Sue's Daily Stack, The Thom Hartmann Program 05/11/26
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Monday’s Daily Stack
Hour One: They’re Coming for Our Voter Rolls: Millions Could Vanish Before Election Day
Article: “They’re Coming for Our Voter Rolls: Millions Could Vanish Before Election Day“ by Thom Hartmann.
Article: “What really happened in Florida? 16/2/01“ by Greg Palast.
Book: The Hidden History of the War on Voting: Who Stole Your Vote and How to Get It Back by Thom Hartmann.
Article: “How the 2000 Election in Florida Led to a New Wave of Voter Disenfranchisement“ by Ari Berman.
Case: “League of Women Voters of Tennessee v. Tre Hargett“.
Article: “They Told Us Elections Were Rigged. Now They’re Making Sure Your Vote Doesn’t Count.“ by Dissent in Bloom.
Excerpt: “A New War on the Vote: The Hidden History of the War on Voting“ by Thom Hartmann.
Article: “TRUMP LOST. Vote Suppression Won.“ by Greg Palast.
Article: “Kansas groups halt voter registration drives to avoid being jailed under new law“ by Sherman Smith.
Article: “Memorandum of Understanding“ by DoJ (Wisconsin voter list).
Case: “Husted v A Phillip Randolph Institute“.
Article: “Trump’s Calls for an “Army” of Poll Watchers Are Renewing Fears Of Voter Intimidation“ by W.J. Hennigan, Vera Bergengruen.
Tweet: “... IMPORTANT OHIO ALERT If you live in Cuyahoga or Summit county, you need to double-check your polling location ...“ by Christopher Webb.
Tweet: “The Ohio GOP is playing “You’re polling place has moved” with 47,000 voters in the largest African American voting county in Ohio—just five days before the election...“ by James Connor.
Article: “12 states have new voter ID laws. Ohio’s strict rules blocked 8,000 from voting“ by VoteRiders.
Article: “Voter Purge Rates Remain High, Analysis Finds“ by Kevin Morris.
Case: “League of Women Voters of Florida v. Browning“.
Article: “Purges: A Growing Threat to the Right to Vote“ by Kevin Morris, Myrna Perez, Jonathan Brater, Christopher Deluzio.
Article: “Trump and GOP test precedent with aggressive voter roll purges“ by Tierney Sneed.
Article: “Why Putin Won: Seven Reasons“ by Gordon M. Hahn.
Article: “SCOTUS used faulty racial voter turnout data to shred Voting Rights Act in recent ruling “ by Brentin Mock.
Article: “League of Women Voters threatens to sue Texas over cap on voter registration forms“ by Cayla Harris.
Article: “Trump promises ‘election integrity army’ in every state from Republicans for midterms“ by Zachary Leeman.
Article: “Map Shows States That Have Handed Over Voter Information to Trump Admin“ by Giulia Carbonaro and Aliss Higham.
Article: “Ohio GOP Changing Polling Locations Days Before Election Raises Questions/A>“ by Giulia Carbonaro.
Article: “Democrats Worry GOP Efforts To Recruit Poll Watchers May Lead To Voter Intimidation“ by Pam Fessler.
Article: “Trump, Putin talk about each other’s wars in Wednesday phone call“ by Gregory Svirnovskiy.
Article: “Samuel Alito’s Voting Rights Act ruling cited misleading data from DoJ“ by Sam Levine, Will Craft and Andrew Witherspoon.
Article: “Millions in India stripped of vote before critical state election, as government seeks to ‘purify’ electoral roll“ by Hannah Ellis-Petersen and Aakash Hassan.
Article: “Narendra Modi’s BJP wins election in West Bengal for the first time“ by Hannah Ellis-Petersen.
Operation Eagle Eye (United States)” (voter suppression, William Rehnquist) by Wikipedia.
Article: “Voter caging“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “How to get away with gerrymandering“ by David Daley.
Article: “Cleta Mitchell“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Trump’s leaked call costs his attorney her job: Top DC lawyer quits her firm after she was revealed to be secretly advising President on his bid to overturn Georgia election results“ (>Cleta Mitchel) by Megan Sheets.
Article: “Tom DeLay“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Contract with America“ by Wikipedia.
Trump announced on Truth Social Sunday that he is building an “Election Integrity Army” for the 2026 midterms
Article: “Trump Issues Sinister Threat as He Tries to Rig the Midterms“ by Hafiz Rashid.
