Friday’s Daily Stack
Hour One: Did Trump Just Make an Offer That Could Land His Lickspittles in Prison?
Article: “Did Trump Just Make an Offer That Could Land His Lickspittles in Prison?“ by Thom Hartmann.
Article: “Trump’s (Hard to Believe) Pledge to Give Every American Adult $5,000 If Republicans Win Control of House and Senate is Almost Certainly Protected by the First Amendment Against Bribery or Vote Buying Charges“ by Rick Hasen.
Law: “Brown v. Hartlage“ (1982).
Law: “Hatch Act“ (1939).
Site: The Hartmann Report.
Article: “America Lost Trust in Its Government. Now Comes the Dangerous Part.“ by Thom Hartmann.
Article: “Trump says $5K dividend checks to Americans will ‘happen 100 percent’“ by Ryan Mancini.
Article: “Democrats eyeing investigations, and perhaps prosecutions, of Trump officials“ by Mike Lillis.
Article: “Trump’s $5,000 checks require Congress to approve, Johnson says“ by Ben Berkowitz.
Article: “Trump’s crooked-feeling promise of $5,000 checks if Republicans win“ by Aaron Blake.
Article: “What Is the Hatch Act and Why Was Established in 1939?“ by Lesley Kennedy.
Article: “Trump’s $5,000 Election Promise Branded ‘Illegal Vote-Buying’ With Expert Saying the Crime Is Already ‘Done’“ by Crisnel Longino.
Law: “18 U.S. Code § 600 - Promise of employment or other benefit for political activity“.
Article: “Trump’s $5,000 ‘dividend’ offer sparks intense criticism, questions of legality“ by Mary Ann Ahern, James Neveau and Associated Press .
Article: “Fact-check: Can Trump give Americans $5,000 if Republicans win midterms?“ by Louis Jacobson and Maria Briceño.
Article: “Trump suggests eliminating FEMA during North Carolina visit as he attacks disaster response“ by Eric Bradner.
Article: “Harry Hopkins“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Why Has America Tolerated Six Illegitimate GOP Presidents?“ by Thom Hartmann.
Article: “Merrick Garland“ by Wikipedia.
Event: 25 Sep. 7:00 PM: Powell’s City of Books, Portland: Thom Hartmann sook signing.
Book: “Who Killed the American Dream? The Greatest Political Crime Ever Told“ by Thom Hartmann.
Article: “Epstein’s Chilling Private Warning About Trump — Newly Released Emails Say He Had ‘Not One Decent Cell’“ by Huffpost.
Trump Says ‘Big Decision’ Coming on Whether to ‘Annihilate’ Iran - This is nuts!
Article: “Trump Says ‘Big Decision’ Coming on Whether to ‘Annihilate’ Iran“ by Brett Wilkins.
Article: “Trump boasts he could ban fishing—while his own order backs the industry“ by Idaho Public Press.
Article: “Exclusive: Iranian girls killed by ‘double-tap’ strikes on Minab school“ by MEE.
Kennedy Center: Will Trump get away with ‘if I can’t have it, then no one gets it?” and does that apply to America too? Think about it...Will he blow up America just like the Kennedy Center - if we don’t worship him?
Article: “Trump ‘Narcissism and Incompetence’ Denounced After Kennedy Center ‘Demolition’ Plan Exposed“ by Brad Reed.
Article: “New Trump Photos Could Be Ominous News For Beloved Kennedy Center“ by Li Zhou.
Movie: “Downfall (Der Untergang)“.
Video: Downfall.
Article: “‘Emergency’ declared as Trump tries to carve his name on another major institution“ by Bennito L. Kelty.
Movie: “Forbidden Planet“.
Videos: Forbidden Planet (1956) Full Movie.
Article: “Robby the Robot“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Robot (Lost in Space)“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Rudy Giuliani said he and Trump were selling pardons for $2m apiece, ex-aide claims“ by Andrew Feinberg.
