Sue's Daily Stack, The Thom Hartmann Program 08/05/26
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Wednesday’s Daily Stack
Hour One: Why Are Democrats Really Fighting Each Other?
Article: “What Democrats’ primary battles are really about“ by Stephanie Ruhle.
Article: “Abdul El-Sayed wins Michigan Democratic Senate primary as voters pivot to the left“ by Justin Papp.
Article: “New Deal“ (1933 - 1939, FDR) by Wikipedia.
Speech: “Great Society“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “William Lawrence (activist)“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Sunrise Movement co-founder William Lawrence wins Michigan battleground House primary“ by Andrew Howard.
Video: Zohran Mamdani.
Video: Watch: Abdul El-Sayed speaks after winning Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate .
Article: “Fox News fans fume ‘stop fearmongering’ as Ted Cruz claims Mamdani will ‘cancel Christmas’“ by Charl Wright.
Did Trump Just Get Locked Out of His Own War?
Article: “Trump cut out of new deal to reopen Strait of Hormuz “ by Lily Shanagher, Henry Bodkin.
Video: Jonna Gault - What If They Gave A War And No One Came? (1968) [Non-LP promo 45rpm] .
Article: “Jack Bergman“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Tommy Tuberville Hit With Lawsuit Over Secret Life as Florida Man“ by Hafiz Rashid.
Article: “Trump says Iran talks progressing, warns of ‘very hard’ action“ by USA Today.
Is Todd Blanche Going to Drop the Cold, Dead Hand of Anthony Comstock on America’s Women if He’s Confirmed?
Article: “Is Todd Blanche Going to Drop the Cold, Dead Hand of Anthony Comstock on America’s Women if He’s Confirmed?“ by Thom Hartmann.
Article: “How we discovered ‘breaking history news’“ by Dan Diamond.
Site: “Intercessors for America“.
Case: “Youngs Rubber Corp. v. C.I. Lee & Co“.
Book: The Man Who Hated Women by Amy Sohn.
Article: “Hyde-smith, Lankford Lead Letters To Pharmacies On Abortion Drug Distribution“ by Cindy Hyde-Smith.
Letter: “to Tom Moriarty, General Counsel, May 5, 2023“ by Cindy Hyde-Smith.
Article: “Application of the Comstock Act to the Mailing of Prescription Drugs That Can Be Used for Abortions“ (downloads a PDF) by Christopher H. Schroeder.
Law: “18 U.S. Code § 1461 - Mailing obscene or crime-inciting matter“ (An Act for the Suppression of Trade in, and Circulation of, obscene Literature and Articles of immoral Use).
Law: “18 U.S. Code § 1462 - Importation or transportation of obscene matters“.
Article: “Why anti-abortion groups are citing the ideas of a 19th-century ‘vice reformer’“ by Sarah McCammon.
Article: “Alito and Thomas kept bringing up Comstock. That scared abortion rights supporters.“ by Dan Diamond.
Article: “Ted Cruz Revives Classic ‘Crazy’ GOP Talking Point In Unhinged Fox News Rant“ by Anthony Orrico.
Article: “How Gretchen Whitmer’s decision not to run for Senate shaped a contentious primary“ by Brad LaPlante.
Article: “Max Miller (politician)“ by Wikipedia.
Book: Medicare For All: A Citizens Guide by Abdul El-Sayed, Micah Johnson.
Article: “AIPAC-backed Wesley Bell defeats Israel critic Cori Bush in Missouri primary rematch“ by Sharon Udasin.
Article: “Nvidia Unveils Next-Gen AI GPU: A Leap in Machine Learning Performance“ by Minal Hossan.
Article: “MCI Inc.“ (WorldCom) by Wikipedia.
Article: “Dot-com bubble“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Ray Dalio on the AI bubble nearing 1929, 2000 levels and the lesson people always forget: ‘Wealth is not the same as money’“ by Nick Lichtenberg.
Article: “Ray Dalio“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “A rising tide lifts all boats“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “White demographic decline“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Race and ethnicity in the United States“ by Wikipedia.
Hour Two: Trump Fails Money Laundering Investigations
- Heidi Siegmund Cuda (Bette Dangerous), Author & Emmy-award winning investigative reporter / co-host of the “Radicalized Truth Survives” podcast / subscribe to her substack at bettedangerous.com @heidicuda.bsky.social
Article: “Trump Fails Money Laundering Investigations“ by Heidi Siegmund Cuda.
Article: “Alternative facts“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Capital One dismissal bid puts Trump’s JPMorgan Chase political debanking lawsuit in sharper focus“ by Zachary Bynum.
Article: “Russian money in London“ (Londongrad) by Wikipedia.
Article: “Trump’s Alleged “Mafia Connections” Lost Him a Bid to Build Sydney’s First Casino“ by Sofia Lotto Persio.
Article: “Trump appeals against conviction in hush-money case“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “‘I don’t need international law’: Trump says power constrained only by ‘my own morality’“ by Maya Yang.
Article: “Netanyahu“ by International Criminal Court (ICC).
