Sue's Daily Stack, The Thom Hartmann Program 05/18/26
Your daily homework - links to everything discussed on today's show
Monday’s Daily Stack
Hour One: What Happens If “They” Win?
Article: “What Happens If “They” Win?“ by Thom Hartmann.
Article: “The Ugly Origins of Trump’s “America First” Policy“ by Lawrence S. Wittner.
Article: “Have Zoomers Ushered in the Fourth Turning?“ by Thom Hartmann.
Article: “Republicans vs. Democrats: who do the billionaires back?“ by Harriet Marsden.
Book: “The Hidden History of American Democracy: Rediscovering Humanity’s Ancient Way of Living “ by Thom Hartmann.
Book: The Hidden History of American Oligarchy: Reclaiming Our Democracy from the Ruling Class by Thom Hartmann.
Article: “Trump loves ‘the poorly educated’ ... and social media clamors“ by Melissa Fares and Gina Cherelus.
Article: “History“ by Republic of China (Taiwan).
Article: “Trump signs memorandum targeting ‘left-wing terrorism’“ by Zac Anderson.
Article: “Thucydides Trap“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Destined for War: Can America and China Escape Thucydides’s Trap?“ by Graham Allison.
Article: “US extends waiver on Russian seaborne oil sanctions for 30 days as Hormuz tensions persist“ by Moneycontrol World Desk.
Article: “Strait of Hormuz mystery as sanctioned Russian billionaire’s £370m superyacht cruises through war hotspot“ by Dan Warburton.
Article: “When Muhammad Ali Freed 15 American Hostages from Saddam Hussein“ by Bold History.
Article: “‘He did it for us’: US soldier recalls Jesse Jackson’s efforts to free him and two other POWs“ by Bernd Debusmann Jr.
Article: “Trump says he called off new Iran attack at request of Gulf states“ by BBC.
Law: “Logan Act“, 1799 - forbids unauthorized citizens from negotiating with foreign governments having a dispute with the U.S.
Article: “Golden Knights docked 2nd-round pick, John Tortorella fined $100K for breaking media rules“ by AP.
Why Are These Preachers Anointing a Strongman?
Article: “‘America Has Become Morally Rotten!’ Franklin Graham Denounces the US as ‘Sick With Sin’ at Rededicate 250 Event“ by Sean James.
Article: “MAGA evangelical tells thousands Lord ‘raised up’ Trump for ballroom: ‘Gift from God’“ by David Edwards.
Why Won’t Trump Drop His Greenland Obsession?
Article: “In Closed-Door Talks, U.S. Demands a Major Role in Greenland“ by Jeffrey Gettleman, Maya Tekeli, Anton Troianovski and Eric Schmitt.
Substack: “Retired Analyst Mike“.
Article: “How quickly could Iran build its first nuclear weapon? Look at China“ by Hui Zhang.
Law: “13th Amendment“, December 6, 1865. “Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.“
Article: “How Many Transgender Kids Play Sports?“ by Chris Mosier.
Article: “California Gov. Gavin Newsom doubles down on his criticism of the proposed billionaire wealth tax“ by Jake Angelo.
Article: “The Hidden History of Trump’s First Trip to Moscow“ by Luke Harding.
Article: “The Nicholas Hall“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium“ by Wikipedia.
Site: Ken Klippenstein.
Site: Meidas Touch News.
Article: “The Sturmabteilung: Hitler’s Unofficial Army Of Thugs“ (brownshirts) by Gina Dimuro.
Article: “Schutzstaffel“ (SS) by Wikipedia.
Article: “Night of the Long Knives“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Trump-Xi meeting: Expert decodes secret powerplay in first handshake of China visit“ by Yash Nitish Bajaj.
Article: “Boeing shares drop 4% after Trump announces China orders just 200 jets“ by David Shepardson and Dan Catchpole.
Article: “Airlines Slash Middle East Flights as Conflict Reshapes Routes“ by Vanessa Jackson.
