Wednesday’s Daily Stack
Hour One: Trump’s new press secretary wants women who have had abortions in the past to be publicly executed
Article: “Trump’s New Press Secretary Supports Death Penalty for Abortion Patients“ by Jessica Valenti.
Article: “White Rose“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “‘Barbarity for the Sake of Barbarity’: Trump Pentagon Confirms Plan to Livestream Firing Squad Execution “ by Jessica Corbett.
Trump Is Teaching America the Most Terrifying Lesson Every Dictator Knows - You don’t have to imprison a nation to control it. Destroy a handful of critics, make sure everyone sees it, and watch the rest fall silent.
Article: “Trump Is Teaching America the Most Terrifying Lesson Every Dictator Knows“ by Thom Hartmann.
Article: “Olympian David Hearn indicted for alleged vandalism of Reflecting Pool“ by Luke Barr and Alexandra Hutzler.
Article: “Anna Politkovskaya“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Carl von Ossietzky“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “John Byng“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Reichstag Fire Decree“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “RELEASE: Reps. Friedman, Chu, Correa Lead Press Conference Fighting Back Against FCC’s Weaponization of Regulatory Power to Silence Critics“ by Laura Friedman.
Site: The Hartmann Report.
Article: “Be Best. Be Quiet. Or Be Bankrupted.“ by JoJoFromJerz.
Article: “Trump Orders Fed’s Lisa Cook to White House Hearing After Supreme Court Blocks Firing“ by Bridget Luckey.
Article: “Federal agents arrest journalists Don Lemon and Georgia Fort for filming protest at St. Paul church“ by Max Nesterak.
Article: “Tracking retaliatory use of arrests, prosecutions, and investigations by the Trump administration“ by Kristy Parker.
Article: “Gunman who killed son of federal judge targets her in misogynistic book“ by Ny Magee.
Book: The Last American President: A Broken Man, a Corrupt Party, and a World on the Brink by Thom Hartmann.
Article: “DOJ Seeking Criminal Indictment of Former White House Aide“ by Jimmy Jenkins.
Article: “Second prosecutor quits Trump’s ‘grand conspiracy’ case“ by Alan Feuer.
Article: “Rep. Ilhan Omar’s D.C. home searched by Homeland Security investigators“ by Nicole Sganga.
Article: “X account calls for Ilhan Omar to be extradited to Africa after Vance’s fraud claim“ by Stephen Sorace.
Article: “Candide“ by Voltaire.
Article: “Trump’s campaign of retribution: At least 470 targets and counting“ by Peter Eisler, Ned Parker, Linda So, and Joseph Tanfani.
Article: “Judge again postpones arraignment for James Comey in ‘86 47’ seashell case“ by Fallon Gallagher, Casey Gannon.
Article: “Trump attacks Rep. Ilhan Omar and Senate hopeful Abdul El-Sayed at Ohio rally“ by Henry J. Gomez.
Article: “Former Olympic canoeist asks government watchdogs to probe ‘nightmare’ Reflecting Pool case“ by Ryan J. Reilly.
Article: “Justice Department investigating major TV networks over suspending pool coverage of Trump“ by Kelly O’Donnell and Marlene Lenthang.
Article: “Rep. Ilhan Omar’s home searched by federal agents in criminal probe“ by Kelly O’Donnell, Gabe Gutierrez and Megan Brand.
Article: “Trump housing official seeks new DOJ prosecution of Letitia James“ by Kelly O’Donnell, Katherine Doyle, Gary Grumbach and Kyla Guilfoil.
Article: “Justice Department fails in its 3rd attempt to indict New York’s attorney general“ by Ryan J. Reilly, Michael Kosnar, Gary Grumbach and Alexandra Bacallao.
Article: “Federal judges describe threats amid attacks from leaders“ by PBS.
Article: “Don Lemon’s indictment under scrutiny as federal judge examines grand jury proceedings“ by Odafe Oghen.
Article: “Emerson Etheridge“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Trump Fires All Remaining Election Assistance Commission Members, Leaving Agency Without Leadership Ahead of 2026 Midterms“ by Erin Whitaker.
Article: “The Supreme Court is letting Trump use a faulty database for purges. What it could mean for voters“ by Alexandra Hutzler.
Article: “Elon Musk gives $276 million to Republican groups, becomes biggest known 2026 midterm donor“ by Luke Fountain.
