Tuesday’s Daily Stack
Hour One: John Roberts Gets Exposed for the Biggest Con in American Politics
Article: “John Roberts Is the Biggest Con Man in US Politics“ by Bill Blum.
Article: “Sheldon Whitehouse“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Fix the Court Updates SCOTUS Gift List with 200+ Freebies“ by Fix the Court.
Article: “Chief Justice John Roberts’ Wife Made Over $10 Million As Legal Consultant, Report Says“ by Nicholas Reimann.
Article: “Amy Coney Barrett Set To Hear Case Against Shell, Her Dad’s Employer For 29 Years“ by Alexander C. Kaufman.
Article: “Blame John Roberts for Destroying the Voting Rights Act“ by Ari Berman.
Article: “Shelby County v. Holder“ (Section 4(b) of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 is unconstitutional.) by Wikipedia.
Event: 25 Sep. 7:00 PM: Powell’s City of Books, Portland: Thom Hartmann sook signing.
Justice Jackson Sounds the Alarm as Supreme Court Throws Midterms Into Chaos
Article: “Justice Jackson Rips Supreme Court Decision For Injecting ‘Chaos And Uncertainty’ Into Midterms“ by Li Zhou.
Article: “‘Painful Setback’: Supreme Court Lets Trump Enforce Mailed Ballot Rules—But Punts on Their Legality“ by Brett Wilkins.
Article: “Supreme Court clears the way for Trump mail voting order in advance of midterms“ by AP.
Article: “Supreme Court eases path for Trump’s sweeping limits on mail-in balloting“ by Justin Jouvenal.
Article: “Trump’s big Supreme Court voting victory could come crashing down by morning: expert“ by Matthew Chapman.
Executive order 14399: “Ensuring Citizenship Verification And Integrity In Federal Elections“, March 31, 2026 by Donald J. Trump (voter list, USPS rule).
Article: “Soaring oil profits from US-Iran conflict drive calls for windfall tax“ by Martin Belam.
Article: “Americans are paying a growing financial price for Iran war“ by James Sillars.
Article: “Tipping guide to Canada: When, where and how much to tip for restaurants, taxis and more“ by Daniel Otis.
Article: “SCOOP: Republican Staffer Gives Two-Word Prediction of GOP’s Midterm Chances“ (rump ignored all warnings from his inner circle to not attack Iran) by Raw America.
Substack: “Raw America“.
Trump’s Inner Circle Panics Over “Natalie” as the Rasputin Parallel Gets Real
Article: “Trump’s Inner Circle Panics Over “Natalie” as the Rasputin Parallel Gets Real“ by Thom Hartmann.
Article: “Hitler’s Bunker in Berlin“ by Chrissie Sternschnuppe.
Video: Downfall.
Book: In Hitler’s Bunker: A Boy Soldier’s Eyewitness Account of the Fuhrer’s Last Days by Armin D. Lehmann with Tim Carroll.
Book: Rasputin: The Downfall of the Romanovs by Antony Beevor.
Article: “Meet Natalie Harp, the aide so close to Trump she once rode in an SUV trunk to accompany him“ by Kristen Holmes, Adam Cancryn.
Article: “Rachel Maddow, MSNBC Beat Libel Suit Over “Russian Propaganda”“ by Eriq Gardner.
Article: “Natalie Harp Reportedly Slept in Golf Club Locker Room for an Entire Summer to Stay Close to Trump“ by Chelsie Napiza.
Article: “‘With All My Heart, Natalie.’ Trump’s Most Devoted Aide Emerges.“ by Shawn McCreesh and Maggie Haberman.
Podcast: “Natalie Harp’s Devotion to Trump“ by Rachel Abrams.
Article: “Trump’s approval holds at record low as US support for Iran war falls, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds“ by Reuters.
Article: “Natalie Harp said Trump saved her life. Experts doubt that’s true.“ by William Wan.
Article: “New poll shows how MAGA really feels about Trump-endorsed candidates“ by Lauren Sforza.
Article: “Grigori Rasputin“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “How much do Canadians tip?“ by Wing Sze Tang.
Song: “Who Owns History Owns America“ by Louise Hartmann.
Crazy Alert. Trump Gets Busted Cheating at Golf and Shows Why America Can’t Trust Him to Play by the Rules
Article: “Trump busted by boxing legend for cheating at golf: ‘Don’t lie about moving your ball’“ by Tom Boggioni.
Book: Commander in Cheat: How Golf Explains Trump by Rick Reilly.
Article: “The Lincoln Project“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “David Jolly Wins Democratic Nomination for Florida Governor“ by David Ovalle.
