Mike Pence and the multimillionaire televangelists who support him argue that to be a Christian one must discriminate against gay people, use the power of the state to prevent women from getting abortions or birth control, support tearing refugee children from their parents, and prevent the working poor from having access to healthcare.

Pete Buttigieg has opened a new and much-needed conversation about what it means to be a Christian. He takes his inspiration from Matthew 25, the place in the Bible where Jesus explicitly tells his disciples what they have to do to get into heaven, which says that we must feed the hungry, heal the sick, and welcome the stranger.

The simple reality is that Jesus would not recognize the kind of Christianity being preached by Pence, Falwell, Graham and others. But he would immediately recognize Pete Buttigieg as one of his own.

-Thom

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Monday's Daily Stack

Article: "Mueller's report on Russia and Trump to be made public Thursday" by Julia Ainsley and Dartunorro Clark.

Article: "Tax Day is here. How to make sure you're all set for the IRS" by Darla Mercado.

Video: Mayor Pete Buttigieg announces run for president: full speech on April 14, 2019.

Article: "Buttigieg v Pence: Indiana politicians put faith on the election frontline" by David Smith.

Article: "Pence says Buttigieg bringing 'attacks on my Christian faith'" by Caroline Kelly.

Bible: "Since Judas had charge of the money, some thought Jesus was telling him to buy what was needed for the festival, or to give something to the poor.".

Bible: "For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in" - Matthew 25:35-40".

Bible: "By their fruit you will recognize them. Do people pick grapes from thornbushes, or figs from thistles?" - Matthew 7:16".

Article: "Omar says she has faced increase in death threats since Trump tweet" by Owen Daugherty.

Article: "The plot against America: Inside the Christian right plan to "remodel" the nation" by Paul Rosenberg.

Article: "Copy, Paste, Legislate" by Center for Public Integrity.

Article: "How we uncovered 10,000 times lawmakers introduced copycat model bills — and why it matters" by Rob O'Dell.

Article: "Cleansing of the Temple" by Wikipedia.

Article: "The Handmaid's Tale (TV series)" by Wikipedia.

Video: "Jesus would support the use of torture"...?! (Thom Hartmann v. Bryan Fischer).

Bible: "Matthew 7:12" (Do unto others as you would have them do unto you).

Bible: "Matthew 22:39" - "And the second is like it: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.'".

Article: "Why the Johnson Amendment is always debated and never repealed" by Jacob Lupfer.

Article: "The Trump Administration Wants to Snoop on Disabled Americans" by David M. Perry.

Article: "How A Trump Proposal Could Reduce 'Happy' Disabled People" by Imani Barbarin.

Article: "Here's what Republicans and billionaires really mean when they talk about ‘freedom'" by Thom Hartmann.

Bible: "Matthew 22:21" - "Therefore render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's.".

Article: "Great Society" by Wikipedia.

Bible: "Ezekiel 16:49" - "Now this was the sin of your sister Sodom: She and her daughters were arrogant, overfed and unconcerned; they did not help the poor and needy..".

Article: "Seven deadly sins" by Wikipedia.

Bible: "Romans 1:24" - "Therefore God gave them over in the sinful desires of their hearts to sexual impurity for the degrading of their bodies with one another.".

Article: "Black people and Mormonism" by Wikipedia.

Book: "The Jefferson Bible" by Thomas Jefferson.

Quote: "THESE are the times that try men's souls..." - Thomas Paine.

Book: Thomas Paine Complete Works - World's Best Ultimate Collection - All Works: Common Sense, Age Of Reason, Crisis, Rights Of Man, Agrarian Justice, Short Writings Plus Biography & Bonuses [Annotated] by Thomas Paine.

Article: "Establishment Clause". "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof..."

Article: "No Religious Test Clause". "...but no religious test shall ever be required as a qualification to any office or public trust under the United States."

Article: "Declaration of Independence".

Article: "Inquisition" by Wikipedia.

Book: The Emerging Republican Majority by Kevin Phillips.

Book: American Theocracy: The Peril and Politics of Radical Religion, Oil, and Borrowed Money in the 21st Century by Kevin Phillips.

Quote: "When Fascism Comes To America, It Will Be Wrapped in the Flag and carrying a cross" - attributed to Sinclair Lewis.

Hour Two: When Did the Religion of Shareholder Primacy Emerge?
- Morris Pearl, Chairman - Patriotic Millionaires / former managing director at BlackRock Inc

Article: "4 pharma companies saved $7 billion from GOP tax law" by Bob Herman.

