Sue's Daily Stack, The Thom Hartmann Program 12/06/25
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Monday’s Daily Stack
Hour One: The Billionaire Coup: How the Supreme Court and Corporate Money Captured America
Article: “The Billionaire Coup: How the Supreme Court and Corporate Money Captured America“ by Thom Hartmann.
Site: “Indivisible“.
Article: “The Hidden History of the Supreme Court and the Betrayal of America“ by Thom Hartmann.
Article: “Justice Barrett’s Ties to Shell and API Are Far Deeper Than Reported; Her Father Could Be Deposed in Climate Change Suits“ by Lisa Graves.
Article: “Chief Justice John Roberts’ Wife Made Over $10 Million As Legal Consultant, Report Says“ by Nicholas Reimann.
Article: “Clarence Thomas and the Billionaire“ by Joshua Kaplan, Justin Elliott and Alex Mierjeski.
Article: “Law firm CEO with US supreme court dealings bought property from Gorsuch“ by Martin Pengelly.
Article: “The Stakes of the Supreme Court’s Pro-Corruption Rulings in the Age of Trump: Why the Supreme Court Should Have Taken Judicial Notice of the Post-January 6 Reality in Percoco“ by Ciara Torres-Spelliscy.
Case: “First National Bank of Boston v. Bellotti“.
Case: “Buckley v. Valeo“.
Case: “Citizens United v. FEC“.
Article: “The Simple, Legal Way Trump Could Steal the Midterms“ by Steve Israel.
Well...The FBI is making a list of American extremists. Guess who may be on it?
Article: “FBI Making List of American “Extremists,” Leaked Memo Reveals“ by Ken Klippenstein.
Article: “ICE Wants to Go After Dissenters as well as Immigrants“ by Faiza Patel, Matthew Ruppert.
Article: “National Security Presidential Memorandum-7 (NSPM-7)“ by Wikipedia.
Did Whiskey Pete just throw Trump under the bus or is he saying - if I go down, so do you?
Article: “Hegseth defends strikes on alleged cartel boats, says Trump can order use of force ‘as he sees fit’“ by David Klepper.
A billionaire wants a return to hangings - just like Saudi Arabia....He says it’s “Masculine leadership.”
Article: “Billionaire pushes return of public hangings as part of ‘masculine leadership’ initiative“ by Brad Reed.
Article: “Joe Lonsdale Calls For Public Hangings“ by Gil Duran.
Article: “Russia vs Europe: The Tactics of One Warhead That Breaks NATO“ (needs translation) by Oleg Volodin.
Article: “Disappearance of ‘Russian threat’ from US national security strategy positive — Kremlin“ by TASS.
Article: “Expert’s Chilling Claim: Putin, Xi and Trump Plan to Split the World Like a Pie“ by Kathrine Frich.
Article: “Trump to pardon ex-Honduras president convicted of drug trafficking“ by Nadine Yousif.
Article: ““Murder on the High Seas”: War Crimes Prosecutor Reed Brody on Trump’s Boat Strikes“ by Democracy Now!
Article: “Trump Sure Seems to Be Behind Paramount’s Hostile Bid for Warner Bros“ by Hafiz Rashid.
Hour Two: Is Trump’s National Security Strategy Officially Rebranding Racism as “Security”?
Article: “National Security Strategy of the USA“ by Donald J. Trump et al.
Article: “Aghast critics slam Trump document as laying out ‘explicit’ plan for extremism“ by Brad Reed.
Article: “Deep Dive: The Great Replacement Theory“ by Matt Schiavenza and Ayelet Parness.
Article: “Arab Spring“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Syrian civil war“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Bashar al-Assad“ (Syria) by Wikipedia.
Article: “One year after Syria ouster, al-Assad lives under strict Russian supervision in Moscow exile“ by Euronews.
Article: “Historic return of displaced Syrians presents opportunity and urgent challenges “ by UNHCR.
Article: “Germany’s plan for peace in Syria“ by Kim Berg.
Article: “Hungarian border barrier“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Zelensky rallies European leaders at No 10 as push to unlock frozen Russian billions to fund war nears breakthrough“ by Jack Elsom.
Article: “Trump administration says Europe faces ‘civilisational erasure’“ by Brandon Livesay.
Our new US security strategy aligns with Russia just as Russia praises “strong” Trump.
Article: “New US security strategy aligns with Russia’s vision, Moscow says“ by Rachel Muller-Heyndyk.
Article: “Russian official praises ‘strong’ Trump’s strategy: ‘Largely consistent with our vision’“ by Robert Davis.
Article: “‘His People Love It!’ Trump Says He’s ‘Disappointed’ Zelensky Hasn’t Yet Read Peace Proposal“ by Jennifer Bowers Bahney.
Article: “National debt of the United States“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “U.S. Debt by President: Dollar and Percentage“ by Hiranmayi Srinivasan.
