Thursday’s Daily Stack
Hour One: Has Reaganism Converted the World’s Democracies into Oligarchies and Put America at Risk?
Article: “Has Reaganism Converted the World’s Democracies into Oligarchies and Put America at Risk?“ by Thom Hartmann.
Article: “Thought Crimes: The Knock on the Door Has Arrived“ by Thom Hartmann.
Book: “The Hidden History of Neoliberalism: How Reaganism Gutted America and How to Restore Its Greatness“ by Thom Hartmann.
Article: “Reagan and Heritage: A Unique Partnership“ by Andrew Blasko.
Article: “In Vicki’s View #8: When ‘Might Makes Right’ Becomes U.S. Foreign Policy“ by Vicki Gass.
Article: “GOP’s midterm headaches just got worse as JD Vance defends ‘atrocious’ ad: conservative “ by Erik De La Garza.
Video: President Jimmy Carter: The United States is an Oligarchy... .
Article: “National Security Presidential Memorandum 7“ (NSPM-7) by Wikipedia.
Article: “The Mandate for Leadership“ by Heritage Foundation.
Article: “For every $1 spent protecting nature, $30 goes to destroying it“ by UNEP.
Article: “The strongest El Niño in a thousand years?“ by Zeke Hausfather.
Article: “World Nearing Dangerous Tipping Points, Global Conference Warns, Urges Urgent Action“ by Sonny Inbaraj Krishnan.
Article: “China Added More Solar Than the Rest of the World Combined“ by Cody Good.
Article: “What If America Could Break the Power of Big Oil and Escape the Wars It Helps Fuel?“ by Thom Hartmann.
Article: “BREAKING: Lindsey Graham Paid Off 3 Male Escorts, Including One Who Was 17 at the Time — Explosive Documentary Alleges“ by Tom Durante.
Armed federal agents are knocking on doors looking for noncitizen voters…say what?!
Article: “Armed federal agents knock on doors looking for noncitizen voters“ by Madeleine May.
Article: “Thousands of noncitizens were registered to vote in N.J. in stunning computer glitch“ by Jelani Gibson.
Article: “28 green card holders charged in California voter fraud sweep; some say they never registered“ by Arkansas Public Advocate.
White House Reportedly Demands Politico Retract Articles and Apologize To Trump – Or Else
Article: “White House Reportedly Demands Politico Retract Articles and Apologize To Trump – Or Else“ by Michael Luciano.
Article: “Man who heckled Abdul El-Sayed is former Josh Hawley aide, records show“ by Joseph Gedeon.
Video: Abdul El Sayed’s viral interaction with ‘Tommy’ over Muslim Brotherhood. ‘Have you disavowed them?’.
Article: “Trump calls rally punch ‘unbelievable’ and compares the man who threw it to Holyfield“ by Idaho Public Press.
Bible: “Then Simon Peter having a sword drew it, and smote the high priest’s servant, and cut off his right ear. The servant’s name was Malchus. Then said Jesus unto Peter, Put up thy sword into the sheath: the cup which my Father hath given me, shall I not drink it?“ - John 18:10-11.
Article: “The Bush-Putin Transcripts: How Vladimir Putin and George W. Bush Bonded Over Terrorism“ by National Security Archive.
Article: “Southern Wisconsin residents bring 765-kV transmission line fight to State Capitol“ by Shaina Nijhawan.
Article: “Radiofrequency (RF) Radiation“ by American Cancer Society.
Article: “Trump Says ‘No Money’ Going to Camp Lejeune Toxic Water Victims’ Claims if GOP Loses Midterm Elections“ by Nick Mordowanec.
Article: “María ElvIra Salazar“ by Wikipedia.
Site: UF Election Lab.
Hour Two: Ukraine Update
- Phil Ittner, Veteran War Correspondent based in Kiev, Ukraine & host of the ‘On the Edge‘ podcast @PhilipIttner Youtube
Article: “Elon Musk Ordered Starlink ‘Slowdown’ That Sparked Ukraine ‘Panic’ and ‘Confusion’ in Trump Admin: Blockbuster Report“ by Zachary Leeman.
Article: “What is Starshield, SpaceX’s military version of Starlink?“ by Reuters.
