Sue's Daily Stack, The Thom Hartmann Program 03/18/26

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Wednesday’s Daily Stack

Note: Jefferson Smith will be filling in until the end of next week while Thom and Louise are on holiday. I will be taking the same days off, so there will be no Sue’s stack until Monday March 30.

Hour One: National Progressive Townhall Meeting taking your calls
- Representative Mark Pocan (D-WI, 2nd District) / Current Member & Chair Emeritus-Congressional Progressive Caucus / (Committees: Congressman Pocan serves on the House Committee on Appropriations / He is the Co-Founder and Co-Chair of the Labor Caucus / Co-Chair of the Congressional Equality Caucus / and, co-chair/ co-founder-Defense Spending Reduction Caucus) / Check out his weekly podcast, “With Liberty and Justice for Some“ (available on Apple Podcasts) @pocan.house.gov @repmarkpocan
Article: “Discharge petition“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “House Democrats try to force vote to fund DHS, but not ICE and CBP“ by Caitlin Yilek.
Article: “Big money floods Illinois primaries with lies—but it didn’t win“ by kos.
Article: “5 takeaways from Pam Bondi’s fiery testimony“ by Aaron Blake.
Article: “U.S. military bombs a boat Trump said was trafficking drugs from Venezuela, kills 11“ by Joseph Konig.
Article: “How AI Could Cause Social Security to Run Out of Money Sooner Than Expected“ by Elizabeth O’Brien.
Article: “Trump tells Zelenskyy ‘you’re gambling with World War Three’ but says he can return to White House when he’s ‘ready for peace’“ by Sky News.
Video: “President Trump Quips About Canceling 2028 Elections If U.S. Is At War“ by C-SPAN.
Article: “No, Trump can’t cancel the midterms. He’s doing this instead“ by Zachary Wolf.
Article: “Raskin: Trump ‘Has No Role at All in Administering Midterm Elections’“ by Pam Key.
Article: “What we can’t see can hurt them: Wild horses, secret roundups, and the right to know“ by Colette Kaluza.
Article: “Trump’s War of Choice in Iran Has Cost US Taxpayers Over $10 Billion in Just 10 Days“ by Brad Reed.

Article: “Ashley Moody“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Are Tariffs Subject to Sales Tax? It Depends on the Details.“ by Frazier & Deeter, L.L.C..

Why could you be Democrats’ best bet in 2028?
- Gov. Andy Beshear, Governor of Kentucky & Host-Andy Beshear Podcast on Sirius XM Podcast Network (episodes also air on SXM Progress Channel 127) / Author of the new book (available now for pre-order on MacMillian Publishing and also on Amazon Go and Do Likewise: How We Heal a Broken Country) @govandybeshear.bsky.social
Article: “The Typical First-Time Homebuyer Is Now 40 Years Old, a Record High“ by Keith Griffith.
Article: “Here’s Andy Beshear’s Case for President“ by Jonathan Martin.
Article: “House Prices Outpaced Income Growth Over the Past 40 Years“ by Felix Richter.
Article: “2026 United States gubernatorial elections“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “2028 United States gubernatorial elections“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Parable of the Good Samaritan“ by Wikipedia.
Bible: “Jesus Feeds the Five Thousand“ - Matthew 14:13-21.
Bible: “Matthew 25“.
Case: “Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission“ (2010).
Site: “No Kings“. Next: March 28.

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Hour Two: Funeral for my Christianity
- John Pavlovitz, writer, pastor, and activist / latest book is “Stuff That Needs To Be Said“ / Host of the new Substack video series LOATHE THY NEIGHBOR, that begins airing March 23rd @johnpavlovitz.bsky.social
Substack: “The Beautiful Mess by John Pavlovitz“.
Post: “On Monday, March 23rd, I begin my ‘Loathe Thy Neighbor’ video series! I’ll be joined by some incredible theologians, ministers, authors, and thought leaders... johnpavlovitz.substack.com/subscribe“ by John Pavlovitz.
Article: “A Funeral for My Christianity“ by John Pavlovitz.

Article: “Evanston Mayor Daniel Biss projected to win crowded Democratic primary in Illinois 9th Congressional District“ by Todd Feurer, Marissa Perlman.

