Sue's Daily Stack, The Thom Hartmann Program 07/08/26
Your daily homework - links to everything discussed on today's show
Wednesday’s Daily Stack
Hour One: National Progressive Townhall Meeting taking your calls
- Representative Mark Pocan (D-WI, 2nd District) / Current Member & Chair Emeritus-Congressional Progressive Caucus / (Committees: Congressman Pocan serves on the House Committee on Appropriations / House Foreign Affairs Committee and, co-chair/co-founder-Defense Spending Reduction Caucus) / Check out his weekly podcast, “With Liberty and Justice for Some“ (available on Apple Podcasts) @pocan.house.gov @repmarkpocan
Article: “Communism“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Red Scare“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Roy Cohn“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Graham Platner“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Susan Collins is uniquely responsible for the fall of Roe | Opinion “ by Azaleea Carlea.
Article: “Historical income tax rates“ by Mark Luscombe.
Article: “American middle class“ by Wikipedia.
Site: Election Protection Hotline (866-OUR-VOTE Hotline).
Article: “Trump says US will lift sanctions on Turkey, possibly sell F-35 fighter jets“ by Humeyra Pamuk and Huseyin Hayatsever.
Article: “Unitary executive theory“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Peanuts“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Tariffs 101: What they are, who pays them, and why they matter now“ by Kent Jones.
Article: “Trump tariff refunds begin but consumers likely to miss out“ by Archie Mitchell.
Article: “Progressive Party (United States, 1924–1927)“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “US supplied bomb that killed 40 children on Yemen school bus“ by Julian Borger.
Site: Progressive Caucus.
Site: LIHEAP.org.
Article: “The Social Security 2100 Act“ by John Larson.
Article: “Trump to meet AI leaders to discuss US investment in their companies“ by Kali Hays, Lisa Lambert.
Book: “Who Killed the American Dream? The Greatest Political Crime Ever Told“ by Thom Hartmann.
Article: “The Medicare for All Act of 2025“ by PNHP.
Article: “Pope Pius XII and the Holocaust“ by Wikipedia.
Book: On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century by Timothy Snyder.
Article: “Trump confuses Iran for US ally in Zelensky Q&A: ‘We had 111 missiles shot by the Islamic Republic of Japan’“ by Andrew Feinberg.
Article: “Ranking Member Raskin Introduces Legislation Establishing Independent Commission on Presidential Capacity“ by House Committee On The Judiciary Democrats.
Podcast: “With Liberty and Justice for Some Ep. 65 – Just what is the 25th Amendment with Norman Ornstein“ by Mark Pocan.
Article: “Floor Calendars“ by Congress.
Hour Two: The Red Scare Returns: Trump Is Calling Us “Communists” Because He Doesn’t Want America Talking About the Real Threat
Article: “The Red Scare Returns: Trump Is Calling Us “Communists” Because He Doesn’t Want America Talking About the Real Threat“ by Thom Hartmann.
Article: “Trump’s crazed lies about ‘communists’ demand media debunking“ by Dan Froomkin.
Post: “Communism is very easy to sell. It destroys everything but it’s very easy. I’d be -- I’ll be honest, I think I’d be the greatest communist in history. I’d give free rent -- ladies and gentlemen, from now on, you don’t have to pay any rent. From now on, anybody who wants a house, don’t worry about it, just pick the house you want.“ by Donald Trump .
Book: The Last American President: A Broken Man, a Corrupt Party, and a World on the Brink by Thom Hartmann.
Article: “Understanding Federal Equity Investments in Strategic Companies“ by Sujai Shivakumar, Charles Wessner, and Christina Tutino.
Article: “Did Elon Musk forget? The Barack Obama administration lent $465 million to Tesla to develop electric cars“ by Lenys Moreno.
Law: “Preamble to the Constitution of the United States“.
“We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.“
Article: “Communist Party USA“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Sedition“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Congress Should Be Regulating the Corrupt Supreme Court? Where Are They?“ by Thom Hartmann.
Article: “Democrats: To Win America Back, Confront Trump’s and the GOP’s Naked Corruption “ by Thom Hartmann.
Article: “Rick Scott ‘oversaw the largest Medicare fraud’ in U.S. history, Florida Democratic Party says “ by Amy Sherman.
Why Is Trump Sending Election Monitors Into Democratic Cities?
Article: “DOJ says it will send election monitors to 3 Michigan cities“ by Craig Mauger.
Article: “Tom Barrett (Michigan politician)“ by Wikipedia.
Did The Post Office Just Throw Out Your Ballot?
Article: “How USPS disenfranchised voters in Oregon’s Primary“ by Patricia Parcells.
