Tuesday’s Daily Stack
Hour One: “Sabotage”: Experts, lawmakers blast RFK Jr. for destroying healthcare research - US healthcare is broken. Under RFK Jr., the research agency working to fix it is, too.
Article: ““Sabotage”: Experts, lawmakers blast RFK Jr. for destroying healthcare research“ by Beth Mole.
Article: “Robert F. Kennedy Jr.“ by Wikipedia.
Podcast: “Thom Hartmann“ (Apple).
RFK Jr. Gets Busted as America’s Vaccine Defenses Collapse
Article: “RFK Jr. Gets Busted as America’s Vaccine Defenses Collapse“ by Thom Hartmann.
Article: “Severe COVID-19 may wake up dormant viruses and lead to lasting physical disability, study finds“ by Clarissa Brincat.
Article: “CU Cancer Center-led Research Shows That COVID-19 Infection Can Awaken Dormant Cancer Cells, Leading to Metastatic Disease “ by Greg Glasgow.
Article: “Senate rejects impeachment articles against Mayorkas, ending trial against Cabinet secretary“ by Mary Clare Jalonick, Farnoush Amiri.
Article: “Does Putin Own Trump?“ by Thom Hartmann.
Article: “The Impeachment of Secretary William Belknap“ by Office of the Historian.
Article: “Research Finds Bots and Russian Trolls Influenced Vaccine Discussion on Twitter“ by American Journal of Public Health.
Article: “mRNA Vaccine“ by Cleveland Clinic.
Article: “RFK Jr. Targets the Amish: Part I“ by Paul Offit.
Article: “The Executive Order on Childhood Vaccine Recommendations: What’s in It, What It Means, and What Comes Next“ by Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
Article: “One Year of RFK Jr.’s Public Health Crisis; Haley Stevens Renews Call for Impeachment“ by Haley Stevens.
Article: “What Trump’s Executive Order Could Mean for Childhood Vaccines“ by Dominique Mosbergen.
Article: “Federal Judge Blocks Immunization Schedule Changes, Stays ACIP Member Appointments“ by ALPHA.
Article: “New START Expires As U.S. Urges ‘Modernized’ Treaty“ by Xiaodon Liang.
Article: “Ukraine’s falling confidence in US mediation“ by Steven Pifer.
Article: “RFK Jr. halts $500 million for mRNA vaccine research“ by Joe Walsh.
Article: “Trump zeroes in on election security. His team has cut thousands of election-focused federal workers.“ by Nicole Sganga.
Article: “Severe COVID may awaken dormant viruses, leading to autoimmune disease, long COVID“ by Mary Van Beusekom.
Article: “US adds 53 more measles cases to its 2026 total“ by Chris Dall.
Article: “RFK Jr. targets Fauci and pushes medical misinformation in fiery CNN interview“ by Aileen Graef, Katherine Dillinger.
Bill: “H.Res.944 - Impeaching Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Secretary of Health and Human Services, for high crimes and misdemeanors.“ by Rep. Stevens, Haley M. [D-MI-11].
Article: “Measles in Connecticut: What Parents Should Know“ by Connecticut CHildren’s.
Article: “COVID-19 Vaccines (2026-2027 Formula) for Use in the United States Beginning in Fall 2026“ by FDA.
Article: “U.S. Accuses Russia Of Spreading Disinformation About Western COVID Vaccines“ by RFE/RL.
Article: “Pennsylvania reports two measles deaths in Lancaster County, state’s first in three decades“ by Aubrey Whelan and Gillian McGoldrick.
Article: “FDA Approval of 2025 – 2026 COVID-19 Vaccines and EUA Recissions“ by Kansas Health Alert Network.
Site: “Mary Trump“.
Article: “Shapiro reveals blunt confrontation with RFK Jr. after measles deaths“ by Brett Meiselas.
Article: “Two unvaccinated people die of measles in Pennsylvania outbreak, health officials say“ by Erika Edwards.
Article: “How the anti-vaccine movement is downplaying the danger of measles“ by Brandy Zadrozny.
Article: “A New mRNA Vaccine Could Prevent Skin Cancer From Returning“ by Carolyn Y. Johnson.
