Sue's Daily Stack, The Thom Hartmann Program 03/13/26
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Friday’s Daily Stack
Hour One: The “CEO Presidency” Scam: How Republicans Turned Government Into a Profit Center for Billionaires
Article: “The “CEO Presidency” Scam: How Republicans Turned Government Into a Profit Center for Billionaires“ by Thom Hartmann.
Article: “The Trump–Musk DOGE Failure: Chaos, Corruption, and $21.7 Billion in Waste“ by DNC.
Article: “The Educational Legacy of Ronald Reagan“ by Gary K. Clabaugh.
Site: “Free Speech TV“.
Article: “DOGE employee stole Social Security data and put it on a thumb drive, report says“ by Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai.
Article: “JD Vance is no pauper - he’s a classic example of ‘poornography,’ in which the rich try to speak on behalf of the poor“ by Lennard J. Davis.
Article: “The Top 1% of Americans Have Taken $50 Trillion From the Bottom 90%—And That’s Made the U.S. Less Secure“ by Nick Hanauer.
Article: “Government by and for Halliburton“ by CAP.
Article: “Kash Patel gutted FBI counterintelligence team tasked with tracking Iranian threats days before US strikes, sources say“ by Hannah Rabinowitz.
Article: “‘A shell of our former self’: How Trump and Musk’s spending cuts are hampering US government readiness amid the Iran war“ by Jeremy Herb, Annie Grayer, Jennifer Hansler, Sean Lyngaas, Gabe Cohen.
Article: “Dick Cheney, Iraq and the Making of Halliburton“ by Jeffrey St. Clair.
Article: “The dictator’s new shoes? Trump demands his subordinates wear the same footwear.“ by Miles Taylor.
Article: “The Trump administration admits even more ways DOGE accessed sensitive personal data“ by Stephen Fowler, Jude Joffe-Block.
Article: “Elon Musk’s Business Empire Scores Benefits Under Trump Shake-Up“ by Eric Lipton and Kirsten Grind.
Site: “SiriusXM Progress“.
Article: “Halliburton Pays Dearly but Finally Escapes Cheney’s Asbestos Mess“ by Allan Sloan.
Article: “Meet the Trump administration’s 12 billionaires“ by Aaron Schaffer and Clara Ence Morse.
Article: “Under Trump and DOGE, Wisconsin lost 2.4K federal workers — while spending increased“ by Danielle Kaeding.
Quote: “Government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem“ - Ronald Reagan.
Site: Paradisos del Sol Winery and Organic Vineyard. Facebook
Event: Zillah: March 28: No Kings Zillah.
Article: “Pete Hegseth’s cheerleading of attacks on Iran tempered by his belligerence to the US press“ by Joseph Gedeon.
The Lie Heard Around the World: Trump Told Our Allies Iran Was Surrendering. Iran Didn’t Get the Memo.
Article: “Trump Tells G7 Allies That Iran is ‘About To Surrender’ – Hours Before New Leader Vowed to Avenge ‘Martyrs’“ by David Gilmour.
Article: “Scoop: Trump claimed in G7 call that Iran is “about to surrender”“ by Barak Ravid.
Article: “Iran’s new supreme leader vows to open new battlefronts in first message as Trump repeats ‘soon’ claims; Hormuz to become core battlefield amid record reserves release: expert“ by Wang Qi.
The War Comes Home. They Always Do. An Israeli strike in Lebanon killed two of Ghazli’s (Attacker of MI Synagogue) brothers and two of his brother’s children earlier this month.
Article: “The FBI says it’s taking over the Michigan synagogue attack investigation“ by NPR Staff.
Article: “FBI confirms ODU shooter’s identity, will investigate fatal campus shooting as a terrorist attack “ by Staff Report, Yiqing Wang.
Audio: “Israel Bombs Beirut, Attacks In Michigan And Virginia, Housing Bill“ by NPR.