Article: “Who Owns America’s Media? A 2026 Ownership Map“ by The Crosscheck Desk.
Article: “How the Supreme Court’s conservative majority came to be“ by Ron Elving.
According to Raw Story exclusive - ICE is swarming and terrorizing early voting - stay tuned....
Article: “‘Terrorized’ battlegrounds turn into ‘ghost towns’ as ICE swarms early voting“ by Jordan Green.
Article: “The Heritage Foundation: Only 99 Cases of Noncitizen Voting Since 1982“ by This Will Hold.
Trump Is Turning His Presidency Into a Spectacle of Cruelty, and His Bizarre Tiger-Mauling Parody May Be the Most Disturbing Example Yet
Article: “‘His Brain is Cooked’: Media World Appalled By Trump Parodying Fatal Tiger Mauling Video“ by David Gilmour.
Article: “Tiger Victim Identified as a ‘Dearly Loved’ Child Actor Struggling With ‘Significant Mental Illness’“ by Kathianne Boniello.
Article: “Trump’s rally crowds have shrunk by two-thirds — and insiders say he’s in a foul mood“ by Idaho Learning News.
Law: “25th Amendment Section 4“ (presidential succession). “Whenever the Vice President and a majority of either the principal officers of the executive departments or of such other body as Congress may by law provide, transmit to the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives their written declaration that the President is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office, the Vice President shall immediately assume the powers and duties of the office as Acting President.“
Article: “Trump ‘I did that’ stickers“ by Amazon.
Article: “Ukraine Loses Starlink Access as Musk Says Zelenskiy Went “Too Far”“ by Edith Olmsted.
Article: “Trump doubles down on California comments: ‘Let them hit San Diego, let them hit Los Angeles’“ by Julia Manchester.
Article: “Hegseth Announces Elon Musk and Newt Gingrich Will Help Lead Military“ by Malcolm Ferguson.
Book: The Castle by Franz Kafka.
Book: The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde.
Video: William Shatner and Brad Paisley perform Masks!.
Article: “Epstein files“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “A beloved library that united the US and Canada faces new border restrictions“ by Amanda Swinhart, Patrick Whittle.
Article: “Russian disinformation bot traffic plunges overnight after Ukraine drone strikes cripple Putin’s data centers: Report“ by Daily Boulder.
Article: “Ukraine Starlink Access Restricted as Musk Says Zelensky ‘Has Gone Too Far’“ by Ellie Cook.
Article: “Allies did not warn Kyiv of Russian ballistic missile strikes, says Zelenskyy“ by Luke Harding, and Andrew Roth.
Hour Two: ‘Humans First’: Bernie Sanders Responds to Elon Musk Concern for AI ‘Feelings’ - “No Mr. Musk, we should be worried about the pain that AI could cause humanity, not the other way around.”
Article: “Elon Musk doesn’t want you to hurt AI’s feelings: “It’s not OK”“ by Anna Zhadan.
Article: “Grok and ChatGPT Join Pentagon’s GenAI.mil Platform“ by Samantha Alexa .
Article: “‘Humans First’: Bernie Sanders Responds to Elon Musk Concern for AI ‘Feelings’“ by Brett Wilkins.
Article: “Anthropic bans cruelty toward Claude starting Nov. 12 — tech leaders warn it’s ‘one of the most dangerous things’“ by Godwin Oluponmile.
Article: “Garbage in, garbage out“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Russia Hijacks Trusted Media Brands“ by Alice Lee and Madeline Roache.
Article: “‘Pink Slime’ Is Infecting AI Chatbots Ahead of the Midterms“ by Ines Chomnalez and Isis Blachez.
Article: “Sanders calls for artificial superintelligence ban after OpenAI CEO interview“ by Ryan Mancini.
Article: ““Rogue AI” – the new genre of PR?“ by Ihor Wolshebny.
The Money You Can’t See: How the Trump Administration Shapes an Election Without Leaving Fingerprints
- Craig Unger, Journalist / Author, “Den of Spies: Reagan, Carter, and the Secret History of the Treason That Stole the White House“ (from Craig’s Substack: NYT bestselling author of six books on the GOP’s assault on democracy including American Kompromat, House of Trump, House of Putin and, most recently, Den of Spies. He has written for Vanity Fair, New York, and other publications.) Substack: American Kompromat @craigunger.bsky.social
Article: “The Money You Can’t See: How the Trump Administration Shapes an Election Without Leaving Fingerprints“ by Craig Unger.
