Sue's Daily Stack, The Thom Hartmann Program 04/03/26
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Friday’s Daily Stack
Hour One: Why Are Americans Still Stuck Paying for Oil Wars When EVs Cost Less to Drive?
Article: “Why Are Americans Still Stuck Paying for Oil Wars When EVs Cost Less to Drive?“ by Thom Hartmann.
Article: “Electric Vehicles Save Consumers Money“ by Consumer Reports.
Article: “Average Fuel Economy by Major Vehicle Category“ by Alternative Fuels Data Center.
Article: “Average Electric Car kWh Per Mile“ by Eco Cost Savings.
Article: “Solid-state EV batteries are rolling out in China, promising nearly 1,000 miles of range“ by Peter Johnson.
Article: “Largest DC Fast-Charging Networks in the US: March 2026“ by Mark Kane.
Article: “‘Pump anxiety’ from soaring fuel prices prompts surge in EV interest“ by Kana Inagaki.
Article: “An electric car with a 500-mile range is here“ by Bradley Brownell.
Article: “JD Vance Is Being Called A “Horrifyingly Repulsive Individual” After His Comment About US Allies Suffering From Gas Prices Went Viral“ by Michaela Bramwell.
Article: “Trump’s latest attempt to derail EV-charger construction“ by Kathryn Krawczyk.
Article: “Trump administration directs states to stop spending on EV charging infrastructure“ by AP.
Article: “Fact-checking Trump and Vance on energy“ by Brian Dabbs, Robin Bravender.
Article: “Electricity Rates for Every State in The U.S.“ by Thad Warren.
Article: “Houses you can heat with a hair dryer“ by Rachel Wagner.
Article: “This 5000 sf Canadian House can basically be heated with a hairdryer!“ by Matt Risinger.
Article: “JD Vance, a 2003 graduate of Middletown High School, is set to become America’s next vice president.“ by Middletown City School District.
Article: “No Furnaces but Heat Aplenty in ‘Passive Houses’“ by Elisabeth Rosenthal.
Article: “What to Know About Electric Cars When Gas Prices Are Surging“ by Jack Ewing.
Article: “Now is the Perfect Time to Buy an Electric Vehicle“ by Michael Grunwald.
Article: “Average Miles Driven Per Year“ by The Zebra.
Article: “Iran Shoots Down US Fighter Jet, Search Underway for Crew as State TV Puts Bounty on Pilots: Report“ by Zachary Leeman.
Article: “Steve Bannon scoffs amid search for US pilots in Iran: ‘Gonna get some people shot down’“ by David Edwards.
Vance Targets Blue States as Trump’s New Fraud Czar
Article: “Trump sics JD Vance on blue states with new assignment: ‘Raids have already started in LA’“ by Alexander Willis.
Article: “Monopoly“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Monopsony“ by Wikipedia.
Book: The Hidden History of Monopolies: How Big Business Destroyed the American Dream by Thom Hartmann.
Law: “Sherman Antitrust Act“, 1890.
Law: “Clayton Antitrust Act of 1914“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “United States antitrust law“ by Wikipedia.
Movie: “Wall Street (1987 film)“.
Article: “Mergers and acquisitions“ by Wikipedia.
Is Vance Now the Vice President of Hungary?
Article: “Operation Save Orbán: Trump deploys Vance to Hungary“ by Milena Wälde.
Article: “EU leaders blast Viktor Orbán over a Ukraine loan veto, accusing him of playing election games“ by Lorne Cook And Sam McNeil.
Article: “Pete Hegseth forces out Army’s top officer and two other generals“ by Courtney Kube.
Article: “Pete Hegseth has intervened in military promotions for more than a dozen senior officers“ by Gordon Lubold.
Video: MAGA Podcasters, Influencers Turning On Trump? | The View.
Article: “What Are the Origins of the Term ‘Stay Woke’?“ by Nur Ibrahim.
Article: “Over 100 International Law Experts Warn: U.S. Strikes on Iran Violate UN Charter and May Be War Crimes“ by Tom Dannenbaum, Rebecca Hamilton, Adil Ahmad Haque, Oona A. Hathaway and Gabor Rona.
Article: “Democratic lawmakers urge troops to disobey illegal orders “ by Natasha Bertrand, Zachary Cohen.
Article: “Carl Jung“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Maureen Dowd“ by Wikipedia.
Site: John Pavlovitz.
Article: “Why Trump fired Pam Bondi as Attorney General, spoke about getting rid of Tulsi Gabbard - Explained“ by Khushi Arora.
Article: “Trump DOJ opens mortgage fraud probe into Eric Swalwell as congressman vows to keep fighting back“ by Greg Wehner, Peter Doocy.
Quote: “Whiskey Is for Drinking; Water Is for Fighting Over“ - attributed to Mark Twain.
Article: “Revelation 16“ by Wikipedia.
Bible: Revelation 16: The Seven Bowls of God’s Wrath (Armageddon).
Article: “In pictures: Trump rolls out the red carpet for Putin“ (Alaska) by BBC.
Article: “Fact Check: This photo of Trump and Putin is hanging in the White House“ by Taija PerryCook.
Article: “Blue Dog Coalition“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Staff cuts have damaged Social Security, former commissioner says“ by Marty Schladen.
Article: “Trump says it’s ‘not possible’ for the U.S. to pay for Medicaid, Medicare and day care: ‘We’re fighting wars’“ by Eleanor Skelly, Alexandra Marquez, Tara Prindiville and Sarah Dean.
