Sue's Daily Stack, The Thom Hartmann Program 07/16/26
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Thursday’s Daily Stack
Hour One: Trump is Following Putin’s “Dictator’s Checklist” and Tonight is the Next Step on the List
Article: “Trump is Following Putin’s “Dictator’s Checklist” and Tonight is the Next Step on the List“ by Thom Hartmann.
Article: “White House entrance undergoing ‘security enhancements and upgrades’“ by Michelle Stoddart and Molly Nagle.
Article: “FCC to repeal 39% TV ownership cap in boost for Trump-friendly news orgs“ by Jon Brodkin.
Article: “ICE’s Delayed Detention Data is Out, Two Record Highs: 70,000 People Detained, 40,000 on Ankle Monitors“ by Austin Kocher.
Article: “Remarks by President Biden on the Continued Battle for the Soul of the Nation
Article: “Putin and Trump held ‘businesslike’ 90-minute July 4 call, Moscow says“ by Jul 5, 2026.
Article: “Rubio vows to ‘dismantle’ International Criminal Court“ by Jennifer Hansler.
Article: “Can the State Department Make Europe Great Again?“ by Sam Skove.
Article: “The Oligarch’s Warning: This Fall, America Decides Which of Russia’s Four Futures to Follow“ by Thom Hartmann.
Article: “Thought Crimes: The Knock on the Door Has Arrived“ by Thom Hartmann.
Article: “Russian National Guard (Rosgvardia) Demonstrates New Capabilities in First-Ever Strategic Exercise“ by Catherine Hodgson, Will Baumgardner, and Mason Clark.
Article: “5% of People Detained By ICE Have Violent Convictions, 73% No Convictions“ by David J. Bier.
Article: “Trump pardon recipients face congressional investigation over “pay-to-play” questions“ by Gabe Kaminsky.
Article: “Trump says Thursday address will focus on ‘free and fair elections’“ by Kevin Liptak, Sean Lyngaas.
Article: “Johnson Says Pentagon Needs More Money for ‘Fighting Communism on Our Own Shores’“ by Stephen Prager.
Article: “Congress members look to preserve public access to Lafayette Square“ by Mariel Carbone.
Article: “ICE Detention Expands Dramatically; 70,000 Immigrants Now Jailed, Deaths Increase“ by Democracy Now!
Article: “Here Are The Big-Time Donors And Business Allies Trump’s Pardoned“ by Alison Durkee.
Article: “Mike Johnson clashes with ABC host on ‘No Kings’ protests, Pentagon press policy“ by Hanna Panreck.
Article: “US government to fund Maga-aligned think-tanks and charities in Europe“ by FT.
Article: “AOC calls for TV networks not to air Trump’s Thursday primetime address on election security“ by Brendan Rascius.
Article: “National Guard told to create ‘quick reaction forces’ for civil unrest“ by Konstantin Toropin.
Article: “Trump will speak on elections in Thursday primetime address“ by AP.
Article: “Should networks air Trump’s national address live?“ by Tom Jones.
Article: “State Department Launches Campaign to Dismantle International Criminal Court’s Threat to American Sovereignty“ by Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
Article: “As Biden warned about democracy’s collapse, TV networks aired reruns“ by Paul Farhi.
Article: “NSPM-7“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Making a Killing: Who Profits From Trump’s Foreign Policy? Trump and His Inner Circle.“ by Desirée Cormier Smith and Kelly Fay Rodríguez.
Article: “Pentagon Blocking Ukraine Long-Range Missile Strikes on Russia: Report“ by Ellie Cook.
Article: “‘We Use Our Own Long-Range Weapons:’ Zelensky Says Kyiv Strikes Russia Without US Coordination“ by Alisa Orlova.
Article: “Blanche’s Nomination for Attorney General Faces Hurdle After Rocky Hearing“ by Michael Gold.
FCC Commissioners Took Lavish Gifts From the Company They Regulate and Who Gets to Own Your Local News? Who Gets to Own Your Local News?
Article: “FCC Officials Took Pricey Gifts From Paramount as the Company Needed Approval for Billion-Dollar Deals“ by Corey G. Johnson.
Article: “FCC Moves to End Cap on National Broadcast Ownership“ by Brian Steinberg.
Is the Pentagon’s New Weapon...Testosterone?
Article: “Pete Hegseth Drops New Video Promising ‘Testosterone Replacement Therapy’ For US Soldiers“ by Sean James.
Article: “‘Literally Gender Affirming Care’: Hegseth Mocked for Plan to Offer US Soldiers Testosterone“ by Brad Reed.
