Sue's Daily Stack, The Thom Hartmann Program 01/16/26
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Friday’s Daily Stack
Hour One: What Happens When the Economy Fails Depends on Who You Are
Article: “What Happens When the Economy Fails Depends on Who You Are“ by Thom Hartmann.
Article: “Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI)“ by Yahoo!Finance.
Article: “This is not a repeat of the 2008 housing bubble“ by Ali Wolf.
Article: “U.S. Billionaires Got 62 percent Richer During Pandemic. They’re Now Up $1.8 Trillion.“ by Chuck Collins.
Article: “Trump Isn’t Working“ by Unprecedented.
Article: “How billionaires got $637 billion richer during the COVID-19 pandemic“ by Hiatt Woods.
Article: “Billionaires got 54% richer during pandemic, sparking calls for “wealth tax”“ by Aimee Picchi.
Article: “The Federal Reserve’s $420 Billion Wall Street Bailout“ by Luke Goldstein, Freddy Brewster.
Article: “The Stock Market Crash of 2008“ by Kimberly Amadeo.
Article: “The Rich Got Richer During COVID-19. Here’s How American Billionaires Performed“ by Carmen Ang.
Law: Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (1999) (Financial Services Modernization Act Of 1999).
Article: “The Stock Market Crash of 2008“ by Kimberly Amadeo.
Article: “Steven Mnuchin, Foreclosure King Of America“ by Nomi Prins.
Article: “goon“ by Wiktionary.
The Minneapolis battlefield continues...infant needs CPR after feds flash banged the family van with 6 kids inside.
Article: “Infant needs CPR after feds unleash flash-bangs on family van with 6 kids inside “ by Brett Wilkins.
Big Baby Trump Steals a Nobel Like a Toddler Grabbing a Trophy
Article: “Venezuelan opposition leader gives big baby Trump her Nobel Peace Prize“ by Walter Einenkel.
Crazy Alert! Man trains crows to attack MAGA hats
Article: “Man ‘trains’ crows to attack MAGA hats after saying there’s ‘no longer a moral option“ by Andréa Oldereide.
Article: “‘I am forced to act’: Trump issues ominous warning amid threats to invoke Insurrection Act “ by Alexander Willis.
Article: “Former DHS official calls out Portland police chief’s tearful remarks on gang suspects who attacked feds“ by Max Bacall.
Video: Renee Good’s Killing Tests the Limits of Accountability.
Article: “Minneapolis prepares for ‘March Against Minnesota Fraud’ led by right-wing influencer“ by Louis Krauss.
Article: “Hundreds march to ICE office in Pittsburgh amid national outcry over immigration-agent shootings“ by Quinn Glabicki.
Book: Chariots of the Gods by Erich von Däniken.
Minnesota update
- John Parker, KTNF
Article: “Minneapolis Council urges eviction moratorium amid ICE surge “ by Dan Netter.
Article: “Eviction moratorium ordinance (2026-00019)“ by Minneapolis.
Article: “State of Minnesota, Minneapolis and Saint Paul sue to halt ICE surge into Minnesota“ by Minneapolis.
Hour Two: Progressive Town Hall (full hour w/calls)
- Representative Ro Khanna (D-CA, 17th District) / Vice Chair-Congressional Progressive Caucus / ranking member of the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Cyber, Innovative Technologies and Information Systems (CITI) / member of the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability @RepRoKhanna
Article: “Trump’s ICE agents are all over Minneapolis - but this is a community ready to resist“ by Martha Kelner.
Article: “Illegal Immigrants in Minnesota 2025 | Stats & Facts“ by The Global Statistics.
Article: “Kristi Noem is ‘running low on cash’ as funding bill ‘punted’ by House leadership: report“ by Tom Boggioni.
Article: “Democratic leaders resist call of voters to abolish ICE“ by Russell Payne.
Article: “‘My US Citizenship Did Not Protect Me’: Community Hearing Details ICE Horrors in Minneapolis“ by Brad Reed.
Article: “DOJ say it’s making ‘substantial progress’ reviewing additional Epstein files for release“ by Aaron Katersky and James Hill.
Article: “Trump threatened to use Insurrection Act. What past presidents have used it?“ by Josh Meyer, Jennifer Borresen.
