Sue's Daily Stack, The Thom Hartmann Program 02/25/26
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Wednesday’s Daily Stack
Hour One: The State of the Union address was delivered from an alternate reality — where facts are optional and power is the only truth. Should the Democrats have stayed home and not walked into his trap?
Article: “Jobs, gas prices and ending wars: factchecking Trump’s State of the Union claims“ by Guardian.
Article: “Trump’s State of the Union Was a Trap — and Democrats Walked Right Into It“ by Colby Hall.
Article: “Fascist Failure“ by Timothy Snyder.
Article: “Trump gives his most unhinged State of the Union speech yet“ by Emily Singer.
Quote: “A Lie Can Travel Halfway Around the World While the Truth Is Putting On Its Shoes“ - various.
Article: “Democrat wins special election for Pa. House seat with balance of power at stake“ by Nick Falsone.
Article: “Democrat wins special state House election in Maine“ by Caroline Vakil.
Article: “President Trump Job Approval“ by Real Clear Politics.
Pardons, Policy, and Profits: Where Does Governance End and Grift Begin?
Article: “Pardons, Policy, and Profits: Where Does Governance End and Grift Begin?“ by Thom Hartmann.
Article: “Michele Fiore“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Trump International, Vietnam“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Trump Towers Pune“ (India) by Wikipedia.
Article: “Days after $5M donation, Trump administration backs Crypto.com in lawsuit“ by Judd Legum.
Article: “China–UAE Joint Air Force Drills Strengthen Military Cooperation“ by The Diplomatic Insight.
Article: “Trump’s properties remain an epicenter of his conflicts and corruption in second term“ by Rebecca Jacobs.
Article: “Jared and Ivanka made up to $640 million in the White House“ by Jordan Libowitz and Caitlin Moniz.
Article: “The Trump Foundation-Pam Bondi scandal“ by CREW.
Article: “Trump Family Businesses Rake in $4 Billion After His Reelection with Focus on AI, Crypto & Nuclear“ by Democracy Now!
Article: “Giuliani Spoke About Selling Pardons For $2 Million And Splitting Proceeds With Trump, Accuser Claims“ by Dan Alexander.
Article: “Former President Donald Trump’s company is found guilty of criminal tax fraud“ by Andrea Bernstein, Ilya Marritz, Brian Mann.
Article: “Trump is found guilty on 34 felony counts. Read the counts here“ by Ximena Bustillo, Hilary Fung.
Article: “Trump pardons Ross Ulbricht, creator of the Silk Road dark web marketplace“ by Jenna McLaughlin.
Article: “Before Giving Billions to Jared Kushner, Saudi Investment Fund Had Big Doubts“ by David D. Kirkpatrick and Kate Kelly.
Article: “Trump’s PACs Spent Roughly $50 Million on Legal Expenses in 2023“ by Maggie Haberman and Shane Goldmacher.
Article: “U.A.E. Firm Quietly Took Stake in the Trump Family’s Crypto Company“ by David Yaffe-Bellany and Eric Lipton.
Article: “The Trump boys are Making Corruption Great Again“ by Liz Dye.
Article: “Trump pardons British billionaire Joe Lewis“ by Jody Godoy and Sam Tabahriti.
Article: “Trump’s first real estate project in Qatar to be announced by Qatari Diar, Dar Global“ by Andrew Mills and Federico Maccioni.
Article: “Trump resort coming to the Maldives“ by Christina Jelski.
Article: “Coming soon“ by Trump Organization.
Article: “The Trump-Saudi Relationship Behind LIV Golf“ by Louise Radnofsky, Natalie Andrews.
Article: “DOJ Removed Record of Multiple FBI Interviews with Underage Trump Accuser, Epstein Data Shows“ by Roger Sollenberger (case number 3501.045).
Article: “Epstein Files Are Missing Records About Woman Who Made Claim Against Trump“ by Mike Baker and Michael Gold.
Article: “Lawrence Summers Will Resign From Harvard After Epstein Revelations“ by Mark Arsenault.
