Sue's Daily Stack, Friday, 23 February, 2024
Your daily homework - links to everything discussed on today's show
Friday's Daily Stack
Hour One: News...CPAC calls for the end of democracy, more sanctions for Russia and Texas says to hell with kids...
Article: "'We Didn't Get All The Way There On Jan 6': Trump Booster Pledges to End Democracy in CPAC Rant as Bannon Cheers On" by Jennifer Bowers Bahney.
Article: "U.S. imposes more than 500 new Russia sanctions after Navalny's death" by Jeff Stein, Catherine Belton.
Article: "Texas passes on $450 million summer lunch program for low-income families" by Nina Banks.
Article: "Ukraine's Zaphorizhzhia nuclear plant loses connection to last backup power line" by Arpan Rai.
Substack: Sue Nethercott.
Article: "No nukes! And no dictators!" by Sue Nethercott.
Article: "Ukraine's Zaphorizhzhia nuclear plant loses connection to last backup power line" by Arpan Rai.
Comer & Jordan are Mainstreaming Political Poison into the Bloodstream of Democracy
Article: "Comer & Jordan are Mainstreaming Political Poison into the Bloodstream of Democracy" by Thom Hartmann.
Tweet: "DOJ must investigate whether and when Grassley, Comer or Jordan knew that Smirnov was spreading Russian disinformation. But now that it's public, Comer and Jordan clearly will be conspiring with Putin to interfere in the election if they continue with this bogus impeachment." by Daniel Goldman.
Article: "Read the indictment against Paul Manafort" by Boston Globe.
Article: "Champagne corks pop in Moscow for President Trump's inauguration" by CBS/AP.
Article: "GOP lawmaker says Republicans were warned about FBI informant's credibility" by CNN.
Article: "Jim Jordan and James Comer can't stop fucking that chicken" by Jeff Tiedrich.
Article: "Former Special Agent in Charge of the New York FBI Counterintelligence Division Pleads Guilty to Conspiring to Violate U.S. Sanctions on Russia" by Office of Public Affairs.
Article: "Meet Donald Trump's Top FBI Fanboy" by Wayne Barrett.
Article: "Remember the 'Biden bribe' allegation? DOJ now says it was made up." by Philip Bump.
Site: Democracy Watch News.
Article: "Israel-Gaza War: the Most Dangerous Conflict for Journalists" by Democracy Watch News.
Article: "Loss of Press Freedom: Most Censored News Story?" by Democracy Watch News.
Article: "Russia bans Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty as 'undesirable'" by CPJ.
Article: "2023 World Press Freedom Index – journalism threatened by fake content industry" by RSF.
Site: Democracy Watch News.
Article: "Israel-Gaza War: the Most Dangerous Conflict for Journalists" by Democracy Watch News.
Article: "Loss of Press Freedom: Most Censored News Story?" by Democracy Watch News.
Article: "Russia bans Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty as 'undesirable'" by CPJ.
Article: "2023 World Press Freedom Index – journalism threatened by fake content industry" by RSF.
Article: "Genghis Khan" by Wikipedia.
Article: "The Mongol Horde: An Unstoppable Force" by National Geographic.
Site: Florida Veterans for Common Sense.
Event: Feb 29, 2024: Sarasota FL: 2024 Thomas Paine Party.
Book: Thomas Paine Complete Works - World's Best Ultimate Collection - All Works: Common Sense, Age Of Reason, Crisis, Rights Of Man, Agrarian Justice, Short Writings Plus Biography & Bonuses [Annotated] by Thomas Paine.
Article: "2023 Thomas Paine Party" (Jamie Raskin.) by Florida Veterans for Common Sense.
Article: "Sons of the American Revolution" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Harvey J. Kaye" by Wikipedia.
Book: Thomas Paine and the Promise of America by Harvey J. Kaye.
Article: "Thomas Paine" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Alexander Hamilton" by Wikipedia.
Article: "John Adams" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Alien and Sedition Acts of the United States". "old, querulous, Bald, blind, crippled, Toothless Adams."
Article: "Chuck Grassley" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Eight Republicans pick the worst possible place to celebrate July 4" by Dana Milbank.
Article: "China demands the US stop any official contact with Taiwan following a congressional visit" by Didi Tang.
Article: "Paul Manafort" by Wikipedia.
Hour Two: She had to beg for Texas docs to end her life threatening ectopic pregnancy - they refused....
Article: "An ectopic pregnancy put her life at risk. A Texas hospital refused to treat her." by Caroline Kitchener.
Florida surgeon general defies science amid measles outbreak
Article: "Florida surgeon general defies science amid measles outbreak" by Lena H. Sun, Lauren Weber.
