Sue's Daily Stack, The Thom Hartmann Program 11/07/25
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Friday’s Daily Stack
Note: Jefferson Smith will be filling in for the next two weeks while Thom and Louise celebrate their wedding anniversary on Veterans Day. I will be taking the same two weeks off, so there will be no Sue’s stack until Monday November 24.
Hour One: The Atrocity Loop: Is America Finding New Ways to Justify the Unthinkable?
Article: “The Atrocity Loop: Is America Finding New Ways to Justify the Unthinkable?“ by Thom Hartmann.
Article: “ICE Took a Green Card Holder Leaving for Work Just Weeks After His Baby’s Birth“ by Dissent in Bloom.
Article: “How Will the White Supremacy Brand of Today’s Republican Party End?“ by Thom Hartmann.
Article: “Is ICE Today’s Klan?“ by Thom Hartmann.
Book: The Cruelty Is the Point: The Past, Present, and Future of Trump’s America by Adam Serwer.
Book: The Hidden History of American Healthcare: Why Sickness Bankrupts You and Makes Others Insanely Rich by Thom Hartmann.
Article: “Race Traits And Tendencies Of The American Negro And Appreciation And Interest (1896)“ by Frederick Ludwig Hoffman, Irving Fisher.
Article: “Reagan: A contrary view“ by Joe Davidson.
Article: “Masked Trump Goons Snatch Dad’s Car With Toddler in the Back“ by Tom Latchem.
Article: “Flight cuts underway after FAA orders reduction due to government shutdown“ by CNN.
Article: “Vance calls court order to fully fund SNAP ‘absurd ruling’ “ by Brett Samuels.
Article: “US Supreme Court backs Trump admin’s passport gender policy“ by AFP.
Event: Sat Dec 6, 2025 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM: Town Hall Seattle: KBCS Presents Thom Hartmann w/ special guest Katie Wilson.
Book: The Last American President: A Broken Man, a Corrupt Party, and a World on the Brink by Thom Hartmann.
Article: “Europeans recognize Zohran Mamdani’s supposedly radical policies as ‘normal’“ by Ashifa Kassam.
The election was bigger than we thought: we even won school boards in Texas!
Article: “Conservatives lose seats in Cy-Fair ISD’s hotly contested school board election“ by Elizabeth Sander.
Article: “5 Dem victories you missed while celebrating Mamdani’s win“ by Liz Dye and Joseph Dye.
Article: “Deep red and swing states making election flip to Democrats indicate Trump’s plunging popularity“ by Marina Dunbar.
Health insurance prices are exploding: where is all that money going?
Article: “Where Do Our Health Insurance Premiums Go?“ by Rachel Madley, PhD.
Article: “JD Vance’s Half-Brother Loses Ohio Election in Landslide with Vice President’s Endorsement“ by Janelle Griffith.
Article: “Maddow Blog | Poll shows the ‘No Kings’ protest movement topping MAGA in public support“ by Steve Benen.
Article: “Trump Freezes as Man Collapses Right Behind Him in Oval Office“ by Sarah Ewall-Wice.
Article: “Photo shows Trump looking on as man fainted during White House news conference“ by Laerke Christensen.
Article: “Trump demands that the G.O.P. end the filibuster.“ by Catie Edmondson.
Article: “Thune says ending filibuster ‘not happening’ despite Trump’s demands“ by Allison Pecorin.
Article: “‘Some in This Room Are Going to Prison – Myself Included’: Bannon Predicts Grim Fate for Himself if Democrats Win Upcoming Elections“ by Michael Luciano.
Article: “Trump hosts Hungary’s Orban, eyes Russian oil sanctions carve-out“ by AFP.
Article: “Viktor Orbán tells CPAC the path to power is to ‘have your own media’“ by Flora Garamvolgyi.
Article: “Saint Valentine’s Day Massacre“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “What Jagger, My Cat, Taught Me About the Nature of Consciousness“ by Thom Hartmann.
Article: “Three tough truths about climate“ by Bill Gates.
Article: “The Shadow President“ (Russell Vought) by Andy Kroll.
Article: “Russell Vought“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Trump’s Grim Reaper - from Project 2025 to shutdown enforcer“ (Russell Vought) by Anthony Zurcher.
Article: ““Put Them In Trauma”: Inside A Key MAGA Leader’s Plans For A New Trump Agenda“ by Molly Redden, Andy Kroll, Nick Surge.
Article: “sadist“ by Merriam-Webster.
Article: “‘Trump is instrument of divine will’: Steve Bannon claims US Prez will serve 3rd term, ‘there’s a plan’“ by Mint.
Site: Musicians Organizing Activist Committee (MOAC).
Hour Two: An Unlikely Social Justice Warrior: Making My Life Count as a Muslim Feminist
- Ani Zonneveld, President Muslims for Progressive Values & Founder of Alliance of Inclusive Muslims & author of the new book, “An Unlikely Social Justice Warrior: Making My Life Count as a Muslim Feminist“ Founder, President @anizonneveld
Article: “Ani Zonneveld“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Nation of Islam“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Louis Farrakhan“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Muslims for Progressive Values“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Zohran Mamdani“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Texas’ 18th Congressional District special election, 2025“ by Ballotpedia.
