Thursday’s Daily Stack
Hour One: Trump’s $500 Checks Reveal the GOP’s “Billionaire Theory of Democracy”: Everything Has a Price
Article: “Trump’s $500 Checks Reveal the GOP’s “Billionaire Theory of Democracy”: Everything Has a Price“ by Thom Hartmann.
Article: “Trump promises $500 Obamacare rebate checks for 1M enrollees in 30 states“ by Fatima Hussein, Ali Swenson.
Site: The Hartmann Report.
Article: “Trump’s Sleazy $1 Billion Shakedown of Oil Execs Gives Dems an Opening“ by Greg Sargent.
Article: “Trump doubles down on $5K checks as Johnson says Congress must approve“ by Jason K. Morrell.
Article: “Trump’s $5,000 promise echoes past payouts that never materialized“ by Shea Taylor, Cassandra Buchman.
Book: “The Hidden History of the Supreme Court and the Betrayal of America“ by Thom Hartmann.
Article: “Trump administration starts sending $500 Obamacare refund checks — who stands to benefit“ by Greg Iacurci.
Article: “Insurers propose a median ACA rate hike of 15% for 2027: KFF“ by Paige Minemyer.
Article: “Trump says 1 million Obamacare enrollees in 30 states to get $500 rebate checks- See what states and why“ by Mark Richardson.
Article: “Elon Musk likely broke the law by giving voters $1 million, Wisconsin board says“ by AP.
Article: “Trump Announces $500 Rebates for Some Obamacare Customers, Weeks Before the Election“ by Reed Abelson and Margot Sanger-Katz.
Article: “What happened the last times Trump pitched direct payments to Americans“ by Isaac Arnsdorf.
Article: “Political operatives with Trump ties raked in millions of dollars in commissions from DHS ad campaign“ by Daniel Lippman.
Law: “Tillman Act of 1907“.
Article: “Trump has determined the future of NATO, which will force Europe to take into account Russia’s interests“ by Lyubov Stepushova.
Hegseth announces that Musk and Gingrich will run our military. Say What?!
Article: “Hegseth Announces Elon Musk and Newt Gingrich Will Help Lead Military“ by Malcolm Ferguson.
Article: “Retired Major General Rips ‘Incompetent’ Hegseth for ‘Playing Russian Roulette With the Security of the United States’“ by Kathryn Wilkens.
Article: “‘National Betrayal!’ Pete Hegseth Rails Against ‘Sick’ Media in Stunning Moment During Address to the Troops“ by Sean James.
Article: “Pete Hegseth Slammed for ‘Disgusting’ Rant About Banning ‘Woke’ Agenda in Pentagon Speech“ by Kayla Aldecoa.
Article: “19th American Dies During Ongoing US-Iran War, Pentagon Reveals“ by Katherine Plummer.
Article: “‘National Betrayal!’ Pete Hegseth Rails Against ‘Sick’ Media in Stunning Moment During Address to the Troops“ by Sean James.
Article: “Thomas Massie launches effort to impeach Pete Hegseth“ by Jasmine Fernández.
Article: “Speaker Johnson recesses House early, blocking Massie’s push to impeach Hegseth“ by Lisa Mascaro.
Treasury quietly gave Trump ballroom donor a pass to deal with sanctioned Russian bank. You just heard that right - Putin is paying for the ballroom.
Article: “Treasury quietly gave Trump ballroom donor a pass to deal with sanctioned Russian bank“ by Matthew Chapman.
Article: “Nicolle Wallace: Trump’s Rendition Of A Ballroom Looks Like The Winter Palace Ballroom In Russia“ by Ian Schwartz.
Book: “Who Killed the American Dream? The Greatest Political Crime Ever Told“ by Thom Hartmann.
Article: “Rahm Emanuel“ by Wikipedia.
Quote: “We had to struggle with the old enemies of peace—business and financial monopoly, speculation, reckless banking, class antagonism, sectionalism, war profiteering. They had begun to consider the Government of the United States as a mere appendage to their own affairs. We know now that Government by organized money is just as dangerous as Government by organized mob. Never before in all our history have these forces been so united against one candidate as they stand today. They are unanimous in their hate for me—and I welcome their hatred.“ - Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Article: “Truman Committee“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “‘No Vacancies’ for Blacks: How Donald Trump Got His Start, and Was First Accused of Bias“ by Jonathan Mahler and Steve Eder.
Article: “Which Senators Voted for the Big Beautiful Bill? Full Vote List and Where They Stand Today“ by Team of USA Housing Information.
Article: “Senate narrowly votes down resolution calling for end to Iran war“ by Garrett Downs.
Article: “Franklin D. Roosevelt“ (FDR) by Wikipedia.
Quote: “Governments can err, Presidents do make mistakes, but the immortal Dante tells us that divine justice weighs the sins of the cold-blooded and the sins of the warm-hearted in different scales. Better the occasional faults of a Government that lives in a spirit of charity than the consistent omissions of a Government frozen in the ice of its own indifference.“ - FDR.
Article: ““This is embarrassing”: Pete Hegseth mocked over awkward pull-up in RFK Jr. fitness challenge video“ by Rachel Kiley.
Article: “Trump and Hegseth want men to take risky testosterone boosters. It’s all based on shoddy science“ by Sam Wolfson.
Hour Two: Ukraine Briefing
- Phil Ittner, Veteran War Correspondent based in Kiev, Ukraine & host of the ‘On the Edge‘ podcast @PhilipIttner Youtube
Article: “Russian stuff blowing up: Prisoner describes brutal Russian medical practicing on POWs“ by quaoar.
Article: “Russia unleashes heavy attack on Ukrainian energy grid as winter looms“ by RTE.
Video: Freed Ukrainian POWs describe torture and trauma in Russian captivity [VIDEO].
