Sue's Daily Stack, The Thom Hartmann Program 05/04/26
Your daily homework - links to everything discussed on today's show
Monday’s Daily Stack
Hour One: Trump Is Making Khrushchev’s “We Will Bury You” Real for Putin. Why?
Article: “Trump Is Making Khrushchev’s “We Will Bury You” Real for Putin. Why?“ by Thom Hartmann.
Article: “The Intentional Vandalization of America’s National Parks“ by Tim Whitehouse.
Site: “Plural“ (openstates.org).
Article: “Chris Wright“ by LCV.
Article: “Trump’s HUD secretary is embroiled in an embarrassing, all-too-familiar scandal“ by Ja’han Jones.
Site “vote.org“.
Article: “U.S. Supreme Court Issues One-Week Pause on Nationwide Restriction on Abortion and Miscarriage Medication“ by ACLU.
Quote: “We will bury you“ - Nikita Khrushchev.
Book: The Last American President: A Broken Man, a Corrupt Party, and a World on the Brink by Thom Hartmann.
Article: “Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán ousted after ‘painful’ election result, ending 16 years in power“ by Justin Spike, Sam McNeil.
Trump Goes Full Pirate—Diplomacy Walks the Plank. Gas prices go up.
Article: “Trump’s Strait of Hormuz Ploy Aims to Manufacture ‘Pretext for Escalation,’ Iran Warns“ by Jake Johnson.
Article: “Bragging of Wartime Iran Blockade, Trump Admits ‘We’re Like Pirates’“ by Jon Queally.
Article: “UAE says intercepted 15 missiles, four drones launched from Iran “ by Al Arabiya.
Did Trump Just Buy the Supreme Court Over Dinner?
Article: “All Six MAGA ‘Justices’ Were Partying It Up With Trump at WH Dinner, Hours Before Gutting Voting Rights“ by B.See.
Article: “Alarm as Supreme Court right-wingers seen at Trump’s White House dinner“ by Tom Boggioni.
Article: “Laura Coates: ‘Today six Justices all but threw away the Voting Rights Act of 1965’“ by Laura Coates Live.
Article: “James Carville Rails Against ‘Corrupt’ SCOTUS Justices“ by Erkki Forster.
Book: “The Hidden History of the Supreme Court and the Betrayal of America“ by Thom Hartmann.
Case: “Buckley v. Valeo“, 1976.
Case: “First National Bank Of Boston V. Bellotti“, 1978.
Case: “Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission“ (2010).
Case: “McCutcheon v. Federal Election Commission“, 2014.
Book: Who Killed the American Dream?: The Greatest Political Crime Ever Told by Thom Hartmann.
Article: “Inside the Quiet Republican Effort to Flip Fetterman“ by Jonathan Martin.
Article: “‘No Blame?’ ABC News finds 54 cases invoking ‘Trump’ in connection with violence, threats, alleged assaults.“ by Mike Levine.
Article: “National Security Strategy of the USA“ by Donald J. Trump et al.
Article: “Donroe Doctrine“ (Trump Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine) by Wikipedia.
Article: “Escalation in the War with Iran“ by Fareed Zakaria GPS (w/Richard Haass).
Video: DARK GOTHIC MAGA: How Tech Billionaires Plan to Destroy America.
Site: “Project 2025“.
Article: “Tivoli Gardens mark the 81st anniversary of Denmark’s liberation.“ by Tivoli Gardens.
Video: Danish Jews Escape to Sweden | Holocaust Survivor Leo Goldberger | USC Shoah Foundation.
Article: “Netanyahu blames Allies for failing to save Jews in 1942“ by ToI.
Article: “What happens when Netanyahu visits Trump? A look at his past five US trips“ by Ali Harb.
Article: “US Supreme Court guts key provision of Voting Rights Act“ by John Kruzel and Andrew Chung.
Article: “Kent State Shooting - Causes, Facts & Aftermath“ by History Channel.
Article: “A Timeline of Tension: Minnesota’s ICE Surge, Protests, and Deadly Shootings“ by Minnesota Now.
Article: “Citizens United, Explained“ by Daniel I. Weiner.
Article: “Russian Jews seek a home in Israel as Ukraine war drives aliyah wave“ by Nika Ozhelskaya.
