Sue's Daily Stack, The Thom Hartmann Program 07/17/26

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Friday’s Daily Stack

Hour One: Now We Know - The Road to Emergency Rule
Article: “Now We Know the Road to Emergency Rule“ by Thom Hartmann.
Article: “Thought Crimes: The Knock on the Door Has Arrived“ by Thom Hartmann.
Article: “NSPM-7“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “1967 March on the Pentagon“ by Wikipedia.

Article: “JUST IN: Mullin Threatens ‘Prison Time’ For State Officials Not Cooperating With Trump Admin on Elections“ by Jennifer Bowers Bahney.
Article: “Mesquite tree“ by Wikipedia.
Law: “Hatch Act of 1887“ ( agricultural experiment stations).

Trump Declassified The Proof That Putin Was Helping Him All Along
Article: “BREAKING HIS OWN CASE: Trump’s “Election Fraud Proof” Shows Russia Worked to Ensure HIS Victory In The Most Humiliating Night In America’s 250 Year History. My God. “ by Dean Blundell.
Article: “Document Declassified by Trump Reveals Russia Tried To Help Him Win the 2020 Election“ by Michael Luciano.

Did Mitch McConnell die and there is a massive cover-up?
Article: “In interview, Beshear says he received calls about McConnell ‘suggesting he’s passed’“ by Leo Bertucci.
Article: “Mitch McConnell Shares Very Normal Proof of Life Photo“ by Margaret Hartmann.

Karen Hunter, The Karen Hunter Show on SiriusXM Urban View (3-6pm ET daily) Post: “After a full recovery, McConnell is just spending a weekend at Bernie’s. [picture]” by Adventurism Time.
Article: “Assassination of James A. Garfield“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “L’Enfant Plan“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Meet the Black Architect Who Helped Design Washington, DC“ (Benjamin Banneker) by Black History.
Article: “Benjamin Banneker“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Pinkster“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “New York City draft riots“ (1863) by Wikipedia.
Article: “What is Moore’s Law?“ by Max Roser, Hannah Ritchie, and Edouard Mathieu.
Article: “CATL Unveils 3 EV Batteries for Longer Range and Fast Charging“ by Jake Hertz.
Article: “2020 United States Senate election in Maine“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “United Church of Chris“ by Wikipedia.
Video: 20th Anniversary - Original UCC “Bouncer” Ad.
Article: “Trump fires top US military officers - including America’s most senior commander“ by Sky News.
Video: Trump’s speech was about ‘setting the stage’ to reject midterm election results: Top Intel Cmte. Dem (Jim Himes).

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Hour Two: Fired For Refusing To Break The Law At Trump’s Treasury
Article: “Treasury Official Fired After He Reportedly Warned White House Might Be Violating Law“ by Michael Luciano.
Article: “5 Things to Know About the President Whose Portrait Donald Trump Chose for the Oval Office“ (Andrew Jackson)by Olivia B. Waxman.
Article: “Trump administration axes plan to put Harriet Tubman on $20 bill: Bessent“ by David Zimmermann.

Trump’s Border Czar Threatens America With More Bloodshed
Article: “Border czar warns there will be more ‘bloodshed’ unless Democrats ‘shut their mouths’“ (Tom Homan) by Rachel Dobkin .
Article: “2028 Dem hopefuls torched over webinars teaching illegal immigrants how to ‘defy’ ICE“ by Peter Pinedo.

