Sue's Daily Stack, The Thom Hartmann Program 01/26/26

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Monday’s Daily Stack

Hour One: Is the Most Powerful Message in America Now “Obey or Die”?
Article: “Is the Most Powerful Message in America Now “Obey or Die”?“ by Thom Hartmann.
Article: “Why Billionaires Are Buying Up Washington: The ‘Trump Bump’ In Luxury Real Estate“ by AJ Fabino.
Article: “How Many Democracies Must Fall Before We Admit Trump and Putin Want the Same Outcome?“ by Thom Hartmann.
Substack: “Jason Stanley“.
Substack: “Lucid“ by Ruth Ben Ghiat.
Article: ““Who’s the Man?”: Masculinities Studies, Terry Stops, and Police Training“ by Frank Rudy Cooper.
Substack: “Thinking about...“ by Timothy Snyder.
Article: “As U.S. ships move toward Mideast, Iranian general warns his force has ‘finger on the trigger’“ by AP.
Substack: “Defiance.news“ by Miles Taylor.
Article: “AG Bondi demands access to Minnesota voter rolls after fatal Border Patrol shooting“ by Jacob Knutson.
Article: “How Donald Trump Shifted Kids-Cancer Charity Money Into His Business“ by Dan Alexander.
Substack: The Good in Us by Mary Trump.

Article: “Controversy in Russia regarding the legitimacy of eastward NATO expansion“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Killing of Alex Pretti“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Killing of Renée Good“ by Wikipedia.

ICE is making a list of anyone that films them, “We have a nice little database and now you’re considered a domestic terrorist.”
Article: “ICE Making List of Anyone Who Films Them“ by Ken Klippenstein.
Article: “The Government Unconstitutionally Labels ICE Observers as Domestic Terrorists“ by David J. Bier.
Video: Minnesota National Guard hands out donuts, coffee to protesters in Minneapolis.

Crazy Alert! While people are dying in the streets, the Oligarchs are partying and designing the ballroom.
Article: “Trump Goes Off On Wild Truth Social Rant About His New Ballroom — Amid Devastating Winter Storms and Fallout from Latest Shooting“ by Jennifer Bowers Bahney.
Article: “Jeff Bezos attends Trump movie night as WaPo reporters beg for their jobs: report“ by Robert Davis.

Article: “ICE officer reportedly said ‘boo hoo’ after nurse Alex Pretti shot dead in Minneapolis“ by Elizabeta Ranxburgaj.
Article: “Protesters lay siege to Minnesota hotel in chaotic scenes amid unrest in wake of Alex Pretti shooting“ by Sonya Gugliara, Melissa Koenig.
Article: “Klobuchar: 2 of 3 Minneapolis 2026 homicides by feds“ by Sean Noone.
Article: “Watergate scandal“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Pam Bondi Tells Tim Walz That Handing Over Minnesota’s Voter Rolls Can Help Prevent Another ‘National Tragedy’: Read Her Full Letter“ by Kyler Alvord.
Article: “Tim Walz Fires Back at AG Pam Bondi’s Warning Letter After Second Fatal ICE Shooting — ‘Go Ahead and Work On The Epstein Files’“ by Haley Gunn.
Book: The Last American President: A Broken Man, a Corrupt Party, and a World on the Brink by Thom Hartmann.
Article: “Winter Storm Drives U.S. Flight Cancellations to Pandemic-Level Numbers“ by Gabe Castro-Root.

Minnesota update
- John Parker, Breaking News Anchor for AM950-KTNF & Host-The Gaily Show airing on AM950 and WCPT 820.
Article: “Minnesota attorney Chris Madel ends campaign for governor, calls ICE operation an ‘unmitigated disaster’“ by KSTP.
Article: “Federal judge again declines to grant restraining order against DHS in Minnesota“ by Jake Rosen.
Law: “10th Amendment“ “The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people“.
Article: “Federal judge orders feds to maintain evidence from shooting that killed Pretti“ by KSTP.
Article: “Federal judge hears arguments on ICE surge in Minnesota; separate hearing set on Pretti evidence“ by KSTP.
Article: “Appeals court reverses temporary ban on immigration agents retaliating against protesters and observers“ by Elliot Hughes.
Article: “ACLU asks court to reinstate restrictions on federal agents in Minnesota after shooting“ by Zach Schonfeld.
Article: “Federal agents use teargas on protesters outside ICE agents’ alleged Minneapolis hotel“ by Sam Levine.
Law: “22nd Amendment section 1“ “No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice, and no person who has held the office of President, or acted as President, for more than two years of a term to which some other person was elected President shall be elected to the office of the President more than once...“.
Article: “Renee Good was shot at least three times, according to autopsy commissioned by her family“ by Mike Bedigan.
Article: “Alex Pretti shooting aftermath horror as new clip shows federal agent clapping“ by Amrita Carroll and Benjamin Lynch.
Article: “I Can’t Stop Thinking About the Last Thing the ICE Agent Said to Renee Good“ by Scaachi Koul.

