Sue's Daily Stack, Tuesday, 21 May, 2024
Your daily homework - links to everything discussed on today's show
Tuesday's Daily Stack
Hour One: Revolution, Fear, & Power: The Unseen Threads Connecting Stalin’s Russia to Modern America
Article: "Revolution, Fear, and Power: The Unseen Threads Connecting Stalin's Russia to Modern America" by Thom Hartmann.
Book: "The Hidden History of Neoliberalism: How Reaganism Gutted America and How to Restore Its Greatness" by Thom Hartmann.
Article: "The relationship between taxation and U.S. economic growth" by Corey Husak.
Article: "Boeing Crisis Ignites Call for Strict U.S. Stock Buyback Laws" by Thom Hartmann.
Article: "Have You Noticed America Is Looking Like a Third World Nation?" by Thom Hartmann.
Article: "Is Private Equity as Dangerous to Your Dog as Kristi Noem?" by Thom Hartmann.
Article: "The Secret Plan to Break the "Independent Spirit" of the Supreme Court Revealed" by Thom Hartmann.
Article: "Are Republicans the Party of the Working Class?" by Les Leopold.
Article: "Video on Trump Truth Social page references ‘unified Reich’" by Nick Robertson.
Book: None Dare Call It Treason by John A. Stormer.
Book: The Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith.
Article: "'Excess profits' at big energy and consumer companies pushed up inflation, report claims" by Jenni Reid.
Article: "Russian Revolution" by History.com.
Article: "A Road Paved With Reds: J. Edgar Hoover’s Fight Against Communism" by Raanan Geberer.
Article: "What Mike Johnson Has Said About Cutting Social Security" by Alexander Fabino.
Video: "The Incomparable Mr. Buckley".
Article: "Joe Pyne Was America’s First Shock Jock" by Kevin Cook.
Article: "Tea Party Financiers Owe Their Fortune to Josef Stalin" by Yasha Levine.
Video: "A Gentleman in Moscow".
Tweet: "813 US billionaires control a record $5.7 trillion in wealth.
The bottom 50% of Americans control $3.7 trillion in wealth.
When ~800 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem." by Robert Reich.
Article: "A Gentleman in Moscow (TV series)" by Wikipedia.
Letter: "to Edgar Newton Eisenhower" by Dwight D. Eisenhower, November 8, 1954. "Should any political party attempt to abolish social security ... Their number is negligible and they are stupid"
Case: "Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission" (2010).
Article: "Both sides rest case in Trump hush money trial" by CNN.
Article: "Trump posts video referencing ‘unified Reich’ if reelected" by Colin McCullough.
Book: Days of Shame by Charles E. Potter.
Article: "Roy Cohn" by Wikipedia.
Is Russian Intelligence paying off Republican politicians?
Article: "Russia Is Buying Politicians in Europe. Is It Happening Here Too?" by Alex Finley.
Article: "Citizens United V. Federal Election Comm'n: Justice Stevens' dissent".
Article: "Tokyo Rose" by Wikipedia.
Speaking of Dick Durbin and the failure of the GOP
Article: "The Clearest Sign Yet That Trump Is Losing" by Justin Rosario.
Article: "'Subpoena his wife': Expert nails Alito for passing the buck in possible ethics crime" by Travis Gettys.
Article: "Students for a Democratic Society" (SDS) by Wikipedia.
Article: "Weather Underground" (Weatherman) by Wikipedia.
Video: "KGB Defector Yuri Bezmenov explains manipulation of US Public Opinion.".
Article: "Florida has banned nearly 400 books in schools. Here's the full list " by Brandon Girod.
Article: "Martin Luther King, Jr., Rosa Parks Books Among Those Banned in Penn. School District" by Toria Barnhart.
Article: "Pledge of Allegiance" by Wikipedia.
Article: "At Justice Alito's House, a 'Stop the Steal' Symbol on Display" by Jodi Kantor.
Article: "Live Updates: Trump Trial Turns to Debate Over Jury Instructions After Defense Rests" by NYT.
Article: "Daniel Sheehan (attorney)" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Brown Brothers Harriman & Co." by Wikipedia.
Book: "The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany" by William L. Shirer.
Article: "Maynard Institute for Journalism Education" by Wikipedia.
Hour Two: Why are so-called foreign policy Trumpsters meeting with Netanyahu?
Article: "Exclusive: Donald Trump foreign policy advisers met Israeli PM Netanyahu, source says" by Gram Slattery.
Law: "Logan Act", 1799 - forbids unauthorized citizens from negotiating with foreign governments having a dispute with the U.S.
Article: "Right-Wing “Moms for Liberty” Group Wants ‘Anti-American’ MLK Jr. Book Banned From Schools" by Kevin L. Clark.
