Wednesday’s Daily Stack
Hour One: A Brazilian Meat Billionaire Walked Into Trump’s Oval Office. What Happened Next Should Terrify Us All…
Article: “A Brazilian Meat Billionaire Walked Into Trump’s Oval Office. What Happened Next Should Terrify Us All…“ by Thom Hartmann.
Article: “Trump administration stalled a survey of PFAS in wastewater, former EPA officials say“ by Michael Phillis.
Article: “After RFK Jr. cut food safety inspectors, the strained FDA struggles to close the gap“ by Matthew Perrone.
Site: The Hartmann Report.
Article: “The World’s Biggest Meat Company Gets the Greenlight to Go Public on the New York Stock Exchange“ by Georgina Gustin.
Article: “Watchdog group alleges Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins violated ethics rules“ by Sky Chadde.
Article: “Report: JBS Owner Met With Trump Before Beef Import Plan“ by Chris Moore.
Article: “Meatpacking giant JBS debuts on NYSE six months after $5m Trump donation“ by Shanna Hanbury.
Article: “Oversight Democrats Urge HHS Secretary RFK Jr. to Halt Purge of FDA Staff, Warn of Increased Outbreaks of Contaminated Food“ by Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Article: “White House defends Trump’s beef import plan after report on billionaire’s influence“ by Mira Bhakta.
Book: The Jungle by Upton Sinclair.
Article: “America’s expensive groceries are getting less safe to eat“ by Josephine Walker.
Article: “Cattle ranchers express concern about U.S. plan to boost foreign beef imports“ by Mary Cunningham.
Article: “RFK’s cuts to FDA are a threat to public health and safety“ by Sarah Sorscher.
Article: “FSMA Final Rule on Requirements for Additional Traceability Records for Certain Foods“ by FDA.
Article: “Trump, aided by RFK Jr., is dismantling the U.S. food safety network“ by Phyllis Entis.
Article: “Quashing Consumers’ Right-To-Know, Congress Repeals Country-Of-Origin-Labeling For Beef And Pork“ by Nancy Fink Huehnergarth.
Article: “How Upton Sinclair’s ‘The Jungle’ Led to US Food Safety Reforms“ by Christopher Klein.
Article: “Eric Schlosser Asks Whether We Should Be Afraid of Our Food. The Better Question Is What We Are Going to Do About It. Here Is My List.“ by Bill Marler.
Article: “Where’s the beef coming from? The White House won’t say.“ by Adam Hudacek.
Article: “This Chicken Company Paid Over $100 Million in Fines for Fixing Prices, Then Gave $5 Million to Trump’s Inauguration“ by Claire Heddles.
Article: “Why Did Trump Order Up 660 Million Pounds of Mystery Meat?“ by Eric Schlosser.
Article: “The USDA secretary is a dangerous religious zealot like Pete Hegseth“ by Amanda Marcotte.
Article: “Letter to CEOs of Pilgrim’s Pride and JBS USA“ by Elizabeth Warren.
Article: “Wesley Batista“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Behind Closed Doors, John Fetterman Shows Little Interest in the Work of a Senator“ by Will Hobson and Siobhan Hughes.
Article: “Le Pen family“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Grigori Rasputin“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Automatic military draft registration takes effect in December. Here’s how it would work“ by Kaanita Iyer.
Article: “Changes to Medicaid, the ACA and other key provisions of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act“ by AMA.
Article: ““Trump Always Chickens Out” (TACO)“ by Wikipedia.
Trump’s oil investments have gained millions during Iran war as his accounts keep trading as Oil hits $100 and may go to $150
Article: “Trump’s oil investments have gained millions during Iran war as his accounts keep trading“ by Luke Fountain.
Article: “Goldman Sachs warns oil prices could hit $120 as U.S. fuel costs surge“ by Aimee Picchi.
Video: The Bogatin Brothers’ Long Connection to Donald Trump (w/ Craig Unger).
