Tuesday’s Daily Stack
Hour One: The Insurance Industry Built a Tollbooth Between You and Your Doctor. Who Will Tear It Down?
Article: “The Insurance Industry Built a Tollbooth Between You and Your Doctor. Who Will Tear It Down?“ by Thom Hartmann.
Article: “The birth of Medicare“ by Lorne Brown and Doug Taylor .
Book: “The Hidden History of American Healthcare: Why Sickness Bankrupts You and Makes Others Insanely Rich“ by Thom Hartmann.
Article: “Help Tayler Walk Again“ by Lauren Hill.
Article: “Meet UnitedHealth CEO Stephen Hemsley: Rich, Powerful, Not Yet Famous“ by Peter Dreier.
Article: “McGuire’s payday is a shame, if not a crime“ by Neal St. Anthony.
Article: “Health expenditure as a percentage of gross domestic product (GDP) in selected countries as of 2024“ by Statista.
Article: “John Oliver on UnitedHealth Group: ‘Algorithmically driven, ruthless arbiters of who lives and who dies’“ by Guardian staff.
Article: “Orlando couple fights insurance denial after stroke and spinal surgery“ by Jeff Deal.
Article: “The Perfect Payday“ by Charles Forelle, James Bandler.
Event: 25 Sep. 7:00 PM: Powell’s City of Books, Portland: Thom Hartmann sook signing.
Article: “Cuba walks out of UN General Assembly as Trump says ‘freedom will be coming’“ by Laura Kelly.
Article: “Trump threatens to ‘wipe out’ Iran in UN speech directly in front of its own leaders asking ‘do I drive them into hell?’ “ by Fiona McLoughlin, Israel Salas-Rodriguez.
Article: “Ethics complaint alleges Boebert had affairs with three staffers, arranged $200,000 payment“ by Alan Benson.
Article: “RFK Jr. Discloses $250K+ in Gifts From Major Donor — Including Free Trips to Fiji and Greece“ by Kathryn Wilkens.
Article: “FBI Anti-Corruption Investigators Targeted Susan Collins in Bribery Probe — But Then Trump Happened: Report“ by Tom Durante.
Article: “Duncan D. Hunter“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Savings and loan crisis“ by Wikipedia.
Did Secret Donors Pour $33 Million Into a Law Firm Packed With Clarence Thomas’s Clerks?
Article: “Secret donors paid millions to Clarence Thomas-linked law firm with Supreme Court cases“ by Alexandria Jacobson.
Article: “Leonard Leo“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Robert Bork“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Federalist society“ by Wikipedia.
Article: ““National security” becomes Trump’s executive sledgehammer“ by Avery Lotz.
Article: “Trump Plans to Turn Washington Arch Into a Military Complex With Drones, Snipers & Ammunition“ by Adam Gramegna.
Trump says the “media” is a national security threat. What happens to this kind of threat? And - Trump “State” TV is a flop....
Article: “Trump roars at ‘national security threat’ that has ‘grown like cancer’ after lawsuit“ by Alexander Willis.
Article: “Trump TV Goes Live and Immediately Gets Savaged: ‘We Live in North Korea’“ by David Gilmour.
Article: “Trump Bans CNN, MS NOW and Politico From White House Press Pool“ by A.J. Katz.
Article: “Rob Bonta, Facing Skeptics, Defends ‘Very Strong’ Paramount Deal“ by Gene Maddaus.
Article: “White House launches Trump TV following press bans“ by Ryan Mancini.
Article: “Charlie Gard: The story of his parents’ legal fight“ by BBC.
Article: “Alfie Evans case“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Euthanasia and assisted suicide in Canada“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Medical Bankruptcy Statistics“ by Worldmetrics.
Article: “How Many Americans Die Because They Cannot Afford Health Insurance?“ by Alivia Cooper.
Article: “Yale scientists warn Medicaid cuts could cause 51,000 preventable deaths“ by Jake Robbins.
Video: Quo Vadis (1951 film).
Article: “N.Y.’s 200th anniversary of emancipation“ by Tunisia Morrison.
Article: “Trump wants a permanent fence around the D.C. park known for White House protests“ by Rachel Treisman.
Article: “Security fencing goes up around White House, Capitol, VP residence“ by Lauren Irwin.
Article: “House Democrats Move to Block Trump’s Proposed Arlington ‘Triumphal Arch’“ by Daniel Cassady.
Article: “Lady Bird Johnson Park“ by NPS.
