Sue's Daily Stack, The Thom Hartmann Program 06/05/26

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Friday’s Daily Stack

Hour One: Trump’s Masked Goons are a Criminal’s Dream
Article: “Trump’s Masked Goons are a Criminal’s Dream“ by Thom Hartmann.
Article: “Anti-Mask Laws“ by Robert A. Kahn.
Site: “The Hartmann Report“.
Article: “Is ICE Today’s Klan?“ by Thom Hartmann.
Site: “Find Your Legislators“.
Article: “Governor Newsom Signs Senator Wiener’s Ban on Extreme Masking by ICE & Other Law Enforcement“ (No Secret Police Act SB 627) by Scott Wiener.
Site: “Vote.org“.
Article: “Philadelphia City Council passes landmark ‘ICE Out’ legislation“ by Emily Neil.
Article: “America’s Mask Bans in the Age of Face Recognition Surveillance“ by Jay Stanley.
Article: “Fake ICE agents are terrorizing immigrants“ by Oliver Willis.
Article: “Press Gangs“ by Alistair Lee.
Article: “Masked police raid Russian tycoon’s bank“ by MSNBC.
Article: “Fake ICE agents terrorize immigrants amid Trump’s crackdown“ by Anagilmara Vílchez and Ronny Rojas.
Article: “Portland approves policy to bar law enforcement from wearing masks“ by Alex Zielinski.
Law: “Article VI, Clause 2: Supremacy Clause“. “This Constitution, and the Laws of the United States which shall be made in Pursuance thereof; and all Treaties made, or which shall be made, under the Authority of the United States, shall be the supreme Law of the Land; and the Judges in every State shall be bound thereby, any Thing in the Constitution or Laws of any State to the Contrary notwithstanding“.
Movie: “Mississippi Burning“.
Article: “Mississippi civil rights workers’ murders“ by Wikipedia.
Law: “4th Amendment“. “The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.“.

Case: “Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission“ (2010).
Article: “The $35 Million Primary“ by Mike Sertic.
Article: “The rise of a hardline four-star general tipped to be the next Army chief“ (Christopher LaNeve) by Dan Lyon, Lara Seligman.
Article: “Military dictatorship of Chile“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “More overnight military training exercises — this time in Long Beach, City of Industry“ by City News Service.

Platner: Is He a Story Of Redemption and Much Needed - Or a Problem for Dems?
Article: “Van Jones Calls Graham Platner a ‘Moment of Truth’ for Dems: ‘Do You Want to Sign Off on the Donald Trump Standard?’“ by Isaac Schorr.
Article: “The real Platner and Paxton scandal everyone is missing“ by SemDem.
Article: “Anthony Weiner“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Eric Swalwell“ by Wikipedia.

Is Blackstone The Next Lehman Brothers?
Article: “Blackstone restricts flagship fund withdrawals as private asset fears reemerge“ by Hugh Leask.
Article: “Lehman Brothers“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “A desperate plea - then race for a deal before ‘sucker goes down’“ (Hank Paulson, treasury secretary) by Suzanne Goldenberg.

Movie: “Dr. Strangelove“.
Article: “Mount Wilson (California)“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “2016 Turkish coup d’état attempt“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “2026 United States intervention in Venezuela“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “What Does Section 224 of the 2027 NDAA Actually Mean When It Talks About Integrating the U.S. and Israeli Militaries?“ by Kareem Ahmed.
Article: “Democrat, Republican lawmakers team up against US-Israel military tech synergy“ (Khanna, Massie) by Grace Gilson.
Article: “The Silence That Meets the Rape of Palestinians“ by Nicholas Kristof.
Article: “Israel is extending its footprint through war. For some, it’s part of a greater plan“ by Daniel Estrin.
Article: “‘We Are the Owners of Temple Mount’: Israel’s Far-right Ben-Gvir Visits Al-Aqsa Compound“ by Josh Breiner.
Article: “Temple Mount“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “West Bank“ by Wikipedia.
Site: Haaretz.
Article: “Could Derek Chauvin be pardoned? Conservative commentator launches effort to petition Trump“ by Chelsea Bailey.
Article: “Minnesota GOP convention has moment of silence for Derek Chauvin“ by Darrell Lucus.
Article: “Colorado elections clerk Tina Peters released from prison after sentence commuted“ by AP.
Article: “McCarthyism / The “Red Scare”“ by Eisenhower Presidential Library.
Article: “Roy Cohn“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Roy Cohn Condemned the Rosenbergs as Soviet Spies. Their Granddaughter Just Made a Film About Him.“ by Gabrielle Bruney.
Article: “Julius and Ethel Rosenberg“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Michael Cohen (lawyer)“ by Wikipedia.
Book: The Last American President: A Broken Man, a Corrupt Party, and a World on the Brink by Thom Hartmann.

