Sue's Daily Stack, The Thom Hartmann Program 03/03/26
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Tuesday’s Daily Stack
Hour One: Is Deporting a Journalist the Ultimate Form of Cancel Culture?
Article: “Is Deporting a Journalist the Ultimate Form of Cancel Culture?“ by Thom Hartmann.
Article: “Can We Stop the Republican War on Public Schools?“ by Thom Hartmann.
Article: “Trump’s Lies Echo a Dark Era, But One We Survived and Reformed — and Can Do Again“ by Thom Hartmann.
Book: The American Revolution of 1800: How Jefferson Rescued Democracy from Tyranny and Faction - and What This Means Today by Dan Sisson with Thom Hartmann.
Article: “Charlie Kirk show calls to deport Muslim-American reporter: ‘We have a superior culture’“ by David Edwards.
Law: “4th Amendment“. “The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.“.
Law: “5th Amendment“ (double jeopardy, witness against self, due process, taking clause, due compensation).
Quote: “Were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter. “ - Thomas Jefferson’.
Article: ““Let’s Just Do It”: How Netanyahu Convinced Trump to Bomb Iran“ by Edith Olmsted.
Article: “AIPAC Is Influencing Trump’s War in Iran“ by Katya Schwenk.
Article: “When Netanyahu slept at the Kushners — and other media tales of Trump’s Jewish confidantes“ by Ron Kampeas.
Article: “Witkoff and Kushner Get an F in Diplomacy“ by Aaron David Miller, Daniel C. Kurtzer.
Article: “Israel orders troops to seize new positions in Lebanon“ by AFP.
Do We Now Know Why We Went to War with Iran?
Article: “The Goalposts of the Iran War Keep Shifting“ by Matthew Petti.
Article: “France’s row with US ambassador Charles Kushner heats up after meeting no-show“ by Sky News.
Article: “Sen. Mark Warner reacts to US attack on Iran: This is a ‘war of choice“ by Andy Fox.
What’s up with the Epstein Walk of Shame Near the White House?
Article: “Jeffrey Epstein Walk of Shame art appears in Washington park“ by Megan Swift.
Article: “Gas and oil prices soar and shares tumble on fears conflict could escalate“ by Osmond Chia and Natalie Sherman.
Case: “Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission“ (2010).
Case: “Buckley v. Valeo“, 1976.
Article: “The US supreme court just basically legalized bribery“ by Moira Donegan.
Bill: “H.R.1 - For the People Act of 2021“ by Rep. Sarbanes, John P. [D-MD-3].
Bill: “John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act“.
Article: “Investigators still searching for answers after deadly Austin bar shooting“ by Andrew Weber.
Article: “2019 El Paso Walmart shooting“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Iran Rejects Trump Claims on Long-Range Missiles“ by Caspianpost.com.
Article: “Jonathan Pollard“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “American arrested as nuclear spy for Israel“ by Reuters.
Article: “Samson Option“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “What remains of Gaza City?“ by Mohammed Haddad and Mohamed A. Hussein.
Article: “October 7 probes: IDF’s slow response on day of Hamas attack due to chaos, commanders’ denial“ by Yonah Jeremy Bob.
Article: “Record settler attacks in West Bank opening up rifts within Israel“ by Lucy Williamson.
Article: “Trump is found guilty on 34 felony counts. Read the counts here“ by Ximena Bustillo, Hilary Fung.
Article: “Trial of Benjamin Netanyahu“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “British Base Hit in Cyprus, U.K. Terror Threat Under Review as Iran War Spreads“ by Callum Sutherland.
Article: “Congress returns to address Trump’s Iran attacks” by Jared Gans.
Article: “Forty acres and a mule“ by Wikipedia.
Video: Maddow: Trump’s CLOWN CAR CABINET now an alarming liability as threat from Iran spikes .
Article: “Kash Patel gutted FBI counterintelligence team tasked with tracking Iranian threats days before US strikes, sources say“ by Hannah Rabinowitz.
Substack: “LookingNWords“ by Rohn Kenyatta.
Quote: “There is no winning! Only degrees of losing!“ - Gavin, in “The War of the Roses“.
Hour Two: Kash Patel ousted FBI staff with Iran expertise right before Trump declared war on them. Say what?!
