Sue's Daily Stack, Friday, 31 May, 2024
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Friday's Daily Stack
Hour One: First Prez convicted of a Felony in history....
Article: "Johnson on Trump verdict: SCOTUS justices 'deeply concerned' and will 'set this straight'" by David Badash.
Article: "Trump verdict would likely move only a small number of votes, poll finds" by Domenico Montanaro.
Article: "Trump Says He Will Appeal, Setting Off a Long Legal Journey" by William K. Rashbaum, Ben Protess and Michael Gold.
Article: "Here's why Trump's conviction on 34 felony counts could help Biden" by Kerry Eleveld.
Article: "Trump's oral argument appeal may be in front of the first all-Black women Appellate bench." by Pakalolo.
Article: "Donald Trump Could Face All-Black Appeals Court in Manhattan" by James Bickerton.
Facebook: "...And then America was saved by a porn star.
THE END" by Brian Capouch.
Video: Verdict - The Lincoln Project.
Crazy Alert! Will Trump lose his liquor license at Mar a Lago?
Law: "2023 Florida Statutes: Title XXXIV Alcoholic Beverages And Tobacco: Chapter 561 Beverage Law: Administration: Section 15 Licenses; qualifications required." by Florida Senate. "(2) No license under the Beverage Law shall be issued to any person who ... has been convicted in the last past 15 years of any felony in this state or any other state or the United States; or to a corporation, any of the officers of which shall have been so convicted. The term "conviction" shall include an adjudication of guilt on a plea of guilty or nolo contendere or the forfeiture of a bond when charged with a crime."
Article: "Israel Used U.S.-Made Bombs in Strike That Killed Dozens in Rafah" by Robin Stein, Christiaan Triebert and Haley Willis.
Article: "Nikki Haley's 4-Word Message on Israeli Bomb Sparks Outrage" by Natalie Venegas. "Finish Them! America [Heart drawing] Israel"
Law: "Hatch Act of 1939" (restricts political activity of federal workers).
Law: "Logan Act", 1799 - forbids unauthorized citizens from negotiating with foreign governments having a dispute with the U.S.
Article: "Cyrus Vance Jr." by Wikipedia.
Article: "Alvin Bragg" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Letitia James" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Fani Willis" by Wikipedia.
Guilty: Is Trumpism a Movement or a Cult?
Article: "Guilty: Is Trumpism a Movement or a Cult?" by Thom Hartmann.
Article: "Voting in Colonial Virginia" by Virginia Places.
Article: "CBS News Poll – August 16-18, 2023" by YouGov.
Article: "Herman Cain is mourned, celebrated at his funeral in Atlanta" by AP.
Article: "Here's why Trump's conviction on 34 felony counts could help Biden" by Kerry Eleveld.
Article: "RFK Jr. says he opposes removing Confederate statues" by Zoë Richards and Katherine Koretski.
Article: "Cult" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Charles Manson" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Jim Jones" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Huey Long" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Barry Goldwater" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Seventh-day Adventist Church" by Wikipedia.
Quote: "I've searched for who appears to be the closest analog to trump in his standing with his followers. Hitler, Stalin, Mao? They all fail in that they all offered a unifying ideology above and beyond the cult of personality. Charismatics like Jim Johnson? Much the same issue as the political leaders. Then it became obvious: Charlie Manson. I'd welcome opposing points of view. But remember: DONALD DON'T SURF." - William Politt.
Video: See Michael Cohen's first reaction to Trump's historic guilty verdict | MSNBC Exclusive.
Article: "Ken Paxton" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Sturmabteilung" (Brownshirts).
Article: "The Sturmabteilung: Hitler's Unofficial Army Of Thugs" (brownshirts) by Gina Dimuro.
Article: "Blackshirts" by Wikipedia.
Article: "The Roma people's Hungarian hell" by Barbora Černušáková.
Site: End The Bribe System (bumper stickers, etc.).
Article: "United States Presidential Election Results" by Britannica.
Article: "Mayor Cherelle Parker proposes $100M to fund 'triage and wellness facilities' for people in addiction" by Anna Orso, Max Marin, Aubrey Whelan.
Article: "Mayor's first attempt at opening wellness centers to address Philadelphia opioid epidemic meets City Council opposition" by Pat Loeb.
Article: "George W. Bush military service controversy" by Wikipedia.
Law: "Patriot Act", 2001.
Article: "Guantanamo Bay detention camp" (Gitmo) by Wikipedia.
Article: "The American invasion of Grenada: a note on false prophecy" by Wendell Bell.
Article: "Can Felons Vote in Florida? " by FindLaw.
Article: "Trump DOJ's sentencing of Michael Cohen could come back to haunt ex-president: expert" by Sarah K. Burris.
Hour Two: Roberts declines meeting with Senate Democrats about Alito controversy
Article: "Roberts declines meeting with Senate Democrats about Alito controversy" by Al Weaver.
Do we need a pandemic treaty to keep us all safer?
Article: "Despite False Claims, an Equitable Pandemic Treaty Would Make Us All Safer" by Alexandra L. Phelan, Lawrence O. Gostin.