Article: “AI Chatbots Amplify PAC-Funded News About Midterms“ by NewsGuard’s Reality Check.
Article: “The Race for Congress: Latest 2026 Polls“ by Caroline Soler.
Article: “Zelensky: Ukraine attacks no energy facilities last night, while Russia struck petrol stations and energy infrastructure“ by Zelensky: Ukraine attacks no energy facilities last night, while Russia struck petrol stations and energy infrastructure.
Article: “The head of the FBI in Russia: what is known about the secret talks“ by Maxim Krus.
Article: “Photos show Kash Patel at Virginia event after false report he’s in Russia“ by Alex Backus.
Article: “U.S.-Russia Talks on Ukraine Now Involve an Oil Deal Tied to Trump Allies“ by Anton Troianovski and Eric Lipton.
Article: “House Passes Ukraine Aid Bill: Full List of Republicans Who Backed It“ by Anna Commander and Sam Stevenson.
Article: “Trump’s oldest son said a decade ago that a lot of the family’s assets came from Russia“ by Brennan Weiss.
Article: “Eric Trump reportedly bragged about Russian funding streams“ by Laurel Raymond.
Article: “Mueller report“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Putin would rather keep killing than admit he’s lost. As a winter of misery looms in Ukraine, Nato must step in“ by Simon Tisdall.
Article: “Trump backstabs Zelensky for five minutes of midterm relief “ by Iona Cleave.
Article: “Ivanka Trump’s Luxury Disaster“ by Imogen West-Knights.
Article: “Mail mystery: Astoria businesses, City Hall report spotty delivery, missing packages“ by Katie Frankowicz.
Article: “Lake Sammamish“ by Wikipedia.
How and why Donald Trump is betraying Ukraine: No matter how much America’s allies urge the president to back Ukraine, he cannot forgive its leader for showing up his dealmaking impotence
Article: “Why Trump is going for Zelenskyy’s jugular“ by Edward Luce.
As Putin Unleashes Hell on Ukraine, Elon Musk’s Starlink Restrictions Disrupt Ukrainian Defenses at the Worst Possible Moment. Who Gave One Billionaire This Much Power Over Life and Death? Where is the outrage?!
Article: “Trump declared an energy ceasefire between Ukraine and Russia. Kyiv says Moscow is not abiding by it.“ by Demian Bio.
Article: “Ukraine’s Vulnerability Grows as Starlink Is Restricted and Russia Escalates“ by Constant Méheut.
Article: “Ukrainian military’s access to Starlink satellite internet suddenly restricted“ by Andrew Roth.
Article: “Poland blasts Musk for restricting Ukraine’s Starlink access“ by Maira Butt.
Article: “Putin plunges Kyiv into darkness with biggest hypersonic blitz on power plants in shameless snub to Trump ‘energy truce’“ by Georgie English, Will Stewart.
Article: “ARPANET“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Commemoration of victims of public executions“ by anne frank house.
Article: “Operation Northwoods“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Stochastic terrorism“ (Stochastic violence) by Wikipedia.
Article: “Delivered letter from Trump to Putin: US Senator Rand Paul“ by Wion Web Desk.
Article: “White House Asks for List of Top Spies During Intelligence Shakeup“ by Betsy Swan & Erin Banco.
Article: “High number of spies killed or compromised, leaked CIA cable warns“ by Stephen M. Lepore.
Article: “Queen Lill Made Vermont Famous – for Booze and Broads“ by Dan Landrigan.
Article: “‘Let Data Reign’: Trump goes all in on controversial data centers“ by Emily Chang.
Article: “Matthew 25.
Article: “Can Ilhan Omar Be Deported? What We Know“ by Billal Rahman.
Article: “Omar on Vance saying DOJ is investigating her: ‘That man is delusional’“ by Finya Swai.
Article: “What is the Einstein visa? And how did Melania Trump get one?“ by Joel Gunter.
Article: “Is Elon Musk a US Citizen? Here’s What Country the Billionaire Is From“ by Jenna deJong.
Article: “Justice Department Moves to Strip Citizenship from 40 Criminals in Largest Single-Period Filing Under the Trump Administration“ by Office of Public Affairs .
Article: “Amazon, US Postal Service reach delivery deal“ by Jacob Bogage, David Shepardson.
Quote: “When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.“ - attributed to Benjamin Franklin.
