Monday’s Daily Stack
Hour One: Tom Cruise’s Digger Exposes the Climate Fools, the Billionaires, and the Biggest Lie of All
Article: “Tom Cruise’s Digger Exposes the Climate Fools, the Billionaires, and the Biggest Lie of All“ by Thom Hartmann.
Article: “Is Tom Cruise’s New Movie an Eco-Crazy, Woke Extravaganza?“ by Christian Toto.
Article: “Digger: an unwieldy but compulsively watchable satire“ by Philip Concannon.
Article: “The carbon footprint sham“ by Mark Kaufman.
Book: “The Last Hours of Ancient Sunlight: Revised and Updated: The Fate of the World and What We Can Do Before It’s Too Late“ by Thom Hartmann.
Article: “Nolte: Tom Cruise’s Global Warming Propaganda ‘Digger’ About to Lose $100+ Million“ by John Nolte.
Article: “Tom Cruise’s Digger slammed as ‘woke’ climate change movie while becoming star’s biggest box office flop“ by Tom Chapman.
Movie: “Digger (2026 film)“.
Movie: “Dr. Strangelove“.
Movie: “Network (1976 film)“ by Wikipedia.
Movie: “Network - Mad as Hell Scene“.
Article: “Live updates: Trump to campaign in Kansas while Vance rallies in North Carolina“ by NBC News.
Article: “A Doctor Sued 700 Patients for Debts; 81 Were Arrested. Now He’s a Senator.“ (Roger Marshall) by Sarah Kliff.
Article: “United States Senate election in Kansas, 2026“ by Ballotpedia.
Article: “Adam Hamilton (Kansas)“ by Ballotpedia.
Article: “Usury: Definition, Mechanisms, Legality, and Practical Example“ by Julia Kagan.
Article: “Aerospace and Defense in Kansas“ by Kansas Department of Commerce.
Will America sit back and watch Rep. Ilhan Omar deported?
Article: “Tom Homan Reveals Trump Admin Could Denaturalize Ilhan Omar: ‘We’ve Done It Before’“ by Sean James.
Article: “Rep. Ilhan Omar’s lawyers say authorities ignored judge’s restrictions on home search“ by Jeremy Roebuck.
Article: “MAGA melts down after Obama comes to the defense of Dem lawmaker: ‘Cannot be real!’“ by Robert Davis.
How Trump’s justice department is destroying the separation of powers necessary to democracy
Article: “How Trump’s justice department is shattering practice of political neutrality as midterms loom“ by Sam Levine.
Site: Maryland State Board of Elections.
Article: “‘Anti-immigration’ flyers placed on cars in Alexandria neighborhood; Community worries it may discourage voting“ by Scott Gelman.
Article: “Early voting up 61% in Iowa, other battleground states see surge“ by Mills Hayes.
Article: “Veto power in the United States“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Trump Has Defied Nearly All Subpoenas. What Can the House Do?“ (2019) by Marjorie Cohn.
Article: “January 6th Committee“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “2026 New York gubernatorial election“ (Kathy Hochul vs. Bruce Blakeman) by Wikipedia.
Article: “Feds Seized Ilhan Omar’s Passport, Phone, and Computers in Raid: WSJ“ by David Gilmour.
Article: “Mehmet Oz“ (Dr. Oz) by Wikipedia.
Article: “World War III“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “China’s economy grows faster than forecast after AI boom boosts exports“ by Julia Kollewe.
Article: “Navy Fleet Strength by Country 2026: Largest Navies in the World“ by Alexander.
Article: “Franz von Papen“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Erik Prince“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “National Security Presidential Memorandum 7“ (NSPM-7) by Wikipedia.
Article: “Epstein files“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Pizzagate conspiracy theory“ by Wikipedia.
Hour Two: Paxton’s gun-toting war on mail in ballots
- Greg Palast, Investigative reporter-Guardian & New York Times / Author - “The Best Democracy Money Can Buy“ @gregpalast.bsky.social Substack
Article: “Paxton-Trump Gun-toting War on Mail-in Ballots“ by Greg Palast.
Site: Save Your Vote.
Article: “Texas impeachment: Here’s why Ken Paxton was acquitted“ by Tara Suter.
Video: Scott Bessent says Zelenskyy is ‘reckless’ for saying U.S. government caused Starlink lag.
Article: “Trickle-down economics“ (horse-and-sparrow) by Wikipedia.
Article: “How the Federalist Society shaped America’s judiciary“ by Zoya Haq.
Leaked audio exposes this MAGA senator’s plan for cops at the polls
Article: “Leaked audio exposes MAGA Senate candidate’s plan to station cops at polls“ by Bennito L. Kelty.
Now you know how fascism works - Meta suspension the accounts of No Kings - but wait there’s more.
Article: “Fears of Big Tech Censorship Grow After Meta Suspends No Kings Instagram Account“ by Brad Reed.
Article: “Fury as Meta accused of kneecapping nationwide No Kings rallies: ‘We demand answers’“ by Alexander Willis.
Article: “CANADA: “Replacing/Banning Elon’s Starlink is Now “Top Priority”“ by Dean Blundell.
Article: “Exclusive: Musk approached Trump to slow down Starlink in Ukraine“ by Joe Barnes.
Article: “The Forgotten Promise: How the “Budapest Memorandum” Shaped Ukraine’s Nightmare“ by Thom Hartmann.
Article: “Trump’s Vision: One World, Three Powers?“ by Edward Wong.
