Sue's Daily Stack, The Thom Hartmann Program 04/16/26
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Thursday’s Daily Stack
Hour One: Dear MTG: You Could Help Fix This—If You’re Willing
Article: “Dear MTG: You Could Help Fix This—If You’re Willing“ by Thom Hartmann.
Article: “GI Bill of Rights: A Profitable Investment for the United States“ by Labor Party.
Book: Over Here: How the G. I. Bill Transformed the American Dream by Edward Humes.
Article: “Medicare Advantage: Why Are We Paying for “Sham” Insurance?“ by Thom Hartmann.
Article: “The “Share Buyback” Looting of American Business“ by Thom Hartmann.
Article: “Medicare’s new AI experiment sparks alarm among doctors, lawmakers“ by Anna Claire Vollers.
Book: The Hidden History of American Healthcare: Why Sickness Bankrupts You and Makes Others Insanely Rich by Thom Hartmann.
Article: “FACT CHECK: Medicare for All Would Save the U.S. Trillions; Public Option Would Leave Millions Uninsured, Not Garner Savings“ by Public Citizen.
Article: “GI Bill created generation of business leaders“ by Mary Paulsell.
Article: “Trump Weighs Ultimate Gift to For-Profit Insurance Industry: Medicare Privatization“ by Jake Johnson.
Article: “As Trump Pushes Privatization, Mexico’s Sheinbaum Embraces Healthcare as a Human Right“ by Jordan Liz.
Article: “UnitedHealth CEO loses job over options investigation“ by Eric Dash, Milt Freudenheim.
Article: “Options Backdating Claims UnitedHealth CEO“ by Chris Arnold.
Article: “Health at a Glance 2025: United States“ by OECD.
Article: “Rick Scott and the fraud case of Columbia/HCA“ by Aaron Sharockman.
Article: “Born of Controversy: The GI Bill of Rights“ by VA.
Article: “Crude Oil Windfall Profit Tax Act of 1980“ (repealed August 23, 1988) by Wikipedia.
Article: “Crude Oil Windfall Profits Taxes: Background and Policy Considerations“ by Molly F. Sherlock, Jane G. Gravelle - CRS.
Article: “$30m an hour: big oil reaping huge war windfall from consumers, analysis finds“ by Damian Carrington.
Article: “How much does a university degree cost and is it worth it?“ by Hazel Shearing.
Does Trump’s Iran War Mean You Won’t Be Flying?
Article: “AP Exclusive: Europe has ‘maybe 6 weeks of jet fuel left,’ energy agency head warns“ by John Leicester.
Article: “Chevron executive Andy Walz suggests Americans should drive less amid high gas prices“ by Lilia Luciano.
Crazy Alert! Why is RFK Jr. Harvesting Dead Raccoon’s Penises?
Article: “RFK Jr. Recalls the Time He Was ‘Cutting the Penis Out of a Road Killed Raccoon’“ by Pope Robbins.
Movie: “Starship Troopers (film)“.
Article: “The USAID’s closure: Soft power at a crossroads“ by Jovan Kurbalija.
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: “Marjorie Taylor Greene’s puzzling political transformation, explained“ by Dave Davies.
Article: “Marjorie Taylor Greene“ by OnTheIssues.org.
Article: “Full statement - US bishops rally behind Pope Leo XIV after JD Vance says pontiff should be careful on theology“ by Alicia Civita.
Article: “Statement of the “Former JAGs Working Group” on Media Reports of Pentagon “No Quarter” Orders in Caribbean Boat Strikes“.
Article: “No quarter“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Prisoners of war in the American Revolutionary War“ (”treat them with humanity“ - Washington) by Wikipedia.
Article: “Baculum“ (penis bone) by Wikipedia.
Book: The Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith.
Article: “An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations“ by Adam Smith (free).
Case: “Citizens United dissent“ by John Paul Stevens.
Article: “Chapter 5 The Monopoly Enigma, the Reagan Administration’s Antitrust Experiment, and the Global Economy“ by Louis Galambos.
