Sue's Daily Stack, The Thom Hartmann Program 04/22/26
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Wednesday’s Daily Stack
Hour One: Trump’s Morbidly Rich Machine Is Crushing Democracy
Article: “Trump’s Morbidly Rich Machine Is Crushing Democracy“ by Thom Hartmann.
Article: “Trump Overall Job Approval at 32%. Trump Approval on Handling the Economy at 31% - April 21, 2026“ by American Research Group, Inc.
Article: “Billionaires Buying Elections: They’ve Come to Collect“ by Americans for Tax Fairness.
Article: “Billionaire Clans Spend Nearly $2 BILLION On 2024 Elections“ by Americans for Tax Fairness.
Article: “UPDATE: After sending billions to Kushner and Trump, Saudis lobby to escalate Iran War“ by Judd Legum.
Article: “A Member of a Key House Committee Explains How Iran War Funding Has Become an Almost $1 Trillion ‘Mess’“ by Hunter Walker and Josh Kovensky.
Article: “Oil waivers risk sustaining Russia’s war effort amid the Iran war“ by Linas Kojala and Vytautas Leškevičius.
Article: “Trump says Iranian negotiators ‘better get serious soon, before it is too late’“ by Holly Ellyatt.
Article: “Find Your Member“ by Congress.
Article: “John “Shadow Docket” Roberts is the one.“ by Back of Bourke.
Article: “Ahead of midterms, Trump’s DOJ is targeting voting in three of the most pivotal swing-state counties“ by Matt Cohen.
Article: “Transcript of Minister for Foreign Affairs Dr Vivian Balakrishnan’s Interview with Reuters Global Managing Editor for World News Mark Bendeich, 23 March 2026“ by MFA.
Article: “Saudi Leader Is Said to Push Trump to Continue Iran War in Recent Calls“ by Julian E. Barnes, Tyler Pager and Eric Schmitt.
Article: “Trump pressuring Ukraine to cede territory to Russia, Zelenskyy says“ by Milena Wälde.
Article: “Back in the USA - Russian lawmakers make first visit for years“ by Reuters.
Article: “Pentagon considers diverting Ukraine military aid to the Middle East“ by Noah Robertson and Ellen Francis.
Article: “Push from Saudis, Israel helped move Trump to attack Iran“ by Michael Birnbaum, John Hudson, Karen DeYoung, Natalie Allison and Souad Mekhennet.
Article: “Donald Trump’s ‘Ghastly’ Ukraine Spin Blasted As ‘Echoing’ Russian Propaganda“ by Lee Moran.
Article: “Marc Elias: ‘For the record: The Washington Post can go f**k itself.’“ by bigtree.
Article: “Virginia Redistricting Referendum Results“ by NYT.
Article: “‘Uber for nurses’: gig-work apps lobby to deregulate healthcare, report finds“ by Michael Sainato.
Virginia Voters Torch Trump’s Midterm Power Grab
Article: “Virginia Voters Deal Major Blow to Trump-GOP Ploy to ‘Steal the 2026 Midterms’ “ by Jake Johnson.
Trump’s DOJ Indicts the People Who Track Nazis
Article: “Prominent hate group watchdog indicted by Trump DOJ for ‘manufacturing extremism’“ by Matthew Chapman.
Article: “Trump DOJ sends chills down observers’ spines with ‘outrageous’ prosecution “ by Robert Davis.
Article: “Southern Poverty Law Center“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Civil Rights Memorial“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Stephen Miller’s Affinity for White Nationalism Revealed in Leaked Emails“ by Michael Edison Hayden.
Article: “US burning through years’ worth of critical weapons stockpiles in Iran“ by ABC.
Article: “Ten Commandments“ by Wikipedia.
Book: The Last American President: A Broken Man, a Corrupt Party, and a World on the Brink by Thom Hartmann.
Video: Tucker Carlson apologizes for endorsing Trump for president.
Article: “Viktor Orbán Discusses Russo–Ukrainian War with Tucker Carlson“ by .
Article: “Tucker Carlson in Budapest: A Flirtation with Fascism and an Affront to Memory“ by Alex Sessa.
Hour Two: How Trump’s FEMA man, who teleports to a Waffle House, will choose our next President
- Greg Palast, Investigative reporter-Guardian & New York Times / Author - “The Best Democracy Money Can Buy“ @gregpalast.bsky.social Substack
Article: “How Trump’s FEMA man, who teleports to a Waffle House, will choose our next President“ by Greg Palast.
Video: FEMA #2 Claims He Was Teleported To A Waffle House.