Article: “TV Networks Humiliate Trump Over His Address to the Nation“ by Annabella Rosciglione.
Article: “Remarks by President Biden on the Continued Battle for the Soul of the Nation
Article: “FBI search warrant says ‘crystal-like substance’ found in Lorenzo Salgado Araujo’s work van after fatal ICE shooting“ by Brittany Taylor.
Article: ““We Killed That Lesbian B*tch”: ICE Uses Renee Good’s Death as Threat“ by Edith Olmsted.
Article: “Real videos show confrontation between Alex Pretti and federal officers days before his death“ by Laerke Christensen .
Article: ““Vote Her Out”: After Maine ICE Shooting, Sen. Collins Under Fire for Deciding Vote on ICE Funding“ by Democracy Now!
Article: “Reconstruction era“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Ku Klux Klan in the Reconstruction Era“ by Jonathan M. Bryant.
Article: “Crispus Attucks“ (first person killed in the Boston massacre / American Revolution) by Wikipedia.
Article: “In New Report, Sen. Schiff Exposes Over $140 Million Dedicated to ICE and CBP’s Deadly Arsenal of Weapons and Munitions Since Start of Second Trump Administration“ by Adam Schiff.
Article: “National Guard in Each State Is Ordered to Create ‘Quick Reaction Forces’ Trained in Civil Unrest“ by Konstantin Toropin.
Article: “Pardon of Richard Nixon“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “The Nuremberg Trials“ by United States Holocaust Museum Holocaust Encyclopedia
Article: “Truth and Reconciliation Commission (South Africa)“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Colorado elections clerk Tina Peters released from prison after sentence commuted“ by AP.
Article: “Crimes with no statute of limitations“ by FreeNetLaw.
Article: “Hormuz closure pressures global oil reserves and food supplies“ by Paul Hodges.
Article: “Ukraine Hits All 11 of Russia’s Largest Oil Refineries in Long-Range Drone Campaign “ by Illia Kabachynskyi.
Video: Director of National Intelligence Nominee Jay Clayton Testifies at Confirmation Hearing 15 July 2026.
Video: Sen. Ossoff Grills DNI Nominee Clayton on 2020 Fulton County Election Investigation: “What Is Going On Here?”.
Article: “Will Trump address voter ID laws in Thursday speech? What to know about SAVE Act status“ by Maria Francis.
Case: “Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. v. Sawyer“ (The President did not have the inherent authority to seize private property in the absence of either specifically enumerated authority under Article Two of the Constitution or statutory authority conferred on him by Congress) (1952).
Hour Two: Ukraine update
- Phil Ittner, Veteran War Correspondent based in Kiev, Ukraine & host of the ‘On the Edge‘ podcast @ittnerphilip.bsky.social Youtube Instagram
Article: “Protests in Ukrainian cities against Zelensky’s removal of defence minister“ by Laura Gozzi, Anastasiia Levchenko, Sarah Rainsford.
Article: “Zelenskyy replaces Ukraine’s top general in shake-up of military leadership“ by Yuliya Talmazan.
Article: “Oleksandr Syrskyi“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Russia Redeploys Air Defense From Arctic Circle to Fend Off Ukrainian Drones“ by Kyiv Post.
Article: “Understanding Russia’s Black Sea strategy“ by Natalie Sabanadze, Galip Dalay.
Video: How Putin walked right into Ukraine’s Crimea trap | War Files.
Article: “Putin Launched This War to Seize Kyiv and Remake Ukraine: Look at What He’s Actually Fighting for Now and the Story Has Flipped“ by Jack Buckby.
Article: “Nicholas II“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Mykhailo Fedorov“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Kremlin has no immediate prospect of resuming peace talks with Ukraine“ by Dmitry Antono and Mark Trevelyan.
Article: “Ukraine targets Moscow with 200 drones in large-scale attack, mayor says“ by David Brennan.
Article: “Tang dynasty“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Medvedev–Putin tandemocracy“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “WA congressman calls for Trump’s removal over Strait of Hormuz takeover“ by Joseph O’Sullivan.
Is Trump’s Inner Circle Cashing In on the Iran War?
Article: “Iran Sent Message to JD Vance Warning that Kushner and Witkoff Were “Abusing” Their Inside Access to Negotiations“ by Jeremy Scahill and Ryan Grim.
Is Cuba Next on the War Menu?
Article: “Senior defense officials looking at Cuba military options“ by James LaPorta, Margaret Brennan, Jennifer Jacobs, Eleanor Watson.
