Monday’s Daily Stack
Hour One: Sex, Money, and Revenge: What Happens When a Country Becomes One Man’s Property
Article: “Sex, Money, and Revenge: What Happens When a Country Becomes One Man’s Property“ by Thom Hartmann.
Article: “A Weakened IRS Has Substantial Consequences“ by The Budget Lab.
Article: “FBI and IRS Concretize Implementation of NSPM-7“ by Charity & Security Network,.
Article: “Judiciary Democrats Launch Investigation into DOJ’s Retaliatory Prosecution of New York State Attorney General Letitia James“ by U.S. House Committee On The Judiciary Democrats.
Article: “America’s New Political Reality: Trump Decides Which Beliefs Are “Legal”“ by Thom Hartmann.
Article: “Thought Crimes: The Knock on the Door Has Arrived“ by Thom Hartmann.
Article: “The Ad Doesn’t Tell You Who Paid For It. We Decoded The QR Code.“ by Lalisa Stands.
Article: “Join the fight for democracy“ by Democracy Docket.
Article: “How Dictatorships Work“ by Barbara Geddes, Joseph Wright and Erica Frantz.
Article: “3 Ways Trump’s Wealth Has Soared Since He Returned to Office“ by Brian Bennett.
Article: “Uganda Sojourn: Confronting the World as It Is“ by Thom Hartmann.
Article: “How NSPM-7 Seeks to Use “Domestic Terrorism” to Target Nonprofits and Activists“ by Hina Shamsi.
Article: “Exclusive: Musk plans massive push for GOP in midterms“ by Alex Isenstadt.
Article: “Dictator Idi Amin dies in Saudi Arabia“ by CBC News.
Article: “Judge dismisses cases against James Comey and Letitia James after finding prosecutor was unlawfully appointed“ by Dareh Gregorian, Gary Grumbach and Ryan J. Reilly.
Article: “Justice Department opens investigation into Trump’s accuser E. Jean Carroll“ by Ryan Lucas, A Martínez.
Article: “What 100-plus federal actions reveal about the Trump administration’s campaign against the press“ by Angela Fu.
TV: “The Chelsea Detective“.
Article: “The Two Concepts Of Patrimonialism In Max Weber: From The Domestic Model To The Organizational Model“ by Carlos Sell.
Article: “Senators Question IRS Enforcement Fairness Amid Staff Cuts“ by Ron Wyden et al.
Article: “More than 1.2 million Texas voter registrations are flagged. Here’s what voters should know“ by Lucio Vasquez.
Article: “Federal judge places new freeze on Trump mail-ballot rules, setting up likely Supreme Court showdown“ by Dion Nissenbaum.
Article: “A year of Trump insisting his ballroom won’t cost taxpayers a dime“ by Jonathan Edwards and Aaron Schaffer.
Article: “Understanding Treasury Securities: Bills, Bonds, and Notes“ by Mark P. Cussen.
Article: “Socialists are changing the Democratic establishment. It won’t stop Hakeem Jeffries from being the next speaker“ by Eric Garcia.
Trump vows vengeance on Kristen Welker, “She will be reported to the FCC for rebuke or punishment.”
Article: “Trump vows vengeance after Kristen Welker hits him where it hurts: ‘She will be reported’“ by Alexander Willis.
Article: “Brendan Carr“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Trump pushes Apple to change ‘Lake Ontario’ to ‘Lake America’ on its maps“ by Nadine Yousif.
Crazy Alert. Google Cozies up to Trump with the “Lake America” name change while Trump Does an AI Kick Down on Canada...
Article: “Trump Kicks Down Lake Ontario Sign and Does YMCA Dance in Wild AI Video Ratcheting Up Feud With Canada“ by Sean James.
Post: “The name of Lake Ontario originates from the wendat word “Ontari’io,” which means “the lake is beautiful, the lake is big.” This name dates back more than 400 years, long before the Canadian Confederation and the Declaration of Independence of the United States of America. We know that the United States is changing. Their trade relations, their foreign policy, their national monuments, their hydromony. The Canadians also know that things must be called by their name, and this lake is called Lake Ontario – today and forever.“ by Mark Carney.
Article: “Trump’s bizarre ‘Donald Ducks’ video has an unexpected Lake Ontario connection“ by Eren Waris.
Article: “Glacial Lake Missoula“ by Wikipedia.
Book: Glacial Lake Missoula and Its Humongous Floods by David Alt.
Article: “Abenaki Culture and History up to European Contact (c. 1600)“ by Elise A. Guyette.
Article: “Jesse Bruchac“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Nepal: Families of missing seek updates on loved ones after ‘Himalayan tsunami’“ by ANI.
