Sue's Daily Stack, The Thom Hartmann Program 06/10/26
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Wednesday’s Daily Stack
Hour One: How Dark Money Captured America — And How Hawaii Just Declared War on It
Article: “How Dark Money Captured America — And How Hawaii Just Declared War on It“ by Thom Hartmann.
Article: ““Corporate Power Reset” Movement: Updates from the States“ by Maggie Ellinger-Locke.
Article: “Who Killed the American Dream? The Greatest Political Crime Ever Told“ by Thom Hartmann.
Article: “Harlan Crow – Clarence Thomas: Follow the money, gifts and trips.“ by Democracy Labs.
Site: “The Hartmann Report“.
Article: “The Money Behind Maine’s Senate Race“ by Legis1 Editorial.
Article: “December 3, 1888: Fourth Annual Message“ by Grover Cleveland.
Article: “The Montana Plan“ by Transparent Election Initiative.
Article: “Clarence Thomas Finally Reports Gifts From GOP Billionaire Harlan Crow“ by Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling.
Site: “Find Your Legislators“.
Article: “RFK Jr. Supports Trump Push to Ramp Up Glyphosate Output, Angering MAHA Backers“ by Chris Walker.
Book: The Hidden History of American Oligarchy: Reclaiming Our Democracy from the Ruling Class by Thom Hartmann.
Book: “The Hidden History of the Supreme Court and the Betrayal of America“ by Thom Hartmann.
Article: “The Corporate Power Reset That Makes Citizens United Irrelevant“ by CAP.
Article: “Graham Platner’s spending surge meets a Republican wall helping Susan Collins“ by Michael Shepherd.
Bill: “A Bill For An Act Relating To The Powers Of Artificial Persons.“ (Hawai’i).
Article: “MAHA is mad. Its alliance with Trump is about to face its biggest test“ by Garrett Downs.
Article: “‘Open, Shameless Grift’: Right Before FDA Ruling on Vapes, Big Tobacco Company Gave $5 Million to a Trump Super PAC“ by Stephen Prager.
Article: “Billionaire Bankrolling Anti-Platner PAC Gutted Maine Mill Towns“ by Nathan Bernard.
Case: “Citizens United v. FEC“.
Article: “Justice Clarence Thomas’ GOP Megadonor Has A Nazi Memorabilia Collection: Reports“ by Shruti Rajkumar.
Article: “Poll shows Graham Platner with large lead over Gov. Mills in Democratic Senate primary “ by Kevin Miller.
Article: “How a Trump business deal with a crypto firm exposes potential conflicts of interest“ by AP.
Article: “Outrage builds over Trump’s billion-dollar bribe to stop wind farms“ by Mark Gruenberg.
Article: “Khodorkovsky Marks the Spot: Russia’s Turning Point From Economic Freedom to State Control“ by Sergei Guriev.
Article: “MAHA feels betrayed by RFK Jr. reversal on glyphosate“ by Garrett Owen.
Site: “Vote.org“.
Article: “ICYMI: Warren Presses Apple CEO Tim Cook on Tariff Special Favors“ by Elizabeth Warren.
Article: “What Trump promised oil CEOs as he asked them to steer $1 billion to his campaign“ by Josh Dawsey and Maxine Joselow.
Article: “Susan Collins Is Getting More Money From AIPAC Than Small Donors“ by Minnah Arshad, Andrew Perez, and Prem Thakker.
Case: “First National Bank Of Boston V. Bellotti“, 1978.
Article: “Somali referee Artan barred from entering US“ by Mike Peter, Abdinasir Ali.
Article: “White House targets Somalians after Trump attacks Rep. Ilhan Omar“ by Gerren Keith Gaynor.
Article: “ICE, Bag Searches and Denied Visas—How World Cup Teams Have Been Welcomed“ by Alice Gibbs.
Article: “Countries Are Warning Their Citizens About Traveling to the US Amid ICE Protests“ by Rachel Chang.
Article: “Weekslong lockups of European tourists at US borders spark fears of traveling to America“ by Julie Watson.
Article: “Jesse Owens“ by Wikipedia.
Did Trump Just Pocket Billions While His Own Fans Got Wiped Out?
Article: “Trump family wins big—but their investors lose bigger“ by Alix Breeden.
Article: “Trump family got about $500M from crypto venture — but investors saw steep losses“ by Matt Peterson.
Who Buys A Tariff Cut With A Secret Trump Junior Payday?
