Sue's Daily Stack, The Thom Hartmann Program 06/02/26

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Tuesday’s Daily Stack

Hour One: Why America is Falling Apart
Article: “Why America is Falling Apart“ by Thom Hartmann.
Article: “2020 Elections Prove Money Still Goes a Long Way Toward Winning“ by Sophia Gonsalves-Brown.
Article: “Chapter 12: Paid Sick Leave and Low-Cost Child Care to Revive the American Dream“ by Thom Hartmann.
Article: “How the Monopolists Stole the US Government“ by Thom Hartmann.
Article: “Youth, Loneliness and Political Violence in the U.S.“ by Ellyn Maese and Zacc Ritter.
Article: “15 Years After Citizens United: Big Money’s Grip on Our Democracy“ by Roosevelt Institute.
Article: “Many Don’t Know Key Facts About U.S. Constitution, Annenberg Civics Study Finds“ by Annenberg Public Policy Center.
Article: “Young Americans Like Socialism Too Much—That’s a Problem Libertarians Must Fix“ by Michael Chapman.
Article: “The big business of survival bunkers“ by The Economist.
Article: “6 States to Pilot Prior Authorizations for Original Medicare“ by Elder Law Answers.
Site: “Katy Tur show“.
Article: “Nick Fuentes’s Rise Puts MAGA Movement in a ‘Time of Choosing’“ by Clyde McGrady.
Article: “The Fire of Stupidity Cannot Be Contained“ by David French.
Article: “Federal workforce shrank 10% in Trump’s first year back in office“ by Drew DeSilver.

Article: “Idaho primary election results“ by AP.
Article: “Todd Achilles“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “I found a second vote.gov — and it’s registered to the White House“ by The Drey Dossier.
Article: “DOGE Operatives Are Joining Donald Trump’s New National Design Studio“ by Makena Kelly.
Article: “US Postal Service seeks to require states to submit lists of voters“ by David Shepardson and Susan Heavey.

Why is Trump Building a Secret Copy of Vote.gov?
Article: “Trump Is Replicating Vote.gov to Recreate Musk’s 2024 Election-Rigging Platform“ by This Will Hold.
Site: vote.gov.
Site: “passports.gov“.

Quote: “Figures Don’t Lie, But Liars Do Figure“ - anon.
Article: “You May Be Paying a Higher Tax Rate Than a Billionaire“ by Paul Kiel, Jeff Ernsthausen and Jesse Eisinger.

Can the Government Make You Take Down a 86-47 Flag?
Article: “Demonstrators Cannot Be Forced to Take Down ‘86-47’ Flag, Judge Rules“ by Zach Montague.

Article: “Why Do Middle-Class Families End Up Paying the Most Taxes“ by Travis Campbell.
Article: “The State of the American Middle Class“ by Rakesh Kochhar.
Article: “Amazon earned $5.6B in 2017, but paid no federal taxes“ by Megan Henney.
Article: “Most Of Billionaires’ $7.6 Trillion Has Never Been Taxed“ by Americans for Tax Fairness.

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Hour Two: Trump’s pick of Bill Pulte — known for pushing mortgage fraud claims against Trump’s foes — as new National Intelligence Director, has created huge controversy.
Article: “‘Indefensible’: Left And Right Rage At Trump’s ‘Totally Unqualified’ Pick to Oversee America’s National Security“ by Alex Griffing.
Article: “Bill Pulte“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Tulsi Gabbard QUITS Trump cabinet as husband battles ‘extremely rare’ cancer - after months of whispers president was furious with spy chief“ by Phillip Nieto.

Millions Will Lose Their Health Care Over Paperwork
Article: “Trump’s New Medicaid Rule ‘Designed to Ensure People Lose Healthcare,’ Critics Warn“ by Jake Johnson.

Article: “Expert Testimony before the US Senate Select Committee on Intelligence“ by Alex Halderman.
Article: “Cleta Mitchell“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Inside a MAGA influencer’s turn against the right-wing machine“ (Ashley St. Clair) by Drew Harwell.
Article: “Elon’s baby mama Ashley St Clair claims Musk had secret election data before Trump victory was announced“ by Crisnel Longino.
Article: “New Starlink Election Fraud Claims: A Deeper Look and a Fact Check“ by Michael Sellers.

Cute Alert. Mamdani Just Repealed Bedtime for Five-Year-Olds?
Article: “Mamdani tackles housing crisis: ‘Block by block, we will build’“ by Walter Einenkel.
Article: “Mamdani panders to key voting bloc: 5-year-old Knicks fans“ by Walter Einenkel.

