Sue's Daily Stack, The Thom Hartmann Program 03/04/26
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Wednesday’s Daily Stack
Hour One: Could a 9/11-Scale Crisis Be the Political Lifeline Trump’s Presidency Desperately Needs?
Article: “Could a 9/11-Scale Crisis Be the Political Lifeline Trump’s Presidency Desperately Needs?“ by Thom Hartmann.
Article: “Why Has America Tolerated Six Illegitimate GOP Presidents?“ by Thom Hartmann.
Article: “We Can’t Let the Bush/Cheney War Lies Go Down the Memory Hole“ by Thom Hartmann.
Article: “Presidential Approval Ratings — George W. Bush“ by Gallup.
Article: “THE IRAQ WAR -- PART II: Was There Even a Decision? U.S. and British Documents Give No Indication Alternatives Were Seriously Considered“ by John Prados and Christopher Ames.
Article: “FBI agents fired by Patel worked in counterintelligence, including on cases involving Iran, sources say“ by Sarah N. Lynch, Daniel Klaidman.
Article: “Anatomy of Two Giant Deals: The U.A.E. Got Chips. The Trump Team Got Crypto Riches.“ by Eric Lipton, David Yaffe-Bellany, Bradley Hope, Tripp Mickle and Paul Mozur.
Article: “Hunting bin Laden“ by FrontLine.
Article: “The lawsuit accusing Trump of raping a 13-year-old girl, explained“ by Emily Crockett.
Quote: “History Does Not Repeat Itself, But It Rhymes“ - attributed to Mark Twain.
Quote: “As a matter of fact, in interviews in 1999 with respected journalist, and long time Bush family friend, David Herskowitz, then Governor George Bush stated: ‘One of the keys to being seen as a great leader is to be seen as a commander-in-chief. My father had all this political capital built up when he drove the Iraqis out of Kuwait and he wasted it. If I have a chance to invade... if I had that much capital, I’m not going to waste it. I’m going to get everything passed that I want to get passed and I’m going to have a successful presidency.” - My Testimony for the Downing Street Memo Hearings“ by Cindy Sheehan, June 16 2005.
Article: “September 11 attacks“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Timothy McVeigh“ by Wikipedia.
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: “Kurds“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “CIA working to arm Kurdish forces to spark uprising in Iran, sources say “ by Natasha Bertrand, Alayna Treene, Zachary Cohen, Clarissa Ward, Vasco Cotovio.
Can Democrats Keep Flipping Red Seats?
Article: “Talarico wins, Paxton, Cornyn advance to runoff following Texas primary“ by Tolga Sahin.
Article: “Holladay wins Arkansas special election in key Democratic pickup“ by Sarah Fortinsky.
Article: “‘Authority is not absolute’: Judge rips Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders for failing to ‘follow the law’ on citizens’ election rights“ by Conrad Hoyt.
Article: “Texas sets new record for early voting in the primaries“ by Jeremy Wallace.
Article: “A ‘Chaotic’ Election Day in Dallas Brings a Crockett Loss, Runoffs for Allred, Paxton“ by Emma Ruby, Austin Wood and Kelly Dearmore.
Article: “Trump was lured into war with Iran by tantalizing tidbit in secret phone call: report“ by Travis Gettys.
Post: “This criminal was first elected as Israel’s prime minister in 1996. He has been in and out of power but has been prime minster a total of 16 years. The entire time he has attempted to goad the US into fighting a war for Israel. Trump is the only president stupid enough to go along with him.“ by swalkthewalk.bsky.social.
Article: “Trump offers political risk insurance and US Navy escort for ships through the Strait of Hormuz“ by Lloyd Lee.
Article: “Thom Tillis Torches Kristi Noem Over ICE And Killing Her Dog“ by Jennifer Bendery.
Article: “Kash Patel gutted FBI counterintelligence team tasked with tracking Iranian threats days before US strikes, sources say“ by Hannah Rabinowitz.
Article: “Does Trump have a shingles rash on his neck? What his doctor says“ by Kinsey Crowley, Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy.
Article: “Who are the Kurds?“ by BBC.
Article: “Read the complete transcript of Trump’s 2026 State of the Union“ by AP.
Article: “White House helps MAGA influencers including famous dog walker flee Middle East war zone on private jet“ by Alyssa Guzman.
Bible: “You have heard that it was said, ‘Eye for eye, and tooth for tooth.’ But I tell you, do not resist an evil person. If anyone slaps you on the right cheek, turn to them the other cheek also. And if anyone wants to sue you and take your shirt, hand over your coat as well.“ - Matthew 5:38-40.
Bible: “When Jesus’ followers saw what was going to happen, they said, “Lord, should we strike with our swords?” And one of them struck the servant of the high priest, cutting off his right ear. But Jesus answered, “No more of this!” And he touched the man’s ear and healed him.“ - Luke (22:49-51).
Article: “Second Council of Constantinople“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Pete Hegseth’s tattoos have raised eyebrows. Here’s what we know about their meaning“ by Jack Izzo.
Article: “Draft Overturning Roe v. Wade Quotes Infamous Witch Trial Judge With Long-Discredited Ideas on Rape“ by Ken Armstrong.
Hour Two: Does America need a regime change?
- Dean Obeidallah, Host of Dean Obeidallah show weekdays 6-9PM ET @SXMProgress Radio Ch127 / His substack is The Dean’s Report @DeanObeidallah @SXMProgress
Article: “Netanyahu pressured for Iran war but Trump is the real reason we are in this mess!“ by Dean Obeidallah.