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Hour Two: US carrier moves closer to Iran. Do they have a “finger on the trigger?”
- Dr. Trita Parsi, co-founder and executive vice president - Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft, also Responsible Statecraft / his most recent book, “Losing an Enemy: Obama, Iran and the Triumph of Diplomacy“ @tparsi @QuincyInst @RStatecraft @tparsi.bsky.social
Article: “U.S. carrier strike group enters Middle East region after Iran commander warns U.S. its forces have “finger on the trigger”“ by Sarah Lynch Baldwin, Charlie D’Agata.
Article: “Iran’s Ayatollah ‘moves underground to hide in bunker’ over fears of US strikes as regime ‘wages war on its own people’“ by Juliana Cruz Lima.
Article: “How Iran Crushed a Citizen Uprising With Lethal Force“ by Farnaz Fassihi, Sanjana Varghese, Malachy Browne and Parin Behrooz.
Article: “Over 36,500 killed in Iran’s deadliest massacre, documents reveal“ by Iran International.
Article: “The Trump Administration Plans To Deport Iranians Amid Deadly Crackdown in Iran“ by Matthew Petti.
Article: “The U.S. Military Can’t Fix Iran’s Opposition“ by Anchal Vohra.
Article: “Footage shows violent clashes as Iran protests spread to more areas“ by David Gritten.
Article: “Iran accuses foreign intelligence of being behind protest movement“ by Simon Speakman Cordall.

Article: “G.I. Joe“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “#MeToo movement“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Why White Women Benefitted The Most From DEI Programs“ by Dr. Allison Wiltz.

Trump is threatening our ally and neighbor Canada with a 100% tariff...Wow
Article: “Trump Threatens Canada With A 100% Tariff Over Its China Trade Deal“ by Michelle L. Price and Rob Gillies.
Article: “In full: Mark Carney’s Davos speech as he warns of ‘rupture’ in world order after Trump threat“ by Rosie Slater.
Video: Davos LIVE: Canadian PM Mark Carney speaks at World Economic Forum.
Article: “Carney says Canada not pursuing free trade deal with China as Trump threatens 100% tariffs “ by Lim Hui Jie.
Article: “Setting the Record Straight on Canada-U.S. Trade“ by Marc Ercolao, Andrew Foran.
Article: “Trade in Goods with Canada“ by U.S. Census Bureau.

Site: Indivisible.
Site: 50501.
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: “Affluent Fortress: the United States Turns Greenland into the main outpost of the missile defense system“ (in Russian) by Dmitry Kornev.
Book: 11/22/63: A Novel by Stephen King.
Article: “Project for the New American Century (PNAC)“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Ivanka Trump’s business wins Chinese approval of trademarks the same day she had dinner with China’s president Xi Jinping“ by AP.
Article: “JD Vance Just Admitted Something We All Suspected Anyway“ by David Moye.
Article: “The Dark Enlightenment“ by Nick Land.
Article: “On the “Dark Enlightenment,” and of Curtis Yarvin / Mencius Moldbug“ by Charles Haywood.
Article: “Peter Thiel“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “The Richest of the Rich, Proud of a New Gilded Age“ by Louis Uchitelle.

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Hour Three: Trump’s ‘greatest fear’ won’t let him back down on ICE — Does this mark his end?
Article: “Trump’s ‘greatest fear’ won’t let him back down on ICE — and marks his end: Nobel winner“ by Ewan Gleadow.
Article: “Was This a Murder Too Far?“ by Paul Krugman.

Article: “Strict father model“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Nurturant parent model“ by Wikipedia.
Book: Don’t Think of an Elephant!: Know Your Values and Frame the Debate--The Essential Guide for Progressives by George Lakoff.
Article: “How Jeb Bush Stole the 2000 Election for His Brother“ by Greg Palast.
Article: “The Trump Administration Is Lying to Our Faces. Congress Must Act.“ by New York Times.
Article: “After Alex Pretti’s killing, a battle of narratives“ by Washington Post.
Law: “Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965“.
Article: “The Immigration Act of 1924 (The Johnson-Reed Act)“ by Office of the Historian.
Law: “Immigration Act of 1924“.
Law: “Chinese Exclusion Act 1882“.
Article: “Deep Dive: The Great Replacement Theory“ by Matt Schiavenza and Ayelet Parness.
Book: Fever in the Heartland, A: The Ku Klux Klan’s Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman who Stopped Them by Timothy Egan.
Article: “Kash Patel Sparks Fury From Gun Rights Groups Over Alex Pretti Remarks“ by Khaleda Rahman.
Article: “Kenosha unrest shooting“ (Kyle Rittenhouse) by Wikipedia.
Video: MN Gov. Tim Walz asks America: ‘What side do you want to be on?’.
Article: “Who is Tom Homan? Trump’s border czar heading to Minneapolis amid protests“ by Safiyah Riddle.
Article: “Republicans, pointing to Alex Pretti’s gun, do an about-face on the Second Amendment“ by Steve Benen. “We could talk at length about the simple fact that Pretti wasn’t at a protest.“
Article: “It Is Much Worse On The Ground Than We Know, And People There Are Seeing NO ONE Coming To Their Aid“ by Paul C.
Article: “As Minneapolis grapples with ICE, schools try to balance learning with student safety“ by Lexi Lonas Cochran.
Tweet: “ICE agent in Portland, Maine tells legal observer she is a domestic terrorist for peacefully recording him, adds her to “nice little database” [video]” by Nathan Bernard.
Article: “Ruben Salazar“ by Wikipedia.
TV: “Leave It to Beaver“.
Article: “The Manchurian Candidate“ by Wikipedia.