Article: “Is There a Summer COVID Surge? With Cases Rising in Nearly Every State, Watch for These Symptoms“ by Caroline Kee.
Article: “
US State Department closing office aimed at countering foreign disinformation“ by Daphne Psaledakis.
Article: “White House seeks plan for possible Russia sanctions relief, sources say“ by Erin Banco.
Article: “Free COVID-19 vaccines with most insurance“ by CVS.
Article: “Hungary’s new government dismisses top Orbán-era administrative officials with immediate effect“ by Csaba Finta .
Article: “Insider trading allegations during the second Trump administration“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Democrats incredulous over Hakeem Jeffries and Jared Kushner meeting “ by Sam Levine.
Video: Hakeem Jeffries Speaks Out About His Meeting With Jared Kushner After Backlash .
Article: “Trump 2.0 has deleted or altered nearly 400 US datasets, endangering public health, education and more“ by Amy Qin and Flávio Pessoa.
Article: “Are Abortion Bans Across America Causing Deaths? The States That Passed Them Are Doing Little to Find Out.“ by Kavitha Surana, Mariam Elba, Cassandra Jaramillo, Robin Fields and Ziva Branstetter.
Article: “Samoa’s Tragedy and RFK Jr.’s Alleged Role“ by Andy Pierrotti.
Article: “Measles resurgence in the United States“ by Wikipedia.
Song: “Trump & Kennedy Let the Disease In“ by Louise Hartmann.
Geeky Science. A New Study Finds Shingles Lowers Risk to Heart Attack and Stroke...
Article: “Shingles vaccine linked to lower risk of heart attack and stroke, study finds“ by Hannah Devlin.
Video: Dolly Parton - I Will Always Love You [Official Music Video].
Article: “How Dolly Parton helped the world - from children’s books to supporting Covid vaccine“ by Tiffany Wertheimer.
Crazy Alert. Trump Threatens To Demolish Kennedy Center If He doesn’t Get His Name On It. Remember the MAD Magazine cover? Buy this magazine or I’ll shoot this puppy?
Article: “Trump administration threatens to demolish Kennedy Center if $250m renovation not done“ by David Smith.
Article: “How Trump is remaking Washington DC in his own image“ by Gary Fields.
Article: “America Must Never Forget what Trump & the GOP Did On April 7th, 2020“ by Thom Hartmann.
Book: Stop Walking on Eggshells: Taking Your Life Back When Someone You Care About Has Borderline Personality Disorder by Paul T. T. Mason MS, Randi Kreger.
Book: Unsafe at Any Speed: The Designed-in Dangers of the American Automobile by Ralph Nader.
Book: “Silent Spring“ by Rachel Carson.
Article: “Powell Memorandum: Attack On American Free Enterprise System“ by Lewis F. Powell, Jr.
Article: “Federalist society“ by Wikipedia.
Quote: “Government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem“ - Ronald Reagan.
Article: “Lewis F. Powell Jr.“ by Wikipedia.
Case: “First National Bank Of Boston V. Bellotti“, 1978.
Quote: “God gave us these things to use. After the last tree is felled, Christ will come back“ - James Watt.
Article: “James G. Watt“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Abort all black babies and cut crime, says Republican“ by Dan Glaister.
Article: “William Bennett“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Washington has deployed the CIA chief: the US is trying to secure something from Russia that Kyiv particularly needs.“ by Anton Kudryavtsev, Olga Larina.
Article: “No Tomahawks for Ukraine? Trump reportedly refuses to sell missiles“ by Kateryna Danishevska.
Article: “Fire destroys drone-hit Wildberries warehouse in Russia’s Tambov region, governor says“ by Reuters.
Article: “Ukrainian drones kill several, hit warehouse of Russian online retailer Ozon“ by Reuters.
Article: “UK approves handover of Storm Shadow production technology to Ukraine“ by Iryna Levytska, Andrii Konyk.
Article: “Trump Says US Has Not Agreed to Ukraine Building Patriot Missiles“ by Reuters.
Article: “Trump Knew the Risk of Iran Blocking the Strait of Hormuz. He Still Went to War.“ by Alexander Ward, Lara Seligman, Alex Leary and Vera Bergengruen.
