Sue's Daily Stack, Friday, 14 February, 2025
Your daily homework - links to everything discussed on today's show
Friday’s Daily Stack
Hour One: The GOP Taliban to Women: Shut Up, Sit Down, and Stay Home on Election Days
Article: "The GOP Taliban to Women: Shut Up, Sit Down, and Stay Home on Election Days" by Thom Hartmann.
Article: "Women in State Legislatures 2025" by CAWP.
Site: "Covenant Bible Church".
Article: "Voter Suppression Targets Women, Youth and Communities of Color (Issue Advisory, Part One)" by NOW.
Article: "Voting rights organization highlights increase in Ohio provisional ballots rejected over ID" by Nick Evans.
Bill: "H.R.22 - SAVE Act" by Rep. Roy, Chip [R-TX-21].
Article: "US Election 2016: #repealthe19th tweets urge US women to be denied vote" by BBC.
Article: "Restricting the Freedom to Vote" by Michael Waldman.
Article: "Citizens Without Proof : A Survey Of Americans' Possession Of Documentary Proof Of Citizenship And Photo Identification" by Brennan Center for Justice.
Article: "Americans are more likely to be struck by lightning than commit election fraud" by Grace Panetta.
Article: "The Education of a Libertarian" by Peter Thiel.
Article: "Women Voters' Pivotal Role in Electing the Next U.S. President" by Linda Robinson.
Article: "GOP congressional candidate said US suffered from women's suffrage and praised organization trying to repeal 19th Amendment" by Andrew Kaczynski.
Video: "Christian Nationalist Pastor Joel Webbon explains why he OPPOSES women voting".
Article: "What's So Bad About Voter ID Laws?" by LWV.
Article: "Ann Coulter Reconsiders Women's Right to Vote After Republican's Comments" by Anna Skinner.
Article: "Trump Calls for Government Shutdown Unless Congress Makes It Harder for Americans to Vote" by Nikki McCann Ramírez.
Article: "North Carolina GOP Candidate Wants to 'Go Back to the America Where Women Couldn't Vote'" by Jeremy Childs.
Article: "J.D. Vance Becomes Catholic" by Rod Dreher.
Article: "Vance urged DOJ to enforce Comstock Act, crack down on abortion pills" by Dan Diamond, Meryl Kornfield.
Article: "Hyundai IONIQ 5 makes the ideal winter driving companion" by Hyundai.
Article: "Some Good News In A World Of Trump's Mayhem" by Scott Dworkin.
Article: "Protestors demand VA oppose Trump efforts to trim federal workforce" by Leo Shane III.
Article: "'What A Mess!': Judge Slams Trump As Government Watchdog Reinstated" by Brandi Buchman.
Article: "Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro sues the Trump administration over funding freeze" by Allan Smith.
Article: "Here Are All The Major Lawsuits Against Trump And Musk: Judge Orders Temporary Restoration Of Foreign Aid Funding" by Alison Durkee.
Article: "Denver Public Schools sues to stop Trump administration policy allowing ICE agents in schools" by Hallie Golden.
Article: "Trump, Musk 'violating the law right and left': Former White House ethics czar" by Lauren Irwin.
Article: "At Oval Office, Musk Makes Broad Claims of Federal Fraud Without Proof" by Maggie Haberman, Theodore Schleifer and Zolan Kanno-Youngs.
Site: "Project 2025".
Article: "Fact-checking Elon Musk's claims in the Oval Office" by Jake Horton & Lucy Gilder.
Article: "Another Tech Billionaire With No Government Experience Set to Join Musk's DOGE Team: Report" by M.B. Mack.
TOP Canadian politician Elizabeth May suggested the three west coast states of California, Oregon and Washington would be better off becoming part of the Great White North
Post: "BREAKING: TOP Canadian politician Just urged THREE U.S. states to join Canada and get universal healthcare and NO NRA" by PoliticsVideoChannel.
Are we seeing the beginnings of WW3 brought to you by Trump?
Article: "Europe can't assume U.S. troop presence 'will last forever': Hegseth" by AFP.
Article: "German president says Trump team ignoring 'established rules' " by AFP.
Article: "Zelensky at Munich security meet as Trump-Putin talks spark alarm " by AFP.
Article: "Britain warned it 'must be ready to go to war with Russia'" by Craig Munro.
Article: "California hit by heavy rainfall, flash floods and mudslides" by Claire Gilbody Dickerson.
Article: "What to know about state proposals to ban abortion pills and punish women who seek to end pregnancies" by Geoff Mulvihill.
Article: "Louisiana Signs Extradition Order for New York Abortion Provider" by Jessica Valenti.
Article: "New York doctor slapped with heavy fine for prescribing Texas woman abortion-inducing drugs" by Kelly Rissman.
Article: "Stoneman Douglas High School shooting" (Parkland) by Wikipedia.
Article: "Constitutional Considerations of Happiness" by Catherine Pellerin.
Article: "Karoline Leavitt sends very clear message in her press briefings" by Raven Saunt.
Article: "Antichrist" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Read: JD Vance's full speech on the fall of Europe".
Hour Two: Five justice department officials resign over order to drop Eric Adams charges
Article: "Five justice department officials resign over order to drop Eric Adams charges" by Joanna Walters.