Quote: “A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the majority discovers it can vote itself largess out of the public treasury. After that, the majority always votes for the candidate promising the most benefits with the result the democracy collapses because of the loose fiscal policy ensuing, always to be followed by a dictatorship, then a monarchy.“ - attributed to Alexis de Tocqueville and Alexander Fraser Tytler.
Hour Three: US inflation rose to 3.7% in September, figures show - September’s inflation rate is the highest it has been before a midterm election, with the exception of the pandemic, since 1990.
Article: “US inflation rose to 3.7% in September in blow to Republicans before midterms“ by Gaya Gupta.
Article: “Van Hollen mocks Trump, says Netanyahu waited for president ‘stupid enough’ to start Iran war“ by Piyush Arora.
Article: “Social Security Administration announces 3.6% cost-of-living adjustment for 2027“ (in January) by Lorie Konish.
Burning down the house - Can Mike Johnson Actually Steal the House Majority?
- Rachel Bitecofer, PhD, Writes at The Cycle - on Substack / Author, “Hit ‘Em Where It Hurts: How to Save Democracy by Beating Republicans at their Own Game“ @rachelbitecofer.bsky.social @RachelBitecofer
Article: “Burning Down the House“ by Rachel “The Doc” Bitecofer.
Article: “The Final Battle for America’s Democracy“ by Michael Luttig.
Article: “Tina Peters (politician)“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Trump hosts election denier Tina Peters for strategy summit: insider“ by Brendan Rascius.
Article: “Trump Ominously Says ‘Project 2025’ Author Has ‘Big Surprises’ In The Next Few Weeks“ by Anthony Orrico.
Video: 2026 Midterms Roundtable: Is This 2006 All Over Again? | At Our Table .
Article: “1876 United States presidential election“ (Tilden/Hayes) by Wikipedia.
Article: “The Texas Legislature Bowed to Trump. It Screwed Him in the Process.“ by Christopher Hooks.
Article: “Desperate GOP Attack Ad Features James Talarico Singing In A Dress “ by RedStateRachel.
Article: “Elon Musk’s Companies Were Under Investigation by Five Inspectors General When the Trump Administration Fired Them and Made Musk the Investigator“ by Pam Martens and Russ Martens.
Article: “United States government group chat leaks“ (Signalgate) by Wikipedia.
Bible: “Second Epistle to the Thessalonians“ by Wikipedia.
Bible: John 10: The Good Shepherd and His Sheep.
Bible: Revelation 17.
Article: “Russian plague hits third country as biological weapon fears explode after more confirmed cases“ by Adam Cailler.
Article: “Drone attack sinks ship off Bulgaria’s Black Sea coast, PM says“ by AP and Reuters.
Article: “Germany identifies Russian suspects behind Leipzig airport drone attack, say reports“ by Maira Butt.
Trump’s new press secretary wants women who have had abortions in the past to be publicly executed
Article: “Trump’s New Press Secretary Supports Death Penalty for Abortion Patients“ by Jessica Valenti.
Wisdom School Alert. The Great American Food Scam. Big Ag Sells Us More and Feeds Us Less...
Article: “TThe Great American Food Scam. Big Ag Sells Us More and Feeds Us Less.“ by Thom Hartmann.
Article: “350.org“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “The Keeling Curve - the record of atmospheric CO2 from the Mauna Loa Observatory, starting in 1958.“.
Article: “September 11 attacks“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “9/11 conspiracy theories“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Consumer Price Index for the elderly“ (CPI-E) by BLS.
Article: “Katie Zacharia“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Katie Zacharia reveals how she snagged Trump’s press secretary job as she confirms start date“ by Averee Nelson.
Article: “Scaramucci wonders if Katie Zacharia will beat his 11-day record“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “US to cut troop presence in Germany ‘a lot further than 5,000,’ Trump says“ by Jones Hayden.
Article: “US removes all bombers from RAF Fairford base“ by Cachella Smith and Vicky Wong.
Article: “Benedict Arnold Sold Out America Once. Is Trump Doing It Again, This Time for Putin?“ by Thom Hartmann.
Article: “Donald Trump Lost the 2020 Election By Over Seven Million Votes“ by Democrats.
Article: “Democratic Socialists of America (DSA)“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Neville Chamberlain“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Paul Manafort“ by Wikipedia.
Site: “Bette Dangerous - Heidi Siegmund Cuda“.
Article: “Mueller report“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “William Barr“ by Wikipedia.