Sue's Daily Stack, The Thom Hartmann Program 03/16/26
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Monday’s Daily Stack
Hour One: The $5 Billion Secret Behind Trump’s Iran War — And Jared Kushner’s Role
Article: “The $5 Billion Secret Behind Trump’s Iran War — And Jared Kushner’s Role“ by Thom Hartmann.
Article: “Netanyahu’s Political Future at Stake with Iran War, Say Experts“ by Asharq Al-Awsat.
Article: “Did Jared & Trump Sell Out America for Billions while the Media Looked the Other Way“ by Thom Hartmann.
Article: “Did Jared Kushner Negotiate Peace — or Set a Trap for Iran’s Leadership?“ by Thom Hartmann.
Article: “The Real Winner of Trump’s Iran War So Far? Vladimir Putin.“ by Michael McFaul.
Article: “Trump Threatens Broadcasters Over Iran War Coverage, A Move Straight Out of Russia“ by Olga Lautman.
Article: “Update: Trump says Kushner helped convince him to go to war with Iran“ by Judd Legum.
Article: “Netanyahu has claimed for three decades that Iran was ‘months from nuclear weapon’“ by Somaiyah Hafeez.
Article: “UAE Ambassador Endorses Military Force Against Iran Nuke Program“ by Christine Delargy.
Article: “How the US-Israeli strikes on Iran unfolded and the aftermath, moment by moment“ by CNN.
Article: “Is the Russian invasion of Ukraine justifiable from the view of public international law?“ by Marie Gavendová.
Article: “Arab leaders urged US to attack Iran, says WikiLeaks“ by Mark Hennessy.
Article: “FCC Chair Fires Warning Shot At Broadcasters Amid Barrage of Trump Administration Complaints About Iran Coverage“ by Zachary Leeman.
Article: “New Drone Maker Partly Owned by Trump Sons Hopes to Win Pentagon Contracts“ by Bernard Condon.
Article: “US Democrats claim Trump son-in-law Jared Kushner served as ‘unregistered foreign agent for Saudi Arabia’“ by New Arab Staff.
Article: “For Kushner, Israel Policy May Be Shaped by the Personal“ by Jodi Kantor.
Article: “Jared Kushner Solicits Funds for His Firm While Working as Mideast Envoy“ by Rob Copeland and Maureen Farrell.
Article: “Pete Hegseth Says ‘the Sooner David Ellison’ Buys CNN, ‘the Better’“ by Michael M. Grynbaum.
Article: “Top US general warned Trump before war that Iran could close Strait of Hormuz — report“ by ToI Staff and AFP.
Article: “Push from Saudis, Israel helped move Trump to attack Iran“ by Michael Birnbaum, John Hudson, Karen DeYoung, Natalie Allison, Souad Mekhennet.
Article: “United States House Select Committee on Benghazi“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Trump-Xi meeting could be delayed, White House says“ by Trevor Hunnicutt and Nandita Bose.
Article: “Susie Wiles diagnosed with breast cancer, will continue work, Trump says“ by Reuters.
Article: “Lauren Boebert: Republican lawmaker kicked out of Beetlejuice show for disturbance“ by Chloe Kim.
Article: “Eileen Laubacher“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Colorado’s 4th Congressional District election, 2026“ by Ballotpedia.
Site: Eileen Laubacher for Colorado.
Should Reporters face the death penalty threats from Trump?
Article: “Trump Demands Death Penalty for Reporters in Unhinged War Rant“ by Cameron Adams.
Article: “Trump urges allies to defend the Strait of Hormuz, but no one’s fully signed on“ by Verity Stevenson.
Article: “AI-generated clip and old video shared in false posts about Iran striking USS Abraham Lincoln“ by Jeff LI.
Article: “Why Has America Tolerated Six Illegitimate GOP Presidents?“ by Thom Hartmann.
Article: “A Four-Decade Secret: One Man’s Story of Sabotaging Carter’s Re-election“ (Iran hostages) by Peter Baker.
Who’s paying for this war? Your are.. At $11,500 a second.
Article: “Warren Slams Trump for Iran War Costing ‘American Taxpayers $11,500 Per Second’“ by Stephen Prager.
Article: “Ballistic missile program of Iran“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Iran–United States relations during the George W. Bush administration“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Iran oil exports climb to pre-war highs despite Hormuz closure“ by New Arab Staff.
Article: “Hello, weapons: Europe wanted its own nuclear umbrella“ (in Russian) by Ksenia Loginova.
Article: “France to increase nuclear arsenal and European weapons cooperation, Macron says “ by Jon Henley.
Article: “World War I“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Triple Entente“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Collective defence - Article 5“ by NATO.
Article: “Pete Hegseth“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Netanyahu’s dead? Netanyahu begs to differ“ by 7Israel National News.
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: “Thune quashes Trump push to reform filibuster for SAVE Act“ by Alexander Bolton .
Hour Two: Is Russia’s Internet blackout a preview of America’s future?
Article: “Russia Shuts Off Internet in Moscow as It Tests Nationwide Censorship System“ by Matthew Luxmoore, Milàn Czerny.
Article: “Russia says internet outages to last as long as ‘necessary’“ by AFP.
Article: “Russian stuff blowing up: Ukrainian drone swarm targets Moscow“ by quaoar.
Article: “Great Firewall“ (China) by Wikipedia.
Is Trump running Putin’s media playbook?
Article: “FCC Chair Fires Warning Shot At Broadcasters Amid Barrage of Trump Administration Complaints About Iran Coverage“ by Zachary Leeman.
Article: “‘Wow’: Observers horrified by ‘scary’ Trump brag showing he’s following ‘Putin’s playbook’“ by David McAfee.
