Sue's Daily Stack, The Thom Hartmann Program 03/10/26
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Tuesday’s Daily Stack
Hour One: The Most Dangerous Weapon Ever Aimed at America Isn’t a Missile
Article: “The Most Dangerous Weapon Ever Aimed at America Isn’t a Missile“ by Thom Hartmann.
Book: The Hidden History of American Democracy: Rediscovering Humanity’s Ancient Way of Living by Thom Hartmann.
Article: “The Memo That Hijacked American Democracy — And How Democrats Can Take It Back“ by Thom Hartmann.
Article: “The Desire for Terror“ by Timothy Snyder.
Book: The Hidden History of American Oligarchy: Reclaiming Our Democracy from the Ruling Class by Thom Hartmann.
Article: “Fact check: Trump’s barrage of false claims in Davos about Greenland and NATO“ by Daniel Dale.
Article: “Shifting rationales for strikes on Iran: White House says it doesn’t want regime change“ by Greg Myre.
Article: “Text of the Email That Pete Hegseth’s Mother Sent Him“ by NYT.
Article: “Trump Again Suggests Without Evidence That Iran Struck Elementary School“ by Shawn McCreesh and John Ismay.
Article: “Why do Americans hate each other while Canadians love each other?“ by Robert Reich.
Article: “Powell Memo“.
Article: “Georgia voters to pick replacement for Marjorie Taylor Greene in special election“ by Kayla Epstein.
Article: “FBI obtains voting data from Arizona GOP’s 2020 review that confirmed Trump’s loss“ by Tech Fixated.
Article: “FBI seizure of Georgia ballots reflects pursuit of Trump’s 2020 election grievance“ by Kate Brumback.
Site: Washington State Voter Portal.
Site: Vote.org.
Article: “Can There Be an Election During a War? Constitutional, Historical, and Practical Insights“ by The Legal Guide.
Did 300 Billionaires Just Buy American Democracy?
Article: “‘Astonishing Stat’: Billionaires Gave Nearly 20% of Donations in 2024 US Federal Elections“ by Stephen Prager.
Case: “Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission“ (2010).
Article: “Gilded Age“ by Wikipedia.
Is Vladimir Putin Now Calling the Shots on Trump’s Iran War?
Article: “Trump, Putin talk of war and peace as US weighs easing Russian oil sanctions“ by Ground News.
Article: “Benedict Arnold“ (defected to the British) by Wikipedia.
Article: “Seventh U.S. service member killed in Iran war“ by Isabel Keane.
Article: “Russian bounty program“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Trump: Americans Who Died in War Are ‘Losers’ and ‘Suckers’“ by Jeffrey Goldberg.
Site: Indivisible.
Article: “Talarico wins, Paxton, Cornyn advance to runoff following Texas primary“ by Tolga Sahin.
Article: “Trump ‘I did that’ stickers“ by Ebay.
Article: “War Powers Act Doesn’t Grant 60 Days of Unchecked War“ by San Francisco Today.
Article: “Military veterans remain a Republican group, backing Trump over Harris by wide margin“ by Joseph Copeland.
Book: A Field Guide to the Apocalypse: A Mostly Serious Guide to Surviving Our Wild Times by Athena Aktipis.
Article: “Is Trump Really Banned From Greenland? Viral ‘100 Generations’ Claim Explained“ by Rohit David.
Site: The Commonwealth Report.
Site: “Project 2025“.
Article: “Gavin Newsom“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “J. B. Pritzker“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Josh Shapiro“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Sen. Jon Tester loses re-election bid in Montana, NBC News projects“ by Ryan Teague Beckwith.
Article: “Marine veteran protesting Iran war breaks arm as Sen Tim Sheehy helps remove him“ by Mataeo Smith.
Hour Two: While the world looks away, Ukraine is still suffering
- Lev Parnas, Author “Shadow Diplomacy“, public speaker, political activist, truth teller. Subject of the Emmy nominated Rachel Maddow documentary “From Russia With Lev“ / “Award winning whistleblower” (Lev received the distinguished Pillar Award for Whistleblowing in 2025) Substack
GoFundMe: “Help Lev Parnas Save Our Democracy“ by Lev Parnas.
Article: “While the World Looks Away, Ukraine Is Still Suffering“ by Lev Parnas.
Article: “Lev Parnas, ex-member of Trump’s ‘cult’, runs for Congress as Florida Democrat“ by Edward Helmore and Robert Mackey.
Article: “Russia is providing Iran intelligence to target U.S. forces, officials say“ by Noah Robertson, Ellen Nakashima and Warren P. Strobel.