Law: "First Amendment". "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances."
Video: George W. Bush: Hey C Students, You Can Be President.
Article: "United States presidential eligibility legislation" by Wikipedia.
Law: "Balanced Budget Act of 1997".
Law: "Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act", 2003.
Event: May 31 - June 2: Seaside. Or: SEA-PAC Ham Convention.
Article: "Bill O'Reilly says Biden should pardon Trump and Hunter to heal divided nation before November election" by Germania Rodriguez Poleo.
Article: "Justice Sotomayor describes crying after some Supreme Court decisions" by John Fritze.
Movie: "Cool Hand Luke".
Movie: "The Shawshank Redemption".
Quote: "Hope is not the conviction that something will turn out well but the certainty that something makes sense, regardless of how it turns out." - Vaclav Havel.
Quote: "Hope is invented every day" - James Baldwin.
Article: "The Difference Between Gray, White And Black Propaganda" by Knowledge Nuts.
Article: "William James" by Wikipedia.
Article: "1876 United States presidential election" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Has there been significantly more criminal activity in Republican presidential administrations than Democratic ones over the past 50 years?" by Austin Tannenbaum.
Article: "Trump's youngest son Barron 'declines' to be RNC delegate, his mother Melania says" by Sam Cabral.
Article: "Judge clarifies: Yes, Trump was found to have raped E. Jean Carroll" by Aaron Blake.
Article: "Trump speech: 'If they can do this to me they can do this to anyone'" by Susie Coen.
Article: "Al Capone" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Tariff in United States history" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Florida sticks by social studies standard teaching 'benefit' of slavery" by Andrew Atterbury.
Hour Three: Is Biden allowing Ukraine to use weapons for strikes in Russia?
Article: "Ukraine can use U.S. weapons for limited strikes in Russia, Biden says" by Michael Birnbaum, John Hudson, Emily Rauhala, Ellen Nakashima.
Article: "Donald Trump: Hillary Clinton 'shouldn't be allowed to run'" by .
Article: "Trump's predictions about Hillary Clinton become true — for himself" by Chuck Todd, Mark Murray, Ben Kamisar and Bridget Bowman.
Article: "Biden Calls Trump's Rhetoric 'Reckless' And 'Dangerous' After Guilty Verdict" by Sara Dorn.
Article: "Johnny Carson" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Biden unveils Israeli proposal to end Gaza war" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Biden Endorses Israeli Proposal for a Cease-Fire in Gaza" by NYT.
Article: "Mercedes workers vote no to union. UAW says they were illegally intimidated" by Andrea Hsu, Stephan Bisaha.
Article: "UAW wins big in historic union vote at Volkswagen Tennessee factory" by Nora Eckert.
Article: "Eugene V. Debs" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Watergate scandal" by Wikipedia.
Article: "The Ancient Greek Meaning of the Word "Idiot"" by Tasos Kokkinidis.
Article: "Sortition" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Ptolemy II Philadelphus" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Hiawatha" by Wikipedia.
Quote: "It would be a very strange Thing, if Six Nations of ignorant Savages should be capable of forming a Scheme for such an Union, and be able to execute it in such a Manner, as that it has subsisted Ages, and appears indissoluble; and yet that a like Union should be impracticable for ten or a Dozen English Colonies, to whom it is more necessary, and must be more advantageous; and who cannot be supposed to want an equal Understanding of their Interests." - Benjamin Franklin.
Book: The Hidden History of American Democracy: Rediscovering Humanity's Ancient Way of Living by Thom Hartmann.
Article: "Judge Aileen Cannon Seeks Briefs From Donald Trump Lawyers On Supreme Court Case" by Sean O'Driscoll.
Article: "Alito: Congress can't regulate Supreme Court ethics" by Josh Gerstein.
Article: "Constitution of the United States", article 3 section 2. "... In all Cases affecting Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls, and those in which a State shall be Party, the supreme Court shall have original Jurisdiction. In all the other Cases before mentioned, the supreme Court shall have appellate Jurisdiction, both as to Law and Fact, with such Exceptions, and under such Regulations as the Congress shall make...."
Article: "Abe Fortas" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Hunter Biden laptop controversy" by Wikipedia.
Article: "At least 66 members of far-right group in rural Oregon standing for office" by Jason Wilson.
Article: "Ham Radio Operator Leaks Far-Right Group's Oregon Plans" by Rob Quinn.
Article: "As Michael Cohen points to Trump, Trump wants him to serve a "full and complete sentence"" by Kathryn Watson.
Article: "Turnout really was historically bonkers in 2020" by Chris Cillizza.
Article: "Florida's effort to charge 20 people with voter fraud has hit some roadblocks" by Ashley Lopez.
Book: The Cancer Prevention Diet, Revised and Updated 25th Anniversary Edition by Michio Kushi.
Article: "Florida bridges will shun Pride colors in favor of red, white and blue" by NBC.
Article: "Nikki Haley says she'll vote for Trump — but doesn't quite endorse him" by Grace Panetta.