Article: “An Awakened France“ by Heidi Siegmund Cuda.
Site: U.S. National Debt Clock : Real Time.
Case: “Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission“ (2010).
Article: “MTG teams up with Tucker Carlson and Thomas Massie to plot new political party: ‘The movement has begun’“ by Sean James.
Article: “The Lincoln Project“ by Wikipedia.
Bill: “A Bill For An Act Relating To The Powers Of Artificial Persons.“ (Hawai’i).
Article: “Hawaii Governor Signs Bill on the Powers of Artificial Persons “ by David Garnier.
Article: “Montana Initiative 194, Exclude Political Spending from Artificial Persons’ Charter Powers Initiative (2026)“ by Ballotpedia.
Law: “Tillman Act of 1907“.
Bill: “H.R.1 - For the People Act of 2021“ by Rep. Sarbanes, John P. [D-MD-3].
Sanders Draws A Line On Social Security
Article: “Sanders Warns Democrats: Don’t Support Bill to Fast-Track Social Security Cuts“ by Jake Johnson.
Who Profits When Airport Security Goes Private?
Article: “‘They’re selling the safety of the traveling public’: TSA workers decry Trump privatization push“ by Michael Sainato.
Article: “Trump’s oldest son said a decade ago that a lot of the family’s assets came from Russia“ by Brennan Weiss.
Article: “Eric Trump reportedly bragged about Russian funding streams“ by Laurel Raymond.
Article: “Josh Gottheimer“ by Wikipedia.
Book: The Deficit Myth: Modern Monetary Theory and the Birth of the People’s Economy by Stephanie Kelton.
Article: “Why has Trump stepped in to prop up Japan’s currency?“ by Jonathan Yerushalmy.
Article: “U.S. Debt by President: Dollar and Percentage“ by Hiranmayi Srinivasan.
Article: “The cost of world peace? It’s much less than the price of war“ by Douglas Broom.
Speech: “Address “The Chance for Peace” Delivered Before the American Society of Newspaper Editors.“ (cross of iron) by Dwight D. Eisenhower. “Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed. This world in arms is not spending money alone. It is spending the sweat of its laborers, the genius of its scientists, the hopes of its children.“
Article: “History of gunpowder“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Country-western two-step“ (Texas two-step) by Wikipedia.
Video: Stakeholders Testify on Social Security Solvency - August 5, 2026.
Hour Three: Should We Believe The Man Who Broke CBS News?
Article: “David Ellison says he won’t ruin CNN like he ruined CBS News“ by Oliver Willis.
Article: “After deadly Kyiv strike, Ukraine warns interceptor shortage is costing lives“ by Dan Johnson.
Article: “Russia and US agree to work toward ending Ukraine war in a remarkable diplomatic shift“ by Matthew Lee and Dasha Litvinova.
Article: “2025 JD Vance speech at the Munich Security Conference“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Trump holds 90-minute call with Putin, also speaks with Zelenskyy ahead of NATO summit“ by Reuters.
Article: “Trump picks Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to be his Department of Health and Human Services secretary “ by Kaitlan Collins, Kristen Holmes, Aaron Pellish.
Article: “Tulsi Gabbard“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “These departments investigating Elon Musk have been cut by DOGE and the Trump administration“ by Laurence Darmiento.
Article: “CIA Employees’ Names Risk Exposure After Trump Demands List in Unclassified Email“ by Hugh Cameron.
Article: “Exclusive: Paul Manafort admits he passed Trump campaign data to a suspected Russian asset“ by Mattathias Schwartz.
Article: “Reports: Trump Gave Classified Info To Russians During White House Visit“ by Jessica Taylor.
Article: “The Manchurian Candidate“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Campaign finance in the United States“ by Wikipedia.
Geeky Science. Could Forest Bathing Be One of Public Health’s Most Overlooked Tools?
Article: “Could Forest Bathing Be One of Public Health’s Most Overlooked Tools?“ by Thom Hartmann.
Case: “Dominion Voting Systems v. Fox News Network“ (2023).
Article: “Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting conspiracy theories“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Trump is found guilty on 34 felony counts. Read the counts here“ by Ximena Bustillo, Hilary Fung.
Article: “‘Prove me wrong ... win every argument’“ (Charlie Kirk) by Chris Satullo.
Article: “Judge rules Trump must hand over records sought by BBC in defamation case“ by Tom Bateman.
Book: The Progressive Revolution: How the Best in America Came to Be by Michael Lux.
Book: The Summer of 1787: The Men Who Invented the Constitution by David O. Stewart.
Movie: “Network - Mad as Hell Scene“.
Article: “Iatrogenesis“ by Wikipedia.
Site: Physicians for a National Health Program (PNHP).
Article: “B Corporation (certification)“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Medicare (United States)“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Trump warns Iran will be hit ‘really hard’ if nuclear negotiations collapse again“ by Michael Sinkewicz.
Article: “Sinclair to consolidate newsrooms in Tulsa, drop news anchors from ABC affiliate“ by Matthew Keys.