Article: “Lady Bird Johnson“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “The 3.5 Percent Rule Just Made History: Why 11 Million Protesters Can Change Everything“ by Michael Corthell.
Article: “Trust in Media 2026: Which news sources Americans use and trust“ by Taylor Orth, Carl Bialik.
Video: THP: President Jimmy Carter: The United States is an Oligarchy....
Hour Two: The Art of the Steal: Trump and the Economic Hitman Presidency
- John Perkins, Author of numerous books including the best selling trilogy, “Confessions of an Economic Hit Man“ / John’s latest is, “The Art of the Steal: Trump and the Economic Hit Man Presidency“.
Article: “John Perkins“ by Wikipedia.
Book: “Confessions of an Economic Hit Man“.
Book: “The Art of the Steal“ - by John Perkins.
Case: “Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission“ (2010).
ICE Denounced for Enacting ‘Official Government Policy of Disappearing People’
Article: “ICE Denounced for Enacting ‘Official Government Policy of Disappearing People’“ by Brad Reed.
Article: “Human rights abuses in Chile under Augusto Pinochet“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “KCBS (AM)“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Habeas corpus“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Magna Carta“ (1215) by Wikipedia.
Man shot by ICE describes pain of bullet still inside him - while being pulled out of hospital and imprisoned
Article: “Man shot by US immigration agent describes pain of bullet still inside him“ by AFP.
Article: “Man shot by ICE in Austin being held in detention center with bullet in his back, lawyer says“ (Wilber Rafael Garces Perez) by Kiki Intarasuwan.
Article: “Shooting of Marimar Martinez“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Killing of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Killing of Renée Good“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Killing of Alex Pretti“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Luigi Mangione“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Jack Kevorkian“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Trump Officials Eject 750,000 From Obamacare Markets, Claiming Fraud“ by Margot Sanger-KatzSarah Kliff and Christopher Rowland.
Article: “The gun is already on the wall: why the war between Russia and NATO will begin by 2030“ by Alexander Shtorm.
Video: Alan Grayson on the GOP Health Care Plan: “Don’t Get Sick! And if You Do Get Sick, Die Quickly!”’.
Hour Three: ‘Planetary boundaries’ necessary for flourishing of life have been massively breached, scientists warn - New report shows key indicators of Earth’s health are ‘outside the safe operating space’ as climate disaster looms
Article: “‘Planetary boundaries’ necessary for flourishing of life have been massively breached, scientists warn“ by Oliver Milman.
Article: “Administrator Oz: CMS must ‘shut the whole country down’ to stop DME fraud“ by Liz Beaulieu.
‘The Gerrymander That Won’t Die’: Missouri GOP’s Map Headed to Supreme Court a Third Time
Article: “‘Indefensible’: Appeals court’s ‘procedurally bananas’ election move leaves expert aghast“ by Robert Davis.
150,000 Tons of Radioactive Waste Were Dumped in The Atlantic. Decades Later, It’s Visibly Oozing.
Article: “150,000 Tons of Radioactive Waste Were Dumped in The Atlantic. Decades Later, It’s Visibly Oozing.” by Michelle Starr.
Article: “Caesium“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Byron Donalds pulls prominent mentions of Trump from campaign website“ by Claire Heddles.
Article: “Mercantilism“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Report on the Subject of Manufactures“ (11-point plan) by Alexander Hamilton.
Article: “Cardinal Richelieu“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Larry Krasner“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Judge refers Philadelphia district attorney to federal prosecutors for investigation“ by AP.
Article: “AlterNet“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Humanitarianism“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Socialism“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Did Ayn Rand Plant the Ideological Seed That Trumpism Is Harvesting Today?“ by Thom Hartmann.
Article: “Lindsay Clancy on Trial for Killing Her Three Kids: Inside the Shocking Case“ by Chris Spargo.
Article: “2026 Minab school attack“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Donald Trump sexual misconduct allegations“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Judge gives Blanche deadline, warns of possible contempt charges over Epstein files“ (Sept. 24) by Mira Bhakta.
Book: Call It Evil: Understanding the Trump Era by Susan Neiman.
Site: Abdul El-Sayed.
Article: “Troy Jackson (politician)“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Shock Poll: Democrat Angie Nixon TIED With Republican Ashley Moody in Florida Senate Race“ by Sarah Rumpf.
Article: “Peggy Flanagan“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Norman Goldman“ by Wikipedia.