Enforcement, But Racial Enforcement?
Article: “At What Point Do We Admit This Isn’t Immigration Enforcement, But Racial Enforcement?“ by Thom Hartmann.
Article: “ICE Isn’t Recruiting Cops for Law Enforcement. They’re Collecting Violent Proud Boys, Oath Keepers, J6rs, To Carry Out an “Ethnic Cleansing” of Trump’s America“ by Dean Blundell.
Article: “Will we recognize fascism?“ by Mary Elizabeth Hess.
Article: ““We’ll Have Our Home Again”: The Trump Administration is Going Full White Nationalist“ by Rachel “The Doc” Bitecofer.
Article: “Trump Jr.’s speech to face instant social media scrutiny“ by Sid Salter.
Article: “‘This is on him!’ Disbelief as Joe Rogan blasts ‘Gestapo’ ICE after endorsing Trump“ by Robert Davis.
Article: “‘Who is hiding behind these masks?’ Alarm raised that ICE hires Jan 6 attackers“ by Julia Conley.
Site: Salem International.
Article: “Why the Ku Klux Klan Flourished Under Prohibition“ by Kat Eschner.
Article: “Homeland Security deploys white nationalist, anti-immigrant graphics to recruit“ by Caleb Kieffer, R.G. Cravens.
Article: “Democrats warm to making ICE funding a line in the sand: ‘Operating outside the law’“ by Eric Garcia.
Article: “Aug. 3, 1980: Reagan Gives “State’s Rights” Speech at Neshoba County Fair“ by Zinn Education Project.
Tweet: “NOEM USES STRAIGHT UP NAZI WORDS
The Podium Noem is using has a new motto for her: “One of Ours. All of yours”.
This is the order to kill all the people in the village of Lidice in Czech Republic when the sadist SS General Heydrich was ambushed and killed by the British SOE. THEY ORDERED 173 MEN MASSACRED. ALL WOMAN AND CHILDREN SENT TO AUSCHWITZ! WITH THESE WORDS.“ by Malcolm Nance.

Article: “The Camp of the Saints“ by Wikipedia.
Book: “Mein Kampf“ by Adolf Hitler.
Article: “Supreme Court rules House Republican can challenge mail ballot deadline“ by Ella Lee.
Article: “USPS says mail-in ballots might not get postmark on same day they’re dropped off“ by Jonathan Shorman.
Law: “13th Amendment“, December 6, 1865. “Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.“
Article: “Trump gave a Ford plant worker the finger. The White House says it was appropriate“ by Thomson Reuters.

ICE just intentionally blinded a protester and smashed the window and dragged her out of the car while she was trying to get to her doctor.
Article: “Anti-ICE protester blinded by federal agent during demonstration in Santa Ana, family says“ by Ruben Vives and Itzel Luna.
Article: “Protester permanently blinded after DHS agent fires nonlethal round at close range“ by Stephen Prager.
Article: “ICE Violently Arrests Woman Trying to Pass Them to Get to the Doctor“ by Malcolm Ferguson.

Are congressional Democrats preparing to sell out America and fund ICE?
Article: “Washington Democrats Prepared to Capitulate on ICE Funding“ by crispycreme.
Article: “Progressive Caucus Vows to ‘Oppose All Funding’ for ICE Without ‘Systematic Reforms’“ by Jake Johnson.

Video: ‘TIME FOR PEACE IS OVER’: Man’s CHILLING Warning For ICE Now That They’ve Gone Too Far - Kyle Kulinski.
Article: “Horst Wessel“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Journalist Tests ICE Recruitment; Surprised to Find Herself Hired with No Background Check“ by Democracy Now!.
Article: “Read Trump’s Jan. 6 Speech, A Key Part Of Impeachment Trial“ by Brian Naylor.
Article: “FBI raids home of Washington Post reporter in ‘highly unusual and aggressive’ move“ by Richard Luscombe and Jeremy Barr.
Video: Minneapolis Mayor Frey: Can our police arrest ICE? Yes, but “They drastically outnumber us and have bigger guns”.
Article: “Solidarity (Polish trade union)“ by Wikipediav.
Article: “Winging It: The Battle Between Reagan and PATCO“ by Chris Lehmann.
Quote: “History Does Not Repeat Itself, But It Rhymes“ - attributed to Mark Twain.

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Hour Two: How New Venezuela President Will Save Us from Trump’s Crazy
- Greg Palast, Investigative reporter-Guardian & New York Times / he covered Venezuela for BBC Television and The Guardian. He knows the Acting President of Venezuela, Delcy Rodriguez, quite well, and knew the President who was kidnapped. You can read Palast’s reports at GregPalast.com where you can also download for free Palast’s half-hour documentary, The Assassination of Hugo Chavez.”“ @gregpalast.bsky.social Substack
Article: “How New Venezuela President Will Save Us from Trump’s Crazy“ by Greg Palast and Thom Hartmann.
Article: “Trump asks why US oil companies left Venezuela, CEO cites 2019 sanctions“ by MC World Desk.
Article: “Delcy Rodríguez“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Trump touts himself as ‘Acting President of Venezuela’ on social media“ by Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy.
Article: “Paul Singer (businessman)“ by Wikipedia.
Executive Order: “Safeguarding Venezuelan Oil Revenue For The Good Of The American And Venezuelan People“ by Donald J. Trump.
Article: “Did Florida Senator Marco Rubio Lie About His Life Story?“ by RATB.
How Trump’s capture of Maduro can be traced to Marco Rubio’s boyhood front porch “ by Steve Contorno.
Article: “Trump plans to use Venezuela’s huge crude reserves ‘to cut US oil price to $50 a barrel’“ by Jillian Ambrose.
Article: “Trump wants oil prices to hit $50 a barrel. The math doesn’t work for the US oil industry.“ by Jake Conley.