Article: “Airlines are about to run out of jet fuel because of the Iran war“ by Chris Isidore.
Site: “Project 2025“.
Article: “Redistricting debate shifts to South Carolina as Republicans seek clean sweep of US House seats“ by Jeffrey Collins and David A. Lieb.
Article: “Trump says he ‘didn’t see’ part of video with racist clip depicting Obamas as apes“ by Bernd Debusmann Jr.
Article: “‘No Vacancies’ for Blacks: How Donald Trump Got His Start, and Was First Accused of Bias“ by Jonathan Mahler and Steve Eder.
Article: “Trump Called Two Female Reporters ‘Dumb’ and ‘Stupid’ in Minutes — Here Is Every Woman Journalist He Has Attacked“ by Jim Manzon.
Hour Two: Did You Sink Money Into Trump? Watch It Vanish
Article: “What $2,500 invested in Trump is worth today“ by TheCriticalMind.
Article: “The Music Man“ by Meredith Willson.
Book: The Art of Money Getting by P. T. Barnum.
Quote: “You can fool all the people some of the time and some of the people all the time, but you cannot fool all the people all the time.“ - attributed to Abraham Lincoln.
Has Fox News Finally Outdone North Korea State TV?
Article: “Fox News host brutally mocked for startling monologue: ‘Move over, North Korean state TV’“ by Robert Davis.
Article: “Monica Witt“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “A California mayor pleaded guilty to acting as an agent for China. Foreign policy experts aren’t surprised“ by Nick Visser.
Article: “Mueller report“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Assassination of Boris Nemtsov“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Medvedev-Putin tandemocracy“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “More Republicans vote with Democrats to curb Iran war, but measure fails again“ by Svetlana Shkolnikova.
Article: “What are the differences between Scribes, Pharisees, and Sadducees?“ by Matt Slick.
Article: “Rush Limbaugh On Hillary Clinton: ‘All She Is Is A Secretary’ (AUDIO)“ by Huffington Post.
Article: “Freedom fries“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Fox News Employees Ordered To Disclose Vaccine Status Amid COVID Concerns“ by Nina Golgowski.
Article: “Trump met with boos after revealing he received Covid-19 booster“ by Dan Merica.
Article: “Massachusetts health care reform“ (Romneycare) by Wikipedia.
Article: “Hungary’s Magyar targets mid-May cabinet formation, outlines key reforms“ by Reuters.
Article: “Hungary returns seized Ukrainian cash and gold in further sign of better relations“ by Milena Wälde.
Article: “EU and Ukraine make progress in talks on terms for tranche of €90 billion loan“ by Tetyana Vysotska.
Quote: “There’s a sucker born every minute“ - attributed to P. T. Barnum.
Article: “45,000 Votes Will Be Discarded In Louisiana. Gov Says It’s ‘Not A Big Deal.’“ by Anthony Orrico.
Article: “Unseated members of the United States Congress“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “States are redistricting to help one party but sometimes the move can backfire“ by Margery A. Beck.
Article: “Trump administration asking for voter rolls and to inspect equipment: Report“ by Evan Hummel.
Book: The Hidden History of the War on Voting: Who Stole Your Vote and How to Get It Back by Thom Hartmann.
Article: “What to know about the ‘massive’ military bunker beneath Trump’s ballroom“ by New York Times.
Article: “Designated Survivor (TV series)“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “United States military casualties of war“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “2026 United States F-15E rescue operation in Iran“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Colin Kaepernick“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Kent State Shooting - Causes, Facts & Aftermath“ by History Channel.
Article: “Leaked Memo Exposes How DHS Is Building a Database on Protesters“ by Edith Olmsted.
Article: ““This Is a Warning”: ICE Agents Follow Protesters Home“ by Edith Olmsted.
Article: “US Continues to Blow Up Small Boats: Militarism Normalized in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific“ by Roger D. Harris, John Perry.