Article: “USPS says mail-in ballots might not get postmark on same day they’re dropped off“ by Jonathan Shorman.
Article: “Barack Obama tan suit controversy“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Outrage ensues after Obama’s coffee cup salute“ by Rebecca Kaplan.
Article: “Union backs Ford worker who traded insults with Trump during Michigan plant visit“ by Louis Casiano.
Article: “Shasta County ‘election reform’ measure qualifies for ballot“ (Shasta County voters will decide on a measure mandating in-person voting, hand-counted ballots and voter ID — requirements that violate California election laws.) by Roman Battaglia.
Article: “Shasta County Supervisors approve voter ID, in-person same day voting initiative for June 2026 ballot“ by Blake Mayfield.
Article: “Trump’s Threat to Invoke the Insurrection Act, Explained“ by ACLU.
Article: “House passes rules package that will raise threshold for motion to vacate speaker — after re-electing Johnson “ by Victor Nava.
Article: “US Border Agents Intentionally Stepped in Front of Moving Vehicles to Justify Shooting at Them“ by Steven Hsieh.
Article: “How did ICE funding under Obama compare to DHS and other immigration enforcement agencies?“ by factually.
Article: “City of Houston v. Hill (1987)“ by David L. Hudson Jr.
Article: “Ray Hill (American activist)“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Trump on New START nuke treaty with Russia: if ‘it expires it expires’“ by Stavroula Pabst.
Article: “Treaty on Open Skies“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “‘Enough Weapons to Blow Up World 150 Times’: Trump Drops Nuclear Testing Bombshell“ by Arun Nair.
Article: “‘Deeply Concerned’: GOP Pushes Back on Trump’s Greenland Rhetoric“ by Kathryn Wilkens.
Book: Why Civil Resistance Works: The Strategic Logic of Nonviolent Conflict (Columbia Studies in Terrorism and Irregular Warfare) by Erica Chenoweth, Maria Stephan.
Article: “The ‘3.5% rule’: How a small minority can change the world“ by Erica Chenoweth.
Law: “Constitution of the United States“ Article 2.
Hour Three: Guess who got the first $250 million from the oil Trump stole from Venezuela? One of his biggest donors, of course…
Article: “Donald Trump’s first Venezuela oil sale deal goes to megadonor’s company“ by Malcolm Moore, Jamie Smyth.
Article: “Trump threatens tariffs against those who oppose him taking Greenland“ by Miranda Bryant and Joseph Gedeon.
Video: Greenlandic and Danish officials in Washington for meeting with Vance and Rubio.
Article: “Donald Trump Reacts Live to Hearing That Greenland’s Leader Wants to Stay with Denmark: ‘I Don’t Know Who He Is’“ by Escher Walcott.
Post: “The US government are now using chemical weapons on their own citizens...“ by The Daily Politik.
Article: “Update on chemical munitions use near ICE facility“ by Portland.gov.
Article: “An empire of art galleries, a powerful family dynasty, and the opioid crisis: inside the Sackler scandal“ by Mark Edmonds.
Article: “CVS Health Home Drug Test Kit, Fentanyl, 1 Pack“ by CVS.
Article: “Trumpery“ by Merriam-Webster.
Article: “Jamie Dimon“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Quantitative Easing (QE)“ by Investopedia.
Article: “Fed Balance Sheet (2002-2026)“ by Macrotrends.
Article: “Jean-Luc Brunel“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Minneapolis, MN: notoriously carcinogenic hexachloroethane smoke deployed on residential streets“ by CSP.
Article: “One-electron universe“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Trump says if Iran “kills peaceful protesters,” the U.S. will “come to their rescue”“ by CBS News.
Article: “Merrick Garland“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Death Of Keith Porter, Man Killed By Off-Duty ICE Agent In LA In December, Gains More Attention After Minneapolis ICE Shooting“ by Kyra Alessandrini.
Article: “The Invisible Man and The ICE-Man“ by Rohn Kenyatta.
Article: “Nobel Prize“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Trump Has Machado’s Nobel Prize, but Neither Got What They Really Wanted“ by David E. Sanger.
Site: Public Citizen.