Sue's Daily Stack, The Thom Hartmann Program 02/09/26
Your daily homework - links to everything discussed on today's show
Monday’s Daily Stack
Hour One: The NFL Is “Socialist” on Purpose, and It Exposes Republican Economic Stupidity
Article: “The NFL Is “Socialist” on Purpose, and It Exposes Republican Economic Stupidity “ by Thom Hartmann.
Article: “The Top 1% of Americans Have Taken $50 Trillion From the Bottom 90%—And That’s Made the U.S. Less Secure“ by Nick Hanauer.
And you thought ICE’s brutality hit rock bottom...
Article: “Daily News — February 8, 2026“ by Lukium.
Article: “‘There Was Never a Wall’: Man Beaten Nearly to Death by ICE Refutes Self-Harm Claim“ by Brett Wilkins.
Article: ““For 280 days we haven’t eaten a single piece of fruit, banana, apple, orange, or anything fresh,” an Otay Mesa captive“ by Swede.
Article: “Immigrant whose skull was broken in eight places during ICE arrest says beating was unprovoked“ by Jack Brook, Michael Biesecker, Jim Mustian, Cedar Attanasio.
Crazy Alert! Why are the boos against JD Vance’s at the Olympics being censored by NBC & Twitter? Is it their job now to clean him up?
Article: “Outrage as video of JD Vance being booed at Olympics gets blocked on social media“ by Jessica Corbett.
Article: “NBC appears to cut crowd’s booing of JD Vance from Winter Olympics broadcast“ by Tom Lutz.
Article: “Whistleblower complaint against Tulsi Gabbard ‘based on phone conversation intercepted by US involving discussion of person close to Donald Trump’“ by Will Potter, Ross Ibbetson.
Article: “Reality Winner“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Classified Whistleblower Complaint About Tulsi Gabbard Stalls Within Her Agency“ by Dustin Volz, C. Ryan Barber.
Article: “Inside the Classified Whistleblower Complaint Against America’s Spy Chief (UPDATED)“ by Seth Hettena.
Article: “Bread and circuses“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Is the NFL Tax Exempt?“ by joseph.
Article: “Why the NFL Gave Up Its Tax-Exempt Status“ by LegalClarity Team.
Article: “Sport as Conflict“ by History in Politics Society.
Article: “Tulsi Gabbard’s history with Russia is even more concerning than you think“ (visited Assad) by Richard Hall and Andrew Feinberg.
Article: “Governor Spanberger directs state police to end ICE cooperation“ by Lyra Bordelon.
Article: “House passes bill that could make it harder for married women to vote“ (SAVE Act) by Barbara Rodriguez.
Minnesota update
- John Parker, Breaking News Anchor for AM950-KTNF & Host-The Gaily Show airing on AM950 and WCPT 820, Monday – Saturday at 2pm CST.
Article: “ICE observer lost TSA travel privileges after encounter with Border Patrol agent, lawsuit claims“ by Joe Sommerlad.
Article: “Minneapolis tells residents to stop building anti-ICE barricades, but they keep popping up“ by Chloe Johnson and Carson Hartzog.
Article: “The Troubles“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “The latest: Judge grants attorneys access inside Whipple; ICE’s top prosecutor in MN retires“ by Star Tribune staff.
Article: “Rep. Morrison calls for Whipple detention center to be ‘shut down’ as peers are denied access“ by Kyle Brown & Richard Reeve KSTP.
Article: “Man, Detained by ICE While Out Delivering Groceries, Was Reportedly Denied Medication Following a Kidney Transplant“ by Escher Walcott.
Article: “The children of Dilley“ by Mica Rosenberg.
BSky: “Mica Rosenberg“.
Hour Two: How Putin pulled off the greatest intelligence operation in history. His small investment yielded HUGE results.
- Rachel Bitecofer, PhD, Rachel’s posts are available at The Cycle on Substack / Her most recent book is “Hit ‘Em Where It Hurts: How to Save Democracy by Beating Republicans at their Own Game“ @rachelbitecofer.bsky.social @RachelBitecofer
Article: “How Putin Pulled Off The Greatest Intelligence Operation in History“ by Rachel “The Doc” Bitecofer.
Article: “Mueller report“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Acquisition of Twitter by Elon Musk“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Killing of Alex Pretti“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Killing of Renée Good“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “X adds country-of-origin labels for users, then pulls the feature“ by Alexander Clark.
Article: “Social Security Administration to Cut Roughly 7,000 Workers“ by Tara Siegel Bernard.
Article: “Republicans warn Democrats’ ICE reform push is cover to defund border enforcement“ by Alex Miller.
