Sue's Daily Stack, The Thom Hartmann Program 05/13/26
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Wednesday’s Daily Stack
Hour One: The Billionaire Plot to Put Women Back in Chains
Article: “The Billionaire Plot to Put Women Back in Chains“ by Thom Hartmann.
Book: The Last American President: A Broken Man, a Corrupt Party, and a World on the Brink by Thom Hartmann.
Article: “If you’re worried about Project 2025, blame this Coloradan“ by Quentin Young.
Site: “HartmannReport.com“.
Site: “openstates.org“.
Article: “A HUGE impact from a small memo in 1971 by a non-politician, affecting EVERYONE today...“ by Dingo Dave.
Site: “Abortion Action Missouri“.
Site: “ACLU of Missouri“.
Article: “The Dangerous and Violent Reality of Controlling Women“ by Elyse Shaw and Lorena Roque.
Article: “New version of GOP suppression bill would impose nationwide proof of citizenship, photo ID requirements“ by Jacob Knutson.
Article: “Mapped: How 6 Billionaire Family Fortunes Fund Project 2025“ by Joe Fassler.
Site: “Guttmacher Institute“.
Article: “Year One of Project 2025: Tracking the Trump Administration’s Devastating Campaign Against Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights“ by Guttmacher Institute.
Article: “Saving America by Saving the Family: A Foundation for the Next 250 Years“ by Roger Severino, Jay Richards, PhD, Emma Waters, Delano Squires, Rachel Sheffield and Robert Rector.
Article: “The Heritage Foundation Has a Radical New Project“ by Billie Jean Sweeney.
Article: “‘Americans are under-babied’: Dr Oz issues stark warning over US fertility ‘crisis’“ by Joe Sommerlad.
Article: “Massively influential GOP group hires leader who wants to criminalize homosexuality“ by Daniel Villarreal.
Article: “The Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act is a Trick“ by LWV.
Article: ““Put Them in Trauma”: Inside a Key MAGA Leader’s Plans for a New Trump Agenda“ by Molly Redden, Andy Kroll, Nick Surgey.
Article: “Does Heritage Support Discrimination Against Women?“ by Henry Olsen.
Article: “‘Just disgraceful’: outcry as Heritage thinktank appoints far-right figure to key post“ by Jason Wilson.
Site: “vote.org“.
Article: “The SAVE Act: What every American Voter Needs to Know“ by vote.org.
Site: “Project 2025“.
Article: “The Mandate for Leadership“ by Heritage Foundation.
Article: “Powell Memorandum: Attack On American Free Enterprise System“ by Scholarly Commons.
Article: “Lewis F. Powell Jr.“ by Wikipedia.
Case: “First National Bank Of Boston V. Bellotti“, 1978.
Article: “Demographics of the United States“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Who’s winning under Trump’s tariff policy?“ by Kira Schacht.
Article: “ICE raids are killing the U.S. tourism industry, hospitality workers warn“ by Leo Heit.
Article: “Medicaid: What to Watch in 2026“ by Robin Rudowitz, Alice Burns, Elizabeth Hinton, Jennifer Tolbert, and Elizabeth Williams.
Article: “Automatic military draft registration takes effect in December. Here’s how it would work“ by Kaanita Iyer.
Article: “What do they know? World’s billionaires are building bunkers and assembling fortresses outside their mansions“ by Kim Komando, Matthew Phelan.
Pentagon Readies Sledgehammer to Pound Iran Again?
Article: “Pentagon Ready to Go With New Name for Iran War in Sign Fighting May Resume Imminently“ (Operation Sledgehammer) by Sarah Rumpf.
Article: “Chinese satellite imagery of Middle East bases is helping Iran, US intelligence says“ by Henry Zwartz and Kathleen Calderwood.
Article: “List of U.S. service members killed during the 2026 Iran war“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Who’s Gone With Trump to China? And What It Shows About US Priorities“ by Mandy Taheri and Brendan Cole.
Crazy Alert! Has Jesse Watters Finally Lost His Grip on Reality - claiming woman are born “bad?”
Article: “Jesse Watters Blames Women and Their ‘Savior Complex’ for ‘Feminized’ Justice System“ by Willa Pope Robbins.
Article: “Trump Called Two Female Reporters ‘Dumb’ and ‘Stupid’ in Minutes — Here Is Every Woman Journalist He Has Attacked“ by Jim Manzon.
Article: “New AI data center in Utah will generate and consume more than twice the amount of power the entire state uses — Kevin O’Leary’s 9 Gigawatt Utah data center campus approved“ by Luke James.
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.
Article: “World population milestones“ by Wikipedia.
Podcast: “Is China Winning the A.I. Race?“ by Natalie Kitroeff.
Article: “One-child policy“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “How learning a new language changes your brain“ by Carley Spence.
Article: “Did Trump Say, ‘I Love the Poorly Educated’?“ by David Mikkelson.
Article: “Fact check: Was Donald Trump recruited by the KGB and codenamed ‘Krasnov’?“ by Estelle Nilsson-Julien.
Article: “Donald Trump ‘falls asleep with face drooping’ during Oval Office event - ‘unfit to serve’“ by Callum Hoare.
Article: “Awkward moment an aging Mitch McConnell needs help from staff during hearing with Pete Hegseth“ by Stephen M. Lepore.
