Sue's Daily Stack, The Thom Hartmann Program 05/12/26
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Tuesday’s Daily Stack
Hour One: Is Trump’s Gilded Ballroom a Middle Finger to Working Americans?
Article: “Is Trump’s Gilded Ballroom a Middle Finger to Working Americans?“ by Thom Hartmann.
Article: “Bill Maher and John Fetterman unleash on whining Dems crying over Trump’s ballroom“ by Sky News Australia.
Article: “2026 Lebanon war“ by Wikipedia.
Is Trump’s Iran War Eating Your Paycheck?
Article: “US inflation jumped to 3.8% in April as war with Iran continues to drive up prices“ by Gaya Gupta.
Will Trump Jail Journalists for Telling the Truth?
Article: “‘Effort to Stifle and Intimidate’: Trump DOJ Subpoenas News Outlets Over Iran War Coverage“ by Jake Johnson.
Article: “David Ellison“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “CBS News confirms anti-woke star Bari Weiss is new editor-in-chief and that she’ll host debate show“ by Laura Parnaby.
Article: “Tom Steyer“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “J. B. Pritzker“ by Wikipedia.
Substack: “Retired Analyst Mike“.
Article: “Trump calls Iran response to US proposal to end war ‘totally unacceptable’“ by George Wright and Henri Astier.
Article: “Cuban missile crisis“ (1962) by Wikipedia.
Article: “Checkmate in Iran“ by Robert Kagan.
Video: Why Pancho Villa invaded the United States? - The Columbus Raid in 10 minutes..
Article: “Zimmermann telegram“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Considerations On Representative Government“ by John Stuart Mill.
Article: “Cuban missile crisis“ (1962) by Wikipedia.
Article: “Anti-Muslim bigot sent to prison for 24 years for mosque arson“ by Bill Morlin.
Article: “Elon Musk spends $277 million to back Trump and Republican candidates“ by Julia Ingram, Steve Reilly.
Article: “Musk is giving some US voters $1m. Is it legal?“ by Sam Cabral, James FitzGerald and Jake Horton.
Article: “A Look at The Many State Felonies Elon Musk Seemingly Committed to Elect Trump“ by Christopher Armitage.
Article: “Interest Costs on the National Debt“ by Peter G. Peterson Foundation.
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: “Congressional power of enforcement“ by Wikipedia.
Law: “Voting Rights Act of 1965“.
Law: “15th Amendment“, February 3, 1870 “The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude“.
Article: “Samuel Alito’s Voting Rights Act ruling cited misleading data from DoJ“ by Sam Levine, Will Craft and Andrew Witherspoon.
Law: “Adkins v. Children’s Hospital“ (1923).
Article: “List of justices of the Supreme Court of the United States“ by Wikipedia.
Hour Two: Louisiana’s Governor Just Tossed 45,000 Votes in the Trash
Article: “45,000 Votes Will Be Discarded In Louisiana. Gov Says It’s ‘Not A Big Deal.’“ by Anthony Orrico.
Quote: “We knew we couldn’t make it illegal to be either against the war or black, but by getting the public to associate the hippies with marijuana and blacks with heroin, and then criminalizing both heavily, we could disrupt those communities. We could arrest their leaders, raid their homes, break up their meetings, and vilify them night after night on the evening news. Did we know we were lying about the drugs? Of course we did.“ - John Ehrlichman.
Why Did Trump Kill Sewage Help for Black Families?
Article: “They Were Promised New Septic Tanks. Trump Called It ‘Illegal DEI.’“ by Bernard Mokam.
Article: “Hookworm“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Uniform Congressional District Act“ (1967) by Wikipedia.
WHO head tells countries to prepare for more hantavirus cases
- Dr. Eric Feigl-Ding, Epidemiologist & Health Economist - New England Complex Systems Institute / (per Dr. Feigl-Ding) “first whistleblower on the Covid pandemic” / former faculty member & researcher-Harvard Medical School and Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Substack @drericding.bsky.social @DrEricDing @FAScientists
Article: “WHO head tells countries to prepare for more hantavirus cases“ by Sam Jones.
Article: “Orthohantavirus“(hantaviruses) by Wikipedia.
Article: “Andes virus (ANDV)“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Hantavirus that killed Gene Hackman’s wife hits cruise ship“ by Melina Khan.
Article: “Andes hantavirus: Deadly 2018 outbreak shows it is not only transmitted through close contact“ by Enrique Alpñés.
Article: “Hantavirus outbreak should reset WHO’s default approach to airborne risk“ by Donald K Milton, Trisha Greenhalgh, David N Fisman, Amanda Kvalsvig, Lidia Morawska, Jonathan M Samet.
Article: “What doctors know about how the Andes hantavirus spreads “ by Brenda Goodman.
