Sue's Daily Stack, Friday, 19 April, 2024
Your daily homework - links to everything discussed on today's show
Friday's Daily Stack
Hour One: Want to Die Young? Bathe Yourself in Right-Wing Media & Vote Republican
Article: "Want to Die Young? Bathe Yourself in Right-Wing Media & Vote Republican" by Thom Hartmann.
Article: "More suicides under Conservative rule" by BBC.
Article: "Suicides and Political Parties" by L. David Roper.
Substack: "Bandy X. Lee".
Article: "Crime Trends in U.S. Cities: Year-End 2023 Update" by Ernesto Lopez, Bobby Boxerman.
Article: "U.S. state policy contexts and mortality of working-age adults" by Jennifer Karas Montez et al.
Article: "Trump Misleads About Crime and Public Safety, Again" by Lauren-Brooke Eisen, Ames Grawert.
Article: "Conservative policies linked to higher mortality among working-age people, except when it comes to marijuana" by Aria Bendix.
Article: "Suicide and political regime in New South Wales and Australia during the 20th century" by A Page, S Morrell, R Taylor.
Article: "Political correlates of violent death rates in the U.S., 1900–2010: Longitudinal and cross-sectional analyses" by Bandy X. Lee, Bruce E. Wexler, James Gilligan.
Video: Will This Infection Make World Leaders Go To War? /w Dr. Bandy Lee.
Article: "Ukraine Aid Bill Clears Critical Hurdle in the House as Democrats Supply the Votes" by Annie Karni.
Quote: "Trump appears to have fallen asleep in court again. It happened several times just now. His eyes were closed for extended periods and his head dropped down twice." - Maggie Haberman.
Tweet: "Apparently his morning snort of Adderall has worn off... Thankfully, his regular diaper is large enough to protect the courtroom from mistakes while he's asleep..." by Thom Hartmann.
Article: "Montana's suicide epidemic explained by culture, geography and guns" by Ray Suarez.
Article: "When Viking Kings and Queens Ruled Medieval Russia" by Becky Little.
Article: "Jesse Benton" by Wikipedia.
Will Trump face stronger contempt charge for violating gag order while sitting in court? And - if Trump is jailed - will there be mass protests? And does anyone care?
Article: "Trump may face 'amplified' contempt charges by violating gag order while seated in court" by M.L. Nestel.
Article: "CNN Analyst Warns Jim Acosta If Trump Jailed For Violating Gag Order There'll Be Mass Protests 'Across The Country'" by Tommy Christopher.
Article: "Appeals court upholds conviction of GOP operative who steered Russian money to Trump camp " by Kyle Cheney.
Article: "'Whole thing is a mess': Trump hits out at hush money trial after jury selected" by Sky News.
Article: "'No reason to wait': Federal judge shoots down Trump's delay request" by Alex Henderson.
Article: "Timothy McVeigh" by Wikipedia.
Why does the GOP want banks to "squeeze customers" with "junk fees?"
Article: "'Nickel and diming Americans': GOP slammed for helping banks 'squeeze customers' with 'junk fees' " by Alex Henderson.
Article: "Meet the 12 Manhattan Jurors Who Will Decide Donald J. Trump's Fate" by Kate Christobek and Wesley Parnell.
Article: "The Time the US Paid Off All Its Debt" by Stacey Vanek Smith, Darian Woods.
Article: "Is coronavirus a disease of the blood vessels?" by Dr Phoebe Kitscha.
Article: "What's your current risk of getting long Covid? Estimates hover around 5%-10%" by Aria Bendix.
Article: "7 more states sue over Biden student loan plan " by Lexi Lonas.
Tweet: "What's that about paying loans back? [graphic of Republican Members of Congress whose PPP loans were forgiven]" by CAP Action.
Article: "How to Ditch the Biggest Fossil Fuel Offenders in Your Life" by Courtney Lindwall.
Site: Democracy Watch News.
Video: NPR Tiny Desk Video - Mark Taylor-Canfield: "Battle of Seattle".
Youtube: Mark Taylor-Canfield.
Article: "2023 World Press Freedom Index – journalism threatened by fake content industry" by RSF.
Article: "World Press Freedom Day" (May 3) by Wikipedia.
Event: May 2-4: Chile: "World Press Freedom Day Conference".
Law: "Sherman Antitrust Act", 1890.
Law: "Telecommunications Act of 1996" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Journalist casualties in the Israel-Gaza war" by CPJ.
Hour Two: Hospitals are "so scared" of GOP abortion laws that they're turning away pregnant patients in trouble...
Article: "Hospitals 'so scared' of GOP abortion laws that they're turning away pregnant patients" by Travis Gettys.
Case: "Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization" (2022) (abortion, overturned Roe v. Wade).
Article: "Gosar joins MTG, Massie in push to oust Speaker Johnson" by Alex Miller.
Article: "Ukraine 'will lose the war' if US fails to approve aid, says Zelensky" by Christian Edwards and Maria Kostenko.
Article: "Bucha massacre" by Wikipedia.
Video: Democratic Lawmaker Says 'I Will Vote To Keep Johnson As Speaker' As GOP Revolt Intensifies.
Ukraine may lose by the end of 2024 - will our Congress stand up to the Putin caucus or let down Democracy?
Article: "Mike Pence warns Putin will wage war on NATO if Ukraine loses " by Stuart Lau.