Article: “An Indian Billionaire Was Targeted by Trump. Then He Poured Money Into a Startup Secretly Backed by Donald Trump Jr.“ by Joshua Kaplan, Justin Elliott and Alex Mierjeski.
Article: “The Cost of Debt-financed War: Public Debt and Rising Interest for Post-9/11 War Spending“ by Heidi Peltier.
Article: “Graham Platner“ by Wikipedia.
Video: Full Victory Speech: Graham Platner Wins Maine Democratic Senate Primary.
Quote: “A Lie Can Travel Halfway Around the World While the Truth Is Putting On Its Shoes“ - various.
Article: “Republicans Run Bizarre AI Deepfake Ad Showing James Talarico Singing About Trans Kids“ by Mathew Rodriguez.
Article: “Pardon of January 6 United States Capitol attack defendants“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Pete Hegseth and other Trump picks unfit for their big government jobs“ by Phenix S Halley.
Article: “Did Trump Start Iran War To Drive Attention Away From Epstein Files? Decoding The Timeline“ by Manjiri Joshi.
Article: “The White House’s East Wing is now demolished. Here’s what was lost“ by Tom Foreman.
Article: “Trump’s White House UFC circus sparks security nightmare“ by Julia Ornedo.
Article: “No Kings protests“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Caspar Milquetoast“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Vance recommends DOJ criminal investigation into Tim Walz and Minnesota AG over state’s fraud scandal“ by Kit Maher.
Article: “Vance referring Walz, Ellison to DOJ for criminal fraud investigation“ by Ashleigh Fields.
Article: “Reichstag fire“ by Britannica.
Article: “Why US soya bean farmers are upset with Trump’s $20bn Argentina bailout“ by Louis Jacobson.
Article: “China Purchased No U.S. Soybeans For An Unprecedented Fifth Straight Month“ by Ken Roberts.
Article: “Fertilizer prices bring more pain for American farmers amid war in Iran “ by Gordon Ebanks.
Article: “Diesel prices squeeze US farmers ‘barely getting by’ amid tariffs and drought“ by Sara Murphy.
Article: “Ukraine Has Finally Given Up on Trump“ by Phillips Payson O’Brien.
Hour Two: What Happens to those on the White House Enemies List
- David Pakman, Host - The David Pakman Show / Author of “The Echo Machine: How Right-Wing Extremism Created a Post-Truth“ @davidpakman.bsky.social
Youtube: “David Pakman Show“.
Article: “White House Targets ‘Leftist Influencers’ on Official Trump Admin Website“ by Ryan Thomas LaBee.
Article: “Media Offenders: David Pakman” by White House.
Article: “Media Offenders: Leftist Influencers“ by White House.
Article: “10,000 rulings: The courts’ overwhelming rebuke of Trump’s ICE policies“ by Kyle Cheney.
Tweet: “It’s true, there are rumors that Trump was secretly rushed to Walter Reed hospital earlier. It’s true, IF this happened, the Trump White House would almost certainly cover it up until they could no longer. However, there appears to be no basis for the rumors that Trump is currently in the hospital.“ by David Pakman.
Article: “White House Targets ‘Leftist Influencers’ on Official Trump Admin Website“ by Ryan Thomas LaBee.
Article: “Misleading. Biased. Exposed.“ by White House.
Video: Trump walked right into the trap, Gavin Newsom on the show - David Pakman Show.
Video: Trump’s WORST NIGHTMARE - David Pakman Show with Brian Tyler Cohen.
Article: “Trump’s old taxes can’t be audited as part of IRS deal. That’s unprecedented — and hard to reverse“ by Louis Jacobson.
Article: ““My Family Created Israel”: The Rothschilds And Birth Of A Nation“ by NDTV News Desk.
Article: “Peter Thiel, Would-Be Philosopher King, Takes on Democracy“ by Christopher Marquis.
Vance Wants A Blue State Governor Behind Bars
Article: “JD Vance moves to potentially jail blue state governor: ‘Must face justice’“ (Tim Walz) by Alexander Willis.
Article: “Trump Names JD Vance ‘Fraud Czar’, Targets Corruption In Democrat-Run States“ by News18.com.
Article: “‘Erika told Usha between sobs...’: JD Vance reportedly reveals what convinced his wife for fourth child“ by Navashree Nandini.
Article: “What to know about Nick Shirley, the YouTuber alleging day care fraud in Minnesota“ by Rachel Treisman.
Article: “Woman at center of sprawling Minnesota fraud gets nearly 42-year prison sentence“ by Tim Sullivan.