Article: "DOJ Enters The Darkest Period In Its Long History" by David Kurtz.
JD Vance promotes the culture war to Europe...
Article: "'A bizarre message': CNN foreign correspondent trashes J.D. Vance's speech in Germany" by Brad Reed.
Article: "Judge Extends Halt on Trump Plan to Dismantle U.S.A.I.D." by Karoun Demirjian and Eileen Sullivan.
Article: "Judge Amir Ali, One of Biden's Final Appointments, Thwarts Donald Trump" by Sean O'Driscoll.
Article: "Judge Temporarily Stops Trump's Plan to End Funds for Trans Youths' Health Providers" by Amy Harmon and Juliet Macur.
Article: "Trump Officials Escalate Layoffs, Targeting Most of 200,000 Workers on Probation" by Madeleine Ngo, Chris Cameron, Nicholas Nehamas and Mattathias Schwartz.
Article: "Dozens of CFPB Workers Fired in After-Hours Blitz" by Makena Kelly Dhruv Mehrotra.
Article: "Trump admin creates snitch line for companies to report CFPB staff protecting consumers" by David Edwards.
Article: "Forest Service fires 3,400 people after 'deferred resignation' deadline passes" by Marcia Brown and Jordan Wolman.
Article: "Controversial Kash Patel moves closer to leading the FBI after clearing Senate hurdle" by Gustaf Kilander.
Article: "Senate confirms RFK Jr. as health secretary" by Peter Weber.
Article: "How the Trumps Turned an Election Victory Into a Cash Bonanza" by Rebecca Ballhaus, Dana Mattioli and Annie Linskey.
Article: "What We Know About Trump's New Executive Order on Trans Athletes" by Talya Minsberg.
Article: "David Hogg" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Suspicious deaths of notable Russians in 2022–2024" by Wikipedia.
Article: "The Wide Angle: Elon Musk and the American Endgame" by Dave Troy.
Article: "Project Russia" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Ex-Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort admits sharing info with Russians" by Andrew Feinberg.
Site: "Indivisible".
Article: "Republicans Stormed Into The Impeachment Investigation's Secure Room, And It Was Absolute Madness" by Addy Baird.
Article: "Musk calls for shutting down US-funded outlets Radio Free Europe, Voice of America" by Olena Goncharova.
Article: "Paris Peace Accords" (Vietnam) by Wikipedia.
Site: Daily Song.
Article: "Alaska US senators introduce bill that would again designate North America's tallest peak as Denali" by Becky Bohrer.
Article: "G.I. Joe (comics)" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Hydra (comics)" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Who is Danielle Sassoon, the acting US attorney in New York who quit amid directive to drop Eric Adams corruption case?" by Kaanita Iyer.
Article: "Valentine's Day" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Trump administration immediately swaps out art in White House and Pentagon" by Annabella Rosciglione.
Article: "AP reporter and photographer barred from Air Force One over 'Gulf of Mexico' terminology dispute" by David Bauder.
Article: ""Musk-linked group offered $5m for proof of voter fraud – and came up with nothing"" by Rick Hasen.
Hour Three: Hackers go after Musk - and it's surprisingly easy....
Article: "'Experts left database open': Hackers mock Elon Musk after easily defacing his DOGE site" by Brad Reed.
Article: "Democratic senator: 'DOGE is now at the IRS'" by Ashleigh Fields.
Article: "'National security crisis' as Trump fires multiple nuclear weapons safety officials" by Brad Reed.
Article: "Former Senior Adviser for the Federal Reserve Indicted on Charges of Economic Espionage" by DoJ.
Article: "Quantitative Tightening (QT)" by Investopedia.
Article: "CBOE Volatility Index (^VIX)" by yahoo!finance.
Article: "Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI)" by Yahoo!Finance.
Article: "Key takeaways from the Fed's decision to pause interest rate cuts" by Bryan Mena.
Substack: "Adam Kinzinger".
Article: "The Fellowship" (The Family) by Wikipedia.
Book: The Family: The Secret Fundamentalism at the Heart of American Power by Jeff Sharlet.
Article: "The Family (miniseries)" by Wikipedia.
Article: "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood.
Article: "Watch: DC bishop takes on Trump to his face in national prayer service" by Sarah K. Burris.
Book: The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne.
Article: "Freedom From Religion Foundation" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Sebastian Gorka" by Wikipedia.
Site: Troy Miller.
Book: "The Last Hours Of Ancient Sunlight" by Thom Hartmann.
Law: "First Amendment to the United States Constitution" "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.".
Events: February 17, various locations "Presidents Day protest" by 50501 (also events on other dates).
Article: "Jayapal Introduces Constitutional Amendment to Reverse Citizens United " by Pramila Jayapa.
Article: "How Finland Is Teaching a Generation to Spot Misinformation" by Jenny Gross.
Article: "Wrongful death lawsuit over frozen embryos as 'children' dropped against Alabama IVF clinic" by Elura Nanos.
Article: "TSA publishes final rule on REAL ID enforcement beginning May 7, 2025" by TSA.
Article: "Washington expedites 3-day sex designation change on birth certificates for adults, minors" by KOMO.
Book: The Intimate Enemy: How to Fight Fair in Love and Marriage by Dr. George R. Bach, Peter Wyden.