Sue's Daily Stack, The Thom Hartmann Program 01/20/26
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Tuesday’s Daily Stack
Hour One: Is “Conservative Values” the Lie That Made Trump Possible?
Article: “Is “Conservative Values” the Lie That Made Trump Possible?“ by Thom Hartmann.
Article: “Why the “Reagan Revolution” Scheme to Gut America’s Middle Class is Coming to an End“ by Thom Hartmann.
Article: “Mitt Romney Reveals Most Republicans Didn’t Impeach Trump Because They Feared Violent Attacks from His Supporters“ by Colby Hall.
Site: “The Social Contract“ by Joe Walsh.
Article: “The Top 1% of Americans Have Taken $50 Trillion From the Bottom 90%—And That’s Made the U.S. Less Secure“ by Nick Hanauer.
Article: “How Far Trump Would Go“ by Eric Cortellessa.
Book: The Hidden History of American Oligarchy: Reclaiming Our Democracy from the Ruling Class by Thom Hartmann.
Book: I Paid Hitler by Fritz Thyssen.
Article: “Trump’s NSPM-7 Labels Common Beliefs As Terrorism “Indicators”“ by Ken Klippenstein.
Article: “We Study Fascism, and We’re Leaving the U.S.“ by Marci Shore, Timothy Snyder and Jason Stanley.
Site: Vote.org.
Article: “National Security Presidential Memorandum-7“ (Countering Domestic Terrorism and Organized Political Violence) by Donald J. Trump.
Book: “The Conservative Mind: From Burke to Eliot“ by Russell Kirk.
Site: Coalition for the National Infrastructure Bank.
Bill: “H.R.5356 - National Infrastructure Bank Act of 2025“ by Rep. Davis, Danny K. [D-IL-7].
Trump went “unhinged” again taunting allies, as the conservative WSJ begs SCOTUS to rein in Trump, and Canada & Greenland prepare for war against the US.
Article: “‘Really is unhinged’: Trump stuns by breaking ‘protocol’ in effort to shame world leaders“ by Alexander Willis.
Article: “Trump Taunts Allies With Leaked Texts, Memes, and Trash Talk in Late-Night Greenland Blitz“ by David Gilmour.
Article: “WSJ editorial begs Supreme Court to rein in Trump“ by Daniel Hampton.
Article: “Sundowning“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Military models Canadian response to hypothetical American invasion“ by Robert Fife, Gavin John.
Article: “Canada preps for hypothetical US military invasion for first time in 100 years: report“ by Travis Gettys.
Article: “Trump Calls NATO ‘Real Threat’ to America, not Russia and China“ by Smriti Singh.
ICE dragged a US citizen out to the shower and into the freezing snow in his underwear. Then they lied about everything of course and let him go. Is this the definition of terrorizing?
Article: “U.S. Government Denied Due Process to Migrants Deported to El Salvador: Judge Boasberg“ by teleSUR.
Article: “Nearly all Epstein files still unreleased a month after Congress deadline“ by Victoria Bekiempis.
Site: Progressive Caucus.
Article: “Renee Good Reportedly Shot 4 Times, Touching Off Chaos Revealed In 911 Transcripts“ by Sara Boboltz.
Book: It Was All a Lie: How the Republican Party Became Donald Trump by Stuart Stevens.
Article: “Stephen Miller Offers a Strongman’s View of the World“ by Katie Rogers.
Article: “Jamestown, Virginia“ by Wikipedia.
Book: “They Thought They Were Free“ by Milton Mayer. “First they came for the ... What happened here was the gradual habituation of the people, little by little, to being governed by surprise...“
Minnesota update
- John Parker, Breaking News Anchor for AM950-KTNF & Host-The Gaily Show airing on AM950 and WCPT 820.
Article: “Minnesota Police Leaders Criticize Federal Tactics in ICE Surge“ by Mitch Smith and Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs.
Article: “Who is Gregory Bovino the ICE officer who dressed like a Nazi during the Minneapolis immigration crackdown and why he did it“ by Rohit David.
Article: “DOJ investigating after protesters disrupt service at St. Paul church where ICE field director is pastor“ by Luke Barr and Jack Date.
Article: “US officials probing Minnesota ICE protest that disrupted church service“ by Nadine Yousif and Kayla Epstein.
Article: “Minnesota statewide strike, economic blackout to protest ICE on Friday“ by Mary Divine.
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: “Minneapolis schools offer remote learning as tensions rise over federal immigration enforcement“ by Rebecca Santana, Steve Karnowski And Bianca Vázquez Toness.
Hour Two: Leading economist teaches Europe how to cripple Trump - would it work?
Article: “Leading economist teaches Europe how to cripple Trump “ by Jake Johnson.
Article: “Standing up to Trump’s Imperial Blackmail on Greenland “ by Gabriel Zucman.
