Sue's Daily Stack, Friday, 16 May, 2025
Your daily homework - links to everything discussed on today's show
Friday’s Daily Stack
Hour One: Gutting the Weather Watchers: When Tyrants Rewrite the Forecast...
Article: "Gutting the Weather Watchers: When Tyrants Rewrite the Forecast" by Thom Hartmann.
Article: "COP28 showcases socio-economic benefits of weather and climate services" by WMO.
Article: "New study shows socio-economic benefits of weather observations" by WMO.
Article: "Trump cuts leave National Weather Service scrambling to cover vital shifts" by Dinah Voyles Pulver.
Article: "NOAA scrambles to fill forecasting jobs as hurricane season looms" by Scott Dance.
Article: "Local scientists, fisheries and weather forecasters feeling impact of NOAA cuts" by Vivian La, Barbara Moran.
Article: "Staffing Shortages Threaten National Weather Service Readiness for Hurricanes" by Rachel Dillin.
Trump's military parade - Isn't this just propaganda by spectacle — the kind that makes autocracy feel "normal?"
Article: "Price tag for Trump's military festival could reach $45 million" by Olivia George.
Book: "The Last Hours Of Ancient Sunlight" by Thom Hartmann.
Book: Hamlet's Mill: An Essay Investigating the Origins of Human Knowledge And Its Transmission Through Myth by Giorgio de Santillana, Hertha von Dechen.
Article: "Erich von Däniken" by Wikipedia.
Stupid Alert! GOP congressman slips up and tells the truth by accident...Plus - The Trump administration is caught in a huge massive social security lie....
Article: "GOP Congressman Slips Up by Talking About 'Medicaid Cuts, Uh, Medicaid Reforms, I Should Say'" by Michael Luciano.
Article: "'Huge scandal': Internal documents catch Trump admin in massive Social Security lie" by Jake Johnson.
Article: "Omaha Republican Mayor Loses Reelection Bid After Running Anti-Trans Ads" by Erin Reed.
Article: "Guilty: Trump becomes first former US president convicted of felony crimes" by Michael R. Sisak, Jennifer Peltz, Eric Tucker, Michelle L. Price, Jill Colvin.
Article: "Stormy Daniels–Donald Trump scandal" by Wikipedia.
Book: Let Them Be Naked by Jeff Garner.
Site: Let Them Be Naked.
Article: "UnitedHealth Group shares plunge after report of Medicare fraud inquiry" by Guardian.
Article: "Boeing has a contract to replace Air Force One. What's the delay?" by Hannah Ziegler.
Article: "Donald Trump baby balloon" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Full list of Trump's tariffs: a country-by-country look after the 90-day paus" by Andrew Witherspoon.
Article: "Dogon people" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Tim Burchett" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Great Depression" by Wikipedia.
Article: "The Fourth Turning Is Here: What the seasons of history tell us about how and when this crisis will end" by Neil Howe.
Site: "Project 2025".
Book: On Fire : The Burning Case for a Green New Deal by Naomi Klein.
Post: "Announcing the official launch of TOXIMAPP.COM - today - May 15, 2025 [video]" by toximapp.
Site: ToxiMapp.
Hour Two: Georgia is forcing a brain-dead woman to complete her pregnancy and her family to foot the bill....
Article: "Georgia Is Forcing a Brain-Dead Woman to Complete Her Pregnancy" by Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling.
Article: "New Social Security Data Reveals Musk, DOGE Lied in Claims of Social Security Fraud" by Elizabeth Warren.
Trump ordered 15K workers to snitch & not a one did....
Article: "Trump email ordered 15K workers to snitch on colleagues. Not one responded" by ProPublica.
Crazy Alert! Why is the DHS looking at reality shows where immigrants compete for citizenship?
Article: "DHS Is Considering Reality Show Where Immigrants Compete for Citizenship" by Michelle Hackman, Elizabeth Findell, Joe Flint.
Article: "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins.
Article: "The Show Must Go On — Even If It Burns the Constitution to Ashes" by Thom Hartmann.
Article: "Georgia's Abortion Ban Is Forcing a Family to Keep Their Braindead Daughter Alive" by Jessica Valenti.
Article: "Ramirez to Noem: "YOU are not fit to hold the office, and I, again, - to your face - demand your resignation."" by Delia C. Ramirez.
Article: "Fact Check: Huge banner of Trump hung on USDA building next to one of Lincoln" by Taija PerryCook.
Article: ""Putins Helper - Trump, Musk and the Kremlin" a documentary by the official German TV" by Gingryu.