Article: “The FBI Staffers Kash Patel Ousted Because They Worked on Mar-a-Lago Probe Had Iran Expertise: Report“ by Sarah Rumpf.
Article: “Trump ‘very disappointed’ in Starmer over delay in letting US use Chagos Islands’ Diego Garcia base“ by Alex Storey.
Article: “US planes depart bases in Andalucia after Spain refuses permission for American forces to attack Iran“ by Alessio Ghirlanda.
Article: “Donald Trump declares US ‘ending all trade to Spain’ with threat to seize NATO bases“ by Joe Smith.
Article: “Trump talks of ‘annihilation’, ‘elimination’ as US, Israel attack Iran“ by Al Jazeera Staff.
Article: “The FBI Staffers Kash Patel Ousted Because They Worked on Mar-a-Lago Probe Had Iran Expertise: Report“ by Sarah Rumpf.
Article: “Texas bar gunman identified as Islamic terrorist who was ‘wearing Iranian flag’“ by Will Potter.
Article: “Memo Reveals How Sandra Day O’Connor Helped Get George W. Bush to the White House“ by Brett Wilkins.
Article: “How Jeb Bush Stole the 2000 Election for His Brother“ by Greg Palast.
Article: “Study of Disputed Florida Ballots Finds Justices Did Not Cast the Deciding Vote“ (Al Gore won) by Ford Fessenden and John M. Broder, November 12, 2001.
Article: “Board of Peace“ (22 January 2026) by Wikipedia.
Article: “Venezuela oil sales top $1 billion, funds won’t go to Qatar account anymore, Energy secretary says“ by Spencer Kimball.
Article: “Donald Trump“ by Forbes.
Article: “How much money President Trump and his family have made“ by Sarah Gonzalez, Mary Childs, Jess Jiang, James Sneed.
Law: “Insurrection Act of 1807“.
Article: “Timothy McVeigh“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Trump Officials Attended a Summit of Election Deniers Who Want the President to Take Over the Midterms“ by Doug Bock Clark.
Is It Time for the Morbidly Rich to Finally Pay Up?
Article: “‘Enough Is Enough’: Sanders, Khanna Propose Billionaires Tax to Raise $4.4 Trillion“ by Julia Conley.
Article: “Mark Zuckerberg Buys Newly Built $170 Million ‘Billionaire Bunker’ Mansion in Record-Breaking Deal“ by Charlie Lankston.
Book: “The Spirit Level: Why Greater Equality Makes Societies Stronger“ by Richard Wilkinson, Kate Pickett.
Site: “The Equality Trust“.
Article: “Why Inequality Matters“ by My Fair London, Equality Trust.
Article: “War Powers Resolution“ (1973) by Wikipedia.
Article: “Donald Trump has purged one of the CIA’s most senior Russia analysts“ by Economist.
Article: “Melania Trump“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Georgie Anne Geyer“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “American Intervention Has Been One Disaster After Another“ by Georgie Anne Geyer. “First, there was no dictate from above that our response must be to go to war with two of the most barbarous countries on Earth, Iraq and Afghanistan. This was the very deliberate choice of George W. Bush (he wanted to look macho for, so to speak, his Bush roots), Dick Cheney (he wanted a “democratic” Iraq as a protection for Israel) and Donald Rumsfeld (he always had an itchy trigger finger for “his” war).“ “warketeers“ “Really since Vietnam, we have been throwing it all away with the driven need of some of our male elites to lecture, intervene, invade, kill masses of innocent people plus a few terrorists, and then hang around destructively while we build up hatred for ourselves and for all that we stand for.“
Article: “U.S. provides support in Tikrit despite Iran’s role“ (2015) by Jim Michaels.
Article: “Timeline of how hostilities led to Trump’s decision to attack Iran“ by Erin Mansfield, Stephen J. Beard, Jennifer Borresen, Ramon Padilla, George Petras.
Article: “2026 Jalisco operation“ (”El Mencho” killing) by Wikipedia.
Article: “Starlink reportedly made free in Iran - but protesters are taking huge risks by using it“ by Reha Kansara and Ghoncheh Habibiazad .
