Sue's Daily Stack, The Thom Hartmann Program 11/26/25

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Wednesday’s Daily Stack

Have a happy Thanksgiving! The Thom Hartmann Program and Sue’s Stack will be back on Monday.

Hour One: What Happens When the AI Bubble Blows Up on Main Street?
Article: “What Happens When the AI Bubble Blows Up on Main Street?“ by Thom Hartmann.
Book: Too Big to Fail: The Inside Story of How Wall Street and Washington Fought to Save the Financial System--and Themselves by Andrew Ross Sorkin.
Article: “Hundreds of Wall Street Execs Went to Prison During the Last Fraud-Fueled Bank Crisis“ by Joshua Holland.
Article: “Wall Street’s Barons are Causing Homelessness: Can We Stop Them?“ by Thom Hartmann.
Article: “AI’s water problem is worse than we thought“ by Emily Atkin.
Article: “What is Moore’s Law?“ by Max Roser, Hannah Ritchie, and Edouard Mathieu.
Book: “The Hidden History of Neoliberalism: How Reaganism Gutted America and How to Restore Its Greatness“ by Thom Hartmann.
Article: “Nvidia shares fall on signs Google gaining upper hand in AI“ by George Steer, Tim Bradshaw.
Article: “How Billionaires Crash the Economy, Create Panic, then Buy Everything on Sale“ by Emily Standley Allard.
Article: “SCE&G Customers on the hook for billions in sunk costs at V.C. Summer Nuclear Station“ by Anne Maxwell.
Article: “The Microchip Era Is About to End“ by George Gilder.

Event: Sat Dec 6, 2025 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM: Town Hall Seattle: KBCS Presents Thom Hartmann w/ special guest Katie Wilson.
Article: “Vermont health care reform“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Medicare Advantage: The Scam You Can’t Afford to Ignore“ by Thom Hartmann.
Article: “UnitedHealth to exit Medicare Advantage plans in 109 US counties“ by Amina Niasse.

What Happens When Trump Officials Decide Courts Don’t Matter?
Article: “Kristi Noem made call to hand over deported men to El Salvador, DOJ says“ by Josh Gerstein and Kyle Cheney.

Democratic senators file FOIA request, demand answers about Tom Homan controversy - The FBI recorded Homan allegedly accepting $50,000 in cash as part of an undercover operation. Three senators are still seeking information about the case.
Article: “Democratic senators file FOIA request, demand answers about Tom Homan controversy“ by Steve Benen.

Article: “Out With Woke. In With Rage.“ by James Carville.
Article: “It’s Time for a Daring Political Maneuver, Democrats“ by James Carville.
Article: “Mike Malloy“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Legal Considerations On The Murder Of 11 Venezuelans“ by Mark Wauck.
Post: “BREAKING: Comey case dismissed without prejudice. Halligan invalidly appointed, judge rules. [link]” by Kyle Cheney.
Article: “Prejudice (legal term)“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “What Pam Bondi and Lindsey Halligan did was not incompetence--It was intentional misconduct. They both must be disbarred.“ by Dean Obeidallah.
Article: “How much money do U.S. House members make?“ by Kate Gibson.
Videos: The American Revolution - Ken Burns.
Article: “My Lai massacre“ by Wikipedia.
Site: Transparent Election Initiative (to beat Citizens United in Montana).
Article: “Jon Tester“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Jack Smith (lawyer)“ by Wikipedia.
Law: “Telecommunications Act of 1996“ by Wikipedia.

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Hour Two: Ukraine Update
- Phil Ittner, Veteran War Correspondent based in Kyiv, Ukraine & host of the ‘On the Edge‘ podcast @PhilipIttner Youtube
Article: “Vladimir Putin blasts Ukraine with almost 500 bombs ahead of peace deal update“ by Chris Hughes.
Article: “Ukraine agrees to peace proposal, with only “minor details” to settle, official says, but no word from Russia“ by Camilla Schick, Margaret Brennan, James LaPorta, Nancy Cordes.
Article: “Putin trying to negotiate an end to Ukraine war as he cannot win it on battlefield, says EU’s Kallas – as it happened“ by Jakub Krupa, Amy Sedghi.
Article: “World Liberty Financial“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “BREAKING: Trump’s ‘Peace Envoy’ Steve Witkoff Literally Gave Putin the Talking Points To Help Trump Sell Out Ukriane“ by Dean Blundell.
Article: “A look at Kirill Dmitriev, the Russian envoy who helped craft the new Ukraine peace proposal“ by Katie Marie Davies.
Article: “Benedict Arnold“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Michael McFaul“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Timothy Snyder“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “NATO scrambles jets after deepest drone breach yet into Romania“ by Yves Herman.
Article: “Transnistria“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Russian General In Venezuela Leading Advisory Mission: Ukraine’s Intel Chief“ by Howard Altman.
Article: “Venezuela Just Called Russia for Help—and Putin Answered“ by Brandon J. Weichert.
Article: “United States invasion of Grenada“ by Wikipedia.
Site: Car for Ukraine.
Site: Ukraine Children’s Action Project.
Video: Dr. Irwin Redlener & Caring for Ukraine’s Future with the Children of Today (On the Edge Episode 39).