Video: Putins Hilfer.
Article: "WMNF" by Wikipedia.
Site: WMNF.
Article: "Dean Withers" by Wikipedia.
Youtube: "Dean Withers".
Article: "Cuban missile crisis" (1962) by Wikipedia.
Article: "ABC's George Stephanopoulos appears to say of Biden: 'I don't think he can serve four more years'" by Phil Helsel.
Article: "Quantitative Easing (QE)" by Investopedia.
Article: "Federal Funds Rate - 62 Year Historical Chart" by Macrotrends.
Article: "Russia and Ukraine agree prisoner swap but peace talks fail to make progress" by Pjotr Sauer.
Article: "Ranked Choice Voting / Instant Runoff" (RCV) by FairVote.
Book: Warrior Is by Harley L. Zephier, Robin L. Zephier.
Article: "Trump's Order on Gender-Affirming Care Escalates Reversal of Trans Rights" by Julie Appleby.
Article: "Transgender man, 24, was tortured for more than a month before his death, police say" by AP.
Hour Three: How Trump's "Emergency" Powers Could Become Permanent
Article: "How Trump's "Emergency" Powers Could Become Permanent" by Ross Rosenfeld.
Article: "Trump administration threatens groups that distributed federal aid for migrants" by Alexandra Villarreal.
Article: "EPA Freezes, Then Terminates, Multi-Billion Dollar Climate Grants, Scuttling Projects and Triggering Lawsuits" by Aman Azhar.
Article: "Court Docs Reveal Citibank Froze Nonprofits' Accounts on FBI's Request" by Zane McNeill.
Crazy Alert! Anyone want a Rump watch for $640? Yes - you heard me right - RUMP...
Article: "'RUMP': Customers upset with missing 'T' in Trump-branded watch that cost $640" by Brian Crandall.
Geeky Science - Does 7000 steps keeps cancer away? Stay tuned...
Article: "How 7,000 Steps A Day Could Help Reduce Your Risk Of Cancer" by The Conversation.
Article: "What is habeas corpus and why might Donald Trump want to suspend it?" by Robin Levinson King.
Article: "Habeas corpus" (1166) by Wikipedia.
Article: "Torture at Abu Ghraib" by Seymour M. Hersh.
Article: "Terrorism Confinement Center" (CECOT) by Wikipedia.
Article: "Dems Now Up On The Economy, Fighting The Gulaging of America, Time For Criminal Referrals For DOGE " (list of 12 vulnerable Republicans) by Simon Rosenberg.
Article: "Meta Battles an 'Epidemic of Scams' as Criminals Flood Instagram and Facebook" by Jeff Horwitz, Angel Au-Yeung.
Article: "Emmanuel Macron voices WW3 risk as he opens up on deploying warplanes armed with nukes" by Ciaran McGrath, Maria Ortega.
Article: "Estonia Says Russian Military Jet Violated Airspace After Attempt to Detain 'Shadow Fleet' Tanker" by Reuters.
Article: "Terrifying satellite images show Russian army at Finland's border as WW3 fears surge" by Jeremiah Hassel.
Article: "Collective defence - Article 5" by NATO.
Article: "Sudetenland" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Supreme Court Grants Trump Broad Immunity for Official Acts, Placing Presidents Above the Law" by ACLT.
Article: "Why Trump and Harris both say 'no tax on tips'" by Natalie Sherman.
Article: "Cruz Introduces Bill to End Taxes on Servers' Tips" by Jackson Bakich.
Book: "The Hidden History of the Supreme Court and the Betrayal of America" by Thom Hartmann.
Case: "Buckley v. Valeo", 1976.
Case: "First National Bank Of Boston V. Bellotti", 1978.
Case: "Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission" (2010).
Case: "Husted v. A. Philip Randolph Institute".
Article: "Shelby County v. Holder" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Study of Disputed Florida Ballots Finds Justices Did Not Cast the Deciding Vote" (Al Gore won) by Ford Fessenden and John M. Broder, November 12, 2001.
Article: "Library of Alexandria" by Wikipedia.
Book: "The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany" by William L. Shirer.
Article: "Nazi book burnings" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Institut für Sexualwissenschaft" (Institute for Sexual Science) by Wikipedia.
Site: Erin In the Morning (News and discussion on trans legislation and life. By Erin Reed.)
Article: "Another House Democrat plans to force Trump impeachment vote" (Al Green) by Andrew Solender.
Article: "Presidential Plane Damages Runway" by AVweb.