Sue's Daily Stack, The Thom Hartmann Program 07/14/26
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Tuesday’s Daily Stack
Hour One: Why are Trump and the GOP Tearing America Apart?
Article: “Why are Trump and the GOP Tearing America Apart?“ by Thom Hartmann.
Substack: “Craig Unger“.
Article: “Medicaid Work Requirements Could Put 36 Million People at Risk of Losing Health Coverage“ by CBPP.
Article: “A Year After Trump Package, Report Shows Rich ‘Got a Handout, and Working Families Got the Bill’“ by Stephen Prager.
Post: “This past weekend marked the one-year anniversary of President Donald J. Trump signing the One Big Beautiful Bill into law! This bill delivered on House Republicans promise to provide meaningful tax relief for hardworking Americans!“ by Congressman David Kustoff.
Article: “US: Medicaid Work Requirements Risk Coverage Loss for Millions of People“ by Oxfam.
Article: “More Than 770,000 Children Are No Longer Receiving SNAP Benefits After Trump Changes Federal Food Program“ by Nicole Santa Cruz.
Video: She Works Two Jobs To Feed Her Daughter. Trump’s SNAP Cuts Just Took 25% Of Her Benefits.
Article: “Bastille Day“ by Wikipedia.
Case: “Snyder v. United States“.
Article: “Do California Property Taxes Go Up: A Comprehensive Guide“ by Legal Guide Team.
Is Trump About to Steal 2026 With a Fake 2020 Bombshell?
Article: “The Biggest Lie Is Coming: Trump’s Thursday Speech Is About “ Newly Declassified” 2020 Foreign Interference - AKA “The Unveiling Of Bill Pulte’s Scam for Stealing 2026”“ by Dean Blundell.
Article: “A timeline of the latest fighting between US and Iran“ by Helen Regan and Xiaoqian Lin.
Article: “US military to enforce new Iran blockade starting 4pm Tuesday“ by Barak Ravid.
Article: “‘We’ll Give Pickaxe A Shot’: Trump Threatens Strike On Iran’s Underground Nuclear Site, Tehran Hits Back“ by Shuddhanta Patra.
Article: “Tehran warns of ‘devastating response’ after Trump thratens strike on ‘Pickaxe Mountain’ nuclear site“ by UNI.
Article: “Oil price jumps as US-Iran clashes raise odds of interest rate rises“ by Lauren Almeida and Julia Kollewe.
Rubio Declares War on the War Crimes Court
Article: “Rubio Threatens to ‘Teach the ICC’—Which Prosecutes War Crimes—the ‘Full Meaning of American Resolve’“ by Jake Johnson.
Article: “2026 Minab school attack“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Legal Experts Accuse Hegseth of ‘War Crimes, Murder, or Both’ After New Reporting on Boat Strike Order Legal Experts Accuse Hegseth of ‘War Crimes, Murder, or Both’ After New Reporting on Boat Strike Order“ by Julia Conley.
Article: “2026 United States intervention in Venezuela“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Situation in the State of Palestine: ICC Pre-Trial Chamber I rejects the State of Israel’s challenges to jurisdiction and issues warrants of arrest for Benjamin Netanyahu and Yoav Gallant“ by ICC.
Article: “Ro Khanna“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Jon Ossoff” by Wikipedia.
Article: “Libertarian Party“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Foundation for Economic Education (FEE)“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “McConnell’s Been on Sick Leave for a Month. US Workers Aren’t Guaranteed a Day.“ by Sharon Zhang.
Article: “Rep. Tom Kean Jr. took 116 days off at full pay to battle depression — after voting against paid sick leave for workers“ by Emma Caplan-Fisher.
Article: “Epstein Said Trump Is the Worst Person He’d Ever Met“ by Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling.
Article: “Rich and voiceless: How Putin has kept Russia’s billionaires on side in the war“ by Vitaly Shevchenko.
Article: “Only one Russian gas refinery had escaped Ukraine’s drones this year — last night, 930 miles from the border, it burned“ by Steve Balestrieri.
Article: “1973 oil crisis“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “The world no longer has an oil problem. It has a gasoline problem“ by David Goldman.
Hour Two: Is Trump Turning a Trillion Dollars Into a Political Spoils System?
Article: “Watchdog Says Rule Change for Federal Grants a ‘Recipe for Corruption’ on a Never-Before-Seen Scale“ by Stephen Prager.