Article: “Forced Arbitration: The Ultimate Guide to Your Rights and What It Means for You“ by US Law Explained.
Article: “Separation of powers under the United States Constitution“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Why Are U.S. Presidents Called ‘Commanders in Chief’?“ by Tony Dunnell.
Article: “monarchy“ by etymonline.
Article: “Nuclear weapons of the United States“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “War Powers Act“.
Article: “Did Trump violate War Powers Act by bombing Iran nuclear sites? “ by Louis Jacobson.
Article: “Venice protesters claim victory as Jeff Bezos changes wedding venue“ by Sarah Rainsford, Davide Ghiglione.
Article: “Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce donate $26 million across 20 charities ahead of wedding“ by Jacob Bryant.
Quote: “Behind Every Great Fortune There Is a Crime“ - Honoré de Balzac.
Article: “Opus Dei“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Religion in the United States“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “William Lawrence (activist)“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Progressives in Michigan join forces in key House battleground and crucial Senate race“ by Megan Brand.
Article: “Abdul El-Sayed“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Federal and State Election Laws Ban Federal Forces from Polling Places“ by Sean Morales-Doyle.
Article: “Politburo“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Literacy Rate by Country 2026” by World Population Review.
Article: “Haudenosaunee“ (Iroquois Confederacy) by Wikipedia.
Article: “Shoshone“ by Wikipedia.
Book: “The Last Hours of Ancient Sunlight: Revised and Updated: The Fate of the World and What We Can Do Before It’s Too Late“ by Thom Hartmann.
Bible: “Because Judas kept the common purse, some were thinking that he meant, “Buy what we need for the festival,” or that he was to give something to the poor.“ - John 13:29.
Hour Three: FDA Slams The Door On Limiting Forever Chemicals In Your Food
Article: “US Food and Drug Administration rejects petition to set Pfas limits in food“ by Tom Perkins.
Video: Dark Waters.
Commanders Ignored The Warnings And Bombed A School
Article: “Commanders Ignored The Warnings And Bombed A School“ by Jake Johnson.
Article: “Oil prices rise 7%, and stocks drop worldwide after Trump says ceasefire with Iran is ‘over’“ by Stan Choe.
Article: “US Strike on Iranian School Came After Commanders ‘Bypassed Warnings’ About Outdated Target Info“ by Brad Reed.
Article: “Iran’s Supreme Leader killed in joint US Israeli strikes, Trump says“ by Hugo Bachega, Ghoncheh Habibiazad, Robert Greenall and Tom McArthur.
Article: “Trump switches back to flying on older Air Force One for England trip instead of new Qatari jet“ by Anna Betts.
Article: “‘Iran Ceasefire Is Over’: Trump Says He No Longer Wants To Deal With Tehran After Hormuz Ship Attack“ by Prisha Vibhavari.
Article: “U.S. rescinds waiver permitting Iranian oil sales after Iran attacks tankers“ by Richard Escobedo.
Article: “US strikes more than 80 targets as Trump calls Iran ceasefire ‘over’“ by Jeff Schogol.
Article: “Why oil prices are surging? Impact on stock markets explained as Trump says Iran ceasefire is ‘over’“ by Durva More.
Article: “Why tech billionaires are secretly building bunkers“ by Alexander Clark.
Article: “Inside Cuba: Trump’s next target?“ by Sky News.
Article: “Telemundo“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Trump Confidante Says Mitch McConnell, 84, Is ‘Brain Dead’“ by David Gardner, William Vaillancourt.
Video: ‘He called me this morning’: Scott Jennings details his conversation with Sen. Mitch McConnell.
Article: “Thomas Massie sarcastically joins list of Republicans who say they spoke to Mitch McConnell for ‘20 minutes’“ by Adam Downer.
Article: “Toyota, Moving Northward“ by Paul Krugman.
Article: “Why Medicare for All is Better than a Public Option or Medicare Buy-In“ by Public Citizen.
Article: “Trump Accounts give the next generation a jump start on saving“ by IRS.
Book: Agrarian Justice by Thomas Paine.
Article: “Agrarian Justice“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Democratic Socialists Of America Program“ by DSA.
Article: “Fusion voting, explained“ by Protect Democracy.
Speech: “Acceptance Speech of the New York Liberal Party Nomination September 14, 1960“ by JFK.
Article: “McCarthyism / The “Red Scare”“ by Eisenhower Presidential Library.
Article: “Joseph McCarthy“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Platner’s three-day vetting job comes back to haunt Dems as rape allegation rocks Senate bid“ by Robert Schmad.
Article: “Obamacare premiums surged this year. A new analysis shows it’s likely to happen again in 2027“ by Ali Swenson.