Hour Two: Ukraine update
- Phil Ittner, Veteran War Correspondent based in Kiev, Ukraine & host of the ‘On the Edge‘ podcast @PhilipIttner Youtube
Article: “Russian stuff blowing up: Russian army starting to look like a mob family“ by quaoar.
Article: “Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán ousted after ‘painful’ election result, ending 16 years in power“ by Justin Spike, Sam McNeil.
Article: “EU Parliament calls to strip Hungary of voting rights in rule-of-law clash“ by Eddy Max.
Article: “What’s behind Péter Magyar’s ascent to power in Hungary after Prime Minister Orbán’s defeat“ by Justin Spike.
Article: “‘Basically a Russian asset’ — Vitkor Orban suffers crushing defeat in Hungary“ by ABC.
Article: “Ukraine war briefing: Orbán’s defeat in Hungary could unlock €90bn loan for Ukraine, says EU official“ by Guardian.
Article: “At least 17 people killed in Russia’s deadliest attack on Ukraine this year“ by Luke Harding.
Article: “Huge fires at Russian oil facilities following Ukraine strikes, satellite images show“ by Paul Brown, Barbara Metzler and Adam Durbin.
Article: “Russia launches deadliest aerial attack in months, killing 18 in Ukraine“ by Sarah Rainsford, Jaroslav Lukiv.
Article: “Iran first attacked the Ukrainian UAV base in the UAE: APU specialists were killed“ (in Russian) by Vladimir Orlov.
Article: “Hungary’s election winner sets terms for unblocking EU aid to Ukraine“ by Liliana Oleniak.
Article: “‘Sent to be killed’: How Russia forces migrants to fight in Ukraine“ by Mansur Mirovalev.
Article: “Supreme Court said ICE can stop you based on race, accent, job and location. What we know.“ by Erin Mansfield.
Article: “Eric Swalwell Resigns From Congress Amid Sexual-Misconduct Allegations“ by Cheyenne Roundtree.
Article: “Jared Kushner“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Rep. Garcia: Why Did Saudi Government Give Kushner $2 Billion?“ by Robert Garcia.
Article: “U.S. service members killed in the Iran war include a Minnesota mom and an Iowa college student. Here’s what we know.“ by Kerry Breen.
Article: “Iranian strikes kill or wound over 500 US troops hiding in UAE“ by Tehran Times.
Has Tulsi Gabbard Turned the Intelligence Community Into Trump’s Personal Revenge Machine?
Article: “DNI Tulsi Gabbard sends criminal referral over Trump’s 2019 impeachment to Justice Department “ by Zachary Cohen, Evan Perez, Sean Lyngaas.
Did Pete Hegseth Really Preach the Gospel of Quentin Tarantino at the Pentagon?
Article: “‘Pray With Me Please’: Pete Hegseth Reads Fake Bible Quote From ‘Pulp Fiction’ During Pentagon Prayer Service“ by Charlie Nash.
Article: “Socialism“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Joe Walsh says he’s becoming a Democrat“ by Sarah Fortinsky.
Article: “David Jolly“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Romney’s Bain Capital Buys Clear Channel Communications“ by The LRC Blog.
Article: “Air America (radio network)“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Why Trump Is Wrong & Alexander Hamilton Was Right About Tariffs“ by Thom Hartmann.
Article: “Harmonized Tariff Schedule“ by USITC.
Article: “History of tariffs in the United States“ by Wikipedia.
Book: “The Hidden History of Neoliberalism: How Reaganism Gutted America and How to Restore Its Greatness“ by Thom Hartmann.
Article: “G.I. Bill“ by Wikipedia.
Law: “Civil Rights Act of 1964“.
Law: “Voting Rights Act of 1965“.
Article: “Welfare queen“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “The racism at the heart of the Reagan presidency“ by Ian Haney-Lopez.
Article: “How Bill Clinton’s Welfare Reform Changed America“ by Mary Pilon.
