Sue's Daily Stack, Friday, 17 May, 2024
Your daily homework - links to everything discussed on today's show
Friday's Daily Stack
Hour One: Progressive Town Hall
- Representative Ro Khanna (D-CA, 17th District) / Vice Chair-Congressional Progressive Caucus / Author - Dignity In A Digital Age @RepRoKhanna
Article: "At least 9 GOP lawmakers are at Trump trial, which could be a problem for Republicans" by Rebecca Beitsch.
Article: "News: Sanders, Jayapal and Colleagues Introduce Legislation to Make College Tuition- and Debt-Free for Working Families" by Bernie Sanders.
Article: "Barbara Lee" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Rep. Barbara Lee defeated in California Senate primary" by Daniela Altimari.
Quote: "Do not crave to know the views of others, nor base your intent thereon. To think independently for yourself is a sign of fearlessness." - Mahatma Gandhi.
Video: FULL SHOW: Real time with Bill Maher (HBO) | Overtime Eric Holder, Rep. Nancy Mace, Rep. Ro Khanna.
Article: "Klamath River Reservoirs Drained for World's Largest Dam Removal Project" by Lindsey Doermann.
Article: "Lee Atwater" by Wikipedia.
Book: Willie Nelson's Letters to America by Willie Nelson with Turk Pipkin.
Bill: "John Lewis Voting Rights Act".
Article: "Louis DeJoy" by Wikipedia.
Article: "USPS removed 711 sorting machines this year, new court documents show" by Kristen Holmes and Paul P. Murphy.
Article: "Chaos in Congress after Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene insults Dallas Rep. Jasmine Crockett" by Johannah Grenaway.
Article: "President Trump Pulls U.S. Out of 'Defective' Iran Nuclear Deal" by Tessa Berenson.
Hour Two: The 2024 Election is Close and Competitive - Neither Candidate Is Winning, But I Would Much Rather Be Us Than Them
- Simon Rosenberg, Veteran Political Analyst, Strategist and Commentator. 2 Presidential campaigns (incl Clinton War Room), senior roles at DNC, DCCC, NDN. One of the only ones who got 2022 right. On Substack at Hopium Chronicles @Simonwdc
Article: "TikTok Has Become a Hotbed of Pro-Trump Activity" by Taegan Goddard.
Article: "Democrat Tom Suozzi wins N.Y. special election to replace George Santos" by Bridget Bowman and Sahil Kapur.
Article: "Ruben Gallego" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Elissa Slotkin" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Angela Alsobrooks" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Biden Puts Arms Shipment to Israel on Hold Amid Dispute Over Rafah Attack" by Peter Baker.
Video: "Stop This War Right Now": U.S. Doctor Who Saved Sen. Duckworth's Life in Iraq, Now Trapped in Gaza.
Tweet: "The "Manson Girls" held vigil every day outside Charles' 1971 trial, just like Mike "Squeaky" Johnson and his GOP friends are doing today for their cult leader. [photo]" by Thom Hartmann.
Article: "Is Donald Trump the Antichrist?" by Thom Hartmann.
Bible: "...the man of lawlessness..." - 2 Thessalonians 2.
Article: "The Heritage Foundation" by Wikipedia.
Video: The Late Show with Stephen Colbert: S9 Sen. Sanders: If Trump Wins It Would Be A Massive Setback To Women's Rights.
Article: "What's in the House-passed Build Back Better bill? Paid leave, universal pre-K and more" by Joey Garrison and Ledyard King.
Article: "Ectopic pregnancy" by Wikipedia.
Documentary: How to Change Your Mind (miniseries).
Article: "Michael Pollan" by Wikipedia.
Book: How to Change Your Mind: What the New Science of Psychedelics Teaches Us About Consciousness, Dying, Addiction, Depression, and Transcendence by Michael Pollan.
Article: "NC Senate votes to ban people from wearing masks in public for health reasons" by Will Doran.
Article: "Inside the Party Switch That Blew Up North Carolina Politics" by Kate Kelly and David Perlmutt.
Hour Three: Looks like...Trump-linked dark-money group spent $90m on racist and transphobic ads in 2022
Article: "Trump-linked dark-money group spent $90m on racist and transphobic ads in 2022, records show" by Brendan Fischer and Victoria Cadostin.