Hour Two: Democrats, Groups Fight Back After Supreme Court Clears Way for Trump Attack on Mail Voting
Article: “Democrats, Groups Fight Back After Supreme Court Clears Way for Trump Attack on Mail Voting “ by Jessica Corbett.
Bill: “H.R.7296 - SAVE America Act“ by Rep. Roy, Chip [R-TX-21] (Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act).
Are You Ready for Immigration Officers at the Polls?
Article: “Immigration officers are being diverted to Trump’s voter-fraud effort“ by Hesson.
Bill: “H.R.7296 - SAVE America Act“ by Rep. Roy, Chip [R-TX-21] (Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act).
Article: “Operation Eagle Eye (United States)“ (voter suppression, William Rehnquist) by Wikipedia.
Article: “DHS reps don’t have ‘high confidence’ that 14K non-citizens improperly voted in PA: letter“ by Sarah Burns.
Article: “National Voter Registration Act of 1993“ (Motor Voter Act) by Wikipedia. “The Congress finds that -
(1) the right of citizens of the United States to vote is a fundamental right;“
Article: “Steve Bannon calls for ICE and others to be at “every precinct” for the midterms: “If you’re armed or not, that depends upon what your state laws are”“ by Media Matters Staff.
Article: “How Jeb Bush Stole the 2000 Election for His Brother“ by Greg Palast.
Case: “Husted v A Phillip Randolph Institute“.
Article: “Joseph Stalin said some version of “It’s not the people who vote that count, it’s the people who count the votes.”“ by David Emery.
Article: “Measles vaccine for seniors?“ by dtgt.
Article: “Medicare & You“ handbook by Medicare.
Judge Exposes Trump’s “High Noon” Plot to Seize Power of GOP Loses Midterms
Article: “Judge lays out Trump’s ‘high noon’ plot to seize power if Republicans lose the midterms “ by Robert Davis.
Article: “J. Michael Luttig“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Did Andrew Jackson actually defy the Supreme Court?“ by Ewald McGlynn.
Article: “Giant gold Trump statue erected at US president’s golf course“ by James Corrigan.
Article: “Trump’s 15-foot gold statue of himself at his Florida golf course compared to North Korea’s Dear Leader“ by Owen Scott.
It’s Now Being Revealed How Undercover Agents Spied on Protesters in MN
Article: “Revealed: How undercover agents spied on anti-ICE protesters in Minnesota“ by Sam Levin.
Article: “Students for a Democratic Society“ (SDS) by Wikipedia.
Article: “The Port Huron Statement Of The Students For A Democratic Society“ by Tom Hayden.
Article: “COINTELPRO“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Why Donald Trump’s Companies Went Bankrupt“ by Tom Murse.
Article: “#5 Trump’s Russian Laundromat (1984)“ by Craig Unger.
Article: “Trump Administration Moves to Allow Logging in Pristine National Forests“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “2025 Russia–United States summit“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “What Putin Has Said About Russia Taking Back Alaska“ by Nick Mordowanec.
Article: “John Campbell (YouTuber)“ by Wikipedia.
Youtube: “Tousi TV“.
Article: “How Will Amy Coney Barrett Explain This to Her Haitian Children?“ by Vivia Chen.
Article: “Dalai Lama Renaissance“.
Article: “Characters Featured in Dalai Lama Renaissance“.
Quote: “The Presidency is not merely an administrative office. Thats the least of it. It is more than an engineering job, efficient or inefficient. It is pre-eminently a place of moral leadership“ - Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Article: “Dolly Rebecca Parton“.
Article: “Great Depression (1929 - 1930s) by Wikipedia.
Hour Three: Is Trump Tanking the Economy Deliberately? Why?
Article: “Tanking economy spurs stunning conclusion from analyst: Trump’s doing it ‘deliberately’“ by Travis Gettys.
Article: “Trump can’t stop sabotaging his own economy“ by James Downie.
Article: “Bessent threatens new Iran secondary sanctions, says Trump asking world leaders to sign on“ by Rob Wile.
Article: “Trump visited soldiers at Walter Reed — but not the 14 injured in the Iran war“ by Michael Kaplan, Jonah Kaplan, Kristin Brown, Eleanor Watson.
Article: “As the US pauses the war with Iran, is Trump really running out of weapons?“ by Bernd Debusmann Jr.
