Sue's Daily Stack, The Thom Hartmann Program 08/04/26
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Tuesday’s Daily Stack
Hour One: National Progressive Townhall taking your calls
- Representative Pramila Jayapal, U.S. Congressmember (D-WA, 7th District) (Committees: House Judiciary / House Foreign Affairs / House Budget / Former Chair Congressional Progressive Caucus) @pramilajayapal.bsky.social
Article: “Todd Blanche’s new “promise” to end Trump’s $1.8 billion slush is BS!“ by Dean Obeidallah.
Article: “Trump Administration Live Updates: Republican Holdouts Say They Now Support Blanche Nomination“ by NY Times.
Article: “Jayapal Statement on Senate Judiciary Committee’s Advancement of Blanche Nomination for AG“ by Pramila Jayapal.
Article: “Blanche order keeps intact immunity deal barring investigation of Trump and his family“ by Rebecca Beitsch and The Hill.
Article: “Shouting match erupts after Bondi asked to apologize to Epstein victims“ by Rebecca Beitsch.
Video: I met with Todd Blanche and Pam Bondi after I questioned her in the Judiciary Committee. It was clear that he was involved with the botched release of the Epstein files. During tomorrow’s confirmation hearing, the Senate must demand accountability for survivors - Pramila Jayapal.
Article: “Epstein Survivors Said Sens. Tillis And Cornyn Refused To Meet With Them“ by Sebastian Murdock.
Article: “Epstein survivors accuse ‘condescending’ Todd Blanche of gaslighting in meeting held as part of his AG bid“ by Eric Garcia.
Article: “Senate Floor Privileges: History and Current Practice“ by CRS.
Article: “Jayapal, Warren Introduce Legislation to Curb Corporate Influence on Federal Regulation, Restore Deference to Experts “ by Pramila Jayapal.
Article: “No corporate PAC pledge“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “The Social Security 2100 Act“ by John Larson.
Article: “Jayapal Leads 130 Lawmakers in Introducing Bill to Lower Medicare Eligibility Age“ by Pramila Jayapal.
Bill: “H.R.5165 - Improving Medicare Coverage Act “ by Rep. Jayapal, Pramila [D-WA-7].
Article: “Progressive Caucus Announces ‘new Affordability Agenda’“.
Law: “Inflation Reduction Act of 2022“.
Article: “AI data center ‘frenzy’ is pushing up your electric bill — here’s why“ by Greg Iacurci.
Article: “He exposed corruption and walked across Hungary. Now Péter Magyar has defeated a powerful state machine“ by Robert Horvath .
Article: “Comedian Wins Ukrainian Presidency In Landslide“ by Matthew S. Schwartz.
Article: “Trump Admin Moves to Officially Scrap Biden-Era Student Loan Forgiveness Program“ by Shauneen Miranda.
Article: “Why Are My Student Loans in Administrative Forbearance?“ by Catherine Collins.
Article: “Education Department Fires 1,300 Workers, Gutting Its Staff“ by Michael C. Bender and Dana Goldstein.
Article: “Jayapal and Whitehouse Lead 90 Colleagues in Brief Supporting the Ability of States and Localities to Hold Big Oil and Gas Companies Accountable for Climate-Related Harms“ by Pramila Jayapal.
Article: “Fires near Spokane, Washington, have burned 600 structures and forced 60,000 evacuations“ by John Hanna.
Article: “First Came the DOGE Cuts, Then Came the Wildfires“ by Alex Robinson.
Article: “Crews from across Washington state race to aid wildfire-ravaged Spokane County“ by Natalie Swaby.
Article: “Latest DOGE layoffs threaten lives, experts say“ by Austin Williams.
Article: “Federal government grants Washington emergency declaration for wildfire response“ by KOMO.
Case: “Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission“ (2010).
Article: “Jayapal Introduces Constitutional Amendment to Reverse Citizens United“ by Pramila Jayapal.
Article: “Michigan U.S. Senate Primary Election Results“ by NY Times.
Article: “Deluzio, Jayapal, Ryan, Craig Launch Monopoly Busters Caucus“ by Chris Deluzio.
Site: Pramila’s Resistance Lab (next: September 20).
Article: “Abdul El-Sayed“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “William Lawrence (activist)“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Peggy Flanagan“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Matt Little“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Cost-of-Living Adjustment (COLA) Information for 2026“ by SSA.
Article: “Seattle’s data center pause reflects a bigger shift“ by Melissa Santos.
Hour Two: It’s Worse Than You Think for the Middle Class
Article: “It’s Worse Than You Think for the Middle Class“ by Thom Hartmann.
Book: “The Hidden History of the American Dream: The Demise of the Middle Class-and How to Rescue Our Future“ by Thom Hartmann.
Book: “The Hidden History of Neoliberalism: How Reaganism Gutted America and How to Restore Its Greatness“ by Thom Hartmann.
Book: “Screwed: The Undeclared War Against The Middle Class“ by Thom Hartmann.
Book: “Who Killed the American Dream? The Greatest Political Crime Ever Told“ by Thom Hartmann.
Book: The Work of Nations by Robert B. Reich.
Article: “Defining the middle class: Cash, credentials, or culture?“ by Richard V. Reeves, Katherine Guyot, and Eleanor Krause.
Article: “Survey of Consumer Finances (SCF)“ by Federal Reserve Bank.
Article: “Economic View; Even the Rich Can Suffer From Income Inequality“ by Louis Uchitelle.