Article: “Ukraine Says Russia Returned Soldiers’ Bodies With Hidden Explosives, Forcing New Safety Checks“ by Audrey Liza M. Nolasco.
Article: “Prisoners of war in the American Revolutionary War“ (”treat them with humanity“ - Washington) by Wikipedia.
Site: “Geneva Conventions and their additional protocols“.
Article: “Abu Ghraib prison“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Pete Hegseth Calls For ‘No Quarter’ For US Enemies In Apparent Violation of International Law“ by Jennifer Bowers Bahney.
Site: Car for Ukraine.
Site: Ukraine Children’s Action Project.
Video: Helen & Jean Michel: Bringing Light to the Darkness in Ukraine.
Article: “The Final Stage of a Strongman’s Takeover Is Turning the Law Against the People Who Defended It “ by Thom Hartmann.
Article: “Smedley Butler & the “Business Plot,” Part II“ by McCormack-Dickstein Committee.
October’s Well Read Troublemakers’ Book Club - The Hidden History of American Healthcare: The “Advantage” is Theirs, Not Yours
Site: The Well-Read Troublemakers Book Club.
Book: “The Hidden History of American Healthcare: Why Sickness Bankrupts You and Makes Others Insanely Rich“ by Thom Hartmann.
Article: “Renee Good’s Family Sues ICE Agent and Top Officials Over Minnesota Killing“ by Ernesto Londoño.
Trump’s “love me” ads are not playing everywhere. These are the moves of a lawless president...
Article: “Trump’s Controversial Taxpayer-Funded Ads Are Airing on CNN and MS NOW As He Continues Fighting to Bar Them from WH“ by Sarah Rumpf.
Event: Seattle: October 3–4: Seattle Ukrainianfilm festival.
Site: Ukraine Defense Support.
Site: “Vote.org“.
Site: The Cook Political Report.
Article: “Jon Ossoff“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Killing of journalists in the Gaza war“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Gaza genocide“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “October 7 attacks“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Munich massacre“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “For years, Netanyahu propped up Hamas. Now it’s blown up in our faces“ by Tal Schneider.
Article: “Gaza Strip“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “9/11 and Iraq: The making of a tragedy“ by Bruce Riedel.
Article: “Casualties of the Gaza war“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “January 6 United States Capitol attack“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Gaza before and after: Satellite images show destruction“ by BBC.
Article: “Jared Kushner lays out Trump-backed ‘master plan’ for post-war Gaza“ by Isabella Murray and Ivan Pereira.
Article: “Senate Republicans block resolution on 9 Americans allegedly killed by Israeli forces, settlers in West Bank“ by Terence Repelente.
Article: “What did Jack Smith say about Trump? What happened at Senate hearing“ by Maria Francis.
Hour Three: Christa Pike Forces America to Ask What Justice Is For: Vengeance or Civilization?
Article: “Tennessee halts executions after Christa Pike survives 2 lethal injections; her condition remains unknown“ by Tom Parfitt, Jasmine Andersson.
Republicans have now resorted to telling naked lies about James Taylor Talarico - Apparently that’s all they got - Lies...
Article: “WATCH: GOP super PAC quietly launches outlandish smear against Talarico“ by Judd Legum.
Article: “John Kennedy rebuked after Jack Smith insult at Senate hearing“ by Idaho Learning News.
Video: Part 1 | Anita Hill Testimony | Clarence Thomas’s Supreme Court Confirmation Hearing 1991.
Article: “Table 7: When States Mail Out Absentee/Mail Ballots “ by NCSL.
Article: “New Deal“ (1933 - 1939, FDR) by Wikipedia.
Article: “George Washington“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Eleanor Roosevelt“ by Wikipedia.
Book: The Woman Behind the New Deal: The Life and Legacy of Frances Perkins, Social Security, Unemployment Insurance by Kirstin Downey.
Article: “Frances Perkins“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Executive Order 9981: Desegregation of the Armed Forces (1948)“ by FDR.
Article: “Tuskegee Airmen“ by Wikipedia.
Speech: “A Rendezvous With Destiny“, Franklin D. Roosevelt, 27 June 1936 speech to the Democratic National Convention, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. “These economic royalists complain that we seek to overthrow the institutions of America. What they really complain of is that we seek to take away their power. Our allegiance to American institutions requires the overthrow of this kind of power.“
Article: “Pete Hegseth“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “1937-1941 - Military Purges“ by GlobalSecurity.org.
Article: “Winter War“ (Stalin invaded Finland) by Wikipedia.
Article: “Here are 4 leaders, besides Donald Trump, that have called the press ‘enemies of the people’“ by Joe Vesey-Byrne.
Article: “The Camp of the Saints“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “The Turner Diaries“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Timothy McVeigh“ by Wikipedia.
TV: “The Man in the High Castle“.
Article: “‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat“ by Jason Beeferman and Emily Ngo.
Article: “Karl Rove says Republican Party is being taken over by ‘Nazis’ “ by Michael Karlis.
Article: “The Revolution Will Not Be Televised“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Abigail Spanberger“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “2026 Israeli legislative election“ (27 October 2026) by Wikipedia.
Site: Standing together.
Image: “President Dwight Eisenhower, arms raised in familiar gesture, leads official motorcade through downtown Anchorage on his arrival in the Alaskan City on June 13, 1960.“ by AP.
Video: The Legendary Moment: Apollo 11 Lands on the Moon | July 20, 1969.
Article: “Sputnik 1“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Capital punishment“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Ask not what your country can do for you (Kennedy’s inuagural address)“ by John F. Kennedy’.
Article: “Former Vice President Joe Biden regrets not giving Anita Hill the ‘hearing she deserved’“ by Justin Gomez and Christopher Donato.