Democracy Is Eroding Faster Than Experts Predicted: A Trump Insider’s Resignation Helps Explain Why
Article: “Democracy Is Eroding Faster Than Experts Predicted: A Trump Insider’s Resignation Helps Explain Why“ by Thom Hartmann.
Article: “MAGA’s support of Trump’s Iran war is what a Fascist movement looks like“ by Dean Obeidallah.
Article: “The $5 Billion Secret Behind Trump’s Iran War — And Jared Kushner’s Role“ by Thom Hartmann.
Article: “Pam Bondi ‘could have tried Epstein’ while Florida AG, law professor says“ by Rhian Lubin.
Article: “Israel’s Killing of Ali Larijani Could Allow Military to Tighten Grip on Iran“ by Yeganeh Torbati and Farnaz Fassihi.
Article: “Read Joe Kent’s Resignation Letter“ by NY Times.
Article: “UK security adviser attended US-Iran talks and judged deal was within reach“ by Patrick Wintour and Julian Borger.
Article: “Democracy Report 2025: 25 Years of Autocratization – Democracy Trumped?“ by V-Dem.
Article: “Democracy Report 2026: Unraveling The Democratic Era?“ by V-Dem.
Article: “The Real Story Behind the $25,000 Trump Donation to Pam Bondi“ by Jose Pagliery.
Article: “Peter Thiel’s secret lectures on Antichrist in Rome spark debate“ by Christopher Lamb.
Site: “Project 2025“.

Geeky Science! Even the Birds Have a Nicotine Habit Now
Article: “Why Some Birds Seem to Be Developing a Cigarette Habit“ by Lesley Evans Ogden.

Site: Trump Action Tracker.
Article: “East India Company“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Concentration Camp“ by Merriam-Webster.
Article: “Jail“ by Merriam-Webster.
Article: “Prison“ by Merriam-Webster.
Article: “Southern Baptist Theological Seminary“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Ten Commandments“ by Wikipedia.
Bible: “If someone has a stubborn and rebellious son who does not obey his father and mother and will not listen to them when they discipline him, his father and mother shall take hold of him and bring him to the elders at the gate of his town. They shall say to the elders, “This son of ours is stubborn and rebellious. He will not obey us. He is a glutton and a drunkard.” Then all the men of his town are to stone him to death. You must purge the evil from among you. All Israel will hear of it and be afraid.“ - deuteronomy 21:18-21: A Rebellious Son.
Article: “Cleansing of the Temple“ (of merchants and money changers) by Wikipedia.
Article: “All of Donald Trump’s marriages, affair rumours and sexual misconduct allegations“ by Lydia Veljanovski.
Article: “Trump University“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Ex-husband of Joe Biden’s wife claim two had an affair that split marriage“ by Jerusalem Post.
Article: “Ron DeSantis is right, Barack Obama deported more people than Donald Trump did“ by Maria Ramirez Uribe.
Article: “Bipartisan border bill loses support, fails procedural vote in U.S. Senate“ by Ariana Figueroa.
Article: “2026 California gubernatorial election“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Shades of Ralph Nader: Did Gary Johnson and Jill Stein tip the 2016 U.S. election?“ by Éric Grenier.
Article: “Nonpartisan primary“ (top-two primary or jungle primary) by Wikipedia.

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Hour Three: Is Russia Playing Trump Like a Fiddle While Americans Die in Iran?
Article: “Russia brutally mocks Trump over Middle East war - ‘Iran has Trump by the throat’“ by Charlie Bradley, Catherine Mackinlay.
Article: “WSJ Doubles Down on Report Russia Is Sharing Intel With Iran, as Kremlin Cries ‘Fake News’“ by David Gilmour.

Article: “ICE nabs Dreamer visiting his premature baby in intensive care: report “ by Ewan Gleadow.
Article: “Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals“ (DACA) (Dreamers) by Wikipedia.
Article: “Trump says it doesn’t matter if Putin is helping Iran kill Americans“ by John Stoehr.
Article: “Democratic socialism“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Listing candidates twice on NYC ballot is part of ‘fusion voting.’ It’s not a ‘scam,’ as Musk said “ by Louis Jacobson.

Trump’s Favorite European Strongman Is Losing. And Moscow Is Desperate to Save Him.
Article: “Orbán Is Losing Ground—And the Kremlin Is Moving In“ by Don Knight.

Article: “Paramount-Warner Bros merger: Ellison family’s $111B deal to control CNN, CBS, TikTok sparks Sanders’ ‘oligarchy’ warning“ by Jim Manzon.

They Had a Deal. Then America Went to War Anyway.
Article: “UK security adviser attended US-Iran talks and judged deal was within reach“ by Patrick Wintour and Julian Borger.