Is The President’s Brain Shutting Down?
Article: “Trump’s ‘stunning’ chat with reporters raises red flags for analyst: ‘His brain is mush’“ by Robert Davis.
Article: “Trump reveals which animals he was required to identify in mental test“ by Kelly Rissman.
Article: “Lists of wars involving the United States“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Introducing Our Special Issue on America at War“ by Smithsonian magazine (A Nation at Arms Infographic by Matthew Twombly).
Article: “Spanish–American War“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Voting is Like Driving Bumper Sticker“ by Etsy.
Article: “Eight people have died in dealings with ICE so far in 2026. These are their stories“ by Melissa Hellmann.
Book: The Hidden History of the American Dream: The Demise of the Middle Class-and How to Rescue Our Future by Thom Hartmann.
Article: “How the GOP Used a Two Santa Clauses Tactic to Con America for Nearly 40 Years“ by Thom Hartmann.
Article: “Kibbutz“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Hundreds of Wall Street Execs Went to Prison During the Last Fraud-Fueled Bank Crisis“ by Joshua Holland.
Article: “L. William Seidman“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “NEW STUDY: Nearly $80 Trillion Redistributed from the Bottom 90% to the Top 1% Since 1975“ by Bernie Sanders.
Article: “QAnon“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Why some QAnon believers think JFK Jr is still alive – and about to become vice president“ by Justin Vallejo and Phil Thomas.
Article: “US Social Security trust fund set for 2032 insolvency, report finds“ by Reuters.
Site: Social Security Administration.
Site: Commonwealth Report.
Hour Three: What Blue State Can Learn About Soft Power from Europe
- Christopher Armitage, Journalist. Criminal justice Researcher, former law enforcement officer, veteran, author. @carmitage.bsky.social. Substack: “The Existentialist Republic“
Article: “What Blue States Can Learn from the European Union about Using Soft Power to Break Authoritarian Capture“ by Christopher Armitage.
Article: “Minnesota to ICE: No one is above the law“ by Jill Burcum.
Law: “4th Amendment“. “The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.“.
Article: “ICE’s detainee population reaches new record high of 73,000, as crackdown widens“ by Camilo Montoya-Galvez.
Law: “5th Amendment“. “nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law“.
Article: “Most Democrats say their party’s elected officials are not pushing hard enough against Trump’s policies“ by Hannah Hartig and Gabriel Borelli.
Article: “Letitia James“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Fani Willis“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Nuremberg trials“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “States Can Build Their Own Alternatives to Social Security and Medicaid“ by Christopher Armitage.
Article: “Tommy Douglas“ (father of Canadian Healthcare) by Wikipedia.
Article: “Healthcare in Canada“ by Wikipedia.
Book: America: The Farewell Tour by Chris Hedges.
Event: 9:15 am Sunday 14th: Thom on CSPAN.
Should Fake AI Smear Ads Be Legal?
Article: “Trump-Aligned PAC Drops Six Figures in Texas on ‘AI Brainrot’ Ad Putting Talarico in a Dress “ by Stephen Prager.
Does the Forest expose the lie of capitalism?
Article: “The Forest Exposes the Lie Capitalism Told About Human Nature“ by Thom Hartmann.
Book: Darwin’s Lost Theory of Love by David Loye.
Book: The Chalice and the Blade by Riane Eisler.
Article: “How senators voted on Trump Cabinet nominees, 2025“ by Ballotpedia.
Article: “Susan Collins Pledged to Only Serve 2 Terms, But She’s Likely Running for a 6th“ by Susan Rinkunas.
Article: “What is Moore’s Law?“ by Max Roser, Hannah Ritchie, and Edouard Mathieu.
Article: “Google Quantum AI Shows 13,000× Speedup Over World’s Fastest Supercomputer in Physics Simulation“ by Matt Swayne.
Article: “Nvidia ‘reinvents PC’ with AI chip that replaces mouse and keyboard“ by Anthony Cuthbertson.
Article: “Dot-com bubble“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Is the ‘Laura and Elon’ Video About COPD Authentic?“ by Factually.
Article: “Sam Elliott COPD Medication Scam: Fake Ads Cost Victims Hundreds—Here’s How to Protect Yourself“ by Carissa Mosness.
Article: “Godwin’s law“ by Wikipedia.
Law: “2nd Amendment“. A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed..
Book: “The Hidden History of Guns and the Second Amendment“ by Thom Hartmann.