Article: “Here’s why conditions on the USS Lincoln fell apart“ by Bruce Golding.
Article: “Pete Hegseth’s tattoos have raised eyebrows. Here’s what we know about their meaning“ by Jack Izzo.
Article: “Pete Hegseth wants a testosterone-fueled military. The science doesn’t back the macho fantasy“ by Quispe López.
Article: “Trump and Putin’s phone calls last for hours because of Russian president’s ‘monologues,’ report says“ by Joe Sommerlad.
RFK Jr, Covid, Measles and parking lots...
- Monica Healy & Christy Branham aka “The Politics Chicks“, “two Midwestern moms who have a lot to say about politics and take Minnesota Nice with a grain of salt.” Threads. Substack.
Article: “RFK Jr. Gets Busted as America’s Vaccine Defenses Collapse“ by Thom Hartmann.
Article: “Trump Humiliated After Brutal Result in New Poll“ by William Vaillancourt.
Article: “Welcome to The Politics Chicks“ by Christy Branham and Monica Healy.
Article: “A Manufactured Crisis: Minnesota Medicaid Fraud, an Unprecedented ICE Crackdown, and a National Medicaid Rollback“ by Christy Branham, Renee Herskovitz, Monica Healy, and The Politics Chicks.
Article: “The Architects of Minnesota’s Medicaid Fraud Are Now Its Loudest Accusers“ by The Politics Chicks, Christy Branham, belvederestp, and Renee Herskovitz.
Article: “Minneapolis estimates Operation Metro Surge cost the city $700 million“ by Ellie Roth and Estelle Timar-Wilcox.
Article: “Killing of Alex Pretti“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Killing of Renée Good“ by Wikipedia.
Substack: “Judge J. Michael Luttig“.
Article: “Pro-MAGA voices groan over Trump’s latest beef buyout plan“ by Ja’han Jones.
Article: “Billionaire Peter Thiel moves out of U.S. citing harsh concerns“ by Pooja Rajkumari.
Article: “Trump’s Inner Circle Panics Over “Natalie” as the Rasputin Parallel Gets Real“ by Thom Hartmann.
Article: “Grigori Rasputin“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Shopping malls are charging for prime parking. It’s not going well“ by Jessica Guynn.
Article: “Donald Trump Stole Money from Kids with Cancer“ by Jacob Weindling.
Article: “Trump’s schedule raises major question about who’s running the country: analyst“ by Bennito L. Kelty.
Article: “Inside Trump’s remake of the White House Rose Garden. First a stone patio, then statues“ by Darlene Superville.
Article: “Trump builds a new White House helipad because even Marine One needed a grand entrance“ by Rhian Lubin.
Can Trump’s economic war against Iran do what airstrikes and negotiations couldn’t? Or will it be a “bust” just like everything else Trump touches?
Article: “Can Trump’s economic war against Iran do what airstrikes and negotiations couldn’t?“ by Arezou Rezvani.
Article: “China threatens Trump with retaliation over Iran sanctions“ by Hans van Leeuwen.
Article: “China’s new hypersonic missile puts US on notice “ by Allegra Mendelson.
Article: “Iran May Have Little to Lose as U.S. Tries to Squeeze Its Economy“ by Erika Solomon and Sanam Mahoozi.
Article: “Normandy landings“ (D-Day) by Wikipedia.
Article: “Democratic Socialists of America (DSA)“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Electoral College“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “John Marshall“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “court-packing“ by Merriam-Webster.
Article: “Hasan Piker“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “How the Rich Live Off Loans: A Deep Dive into Debt Strategies of the Wealthy“ by Bella Mertz.
Article: “Trump Paid $750 in Federal Income Taxes in 2017. Here’s the Math.“ by Russ Buettner, Mike McIntire, Susanne Craig and Keith Collins.
Article: “Tim Curry“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Truth and Reconciliation Commission“ by Desmond Tutu, Britannica.
Site: Convention of States (Youtube).
Videos: Article V Convention Simulation 2023.
Site: Bible Law vs. The United States Constitution.
Article: “Constitutional Convention (United States)“ (1787) by Wikipedia.
Article: “Sonny Barger“ by Wikipedia.