Site: Transparent Election Initiative (to beat Citizens United in Montana).
Article: “Hawaiʻi bill challenging Citizens United advances, first of its kind in the nation“ by Nikki Schenfeld.
Article: “War Department Launches AI Acceleration Strategy to Secure American Military AI Dominance“ (’AI-first’) by Pete Hegseth.
Article: “United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea“ (UNCLOS) (1982) by Wikipedia.
Article: “United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea“ (1982) by UN (US non-party).
Article: “Exclusive economic zone“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “War profiteering“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Alfred Krupp“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Gustav Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Trump sons investing in domestic drone production businesses“ by Lucien Bruggeman.
Hour Two: Why Is Trump Calling the Top Black Democrat a “Thug”?
Article: “Trump Will Soon Regret His Flagrantly Racist Meme Calling Hakeem Jeffries a ‘LOW IQ THUG’“ by News Corpse.
Article: “Hakeem Jeffries“ (BA, MPP, JD) by Wikipedia.
Article: “Donald Trump“ (BS) by Wikipedia.
Article: “Here’s Why Donald Trump Doesn’t Want Anyone To Know His Grades Or SAT Scores“ by Christopher Rim.
Article: “University Confirms: Cohen Threatened Legal Action Should Trump’s Records Be Released“ by Helen Stevenson.
Article: “Tax returns of Donald Trump“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “‘This is just disarray’: alarm inside Pentagon after Hegseth staff purges“ by Robert Tait.
Article: “How Spirit Airlines’ demise will benefit rivals — and raise airfares even more“ by Leslie Josephs.
Trump Just Killed America’s Wind Power During an Oil War
Article: “Trump administration cites national security to halt US wind farm projects, FT reports“ by Reuters.
Article: “How Trump’s loathing for wind turbines started with a Scottish court battle“ by Kevin Keane, Aimee Stanton.
Article: “American Legislative Exchange Council“ (ALEC) by SourceWatch.
Article: “A timeline of US moves to dismantle controversial wind industry“ by Reuters.
Article: “$30m an hour: big oil reaping huge war windfall from consumers, analysis finds“ by Damian Carrington.
Book: “The Last Hours of Ancient Sunlight: Revised and Updated: The Fate of the World and What We Can Do Before It’s Too Late“ by Thom Hartmann.
Article: “Hermann Scheer“ (German solar) by Wikipedia.
Article: “Leawood pastor Adam Hamilton enters Kansas U.S. Senate race as Democrat to challenge Marshall “ by Roxie Hammill.
Article: “Adam Hamilton (pastor)“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Roger Marshall“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “DOJ alleges Russia funded US media company linked to right-wing social media stars“ by Zachary Cohen, Donie O’Sullivan, Evan Perez, Sean Lyngaas and Majlie de Puy Kamp.
Article: “Mueller report“ by Wikipedia.
Bill: “John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act“.
Article: “Walter Cronkite“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “On this day in 1967: Gov. George Romney says he was ‘brainwashed’ on Vietnam War“ by Ken Coleman.
Article: “Gregory Bovino“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Julia Ainsley“ by Wikipedia.
Book: Undue Process: The Inside Story of Trump’s Mass Deportation Program by Julia Ainsley.
Video: ‘Undue Process’ digs into the Trump WH’s mass deportation program .
Site: “Velshi“.
Article: “MS NOW’s Ali Velshi Gets Emotional Handing Off Namesake Show: ‘I’m Departing with a Heavy Heart’“ by Zachary Leeman.
Article: “Trump erupts on Norah O’Donnell after she reads WHCD shooter’s manifesto branding him a “pedophile, rapist, and traitor”“ by poligirlsayswhat.
Article: “treason“ by Merriam-Webster.
Article: “Magna Carta“ (1215) by Wikipedia.
Article: “Exclusive: Russia supplies Iran with cyber support, spy imagery to hone attacks, Ukraine says“ by Tom Balmforth and John Irish.
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: “‘Veered into micromanagement’: Rift between Trump and White House ballroom architect grows“ by Ewan Gleadow.
Article: “Trump insiders say he’s privately calling himself ‘the most powerful person to ever live’“ by Sarah K. Burris.