Article: "Pfizer to raise prices on 41 prescription drugs next year despite pressure from Trump" by Angelica LaVito.

Article: "J&J raises U.S. prices on around two dozen drugs" by Michael Erman.

Article: "Merck raised prices five drugs including Keytruda in November" by Michael Erman.

Article: "Milton Friedman" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Elizabeth Warren has a plan to save capitalism" (Accountable Capitalism Act) by Matthew Yglesias.

When Did the Religion of Shareholder Primacy Emerge?
- Charles Sauer, Libertarian / Economist & President-The Market Institute / author of Profit Motive: What Drives the Things We Do

Article: "Face It: You (Probably) Got a Tax Cut" by Ben Casselman and Jim Tankersley.

Article: "Eight dead after tornadoes rip across US South" by BBC.

Article: "Galileo affair" (imprisonment for Heliocentrism) by Wikipedia.

Book: The Conservative Mind: From Burke to Eliot, Russell Kirk.

Article: "Amazon made an $11.2bn profit in 2018 but paid no federal tax" by Dominic Rushe.

Article: "Notre-Dame cathedral: Firefighters tackle blaze in Paris" by BBC.

Article: "Arthur Schopenhauer" by Wikipedia.

Article: "New Calvinism" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Prosperity theology" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Anomie" by Encyclopaedia Britannica.

Talk Media News Segment:
- Bob Ney

Site: "Goats for the old Goat".

Book: Loving What You Do: The Elements of a Great Working Life by Ellen Ratner.

Book: "Sideswiped: Lessons Learned Courtesy of the Hit Men of Capitol Hill" by Robert Ney.

Article: "Shocked spectators cry and pray as Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris is engulfed in flames" by Regina Holmes.

Article: "Inside the room: King of Jordan left in the dark on Trump's peace plan" by Jonathan Swan, Alayna Treene, Barak Ravid.

Article: "Pete Buttigieg raises $1 million within four hours of 2020 campaign announcement" by Kevin Breuninger.

Article: "Bernie in the Fox's den: Sanders takes anti-Trump pitch straight to 'state TV'" by Lauren Gambino.

Article: "Justice Dept. plans to release redacted Mueller report Thursday" by Bryan Renbaum.

Article: "Elizabeth Warren Proposes Broad Plan to Protect Public Lands" by Matt Stevens.

Article: "Ohio swing voters crave Obama" by Alexi McCammond.

Hour Three: Why We Still Need to Ratify the ERA
- Winsome McIntosh, President - The McIntosh Foundation / Member - Earthjustice Board of Trustees / Supporter of Environmental and Women's Issues

Article: "Equal Rights Amendment" - "Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex.".

Article: "ERA History" by Alice Paul Institute.

Article: "The journey toward the Equal Rights Amendment began decades ago, but activists say the finish line is in sight" by Jessica Ravitz.

Site: Institute for Women's Policy Research.

Article: "Equal Pay Would Cut the Poverty Rate for Children with a Working Mother by Half" by Jennifer Clark.

Article: "DNC Ad: Trump Promised Jobs, Delivered Layoffs" by Tim Hains.

Article: "Notre Dame cathedral spire collapses in stunning video of fire at Paris landmark" by ABC.

Article: "A Texas bill would make it possible to put women to death for having abortions" by Isaac Stanley-Becker.

Article: "Dominion theology" by Wikipedia.

Article: "This Tax Day, Some Truckers Are Unhappy With Trump" by Hannah Levintova.

Article: "This isn't the first time William Barr tried to fool Congress and the nation with a ‘summary'" by Mark Sumner.

Article: "Bill Barr To Become Caporegime With Own Family Within Trump Crime Family" by Elie Mystal.

Book: The Constructive Extermination of Women of Color: Consequences of Perpetual Socio-Economic Marginalization by Suzanne Brooks.

Play: "What the Constitution Means to Me" by Heidi Schreck.

Article: "14th Amendment, July 9, 1868 (citizenship, representatives, public debt, Equal Protection Clause) (male citizens)

Quote: "If that word 'male' be inserted, it will take us a century at least to get it out." - Elizabeth Cady Stanton.

Book: American Fascists: The Christian Right and the War on America by Chris Hedges.

Video: Steve Bannon Takes Aim At Pope Francis | NBC Nightly News.

Article: "Whole Foods cuts workers' hours after Amazon introduces minimum wage" by Michael Sainato.

Article: "Sermon on the Mount" by Wikipedia.

Bible: "Matthew 25".

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