Article: “RFK Jr.: ‘We’re not worried’ about hantavirus spreading after cruise ship outbreak“ by Joseph Choi.
Article: “Hantavirus Response Shows How Trump Cuts Have Compromised U.S. Preparedness“ by Apoorva Mandavilli.
Article: “The CDC Fired All Its Cruise Ship Inspectors Before the Hantavirus Outbreak“ by Frank Landymore.
Article: “Hantavirus is very different to COVID. Here’s why the ‘Andes virus’ won’t cause the next pandemic“ by Rhys Parry.
Article: “COVID Vaccines and Boosters: What’s Changing in 2026“ by Patricia Weiser.
Article: “A(H5) Bird Flu: Current Situation“ by CDC.
Article: “The ‘bird flu’ that killed 40 million“ by BBC.
Book: Werner and Me: A very green young man meets enlightenment at Werner Erhard’s EST by Jim Terr.
Site: Werner and Me.
Article: “Russia notified the United States and other countries about the Sarmat missile system tests.” by Dmitry Peskov.
Article: “Severe test: with the launch of the Sarmat, the Russian Federation proved its superiority in nuclear missile technology“ by Izvestia.
Article: “Putin hails Russia’s test launch of new ICBM known as Satan II, calls it “most powerful missile in the world”“ by CBS/AP.
Article: “Armin D. Lehmann“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “In Hitler’s Bunker: A Boy Soldier’s Eyewitness Account of the Fuhrer’s Last Days“ by Armin D. Lehman.
Article: “Putin hiding in bunkers ‘for weeks’ at a time amid assassination fears“ by Maira Butt.
Article: “‘Overweight’ and Bloated Vladimir Putin Seen Pulling at Skin-Flaps During Dour, Shrunken Victory Day Parade“ by Chrys Brent Deiparine .
Article: “Russia-Ukraine War Enters Fifth Year“ by CFR.
Article: “Putin is mocked with hilarious social media memes for his paranoia over military parade drone attack“ by Will Stewart and Sabrina Penty.
Article: “Impoundment of appropriated funds“ by Wikipedia.
Law: “Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974“.
Article: “Electoral College“ by Wikipedia.
Site: “National Popular Vote Interstate Compact“.
Article: “Virginia joins a national effort to ensure only popular vote winners become president“ by Ashley Lopez.
Hour Three: Trump Drags American Oligarchs to Beijing
Article: “China Increasingly Views Trump’s America as an Empire in Decline“ by Li Yuan.
Article: “China will benefit from the Iran war, regardless of any deal between Trump and Tehran“ by Ahmed Aboudouh.
Article: “How Trump’s tariffs, and forced labor, led China to new record trillion-dollar trade surplus: Supply chain data“ by Lori Ann LaRocco.
Article: “China Sees a ‘Giant With a Limp’ as U.S. Drains Weapons on Iran War“ by David Pierson and Berry Wang.
Article: “Congressional Redistricting: Key Legal and Policy Issues“ by CRS.
Will Epstein’s Survivors Finally Be Heard Today?
Article: “Survivors of Jeffrey Epstein will testify publicly on Tuesday“ by Alexandra Miller.
Law: “14th Amendment, July 9, 1868 (citizenship, representatives, public debt, Equal Protection Clause). “All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside.“
Site: Democracy Docket (Mark Elias).
Article: “Pardon of January 6 United States Capitol attack defendants“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Democratic lawmakers introduce bill to raise federal minimum wage to $25 an hour“ by Kamaron McNair.
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: “NEW STUDY: Nearly $80 Trillion Redistributed from the Bottom 90% to the Top 1% Since 1975“ by Bernie Sanders.
Book: “Rebooting the American Dream: 11 Ways to Rebuild Our Country“ by Thom Hartmann.
Article: “N. Korea’s Kim oversees ground test of high-thrust solid-fuel missile engine: KCNA“ by Yonhap.
Article: “North Korea test-launches ‘multiple’ ballistic missiles, South Korea says“ by Kevin Shalvey, Anthony Trotter, and Joohee Cho.
Video: Overtime with Bill Maher: John Fetterman, Dan Crenshaw, Donna Brazile (HBO).
Article: “Gerrymandering“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Equal Protection Clause“ by Wikipedia.
Bill: “H.R.1 - For the People Act of 2021“ by Rep. Sarbanes, John P. [D-MD-3].
Case: “Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission“ (2010).
Bill: “John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act“.
Site: Progressive Change Campaign Committee (PCCC).
Site: Progressive Caucus.
Article: “Sleep-Deprived Trump Posts Every 3 Minutes in Unhinged Rampage“ by Josh Fiallo.
Article: “Ohio Senate bill would impose strict reliability standard on new power plants, sidelining most wind and solar“ by Jason Salley.
Article: “Jeffrey Sachs“ by Wikipedia.