Article: “When is President Trump going to China? See his schedule“ by Kinsey Crowley.
Article: “Red state lawmaker triggers alarms with call to overturn Fourteenth Amendment“ by Bennito L. Kelty.
Article: “Accused WHCD shooter Cole Allen pleads not guilty to attempted Trump assassination, as defense wants prosecutors booted“ by Josh Christenson.
Article: “Luigi Mangione“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Ronald Reagan’s Legacy: The Rise of Student Loan Debt in America“ by Sriskandha Kandimalla.
Article: “Blue States Are Bailing Out Red States“ by Jeffrey Sonnenfeld and Stephen Henriques.
Article: “United States congressional apportionment“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Reapportionment Act of 1929“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “The Polar Jet Stream and Polar Vortex“ by Wanying Kang, Aaron Krol.
Article: “What Exactly Is A Bomb Cyclone And Why It Is So Powerful?“ by Jennifer Gray.
Article: “Atlantic meridional overturning circulation (AMOC)“ (conveyor belt) by Wikipedia.
Article: “Scientists say a critical Atlantic ocean current is weakening and the world could feel the impact“ by University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science.
Movie: “The Day After Tomorrow“.
Hour Two: The American People See the Rot. Washington Cashes the Checks and CNN Anchor Stunned to Discover Americans Like Taxing Billionaires
Article: “72% of Americans Agree: There Is Too Much Money in US Politics“ by Olivia Rosane.
Article: “Investors lost billions on Trump’s memecoin. Another gala won’t fix that.“ by Ashley Belanger .
Case: “Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission“ (2010).
Article: “‘Wow’ CNN’s Smerconish Shocked By Results of His Poll Asking Whether ‘Tax the Rich’ Push Is ‘Liability’ for Dems“ by Zachary Leeman.
Did Ted Cruz Just Confess to Killing Social Security?
Article: “Ted Cruz Admits Trump Accounts Are Designed to Privatize Social Security Over Time“ by Jake Johnson.
Article: “Supreme Court continues to temporarily maintain mail access to abortion pill“ by Melissa Quinn.
Article: “Twenty-sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution“ (voting age 18) by Wikipedia.
Article: “Orthohantavirus“(hantaviruses) by Wikipedia.
Article: “Hantavirus hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS)“ (Korean hemorrhagic fever) by Wikipedia.
Article: “Andes virus (ANDV)“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Trump Halts Government Agency Communication, Making Bird Flu Even More Precarious“ by Dawn Attride.
Article: “RFK Jr cancels $500m in funding for mRNA vaccines for diseases like Covid“ by Madeline Halpert.
Article: “Mylagaulidae“ (extinct horned rodents) by Wikipedia.
Article: “Hantavirus that killed Gene Hackman’s wife hits cruise ship“ by Melina Khan.
Article: “Leaked audio of Trump boasting he would ‘bomb the s*** out of Moscow’ if Putin invaded Ukraine“ by Luke Alsford.
Article: “Trump, Putin talk about each other’s wars in Wednesday phone call“ by Gregory Svirnovskiy.
Video: Ipana Toothpaste Bucky Beaver.
Article: “As a racial justice activist, NBA great Bill Russell was a legend off the court“ by Dustin Jones.
Article: “Ryan Clark is Right: Black Athletes Shouldn’t Play Where Their Voting Rights Are Threatened“ by Lawrence Ware.
Article: “They Refused to Play Sun City, and Helped Change the World“ by Daniel Gauss.
Video: Roy Wood Jr.’s is DNA Cousins with Congressman John Lewis.
Article: “Georgia on My Mind“ by Wikipedia.
Site: “Project 2025“.
Article: “Legal Scholar Says Black People ‘Will Lose’ On SCOTUS Voting Rights Decision: Here’s Why The Timing Matters“ (Elie Mystal) by Maya Boddie.
Article: “Trump Sent to ‘Reform School’ As Teen for Bullying, Niece’s Book Says“ by Elizabeth Crisp.
Book: The Last American President: A Broken Man, a Corrupt Party, and a World on the Brink by Thom Hartmann.
Article: “Trump DOJ can’t stop whiffing in court as 5th judge torpedoes ‘fishing expedition’ for ‘unredacted’ voter rolls, and the hits could keep coming“ (Marc Elias) by Matt Naham.
Article: “Age of consent in the United States“ (Amy Goodman) by Wikipedia.