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Hour Two: I’m An American Taxpayer, and I’m Sick of Killing People.
- John Pavlovitz, writer, pastor, and activist / latest book is “Worth Fighting For: Finding Courage & Compassion When Cruelty is Trending“ / PLUS, John’s new children’s book is arriving June 23rd, “HERE and NOW and SMALL and CLOSE“ / Substack: “The Beautiful Mess by John Pavlovitz“ @johnpavlovitz.bsky.social
Article: “I’m An American Taxpayer, and I’m Sick of Killing People.“ by John Pavlovitz.
Article: “The Johnson Amendment In 5 Questions And Answers“ by Tom Gjelten.
Article: “Hi. We’re the Republican Party, And We’re Pro-Life!“ by John Pavlovitz.

Article: “AT&T sues California over landline phone mandate“ by Matthew Keys.
Article: “Trump names controversial top housing official to be acting director of national intelligence“ by Zachary Cohen, Hannah Rabinowitz, Aileen Graef.
Law: “25th Amendment Section 4“ (presidential succession). “Whenever the Vice President and a majority of either the principal officers of the executive departments or of such other body as Congress may by law provide, transmit to the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives their written declaration that the President is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office, the Vice President shall immediately assume the powers and duties of the office as Acting President.“

Who’s Secretly Bankrolling The Attack On Black Voting Rights?
Article: “Exclusive: Secret donors pumped millions into groups behind gutting of Black voting rights“ by Alexandria Jacobson.
Law: “Louisiana V. Callais et al.“ (Louisiana gerrymandering).
Article: “Samuel Alito’s Voting Rights Act ruling cited misleading data from DoJ“ by Sam Levine, Will Craft and Andrew Witherspoon.
Article: “Cleta Mitchell“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Trump-Raffensperger phone call“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “America First Legal“ (Stephen Miller) by Wikipedia.

Why Is Trump Handing Coal Plants Your Tax Dollars?
Article: “Trump’s ‘disgusting and reprehensible’ wartime coal deal fuels outrage online“ by Bennito L. Kelty.
Law: “Defense Production Act of 1950“.

Article: “86 (term)“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “The Bizarre ‘Jewish Space Laser’ Conspiracy Theory About The 2018 California Wildfires Explained “ by Sakshi Sanjeevkumar.
Article: “Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner face backlash for ‘massive’ resort plans on remote Albanian island“ by Brooke Migdon.
Docudrama: “The Men Who Built America“.
Article: “J. P. Morgan“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Andrew Carnegie“ by Wikipedia.
Quote: “You Can’t Get Rich in Politics Unless You’re a Crook“ - attributed to Harry S. Truman.
Book: “The Fourth Turning“ by William Strauss, Neil Howe.
Book: “The Fourth Turning Is Here: What the seasons of history tell us about how and when this crisis will end“ by Neil Howe.
Article: “White House Plumbers“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Trump Is a Russian Asset. Why Won’t America Say It?“ by Craig Unger and Ben Cohen.
Article: “The facts behind Kirsten Gillibrand’s comments on Al Franken and sexual misconduct“ by Stefanie Pousoulides.
Article: “Nine Presidential Sex Scandals That Shook Up The White House“ by Kaleena Fraga.
Movie: “Pressure (2026 film)“.
Video: Graham Platner Holds a PACKED Town Hall in Biddeford, Maine.
Article: “Maine primary 2026: Graham Platner, governor’s race, US House battle on ballot“ (June 9) by Margie Cullen.
Article: “The Big Picture (American TV series)“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Firing Line Broadcasts“ by Hoover Institution.
Article: “A $100 Billion Wealth Migration Tilts US Economy’s Center of Gravity South“ by Michael Sasso and Alexandre Tanzi.