Article: “Study of Disputed Florida Ballots Finds Justices Did Not Cast the Deciding Vote“ (Al Gore won) by Ford Fessenden and John M. Broder, November 12, 2001.
Article: “ETA Statement on Allegations of NSA-Authorized Forensic Audit of the 2024 U.S. Presidential Election“ by Let’s See Where The Data Leads.
Bill: “H.R.7296 - SAVE America Act“ by Rep. Roy, Chip [R-TX-21] (Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act).
Article: “Palantir“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Peter Thiel“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “TRUMP LOST. Vote Suppression Won.“ by Greg Palast.
Article: “One Republican Now Controls a Huge Chunk of US Election Infrastructure“ (Dominion) by Kim Zetter.
Article: “2004 United States presidential election“ (Kerry v. Bush) by Wikipedia.
Article: “New court filing reveals how the 2004 Ohio presidential election was hacked“ by Bob Fitrakis.
Article: “Anthony Fauci“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “COVID-19 pandemic death rates by country“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “America Must Never Forget what Trump & the GOP Did On April 7th, 2020“ by Thom Hartmann.
Hour Two: Panicked Trump Attacks as His Approval Rating Craters
Article: “Panicked Trump hurls bizarre accusation as approval rating craters “ by Travis Gettys.
What Does a Desperate Trump Do?
- Mary Trump, American psychologist (PhD in clinical psychology) / author of 3 books, including the international bestseller, Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World’s Most Dangerous Man (2020), She writes The Good In Us on Substack and is the founder of Mary Trump Media and the Mary Trump Media YouTube channel @maryltrump.bsky.social.
Article: “Trump underwater in 47 states and DC, new projection finds“ by Fernando Cervantes Jr.
Article: “‘Catastrophic’: US planning tactical nuclear weapon attack on Iran? Here’s what Russia said about it“ by Vinod Janardhanan.
Article: “Trump backtracks from promise to let Ukraine build Patriot missiles“ by Joseph Gedeon.
Article: “‘Another Trump Attempt to Rig Elections’: Lawmakers Respond to Supreme Court Win for Trump Mail-in Voting Restrictions“ by Chad de Guzman and Callum Sutherland.
Article: “Trump declines to rule out declaring a national security emergency to control the 2026 election“ by Aaron Blake.
Article: “Mary Trump says President ‘is not going to get better and he is without question going to get worse’“ (2020) by Caroline Kelly, Ariella Phillips, Nikki Carvajal.
Book: In Hitler’s Bunker: A Boy Soldier’s Eyewitness Account of the Fuhrer’s Last Days by Armin D. Lehmann with Tim Carroll.
Article: “Armin D. Lehmann“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Trump and Putin’s phone calls last for hours because of Russian president’s ‘monologues,’ report says“ by Joe Sommerlad.
Article: “Farmers turn on Trump as they face worst financial crisis since 1980s“ by Allison Bloom.
Article: “Trump scoffs at ‘affordability’ issues. The White House knows it’s a big deal.“ by Myah Ward and Grace Yarrow.
Article: “How Trump’s foreign policy is affecting America’s relationship with its allies“ by Leila Fadel.
Article: “Trump represents a specific type of masculinity – and it’s dangerous for women“ by Ashley Morgan.
Article: “Trump’s strategy weakens alliances, benefitting China and Russia“ by Tom Rogan.
Case: “Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission“ (2010).
Article: “American Revolutionary War“ (1775-1783) by Wikipedia.
Article: “American Revolution“ (1765–1789) by Wikipedia.
Article: “American Civil War (1861 - 1865) by Wikipedia.
Article: “Great Depression (1929 - 1930s) by Wikipedia.
Article: “World War II“ (1939 - 1945) by Wikipedia.
Article: “‘Rasputin’: meaning and origin“ by Pascal Tréguer.
Book: The Rasputin File by Edvard Radzinsky.
Article: “Alexei Navalny“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Anti-Corruption Foundation“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Volodymyr Zelensky’s other war: Ukraine’s endless struggle with corruption” by Stefan Wolff, Tetyana Malyarenko.
Republicans Erase Trans People From the Log Cabin Republicans - with their approval!
Article: “Log Cabin Republicans remove reference to trans people on website“ by Casey Parks.
Article: “Log Cabin Republicans“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Institut für Sexualwissenschaft“ (Institute for Sexual Science) by Wikipedia.
Article: “Nazi book burnings“ 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...“
Article: “Clinton on LGBTQ rights“ by Ballotpedia.
Article: “Django Unchained“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “‘Django Unchained’: Samuel L. Jackson on playing a ‘hateful negro’“ by Anthony Breznican.