Article: “The Secret IRS Files: Trove of Never-Before-Seen Records Reveal How the Wealthiest Avoid Income Tax“ by Jesse Eisinger, Jeff Ernsthausen and Paul Kiel.
As insurance prices rise, and the GOP failed miserably to provide healthcare - many families have no options, no healthcare.
Article: “If the GOP is good at one thing, it’s failing to provide health care“ by Oliver Willis.
Article: “As insurance prices rise, families puzzle over options“ by KFF.
Article: “Health subsidies expire, launching millions of Americans into 2026 with steep insurance hikes“ by AP.
Article: “Tesla Fires Up America’s First Major Lithium Refinery“ by Charles Kennedy.
Article: “Mass surveillance in East Germany“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “The Lincoln Project“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Senator Thinks Trump Is Literally ‘Insane’: ‘He Is a Madman’“ (Ruben Gallego) by Charlie Nash.
Article: “Effects of Hurricane Helene in North Carolina“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Trump’s FEMA cuts will compound Hurricane Helene’s damage in North Carolina“ by Ben Smilowitz.
Article: “Families in hurricane-ravaged western NC face abrupt eviction from FEMA homes“ by Dave Faherty.
Article: “Report: Puerto Rico hurricane recovery may take until 2051“ by NIMB.
Article: “New Hegseth Leak Reveals Secret Plan for Years of Troops on U.S. Streets“ by Ewan Palmer.
Article: “The Posse Comitatus Act Explained“ by Joseph Nunn.
Article: “Enbridge Line 5“ by Wikipedia.
Hour Three: Red alert. It’s all coming true.
- Miles Taylor, Former DHS Chief of Staff / Tech & Security Expert / Author, “A Warning“ by Anonymous and “Blowback“ / his Substack is Defiance.news. Site: defiance.org @MilesTaylor.bsky.social
Article: “UPDATED: Red alert. It’s all coming true.“ by Miles Taylor.
Article: “The FCC Move that Could Shut Down China’s Backdoor Access to U.S. Telecom Infrastructure“ by National Security Institute.
Article: “CISA cuts more staff and reassigns others as government stays shut down“ by Brandon Vigliarolo.
Article: “Trump fires head of election cybersecurity who debunked conspiracy theories“ (Christopher Krebs) by Kevin Collier, Katy Tur, Julia Ainsley and Ken Dilanian.
Article: “Alex Acosta, former US attorney who negotiated Epstein’s plea deal, appears before House Oversight Committee“ by Lauren Peller and James Hill.
Article: “Alexander Acosta“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Congress is rolling on spending bills, but the toughest fights remain“ by Mike Lillis and Sudiksha Kochi.
Article: “Nixon’s Response to Subpoenas“.
Article: “Which congressional subpoenas were issued to Donald Trump during his first term?“ by factually.
Article: “Mitt Romney Reveals Most Republicans Didn’t Impeach Trump Because They Feared Violent Attacks from His Supporters“ by Colby Hall.
Law: “Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986“.
Post: “AND SO IT BEGINS If you want to know where this is going, look up the movement to divest in South Africa 40 years ago. It became a worldwide phenomenon that led to the end of the apartheid regime. Trump serves the billionaire class who have gotten richer just this term. HIT ‘EM WHERE IT HURTS!“ by Forward USA.
Article: “Danish Pension Fund AkademikerPension to Exit US Treasuries “ by Frances Schwartzkopff.
Article: “Danish pension fund sells off US debt amid Trump-Greenland row“ by Chris Price; Tim Wallace; Nora Redmond.
Article: “Danish pension fund AkademikerPension plans to divest its holdings of U.S. Treasury bonds, stating that the credit risk posed by the United States is ‘unignorable.’“ by wallstreetcn.
Article: “Disinvestment from South Africa“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Trackdown (TV series)“ by Wikipedia.
Video: Trump Trackdown ‘The End of the World’.
Video: Don’t Be a Sucker.
Article: “Monks’ ‘Walk for Peace’ makes it east of Greensboro, en route through Triad toward Triangle“ by WRAL News.
Article: “Trump says Americans need to prepare for something the US has never seen. Here’s how to get ready (and wealthy) in 2026“ by Jing Pan.
Article: “Crime Statistics in Minneapolis 2026 | Key Facts“ by The World in Data.
Article: “Corporate Welfare in the Federal Budget“ by Chris Edwards.
Article: “Killing of Ashli Babbitt“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Killing of Renée Good“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “The John Cornyn Houston Office Protest Never Lets Up“ by Neil Aquino.
Law: “Constitution of the United States“ Article 2 section 4 (impeachment). “The President, Vice President and all civil Officers of the United States, shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors.“
Article: “Samuel Chase“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Influence Without Impeachment: How the Impeach Earl Warren Movement Began, Faltered, But Avoided Irrelevance“ by Brett Bethune.
Article: “Full List of Supreme Court Scandals“ by Marni Rose McFall.