Article: "'Repercussions': Democrats and Republicans stand against 'pro-Putin' House GOP faction " by David Badash.
Article: "'They want Russia to win so badly': GOP congressman blasts far-right House Republicans" by David Badash.
Article: "CIA chief Burns says that without aid, Ukraine "could lose on the battlefield"" by Olivia Gazis.
Article: "Arizona Republicans again block effort to repeal 1864 near-total abortion ban" by Carter Sherman.
Article: "Behind the Republican scheme to rescue Arizona's anti-abortion justices from voters" by EJ Montini.
Bible: "Matthew 25:31-46 The Sheep and the Goats".
Article: "Egypt warned Israel of Hamas attack days earlier, senior US politician says" by Dan Sabbagh.
Article: "Netanyahu's unprecedented snub of Obama meeting defies explanation" by Raphael Ahren.
Article: "The Candidate and the Spy: James Bamford on Israel's Secret Collusion with Trump to Win 2016 Race" by Democracy Now!
Book: Spyfail: Foreign Spies, Moles, Saboteurs, and the Collapse of America's Counterintelligence by James Bamford.
Book: The Puzzle Palace: Inside the National Security Agency, America's Most Secret Intelligence Organization by James Bamford.
Site: End The Bribe System (bumper stickers, etc.).
Article: "Phone calls with law enforcement can be recorded without their consent, court rules" (Florida) by Vivienne Serret.
Article: "The Heritage Foundation" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Project 2025: How Trump Loyalists and Right-Wing Leaders Are Paving a Fast Road to Fascism" by Peter Montgomery.
Article: "The Lewis Powell Memo: A Corporate Blueprint to Dominate Democracy".
Video: Paul Weyrich - "I don't want everybody to vote" (Goo Goo).
Article: "Project 2025" by Wikipedia.
Article: "US resumes deportation flights to Haiti despite continuing bloodshed" by Luke Taylor, Gloria Oladipo.
Article: "Failed state" by Wikipedia.
Article: "The Supreme Court effectively abolishes the right to mass protest in three US states" by Ian Millhiser.
Article: "Dred Scott Case" by History.com.
Article: "Ex-Defense Secretary: Trump Told Pentagon To Shoot George Floyd Protesters" by Ryan Grenoble.
Article: "Horror as Max Azzarello lights himself on fire outside Donald Trump's New York City trial with 'body engulfed in flames'" by Israel Salas-Rodriguez.
Hour Three: Progressive Town Hall
- Representative Ro Khanna (D-CA, 17th District) / Vice Chair-Congressional Progressive Caucus / Author - Dignity In A Digital Age @RepRoKhanna
Article: "House to hold separate votes on Ukraine, Israel, Taiwan aid" by Bryant Harris.
Article: "U.S. House heads toward Saturday vote on $95B in aid for Israel, Ukraine, Taiwan" by Jennifer Shutt.
Article: "FBI chief says Chinese hackers have infiltrated critical US infrastructure" by Reuters.
Article: "The economic commitment of climate change" by Kotz, M., Levermann, A. & Wenz, L.
Article: "Rishi Sunak delays some green targets and scraps others as he reveals net zero policy shift – as it happened " by Andrew Sparrow.
Article: "Brexit" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Israel has mounted airstrikes on Iran, US confirms, as Tehran plays down attack" by Peter Beaumont in Jerusalem and Julian Borger.
Article: "The Lincoln Project" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Putin, Trump, Iran, and Netanyahu Unveil the Terrifying Perils of Strongman Rule" by Thom Hartmann.
Article: "What we know about Israel's missile attack on Iran" by Sean Seddon and Daniele Palumbo.
Article: "Voters are frustrated with Biden over Gaza. Can Ro Khanna steer them back?" by Francesca Chambers.
Article: "Traveling to Cuba " by U.S. Embassy in Cuba.
Article: "Ukraine: the history behind Russia's claim that Nato promised not to expand to the east" by Gavin E.L. Hall.
Article: "Tobacco Companies target customers with menthol alternatives to circumvent upcoming California sales ban" by Karen Evans-Reeves.
Article: "Out of View but in Plain Sight: The Illegal Sale of Single Cigarettes" by Frances A. Stillman, Lee R. Bone, Adam J. Milam, Jiemin Ma, and Kathleen Hoke.
Article: "MTG introduces amendment to require House members to enlist in Ukrainian military if they vote for Ukraine aid" by Brady Knox.
Article: "Guess Where Marjorie Taylor Greene Has Suddenly Gotten Popular?" by Hafiz Rashid.
Article: "Testimony to Oversight Committee "Defending America from the Chinese Communist Party's Political Warfare, Part I"" (17 April 2024) by Professor Timothy Snyder.
Article: "Rand Paul delivers letter from Trump to Putin" by Rebecca Morin.
Article: "U.S. Vetoes Palestinian Bid for Recognition as Full U.N. Member State" by Yonette Joseph.
Article: "Palestinians aim to gain full UN member state status, but US law stands in their way" by Jacob Magid.
Case: "Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission" (2010).
Article: "Shield laws in the United States" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Red flag law" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Louis DeJoy" by Wikipedia.
Article: "House passes bill to reverse Postal Service changes, infuse $25B in emergency funds" by Lauren Egan, Leigh Ann Caldwell and Haley Talbot.