Sue's Daily Stack, The Thom Hartmann Program 05/27/26
Your daily homework - links to everything discussed on today's show
Wednesday’s Daily Stack
Hour One: Trump’s Next Big Lie: Declaring Victory in Iran While America Loses
Article: “Trump’s Next Big Lie: Declaring Victory in Iran While America Loses“ by Thom Hartmann.
Site: American Kompromat - Craig Unger.
Site: “Find Your Legislators“.
Article: “Trump Has No Good Options On Iran“ by Bobby Ghosh.
Article: “The U.S. Military Drawdown in Europe Has Only Just Begun“ by Rebecca Schneid.
Site: “Vote.org“.
Article: “Trump says Iran deal reopening Strait of Hormuz ‘largely negotiated,’ will be announced soon“ by Howard LaFranchi.
Article: “the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) that Obama signed in 2015“ by .
Article: “Timeline of U.S. Withdrawal from Afghanistan“ by Eugene Kiely and Robert Farley.
Article: “Report: US to cut strategic bombers and warships available to NATO in a crisis“ by .
Article: “Cabinet devotes 1 out of every 6 sentences sucking up to Trump, wild NY Times analysis reveals“ by David Gilmour.
Article: “Hegseth declares ‘decisive military victory’ over Iran“ by Anders Hagstrom .
Article: “Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action“ (JCPOA) (Iran nuclear deal) (14 July 2015) by Wikipedia.
Article: “Trump Family Digital Grift Wealth Tracker“ by House Committee on Oversight and Government Reforn - Democrats.
Article: “How are Drones Changing War? The Future of the Battlefield“ by Michael Newton.
Article: “Leading the Future“ (AI PAC network that includes Think Big PAC supporting Democrats, and American Mission supporting Republicans) by Wikipedia.
Article: “Pentagon Fails Eighth Audit, Eyes 2028 Turnaround“ by Chad Hultz.
Article: “RootsAction.org“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Your Rep., Jimmy Panetta, is a “Bad Blue”“ by RootsAction.
Article: “Challenging Panetta, progressive Sean Dougherty campaigns “for the many, not the money”“ by Tom Nolan.
Article: “An AI Super PAC just spent $600,000 to support Jimmy Panetta.“ by Sean Dougherty.
Will DHS Block Your Flight Home Because Your City Won’t Help ICE?
Article: “DHS Secretary Says He’s ‘Drawing Up Plans’ To Halt International Flights To Cities That Don’t Cooperate With ICE“ by Michael Luciano.
Why Has the Fun Disappeared From American Life?
Article: “Half Of Americans Say The Fun In Their Lives Has Disappeared“ by StudyFinds Analysis.
Article: “Superdelegate“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Ken Martin“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “James Talarico Brands Ken Paxton ‘Most Corrupt Politician In America’ Following Runoff Election“ by Anthony Orrico.
Article: “North American Indigenous elder“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Memorial Day“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “The Star-Spangled Banner“ by Wikipedia.
Video: Massive explosion hits Israel’s nuclear, missile hub; Iran’s first strike move?.
Article: “Drone attack starts fire at UAE nuclear power plant“ by AP.
Article: “Battles of Lexington and Concord“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Withdrawal of United States troops from Afghanistan“ by Britannica.
Article: “2012 Benghazi attack“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Trump’s NATO ultimatum as US ‘pulls jets, bombers and ALL submarines’ from Europe“ by Maria Villarroel, Michael D. Carroll.
Site: David Levine.
Site: The Turi Ryder Show (WCPT).
Article: “Trump has created a slush fund of taxpayer money to give to his friends“ by Moira Donegan.
Article: “10 Notorious Slush Fund Examples That Shaped Political and Corporate Scandals“ by Hedgethink.
Article: “Loretta Lynch“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Supreme Court says Trump has absolute immunity for core acts only“ by Nina Totenberg.
Article: “Shadow docket“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Tammany Hall“ by Wikipedia.
Quote: “This apology is not just to Bernie Sanders. It is to donors. It is to anyone and everyone that clearly we offended. And the e-mails that were revealed that were hacked.“ - Donna Brazile.
Hour Two: Trump Slaps Gag Order on Every Federal Worker in America - Is the End of Whistleblowers?
Article: “Critics Say Trump NDA Requirement Would ‘Kneecap Whistleblower Protections’“ by Stephen Prager.
Article: “Orwellian“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Donald Trump Criticized Obama’s Grades. But His Lawyer Threatened Trump’s Alma Maters Not to Release His Own Grades“ by Katie Reilly.
Article: “Tax returns of Donald Trump“ by Wikipedia.
Mamdani Drops the Biggest Housing Plan in NYC History
Article: “Mamdani Announces Plan to Build 200K New Affordable Homes “ by Stephen Prager.
Article: “December 3, 1888: Fourth Annual Message“ (iron heel) by Grover Cleveland. “As we view the achievements of aggregated capital, we discover the existence of trusts, combinations, and monopolies, while the citizen is struggling far in the rear or is trampled to death beneath an iron heel. Corporations, which should be the carefully restrained creatures of the law and the servants of the people, are fast becoming the people’s masters.“
Law: “Sherman Antitrust Act“, 1890.
Article: “Theodore Roosevelt (miniseries)“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “American middle class“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Labor unions in the United States“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “White House cancels union contracts for hundreds of thousands of federal workers“ by Michael Sainato.
Book: “The Conservative Mind: From Burke to Eliot“ by Russell Kirk.