Article: “How The Black Death Spurred the Renaissance“ by Rob Shapiro.
Article: “Stephen Miller Uses Textbook Definition of Immigration to Call for “Massive” Deportations“ by Tori Otten.
Article: “Riding the Bomb“ by tv tropes.
Article: “Trump says US ‘may take over Kharg Island’: Here’s what you need to know“ by Al Jazeera Staff and AP.
Article: “Rope-a-dope“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Brer Rabbit and the Tar Baby“ by S.E. Schlosser.
Article: “TRUMP LOST. Vote Suppression Won.“ by Greg Palast.
Article: “Mowing the grass“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Oil companies are making billions. In the U.S., calls to tax their windfall are growing“ by Julia Simon.
Article: “Crude oil export ban“ by Ballotpedia.
Article: “How Big Is Iran? Bigger Than Texas, California, and Montana Combined“ by Lena Thaywick.
Article: “Grover Norquist“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “AIPAC“ by Wikipedia.
Hour Three: Feed people Trump hates and go to prison
Article: “The Crime of Compassion: What the Arrest of Fergie Chambers Tells Us About Where We Are Now“ by Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez.
Article: “NSPM-7“ by Wikipedia.
Big Lie Alert. Did American Missiles Kill 120 Children? Trump Says Maybe It’s AI...
Article: “Trump Suggests Images of Iran School Bombing Were ‘AI-Generated’ — Doesn’t Commit to Releasing Results of Investigation“ by Ahmad Austin Jr..
Article: “House vote to end Israel aid divides Democrats, with 103 voting to cut off funding“ by Caitlin Yilek.
Article: “Marie Gluesenkamp Perez“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Washington’s 3rd Congressional District“ by Ballotpedia (primary August 4).
Article: “New poll shows why SW Washington’s House race is drawing national attention“ by Betsy Hammond. “U.S. Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, left, is being challenged by Washington Senate Republican Leader John Braun. A recent poll found they are tied heading toward their Aug. 4 primary contest.“.
Article: “Antonio López de Santa Anna“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Mexican–American War“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Juneteenth“ (June 19) by Wikipedia.
Article: “Pete Hegseth’s Bench Press Video Sparks Debate Over His Form“ by Evolve Editors.
Article: “Testosterone“ by Wikipedia.
Quote: “When the accumulation of wealth is no longer of high social importance, there will be great changes in the code of morals. We shall be able to rid ourselves of many of the pseudo-moral principles which have hag-ridden us for two hundred years, by which we have exalted some of the most distasteful of human qualities into the position of the highest virtues. We shall be able to afford to dare to assess the money-motive at its true value. The love of money as a possession — as distinguished from the love of money as a means to the enjoyment and realities of life — will be recognized for what it is, a somewhat disgusting morbidity, one of those semi-criminal, semi-pathological propensities which one hands over with a shudder to the specialists in mental disease.“ - John Maynard Keynes.
Article: “New Deal“ (1933 - 1939, FDR) by Wikipedia.
Book: The Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith.
Article: “An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations“ by Adam Smith (free).
Book: The Theory of Moral Sentiments by Adam Smith.
Article: “The Theory of Moral Sentiments“ by Adam Smith (free).
Article: “Iron law of wages“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Just How Long Is A Trillion Seconds?“ by Dorothy C. Morrell.
Article: “GOP Admins Had 38 Times More Criminal Convictions Than Democrats, 1961-2016“ by Rand Engel.
Article: “Fergie Chambers“ by Wikipedia.
Documentary: All About the Money (2026 film).
Case: “Trump v. US“ (immunity).ng to Make It Easier to Kill Imperiled Grizzly Bears,’ Critics Warn“ by Jake Johnson.
Article: “Pardon of January 6 United States Capitol attack defendants“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Mike Pence says Trump’s $1.8B ‘slush fund’ for allies, including J6-ers who shouted to hang him, is ‘deeply offensive’“ by Ariana Baio.
Article: “Slave patrol“ by Wikipedia.
Site: Your Health with Dr. Richard and Cindy Becker.
Video: Are Anti-Depressants a Mass Murder Pill? - Thom Hartmann, Dr. Peter Breggin.
Article: “SSRIs Do Not Contribute to Violence “ by Charles Hebert M.D.
Article: “Unpacking Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s ideas about antidepressants and violence “ by Kristen Rogers.
Book: Grant by Ron Chernow.
Book: The Complete Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant by Ulysses S. Grant.