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Hour Three: Are You Ready For AI Worms That Learn And Take Over Everything?
Article: “Scientists just built a powerful AI computer worm that learns as it spreads“ by Jackie Flynn Mogensen.
Article: “DeepSeek“ (Chinese AI) by Wikipedia.
Article: “Throwback Attack: How The Bowman Avenue Dam Became The Target Of Iranian Hackers“ by gcohen.

Will Trump’s Ocean Cuts Leave The World Flying Blind?
Article: “Scientists warn Trump plan to axe US ocean monitoring system will leave world ‘flying blind’“ by Karen McVeigh.
Article: “Atlantic meridional overturning circulation (AMOC)“ (conveyor belt) by Wikipedia.
Article: “Coming El Niño will be the strongest ever recorded, new forecast predicts“ by Ben Turner.
Article: “Dismay as Trump officials to dismantle key ocean monitoring system“ by Maya Yang.

Article: “Housing Official Who Attacked Democrats Invokes a Disputed Family Legacy“ by Matthew Goldstein, Jessica Silver-Greenberg and Kailyn Rhone.
Article: “Tulsi Gabbard went down to Georgia — and no one in the Trump administration wants to take credit“ by Aaron Blake.
Article: “Killing of journalists in the Gaza war“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Why Embed?: Explaining the Bush Administration’s Decision to Embed Reporters in the 2003 Invasion of Iraq“ by Andrew P. Cortell, Robert M. Eisinger, and Scott L. Althaus.
Article: “Champagne Unit (Texas Air National Guard nickname)“ by Barry Popik.
Article: “George W. Bush military service controversy“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Jasmine Crockett“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Ken Martin“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Mayor Mamdani Unveils Website Tracking First 100 Days Achievements “ by NYC.
Article: “Ben Wikler“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “We Are All Scott Pelley“ by Thom Hartmann.
Article: “Al Franken accused of forcibly kissing, groping Leeann Tweeden“ by Dartunorro Clark.
Article: “The record divide between corporate profits and worker pay“ by Greg Ip.
Article: “In a world of Bari Weisses, be a Scott Pelley!“ by Dean Obeidallah.
Article: “Hungarian opposition ousts Viktor Orbán after 16 years in power“ by Ashifa Kassam and Flora Garamvolgyi.
Article: “Orange Revolution“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “People Power Revolution“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “1989 Tiananmen Square protests“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Russia Arrests Multiple People for Holding Up Blank Signs“ by Isabel van Brugen.
Article: “Corporate Donors to Trump’s White House Ballroom have Received $50 Billion in Government Contracts Since the East Wing was Demolished“ by Public Citizen.
Article: “Inductive vs. Deductive Reasoning: The Difference and How They Affect Your Well-Being“ by Cleveland Clinic.
Article: “Circular reasoning“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Andy Beshear Joins SiriusXM Podcast Network and Will Host Live Specials on SiriusXM Progress“ by SiriusXM Progress.
Site: OpenSecrets.org: Money in Politics -- See Who’s Giving & Who’s Getting.
Article: “Steve Beshear“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “J. B. Pritzker“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Gavin Newsom“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “The Landline Decline: Where Corded Phones Still Exist in 2026“ by Alan Lopez.
Law: “18 U.S. Code § 2511 - Interception and disclosure of wire, oral, or electronic communications prohibited“.
Article: “Tuberville submits income tax returns, expert says it’s not enough to prove residency“ by Anna Barrett.
Article: “Is the ‘Laura and Elon’ Video About COPD Authentic?“ by Factually.
Article: “Sam Elliott COPD Medication Scam: Fake Ads Cost Victims Hundreds—Here’s How to Protect Yourself“ by Carissa Mosness.
Article: “Scientists warn Earth warming faster than expected — due to reduction in ship pollution“ by Nicole Mortillaro.
Site: U.S. Sea Level Change.
Article: “White House in chaos as they reverse Trump plan to ‘eliminate’ FEMA before storms hit“ by Matthew Rozsa.