Video: Author Brad Meltzer Reacts To His Rosa Parks & MLK Jr. Children's Books Being Banned.
Article: "A U.S. doctor in Gaza wants President Biden to know 'we are not safe'" by Clare Marie Schneider, Danielle Kurtzleben.
Article: "October surprise" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Biden slams 'outrageous' International Criminal Court after prosecutor seeks warrant for Netanyahu" by Andrew Feinberg.
Geeky science! Micro plastics are everywhere, and appear to account for the declining sperm counts that have baffled scientists for a decade
Article: "Microplastics found in every human testicle in study" by Damian Carrington .
Book: Black Like Me by John Howard Griffin.
Article: "Black Like Me" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Russian money flows through U.S. real estate" by Heidi Przybyla and Christine Haughney.
Article: "Biden blasts Trump's "unified Reich" video: "That's Hitler's language"" by Zachary Basu.
Article: "Trump Trial Witness Gets Into Fight With Judge Merchan" by Gabe Whisnant.
Video: White Like Me - SNL (Eddie Murphy).
Article: "Far Beyond the Stars" (Star Trek) by Wikipedia.
Article: "Tulsa race massacre" (1921) by Wikipedia.
Quote: "The central conservative truth is that it is culture, not politics, that determines the success of a society. The central liberal truth is that politics can change a culture and save it from itself." - Daniel Patrick Moynihan.
Article: "Texas is now a majority minority state" by Rafael Bernal.
Article: "Hamas government in the Gaza Strip" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Israel–Hamas war" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Israeli–Palestinian conflict" by Wikipedia.
Article: "For years, Netanyahu propped up Hamas. Now it's blown up in our faces" by Tal Schneider.
Article: "The President's Daily Brief" (Bin Ladin Determined To Strike in US) by Thomas S. Blanton.
Article: "Biden tells Israel not to 'repeat mistakes' made by US after 9/11" by Julian Borger.
Article: "The Iraq success story that propelled David Petraeus to the top" by Max Fisher.
Hour Three: Does new 9/11 evidence point to deep Saudi complicity?
Article: "New 9/11 Evidence Points to Deep Saudi Complicity" by Daniel Benjamin and Steven Simon.
Article: "Full text: bin Laden's 'letter to America'".
Law: "Chinese Exclusion Act" (1882) by Wikipedia.
Article: "King David Hotel bombing" by Wikipedia.
Latin America labels ultra-processed foods. Will the US follow?
Article: "Latin America labels ultra-processed foods. Will the US follow?" by Cecilia Nowell.
Article: "Ku Klux Klan" (KKK) by Wikipedia.
Article: "'America First': From Charles Lindbergh To President Trump" by Greg Myre.
Article: "John Birch Society" by Wikipedia.
Article: "The Birth of a Nation" by Wikipedia.
Movie: "The Birth of a Nation (1915)".
Article: "100 years ago, the first White House film screening sparked nationwide protests" by Dick Lehr.
Article: "Dixiecrat" by Wikipedia.
Book: Prequel: An American Fight Against Fascism by Rachel Maddow.
Article: "International African American Museum" by Wikipedia.
Article: "DeSantis doubles down on claim that some Blacks benefited from slavery" by Kevin Sullivan, Lori Rozsa.
Article: "Cotton gin" by Wikipedia.
Article: "US sending Israel $1 billion in military aid, Biden administration tells Congress" by AP.
Article: "The Gaza Vote: Policy Impacts Of Biden’s Approach On Gaza For The November Election In Five Key Battleground States" by Americans for Justice in Palestine Action.
Article: "Ku Klux Klan" (KKK) by Wikipedia.
Article: "'America First': From Charles Lindbergh To President Trump" by Greg Myre.
Article: "John Birch Society" by Wikipedia.
Article: "The Birth of a Nation" by Wikipedia.
Movie: "The Birth of a Nation (1915)".
Article: "100 years ago, the first White House film screening sparked nationwide protests" by Dick Lehr.
Article: "Dixiecrat" by Wikipedia.
Book: Prequel: An American Fight Against Fascism by Rachel Maddow.
Article: "International African American Museum" by Wikipedia.
Article: "DeSantis doubles down on claim that some Blacks benefited from slavery" by Kevin Sullivan, Lori Rozsa.
Article: "Cotton gin" by Wikipedia.
Article: "US sending Israel $1 billion in military aid, Biden administration tells Congress" by AP.
Article: "The Gaza Vote: Policy Impacts Of Biden’s Approach On Gaza For The November Election In Five Key Battleground States" by Americans for Justice in Palestine Action.
Article: "United States presidential line of succession" by Wikipedia.
Article: "A ‘Vote for Joe Biden Is Really a Vote for Kamala Harris’" by John Rossomando.
Article: "Robert Durst" by Wikipedia.