Sue's Daily Stack, Friday, 16 February, 2024

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Friday's Daily Stack

Hour One: News round up - FBI informant on Hunter charged, Fani Willis update, Trump's fraud trial and the death of Navalny....
Article: "Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny dies in prison, officials say; wife speaks at Munich Security Conference" by Washington Post.
Article: "Who was Alexei Navalny, Russian opposition leader and Putin critic?" by Adela Suliman, Robyn Dixon, Mary Ilyushina.
Article: "Tucker Carlson Defends Putin, Says 'Leadership Requires Killing'" by Eurocat.
Article: "Fani Willis accuses defense of lying in fiery testimony at Georgia hearing" by Holly Bailey, Amy Gardner.
Article: "Ruling expected in Trump's N.Y. fraud trial" by Agence France-Presse.
 
Trump's "Sell-Out" Price is $10,000-A-Plate
Article: "Trump's "Sell-Out" Price is $10,000-A-Plate" by Thom Hartmann.
Letter: "to Edgar Newton Eisenhower" by Dwight David Eisenhower, November 8, 1954.
Book: "The Hidden History of Neoliberalism: How Reaganism Gutted America and How to Restore Its Greatness" by Thom Hartmann.
Article: "Dwight D. Eisenhower: Campaigns and Elections" by Chester J. Pach, Jr.
Article: "Yes, Rick Scott Does Want to Destroy Social Security" by Jon "Bowzer" Bauman.
Article: "If Not for Republican Policies, the Federal Government Would Be Running a Surplus" by minority staff of the Senate Budget Committee.
Article: "'I love the poorly educated': Trump gives strange Nevada victory speech" by Kenya Sinclair.
Movie: "Wall Street".
Article: "On the Saying that "Extremism in Defense of Liberty is No Vice"" by Will Wilkinson.
Article: "Republican Party Platform of 1956".
Article: "10 Major Accomplishments of Dwight D. Eisenhower" by Anirudh.
 
Article: "House lawmakers abandon Ukraine and Israel aid package vote as they head off on recess: Live" by Oliver O'Connell, Joe Sommerlad, Gustaf Kilander.
Article: "GOP senators visited Moscow on July 4, warned Russia against meddling in 2018 election: report" by Emily Birnbaum.
Article: "Rand Paul delivers letter from Trump to Putin" by Rebecca Morin.
Article: "Dennis Kucinich" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Lara Trump says she'd spend 'every single penny' of RNC funds to elect father-in-law" by Miranda Nazzaro.
Quote: "Never Interfere With an Enemy While He's in the Process of Destroying Himself" - attributed to Napoleon Bonaparte.
Article: "Special counsel charges FBI informant with lying to the bureau about Hunter and Joe Biden" by Ryan J. Reilly, Gary Grumbach and Sarah Fitzpatrick.
Article: "FBI informant charged with lying about Joe and Hunter Biden's ties to Ukrainian company" by AP.
Article: "Witness Told Feds She Was Paid for Sex Parties With Matt Gaetz" by Roger Sollenberger.
Article: "Samuel B. Maxey" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Camp Maxey" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Lions making fewer zebra kills due to 'chain reaction' involving invasive ants" by Nicola Davis.
Article: "Russian landing ship Caesar Kunikov sunk off Crimea, says Ukraine" by Paul Kirby.
Article: "Ukraine's Zelenskyy replaces top general in major shake-up at pivotal moment in war with Russia" by CBS/AFP.
Article: "Voting in primaries at 17 years old" by Ballotpedia.
Article: "Preregistration for Young Voters " by NCSL.

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Hour Two: Is this the future of Covid?
Article: "COVID'S cold cousins" by Jon Cohen.
 
Article: "holy shit, Comer Fudd's star witness just got arrested for lying to the FBI" by Jeff Tiedrich.
 
Trump's has a plan to make sure the RNC is his personal "slush fund"
Article: ""Personal slush fund": Lara Trump vows "every single penny" at RNC will go to help Trump" by Gabriella Ferrigine.
 
Bible: "But better than both [the oppressed and the dead] is the one who has never been born, who has not seen the evil that is done under the sun." - Ecclesiastes 4:1-3.
Article: "History of abortion" by Wikipedia.
Bible: "Give them, O Lord—what will you give? Give them a miscarrying womb and dry breasts." - Hosea 9:14.
Bible: "If people are fighting and hit a pregnant woman and she gives birth prematurely[a] but there is no serious injury, the offender must be fined whatever the woman's husband demands and the court allows. But if there is serious injury, you are to take life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, burn for burn, wound for wound, bruise for bruise." - Exodus 21:22-25.
Article: "Who Did Cain Marry?" by Mary Joan Winn Leith.
Bible: Numbers 5:11-31: The Test for an Unfaithful Wife.
Article: "Alexei Navalny" by Wikipedia.
Article: "A Crowd Attacked a Self-Driving Car and Set It on Fire. It's Unlikely to Be the Last Time." by Jordan Pearson.
 
Crazy Alert! GOP bill would start the 10 Commandments being taught in history class in Utah...Really!?
Article: "Republican bill would see 10 Commandments taught in U.S. history classes in Utah" by Sky Palma.
 
Article: "John Floyd, the Father of Georgia DA Fani Willis, Was a Black Panther Leader" by Jessica McBride.
Article: "Trump: Americans Who Died in War Are 'Losers' and 'Suckers'" by Jeffrey Goldberg.
Article: "Podiatrist's daughters say bone spur diagnosis that helped Trump avoid Vietnam draft was 'favor'" by William Cummings .
Article: "Ukrainian forces give up some positions in Avdiivka as Russian assault continues" by Shaun Walker.
Article: "Discharge petition" by Wikipedia.

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Hour Three: Russian arms production worries Europe's war planners
Article: "Russia's NATO neighbors are building hundreds of bunkers and anti-tank ditches in case of an invasion" by Mia Jankowicz.
Article: "M142 HIMARS" by Wikipedia.
 
Does America have MAGA fatigue?
Article: "MAGA fatigue and the "exhaustion of outrage addiction"" by Chauncey DeVega.
Article: "Congress members call out "ill-qualified hate preacher" who gave invocation" by Friendly Atheist.
 
Video: School Emergency 'Go Buckets'.
Article: "Whig Party (United States)" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Alejandro Mayorkas: House votes to impeach homeland security secretary" by Bernd Debusmann Jr and Jacqueline Howard.
Article: "Every Trump campaign and administration official who has been indicted on federal criminal charges" by Grace Panetta.
Article: "Biden blames Putin for Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny's death" by Aurora Almendral.
Article: "Give 'em hell Harry" by Taegan Goddard.
Documentary: Navalny.
Article: "Donald Trump again threatens to sacrifice Nato allies to Russia" by Martin Pengelly.
Video: Watch Rachel Maddow Highlights: Feb. 12.
Article: "How The Richest Democracy in the World Abandons Americans" by Thom Hartmann.
Article: "Hearings to examine foreign influence in the United States, focusing on reviewing Boston Consulting Group, McKinsey and Company, M. Klein and Company, and Teneo's compliance with congressional subpoenas." by congress.gov.
Article: "Hawley Hammers McKinsey, Blasts Company for its China Ties & Role in Opioid Epidemic" by Josh Hawley.
Case: "District of Columbia v. Heller", 2008 (2nd Amendment).
Case: "Buckley v. Valeo", 1976.
Case: "First National Bank Of Boston V. Bellotti", 1978.
Article: "Halliburton, KBR, and Iraq war contracting: A history so far" by Angie Drobnic Holan.
Article: "Freedom Caucus" by Wikipedia.