Article: “Project 2025“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Russell Vought“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “The Spoils System: Definition and Summary“ by Robert McNamara.
Article: “Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act“ by Wikipedia.
Case: “Trump v. Slaughter“ (2025).
Article: “Andrew Jackson“ (Old Hickory).
Article: “Assassination of James A. Garfield“ by Wikipedia.
They’re Blinding Americans for Protesting ICE
Article: “‘Misuse’ of crowd control weapons on ICE protesters led to blindings and traumatic brain injuries, report finds“ by José Olivares.
Article: “Protester Shot by ICE Loses an Eye and Lives to Tell the Tale“ by Belen Álvarez.
Article: “Portland protester disabled by 2020 incident with US Marshal gets $7.65 million“ by Conrad Wilson.
Article: “ICE kills 26-year-old in Maine: What happened, and who else has ICE killed?“ by Caolán Magee.
Article: “When Even ICE Decides It’s Time to Hit the Brakes“ by The BFM Report.
Article: “The Death of Renee Good Has Yet to Be Properly Investigated“ by Quinta Jurecic.
Article: “Surf City (song)“ by Wikipedia.
Quote: “What we do to the Earth, we do to ourselves.“ - Chief Seattle.
Article: “Barack Obama“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “How rat behavior may inform our understanding of racism“ by J Wolny.
Article: “The Troubles“ by Wikipedia.
Speech: “Great Society“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Desegregation busing“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Trump Tells Congress Iran Hostilities Resumed, Reigniting Fight Over War Powers Clock“ by Dallas Express.
Book: A Return to Love: Reflections on the Principles of “A Course in Miracles” by Marianne Williamson.
Article: “Reparations for slavery in the United States“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Appeals court: Trump wrongly diverted $2.5 billion in military construction funds for border wall“ by Daisy Nguyen.
Article: “What 30+ Years of Deportations Show Across 5 Presidents“ by Wendy Selene Pérez.
Article: “Melania Trump says ‘don’t care’ jacket was a message“ by BBC.
Article: “Work permits extended for Haitians, other immigrants with temporary protected status“ by Heather Miller.
Article: “The Cruelty Is the Point“ by Adam Serwer.
Article: “J. B. Pritzker“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Gavin Newsom“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Steny Hoyer“ by Wikipedia.
Video: WATCH: Rep. Hoyer questions Supreme Court justices in budget hearing.
Hour Three: How Trump hijacked Social Security for his own political and financial gain...
- Alex Lawson, Executive Director - Social Security Works / Strengthen Social Security @alaw202 @socialsecurityworks.org
Article: “Trump found a way to hijack Social Security for his own political and financial gain“ by Alex Lawson.
Article: “Nearly a Million Investors Lost a Total of $3.8 Billion on Trump Crypto Coin“ by Eric Lipton and David Yaffe-Bellany.
Article: “Donald J. Trump Foundation“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “The Social Security 2100 Act“ by John Larson.
Are Trump’s Lawyers About to Get Their Comeuppance?
Article: “Judge voids Trump v. IRS deal, refers lawyers to bars“ by Adam Klasfeld.
Article: “Charles E. Littlejohn“ (Trump tax returns leaker) by Wikipedia.
Are we a Banana Republic yet? Trump’s selling pardons is creating chaos
Article: “MAGA fiasco as star rapper fights for $600K he paid for a Trump pardon that never came“ by Daniel Hampton.
Article: “A land without a people for a people without a land“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “From the river to the sea“ by Wikipedia.
Video: Justices Kagan and Barrett Testify Before House Subcommittee on Supreme Court’s 2027 Budget Request.
Article: “Right-wing extremist violence is more frequent and more deadly than left-wing violence - what the data shows“ by Art Jipson, Paul J. Becker.
Article: “Timothy McVeigh“ by Wikipedia.
Site: The Cook Political Report.
Site: Sabato’s Crystal Ball.
Case: “Snyder v. United States“ (bribe after the event = gratuity).
Article: “Donald Trump wants new White House fence installed after Iran assassination threat“ by Callum Hoare.
Article: “Trump’s National Guard deployment in D.C. has been extended until 2029“ by Kat Lonsdorf.
Article: “See government buildings where Trump has left his mark“ by USA Today.