Article: “Trump Announces U.S. Military’s Capture of Maduro “ by Matthew Olay.
Article: “As the Iran war upends energy flows, Russia is emerging as the real winner“ by Lee Ying Shan.
Article: “John McCain: Russia is a ‘gas station masquerading as a country’“ by Jon Terbush.
Article: “Nord Stream 2“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Russian spy chief threatens Poland and Baltic States“ by Aljazeera.
Article: “Israel“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Mohammed bin Salman“(MBS) by Wikipedia.
Article: “Rep. Garcia: Why Did Saudi Government Give Kushner $2 Billion?“ by Robert Garcia.
Article: “Venezuela oil sales top $1 billion, funds won’t go to Qatar account anymore, Energy secretary says“ by Spencer Kimball.
Article: “Reichstag fire“ by Britannica.
Site: Lev Parnas for Congress (Florida’s 27th Congressional District, held by Representative María Elvira Salazar, a Republican).
Article: “Medicare drug changes are coming next year. How to prepare. (i.e. 2026) by Kerry Hannon.
Book: People of the Lie: The Hope for Healing Human Evil by M. Scott Peck by M. Scott Peck.
Article: “M. Scott Peck: Evil“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “The Dark Rise of America’s Monsters“ by Thom Hartmann.
Article: “Stephen Miller (political advisor)“ by Wikipedia.
Did RFK Jr. Stack the Vaccine Review Deck with Someone Who Makes Stuff Up?
Article: “RFK Jr’s pick to review Covid vaccines authored misleading research, experts say“ by Stephanie Kirchgaessner.
Is Dr. Oz’s Real Job to Kick Sick People Off Their Health Insurance?
Article: “Dr. Oz says Obamacare enrollment may be ‘too high’“ by Berkeley Lovelace Jr.
Article: “Where Would We Be If Joe Lieberman Hadn’t Killed the Public Option?“ by Monica Potts.
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: “Senate Leader Thune throws cold water on filibuster change in push for voter-ID bill“ (SAVE Act) by Justin Papp.
Article: “Did The Supreme Court Just Legalize Caging?“ by Greg Palast.
Quote: “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has.“ - Margaret Mead.
Site: “No Kings“. Next: March 28.
Article: “Trump Shuts Down Kennedy Center After Artists Keep Canceling“ by Erkki Forster.
Article: “Watergate complex“ 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: “Ludwig Müller“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Putin and the Orthodox Church: how his faith shapes his politics“ by Ben Ryan.
Article: “How Iran controls the Strait of Hormuz, a strategic sea passage for oil and gas“ by Times Now Digital.
Hour Three: Will Trump’s Iran War Convince North Korea It Needs More Nukes?
Article: “Trump’s Iran war will reinforce North Korea’s view that nuclear weapons are the only path to security“ by Justin McCurry.
Article: “Leader Schumer And Senators Reed & Shaheen Demand Public Hearings On Trump’s War Of Choice In Iran “ by Chuck Schumer.
Article: “Democrats vow to shut down Senate over Iran conflict“ by Alexander Bolton.
Article: “Trump says he wants to meet Kim Jong Un on Asia trip“ by Danai Nesta Kupemba.
How the story from the girl alleging Trump raped her when she was 13 gets more and more solid
Article: “New Secrets from the Epstein Files“ by Jay Kuo.
Article: “What Fox News hosts allegedly said privately versus on-air about false election fraud claims“ by Olivia Rubin.
Video: Paul Weyrich - “I don’t want everybody to vote” (Goo Goo).
Article: “Paul Weyrich“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “James Talarico“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “1953 Iranian coup d’état“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Tommy Douglas“ (father of Canadian Healthcare) by Wikipedia.
Article: “Healthcare in Canada“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Toyota, Moving Northward“ by Paul Krugman.
Article: “Does Jasmine Crockett Back Israel? Unpacking Votes, Ceasefires, and Criticisms“ by Anup Pandey.
Article: “The Heritage Foundation: Only 99 Cases of Noncitizen Voting Since 1982“ by This Will Hold.
Article: “New details emerge about 13-year-old alleged Epstein victim who accused Trump of rape“ (1984) by Evan Williams.
Article: “Michael Cohen (lawyer)“ (Trump attorney 2006 to 2018) by Wikipedia.
Article: “Former Trump Insider Slams Michael Cohen As A ‘Scared Little Chicken’, Vows to ‘Break’ Him“ by Glory Moralidad.
Article: “US Retail Gas Price (I:USRGP)“ by Ycharts.