Article: “Iranian Hackers Are Using Elon Musk’s Starlink To Stay Online“ by Thomas Brewster.
Article: “Fire at Amazon Middle East data center causes Claude and ChatGPT downtime“ by Hannah Collymore.
Article: “Lauren Boebert defends photo leak from Hillary Clinton deposition. ‘Why not?’“ by Mary Walrath-Holdridge.
Article: “‘People Are Very Scared’: Trump Administration Purge of JAG Officers Raises Legal, Ethical Fears“ by Thomas Novelly and Konstantin Toropin.
Article: “‘I’ll be cheering for him’: Takeaways from Trump and Mamdani’s surprisingly cordial meeting“ by Kayla Epstein.
Quote: “He doesn’t know it’s a damn show. He thinks it’s a damn fight.“ - Rocky.
Hour Three: Is the Iran War Being Cast as God’s Plan to our Military?
- Mikey Weinstein, Founder & President - Military Religious Freedom Foundation (MRFF) @militaryreligiousfreedom.org @MikeyWeinstein
Article: “Military leaders pushing ‘Armageddon views’ on troops as Iran war begins: complaint “ by Travis Gettys.
Book: The Late Great Planet Earth by Hal Lindsey with Carole C. Carlson.
Article: “Eschatology“ (end times) by Wikipedia.
Bible: “Book of Revelation“.
Article: “Armageddon“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Hegseth invited controversial Christian nationalist to preach at Pentagon“ by Ellen Mitchell.
Article: “‘All of Christ for All of Life’: Hegseth Under Fire for Endorsing Christian Nationalist“ by jembutan.
Article: “Pete Hegseth’s tattoos have raised eyebrows. Here’s what we know about their meaning“ by Jack Izzo.
Article: “Florida asked for $1.49 billion from FEMA for Alligator Alcatraz, documents show“ by Jamie Ostroff.
Article: “GOP Sen. Thom Tillis unleashes on Noem: ‘Time after time, I’ve been disappointed’ “ by Rebecca Beitsch.
Article: “Unfulfilled Watch Tower Society predictions“ by Wikipedia.
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: “Trickle up economics: Trillions shifted from bottom 90% to richest 1% in historic wealth transfer“ by TLE.
Article: “First Council of Nicaea“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “What Currency Will Replace the US Dollar in a Multipolar Economy“ by Antoinette Cassin.
Article: “When Future Historians Write About the Fall of American Economic Power, Will Trump Be the Turning Point?“ by Thom Hartmann.
Article: “DOJ Removed Record of Multiple FBI Interviews with Underage Trump Accuser, Epstein Data Shows“ by Roger Sollenberger (case number 3501.045).
Article: “Rape Allegations Refiled Against Trump“ by Josh Russell.
Article: “New information emerges in “Maria” Trump story“ by Wayne Madsen and Andrew Kreig.
Case: “Doe v. Trump (1:16-cv-07673)“.
Article: “Dubai explosion as US consulate on fire after Iran drone attack and UAE blast“ by Tim Hanlon, Joe Smith.
Article: “Fire caused by drone strike on US consulate in Dubai has been extinguished, officials say“ by Anna Betts.
Article: “Six US soldiers killed in Iranian strike on Kuwait base“ by Olivia Ireland.
Article: “Inside tech billionaire Peter Thiel’s off-the-record lectures about the antichrist“ by Johana Bhuiyan, Dara Kerr, Nick Robins-Early.
Article: “Christian mortalism“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Reformed Christianity“ (Calvinism) by Wikipedia.
Article: “What does it mean that God chose us before the foundation of the world (Ephesians 1:4)?“ by Got Questions.
Article: “Citing Orwell’s ‘1984,’ judge orders Trump administration to restore slavery exhibit it removed in Philadelphia“ by Hannah Schoenbaum.
Article: “Hegseth’s ousting of female leaders may have ‘chilling effect’ at Pentagon“ by Ellen Mitchell.
Article: “Hegseth’s attacks on Black troops evoke long history of anti-racist struggle “ by Mike Prysner.
Article: “The Trump Administration Is Slashing the Number of Refugees Allowed Into the U.S.—and Giving White South Africans Priority“ by Annika Neklason, Chantelle Lee.