Bill: “Oklahoma SB1554: Immigration; prohibiting nongovernmental organizations from providing material support to asylum seekers and illegal immigrants. Emergency.“ by Sen. Grellner.
More chilling Trump & MAGA attacks on the press and protesters
Article: “Trump Administration Opens Investigation Into ABC’s ‘The View’: Report“ by Michael Luciano.
NSA detected phone call between foreign intelligence and a person close to Trump - Whistleblower says that Tulsi Gabbard blocked agency from sharing report and delivered it to White House chief of staff. What’s going on?
Article: “NSA detected foreign intelligence phone call about a person close to Trump“ by Cate Brown.
Article: “Trump’s Racist Attack on the Obamas Shows the Moral Collapse of His Presidency“ by Thom Hartmann.
Article: “Trump posts AI video showing him dumping on No Kings protesters“ by Allan Smith.
Article: “Puerto Rico“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “impeached Donald Trump twice, to retire from Congress, ‘With a greatful heart...’“ by Vaishali Shastri.
Article: “Attack on Paul Pelosi“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Has Savannah Guthrie interviewed Donald Trump? See their history“ by Kinsey Crowley.
Article: “Disappearance of Nancy Guthrie“ by Wikipedia.
Post: “This morning’s ‘Morning Joe’ segment on ‘How ICE is Buying America’s Local Police Forces’ [video]” by Matt Lewis.
Article: “Trump sues IRS and Treasury for $10 billion, accusing agencies of letting his tax returns leak“ by Jake Rosen.
Law: “Federal Tort Claims Act“ (FTCA).
Article: “Trump demands DOJ pay him $230M for cases against him. His ex-lawyer Blanche could decide the claim“ by Ariana Baio.
Article: “Trump’s $230M DOJ settlement bid likely has few legal backstops “ by Ella Lee.
Article: “10 Steps to Naturalization“ by USCIS.
Law: “Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986“.
Article: “In 1927, Donald Trump’s father was arrested after a Klan riot in N.Y.“ by Philip Bump.
Article: “‘HUGE DEAL’: Thune Pledges Election Security Vote in Senate“ by Fred Lucas.
Article: “New SAVE Act Bills Would Still Block Millions of Americans From Voting“ by Eliza Sweren-Becker, Owen Bacskai.
Hour Three: How people are being kicked off the voter rolls
- Nikhel Sus, Chief Counsel - C.R.E.W. citizensforethics.org
Article: “DHS’s Data Grab Is Getting Citizens Kicked Off Voter Rolls, New Complaint Says“ by Vittoria Elliott.
Article: “How Jeb Bush Stole the 2000 Election for His Brother“ by Greg Palast.
Article: “Judge tosses Justice Department lawsuit seeking Oregon voter rolls“ by Melissa Quinn.
Article: “Texas flags more than 2,700 ‘potential noncitizens’ on voter rolls“ by Lucio Vasquez.
Article: “Texas flags thousands of voters as ‘noncitizens’-but the data may be wrong“ by Faith Bugenhagen.
Article: “Texas sends voter rolls to DOJ to look for ineligible registrations“ by Stephen Sorace.
Article: “Federal judge rules Trump administration’s efforts to obtain information on voters in the state is threat to democracy“ by Sam Levine.
Article: “Alhambra PD accused of collaborating with ICE“ by FOX 11.
Article: “Ken Paxton hammered for ‘chilling’ move to investigate group that exposed neo-Nazi“ by Matthew Chapman.
Shouldn’t polluters pay for the rising costs of insurance due to climate disasters?
Article: “These US states want polluters to pay for the rising insurance costs of climate disasters“ by Dharna Noor.
Geeky Science. Want bigger brain volume and better cognitive performance?
Article: “Study: Lifetime Cannabis Use Linked to Greater Cognitive Performance in Aging Populations“ by NORML.
Article: “R. J. Rushdoony“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Revelation 7“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Eschatology“ (end times) by Wikipedia.
Article: “Stewardship of the Land: James Watt, Populist Evangelicalism, and the Rise of Modern Anti-Environmentalism“ by Fleetwood, Zephaniah Cole.
Article: “Trump says he ‘didn’t see’ part of video with racist clip depicting Obamas as apes“ by Bernd Debusmann Jr.
Article: “Karoline Leavitt downplays fury over Trump’s racist Obama meme as ‘fake outrage’“ by David Edwards.
Lyrics: “Cool, Daddy Cool“ by Kid Rock.
Article: “Why John McCain was a Citizen at Birth“ by Stephen E. Sachs.
Article: “Greater Idaho movement“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Socialism“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Social democracy“ by Wikipedia.
Book: Das Kapital by Karl Marx.