Article: “Tennessee’s 7th Congressional District“ by Ballotpedia.
Article: “Aftyn Behn“ by Wikipedia.
Site: Mobilize.
Article: “Jason Berlin and Field Team 6“ by New Faces of Democracy.
Article: “Armistice Day“ (”eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month” of 1918) by Wikipedia.
Agents surrounded Abayomi Daramola in his front yard, just 3 weeks after his wife gave birth to their third child. Green card be damned.
Article: “ICE Took a Green Card Holder Leaving for Work Just Weeks After His Baby’s Birth“ by Dissent in Bloom.
Article: “‘Hating’ Democrats apparently wasn’t enough: Trump says political foes are ‘evil,’ too“ by Steve Benen.
Article: “Trump invites Dodgers to White House after World Series comeback“ by Katie Hawkinson and Andrew Georgeson.
Article: “The Dodgers say ICE tried to enter its stadium grounds. The federal agency calls the report ‘false’: Here’s what we know“ by Natasha Chen, Kyle Feldscher, Diego Mendoza, Martin Goillandeau and Rebekah Riess.
Article: “Tech stocks suffer worst week since April after $800bn AI sell-off“ by Tim Bradshaw, George Steer.
Article: “Moore’s law“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “AI bubble“ (Circular financing) by Wikipedia.
Article: “Inside the AI Bubble: How OpenAI & Nvidia are Weaving a Web of Circular Deals“ by Shashank Bhatt.
Article: “Quantitative Easing (QE)“ by Investopedia.
Article: “October Challenger Report: 153,074 Job Cuts on Cost-Cutting & AI“ by Challenger, Gray & Christmas. “Job Cuts Surpass 1 Million; Highest October Total Since 2003. Companies Cite Cost-cutting, AI In October”
Article: “Trump touts private sector job growth, efforts to shrink federal workforce“ by Eric Revell.
Article: “Ivanka Trump exaggerated, outright lied about real estate values for years“ by Jessica M. Goldstein.
Article: “Ruling Confirms Trump Used Fraud to Hype Property Values“ by Heather Vogell.
Article: “On foreign investments, Trump keeps inflating his ‘unbelievable’ numbers“ ($21 trillion foreign investments in the United States) by Steve Benen.
Article: “GDP (current US$) - United States“ by World Bank ($29.18 trillion in 2024).
Site: The Rick Smith Show.
Site: This Week In White Supremacy.
Article: “Jack Smith (lawyer)“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Trump guilty of ordering ‘extrajudicial killings’ with strikes on alleged drug boats, Republican senator says“ (Rand Paul) by John Bowden.
Article: “Arrest of Rodrigo Duterte“ by Wikipedia.
Movie: “Nuremberg (2025 film)“.
Hour Three: How NYC quietly preparing for a Trump/big government takeover...
Article: “New York Quietly Preparing Against Trump’s Takeover“ by Taegan Goddard.
Article: “Judge extends block on National Guard deployment into Portland“ by Peter Charalambous and Vanessa Navarrete.
Article: “The top Border Patrol official in Chicago has been ordered to appear in court over concerns about agents’ aggressive tactics“ (Gregory Bovino, tear gas canister) by Graham Hurley.
Article: “Federal judge says border patrol chief admitted he lied, in ruling limiting federal agents’ use of force in Chicago“ by Bill Kirkos, Priscilla Alvarez, Nayeli Jaramillo-Plata.
Article: “DC sandwich thrower found not guilty of assault “ by Holmes Lybrand, Casey Gannon.
Post: “This is the hype video the White House posted when they arrested Sandwich Guy, who was found not guilty today. [video]” by Ron Filipkowski.
U.S. Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson issued a scathing dissent after the court issued a ruling on Thursday
Article: “‘Misunderstood the assignment’: Supreme Court justice slams colleagues in scathing dissent“ by Sarah K. Burris.
Article: “Executive Order 14168: Defending Women from Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government“ by Wikipedia.
Bible: “But ever since we stopped burning incense to the Queen of Heaven and pouring out drink offerings to her, we have had nothing and have been perishing by sword and famine“ - Jeremiah 44:18.
Article: “MTG Stuns ‘The View’ by Refusing to Be Her ‘Nasty’ Self“ by Eboni Boykin-Patterson.
Article: “Marjorie Taylor Greene issues praise to Nancy Pelosi in stunning dig to Trump as firebrand reinvention continues“ by Stephen M. Lepore.
Site: The Rachel Maddow show.
Site: The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell.
Article: “Supreme Court Will Discuss Taking Up Same-Sex Marriage Case Today—Here’s What To Know“ by Alison Durkee.
Article: “socialism“ by Richard Dagger, Terence Ball.
Article: “Address of the International Working Men’s Association to Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States of America“ by Karl Marx (with a reply).
Article: “Senate Democrats propose 1-year Obamacare subsidies punt in new shutdown offer“ by Jordain Carney.
Article: “Yes, Trump said Musk knows vote-counting computers ‘better than anybody’“ by Amelia Clarke.
Article: “TRUMP LOST. Vote Suppression Won“ by Greg Palast.
Movie: “A House of Dynamite“.