Article: “Thomas Massie launches effort to impeach Pete Hegseth“ by Jasmine Fernández.
Article: “Mike Johnson shuts down House in shock move as GOP rebel’s impeachment bomb ticks“ by David Edwards.
Article: “US House Ends Session Early to Avoid Vote on Epstein File Release“ by Anita Kantar.
Article: “1932 United States elections“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “National average gas prices“ by AAA.
Article: “Trump leads GOP convention in pledge to ‘cheat’ in midterms: ‘So help me God!’“ by Robert Davis.
Article: “Nationwide opinion polling for the 2016 United States presidential election“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Blue wall (United States)“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Karl Rove Announces He Will Vote Democrat In Fiery Rebuke Of GOP: ‘I’ll Have No Part Of It’“ by Marco Margaritoff.
Article: “Liz Cheney says she is voting for Harris for president“ by Jamie Gangel, Rashard Rose, Piper Hudspeth Blackburn.
Article: “Minneapolis estimates Operation Metro Surge cost the city $700 million“ by Ellie Roth and Estelle Timar-Wilcox.
Article: “Killing of Alex Pretti“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Killing of Renée Good“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Ferguson unrest“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Killing of Michael Brown“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Report: JBS Owner Met With Trump Before Beef Import Plan“ by Chris Moore.
Article: “Behind the Brands: The Meatpacking Monopoly and the Illusion of Choice“ by Farm Action.
Site: Paradisos del Sol Winery and Organic Vineyard. Facebook
Site: Indivisible.
Article: “H5N1 in Mink Farms: Is a New Threat Emerging?“ by Dr. R.S Janani.
Article: “The Government Quietly Stopped Bird Flu Testing. Experts Say That’s a Huge Mistake“ by Stacey Leasca.
Hour Two: Defiant GOP official in deep red state ‘under investigation’ by seething DOJ about the voter rolls....
Article: “Defiant GOP official in deep red state ‘under investigation’ by seething DOJ: report “ by Travis Gettys.
Article: “MAGA Florida Rep. Breaks With Trump To Call Out His Immigration Crackdown For Going ‘Too Far’ In Surprising Video“(Maria Elvira Salazar) by Alan Herrera.
Article: “Targeting of law firms and lawyers under the second Trump administration“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “How Is Trump Targeting Universities, and How Are They Responding?“ by Alan Blinder.
No more book bans? How Florida students are pushing rightwingers out of school boards
Article: “No more book bans: how Florida students are pushing rightwingers out of school boards“ by Anna North.
Article: “Capitalism“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Socialism“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Christianity“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Islam“ by Wikipedia.
Is the Blue Wave coming?
Article: “Shock Poll: Democrat Angie Nixon TIED With Republican Ashley Moody in Florida Senate Race“ by Sarah Rumpf.
Article: “Kamala is for they/them“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Economists Blame $40 Trillion Debt Milestone on Two Things: GOP Ineptitude and Tax Cuts for the Rich “ by Jake Johnson.
Article: “Gov. Kotek blames Trump for proposed $250 million Bonneville rate increase“ by Jonathan Bach.
Article: “German Renewable Energy Sources Act“ (100,000 roofs program) by Wikipedia.
Article: “Solar power in Germany“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Elon Musk Spends $100 Million on Anti-Trans Ads Targeting Dems in Midterm Races“ by S. Baum.
Article: “Elon Musk: Billionaire’s daughter cuts ties with her father“ by BBC.
Article: “The deaths of British officers in Ukraine have sealed Russia’s response.“ by Lyubov Stepushova.
Movie: “The Loved One (1965 film)“.
Video: The Loved One.
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: “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: “‘With All My Heart, Natalie.’ Trump’s Most Devoted Aide Emerges.“ by Shawn McCreesh and Maggie Haberman.
Article: “Minimum wage in the United States“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Trump floats $5,000 checks ‘if the Republicans win’. Is that a bribe?“ by Christopher Cann, Jeanine Santucci, Aysha Bagchi.
