Sue's Daily Stack, Wednesday, 15 May, 2024

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Wednesday's Daily Stack

Hour One: National Progressive Townhall Meeting
- Representative Mark Pocan (D-WI, 2nd District) /Current Member & Chair Emeritus-Congressional Progressive Caucus / (Committees: Co-Founder and Co-Chair of the Labor Caucus, and Chair of the Congressional Equality Caucus.)   @repmarkpocan
Article: "MTG's Attempt to Remove Speaker Johnson Immediately Crashes and Burns" by Reese Gorman.
Article: "House Speaker Joins Republicans Visiting Trial to Say What Trump Can't" by Michael Wilson and Catie Edmondson.
Article: "Latest Polls: President: General Election" by 538.
Article: "Diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI)" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Joe Biden and Donald Trump agree to two US presidential debates" by Edward Helmore.
Article: "White House's Attempt to Lower Credit Card Late Fees to $8 Was Just Blocked" by Tiffany Connors.
Bill: "H.R.1 - For the People Act of 2021" by Rep. Sarbanes, John P. [D-MD-3].
Case: "Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission" (2010).
Article: "Lina Khan" (chair of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC)) by Wikipedia.
Article: "FTC says Texas oil exec sought to work with OPEC to boost prices" by Ben Lefebvre.
Article: "Lobbying in the United States" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Medicare to start negotiating prices for 10 drugs. Here are the medications." by Aimee Picchi.
Article: "Companies are using inflation to price-gouge Americans – and making it worse" by Robert Reich.
Article: "Booker, Schumer, Wyden Lead Reintroduction of Cannabis Administration and Opportunity Act, Legislation to End Federal Prohibition of Cannabis" by Cory Booker.
Article: "Tax Foundation Comments to the Cannabis Administration and Opportunity Act" by Tax Foundation.
Article: "Affordable Connectivity Program Ending This Month: How You Can Keep Internet Costs Low" by Joe Supan.
Article: "Biden administration asks Republicans to extend popular broadband discount program" by Skylar Rispens.
Article: "17% of Voters Blame Biden for the End of Roe" by Claire Cain Miller, Ruth Igielnik and Margot Sanger-Katz.
Article: "How were more than 100% of GameStop's shares shorted?" by John McCrank.
Article: "Immigration agents raid 7-Eleven stores nationwide, arrest 21 people in biggest crackdown of Trump era" by Corky Siemaszko.
Law: "Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986".
Article: "Report Warns State Voter Purges Are a Growing Threat to Democracy" by Brett Wilkins.
Article: "California spent billions on homelessness without tracking if it worked" by Mackenzie Mays.
Article: "Senate committee passes three bills to safeguard elections from AI, months before Election Day" by Lauren Feiner.
Article: "Roger Stone Blasted For Claiming '90s Concert Photo Was Actually Trump Rally" by David Moye.
Article: "October surprise" by Wikipedia.

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Hour Two: Bribery Unleashed: The Supreme Court's Wealth-Driven Corruption Crisis
Article: "Bribery Unleashed: The Supreme Court's Wealth-Driven Corruption Crisis" by Thom Hartmann.
Article: "Sen. Bob Menendez's corruption trial begins, his second in the last decade" by Larry Neumeister.
Article: "GOP attorneys general sue Biden administration and California over rules on gas-powered trucks" by Margery A. Beck, Summer Ballentine.
Article: "The Court Stripping Bills: Their Impact on the Constitution, the Courts, and Congress" by Max Baucus Kenneth R. Kay.
Article: "New Study – Medicare Advantage Overpayments as High as $140 Billion a Year" by Center for Medicare Advocacy.
Article: "Republicans Furiously Defend Insurance Company Looting of Medicare" by Ryan Cooper.
Law: "The Detainee Treatment Act of 2005: Chapter 21d — detainee Treatment".
Book: "The Hidden History of the Supreme Court and the Betrayal of America" by Thom Hartmann.
Article: "Scott Works to Overturn CFPB's Credit Card Fee Rule" by Tim Scott.
Article: "Ultra-processed food exposure and adverse health outcomes: umbrella review of epidemiological meta-analyses" by Melissa M Lane.
Article: "The Schiavo Tragedy and the Politics of "Court-Stripping"" by Jesse Rutledge.
Article: "Ultraprocessed foods now account for two-thirds of calories in the diets of children and teens " by Katie Hunt,.
Law: "Marriage Protection Act" by Rep. Hostettler, John N. [R-IN-8].
Article: "Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Sex in Education Programs or Activities Receiving Federal Financial Assistance" by Department of Education.
Article: "Detainee Treatment Act of 2005 [White House]" by Bernard Hibbitts.
Article: "Challenges to Biden admin's Title IX rule multiply, moving forward quickly" by Chris Geidner.
Article: "Supreme Court strikes down Biden student-loan forgiveness program" by Amy Howe.
Article: "Court-stripping" by SourceWatch.
Article: "'Political efforts': the Republican states trying to ban lab-grown meat" by Cecilia Nowell.
Article: "How Lunchables ended up on school lunch trays" by Lenny Bernstein, Lauren Weber and Dan Keating.
 