Article: “Under Pressure: The Squeezed Middle Class“ by OECD.
Article: “The State of the American Middle Class“ by Rakesh Kochhar.
Article: “New Study: Nearly $80 Trillion Redistributed from the Bottom 90% to the Top 1% Since 1975“ by Bernie Sanders.
Article: “Three-quarters of Americans think Trump isn’t focusing on top US issues – poll“ by Richard Luscombe.
Article: “How Americans define a middle-class lifestyle — and why they can’t reach it“ by Alyssa Fowers, Emily Guskin, Scott Clement.
Article: “New Deal“ (1933 - 1939, FDR) by Wikipedia.
Speech: “Great Society“ (1964 - 1965, LBJ) by Wikipedia.
Article: “U.S. sanctions to hurt Cuban civilians violate the Geneva Conventions“ by Mark Weisbrot.
Article: “Visualizing the wildfires in Washington and Oregon, in maps and satellite imagery“ by Koko Nakajima, Renée Rigdon, Sam Hart, Matt Stiles, Alex Leeds Matthews, Rhyannon Bartlett-Imadegawa, Sara Smart, Thomas Bordeaux.
Article: “Smoke, heat to linger in Portland through Wednesday before conditions improve“ by Alissa Gary.
Article: “WinCo Foods“ by Wikipedia.
Is Your Ballot Now A Political Hostage?
Article: “House Dem Calls for Removal of Postmaster General for Turning USPS Into ‘Instrument of Voter Suppression’“ by Stephen Prager.
Who Staged That Fake Invasion Of Spain?
Article: “The Far-Right Playbook in Action“ by Anne Applebaum.
Article: “The Wisconsin primaries are less than a month away. Here’s what to know before you vote.“ (Aug 11) by Beatrice Lawrence.
Article: “Todd Blanche Was Just Caught Promising The End Of Abortion In All 50 States If Confirmed As AG“ by Dean Blundell.
Article: “Comstock Act of 1873“ (Comstock Act ban on birth control information overturned) by Brandon R. Burnette.
Case: “Roe v. Wade (1973)“.
Law: “Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act“ (HIPAA).
Article: “David Ellison: In Defense of the Paramount-Warner Deal“ by David Ellison.
Article: “German Renewable Energy Sources Act“ (100,000 roofs program) by Wikipedia.
Quote: “Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.“ - Benjamin Franklin.
Hour Three: Red Card: World Cup Pollution
- Chuck Collins, environmental & economic justice campaigner / Director, Program on Inequality and the Common Good - Institute for Policy Studies where he co-edits inequality.org/ chuck77.bsky.social
Article: “Red card: World Cup fans and the public subsidize private jet polluters“ by Chuck Collins.
Article: “Accelerated Depreciation for Yachts After the USA’s Big Beautiful Bill“ by Mark Erlewine.
Article: “Marie Gluesenkamp Perez“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Eisenhower Tax Rates – 90 Percent“ by Fact and Myth.
Article: “14 Ways a 90 Percent Top Tax Rate Fixes Our Economy and Our Country“ by Dave Johnson.
Article: “Ronald Reagan’s Legacy: The Rise of Student Loan Debt in America“ by Sriskandha Kandimalla.
Article: “Ronald Reagan Is Giving ‘Em Heck“ by Steven V. Roberts. “If it takes a bloodbath, let’s get it over with“. Article: “Kent State Shooting - Causes, Facts & Aftermath“ by History Channel.
Book: “The Fourth Turning“ by William Strauss, Neil Howe.
Spokane Burns While Big Oil Banks Billions
Article: “Climate Crisis Is Not ‘Some Faraway Threat’: Spokane Inferno Forces Mass Evacuations as Oil Profits Surge“ by Stephen Prager.
Article: “The wildfire smoke won’t quit: Poor air quality to expand across West“ by Ben Noll.
Article: “‘Recipe for Catastrophe’: Trump Moves to Weaken Arctic Drilling Safeguards “ by Jake Johnson.
Article: “A ‘perfect storm’ spread fire, heat and smoke around the world in July“ by Miriam Waldvogel, John Muyskens, Naema Ahmed, Ben Noll.
Article: “Heat dome“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Explosive cyclogenesis“ (bomb cyclone) by Wikipedia.
Article: “Why the Arctic is warming four times faster, researchers reveal“ by Stefan Brand.
Article: “Oil companies report sky-high profits thanks to wartime crude prices“ by Camila Domonoske.
Did Trump Just Empty America’s Missile Arsenal?
Article: “Iran War Has Drained ‘Virtually All’ Long-Range Missiles in U.S. Stockpile: Report“ by Kathianne Boniello.
Article: “Amazon Got $600 Million in Tariff Refunds — and Says Some of It Is Going Back to Shoppers Automatically“ by Open Class Actions.
Article: “Apple Earns $2.2 Billion in Tariff Refunds, More Still Coming“ by Rajat Saini.
Article: “How Congress delegates its tariff powers to the president“ by Scott Bomboy.
Article: “What ever happened to those Trump-promised stimulus checks?“ by Dan Kadar.
Law: “13th Amendment“, December 6, 1865. “Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.“
Image: “If a monkey hoarded more bananas than it could eat..“.
Article: “American Community Survey (ACS)“ (Census) by Wikipedia.
Article: “A Timeline of the Conflict Between Letitia James and Donald Trump“ by Taylor Robinson.
Article: “GI Bill of Rights: A Profitable Investment for the United States“ by Labor Party.