Alabama Justice Parker, who ruled embryos are children, indicated he believes in doctrine at the heart of Christian nationalism.
Article: "Justice Who Ruled That Embryos Are 'Children' Appeared On QAnon Conspiracist's Show" by Christopher Mathias.
Site: Kost Elisevich: Ukraine: Essays on a Nation's Fighr for Survival.
Site: Vote By Mail In New York State.
Article: "Involuntary Manslaughter: Penalties and Sentencing" by Sydney Goldstein.
Article: "Sackler family" by Wikipedia.
Case: "District of Columbia v. Heller", 2008 (2nd Amendment).
Article: "Jennifer Crumbley, mother of school shooter, found guilty of manslaughter in test of who's responsible for a mass shooting " by Eric Levenson and Lauren del Valle.
Poem: "It is easy enough to be pleasant, When life flows by like a song,
But the man worth while is one who will smile, When everything goes dead wrong." by Ella Wheeler Wilcox.
Article: "Jack Anderson (columnist)" by Wikipedia.
Article: "The Lewis Powell Memo: A Corporate Blueprint to Dominate Democracy".
Article: "The Legend of the Powell Memo" by Mark Schmitt.
Article: "Misinformation" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Disinformation" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Malinformation" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Alabama Says Embryos in a Lab Are Children. What Are the Implications?" by Jan Hoffman.
Article: "fairness doctrine" by Matt Stefon.
Article: "Over 400 Transphobic Bills Have Been Proposed Since the Start of 2023" by Chris Walker.
Article: "Nazi book burnings" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Institut für Sexualwissenschaft" (Institute for Sexual Research) by Wikipedia.
Article: "Magnus Hirschfeld" by Wikipedia.
Movie: "Different From the Others (Anders als die anderen) (1919) by Richard Oswald".
Article: "Death of Nex Benedict" by Wikipedia.
Article: "14th Amendment section 3, July 9, 1868 "No person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, or elector of President and Vice-President, or hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, or under any State, who, having previously taken an oath, as a member of Congress, or as an officer of the United States, or as a member of any State legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer of any State, to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof. But Congress may by a vote of two-thirds of each House, remove such disability."
Article: "Discharge petition" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Democrats to FORCE a vote on $61BILLION Ukraine aid by pleading for help from a handful of Republicans after Navalny's death sparks US to slap 500 new sanctions on Russia" by Morgan Phillips.
Article: "Seven Mountain Mandate" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Elliott Abrams" by Wikipedia.
Article: "John Poindexter" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Nixon's Enemies List" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Political appointments by Donald Trump" by Wikipedia.
Hour Three: Hunter in a Farmer's World Alert! Vindicated! ADHD is an Evolutionary Success
Article: "Vindicated! ADHD is an Evolutionary Success" by Thom Hartmann.
Article: "A Nutritional Model for Effecting Change in Behavior-Disordered and Severely Emotionally Disturbed Victims of Child Abuse: The Experiences of the Salem Children's Villages" by Thomas C. Hartmann.
Geeky Science! Can tart cherries help reduce inflammation and pain?
Article: "Can tart cherries help reduce inflammation and pain?" by Lindsey Bever.
Site: WCOM-LP 103.5 FM.
Article: "Trump foes fear retribution if he's re-elected: From the Politics Desk" by NBC News.
Article: "Federal Funds Rate - 62 Year Historical Chart" by Macrotrends.
Article: "Fed officials will dive into balance sheet debate at March FOMC" by Michael S. Derby.
Article: "Are Cherries a Cure for Gout?" by Linda Rath.
Article: "Federal government to begin formal process of preparing for partial shutdown ahead of March deadline" by Betsy Klein and Tami Luhby.
Article: "Tuberville's unending military holds demand Senate process reform" by Joan McCarter.
Article: "High-profile Republicans head for the exits amid House GOP dysfunction" by Melanie Zanona, Annie Grayer and Haley Talbot.
Article: "Rep. Ken Buck: 'No doubt in my mind' that a separate Ukraine funding bill will pass the in House" by NBC.
Article: "Israel–Hamas war" by Wikipedia.
Site: Infectious Generosity.
Book: The Way Out: How to Overcome Toxic Polarization by Peter T. Coleman.
Article: "Jigsaw (teaching technique)" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Press Freedom on Trial: Julian Assange's Lawyer on Extradition Case & Criminalizing Journalism" by Democracy Now!
Article: ""Governments Are Trying to Frighten Journalists": Fmr. Guardian Head Alan Rusbridger on Assange Case" by Democracy Now!
Article: "Could Long Covid Be the Senate's Bipartisan Cause?" by Zeynep Tufekci.