Trump claims another scalp? Jimmy Kimmel’s talk show coming to an end. Our media is tanking into the billionaire/right-wing trap...
Article: “Jimmy Kimmel’s talk show coming to an end amid ‘nasty feud’ with Trump: report “ by Bennito L. Kelty.
Article: “Trump called out on brazen new ‘totally made up story’ about 9/11: ‘Despicable liar’“ by Howard Koplowitz.
Article: “Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Humpty Dumpty“ by Wikipedia.
Book: Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World’s Most Dangerous Man by Mary L. Trump Ph.D..
Article: “Paxton slams Talarico over Texas tax break votes“ by Adam Powell.
Article: “Ken Paxton’s Statewide Crackdown Could Block Hundreds of Texas Cities From Raising Taxes“ by Ericka Rodriguez Diaz.
Quote: “The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little. “ - FDR.
Article: “Tarrant County, Texas“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Stacey Abrams“ by Wikipedia.
Site: “No Kings“ (next, October 17).
Article: “A Doctor Sued 700 Patients for Debts; 81 Were Arrested. Now He’s a Senator.“ (Roger Marshall) by Sarah Kliff.
Article: “Donald Trump makes wild 9/11 firefighter rescue claim in car-crash speech with distasteful dead rescuer quip“ by Anders Anglesey.
Article: “New Yorkers were ‘lied’ to about toxic air after 9/11 attacks, says Mamdani“ by Madeline Halpert and Kayla Epstein.
Article: “7 World Trade Center (1987–2001)“ by Wikipedia.
Hour Two: Sloptocracy
- Heidi Siegmund Cuda, Emmy award-winning investigative reporter, writes the Bette Dangerous substack — she also writes the “Hot Type” column for Byline Times & produces documentary films (currently working on the film, “Kherson: Human Safari”) @heidicuda.bsky.social
Article: “Hot Type: Sloptocracy“ by Heidi Cuda.
Article: “The Manchurian Candidate“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Calls Grow to Invoke 25th Amendment After Trump’s AI Truth Social Posts“ by Ewan Palmer.
Article: “While America Burns, Trump Builds Himself a Colosseum“ by Thom Hartmann.
Article: “Bread and circuses“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Yale scientists warn Medicaid cuts could cause 51,000 preventable deaths“ by Jake Robbins.
Article: “Carney tells Trump ‘stop doing memes’ as US-Canada trade war persists“ by Rob Gillies.
Article: “Julius Caesar“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Trump sued over Truth Social advance access sale“ by Dan Mangan.
Article: “1999 Russian apartment bombings“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Chilling conspiracy theory behind Putin’s rise to power“ by news.com.au.
Article: “Moscow theater hostage crisis“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Reichstag fire“ by Britannica.
Substack: “Thinking about...“ by Timothy Snyder.
Article: “Witkoff and Kushner discussed ‘next steps’ with Putin to end Ukraine war, says US“ by William Christou.
Article: ““When we retire, we will have a lot of stories that we can remember, and communication with you will be one of the best and most memorable,” Steve Witkoff thanked Vladimir Putin for the warm welcome in Moscow“ by Max “vesti”.
Article: “Memetic warfare“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “The legacy that Smithsonian head Lonnie Bunch leaves“ by Andrew Limbong, Michel Martin.
Article: “Lonnie Bunch“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Trump to attend Presidents Cup at Medinah as honorary chairman“ by AP.
Site: Daily Song.
Facebook: “Sully Dawg“.
Article: “36 Reasons to Thank Your Union“ by Derrick Hernandez.
Trump just had another long phone conversation with Putin in which he received his most recent marching orders
Article: “Putin praises US peace efforts in call with Trump“ by FT.
Article: “Russia launches missile strikes against Kyiv as pause in raids ends“ by FT.
Article: “Michael Cohen to Donald Trump Hey Boss, How About A Pardon???“ by TMZ.
