Thursday’s Daily Stack
Hour One: Are We On the Verge of a Progressive Revolution Like the New Deal?
Article: “Are We On the Verge of a Progressive Revolution Like the New Deal?“ by Thom Hartmann.
Book: “The Hidden History of Monopolies: How Big Business Destroyed the American Dream“ by Thom Hartmann.
Article: “Congressman Cohen Introduces the Private Student Loan Bankruptcy Fairness Act“ by Steve Cohen.
Site: The Hartmann Report.
Article: “America’s 4th Turning Has Arrived — Which Path Will We Take?“ by Thom Hartmann.
Article: “Are We On the Verge of a Progressive Revolution Like the New Deal?“ by Thom Hartmann.
Article: “They’re Not Voting for Karl Marx, They’re Voting for a Damn Raise“ by Thom Hartmann.
Quote: “The crisis consists precisely in the fact that the old is dying and the new cannot be born; in this interregnum a great variety of morbid symptoms appear.“ - Antonio Gramsci.
Article: “Wealth Inequality in the United States“ by inequality.org.
Article: “Ronald Reagan’s Legacy: The Rise of Student Loan Debt in America“ by Sriskandha Kandimalla.
Book: “The Hidden History of the American Dream: The Demise of the Middle Class-and How to Rescue Our Future“ by Thom Hartmann.
Book: “The Hidden History of Neoliberalism: How Reaganism Gutted America and How to Restore Its Greatness“ by Thom Hartmann.
Article: “‘This Man Is So Out of Touch’: Hakeem Jeffries Slammed for Opposition to Medicare for All“ by Jon Queally.
Article: “Most Americans say government has a responsibility to ensure health care coverage“ by Andrew Daniller.
Article: “Scientists calculated how much money and lives ‘Medicare for All’ might save—it’s a lot“ by Adam Kovac.
Video: Steve Bannon gives fascist-style salute after speech at CPAC.
Article: “Elon Musk salute controversy“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Young Republican group chat leaks“ by Wikipedia.
Law: “Sherman Antitrust Act“, 1890.
Law: “Clayton Antitrust Act of 1914“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Thom Hartmann’s Well-Read Troublemakers Book Club“ by Thom Hartmann.
Event: Aug 30 noon PT: Thom Hartmann’s Well-Read Troublemakers Book Club.
Article: “Capital One says it closed Trump Organization’s accounts after anti-money laundering probe“ by Kenrick Cai.
Article: “truth social dropped 750,000 engagements“ by Matthew Goldstein.
Article: “Do plastics cause autism? Here’s what the latest study really says“ by Elisa Hill-Yardin.
Article: “Research Report 2023-2024“ by Barwon Health.
Article: “High prenatal BPA exposure may disrupt aromatase and raise odds of ASD in boys“ by Autism Research Review International.
Article: “Barwon Infant Study“ by Barwon Health.
Article: “Tylenol in pregnancy not linked with autism, Danish study finds“ by Nancy Lapid.
Nope. Not true. Joe Rogan Rages Against Democratic Socialists: ‘It’s Real Simple… You’re Going to Have a Military That Controls Everything’
Article: “Joe Rogan Rages Against Democratic Socialists: ‘It’s Real Simple… You’re Going to Have a Military That Controls Everything’“ by Sean James.
Book: Das Kapital by Karl Marx.
Book: The Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels.
Article: “Communism“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “New York City is on track to launch 5 city-run grocery stores. Here’s what happened when other cities tried them.“ by Allie Kelly.
Article: “U.S. government takes 10% stake in Intel, as Trump expands control over private sector“ by Kif Leswing.
Fox-So-Called-News Lies for Trump about Gas Prices
Article: “Fox News Admits Juking Up The Gas Price From Last Year To Help Trump“ by John Amato.
Quote: “A Lie Can Travel Halfway Around the World While the Truth Is Putting On Its Shoes“ - various.
Article: “Powell Memorandum: Attack On American Free Enterprise System“ by Lewis F. Powell, Jr.
Article: “I Did That!“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “How the US right wing is taking over news media and choking press freedom“ by Edward Helmore.
Article: “National debt reaches grim $40 trillion milestone. Here’s why that matters“ by Tami Luhby, John Towfighi, Matt Stiles, Amy O’Kruk.