Article: “Leaked recording reveals Campbell’s exec’s sickening remarks about iconic soup’s ingredients“ by Stacy Liberatore.
Site: We Ain’t Buying It (Thanksgiving campaign).

This story is one we are all going to hear over and over and it is going to crush the GOP - My Premium Skyrockets to $2600 Per Month - For the first time in my adult life, I will be uninsured....
Article: “Warfare Over Healthcare: My Premium Skyrockets to $2600 Per Month“ by Melissa Garriga.

Geeky Science: In Defense of Dirt: Rewilding Our Children Before Their Bodies Forget
Article: “In Defense of Dirt: Rewilding Our Children Before Their Bodies Forget“ by Thom Hartmann.

Article: “‘Who Wants to Live Like This?’ Locals Fume as Meta AI Data Center Upends Entire Community“ by Brad Reed.
Article: “Network (1976 film)“ by Wikipedia.
Movie: “Network - Mad as Hell Scene“.
Article: “David Sarnoff“ by Wikipedia.
Movie: “Good Night, and Good Luck“.
Movie: “Nuremberg (2025 film)“.
Movie: “The Hospital“.
Article: “Bro voters say they have abandoned Democrats as party ignores their issues and muddles meaning of being a ‘man’“ by Mike Bedigan.
Law: “Civil Rights Act of 1964“.
Law: “Voting Rights Act of 1965“.
Article: “Nixon’s Southern strategy“ by James Boyd.
Law: “Glass-Steagall Act“, 1933.
Article: “The Stock Market Crash of 2008“ by Kimberly Amadeo.
Article: “Savings and loan crisis“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “List of recessions in the United States“ by Wikipedia.

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Hour Three: The delicious Bondi-Halligan smackdown. Plus - Christi Noem’s defiance of court order
- Sabrina Haake, Federal trial attorney (20+ years) specializing in First and 14th Amendment defense / Contributor to numerous law journals & publications including the Chicago Tribune @haake_sabrina
Article: “The delicious Bondi-Halligan smackdown“ by Sabrina Haake.
Article: “Federal judge dismisses indictments against Letitia James and James Comey, saying Lindsey Halligan appointment was unlawful“ by Holmes Lybrand, Devan Cole.
Article: “Dismissal of Comey, James cases won’t be the final word. Here’s what the path ahead may look like“ by Eric Tucker, Alanna Durkin RicheR.
Article: “Chief justice’s rebuke of Trump shows deep concern about attacks on courts: ANALYSIS“ by Devin Dwyer.
Article: ““You Have Arrived in Hell”: Torture and Other Abuses Against Venezuelans in El Salvador’s Mega Prison“ by HRW.
Article: “Kristi Noem Among Those Named in Judge’s Criminal Inquiry: Full List“ by Robert Alexander.

Article: “How the ‘One Big, Beautiful Bill’ Targets Medicare and Medicaid“ by Barri Segal.
Article: “Michigan Bill Could Ban VPNs and Remote Work“ by Tommy Carroll.
Article: “This Is Ajit Pai, Nemesis of Net Neutrality“ by Andrew Rice.

Has Montana figured out how to crush Citizens United?
Article: “Negating Citizens United with The Montana Plan and letting one, two,...49 other flowers grow“ by annieli.

Article: “The ‘Tepublican’ Party? Trump’s bizarre proposal to rebrand the GOP has the internet talking“ by Nick Moyle.
Article: “De facto“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “De jure“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “The Manchurian Candidate“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “YASA Limited“ by Wikipedia.
Article: ““The Epstein Class”: Anand Giridharadas on the Elite Network Around the Sexual Predator“ by Democracy Now!
Article: “How the Elite Behave When No One Is Watching: Inside the Epstein Emails“ by Anand Giridharadas.