Article: “FBI investigates attacks in Michigan and Virginia. And, Senate passes housing bill“ by Brittney Melton.
Article: “Trump calls on Republicans to pass the SAVE Act at the expense of everything else“ by Charlotte Hazard.
Bill: “H.R.7296 - SAVE America Act“ by Rep. Roy, Chip [R-TX-21] (Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act).
Bill: “H.R.22 - SAVE Act“ by Rep. Roy, Chip [R-TX-21] (Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act).
Article: “United States passport card“ by Wikipedia.
Site: Vote.org.
Article: “treason“ by Merriam-Webster.
Article: “The Iran War Is Also a Climate War“ by CCNow.
Article: “The El Niño cometh“ by Zeke Hausfather.
Article: “List of countries by renewable electricity production“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “The damage to the world economy from the Iran war will be severe, but uneven“ by Economist.
Article: “US forecasts blizzard, polar vortex, heat dome and atmospheric river all at once“ by Seth Borenstein.
Article: “Hawaii under state of emergency as kona storm brings torrential rain, life-threatening flash flooding“ by Emilee Speck.
Article: “The US sank an Iranian warship and didn’t rescue the survivors. Is this legal in war?“ by Jennifer Parker.
Article: “Pete Hegseth called it ‘quiet death’—the first time a U.S. sub fired a torpedo and hit an enemy ship since the 1940s“ by James Dwyer and The Conversation.
Article: “Sri Lanka to Treat Iranian Sailors According to ‘International Law’“ by Defense Post + AFP.
Site: “No Kings“. Next: March 28.
Article: “List of presidents of the United States by military service“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Call him Mr. Bone Spurs. Donald Trump’s grandfather also dodged military service“ by Lee Gerhardstein.
Article: “Has Any Trump Family Members Served In The Military“ by Christophe Garon.
Article: “Is Barron Trump Too Tall for Military Service at 6’9”? David Robinson’s 7’0” Service Shows Waivers Are Possible“ by Rohit David.
Hour Two: Don’t Let Stephen Miller Turn America Into a Surveillance State.
Article: “Rights Groups to Dems: Don’t Give Stephen Miller What He Wants on Mass Surveillance“ by Brett Wilkins.
Book: The Hidden History of Big Brother in America: How the Death of Privacy and the Rise of Surveillance Threaten Us and Our Democracy by Thom Hartmann.
Is This What the Republican Party’s Future Looks Like?
Article: “NYT columnist can’t hide alarm after going inside Florida GOP rally“ by Daniel Hampton.
Article: “Friday the 13th“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “How History And Mythology Turned Friday The 13th Into A ‘Cursed’ Date“ by Aalokitaa Basu.
Article: “Kash Patel gutted FBI counterintelligence team tasked with tracking Iranian threats days before US strikes, sources say“ by Hannah Rabinowitz.
Article: “Nuremberg trials“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “What to Know About the Post-WWII Movie Nuremberg“ by Krutika Mallikarjuna.
Article: “Iran war: Tehran demands reparations to end conflict“ by Roshni Majumdar | Wesley Rahn | Shakeel Sobhan | Kate Hairsine with AP, Reuters, AFP, dpa.
Article: “How to get a REAL ID and use it for travel“ by usa.gov.
Law: “Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986“.
Article: “Millionaire tax that inspired Mamdani fuels $5.7 billion haul in Massachusetts“ by Greg Ryan and Bloomberg.
Article: “Historical income tax rates“ by Mark Luscombe.
Article: “California’s Billionaire Tax Battle: Inside The 2026 Showdown“ by Nathan Goldman.
Hour Three: Democrats Are Winning. Everywhere. And Nobody’s Talking About It
Article: “Democrats have flipped 28 seats since Trump’s win - Republicans have not flipped any“ by Peter Rubinstein.
Article: “Trump chuckles as he admits Putin is helping Iran target US troops“ by Travis Gettys.