Article: “Gregg Phillips“ by Wikipedia.
Site: Vigilantes Inc..
Video: Vigilantes Inc. — Full Movie.
Video: Trump thanks Gregg Phillips.
Article: “2,000 Mules: Belly Laughs, Belly Aches from Film’s “Proof” that Trump Won“ by Greg Palast and Zach D. Roberts.
Article: “TRUMP LOST. Vote Suppression Won.“ by Greg Palast.
Article: “DeSantis signs bill to rename Palm Beach airport after Trump“ by Max Rego.
Article: “Kushner’s Mideast-backed fund assets jump to $6.2 billion“ by Sridhar Natarajan.
Article: “U.S. hits $38 trillion in debt, after the fastest accumulation of $1 trillion outside of the pandemic“ by Fatima Hussein.
Videos: The Bulwark.
Article: “It Has Begun. An ICE Agent is Finally Being Charged.“ by Christopher Armitage.
Article: “Immigration officer is charged with assault after protest outside Colorado ICE facility, DA says“ by Colleen Slevin and Morgan Lee.
Is Trump Really Dumping Our Afghan Allies in the Congo?
Article: “Trump Is Said to Be in Talks to Send Afghans Who Aided U.S. Forces to Congo“ by Megha Rajagopalan, Eileen Sullivan and Zolan Kanno-Youngs.
Article: “Federal job protections for veterans would change under proposed reduction-in-force rule“ by Linda F. Hersey.
Article: “Kash Patel sues The Atlantic for $250 million over alcohol abuse claims“ by Dan Mangan.
Article: “US issues sanctions waiver on Russian oil sales again“ by FRANCE 24.
Article: “Russia Secretly Offered Afghan Militants Bounties to Kill U.S. Troops, Intelligence Says“ by Charlie Savage, Eric Schmitt and Michael Schwirtz.
Article: “Do Barron And Melania Trump Have Dual Citizenship? What We Know“ by Brittany Shawnté.
Hour Three: Did the Fifth Circuit Just Bulldoze the Wall Between Church and State?
Article: “Texas can require public schools to display Ten Commandments, court rules“ by AP.
Case: “Stone v. Graham“ (1980) (Ten commandments).
Law: “Article VI, Clause 3: Historical Background on Religious Test for Government Offices“. “The Senators and Representatives before mentioned, and the Members of the several State Legislatures, and all executive and judicial Officers, both of the United States and of the several States, shall be bound by Oath or Affirmation, to support this Constitution; but no religious Test shall ever be required as a Qualification to any Office or public Trust under the United States.“.
Article: “Establishment Clause (Separation of Church and State)“ by Hana M. Ryman and J. Mark Alcorn.
Article: “Pentagon To Host Good Friday Service Just For Protestants, Not Catholics“ by Jennifer Bendery.
Article: “The law countering the hostile actions of the Zionist regime against peace and security“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “‘Not anti-Semitic’: Khamenei defines Iran’s goal of ‘wiping out Israel’“ by ToI Staff.
Article: “Abraham Accords“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Operation Eagle Claw“ (Carter’s Iran hostage rescue attempt) by Wikipedia.
Article: “1980 October Surprise theory“ (Reagan, Iran hostages) by Wikipedia.
Article: “Andrew Yang“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Considerations On Representative Government“ by John Stuart Mill.
Law: “18 U.S. Code § 1343 - Fraud by wire, radio, or television“.
Article: “Explosive Media“ (Iran Lego videos) by Wikipedia.
Videos: Explosive Iran - Iran Lego.
Videos: Sophmara and BNN - Iran Lego.
Article: “Kash Patel gutted FBI counterintelligence team tasked with tracking Iranian threats days before US strikes, sources say “ by Hannah Rabinowitz.
Article: “How ignorance, misunderstanding and obfuscation ended Iran nuclear talks“ by Patrick Wintour.
Article: “Antisemitism“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Justin Martyr“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Anti-Zionism“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Birthright citizenship in the United States“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Israeli citizenship law“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Semitic“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Crusades“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Pete Hegseth’s tattoos have raised eyebrows. Here’s what we know about their meaning“ by Jack Izzo.
Article: “Kamala is for they/them“ (Trump 2024 ad) by Wikipedia.
Bible: “...Do not cook a young goat in its mother’s milk.“ - Exodus 34:26.
Article: “Jimmy Kimmel unpacks how many of the 10 Commandments Donald Trump has broken and the last one is going to make you HOWL“ by Kevin Stewart.