Substack: “Decoding Fox News“.
Case: “Dominion Voting Systems v. Fox News Network“ (2023).
Article: “Republican Party Platform of 1956“ (Eisenhower) by The American Presidency Project.
Article: “Overton window“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “The Mandate for Leadership“ by Heritage Foundation.
Quote: “I don’t want to abolish government. I simply want to reduce it to the size where I can drag it into the bathroom and drown it in the bathtub“ by Grover Norquist.
Article: “Trump Administration Covers Up Real Reason USS Abraham Lincoln Hasn’t Been Resupplied: Because Iran Blew Up The Resupply Base“ by Logan K. Carter.
Audio: Head-ON With Roxanne Kincaid, Tuesday, 18 August 2026 ( Fox ex-Marine trashes sailors aboard the Lincoln).
Article: “Van Hollen mocks Trump, says Netanyahu waited for president ‘stupid enough’ to start Iran war“ by Piyush Arora.
Article: “Jon Ossoff“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Keisha Lance Bottoms“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Raphael Warnock“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “‘Catastrophic’: US planning tactical nuclear weapon attack on Iran? Here’s what Russia said about it“ by Vinod Janardhanan.
Site: Ground Zero Center for Nonviolent Action.
Video: Our Aircraft Carriers Are Older Than The War Itself - Lt. Col. Anthony Aguilar.
Article: “Anthony Aguilar“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Electoral system of Australia“ by Wikipedia.
Book: The Hidden History of the War on Voting: Who Stole Your Vote and How to Get It Back by Thom Hartmann.
Article: “Voting rights in the United States“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “National Voter Registration Act of 1993“ (Motor Voter Act) by Wikipedia. “The Congress finds that -
(1) the right of citizens of the United States to vote is a fundamental right; ...“
Article: “Shelby County v. Holder“ (Section 4(b) of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 is unconstitutional.) by Wikipedia.
Article: “Carl Quintanilla“ by Wikipedia.
Hour Two: Ukraine update
- Phil Ittner, Veteran War Correspondent based in Kiev, Ukraine & host of the ‘On the Edge‘ podcast @ittnerphilip.bsky.social Youtube Instagram
Article: “‘Kyiv’ or ‘Kiev’ — Here’s why the difference is political“ by CBC News.
Article: “Vance calls end of Ukraine aid ‘one of the proudest’ achievements of Trump administration“ by Martin Fornusek.
Article: “Moscow strikes Kiev by day after night of mass attacks kills 15“ by DPA International.
Article: “Iran War Has Drained ‘Virtually All’ Long-Range Missiles in U.S. Stockpile: Report“ by Kathianne Boniello.
Article: “$20K Drones Vs. $4M Patriot Missiles: Is the US Bleeding Billions?“ by Akshay Puri.
Article: “USS George Washington arrives in Middle East to replace vessel under scrutiny“ by Joey Garrison.
Article: “USS George Washington (CVN-73)“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Russia May Escalate Sabotage in Baltic States, Poland“ by Taegan Goddard.
Article: “Trump and Putin’s phone calls last for hours because of Russian president’s ‘monologues,’ report says“ by Joe Sommerlad.
Article: “Ukraine Invasion Day 1,638: “Complexity does not mean impossibility”“ by annieli.
Article: “Russian stuff blowing up: Prisoner exchange brings home 103 Ukrainians“ by quaoar.
Article: “Bernie Sanders calls out Sergey Brin over $100M campaign against California’s billionaire tax“ by Jean Leon.
Article: “Eminent domain“ by Wikipedia.
The Republicans Are Going to Kill People—but Not Until After They Vote
Article: “The Republicans Are Going to Kill People—but Not Until After They Vote“ by Norman J. Ornstein.
Article: “Kakistocracy“ by Wikipedia.
Movie: “Idiocracy“.
Article: “The Trump administration has attacked science 574 times. Track each instance with this online tool“ by Kristin Toussaint.
Article: “For the First Time, an mRNA Flu Shot Will Be Available to Some People in the United States. Here’s What You Should Know“ by Sara Hashemi.
Article: “What’s Going Around Right Now?“ by Virus Watcher.