Article: “Union backs Ford worker who traded insults with Trump during Michigan plant visit“ by Louis Casiano.
Article: “Trump’s middle finger to auto worker perfectly sums up his presidency“ by Emily Singer.

Bill & Hillary Clinton tell Comer Fudd to go screw himself
Article: “Full Letter: Clintons Refuse to Testify Before GOP Congress on Epstein Behind Closed Doors“ by Krassenstein.

Video: Southern Man - Neil Young.
Article: “Minnesota ICE shooting raises chances for partial government shutdown“ by Al Weaver and Mike Lillis.
Article: “Fact-checking Sen. Mark Warner that Trump shortened ICE agent training to 47 days “ by Madison Czopek, Maria Ramirez Uribe.
Article: “Romney’s Bain Capital Buys Clear Channel Communications“ by The LRC Blog.
Article: “Tom Steyer — you want Trump out? Buy Clear Channel“ by Thom Hartmann.

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Hour Three: The Trump regime is now demanding that the University of Pennsylvania turn over a list of all the Jews who work there. Seriously.
Article: “UPenn faculty condemn Trump administration’s demand for ‘lists of Jews’“ by BumRushDaShow.

Article: “The Fed Is Quietly Bailing Out Wall Street“ by Luke Goldstein, Freddy Brewster.

The world is rapidly approaching the long-term temperature limit set by the Paris agreement - we are now bound to pass it. The consequence isn’t a single “climate cliff,” but a rapid ratcheting up of risks that compound each other.
Article: “2025 was the third hottest year on record“ by Copernicus.
Article: “The Paris Agreement“ by UNCCC.
Article: “How climate change is driving hunger in Guatemala“ by Trócaire.
Article: “Scientists mapped what happens if a crucial system of ocean currents collapses. The weather impact would be extreme“ by Laura Paddison.
Article: “How Trump’s Budget Bill is Slashing Green Energy Incentives“ by Chloe Williment.
Article: “Ford’s biggest EV write-down kills its flagship truck line“ by Kade Winslow.
Article: “Trump’s $1bn pitch to oil bosses ‘the definition of corruption’, top Democrat says“ by Peter Stone.
Article: “Sweden’s largest solar park inaugurated by Axfood and Alight“ by Reidar Molthe.
Article: “Ocasio-Cortez Explains How ‘You Get Screwed Over’ To Pay For ICE ‘Shooting Mothers In The Face’“ by Elyse Wanshel.
Article: “The Sturmabteilung: Hitler’s Unofficial Army Of Thugs“ (brownshirts) by Gina Dimuro.
Article: “Did Obama deport more people than Trump? What to know as Trump calls for more ICE arrests“ by Kinsey Crowley.
Article: “M. Gessen“ by Wikipedia.
Book: A Resistance History of the United States by Tad Stoermer.
Article: “Timothy Snyder“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Three prominent Yale professors depart for Canadian university, citing Trump fears“ by Ariela Lopez & Yolanda Wang.
Article: “A Department of Homeland Security video featuring Gregory Bovino in a long trench coat drew Nazi comparisons from Gavin Newsom, among others.“ by The Daily Beast.
Article: “Six prosecutors quit over push to investigate Renee Good’s widow“ by Lindsey Granger.
Article: “Jack Smith investigation into January 6 obtained phone records of GOP lawmakers, Republicans say“ by Evan Perez, Holmes Lybrand.
Article: “Photos put Tuberville in Trump’s hotel on Jan. 5 despite denying meeting“ by Eddie Burkhalter.
Article: “Jack Smith to testify publicly before House panel as soon as this month“ by Jaala Brown.
Article: “Methane Hydrates and Contemporary Climate Change“ by Carolyn D. Ruppel.
Article: “Permian-Triassic extinction event“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “ICE data breach hits 4,500 Border Patrol and ICE staff as names and numbers leak“ by Daniel Joshua Flores.
Article: “Why is Columbia University paying a $200 million fine? Here’s what they did wrong according to Trump“ by Seneca Cabrera.
Article: “Law firm Paul Weiss defends deal with Trump as lawyers sound alarm“ by Mike Scarcella, Sara Merken and Karen Sloan.
Article: “Democratic Socialists of America“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Fusion voting, explained“ by Protect Democracy.
Book: On Liberty by John Stuart Mill.
Site: Daily Song.
Book: “They Thought They Were Free“ by Milton Mayer. “First they came for the ... What happened here was the gradual habituation of the people, little by little, to being governed by surprise...“