Article: “‘Short-term pain’ gamble from Trump admin fails to win over skeptical public: analysis“ by Ewan Gleadow.
Article: “Trump’s Iran war death toll climbs to 13 after all crew onboard US refueling plane died in crash“ by Katelyn Caralle, Phillip Nieto.
Did AI Help Kill 175 Children in an Iranian School?
Article: “Question for Hegseth: Did US Military Rely on AI Targeting for Bombing of Iranian School?“ by Jake Johnson.
Article: “US Democrats demand answers to Iran primary school bombing“ by Cody Combs.
Article: “Why the Fed Began a New Phase of Balance-Sheet Expansion in December“ by Hilary Schmidt.
Article: “Is Donald Trump considering a military draft for Iran? What we know“ by Kinsey Crowley.
Article: “Military Draft Explained: Rules, Registration & Law For 2026“ by Nicholas A.
Article: “Is the draft coming back for the Iran war? What to know“ by C. A. Bridges.
Article: “Trump insists ‘prices are coming down very substantially’ even as cost of oil climbs“ by Kate Nicholson.
Article: “‘It’s going to disappear’: A timeline of Trump’s claims that Covid-19 will vanish“ by Daniel Wolfe and Daniel Dale,.
Article: “5 Ways the Trump Administration Is Trying to Kill Renewable Energy (And Why It’s a Terrible Idea)“ by Earthday.Org.
Article: “Ford pulls the plug on the all-electric F-150 Lightning pickup truck“ by Camila Domonoske .
Article: “GM to end Chevy Bolt EV production next year, move China-made Buick to US factory“ by Kirsten Korosec.
Article: “Volkswagen Cancels ID.7 for the U.S.—Here’s Why“ by Nancy.
Article: “Trump revokes Biden 50% EV target, freezes unspent charging funds“ by David Shepardson.
Article: “Solar installations drop after Trump guts subsidies, tax breaks“ by Max Rego.
Article: “Indian Killed In Underwater Drone Attack By Iran On US-Owned Oil Tanker“ by Sanstuti Nath.
Article: “Trump: Oil tanker crews must ‘show some guts,’ sail through Straight of Hormuz“ by Tara Suter.
Article: “US Navy tells shipping industry Hormuz escorts not possible for now“ by Jonathan Saul.
Article: “Iran War: U.S. Navy will escort oil tankers through Strait of Hormuz when ‘militarily possible,’ Bessent tells Sky News“ by Dan Mangan.
Article: “Florida Republicans send SAVE Act–style proof-of-citizenship voting bill to DeSantis’ desk“ by Paul Steinhauser.
Article: “Is a Twitter Bankruptcy Elon’s Big Tax Write-Off?“ by Ranjit Rees-Sidhu.
Article: “FBI warned US West Coast police that Iran might try a drone attack: report“ by Ariana Baio.
Movie: “One Battle After Another“.
Article: “Democrats must defund Trump’s imperial war“ by David Sirota, Jared Jacang Maher, Laura Krantz and Ron S Doyle.
Article: “James Talarico says he’d be ‘honored’ to have Jasmine Crockett campaign for him in the Texas Senate race: ‘Always puts the cause first’“ by Demian Bio.
Article: “Key takeaways from Texas primaries, as Talarico beats Crockett in Democratic race“ by Anthony Zurcher.
Article: “Y’all be careful about Texas.“ by by DyspepTex.
Quote: “I’m not familiar precisely with what I said, but I’ll stand by what I said, whatever it was.“ - Mitt Romney.
Article: “There’s Only One Way to Eradicate Trumpism for Good“ by Jason Linkins.
Article: “John N. Mitchell“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Utah Phillips“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Illinois Senate Race: Krishnamoorthi Leads as Kelly & Stratton Compete“ by James Carter.
Article: “In Illinois, big Democratic names jockey for a rare Senate vacancy“ by Mary Ellen McIntire.