Article: “Maurene Comey, a Prosecutor in Epstein Case, Joins New York Law Firm“ by Benjamin Weiser.
Article: “Expensive transfer: sending nuclear weapons to Kiev could disrupt peace talks“ by Fedor Rublev, Yulia Leonova, Roman Kretsul.
Article: “Battle of Grozny (1999–2000)“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “False flag“ by Wikipedia.
Movie: “Enemy at the Gates“.
Article: “Revenge strikes as Ukraine launches longest-range attack“ by Chris Hughes.
Article: “7 Experts on the Risk of a Wider War with Iran“ by Politico Magazine.
Article: “Russia’s drone pipeline: How Iran helps Moscow produce an ever-evolving unmanned fleet“ by Amy McAuliffe.
Article: “Strait of Hormuz“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “The Largest Armada Since Iraq: Trump’s 40,000 Troops Surround the Iranian Coast“ by Eliana Fleming.
Article: “Boxes in the bathroom, boxes on stage: Pictures from Trump charges“ by Chelsea Bailey.
Article: “Contents of Epstein’s secret storage locker revealed: Sex slave manuals and photos of naked women“ by Alex Woodward.
Site: Daily Song.
Article: “YOU’RE INVITED: State of the Swamp - The Rebuttal to the State of the Union (Feb. 24, Washington, D.C.)“ by Miles Taylor.
Video: STATE OF THE SWAMP - The Rebuttal to the State of the Union | LIVE .
Site: FAFO (Fight Against Federal Overreach) (DAs).
Videos: DEFIANCEdotorg.
Video: Jailed for “Standing Up”: DHS Assault Victim Aliya Rahman Arrested at State of the Union Address.
Article: “Minneapolis Woman Targeted by ICE Arrested at Trump State of the Union“ by Finn Hartnett.
Video: “You Have Killed Americans,” “Black People Aren’t Apes”: Democrats Protest Trump’s State of the Union.
Hour Two: Lindsay Graham takes a cue from Joe Stalin to lock up people
Article: “Graham’s New Bill Mirrors a Soviet Law That Filled the Gulag with Millions“ by W. A. Lawrence.
Article: “How many detainees are currently in ICE custody? Detention total sets new record“ by Prakriti Deb.
Article: “Trump Puts On a Show, Casting Democrats as the Villains“ by Katie Rogers.
Article: “Article 58“ (Russia - prosecute those suspected of counter-revolutionary activities) by Wikipedia.
Article: “Gulag“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Navalny’s penal colony in the Arctic is direct heir to the Russian Gulag“ by Louis Chahuneau.
Article: “National Security Presidential Memorandum-7“ (Countering Domestic Terrorism and Organized Political Violence) by Donald J. Trump.
Article: “Fetterman backs SAVE Act, says voter ID ‘not Jim Crow’“ by Alton Northup.
Article: “Trump Extends SOTU Invite to Girl Who Was Taken from Parents After Secret Gender Transition“ by Katherine Hamilton.
Oregon in shock when man who lived here 30 years, built a business and a family, is deported and dies in Mexico
Article: “‘I’ve never met a finer man’: Handyman who died after shock deportation to Mexico built life in Beaverton“ by Tatum Todd.
Article: “Father, 53, Dies of Pneumonia After Being Detained and Deported by ICE, Family Says: ‘No One Deserves This’“ by Bailey Richards.
Article: “‘Monstrous’: ICE Deports 2-Month-Old Juan Nicolás Hours After Hospitalization “ by Jake Johnson.
Article: “Everything JD Vance Has Said Against Donald Trump, His 2024 Presidential Election Running Mate“ by Alex Apatoff.
Article: “Trump brags about not paying taxes: ‘That makes me smart’“ by Dan Mangan.
Substack: “LookingNWords“ by Rohn Kenyatta.
Article: “Trump warns of Iran threat in State of the Union speech amid military push“ by Reuters.
Article: “Trump issues warning to Iran in SOTU amid tensions“ by ABC News Videos.