The 2 new crimes committed by Trump unmasked - how many investigations and trials will Trump have before enough is enough?
Article: "MSNBC host aghast to hear testimony that ex-attorney general was 'in cahoots' with Trump" by Sarah K. Burris.
Article: "Top US ethics watchdog investigating Trump over dinner with oil bosses" by Ed Pilkington and Dharna Noor.
Article: "House Democrats launch investigation into Trump's alleged offers to oil executives" by Dharna Noor.
Article: "'Matching clown uniforms': Internet shreds Republicans for wearing matching outfits to Donald Trump's hush money trial" by Rittwik Naskar.
Article: "Tommy Tuberville admits he came to New York to break Trump's gag order" by Sarah K. Burris.
Article: "Who are Trump's surrogates? Ex-president thanks them for 'speaking beautifully' as they help skirt gag order" by Chiara Fiorillo.
 
Article: "Canada wildfires spur evacuation orders, warnings: What you need to know" by Al Jazeera.
Article: "Is Private Equity as Dangerous to Your Dog as Kristi Noem?" by Thom Hartmann.
Article: "The Carried Interest Loophole Survives Another Political Battle" by Alan Rappeport, Emily Flitter and Kate Kelly.
 
Should Biden debate Trump? Is it wrestling with a pig?
Article: "'Make My Day Pal!' Biden Posts Debate Challenge To Trump — Roasts Him Over Criminal Trial" by Tommy Christopher.
Article: "The Kennedy-Nixon Debates" by History.com.
Article: "Biden's trillion-dollar spending challenge" by Zachary Basu.
Article: "NYT blasts Biden for avoiding interviews" by Kierra Frazier.
 
Article: "'You remind me of my daughter,' Daniels says Trump told her" by ABC News.
Article: "Trump Team Compares Latest Indictments to Nazi 'Persecution'" by AP & Ben Samuels.
Article: "Why would Trump turn down a golden toilet? Because he already has one" by Jonathan Jones.
Article: "Fact Check: Trump Says 'No Terrorist Attacks' While He Was President" by Tom Norton.
Article: "Winged monkeys" (flying monkeys) by Wikipedia.
Article: "Why Tom Cruise Won't Leave Scientology, According to Leah Remini" by Sophie Lloyd.
Article: "John Travolta" by Wikipedia.
Article: "'Progress is possible, not guaranteed': Hillary Clinton echoes anthem's call to action in 'Suffs'".
Article: "Did Adderall fly out of Trump's nose at a press conference?" by David Covucci.
Article: "Speech or Debate Clause" by Wikipedia.
Article: "NATO members 'deeply concerned' by activities such as sabotage on alliance soil. They blame Russia" by AP.
Article: "The Heritage Foundation" by Wikipedia.
Bible: "Jesus entered the temple courts and drove out all who were buying and selling there. He overturned the tables of the money changers and the benches of those selling doves." - Matthew 21:12.

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Hour Three: Is the GOP planning on outlawing divorce?
Article: "Trump VP hopeful vows 'radical' divorce crackdown 'for the sake of families'" by Matthew Chapman.
 
Youtube: "Ukraine 244".
Video: Trump Welcomed with Sword Dance at Saudi Palace.
Article: "Saudi Arabia Now Controls the Largest Oil Refinery in North America" by Robbie Gramer.
Article: "World's largest oil companies have made $281bn profit since invasion of Ukraine" by Mark Sweney.
Article: "Cesar Sayoc: Man who sent pipe bombs to Trump critics jailed for 20 years" by BBC.
Article: "2022 Buffalo shooting" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Pittsburgh synagogue shooting" (2018) by Wikipedia.
 
Whatever happened to members of Congress respecting the courts and the law?
Article: "Tuberville admits to going to NY to circumvent the gag order" by Nevilledog.
Article: "Trump seen editing angry speeches before allies gave them outside court: reporter" by M.L. Nestel.
 
Running for Congress - OR District 3 (seat formerly held by Rep. Earl Blumenauer)
- Susheela Jayapal, Former Multnomah County Commissioner / Economics Major - Swarthmore College / Law Degree from University of Chicago   @SusheelaJayapal
Article: "AIPAC and Republican Donors Raising Big Money for Maxine Dexter Against Susheela Jayapal in Oregon" by Ryan Grim.
Article: "Dark Money Casts a Shadow on Maxine Dexter's Campaign" by Kevin Foster.
Article: "Flood of outside cash spicing up Democratic primary for Oregon's 3rd Congressional District" by Dirk VanderHart.
Article: "New political group with undisclosed donors spends big against Susheela Jayapal" by Sami Edge.
Article: "How Rep. Summer Lee Cruised to Victory " by Ryan Grim.
Article: "Jamaal Bowman may be the most endangered Squad member. He doesn't seem alarmed." by Bryan Metzger.
 
Article: "Trump '100% Certain' Of Terror Attack Because Of Migrants, He Says" by Ana Faguy.
Article: "Slovak PM Robert Fico fights for life after assassination attempt" by Paul Kirby and Laura Gozzi.
Article: "Why has Georgia's 'foreign agents' bill caused so much protest and anger?" by Lili Bayer.
Article: "League Refuses to "Help Perpetrate a Fraud"" by League of Women Voters.
Article: "'Locker room talk' defense was Melania Trump's idea, Michael Cohen testifies" by ABC News.