Article: “Trump sides with Russia against FBI at Helsinki summit“ by BBC.
RFK Jr’s penis obsession continues
Article: “RFK Jr’s penis obsession continues“ by Derek Beres.
Article: “First Thing: German far-right leader thanks Elon Musk after landmark election win praised by Russia“ by Martin Belam.
Article: “Elon Musk is accused of making a Nazi salute. Here’s what has been said“ by Georgie Hewson.
Book: The Nerd Reich: Silicon Valley Fascism and the War on Democracy by Gil Durán.
Article: “The Poison Squad“ by PBS.
Video: The Poison Squad.
Article: “Harvey Washington Wiley“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “George W. Bush misrepresented our work at CIA to sell the Iraq invasion. It’s time to call him what he is: ‘A liar.’“ by Mattathias Schwartz.
Article: “Trump’s territorial ambition: new imperialism or a case of the emperor’s new clothes?“ by Julian Borger.
Article: “Dennis Kucinich“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Trump Will Reportedly Spend Millions Making the Midterms a Referendum on His Record“ by Michael Luciano.
Article: “Trump admin’s mail-in ballot fight lands back at Supreme Court“ by Stephen Sorace.
Article: “American Civil War (1861 - 1865) by Wikipedia.
Article: “Battle of Shiloh“ by Wikipedia.
Hour Three: The Most Important Election of Our Lifetime?
- Christopher Armitage, Journalist. Criminal justice Researcher, former law enforcement officer, veteran, author. Substack: “The Existentialist Republic“. @carmitage.bsky.social.
Article: “The Most Important Election of Our Lifetime?“ by Christopher Armitage.
Article: “Four People Have Begun the Process to Convene Grand Juries Over DOGE, the Make Corrupt Politicians Pay Act Is in the Mail to 1,519 Legislators, the Calls Start This Week, and More“ by Christopher Armitage.
Article: “Todd Blanche Knowingly Disobeyed a Federal Court Order on the Epstein Files, So I Filed for His Disbarment in New York“ by Christopher Armitage.
Article: “Operation Northwoods“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “destruction of the Maine“ by Britannica.
Article: “Gulf of Tonkin incident“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Cubana de Aviación Flight 455“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Bay of Pigs Invasion“ (Operation ZAPATA) by Wikipedia.
Article: “Assassination of John F. Kennedy“ (November 22, 1963) by Wikipedia.
Yes. You need to know what Elon’s up to.
Article: “VoteSafe.org IS Elon Musk—and He’s Trying To Capture Your Sensitive Voter Data“ by This Will Hold.
Substack: “This Will Hold“.
Article: “2026 Nepal–Tibet floods“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “DOGE cuts to USAID halted program that built flood early-warning system in Nepal?“ by Laerke Christensen.
Videos: Shahid King Bolsen - Middle Nation.
Article: “The US is gobbling up Venezuelan oil, but will it lower fuel prices?“ by Priyanka Shankar.
Article: ““It’s not 1950”: Senator Murray on Trump’s Outrageous and Backwards Move to Siphon Child Care Funding Away from Single Parents and Working Families“ by PUBT.
Book: Learned Optimism: How to Change Your Mind and Your Life by Martin E. P. Seligman.
Article: “Martin Seligman“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Learned helplessness“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Spasmodic dysphonia“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “More than 192,000 voters purged from Wisconsin rolls, the highest in 6 years“ by Kimberly Wethal.
Site: My Vote Wisconsin.
Site: “Vote.org“.
Article: “Absentee ballots go out in North Carolina as new mail-in return rules take effect“ by Jordan Luker.
Article: “Roy Cooper“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Whatley within striking distance of defeating Roy Cooper in North Carolina: Poll“ by Anna Commander.
Article: “1988 Hamas charter“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Entebbe raid“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Munich massacre“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Socialism“ by Wikipedia.