Article: “Trump called Musk and asked him to lift Ukraine Starlink restrictions“ by Alexander Ward, Lara Seligman.
Article: “Calling Putin a ‘Humanitarian,’ Witkoff Thanks Him for Releasing an American“ by David E. Sanger, Kim Barker and Ivan Nechepurenko.
Article: “‘WTAF??’ Media World Appalled at Trump Envoy Steve Witkoff’s ‘Nauseating’ Praise of Putin“ by David Gilmour.
Article: “America Is Now an Ally of Russia“ by Tom Nichols.
Article: “Putin’s Crimes“ by The Times.
Article: “Ten Infamous Russian Atrocities Following Putin’s Full-scale Invasion“ by Petro Zhyzhyian, Steve Brown.
Article: “The Russia Threat“ by FBI.
Article: “Europe stands by Ukraine - but how long can that last?“ by Jennifer Rankin.
Article: “Norway’s first F-16 is set to arrive in Ukraine soon: what we know“ by Komersant.
Article: “Europe Struggles to Arm Ukraine for Russian Winter Assault“ by novinite.com.
Article: “Ukraine’s surprise robot offensive exposes a vulnerability in Putin’s war machine“ by Sam Meredith.
Article: “Putin doesn’t want peace in Ukraine“ by Alexander Motyl.
Article: “Ukraine is being thrown to the wolves“ by Jake Wallis Simons.
Article: “Trump urges Russia to hack Clinton’s email“ by Michael Crowley and Tyler Pager.
Article: “Mueller report“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “In Context: Comparing Bill Barr’s summary of Mueller’s findings to the publicly released report“ by Miriam Valverde.
Article: “10 times Trump may have obstructed justice, according to Mueller“ by Will Rahn.
Article: “Trump Boasted of Avoiding STDs While Dating: Vaginas Are ‘Landmines ... It Is My Personal Vietnam’“ by Ale Russian.
Article: “Ramaswamy Campaign Admits It’s Behind Inflammatory Ad Featuring Rival’s Estranged Mother“ by Kathryn Wilkens.
Article: “Trump defends controversial Ramaswamy ad as top Republicans call for taking it down“ by Diana Paulsen, Jonathan Karl, Fritz Farrow, and Sarah Beth Hensley.
Article: “Milley calls Trump ‘a fascist to the core’ in new Woodward book“ by Ellen Mitchell.
Article: “Mystery ‘Trans Student Union’ Mailers Hit Texas Homes; TENT Denies Role“ by Anson Jones.
No one is shocked that Todd Blanch wrote off that DOJ independence in a “misperception. Wow.
Article: “Todd Blanche torched after writing off DOJ independence as ‘misperception’ in brazen boast“ by Bennito L. Kelty.
Article: “John N. Mitchell“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Watergate-era reforms 50 years later“ by Harvard Law Today.
Here’s how you can report Trump for fraud on his new “fraud” link. Trump is offering up to $30,000 per fraud tip.
Article: “I Reported Trump for Fraud on His Own Fraud.gov, 67 Times. Here’s How You Can Too.“ by Christopher Armitage.
Article: “How to Report Trump for Fraud on His New “Anti-Fraud” Website“ by Malcolm Ferguson.
Movie: “Digger (2026 film)“.
Movie: “Dr. Strangelove“.
Movie: “Network (1976 film)“ by Wikipedia.
Movie: “Citizen Kane“.
Article: “Hearst Castle“ by Wikipedia.
Post: “If a monkey hoarded more bananas than it could eat, while most of the other monkeys starved, scientists would study that monkey to see what was wrong with it. When humans do it, we put them on the cover of Forbes magazine.“ by Nathalie Robin Justice Gravel.
Movie: “The Social Reckoning“.
Article: “Vance calls end of Ukraine aid ‘one of the proudest’ achievements of Trump administration“ by Martin Fornusek.
Article: “Mehmet Oz“ (Dr. Oz) by Wikipedia.
Article: “Trump’s wall could take money from military housing, base repairs“ by Benjamin Siegel, Sarah Kolinovsky, and Luis Martinez.
Article: “‘Only 18’: Trump compares Iran troop deaths to past US wars as lawmakers question his remarks“ by Deepanjali Sharma.