Article: “Trump nominates Kari Lake to be US ambassador to Jamaica“ by Anna Betts.
Article: “The Handmaid’s Tale“ by Margaret Atwood.
Article: “Ted Cruz Admits Trump Accounts Are Designed to Privatize Social Security Over Time“ by Jake Johnson.
Hour Two: We were promised gold plated phones...
- Judd Legum, Founder & Author - Popular Information / lawyer & journalist @juddlegum.bsky.social Substack
Article: “ICE has not paid for detainee medical care for 7 months“ by Judd Legum.
Article: “We were promised a gold-plated Trump phone“ by Judd Legum.
Article: “Pulitzer-winning newsrooms are quietly publishing mountains of gambling slop“ by Judd Legum.
Article: “Scott Bessent“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Senate Republicans include $1 billion for Trump ballroom in spending package“ by Alexander Willis.
Article: “US gets first $500 million Venezuelan oil deal, holding some proceeds in Qatar“ by Shelby Talcott and Eleanor Mueller.
Article: “US sending thousands more troops to Middle East despite Iran ceasefire“ by Al Jazeera Staff and AFP.
Mamdani Slams the Door on Austerity in New York
Article: “New York Mayor Mamdani Applauded for Closing $12 Billion Budget Deficit Without Austerity Measures “ by Julia Conley.
Article: “The U.S. Economy Performs Better Under Democratic Presidents“ by JEC.
Did the FBI Build a “Payback Squad” for Trump’s Enemies?
Article: “FBI Created ‘Payback Squad’ to Handle Political Cases, Sources Say“ by Jose Pagliery.
Quote: “Give me the man and I will give you the case against him“ - Andrey Vyshinsky.
Article: “‘So Did You!’ Kash Patel Gives Head-Scratching Reply When Being Accused of Lying to Congress“ by Alex Griffing.
Book: Myth of the Lost Cause: Why the South Fought the Civil War and Why the North Won by Edward H. Bonekemper III.
Article: “Pandora“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Native Americans and women’s suffrage in the United States“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “The Letters of Thomas Jefferson 1743-1826“.
Site: Salem International.
Article: “Justice Department wants to get Trump out of E Jean Carroll payment“ by Nikki McCann Ramirez.
TV: “The Comey Rule“.
Article: “NEW STUDY: Nearly $80 Trillion Redistributed from the Bottom 90% to the Top 1% Since 1975“ by Bernie Sanders.
Hour Three: Big Money is why the GOP has captured the Supreme Court
- Dean Obeidallah, Host of Dean Obeidallah show weekdays 6-9PM ET @SXMProgress Radio Ch127 / His substack is The Dean’s Report @deanobeidallah.bsky.social @siriusxmprog.bsky.social
Article: “BIG money in politics is why the GOP/oligarchs have “captured” the Supreme Court“ by Dean Obeidallah.
Event: Sun May 17: 6:00 pm: D.C. New York Arab American Comedy Festival presents Freedom to Laugh.
Article: “Trump and Kash Patel have made US the most vulnerable to attack since 9/11“ by Dean Obeidallah.
Article: “Trump, comedians and his long-running beef with late night TV“ by Nicole Fallert.
Movie: “Cabaret (1972 film)”.
Article: “BIG money in politics is why the GOP/oligarchs have “captured” the Supreme Court“ by Dean Obeidallah.
Podcast: “Master Plan“ by David Sirota.
Article: “Citizens United V. Federal Election Comm’n: Justice Stevens’ dissent“.
Article: “How ‘Tokyo Rose’ Became WWII’s Most Notorious Propagandist“ by Evan Andrews.
Article: “American Consumer Price Index: 1913 to 2026“ by rateinflation.com.
Article: “December 3, 1888: Fourth Annual Message“ (iron heel) by Grover Cleveland. “As we view the achievements of aggregated capital, we discover the existence of trusts, combinations, and monopolies, while the citizen is struggling far in the rear or is trampled to death beneath an iron heel. Corporations, which should be the carefully restrained creatures of the law and the servants of the people, are fast becoming the people’s masters.“
Book: An Unlikely Trust: Theodore Roosevelt, J.P. Morgan, and the Improbable Partnership That Remade American Business by Gerard Helferich.
Law: “Sherman Antitrust Act“, 1890.
Article: “Gilded Age“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “‘Maybe That Was The Reason’: Trump Thinks He Knows Why God Saved Him From Assassination“ by Ed Mazza.
Article: “Trump’s meltdown as he ‘screams at top generals for hours before ban from Situation Room’“ by Reanna Smith, Olivia Beeson and Gina Martinez .
Article: “Trump gets revenge, and other takeaways from Tuesday’s Indiana and Ohio primaries“ by Eric Bradner.
Will Trump Erase His Own IRS Audits Forever?
Article: “Justice Dept. Officials Consider Settling Trump Suit Against I.R.S.“ by Andrew Duehren and Alan Feuer.
Article: “Dred Scott“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Roger B. Taney“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “State Restrictions on Voter Registration Drives“ by Diana Kasdan.
Documentary: “Trust Me: The False Prophet“.
Article: “Terry Tempest Williams“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “West Virginia Supreme Court Special Election Results“ by NYT.
Quote: “Figures Don’t Lie, But Liars Do Figure“ - anon.
Article: “Sheldon Whitehouse“ by Wikipedia.