Article: “Trump announces ‘fraud’ crackdown in Democratic states as arrests begin in California“ by Maya Yang, Dani Anguiano.
Article: “How Does the U.S. Healthcare System Compare to Other Countries? “ by Peter G. Peterson Foundation.
Hour Two: The Iran war just showed up in your Amazon shopping cart - as - Trump lies about the war continue...
Article: “Amazon Cites Oil Price Spike Caused by Trump’s Iran War to Justify New 3.5% Surcharge “ by Brad Reed.
Article: “Trump’s Iran War Is Built on Lies and Fantasies“ by Mac William Bishop.
Article: “Trump Announces U.S. Military’s Capture of Maduro“ by Matthew Olay.
Article: “Troubling signs in new Trump intel report alarm expert: ‘Raises real questions’“ by Robert Davis.
Article: “Fifty Thousand Troops and No Way Into Iran“ by Mohammed Omar.
Article: “Robert McNamara“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “General Curtis LeMay, “Bomb the North Vietnamese Back to the Stone Age” Quote or No Quote?“ by Professor Buzzkill.
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: “200 US troops have been wounded, including 10 ‘seriously’“ by ABC News.
Article: “Explained: Why Did Osama Bin Laden Attack The United States“ by Asian News International.
Article: “Hegseth ousts Army Chief of Staff Gen. Randy George“ by Jennifer Jacobs, Eleanor Watson, James LaPorta.
Is Pete Hegseth Purging the Military of Black and Female Officers?
Article: “Pete Hegseth Accused of Blocking Promotions of a Dozen Officers Due to Race, Gender: Report“ by David Gilmour.
Article: “U.S. adds 178k jobs in ‘strong’ March report amid Iran conflict“ by Andrew Rice.
Article: “Jefferson Smith (politician)“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Gish gallop“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Zionism“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Government Defrauds Legal Immigrants and US Sponsors Who Paid $1 Billion in Fees “ by David J. Bier.
Article: “The Immigration Act of 1924 (The Johnson-Reed Act)“ by Office of the Historian.
Law: “Immigration Act of 1924“.
Law: “Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986“.
Law: “Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965“.
Article: “Meta and YouTube negligent in landmark LA social media safety trial “ by Jonathan Lloyd, Kaitlyn Humani and Barbara Ortutay.
Article: “How Facebook Became a Tool for Genocide“ by LAJONG11.
Article: “What is Australia’s under-16 social media ban? The world-first law explained“ by Professor Terry Flew.
Article: “Revelation 11“ by Wikipedia.
Bible: “ destroy those who destroy the earth“ - Revelation 11.
Article: “Iran Publishes Scathing Letter Hours Before Trump’s War Address to the Nation“ by Ahmad Austin Jr.
Post: “This New Lego video is Specially for you, pete hegseth! Straight from Iran. [video]” by Mohammad Shahi.
Article: “Iran fights propaganda war with Lego Trump and AI rap“ by IntelliNews.
Article: “AI models will secretly scheme to protect other AI models from being shut down, researchers find“ by Jeremy Kahn.
Article: “Lawmakers Want DOD, Hegseth Investigated for Biblical ‘Armageddon’ Claims“ by Nick Mordowanec.
Article: “Nicolas Sarkozy“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Former French President Sarkozy released from prison pending appeal in conspiracy case“ by Nicolas Vaux-montagny, Sylvie Corbet.
Hour Three: The West Is Drying Up and Washington Looks Away
Article: “‘On a whole other level’: rapid snow melt-off in American west stuns scientists “ by Gabrielle Canon.
Article: “U.S. fighter jet shot down in Iran: One crew member rescued, search for other ongoing“ by Barak Ravid.
Article: “Caral“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Iran attacks Kuwait’s critical desalination plant supplying 90 per cent of nation’s drinking water“ by Mathrubhumi.
Quote: “The long arc of history bends towards justice“ - Martin Luther King Jr..
Article: “New Report: Global Freedom Declined for 20th Consecutive Year in 2025“ by Freedom House.
Book: The Hidden History of American Democracy: Rediscovering Humanity’s Ancient Way of Living by Thom Hartmann.
Article: “Jamestown, Virginia“ by Wikipedia.
Book: A Resistance History of the United States by Tad Stoermer.
Article: “John A. Stormer“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “Statement of the “Former JAGs Working Group” on Media Reports of Pentagon “No Quarter” Orders in Caribbean Boat Strikes“.
Article: “No quarter“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “A Great Englishman? British Views of George Washington, from Revolution to Rapprochement“ by Sam Edwards.
Article: “John McCain“ by Wikipedia.
Article: “The US will become ‘minority white’ in 2045, Census projects“ by William H. Frey.
Article: “MS NOW Defends Bondi Portrait Report Amid Onslaught of Criticism From Trump DOJ“ by David Gilmour.
Article: “Why Do Seventh-Day Adventists Live Longer Than Most Americans?“ by Aaron Gilbreath.
Article: “NASA Study Solves Two Mysteries About Wobbling Earth“ by NASA.
Article: “No snow. No water. Restrictions grow across West as drought fears rise“ by Trevor Hughes.
Article: “The Snows of Kilimanjaro (short story)“ by Ernest Hemingway.
Book: Ishmael: A Novel by Daniel Quinn.
Book: The Story of B by Daniel Quinn.
Book: My Ishmael by Daniel Quinn.