Video: Trump: ‘Los Angeles Is Going To Be Safe Just Like Washington, DC’ For Olympics | SOTU (2026).
Article: “Trump said Iran’s nuclear program was ‘obliterated.’ So why is he looking to strike again?“ by Aaron Blake.
Article: “Factbox – Iran’s military power: Missiles, drones and deterrence“ by Rabia Ali.
Book: Billionaires & Ballot Bandits: How to Steal an Election in 9 Easy Steps by Greg Palast, Ted Rall.
Article: “Paul Singer (businessman)“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “$92 million for porta-potties? Big spending at ‘Alligator Alcatraz’“ by Scott Maxwell.
Hour Three: The Supreme Court Just Made It Easier to Steal Your Ballot
Article: “Court holds that U.S. Postal Service can’t be sued over intentionally misdelivered mail“ by Kelsey Dallas.
Article: “SOTU Recap: More than Four Reasons for Expanding Vote By Mail“ by Kenny Colston.
Site: Willamette Week.
Video: Paul Weyrich - “I don’t want everybody to vote” (Goo Goo).
Article: “Paul Weyrich“ by Wikipedia.
Bill: “H.R.7296 - SAVE America Act“ by Rep. Roy, Chip [R-TX-21] (Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act).
Bill: “H.R.22 - SAVE Act“ by Rep. Roy, Chip [R-TX-21] (Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act).
Article: “USPS removed 711 sorting machines this year, new court documents show“ by Kristen Holmes and Paul P. Murphy. (2020)
Article: “USPS says mail-in ballots might not get postmark on same day they’re dropped off“ by Jonathan Shorman.
Article: “ICE officer training is ‘deficient’ and ‘broken,’ former agency lawyer tells congressional forum“ by Rebecca Santana.
Article: “Less than 14% of those arrested by ICE in the last year had violent criminal records, analysis finds“ by John Bowden.
Article: “By the numbers: the latest ICE and CBP data on arrests, detentions and deportations in the US“ by Will Craft and Andrew Witherspoon.
Article: “We Found That More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.“ by Nicole Foy.
Article: “Trump Delivers Excruciatingly Tedious, Lie-Packed Mess Of A ‘State Of The Union’ Speech“ by S.V. Date. “We wiped it out, and they want to start all over again, and are, this moment again, pursuing their sinister ambitions. We are in negotiations with them. They want to make a deal, but we haven’t heard those secret words: ‘We will never have a nuclear weapon,’” he said. Trump likely meant “sacred words”...
Article: “The problem(s) with Trump insisting that he no longer needs anything from Congress“ by Steve Benen.
Book: The Hidden History of American Oligarchy: Reclaiming Our Democracy from the Ruling Class by Thom Hartmann.
Book: The Last American President: A Broken Man, a Corrupt Party, and a World on the Brink by Thom Hartmann.
Book: Road to Air America: Breaking the Right Wing Stranglehold on Our Nation’s Airwaves by Sheldon Drobny.
Video: Aldous Huxley interviewed by Mike Wallace ( Full Interview).
Law: “Sherman Antitrust Act“, 1890.
Article: “Netflix and Paramount are battling for Warner Bros. Who is likely to win?“ by Natalie Sherman.
Article: “FCC approves sale of CBS parent company Paramount“ by David Folkenflik, Sacha Pfeiffer.
Article: “What It Really Costs When Walmart Comes to Town“ by Brandi Calero-Holmes.
Book: The Hidden History of Monopolies: How Big Business Destroyed the American Dream by Thom Hartmann.
Article: “Ranked: U.S. States Most Dependent on the Federal Government“ by Pallavi Rao.
Article: “Freed Venezuelan political prisoner reunites with niece at Trump’s State of the Union address“ by Alejandra Jaramillo, Lex Harvey, Rocio Munoz.
Article: “2026 Jalisco operation“ (”El Mencho” killing) by Wikipedia.
Article: “‘El Mencho’ Killing: How Key Was US Intel in Mexico Cartel Leader’s Death?“ by Andrew Stanton.