Article: “How the GOP Used a Two Santa Clauses Tactic to Con America for Nearly 40 Years“ by Thom Hartmann.
There’s a new media mega merger in the works and Trump say, “I’ll be involved.” Surprised?
Article: “‘I’ll be involved’: Trump makes stunning claim about mega media merger“ by Robert Davis.
Article: “Trump Weighs in on Proposed Netflix-Warner Bros. Deal: It’s a “Very Big Market Share” and “Could Be a Problem”“ by Kimberly Nordyke.
Article: “JD Vance Addresses Marriage Rumors After Erika Kirk Hug and Wife Usha’s Missing Wedding Ring“ by Greta Bjornson.
Article: “Marjorie Taylor Greene and 60 Minutes host get heated in tense interview: ‘I am accusing you!’“ by Kelly Rissman.
Article: “Tracking the retirement announcements of members of Congress“ by Meg Kinnard, Maya Sweedler.
Article: “‘Must be nice’: House Dem Mike Johnson delayed swearing in for 7 weeks reacts to quick ceremony for new GOP member“ by Jennifer Bowers Bahney.
Law: “Constitution of the United States“..
Site: “Project 2025“.
Site: Project 2025 Tracker.
Article: “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz“ by L. Frank Baum.
Quote: “You can go to live in Germany or Turkey or Japan, but you cannot become a German, a Turk, or a Japanese. But anyone, from any corner of the Earth, can come to live in America and become an American.“ - Ronald Reagan.
Article: “Pledge of Allegiance“ by Wikipedia.
Book: The Jefferson Bible, Smithsonian Edition: The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth by Thomas Jefferson.
Article: “What Would the “Christian America” Trump & Speaker Johnson are Calling for Look Like?“ by Thom Hartmann.
Article: “Patrick Henry“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “The Bible and slavery“ by Wikipedia.
Book: The Age of Reason, the Complete Edition by Thomas Paine.
Bible: “Matthew 25:40“. “The King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.’
Site: Free Speech TV.
Article: “New Moreno Bill to Outlaw Dual Citizenship“ by Senator Bernie Moreno (R-Ohio).
Article: “Melania and Barron Trump could be affected by dual citizenship debate“ by Daniel Neira.
Hour Three: ICE Detainee Bruna Ferreira, Mom of Karoline Leavitt’s Nephew, Says She ‘Made a Mistake’ in ‘Trusting’ Trump’s White House Secretary - she’s lived her since she was a child - and now here son is in the whole custody of Karoline Leavitt’s brother. I guess that custody issue got solved...just deport the mom.
Article: “ICE Detainee Bruna Ferreira, Mom of Karoline Leavitt’s Nephew, Says She ‘Made a Mistake’ in ‘Trusting’ Trump’s White House Secretary“ by David Gilmour.
Clinton fired FBI Director Bill Sessions for using the FBI for personal tasks. Now Patel is using the FBI for personal tasks. Hmm....
Article: “Why President Clinton fired then-FBI Director William Sessions in July 1993“ by ABC News.
Article: “Kash Patel caught ordering FBI agents to drive girlfriend’s ‘inebriated’ pal home: report“ by Tom Boggioni.
Article: “Hundreds Of Union Writers & Actors March Outside Of Disney To Protest ABC’s Decision To Yank ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live’“ by Lynette Rice.
Article: “The Storming of the Stasi Headquarters (January 16, 1990)“ by GHDI.
Article: “The Lives of Others“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “How are ICE employees evaluated and compensated—do bonuses depend on arrests or removals?“ by factually.
Movie: “Nuremberg (2025 film)“.
Article: “Hillary Clinton: Donald Trump would be Putin’s ‘puppet’ “ by Gregory Krieg and Joshua Berlinger.
Book: “House of Trump, House of Putin“ by Craig Unger.
. Article: “Ivana Trump’s Family Connection With Czechoslovakia’s Espionage Service“ by William Kennedy.
Article: “Trump Promises Farmers $12 Billion to Blunt Fallout From His Trade War“ by Alan Rappeport, Kevin Draper and Ana Swanson.
Article: “The 2024 Election by the Numbers “ by James M. Lindsay.
Article: “How popular is Donald Trump?“ by Nate Silver and Eli McKown-Dawson.
Article: “What was Trump convicted of? Details on the 34 counts and his guilty verdict“ by Stefan Becket.
Movie: “Inherit the Wind (1960 film)“.
Article: “Scopes trial“ by Wikipedia.
Quote: “Can’t you understand? That if you take a law like evolution and you make it a crime to teach it in the public schools, tomorrow you can make it a crime to teach it in the private schools? And tomorrow you may make it a crime to read about it...“ - Jerome Lawrence.
Video: Inherit the Wind 1960 - Full Movie.