Sue's Daily Stack, Friday, 2 February, 2024
Your daily homework - links to everything discussed on today's show
Friday's Daily Stack
Hour One: James Madison Warned us the Morbidly Rich Are the Greatest Threat to our Republic
Article: "James Madison Warned us the Morbidly Rich Are the Greatest Threat to our Republic" by Thom Hartmann.
Article: "Estimating the Economic Cost of Childhood Poverty in the United States" by Michael McLaughlin, Mark R Rank.
Article: "The Federalist Papers : No. 10 : The Same Subject Continued : The Union as a Safeguard Against Domestic Faction and Insurrection" by James Madison.
Article: "Venture capital tax treatment" by Jeffrey Johnson.
Article: "Money for nothing: The Qualified Small Business Stock capital gains exclusion is a giveaway to wealthy investors, startup founders, and their employees" by Manoj Viswanathan .
Article: "Constitutional Law - Free Speech - Granting Access to Private Shopping Center Property for Free Speech Purposes on the Basis of a State Constitutional Provision Does Not Violate the Shopping Center Owner's Federal Constitutional Property Rights or First Amendment Free Speech Rights. PruneYard Shopping Center v. Robins, 100 S. Ct. 2035 (1980)" by Cordelia S. Munroe.
Article: "Why kill a bill to help poor working families feed their children? Follow the dark money!" by The Democracy Labs.
Article: "House-Passed Bipartisan Tax Bill's Child Tax Credit Expansion Would Help 16 Million Children in Low-Income Families" by CBPP.
Article: "Eight of the Largest Tax Breaks Explained" by Peter G. Peterson Foundation.
Article: "House votes to expand child tax credit, beef up corporate tax breaks" by Jacob Bogage, Jeff Stein.
Case: "Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission" (2010).
Article: "RIP Joe Madison: Tributes Pour In After 'The Black Eagle' Radio Legend And Activist Dies At 74" by Bruce C.T. Wright.
Article: "Civil Rights Activist And Radio Icon Joe Madison Dies At 74" by Kimberley Richards.
Law: "18 U.S. Code § 201 - Bribery of public officials and witnesses".
Nikki Haley Claims States Have the Right to Secede - Do they?
Article: "Nikki Haley Claims States Have the Right to Secede: 'They Can Do That" by Charlie Nash.
Article: "Texas secession movements" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Supremacy Clause" by Wikipedia.
Case: "Texas v. White".
A Warming-up Alert! Did Punxsutawney Phil just come through for all of us & predict an early spring?
Article: "'This is Historic!' Fox's Janice Dean Delights in Punxsutawney Phil Predicting an Early Spring" by Colby Hall.
Article: "How Taylor Swift's Lucky Number 13 Connects to Travis Kelce's Super Bowl Appearance" by Kelsie Gibson.
Article: "Michigan Polls" by 538.
Article: "Missouri Rule Change Would Allow Senators to Challenge Each Other to a Duel" by Kate Plummer.
Article: "Dancing in the Dark: Steps to Avoid a Constitutional Coup in the 2024 Election" by Mark Medish & Joel McCleary.
Article: "12th Amendment". "the President of the Senate shall, in the presence of the Senate and House of Representatives, open all the certificates and the votes shall then be counted"
Article: "Republican Elise Stefanik declines to commit to certifying 2024 election votes" by Ramon Antonio Vargas.
Book: The Late Great Planet Earth by Hal Lindsey with Carole C. Carlson.
Article: "Hal Lindsey" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Biden hails robust jobs market as proof US economy is 'strongest in the world'" by Dominic Rushe.
Site: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Article: "The Federal Reserve holds interest rates steady but signals rate cuts may be coming" by Scott Horsley.
Article: "black swan event" by Sanat Pai Raikar.
Hour Two: Are Presidential debates dead?
Article: "A Year Without Presidential Debates? Hell No!" by Ralph Nader.
Site: League of Women Voters.
Article: "Republicans Turn Against the League of Women Voters" by Megan O'Matz.
What is causing Engoron to 'slam on the brakes' on fraud ruling?
Article: "Trump associate's perjury caused Engoron to 'slam on the brakes' on fraud ruling: expert" by M.L. Nestel.
Why didn't the FBI search Trump's hidden room?