Quote: “The occupation of an hairdresser, or of a working tallow-chandler, cannot be a matter of honour to any person - to say nothing of a number of other more servile employments. Such descriptions of men ought not to suffer oppression from the state; but the state suffers oppression, if such as they, either individually or collectively, are permitted to rule. In this you think you are combating prejudice, but you are at war with nature“ - Edmund Burke.
Article: “Edmund Burke“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “William F. Buckley and National Review’s vile race stance: Everything you need to know about conservatives and civil rights“ by Kevin M. Schultz.
Article: “Birth control in the United States“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Draft-card burning“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.“ (April 4, 1968) by Wikipedia.
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.“
Speech: “President Dwight D. Eisenhower’s Farewell Address (1961)“. (”military-industrial complex”)
Article: “Republican Party Platform of 1956“ (Eisenhower) by The American Presidency Project.
Article: “Committing Treason To Win The Presidency: How Richard Nixon And Henry Kissinger Prolonged The Vietnam War“ by Richard Stockton.
Article: “1980 October Surprise theory“ (Reagan, Iran hostages) by Wikipedia.
Article: “How Jeb Bush Stole the 2000 Election for His Brother“ by Greg Palast.
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: “Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections“ (Russiagate) by Wikipedia.
Article: “Live updates: Trump talks Iran and touts Republican primary wins at his 11th public Cabinet meeting“ by NBC News.
Site: “Velshi“.
BlueSky: “Rachel Maddow“.
Documentary: Forks Over Knives.
Article: “George Wallace“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “New York Times: Daughters of foot doctor say he diagnosed Trump with bone spurs as ‘favor’ to Fred Trump“ by Veronica Stracqualursi.
Article: “Clarence Thomas“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “I’m alright, Jack“ (pulling up the ladder behind oneself) by Wikipedia.
Book: Kicking Away the Ladder: Development Strategy in Historical Perspective by Ha-Joon Chang.
Article: “When John Roberts Said There Isn’t Enough Racism In America To Justify The Voting Rights Act“ by Ian Millhiser.
Article: “Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Solo Supreme Court Dissents, Every Case Where She Stood Alone“ by All About Lawyer.
Hour Three: Trump Hands Putin the Crown Jewel of NATO
Article: “Trump Moves to Cut NATO Bombers, Submarines, and Warships in Major Win for Russia“ by Olga Lautman.
Article: “Large-scale Russian attack on Ukraine leaves four dead and dozens injured“ by Tinshui Yeung and Yang Tian.
Substack: “Unmasking Russia“ by Olga Lautman.
Article: “https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_sabotage_operations_in_Europe” by Wikipedia.
Article: “Russia jams GPS signal on plane carrying UK defence secretary near its border – BBC“ by Ivan Diakonov.
Can Gig Workers Finally Break Big Tech’s Stranglehold?
Article: “In Historic First, Uber and Lyft Drivers Unite to Form Union“ by Willa Pope Robbins.
Site: Craig Unger
Book: Den of Spies: Reagan, Carter, and the Secret History of the Treason That Stole the White House by Craig Unger.
Book: American Kompromat: How the KGB Cultivated Donald Trump, and Related Tales of Sex, Greed, Power, and Treachery by Craig Unger.
Book: House of Trump, House of Putin by Craig Unger.
Article: “Paul Manafort“ by Wikipedia.
Site: “No Kings“.
Site: Raw Story.
Site: Democratic Underground.
Site: Daily Kos.
Site: MS NOW.
Site: Free Speech TV.
Site: Sirius XM - Progress.
Article: “The Passport Portfolio , Why the Ultra-Rich Are Stockpiling Second Citizenships Like Gold“ by ABC.
Article: “Nonpartisan primary“ (top-two primary or jungle primary) by Wikipedia.
Article: “Michael Smerconish“ by Wikipedia.
Video: Trump Didn’t Save Paxton—He Was Already Winning.
Article: “Big loss for Democrat who wanted ‘Zionists’ in camps may still signal big trouble on horizon“ w/ Thom Hartmann by Elaine Mallon.
Article: “Claire McCaskill“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Ukrainian drones hit Russia in massive overnight attack“ by Timothy Jones.
Article: “Joni Ernst“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Lindsey Graham“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Twitter reacts after Trump gives credit to Elon Musk for winning Pennsylvania during election“ by Jon Powell.
Article: “Understanding Voter Suppression in Today’s Election Process“ by SPLC.
Case: “Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission“ (2010).
Book: Who Killed the American Dream?: The Greatest Political Crime Ever Told by Thom Hartmann.
Article: “A Four-Decade Secret: One Man’s Story of Sabotaging Carter’s Re-election“ by Peter Baker.
Article: “Ranked Choice Voting / Instant Runoff“ (RCV) by FairVote.
Site: Paradisos del Sol Winery and Organic Vineyard. Facebook
Article: “The True Story Of Memorial Day: How Newly Freed Black Charlestonians Honored Fallen Soldiers “ by Martie Bowser.
Article: “A Veteran Tried to Credit Black Americans on Memorial Day. His Mic Got Muted.“ by Neil Vigdor.
Article: “Detention center“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “FEMA camps conspiracy theory“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Inside Team Trump’s Plans For Mass Deportation Camps“ by Matt Shuham.
Article: “US senator says he was pepper-sprayed by federal agents during protest at ICE facility“ by José Olivares, Richard Luscombe and Victoria Bekiempis.
Law: “9th Amendment“ “The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.“.
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“.