Article: “Mission Accomplished speech“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Chief, National Guard Bureau“ by National Guard Bureau. “Gen. Steven S. Nordhaus serves as the 30th Chief of the National Guard Bureau and as a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.”
Article: “Inferno (Dante)“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Pentagon orders ‘quick reaction force’ of 500 troops per state: Reports “ by Ellen Mitchell.
Article: “Is General Dan “Raizin” Caine the Quiet War Criminal?“ by Steven Dundas.
Video: “‘It Was a Mistake,’ Milley Says of Participating in Trump Photo Op“ by New York Times.
Bible: “‘For I was hungry, and you gave Me something to eat; I was thirsty, and you gave Me something to drink; I was a stranger, and you invited Me in; naked, and you clothed Me; I was sick, and you visited Me; I was in prison, and you came to Me.’“ - Matthew 25:35.
Article: “Jungle Hammocks“ by Hennessy Hammock.
Article: “Communism“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “socialism“ by Marriam-Webster.
Article: “Capitalism“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Sirhan Sirhan“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Assassination of Robert F. Kennedy“ by Wikipedia.
Book: The Hidden History of the JFK Assassination by Lamar Waldron.
Video: Downing a Duck! A story of Manipulation at its finest..
Article: “Rush Limbaugh“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Powell Memorandum: Attack On American Free Enterprise System“ by Lewis F. Powell, Jr.
Book: Ages of Discord: A Structural-Demographic Analysis of American History by Peter Turchin.
Article: “The End Times: Elites, Counter-Elites and the Path of Political Disintegration“ by Peter Turchin.
Video: “This is Treason!” Lyndon Johnson Everett Dirksen Phone Call November 2 1968.
Article: “Committing Treason To Win The Presidency: How Richard Nixon And Henry Kissinger Prolonged The Vietnam War“ by Richard Stockton.
Article: “Understanding the Iran-Contra Affairs“ (1981 - 1986) by Brown University.
Article: “How Jeb Bush Stole the 2000 Election for His Brother“ by Greg Palast.
Article: “Trump accidentally fingers Putin in election dump“ by Leigh Kimmins.
Article: “TRUMP LOST. Vote Suppression Won.“ by Greg Palast.
Article: “Conservatives unite around SAVE America Act after Trump declassifies ‘shocking’ election intel“ by Leo Briceno.
Tweet: “Michiganders shouldn’t have to breathe Canada’s negligence. YEAR AFTER YEAR the smoke crosses the border while Canada does nothing. Stop exporting your smoke into our skies. Enough is enough!“ by Chairwoman Lisa McClain.
Article: “Lisa McClain Warned Canada to ‘Stop Exporting Smoke.’ Then Came the Backlash.“ by Tracey Johnson.
Article: “What Trump’s newly declassified documents do – and don’t – say about threats to US elections “ by Marshall Cohen, Kevin Liptak.
Article: “Burn bag“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Four Things to Know about Noncitizen Voting“ by Wren Orey, Theresa Cardinal Brown, Feyisayo Oyolola, Theo Menon.

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Hour Three: Why Did ABC, NBC, And CNN Refuse To Air Trump’s Speech?
Article: “Trump threatens to revoke licenses of US networks for not carrying primetime speech“ by Helen Coster.

Book: Confessions of an Economic Hit Man by John Perkins.
Book: The New Confessions of an Economic Hit Man by John Perkins.
Book: The Art of the Steal: Trump and the Economic Hit Man Presidency by John Perkins.
Article: “John Perkins“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation“ (School of the Americas) by Wikipedia.
Article: “A record-shattering $37M was spent on Kentucky’s Massie-Gallrein race. Here’s who funded it“ by Joe Sonka.
Article: “Justices strike down campaign finance law“ by Amy Howe.
Case: “Snyder v. United States“.
Article: “‘This Is Oligarchy’: Nearly 100 Billionaires Are Funding Susan Collins’ Reelection Bid “ by Jake Johnson.

Article: “Operation Wetback“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Mexican Repatriation“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Truth Social Parent to Sell Faster Access to Trump’s Posts“ by Rebecca F. Elliott.
Article: “Late Night Is Amused by Alleged White House Teleprompter Grift“ by Trish Bendix.
Article: “ICE Taps into Nationwide AI-Enabled Camera Network, Data Shows“ by Jason Koebler, Joseph Cox.
Article: “Fury as Amazon Ring Cameras Are Hooked Up to ICE System“ by Joe Wilkins.
Substack: “LookingNWords“ by Rohn Kenyatta.
Article: “The Pied Piper: President Smitty’s National Address and The Battle of Los Angeles“ by Rohn Kenyatta.
Bible: “Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me.“ - Psalm 23:4.
Article: “2025 Trump–Zelenskyy Oval Office meeting“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “New Fed chair Kevin Warsh recently said 36 words that could forever change the Fed’s relationship with the stock market“ by Bram Berkowitz.
Article: “Trump team seeks global help targeting left-wing ‘political terrorists’“ by Josh Meyer.
Article: “Black bloc“ by Wikipedia.

Who Did ICE Hand A Gun And A Badge To - Who then Killed Joan Sebastian Guerrero?
Article: “ICE Agent Who Killed Maine Man Reportedly Has History of Violent Behavior: ‘You Should Have Your F***ing Throats Cut’“ by Michael Luciano.