Article: “COVID in wastewater jumped 106% from July to August“ by poligirlsayswhat.
Article: “Changes to Medicaid, the ACA and other key provisions of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act“ by AMA.
Crazy Alert. Newsmax host: “I am calling on all Christian teachers to just go ahead and baptize Muslim students, see how you like that one, Allah”
Article: “Newsmax host: “I am calling on all Christian teachers to just go ahead and baptize Muslim students, see how you like that one, Allah” “ by Media Matters Staff.
n Article: “Most Americans say ‘Arabic numerals’ should not be taught in school, finds survey“ by Chris Baynes.
Post: “‘The Bullshit Weaver’. Oils on gessoed paper.“ (”Careful mate, that foreigner wants your cookie”) by Denis Lushch.
Article: “General welfare clause“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Early voting dates, 2026“ by Ballotpedia.
Article: “The United States Constitution“.
Law: “Constitution of the United States“, article 3 section 2. “... In all Cases affecting Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls, and those in which a State shall be Party, the supreme Court shall have original Jurisdiction. In all the other Cases before mentioned, the supreme Court shall have appellate Jurisdiction, both as to Law and Fact, with such Exceptions, and under such Regulations as the Congress shall make....”
Article: “U.S. Debt by President: Dollar and Percentage“ by Hiranmayi Srinivasan.
Article: “The United States National Debt“ by FollowTheDebt.org.
Article: “Joe Scarborough Torches Trump Over Record $40 Trillion Debt With A Brutal Math Lesson“ by Curtis M. Wong.
Article: “Savings and loan crisis“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “The Two Santas Strategy: How the GOP has used an economic scam to manipulate Americans for 40 years“ by Thom Hartmann.
Hour Three: Trump’s Secret Police Spying on Americans? It’s Darker than We Knew
Article: “Trump’s Secret Police Spying on Americans? It’s Darker than We Knew.“ by Greg Sargent.
Article: “Killing of Alex Pretti“ by Wikipedia.
Article: ““RED SQUAD” Papers“ by MSU Libraries.
Article: “Aug 20, 1619: First enslaved Africans arrive in Jamestown, setting the stage for slavery in North America“ by HISTORY.com Editors.
Site: The Hartmann Report.
Site: The Thom Hartmann Radio & TV Program.
Jetson’s Alert. Amazon is rolling out drone delivery to 500 cities. Here’s how to see if they’ll deliver to your house. What will be the pros and cons of packages flying through the skies?
Article: “Amazon is rolling out drone delivery to 500 cities. Here’s how to see if they’ll deliver to your house.“ by Lauren Edmonds.
Post: “All ICE funding should be transferred to MRNA research and development https://www.wsj.com/health/pharma/moderna-merck-vaccine-succeeds-in-preventing-melanoma-from-returning-540e9e18.“ by Bill Kristol.
Article: “Moderna Shares More Than Double on Success of mRNA Cancer Vaccine“ by Xavier Martinez, Alex Janin.
Article: “David Axelrod knocks Jon Ossoff over ‘gratuitous’ Natalie Harp jab“ by Samantha-Jo Roth.
Article: “Cattle Shortage Driving Beef Prices Higher“ by Chris Gill.
Article: “List of U.S. states and territories by poverty rate“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Republicans Run 8 of America’s 10 Poorest States. Maybe They Should Stop.“ by Christopher Armitage.
Article: “events“ by Macomb County Democratic Committee.
Article: “Abdul El-Sayed“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Democrats boost Christina Hines in bid to flip John James’ congressional seat“ by Steve Neavling.
Article: “Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed didn’t run ‘dog slaughterhouse’ in Detroit, despite claims“ by Nur Ibrahim.
Article: “Natalie Harp“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Eva Braun“ by Wikipedia.
Book: “The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany“ by William L. Shirer.
Article: “Thom Hartmann’s Well-Read Troublemakers Book Club“ by Thom Hartmann.
Book: The Last American President: A Broken Man, a Corrupt Party, and a World on the Brink by Thom Hartmann.
Article: “Chemical castration“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Epstein files“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Survival of the richest: The billionaires building doomsday bunkers“ by Aobh O’Brien-Moody.
Article: “Richest Billionaires in The United States“ by WealthRank.