Article: “MDCOA“ by Military Words.
Article: “Andrew Yang Alleges Alarming Reason AI CEOs Actually Agreed To Slowdown So Quickly After OpenAI Bots ‘Got Loose’ “ by Alan Herrera.
Article: “Securities turnover excise tax“ (STET tax) by Wikipedia.
Article: “How Iran Hacks Ships in the Straight of Hormuz“ by Chris Kubecka.
Hour Three: Putin planning ‘rocket and drone strikes against Nato countries’ - Does trump care?
Article: “Putin planning ‘rocket and drone strikes against Nato countries’“ by Noora Mykkanen.
Article: “Donald Tusk“ by Wikipedia.
Will Universal Studios, Owned by Comcast, Decide to Withhold Elon Musk Documentary?
Article: “Will Universal Studios, Owned by Comcast, Decide to Withhold Elon Musk Documentary?“ by Brad Reed.
Movie: “Citizen Kane“.
Trump orders BLM to find public land for data centers...Say What?!
Article: “Trump orders BLM to find public land for data centers“ by Eric Katz, Mara Hoplamazian.
Article: “Receiving Benefits While Working“ by SSA.
Article: “Working While Receiving Social Security“ by SSA.tools.
Article: “Randi Rhodes“ by Wikipedia.
Site: Randi Rhodes.
Substack: “Randi Rhodes“.
Article: “Air America (radio network)“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Talking Back To Talk Radio - Fairness, Democracy, and Profits“ by Thom Hartmann.
Article: “Radio Silence: How Progressives Lost the Airwaves“ by Thom Hartmann.
Article: “Data center“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Solar panel“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action“ (JCPOA) (Iran nuclear deal) by Wikipedia.
Article: “Fatwa against nuclear weapons“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Trump claimed ‘victories’ in his Iran war speech. See the full transcript.“ by James Powel. “The nuclear sites that we obliterated with the B2 bombers have been hit so hard that it would take months to get near the nuclear dust, and we have under intense satellite surveillance and control. If we see them make a move, even a move for it, we’ll hit them with missiles very hard again.“
Article: “US President Trump calls North Korea leader Kim Jong-un ‘nuclear power,’ touts rapport“ by Ji Da-gyum.
Article: “Madeleine Albright“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Abraham Accords“ by Wikipedia.
Event: Sept 26: San Francisco: Dr. Abdul El-Sayed.
Event: Sept 27: Santa Clara: Dr. Abdul El-Sayed.
Event: Sept 27: Livermore: Dr. Abdul El-Sayed.
Article: “18 Democrats Vote Against Impeaching Trump“ by Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling.
Article: “Congressional Bill H.R. 6500 Signed into Law“ by Donald J Trump (continuing resolution through December 11, 2026).
Article: “Kash Patel’s combative Senate hearing: key takeaways “ by Bernd Debusmann Jr.
Video: Kash Patel testifies at Senate hearing on FBI oversight (Sep 15 2026).
Article: “Iran–Israel relations“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Israel–Palestine relations“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “13 U.S. Bases in Middle East Nearly Uninhabitable After Iran Missile Strikes — CENTCOM Forced to Disperse Troops as War Reshapes American Force Posture“ by Defense Security Asia.
Article: “Van Hollen mocks Trump, says Netanyahu waited for president ‘stupid enough’ to start Iran war“ by Piyush Arora.
Article: “Palestine–United States relations“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Israel–United States relations“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Two-state solution“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “The Israel Lobby in Us Congress“ by Track AIPAC.
Site: “No Kings“ (next, October 17).
Site: Indivisible.
Article: “The American economy: The envy of the world“ by Simon Rabinovitch and Henry Curr.
Article: “Hillary Clinton Robbed Bernie Sanders Of The Democratic Nomination, According to Donna Brazile“ by Greg Price.