Article: “Was Trump’s Venezuelan boat attack a ‘war crime’? Experts say extrajudicial killings violate international law“ by Alex Woodward.
Article: “ICE to push ahead with warehouse detention expansion despite lawsuits and federal investigation“ by Pedro Camacho.
Article: “Trump’s NSPM-7 Labels Common Beliefs As Terrorism “Indicators”“ by Ken Klippenstein.
Article: “Powell Memorandum: Attack On American Free Enterprise System“ by Scholarly Commons.
Hour Three: The Sons Also Rises...
- Heidi Siegmund Cuda (Bette Dangerous), Author & Emmy-award winning investigative reporter / co-host of the “Radicalized Truth Survives” podcast / subscribe to her substack at bettedangerous.com @heidicuda.bsky.social
Article: “The $ons Also Rises“ by Heidi Siegmund Cuda.
Book: The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway.
Article: “Killing of Qusay and Uday Hussein“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Jailer In Chief “ by Heidi Siegmund Cuda.
Book: The Gulag Archipelago: An Experiment in Literary Investigation Complete 3 Volumes Collection (Volume 1, 2, 3) by Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn.
Article: “On rare campaign trail visit, Hegseth implores Kentucky voters to oust Massie“ by Jeff Zeleny, David Wright.
Article: “Hot Type: ‘Justice Keeps on Happening’ — Russian Aggression Tribunal Gains Momentum“ by Heidi Cuda.
Site: Special Tribunal for the Crime of Aggression against Ukraine .
Article: “36 countries approve creation of special Ukraine tribunal to prosecute Russia“ by France 24.
Article: “Duterte Case“ by ICC.
Article: “Trump said to praise ‘great job’ in Philippine drug fight“ by Matthew Pennington.
Article: “Trump’s Shady $1.77 Billion Fund for Allies, January 6’ers Demands Oversight“ by Public Citizen.
Case: “Roe v. Wade“.
Article: “Did LBJ Advocate: ‘Convince the Lowest White Man He’s Better Than the Best Colored Man’?“ by David Emery.
Ebola Spreads While Trump Guts the Watchtowers
Article: “Public Health Experts Point to Trump Aid Cuts as WHO Declares Emergency Over Ebola Outbreak in DRC, Uganda“ by Julia Conley.
Article: “One year on from dismantling of USAID, study projects that global aid cuts could lead to 9.4 million deaths by 2030 “ by Lauren Kent.
Article: “Why Is Elon Musk Attacking USAID? How Partisan Politics Made Foreign Aid Agency Suddenly So Controversial“ by Alison Durkee.
Article: “Nvidia’s Jensen Huang would have to pay about $8 billion in proposed billionaire tax—he says that’s ‘perfectly fine’ with him“ by Tom Huddleston Jr.
Article: “‘It’s insanity!’: How the ‘Brooks Brothers Riot’ killed the 2000 recount in Miami“ by Michael E. Miller.
Article: “Brooks Brothers riot“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Supreme Court is about to have 3 Bush v. Gore alumni sitting on the bench“ by (John Roberts, Brett Kavanaugh, Amy Coney Barrett) Joan Biskupic.
Article: “Europe is stepping on the same rake again: Lavrov harshly criticized Zelensky’s role.“ (in Russian) by Pravda.
Article: “Azov Brigade“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn“ by Wikipedia.
Book: One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn.
Article: “Gulag“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Ro Khanna endorses Tom Steyer“.
Article: “US Supreme Court tosses longshot appeal from Virginians to use new congressional map that would benefit Democrats “ by John Fritze.
Article: “Trump says 48 leaders killed in strikes on Iran: what we know so far on day two“ by Yohannes Lowe and Marina Dunbar.
Article: “Annoying jingle permanently banned from airwaves as California ends ‘strategy of deception’ “ by Daniel Farr.
Law: “Sherman Antitrust Act“, 1890.
Law: “Clayton Antitrust Act of 1914“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “United States antitrust law“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Roger Ailes“ by Wikipedia.