Sue's Daily Stack, The Thom Hartmann Program 08/10/26
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Monday’s Daily Stack
Hour One: Could Trump, or Anyone, Win Elections by Simply Promising Medicare for All?
Article: “Could Trump, or Anyone, Win Elections by Simply Promising Medicare for All?“ by Thom Hartmann.
Article: “Zelenskyy questions Vance’s push to end Ukraine aid“.
Article: “Chapter 6: The First Corporate War: Who Killed the American Dream: The Greatest Political Crime Ever Told“ by Thom Hartmann.
Article: “Thought Crimes: The Knock on the Door Has Arrived“ by Thom Hartmann.
Article: “Did Joe Biden Overstate Democratic Voters’ Opposition To ‘Medicare For All’?“ by Victoria Knight.
Article: “The End Times: Elites, Counter-Elites and the Path of Political Disintegration“ by Peter Turchin.
Article: “The Fourth Turning Is Here: What the seasons of history tell us about how and when this crisis will end“ by Neil Howe.
Article: “Anti-ICE Protesters Sentenced to Decades in Prison over “Terrorism” at Texas ICE Jail“ by Democracy Now!
Article: “Trump Snapping Up America’s Means Of Production While He Labels Everyone Else A Communist“ by S.V. Date.
Article: “Poll: Democrats Like Both the Public Option and Medicare-for-all, But Overall More People Support the Public Option, Including a Significant Share of Republicans“ by KFF.
Article: “Shifting left, Democrats see universal health care, taxing the rich as ‘essential,’ Reuters/Ipsos poll finds“ by Joseph Ax and Jason Lange.
Article: “Tommy Douglas Voted ‘greatest Canadian’“ by Saskatchewan.
Article: “Special Message to the Congress Recommending a Comprehensive Health Program“ by Harry S. Truman.
Video: JFK - Universal Health Care.
Article: “Boston Tea Party“ (1773) by Wikipedia.
Article: “Commencement Address at American University, Washington, D.C., June 10, 1963“ (World Peace) by JFK.
Did Trump Just Get Outplayed By Iran?
Article: “Trump Thought Opening the Strait of Hormuz Was Imminent. Iran Had Other Plans.“ by lexander Ward.
Article: “Iran names price to reopen Strait of Hormuz“ by Henry Bodkin.
Article: “US draft peace deal with Iran includes ‘$300 billion’ reconstruction fund as Trump withholds final signature“ by Bernadette B. Tixon.
Netanyahu Just Told Trump To Get Lost
Article: “Netanyahu rejects US-led 15-point Gaza peace plan in rare public break with Trump“ by Andrew Roth.
Article: “Senate leaves for 5-week recess without passing Sen. Mike Lee’s election bill“ by Cami Mondeaux.
Article: “Andrew Jackson“ (Old Hickory).
Article: “When New York Wanted To Secede“ by The New York Historical.
Article: “Economy of Japan“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “A rising tide lifts all boats“ by Wikipedia.
Quote: “The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings. The inherent virtue of Socialism is the equal sharing of miseries.“ - Winston Churchill,.
Article: “Vance says only ‘self-hating white liberals’ voted for progressive Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed“ by Joe Sommerlad.
Article: “Mike Rogers (Michigan politician)“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Abdul El-Sayed“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Do US presidential pardons include the cancellation of financial punishments?“ by Law Stack Exchange.
Article: “Rupert Murdoch“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Is U.S. life expectancy getting shorter? “ by Anthony L. Komaroff, MD.
Article: “Operation Epic Fury: Decisive American Power to Crush Iran’s Terror Regime“ by The White House.
Hour Two: Has Trump’s Invasion Of Greenland Already Started?
Article: “‘Has Trump’s Invasion of Greenland Already Begun?’: Experts Fearful as MAGA-Linked Oil Company Prepares Unauthorized Drilling “ by Stephen Prager.
Article: “Greenland issues ‘strong warning’ as Trump-linked oil firm prepares to drill“ by Tom Burgis.
Who Pays To Kill Clean Energy? You Do.
Article: “‘Relentless in Its War on Offshore Wind,’ Trump Admin Kills More Projects “ by Jessica Corbett.
Article: “Jeff Landry“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Trump EO Freezes Billions Of Dollars Of IIJA & IRA Projects“ by David Shiller.