Article: “Viktor Orbán tells CPAC the path to power is to ‘have your own media’“ by Flora Garamvolgyi.
Post: “The richest man owns X.
The second and third richest men control Google.
The fourth richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
The fifth richest man owns The Washington Post.
And now the sixth richest could soon take over both Paramount and Warner Bros.
See the problem here? [link]” by Robert Reich.
Site: Raw America.
Article: “Right-wing influencers were duped to work for covert Russian operation, US says“ by Alan Suderman, Ali Swenson.
Article: “Key Differences Between Caste and Class Systems“ by BNS Institute.
Article: “Socioeconomic mobility in the United States“ by Wikipedia.
Book: Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson.
Cats have always known this secret. Scientists are just catching up.
Article: “Why Falling Cats Always Seem to Land on Their Feet“ by Taylor Mitchell Brown.
Article: “Six South Africans who made billions in the US“ by Shaun Jacobs .
Article: “Paul Bremer“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Jim Jones“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Charles Manson“ by Wikipedia.
Case: “Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission“ (2010).
Article: “Trump sons investing in domestic drone production businesses“ by Lucien Bruggeman.
Article: “Tucker Carlson facing ‘foreign agent’ charges, he says—’they read my texts’“ by Kate Plummer.
Article: “Protests, poisoning and prison: The life of Alexei Navalny and his opposition to Vladimir Putin“ by Joe Middleton.
Article: “Russia“ (Russian Federation) by Wikipedia.
Article: “Republics of Russia“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “What happened after Elon Musk took the Russian army offline“ by Ibrahim Naber.
Article: “National Guard of Russia“ by .
Article: “Ukraine says it has hit Russian ‘missile component’ plant“ by Paulin Kola.
Article: “Mass Ukrainian Drone Raid Hits Chemical Plant in Tolyatti, Mariupol Ammo Depot“ by Julia Struck.
Book: Patriot: A Memoir by Alexei Navalny.
Hour Three: 6 years later, Epstein’s ranch finally gets searched.
Article: “More Mystery At Zorro Ranch!“ by Marcie Jones.
Article: “Bush Pardons 6 in Iran Affair, Aborting a Weinberger Trial; Prosecutor Assails ‘Cover-Up’“ by David Johnston.
Article: “Don Huffines“ by Wikipedia.
They Didn’t Want to Have C-Sections. A Judge Would Decide How They Gave Birth.
Article: “Wyoming’s new six-week abortion ban prompts lawsuit“ by Cy Neff.
Article: “They Didn’t Want to Have C-Sections. A Judge Would Decide How They Gave Birth.“ by Amy Yurkanin.
Article: “Germany’s defense minister rebuffs Trump’s Strait of Hormuz request: ‘This is not our war’“ by Ellen Mitchell.
Article: “Mojtaba Khamenei escaped death by seconds in same strike that killed his father“ by Jerusalem Post Staff.
Article: “Trump’s war proves costly as $1.1 billion US radar system already destroyed“ by Kathrine Frich.
Article: “Radar bases housing key US missile interceptor hit in Jordan, Saudi Arabia, and UAE, satellite images show“ by Gianluca Mezzofiore.
YouTube: “Neutrality Studies“ by Pascal Lottaz.
Video: Update: Iran Wins Strategic Dominance. US Out of Options. | Prof. Steve Starr.
Substack: “Pascal’s Substack (Neutrality Studies)“ by Pascal Lottaz.
Video: US-Iran War: Tehran Claims Largest US Radar In Gulf Destroyed | WION.
YouTube: “Dialogue Works“ by Nima R Alkhorshid.
Video: MIT Prof. Ted Postol: Iranian Missiles vs Israeli Air Defense: Who Would Actually Win? - Dialogue Works.
Article: “Trump rejects UK’s offer to send aircraft carriers to Middle East: ‘We will remember’“ by Ryan Mancini.
Article: “The Two Santas Strategy: How the GOP has used an economic scam to manipulate Americans for 40 years“ by Thom Hartmann.
Article: “Cameron Todd Willingham“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Iraq: Baghdad Moves To Euro“ by Charles Recknagel.
Article: “More airport disruptions expected as TSA agents quit amid first weekend without full pay“ by Tami Luhby, Amanda Musa.
Article: “Here’s where the money for Trump’s border wall will come from“ (2019) by Amanda Macias, John W. Schoen.
Article: “Pro-Trump Idaho farming town ‘nearly destroyed’ as ICE raid leaves community without harvest workers“ by Bernadette B. Tixon.
Article: “Stephen Miller“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Nosferatu (word)“ by Wikipedia.
Site: House of Representatives.
Site: Senate.
Site: “No Kings“. Next: March 28.
Article: “USPS says mail-in ballots might not get postmark on same day they’re dropped off“ by Jonathan Shorman.
Law: “Sherman Antitrust Act“, 1890.
Law: “Clayton Antitrust Act of 1914“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “United States antitrust law“ by Wikipedia.
Book: The Hidden History of Monopolies: How Big Business Destroyed the American Dream by Thom Hartmann.
YouTube: “Anti-MAGA Songs“ by Mark Lysgaard.
Article: “Barack Obama citizenship conspiracy theories“ (birtherism) by Wikipedia.
Book: Where’s the Birth Certificate?: The Case that Barack Obama is not Eligible to be President by Jerome Corsi.
Book: The Obama Nation: Leftist Politics and the Cult of Personality by Jerome Corsi.
Book: Unfit For Command: Swift Boat Veterans Speak Out Against John Kerry by Jerome Corsi.
Article: “Jerome Corsi“ by Wikipedia.