Article: “Iran strikes are ‘disgusting and evil’ says longtime Trump ally and MAGA stalwart Tucker Carlson: report“ by Mike Bedigan.
Article: “When Netanyahu slept at the Kushners — and other media tales of Trump’s Jewish confidantes“ by Ron Kampeas.
Article: “Senator ‘more fearful than ever’ of US troop deployment after classified Iran briefing“ by Holly Bishop.
Article: “The US needs a regime change—and neither we, nor the world, can wait until 2029!“ by Dean Obeidallah.
Quote: “I don’t want to abolish government. I simply want to reduce it to the size where I can drag it into the bathroom and drown it in the bathtub“ by Grover Norquist.
Article: “Rep. Al Green files impeachment article against Trump over Iran: ‘Threat to democracy’“ by Matt Keeley.
Article: “USS Liberty“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Defense executives plan to meet at White House as strikes on Iran diminish stockpiles: Reuters“ by Reuters.
Article: “Defense Production Act of 1950“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Trump administration could order U.S. manufacturers to make more munitions amid Iran war“ by Gordon Lubold.
Is ICE Tracking Your Phone Without a Warrant?
Article: “Democratic lawmakers demand probe into DHS warrantless location tracking“ by Brett Wilkins.
Article: “Inside Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Estate That Keeps Appearing In Epstein Files“ by TN Lifestyle Desk.
Article: “Reformed Christianity“ (Calvinism) by Wikipedia.
Article: “On the “Dark Enlightenment,” and of Curtis Yarvin / Mencius Moldbug“ by Charles Haywood.
Book: Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell.
Article: “Herpes“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Chickenpox“ (Varicella) by Wikipedia.
Article: “Release: Gottheimer Joins AIPAC’s Political Leadership Forum to Discuss Bipartisanship and Key U.S-Israel Relationship“ by Josh Gottheimer.
Article: “American Israel Public Affairs Committee“ (AIPAC) by Wikipedia.
Article: “Trump said Iran’s nuclear program was ‘obliterated.’ So why is he looking to strike again?“ by Aaron Blake.
Article: “US strikes set Iran’s nuclear program back ‘many years,’ Israeli assessment finds“ by Rachel Wolf, Jacqui Heinrich, Peter Doocy.
Article: “IDF assesses Iran’s nuclear program set back years, but ‘too early’ to know for sure“ by Emanuel Fabian.
Article: “Trump pushes back on reports top military adviser warned of Iran-related risks to US troops“ by Emily Chang, Michelle Stoddart, and Luis Martinez.
Article: “What Is The 910-kg ‘Bunker Buster’ Bomb US Dropped On Iran’s Nuclear Sites | Photos“ by Diksha Modi.
Article: “Jasmine Crockett, James Talarico show different fighting styles in first debate of Senate Democratic primary“ by Kayla Guo.
Article: “Goliath“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “FBI document claims Jeffrey Epstein was a Mossad agent. Here is how he was tied to Israel“ by The Week News Desk.
Article: “Israel’s Barak says he regrets knowing Epstein after documents detail their long friendship“ by Sam Mednick.
Article: “AIPAC and Republican Donors Raising Big Money for Maxine Dexter Against Susheela Jayapal in Oregon“ by Ryan Grim.
Article: “Here Is All the Money AIPAC Spent on the 2024 Elections“ by David Moore, Donald Shaw.
Hour Three: Are we going to be able to fight this war and still retain the capacity to stop Russia or China in Ukraine or Taiwan?
Article: “The Most Dangerous Idiots in American History Just Started a War They Can’t Finish: A full accounting of Iran’s devastation, depleted stockpiles, and 1 million stranded Americans“ by Dean Blundell.
Article: “Five reasons Trump has left America vulnerable to a terrorist attack by Iran.“ by Miles Taylor.
Article: “Trump says ‘someone from within’ Iranian regime might be best choice to lead once war ends“ by Aamer Madhani, Seung Min Kim.
Article: “Athenian democracy“ by Wikipedia.
Book: The Hidden History of Big Brother in America: How the Death of Privacy and the Rise of Surveillance Threaten Us and Our Democracy by Thom Hartmann.
Article: “U.S. Gross Domestic Product (GDP) Growth by President“ by Hiranmayi Srinivasan.
Article: “TIL that the 2003 invasion of Iraq was initially called “Operation Iraqi Liberation”, but was quickly changed to “Operation Iraqi Freedom” due to the acronym spelling out “OIL”.“ by adudenamedrf.
Article: “Joint Munitions Command“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Military budget of the United States“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Trump proposes massive increase in 2027 defense spending to $1.5T, citing ‘dangerous times’“ by Aamer Madhani, Konstantin Toropin.
Article: “Japan Oil“ by worldometer.
Article: “Aryeh Lightstone“ (senior advisor to Board of Peace) by AAPI.
Article: “Josh Gruenbaum“ (senior advisor to Board of Peace) by Board of Peace.
Article: “Nickolay Mladenov“ (Gaza Executive Board Member, Gaza Executive Board Member) by Wikipedia.
Article: “Change in primary voting rules leads to confusion in 2 Texas counties as voters are turned away“ by Sara Cline, Ali Swenson, Nicholas Riccardi.
Article: “Texas Supreme Court stops Dallas County from counting late votes after confusion over new rules“ by Fredreka Schouten, Arlette Saenz, Veronica Stracqualursi.