Article: “In a first, Utah got more power from solar than any other source “ by Rick Egan.
Article: “In Battle to Ban Energy-Saving Light Bulbs, GOP Defends ‘Personal Liberty’“ by Suzanne Goldenberg.
Article: “Attorney General James and Governor Hochul Announce Lawsuit Challenging Unlawful Trump Administration Wind Deal“ by Letitia James.
Article: “California Sends Notice of Intent to File Second Lawsuit Challenging Trump Administration’s Unlawful Offshore Wind Lease Buyouts“ by Rob Bonta.
Article: “Public Service Loan Forgiveness“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF)“ by Federal Student Aid.
Article: “For first time in decades, Teamsters will not endorse a Democrat. Why?“ by David Charter.
Article: “UAW Endorses Secretary Jocelyn Benson and Dr. Abdul El-Sayed in Critical Michigan Races for Governor and U.S. Senate“ by UAW.
Are Birds Talking To Each Other just like humans?
Article: “Birdsong similar to human language, study finds“ by Telegraph Reporters.
Article: “Trump’s reflecting pool saga: a timeline of failure and finger-pointing“ by Edward Helmore.
Article: “Alex Jones Calls For Trump’s Immediate Impeachment, Warns of Full Ground Invasion of Iran: ‘We are Facing Tyranny!’“ by Alex Griffing.
Law: “25th Amendment Section 4“ (presidential succession). “Whenever the Vice President and a majority of either the principal officers of the executive departments or of such other body as Congress may by law provide, transmit to the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives their written declaration that the President is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office, the Vice President shall immediately assume the powers and duties of the office as Acting President.“
Article: “Trump’s Motorcade Driving Across The Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool May Have Contributed To Damage“ by Justin Hughes.
Video: We Need To Be Prepared - Sen. Elissa Slotkin.
Article: “Talarico Explains Infamous ‘Powell Memo’ to Texas Voters, Making Right-Wing ‘Master Plan’ a Campaign Issue “ by Julia Conley.
Book: Unsafe at Any Speed: The Designed-in Dangers of the American Automobile by Ralph Nader.
Book: “Silent Spring“ by Rachel Carson.
Article: “Sharia“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Halakha“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “10 Commandments in the Bible“ by Catholic Answers.
Article: “Children in the Israeli–Palestinian conflict“ by Wikipedia.
Case: “Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission“ (2010).
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.
Substack: “Robert Reich“.
Videos: Sam Reich.
Videos: Dropout.
Hour Three: Why Are Billionaires Screaming About A Tax They Can Easily Afford?
Article: “Super-rich complain but experts welcome Mamdani’s pied-à-terre tax“ by Eric Berger.
Article: “Kenneth C. Griffin“ by Wikipedia.
What is the Trump administration doing with foreign aid money?
Article: “What is the Trump administration doing with foreign aid money?“ by ProPublica.
Article: “US Accepts Only White Refugees For Sixth Consecutive Month“ by Alex Nguyen.
Article: “South African courts dismiss ‘white genocide’ myth“ by Mathilde Boussion.
Site: Vancouver Symphony Orchestra.
Videos: Shahid King Bolsen.
Article: “Elon Musk worked in US illegally in 1995 after quitting school – report“ by Edward Helmore.
Article: “How Reagan and US agencies made Murdoch a king.“ by Marshall Wilson.
Article: “PayPal Mafia“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “At least half a dozen top Trump administration officials appear in the Jeffrey Epstein files“ by Dareh Gregorian.
Article: “Here’s How Many Times Trump Is Mentioned in New Epstein Files“ by Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling.
Article: “My Secret Diet Is a Trip to Europe“ by Caitlin Carlson.
Site: Wisdom School.
Article: “Human “biology was never intended to handle” ultraprocessed foods, former FDA head David Kessler warns“ by Bill Whitaker, Sarah Koch.
Article: “Medicare IRMAA: Increased Medicare Part B and D Premiums Based on Income“ by NCOA.
Article: “Required Minimum Distribution“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Agent Orange“ by Wikipedia.
Article: ““War on Nature”: New report links JBS to worst chemical destruction of Brazil’s Pantanal using “Agent Orange”“ by Sydney Jones, Carole Mitchell.