Trump Attacks Canada With His Favorite Bully Tactic and Threatens to Rename Lake Ontario
Article: “Trump threatens to change name of Lake Ontario to ‘Lake America’“ by Canadian Press.
Article: “James Carville“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “James Carville unloads on Rep. Hakeem Jeffries over private sit-down with key Trump insider“ by FOX News Videos.
Article: “Democratic socialist Angie Nixon scores surprise primary win in Florida US Senate race“ by Sam Levin and Richard Luscombe.
Article: “James Talarico“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Scott Bessent“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Pete Buttigieg“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “The 80/20 Rule: Providing Value and Rebates to Millions of Consumers“ by CMS.
Article: “binky“ by Wiktionary.
Article: “Medigap“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “CIA chief travels to Moscow for unannounced talks, US media reports“ by Joe Coughlan.
Article: “The Past 5 GOP Presidents Have Used Fraud and Treason to Steer Themselves to Electoral Victory“ by Thom Hartmann.
Quote: “A Republic, if you can keep it.“ - Benjamin Franklin.
Movie: “The Music Man (1962 film)“.
Article: “The US is turning its back on Russian asylum seeker“ by Lilia Yapparova.
Movie: “Raiders of the Lost Ark“.
Video: Opening The Ark Scene | Raiders Of The Lost Ark (1981) Movie Clip HD.
Video: Lawrence: Trump’s Treasury Secretary said ‘we don’t know when’ Trump’s war will end .
Article: “Understanding the Iran-Contra Affairs“ (1981 - 1986) by Brown University.
Article: “Electoral College“ by Wikipedia.
Hour Three: Here’s how much the $40 trillion national debt is costing you — whether you have student loans, a mortgage or Social Security
Article: “Here’s how much the $40 trillion national debt is costing you — whether you have student loans, a mortgage or Social Security“ by Nick Lichtenberg.
Article: “US Treasury’s Scott Bessent ‘will lose’ battle with bond markets, former mentor warns“ (Stanley Druckenmiller) by Graeme Wearden.
Universal Health Care Can Break Through With a Plan Every State Can Afford - we’ll be discussing it...
- Christopher Armitage, Journalist. Criminal justice Researcher, former law enforcement officer, veteran, author. @carmitage.bsky.social. Substack: “The Existentialist Republic“
Article: “Every State Can Afford Universal Health Care: A Taxonomy of Public Health Care Options“ by Christopher Armitage.
Article: “Country music legend Dolly Parton dies“ by Sky News.
Article: “Hunter Biden calls out ‘closeted gay mafia’ of D.C. Republicans“ by Mathew Rodriguez.
Article: “Donald Trump’s conflict with the news media“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “There is no liberal media bias in which news stories political journalists choose to cover“ by Hans J. G. Hassell, John B. Holbein, Matthew R. Miles.
Article: ““Working the Refs”“ by Eric Alterman.
Article: “Lee Atwater“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Billionaires Transforming Media Ownership“ by Daniel Liberto.
Making Sense of the Mail-in Ballots Ruling - A major court ruling could reshape how mail ballots are counted and potentially determine whose votes make it into the final tally.
- Stephen Vladek, Attorney / One First on Substack / Professor of Law-Georgetown University @stevevladeck.bsky.social
Article: “246. Making Sense of the Mail-in Ballots Ruling“ by Steve Vladeck.
Article: “Jackson calls Supreme Court’s mail-in voting ruling a ‘Kafkaesque nightmare’“ by Zach Schonfeld.
Case: “Donald J. Trump, President Of The United States, Et Al. V. California, Et Al.“ (incl. Jackson dissent).
Article: “United States federal budget“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Media Matters exposes Bennett: “[Y]ou could abort every black baby in this country, and your crime rate would go down”“ by Andrew Seifter.
Article: “Trump loves ‘the poorly educated’ ... and social media clamors“ by Melissa Fares and Gina Cherelus.
Article: “Bessent threatens new Iran secondary sanctions, says Trump asking world leaders to sign on“ by Rob Wile.
Article: “The tragedy of avoidable COVID deaths“ by Faye Flam.
Article: “The Evolution of Social Security’s Taxable Maximum“ by Kevin Whitman and Dave Shoffner.
Article: “‘The perfect target’: Russia cultivated Trump as asset for 40 years – ex-KGB spy“ by David Smith.
Article: “Brad Lander ousts Rep. Dan Goldman after left-wing challenge“ by Chris Sommerfeldt, Joe Anuta and Ry Rivard.
Article: “Alex Vindman loses Senate Democratic primary in Florida to anti-Israel DSA candidate“.
Article: “Jasmine Crockett concedes, James Talarico wins Texas Senate primary“ by Kathryn Palmer and Phillip M. Bailey.