Article: “Trump Tore Up Obama-Era Iran Deal. How It Compares To 2026 Memorandum“ by Prapti Upadhayay.
Article: “David Ellison won Warner Bros. now he has to make the $81 billion deal work“ by Joe Flint.
Article: “Trump officials scrutinized Omar in 2019. They didn’t find citizenship issues.“ by Ted Hesson, Jeremy Roebuck, Perry Stein and Salvador Rizzo.
Article: “NLPC Demands Financial Documents After ‘Stunning’ Dismissal of Complaint Against Ilhan Omar“ by NLPC.
Article: “Exclusive: Musk tells Isaacson “AI and robots” will need to fix deficit“ by Mike Allen.
Article: “Elon Musk says Trump is ‘ultimately’ responsible for any curbs on Ukraine’s Starshield systems“ by Lim Hui Jie.
Article: “Two Santa Clauses or How The Republican Party Has Conned America for Thirty Years“ by Thom Hartmann.
Article: “Why is the United States so bad at executing people?“ by Druin Burch.
Article: “Another ‘disturbing’ botched execution. Why does this keep happening?“ by N’dea Yancey-Bragg, Amanda Lee Myers.
Article: “Everything Christa Pike has seemingly said since she woke up from botched lethal injection “ by Hayley Soen.
Article: “How Federal Taxes Affect the Poor and the Rich?“ by Taxgoo.
Hour Three: Are we sleepwalking into World War III?
Article: “Are we sleepwalking into World War III?“ by Gideon Rachman.
Article: “Russia and China’s ‘no-limits partnership’ could see joint invasion of Taiwan, US spies warn“ by Charlie Jones.
Article: “One year on from dismantling of USAID, study projects that global aid cuts could lead to 9.4 million deaths by 2030 “ by Lauren Kent.
Article: “Fentanyl Overdose Deaths in US 2026 | Key Facts “ by The World Data.
Article: “United States invasion of Grenada“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “‘Vote YES on Prop 40’: California Billionaire Tax Opposed by Newsom Gets Ballot Name“ by Brett Wilkins.
Article: “Quick Reference Guide: Prop 40“ by California SoS.
Article: “2026 California Proposition 40“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “The billionaires fight back: Propositions 41 and 42 could kill California’s billionaire tax even if it passes“ by Sam Ribakoff.
Article: “Volodymyr Zelensky: Starlink restrictions for Ukrainian army remain“ by Anatoli Stajkov.
Article: “Russia hits Kiev with missile and drone attack“ by Morning Star.
What more truth do we need as Musk and Trump side with Putin?
Article: “BREAKING: Elon Musk Asked Trump to Throttle Ukraine’s Air Defence. Trump Said Yes. Then They Both Lied About It While Ukrainians Were Murdered In Their Sleep.“ by Dean Blundell.
Article: “Critics Aghast as Trump Shields Russia From Congressional Sanctions Bill Named for Lindsey Graham — and Claim US President Is ‘in the Tank’ for Putin“ by Kathianne Boniello.
Article: “NATO country that pays for Kyiv’s Starlink warns Musk as his cap breaks Ukraine’s drone missions: “As your European customers, we are watching you”“ (Poland) by Olena Mukhina.
Substack: “The Good In Us“ by Mary Trump.
Substack: “Craig Unger“.
Article: “SpaceX Starshield“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Feds Lend Tesla $465 Million to Build Model S“ by Chuck Squatriglia.
Article: “Trump shouted ‘Hang’ in his office while MAGA mob chanted ‘Hang Mike Pence’ on TV, Cassidy Hutchinson claims“ by Kelly Rissman.
Article: “Pence, Trump’s own former VP, demands he reverse the Russia diesel deal“ by Idaho Learning News.
Article: “In 1927, Donald Trump’s father was arrested after a Klan riot in N.Y.“ by Philip Bump.
Article: “‘No Vacancies’ for Blacks: How Donald Trump Got His Start, and Was First Accused of Bias“ by Jonathan Mahler and Steve Eder.
Article: “Trump told nephew to let his disabled son die, then move to Florida, book says“ by Martin Pengelly.
Article: “Elon Musk becomes biggest donor of US midterms cycle with $366m spent“ by Nick Robins-Early.
Article: “U.S. and World Population Clock “ (c. 343m) by US Census Bureau.
Article: “MacKenzie Scott“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Elon Musk’s Companies Were Under Investigation by Five Inspectors General When the Trump Administration Fired Them and Made Musk the Investigator“ by Pam Martens and Russ Martens.
Article: “Trump and Hegseth want men to take risky testosterone boosters. It’s all based on shoddy science“ by Sam Wolfson.
Article: “Drug policy of Nazi Germany“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Here’s The Entire List of Illegal Drugs Adolf Hitler Used To Take Daily“ by Aimen Khalid.
Article: “Voter caging“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Consent decree“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “2026 United States Senate special election in Ohio“ (Jon Husted, Sherrod Brown) by Wikipedia.
Case: “Husted v. A. Philip Randolph Institute, 584 U.S. ___ (2018) (Ohio’s voter registration laws)”.
Site: STUN (Shift The Unfit Narrative).
Article: “International Programs“ by U.S. Forest Service.
Article: “Trump’s cuts to Voice of America may be welcomed by China’s government“ by Ken Moritsugu, Huizhong Wu.
Article: “Belt and Road Initiative“ by Wikipedia.