Article: “Death toll in Nepal floods tops 900, as number of missing nearly doubles to over 4,200“ by Rudy Chinchilla.
Article: “16 Minutes Late For Some, Just In Time For Others: Nepal’s ‘Delayed’ Flood Warning & Its Impact Explained“ by Manjiri Joshi.
Article: “April 2015 Nepal earthquake“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “The DOGE Connection to Nepal’s Climate-Related Flood Disaster“ by IronTortoise.
Article: “Nepal ranks second globally in EV adoption, 73% of new cars now electric“ by Meroauto.
Article: “Every major hydropower plant in Nepal“ by Amarnepal.
Article: “How Canada could hit back to hurt the US economy - and Trump“ by Jessica Murphy.
Article: “Canada’s retaliation tests the limit of American power under Trump“ by Anthony Zurcher.
Article: “Who’s Sorry Now? (song)“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “The Most Incredible Thing“ by Hans Christian Andersen.
Article: “Trump takes unusual stroll on White House roof“ by Mary Bruce and Lalee Ibssa.
Article: “Ludwig II of Bavaria“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Welland Canal“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Map of existing and proposed pipelines projects to transport oil and gas between Canada and the United States“ by Abdelbaset R. H. Midawi.
Article: “Canada“ by Wikipedia (from the St. Lawrence Iroquoian word kanata)”.
Article: “Amerigo Vespucci“ by Wikipedia.
Video: God Bless Vespucciland - Firesign Theater.
Article: “Onondaga Lake“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Anthropocene“ by Wikipedia.
Hour Two: How Trump’s USDA Wrecked the America’s Food Supply While Prices Explode
- Nikki Fried, Former Commissioner of Agriculture - State of Florida (Current Chair - Florida Democratic Party) @nikkifried.bsky.social
Article: “Nearly 30,000 pounds of Argentine beef sold in Texas, Florida recalled by Miami-area company“ by Matthew Ablon.
Tweet: “Florida exports over $1 billion in agricultural and related products to Canada every year, making it one of the state’s most important international buyers. Just say’n“ by Nikki Fried.
Article: “Are food recalls increasing under RFK? What the data reveals.“ by Dian Zhang.
Article: “President Trump Floats Meat Processing Deregulation: Is It Realistic?“ by Angie Stump Denton.
Article: “Is It Safe To Eat Beef? What To Know About Major Recall, Imports And Trump’s Tariff-Free Meat“ by Mary Whitfill Roeloffs.
Article: “Farmers oppose Trump’s plan to import beef. Here’s why “ by Alicia Sitz, Bennett Haeberle.
Book: The Jungle by Upton Sinclair.
Article: “The Precautionary Principle“ by Jose Felix Pinto-Bazurco.
Article: “Why Are We Having a Record Outbreak of Exotic Fruit Flies in 2025?“ by Jiri Hulcr.
Article: “‘His Brain Simply Doesn’t Work’: Trump Mocked Over The 1 Word He Keeps Obsessing Over“ by Ed Mazza.
Article: “Unhinged Trump says ‘many people don’t know’ the word dumb ends with ‘b’“ by Fernando Alba.
Article: “Elon Musk Faces Backlash as a Horrific Texas Screwworm Outbreak Follows Brutal DOGE Budget Cuts“ by Christelle May Napiza.
Article: “U.S. Trade with Canada in 2025“ by FAS.
Tweet: “This is the page on the USDA website when you click on the guide for food labeling REQUIREMENTS for meat, poultry and egg products. [imagge]” by Nikki Fried.
Article: “Historically low water level in two crucial US reservoirs threatens water and power for millions “ by Laura Paddison.
Article: “Enbridge Pipeline System“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Stop Line 3 protests“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Trump hints at bringing Keystone XL oil pipeline project ‘back from the grave’ in AI post“ by Owen Scott.
Article: “New Report: Declining U.S. Refining Capacity Threatens American Energy Dominance and Economic Independence“ by George David Banks.
Article: “Dense, sticky and heavy: why Venezuelan crude oil appeals to US refineries“ by Jillian Ambrose.
Article: “2026 United States intervention in Venezuela“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “What we know about Trump’s deal giving US access to vast oil reserves in Venezuela“ by Collin Binkley, Juan Pablo Arráez And Regina Garcia Cano.
Article: “US Navy moving forward on West Coast dock for aircraft carriers“ by Michael Peck.
Article: “Trump orders Pentagon to redesign US aircraft carrier to use steam catapults to launch jets“ by Robert Mackey.
Is Putin Opening Up a Terrifying New Phase of the Ukraine War?
Article: “Russia planning operation in northern Ukraine, including Kyiv, military says“ by Kateryna Hodunova.