Hour Three: Did a Stop-the-Steal Republican Just Steal Your Vote in Michigan?
Article: “Far-right election clerk caught illegally purging voter rolls: report“ by Matthew Chapman.
Case: “Husted v. Randolph Institute“ (Ohio voter caging).
Scientists Warn a Catastrophic Ocean Collapse Is Now Far More Likely Than We Thought
Article: “Critical Atlantic current significantly more likely to collapse than thought“ by Damian Carrington .
Article: “Atlantic meridional overturning circulation (AMOC)“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Gulf Stream“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Eunice Newton Foote and the Birth of Climate Science: The Forgotten Woman Who Discovered the Greenhouse Effect“ by Maria Popova. “She concluded that ‘an atmosphere of that gas would give to our earth a high temperature’ and that if carbon dioxide levels in our current atmosphere were to rise, so would the planet’s temperature.”
Article: “Thermal Equilibrium of the Atmosphere with a Given Distribution of Relative Humidity“ by Syukuro Manabe and Richard Wetherald.
Article: “How an Early Oil Industry Study Became Key in Climate Lawsuits“ by Beth Gardiner.
Article: “Lost Decade: How Shell Downplayed Early Warnings Over Climate Change“ by Matthew Green.
Article: “Trump’s $1bn pitch to oil bosses ‘the definition of corruption’, top Democrat says“ by Peter Stone.
Article: “Trump delivers a deadly blow to EPA’s ability to regulate climate pollution “ by Ella Nilsen.
Article: “Trump directs Energy Department to issue funds to keep coal plants online“ by Reuters.
Article: “Chief Justice John Roberts’ Wife Made Over $10 Million As Legal Consultant, Report Says“ by Nicholas Reimann.
Article: “Full List of Supreme Court Scandals“ by Marni Rose McFall.
Article: “Elon Musk went all-in on Pennsylvania — and helped deliver the White House to Trump“ by Alice Tecotzky and Brent D. Griffiths.
Article: “New Mexico Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Relatives Task Force Report“ by NIWRC.
Article: “Deb Haaland“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “New Jersey 11th Congressional District Special Election Results“ by NYT.
Article: “Gerald Ford“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “JD Vance“ by Wikipedia.
Book: Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis by J. D. Vance.
Article: “All Of The Controversy Surrounding JD Vance’s Hillbilly Elegy“ by Ana Herrera.
Article: “George Washington’s Farewell Address (1796)“ by George Washington. “Respect for its authority, compliance with its laws, acquiescence in its measures, are duties enjoined by the fundamental maxims of true liberty”. “The Constitution which at any time exists, till changed by an explicit and authentic act of the whole people, is sacredly obligatory upon all”. “The alternate domination of one faction over another, sharpened by the spirit of revenge,...”
Article: “Montesquieu’s Influence on Separation of Powers“ by U.S. Constitution.net.
Site: Commonwealth Report.
Article: “Catholic bishops rally behind Pope Leo on Iran war, counter Vance’s remarks“ by Marc Ramirez.
Article: “Mystery heatwave warms Pacific Ocean to new record“ by Mark Poynting and Matt McGrath.
Article: “Alaska Data Centers“ by Data Center Map.
Article: “Magnitude 5.7 earthquake in Nevada felt across parts of California“ by Aidin Vaziri.
Article: “Alaska’s data center opportunity: A reality check and possible next steps“ by Peter Asmus, Gwen Holdmann and Erlingur Gudleifsson.
Article: “Alabama’s Governor Signed a Landmark Utility Regulation Bill Into Law. Many Say It’s a Win For Alabama Power.“ by Lee Hedgepeth.
Site: National Emergency Briefing.
Article: “Meet John Marshall.“ by Potential Energy Coalition.
Video: John Marshall speaks at Climate Week NYC.
Article: “Changing climate forces desperate Guatemalans to migrate“ by Gena Steffens.
Article: “Arab Spring“ by Wikipedia.