Article: “Marriage age in the United States“ by Wikipedia.
Movie: “Steal This Story, Please!“.
Article: “The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart — Amy Goodman Interview“ by Pressenza.
Article: “American Civil War“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Jeremy Scahill“ by Wikipedia.
Hour Three: There is no help coming for any disasters...Trump’s Closing the Chapter on FEMA and Why Did Trump Fire the CDC Inspectors Right Before a Cruise Ship Outbreak?
Article: “‘Closing the chapter’ on Fema: Trump panel seeks to weaken disaster response amid climate crisis“ by Gabrielle Canon.
Article: “The Biggest Casualties of Trump’s Year of Government Cuts—and What to Expect in 2026“ by Connor Greene.
Article: “The True History of Libertarianism in America: A Phony Ideology to Promote a Corporate Agenda“ by Mark Ames.
Article: “Powell Memorandum: Attack On American Free Enterprise System“ by Scholarly Commons.
Article: “Hantavirus response stokes questions about CDC“ by Tina Reed.
Article: “Experts wonder ‘Where is the CDC?’ as a hantavirus outbreak unfolds on a cruise ship“ by Mike Stobbe.
Article: “The CDC Fired All Its Cruise Ship Inspectors Before the Hantavirus Outbreak“ by Frank Landymore.
Article: “US officially leaves World Health Organization“ by Imogen Foulkes, Ottilie Mitchell.
Article: “NY Sen. Schumer says hantavirus outbreak underscores dangers of CDC staffing cuts“ by Catalina Gonella.
Article: “Ted Cruz Holy Ghost Video Revealed – Father Claims Ted is the “Anointed One”“ by Jim Hoft.
Video: Ted Cruz:The Anointed One? - Thom Hartmann.
Article: “The Original 12 Amendments?“ by National Archives Foundation.
Article: “District of Columbia statehood movement“ by Wikipedia.
Video: Sean Duffy’s seven-month road trip is beyond tone deaf as the country deals with surging gas prices.
Article: “Gavin Newsom calls Trump’s transportation secretary Sean Duffy ‘total disgrace’ for filming reality TV ‘instead of doing his job’“ by Badar Shaikh.
Article: “Sean Duffy“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Pete Buttigieg“ by Wikipedia.
Law: “Voting Rights Act of 1965“.
Site: Indivisible.
Site: MoveOn.org.
Case: “Santa Clara County vs. Southern Pacific Railroad“, 1886.
Article: “Sunday Book Excerpt: Unequal Protection: How Corporations Became “People”...“ by Thom Hartmann.
Book: Who Killed the American Dream?: The Greatest Political Crime Ever Told by Thom Hartmann.
Article: “fairness doctrine“ by Matt Stefon.
Article: “Giant golden statue of Trump installed at his Florida golf course“ by Owen Scott.
Article: “MAGA Evangelical Leaders Under Fire For Leading Prayer Ritual Over Gold Trump Statue at Doral“ by Crisnel Longino.
Article: “Trump Isn’t Taking Cuba. He’s Starving It.“ by Ricardo Zúniga.
Article: “The big questions hanging over the Trump-Xi meeting in China“ by Amy Hawkins.
Site: Chris Bennett for U.S. Congress CA-03.
Video: Time To Elect DEMOCRACY WARRIORS To Congress! - Glenn Kirschner w/ Chris Bennett.
Article: “Kevin Kiley (politician)“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Tom McClintock“ by Wikipedia.
Site: Bernie Sanders.
Article: “Graham Platner“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “The Handmaid’s Tale“ by Margaret Atwood.
Article: “It’s Harder Than Ever to Get Federal Disaster Aid. Even in Red States.“ by Scott Dance and Ashley Cai.
Article: “Virginia supreme court strikes down new congressional maps in win for Republicans“ by Chris Stein.
Article: “Virginia AG files emergency appeal to US Supreme Court on maps“ by Katie Barlow and Isabel Soisson.
Article: “Trump Wins Big as Virginia Dems Won’t Go Nuclear to Save 4 House Seats“ by Greg Sargent.
Book: Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid by Jimmy Carter.
Book: A People’s History of the United States by Howard Zinn.
Article: “From the river to the sea“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Gene Hackman’s cause of death was heart disease, wife died of hantavirus days earlier, officials say“ by Alex Sundby.



Welp,Sue, were off to Crazy Town 😩 Here's to the Week and will reStack ASAP 💯👍🤓