Article: "FBI Agents Reportedly Missed 'Hidden Room' While Searching Mar-a-Lago for Government Documents" by Michael Luciano.
Article: "Key points from CNN's report on a missing binder full of intelligence on Russia" by Zachary B. Wolf.
Article: "Benedict Arnold" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Mystery: Why hasn't the FBI searched Trump's other properties?" by Hunter.
Article: "Merrick Garland" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Chuck Grassley" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Ron Johnson" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Mitch McConnell" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Texas Military Bases" by MilitaryBases.com.
Article: "Texas Aerospace, Aviation & Defense Industry" by TxEDC.
Article: "Which States Are Givers and Which Are Takers?" by John Tierney.
Article: "Why Chinese are eyeing real estate in Hawaii" by Juwai.
Article: "American Civil War (1861 - 1865) by Wikipedia.
Article: "League of the South" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Alta California" by Wikipedia.
Case: "Brown v. Board", 1954.
Article: "Frigg" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Deep state" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Populism" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Huey Long" by Wikipedia.
Speech: "Every Man a King -- Radio Speech to the Nation" by Huey Long, 23 February 1934.
Video: Paul Weyrich - "I don't want everybody to vote" (Goo Goo).
Video: January 31, 2024 U.S. House of Representatives House Session, Part 2: The House will debate legislation providing $79 billion in tax benefits for families and businesses as well as two immigration policy bills on social security fraud and the Hamas October 7th attacks on Israel..
Article: "Contact the Department" by Department of Justice, including the Attorney General.
Article: "Chief Justice John Roberts' Wife Made Over $10 Million As Legal Consultant, Report Says" by Nicholas Reimann.
Article: "Clarence Thomas Failing to Note Wife Ginni's $680k Side Income Resurfaces" by Darragh Roche.
Article: "Watchdogs shocked as Kyrsten Sinema continues paying fortune to company owned by Tulsi Gabbard's sister" by Sky Palma.
Article: "Fast Facts & Figures About Social Security, 2023" by SSA.
Hour Three: House Dems Urge Biden to 'Swiftly' Appoint Postal Board Governors
Article: "House Dems Urge Biden to 'Swiftly' Appoint Postal Board Governors" by Brett Wilkins.
Dark Brandon Alert! Biden tells us finally what he really thinks of Trump....
Article: "'What a F*cking A**hole the Guy Is': Biden Privately Lets Loose on 'Sick F*ck' Donald Trump" by Michael Luciano.
Article: "'Like teenage boys': Carroll's lawyer describes Trump casually uttering misogynist insult" by Kathleen Culliton.
Article: "Trump insisted on hanging bright gold drapes in the Oval Office - here are past presidents' offices for comparison" by Business Insider.
Site: End The Bribe System (bumper stickers, etc.).
Article: "The Posse Comitatus Act and Related Matters: The Use of the Military to Execute Civilian Law" by CRS.
Article: "Insurrection Act of 1807" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Die Glocke (conspiracy theory)" by Wikipedia.
Article: "This Conspiracy Says Hitler Had a Secret Anti-Gravity UFO—and the U.S. Stole It" by Kyle Mizokami.
Article: "The Prophet's Way: Uganda Sojurn" by Thom Hartmann.
Article: "The Capitol Rioters Aren't Like Other Extremists" by Robert A. Pape and Keven Ruby.
Book: Sexual Politics by Kate Millett.
Movie: "Tea and Sympathy".
Article: "How Millions of Borrowers Got $127 Billion in Student Loans Canceled" by Stacy Cowley.
Article: "Black Pastors Pressure Biden to Call for a Cease-Fire in Gaza" by Maya King.
Article: "Hamas says it's studying Gaza cease-fire proposal, but appears to rule out key provisions" by Bassem Mroue, Samy Magdy.
Article: "Netanyahu again rejects Palestinian sovereignty amid fresh US push for two-state solution" by CNN.
Article: "Pelosi condemned for suggesting pro-Palestinian activists have ties to Russia" by Lauren Gambino.
Article: "Stress in pregnancy may influence baby brain development" by University of Edinburgh Centre for Reproductive Health.
Book: Magical Child by Joseph Chilton Pearce.
Book: The Crack in the Cosmic Egg: New Constructs of Mind and Reality by Joseph Chilton Pearce.