Article: “Putin to unleash 300,000-troop ‘hammer blow’ as desperate Vlad goes all-out“ by Andréa Oldereide.
Article: “Ukraine war briefing: Russia planning ‘massive strikes’ on power plants days after its deadliest attack of the year“ by Guardian.
Article: “Precision Strike Missile (PrSM)“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “US missile in Iran war may have killed civilians 50 metres from blast site, report finds“ by AP.
Fascism Alert. Trump’s “Macho Movement’ Finds Its Latest Enemy: Vegan Men
Article: “Why is ‘vegan’ suddenly being used as a slur?“ by Emma Beddington.
Article: “Organ Donor Statistics in US 2026 | Organ Donor Facts “ by The World Data.
Article: “Incarceration in Norway“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Canadian Army“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Canadian Forces casualties in Afghanistan“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Canada and the Iraq War“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Democrats incredulous over Hakeem Jeffries and Jared Kushner meeting“ by Sam Levine.
Article: “Marco Rubio and the Zionist Connection“ by Lawrence Davidson.
Article: “Royal Canadian Mounted Police“ (Mounties) by Wikipedia.
Article: “Dudley Do-Right“ by Wikipedia.
Site: Global Public Square - Fareed Zakaria.
Article: “Dick Cheney’s expansive vision of presidential power lives on in Trump’s agenda“ by Graham G. Dodds.
Article: “Liz Cheney“ by Wikipedia.
Movie: “Vice (2018 film)“.
Article: “Russell Vought“ by Wikipedia.
Case: “Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission“ (2010).
Article: “Javier Milei“ (Argentina) by Wikipedia.
Article: “Jair Bolsonaro“ (Brazil) by Wikipedia.
Article: “Project 2025“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “5 states could take nuclear waste under Trump administration initiative“ by .
Article: “” by Rachel Frazin.
Article: “President Trump’s radical attack on radiation safety“ by Daniel Hirsch, Haakon Williams, Cameron Kuta.
Hour Three: Last-minute doomsday scenarios for the 2026 election
Article: “Last-minute doomsday scenarios for the 2026 election“ by Zachary B. Wolf.
Law: “National Emergencies Act“ (NEA), 1976.
Law: “18 U.S. Code § 592 - Troops at polls“.
Article: “DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin Sends Letters to Secretaries of State Warning About Non-Citizens on Voter Rolls“ by Markwayne Mullin.
Article: “Tulsi Gabbard went down to Georgia — and no one in the Trump administration wants to take credit“ by Aaron Blake.
Article: “Ann Richards“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Trump has fired a major cyber security investigations body. It’s a risky move“ by Toby Murray.
Article: “Deportees Recount Harrowing Journeys to Africa: Shackles, a ‘Freezer’ and Blows“ by Emmanuel Akinwotu, Pranav Baskar, Genevieve Glatsky and Hamed Aleaziz.
Article: “The Cruelty Is the Point“ by Adam Serwer.
Site: Signs of Justice.
Site: 5 calls.
Book: The End Of Reform: New Deal Liberalism in Recession and War by Alan Brinkley.
Did Elon Musk Play a Role in What Happened in Tibet?
Article: “Unsettling question raised over Trump admin’s role in devastating Nepal floods“ by Alexander Willis.
Article: “Search Launched for 15 Missing People After ‘Significant’ Flash Floods at Grand Canyon“ by Sean James.
Article: “The Ad Doesn’t Tell You Who Paid For It. We Decoded The QR Code.“ by Lalisa.
Site: Vote Safe.
Article: “America PAC“ by D’Angelo Gore.
Article: “Donald Trump claims impossible 600% drug price cuts in White House speech“ by Alice Sjoberg & Michael D. Carroll.
Article: “Giuliani accused of offering to sell Trump pardons for $2 million each in new lawsuit“ by Zoë Richards.
Book: Maybe One: A Personal and Environmental Argument for Single Child Families by Bill McKibben.
Article: “Leader of the pro-Trump Project 2025 suggests there will be a new American Revolution “ by AP. “We are in the process of the second American Revolution, which will remain bloodless if the left allows it to be.”
Article: “More than 1.2 million Texas voter registrations are flagged. Here’s what voters should know“ by Lucio Vasquez.
Article: “The Past 5 GOP Presidents Have Used Fraud and Treason to Steer Themselves to Electoral Victory“ by Thom Hartmann.
Article: “Trump’s aid cuts stall global water projects, exposing millions to new risks“ by Archana Shukla.
Article: “One year on from dismantling of USAID, study projects that global aid cuts could lead to 9.4 million deaths by 2030 “ by Lauren Kent.
Article: “Death of Nolan Wells“ by Wikipedia.