Article: “Trump: Americans Who Died in War Are ‘Losers’ and ‘Suckers’“ by Jeffrey Goldberg.
Hour Three: Four of the Sitting Supreme Court Justices Helped George W. Bush Steal the Presidency Back in 2000 - Will They Help Trump Steal Congress in 2026
- Lisa Graves, Grave Injustice (Substack) @thelisagraves.bsky.social
Article: “Lisa Graves“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Four of the Sitting Supreme Court Justices Helped George W. Bush Steal the Presidency Back in 2000“ by Lisa Graves.
Article: “John Roberts“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Brett Kavanaugh“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Amy Coney Barrett“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Clarence Thomas“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Ginni Thomas“ by Wikipedia.
Case: “Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission“ (2010).
Article: “Harlan Crow – Clarence Thomas: Follow the money, gifts and trips.“ by Democracy Labs.
Article: “Harlan Crow“ by Wikipedia.
Law: “Louisiana V. Callais et al.“ (Louisiana gerrymandering).
Case: “Bush v. Gore”, 2000. “The individual citizen has no federal constitutional right to vote for electors for the President of the United States“
Article: “Warning: Trump’s Rolling Coup Is Already Underway“ by Robert Reich.
Article: “Todd Blanche: ‘Of course’ DOJ would block states from certifying elections in some cases“ by David Edwards.
Article: “Todd Blanche“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Harmeet Dhillon“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “The Trump administration claims thousands of noncitizens are on California’s rolls. How it found those names is a mystery“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Trump Appointees Asked a Federal Cybersecurity Agency to Secretly Acquire a Voting Machine — and Hack It“ by Andy Mannix and Doug Bock Clark.
Article: “TRUMP LOST. Vote Suppression Won.“ by Greg Palast.
Case: “District of Columbia v. Heller“, 2008 (2nd Amendment).
Article: “Estimated number of civilian guns per capita by country“ by Wikipedia.
Trump weighs moving White House press corps out of building
Article: “Trump weighs moving White House press corps out of building“ by Robert Costa.
Article: “Donald Trump’s conflict with the news media“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Trump calls CNN’s Kaitlan Collins a ‘low-IQ dummy’ after her Russia sanctions question“ by Arkansas Public Advocate.
Will Trump Bully the Senate Into Permanent Daylight Time? Scientists Warn It’ll Hurt Your Kids
Article: “A clock change dilemma pits science vs. politics“ by Doyle Rice, Jeanine Santucci.
Article: “It’s Always A Golfer’s Fault“ by Suzanne Sparrow Watson.
Article: “Jim Jordan faces 2 foes in race for Ohio’s Ohio’s 4th Congressional District“ by Hannah Martin.
Article: “Jim Jordan“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Dennis Hastert, ex-US House speaker, sentenced to 15 months in jail“ by BBC.
Video: The Simpsons - Electronic Voting.
Post: “WILLIAMSON COUNTY: Reports of Tennessee voting machines flipping Democratic/ @jerrigreen4tn.bsky.social votes to Republicans/@marshablackburn votes (Folks in Memphis have said the same) [video]” by The Tennessee Holler.
Article: “Initial public offering of SpaceX“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “The 10 Best-Selling EVs in America in 2026 (So Far)“ by Electric Future.
Article: “Feds Lend Tesla $465 Million to Build Model S“ by Chuck Squatriglia.
Article: “Inside Elon Musk’s Government Contracts“ by Jeff Rumage.
Article: ““Live By The Sword, Die By The Sword”: Elon Musk’s Message To Democrats“ by AFP.
Article: “Elon Musk confirms he is considering merging Tesla and SpaceX“ by Kali Hays.
Article: “Tesla beats on earnings and sales even as auto revenue declines“ by Lora Kolodny.
Article: “How Europe plans to squeeze out Starlink “ by Mathieu Pollet.
Documentary: Musk.
Article: “Voter Registration Deadlines“ by vote.org.
Article: “Adam Kinzinger“ by Wikipedia.
Substack:: “Adam KinzingerAdam Kinzinger“.
Article: “Chuck Schumer“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Hakeem Jeffries“ (BA, MPP, JD) by Wikipedia.
Article: “‘So appalling’: Obama rebukes Trump over Rep. Ilhan Omar investigation“ by Erum Salam.