Article: “UK Plans New Military Alliance Beyond NATO to Counter Russia in the North“ by Pravda.Ru.
Article: “Kaliningrad“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “US withdrawing 5,000 troops from Germany after Merz says US ‘humiliated’ by Iran“ by Angela Giuffrida, Jon Henley.
Article: “Collective defence - Article 5“ by NATO.
Article: “U.S. warns European allies of weapons delivery delays“ by Stephen Feller.
Article: “The US military is spending $1m to shoot down Iran’s $20,000 drones. Here’s why“ by Aaron Brynildson.
Hour Three: No - Good People Don’t Still Support Him
- John Pavlovitz, writer, pastor, and activist / latest book is “Stuff That Needs To Be Said“ / Host of the new Substack video series LOATHE THY NEIGHBOR, that begins airing March 23rd @johnpavlovitz.bsky.social
Substack: “The Beautiful Mess by John Pavlovitz“.
Article: “No, Good People Don’t Still Support Him“ by John Pavlovitz.
Book: HERE and NOW and SMALL and CLOSE by John Pavlovitz.
Article: “No, Good People Don’t Still Support Him“ by John Pavlovitz.
Article: “Birth control in the United States“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Abortion in the United States“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Women in the United States“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Rush Limbaugh“ by Wikipedia.
Item: “The Hillary Nutcracker“.
Article: “Rush Limbaugh had a lot to say about feminism. Women learned how to not care.“ by Monica Hesse.
Article: “Maersk says subsidiary’s US-flagged vehicle carrier transits Strait of Hormuz accompanied by US military“ by Reuters.
Article: “Middle East crisis live: The day so far“ by Adam Fulton, Lucy Campbell, Charlie Moloney, Tom Ambrose and Yohannes Lowe.
Article: “Sedition“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Jury Convicts Four Leaders of the Proud Boys of Seditious Conspiracy Related to U.S. Capitol Breach“ by DoJ.
Article: “Trump Family Crypto Project Quietly Sold as Holders Got Stuck“ by Olga Kharif.
Quote: “Figures Don’t Lie, But Liars Do Figure“ - anon.
Article: “United States Inflation Rate“ by Trading economics.
Article: “The Relative Performance of the Economy under the Presidents of the United States from 1900 to 2025“ by Samuel H. Williamson.
Article: “Forget 3% US inflation. It’s heading for 4%“ by Jamie McGeever.
Article: “Mortgage rate history: 1972 to 2026“ by Andrew Dehan.
Video: Graham Platner Holds a PACKED Town Hall in Biddeford, Maine .
Article: “Here are the candidates who have qualified for CNN’s California governor’s debate“ by Kaanita Iyer, Jack Clifton.
Cuba Tells Trump There Will Be No Surrender
Article: “Donald Trump Says US Will Take Over Cuba ‘Almost Immediately’“ by Sam Stevenson.
Article: “Trump expands US sanctions on Cuban government and affiliates“ by Steve Holland and Daphne Psaledakis.
Article: “‘No Aggressor, No Matter How Powerful, Will Find Surrender in Cuba,’ President Warns Trump“ by Jon Queally.
Executive Order: “Imposing Sanctions On Those Responsible For Repression In Cuba And For Threats To United States National Security And Foreign Policy“ by Donald J. Trump.
Article: “Trump’s $1bn pitch to oil bosses ‘the definition of corruption’, top Democrat says“ by Peter Stone.
Article: “Koch network“ (Koch brothers) by Wikipedia.
Article: “In letter to Xi, Trump asks China not to send weapons to Iran“ by Eric Mack.
Article: “US Supreme Courts Blocks Fifth Circuit Decision on Mifepristone“ by Guttmacher.
Article: “State Shield Laws: Protections for Abortion and Gender-Affirming Care Providers“ by KFF.
Article: “Reconstruction era“ by Wikipedia.
Case: “Brown v. Board“, 1954 (school desegregation).
Article: “Loathe thy neighbor: Elon Musk and the Christian right are waging war on empathy“ by Julia Carrie Wong.
Article: “Elon Musk wants to save Western civilization from empathy“ by Zachary B. Wolf.
Article: “Sen. Mitch McConnell’s legacy is the current Supreme Court and a judiciary reshaped by his ‘calculated audacity’“ by Al Cross.