Article: “The Top 1% Now Control Nearly a Third of America’s Wealth“ by Kiri Blakeley.
Article: “Treaty of Tripoli“ (1796) by Wikipedia. “As the government of the United States of America is not in any sense founded on the Christian Religion“
Article: “The Ultra-Wealthy’s $8.5 Trillion of Untaxed Income“ by Zachary Tashman, William Rice,.
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: “Charles E. Littlejohn“ (Trump tax returns leaker) by Wikipedia.
Article: “Discovery doctrine“(doctrine of discovery) by Wikipedia.
Article: “Franklin Graham“ by Wikipedia.
Movie: “The Boys from Brazil (film)“.
Article: “Is Argentina the First A.I. Election?“ by Jack Nicas and Lucía Cholakian Herrera.
Article: “PayPal Mafia“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Caligula“ by Wikipedia.
Case: “First National Bank Of Boston V. Bellotti“, 1978.
Case: “Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission“ (2010).
Article: “Trump defends cutting nearly 300,000 feds from their ‘boring’ jobs“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Bill Gates“ by Wikipedia.

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Hour Three: Who’s Paying for Congress to Fly to Israel?
Article: “Aipac affiliate has funded lavish trips to Israel for dozens of Congress members since 7 October, filings reveal“ by Jason Wilson.
Article: “Susheela Jayapal“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “AIPAC and Republican Donors Raising Big Money for Maxine Dexter Against Susheela Jayapal in Oregon“ by Ryan Grim.
Article: “Citizens United V. Federal Election Comm’n: Justice Stevens’ dissent“.
Article: “How ‘Tokyo Rose’ Became WWII’s Most Notorious Propagandist“ by Evan Andrews.

Geeky Science Alert. What Could Go Wrong When Google Messes With Mother Nature?
Article: “Debugging: Google requests permission to release 32m mosquitoes in California and Florida“ by Sanya Mansoor.
Article: “Aedes aegypti“ (a mosquito) by Wikipedia.

Article: “Trump may have dropped his ‘slush fund’ but not the tax part“ by Brendan Rascius and Alex Woodward.
Article: “Social Security Expansion Act Fact Sheet“ by Bernie Sanders.
Article: “Tokyo Rose“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Society for Establishing Useful Manufactures“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Bill Gates Sr.“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “French Revolution“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Corporate tax in the United States“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Global elites are leading Europe toward a new crisis: Ukraine has become only a visible part of the scheme.“ by Maxim Bardin.
Article: “Oreshnik Missile Strike Raises Questions as Kyiv Suffers Heavy Military Infrastructure Damage“ by Lyuba Lulko.
Article: “Russian Oreshnik missile fired in January was nine years old, Ukrainian experts say“ by Max Hunder.
Movie: “Downfall“.
Article: “WW2 In Color: The Rise And Fall of Mussolini’s New ‘Roman Empire’“ by Centuries of Combat.
Article: “Adolf Hitler“ (Germany) by Wikipedia.
Article: “Operation Barbarossa“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “20 July plot“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “2022 Republican Party of Minnesota Platform“. “We Support phasing out Social Security by allowing younger Americans to invest part of their FICA taxes in personal accounts while continuing to fulfill our obligations to older Americans.”
Article: “Ted Cruz Admits Trump Accounts Are Designed to Privatize Social Security Over Time“ by Jake Johnson.
Article: “Michael and Susan Dell commit $6.25 billion for investment accounts for kids“ by Bill Chappell.
Article: “Minnesota GOP convention has moment of silence for Derek Chauvin“ by Darrell Lucus.
Article: “Killing of George Floyd“, 2020 by Wikipedia.
Article: “‘I Worked All Day and Can’t Feed My Family’: Mamdani Offers 9 Words More Terrifying Than Ronald Reagan’s“ by Brad Reed.
Movie: “A Face in the Crowd“.
Movie: “The Music Man (1962 film)“.
Article: “Henry A. Wallace“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Why exactly did Japan surrender in World War II?“ by World History Edu.
Article: “Bombing of Tokyo“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Soviet–Japanese War“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Was the 1960 Presidential Election Stolen? The Case of Illinois“ by Edmund F. Kallina.
Article: “Alligator Alcatraz: How Tyranny Starts—With “Those People”“ by Thom Hartmann.
Article: “Andy Kim doesn’t know what’s next for Delaney Hall ICE facility, and that terrifies him“ by Aliya Schneider, Jeff Gammage.
Bible: “For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil...“ - 1 Timothy 6:10.
Case: “Santa Clara County v. Southern Pacific Railroad Co., 118 U.S. 394 (1886)“.
Article: “Peter Thiel“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Billionaire Trump ally’s ‘chilling’ move out of US sparks panic: ‘About to get bad news?’“ (Peter Thiel) by Alexander Willis.
Article: “Peter Thiel decamps to Argentina: What does it mean for JD Vance’s chances to win the 2028 election?“ by Daragh Thomas.