Article: "At Justice Alito's House, a 'Stop the Steal' Symbol on Display" by Jodi Kantor.
If you thought China was our friend, think again...
Article: "Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping vow to co-operate against 'destructive and hostile' US" by Joe Leahy, Max Seddon, Demetri Sevastopulo.
Article: "World number one golfer says he was 'rattled' after arrest - and describes jail cell warm-up" by Sky News.
Documentary: Power.
Article: "Draft Overturning Roe v. Wade Quotes Infamous Witch Trial Judge With Long-Discredited Ideas on Rape" by Ken Armstrong.
Article: "Sanders Warns 'Unjustifiably High' Prices of Weight Loss Drugs Could Bankrupt US Health System" by Julia Conley.
Site: Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM).
Site: Forks Over Knives.
Documentary: Forks Over Knives.
Article: "Oil & Gas Activity in Weld County, CO" by ShaleXP.
Article: "Residential development in Erie, Longmont stalled after wells plugged decades ago start leaking oil and gas" by Mark Jaffe.
Article: "'Fugitive Gas' Leaked From Pipeline Caused Deadly House Explosion" by CBS.
Article: "The Dust Bowl" by National Drought Mitigation Center.
Article: "Trump says he will be a dictator only on 'day one' if elected president" by Chris Michael.
Article: "Trump calls for the termination of the Constitution in Truth Social post" by Kristen Holmes.
Article: "Jill Biden wraps up U.P. tour with visit to Soo Locks and health care discussion" by Brendan Wiesner.
Article: "Trump Will Not Apologize for Calling for Death Penalty Over Central Park Five" by Jan Ransom.
Article: "Aid begins to arrive in Gaza via US-built pier" by Reuters.
Article: "Glyphosate contamination in grains and foods: An overview" by Jingwen Xu, Shayna Smith, Gordon Smith, Weiqun Wang, Yonghui Li.
Article: "Researchers: HFCS is much worse than table sugar" by Tom Laskawy.
Article: "The Last Time Oligarchs Tried to Take Over America It Led to Civil War" by Thom Hartmann.
Article: "The Billionaire Family Business: 50 Billionaire Clans Have Already Spent Over $600 Million on the 2024 Elections, Mostly to Preserve Their Fortunes" by Americans for Tax Fairness.
Book: "The Hidden History of American Oligarchy: Reclaiming Our Democracy from the Ruling Class" by Thom Hartmann.
Book: "The Hidden History of Neoliberalism: How Reaganism Gutted America and How to Restore Its Greatness" by Thom Hartmann.
Article: "An Economic Interpretation of the Constitution of the United States (1913)" by Charles A. Beard.
Article: "James Madison's Notes on the Debates in the Federal Convention, May 25, 1787".
Article: "Trump’s Sleazy $1 Billion Shakedown of Oil Execs Gives Dems an Opening" by Greg Sargent.
Article: "Box Office: A24’s ‘Civil War’ Fends Off Three New Movies to Remain No. 1 " by Rebecca Rubin.
Article: "How Southern Plutocrats Betrayed America " by Richard R. John.
Book: To Begin the World Anew: The Genius and Ambiguities of the American Founders by Bernard Bailyn.
Book: "The Hidden History of the Supreme Court and the Betrayal of America" by Thom Hartmann.
Book: Wealth and Democracy: A Political History of the American Rich by Kevin Phillips.
Book: We the People: The Economic Origins of the Constitution by Forrest McDonald.
Article: "National TV news, with the exception of MSNBC, failed to cover Trump's scandalous Big Oil proposition" by Allison Fisher.
Article: "Billionaire investor Ray Dalio warns U.S. is ‘on the brink’ and estimates a more than 1 in 3 chance of civil war" by Christiaan Hetzner.
Article: "At Justice Alito’s House, a ‘Stop the Steal’ Symbol on Display" by Jodi Kantor.
Article: "More than 40% of Americans think civil war likely within a decade" by Martin Pengelly.
Site: Vote.org.
Video: "Thom asks WSJs Stephen Moore - Is capitalism more important than Democracy?".
Video: "President Jimmy Carter: The United States is an Oligarchy...".