Sue's Daily Stack, Friday, 5 April, 2024
Your daily homework - links to everything discussed on today's show
Friday's Daily Stack
Hour One: So, What Can We Do About the Naked Corruption of the Supreme Court?
Article: "So, What Can We Do About the Naked Corruption of the Supreme Court? " by Thom Hartmann.
Article: "The Judge Who Coined "Indict a Ham Sandwich" Was Himself Indicted" by Josh Levin.
Book: The Rehnquist Choice: The Untold Story of the Nixon Appointment That Redefined the Supreme Court by John W. Dean.
Article: "Harry A. Blackmun, 1970-1994" by Supreme Court Historical Society.
Article: "Lewis F. Powell, Jr., 1972-1987" by Supreme Court Historical Society.
Article: "William Rehnquist, 1986-2005" by Supreme Court Historical Society.
Article: "Clarence Thomas' Abe Fortas problem" by Steve Benen.
Article: "On This Day In 1968: Johnson Withdraws Fortas Nomination To The Supreme Court" by Ken Rudin.
Article: "'Suppression of evidence': Liz Cheney issues warning to SCOTUS on Trump immunity case" by Sky Palma.
Article: "Comstock Act of 1873" (Comstock Act ban on birth control information overturned) by Brandon R. Burnette.
Event: 5 April 7pm: Powell's City of Books, Portland, Or. : Rachel Bitecofer in Conversation With Thom Hartmann.
Article: "Rachel Bitecofer" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Jobs report smashes forecasts as red hot labor market confounds Wall Street" by Martin Baccardax.
Article: "Taylor rule" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Another Great Jobs Report - The Economy Is Strong, Joe Biden Is A Successful President" by Simon Rosenberg.
Letitia James is not screwing around...
Article: "Letitia James issues 10-day ultimatum to company that guaranteed Trump's $175M bond " by Carl Gibson.
Is truly free tax help here?
Article: "Truly Free Tax Help is Here!" by Susan Harley.
Event: Apr 12-14: Ukiah, CA: VFP Western Regional Conference.
Site: "The Righting".
Article: "Right Wing Election Year Traffic Erosion Continues; MSM Falters Too" by TheRighting.
Article: "Biden to meet with relatives of bridge collapse victims while visiting Baltimore on Friday" by CNN.
Article: "Trump calls illegal immigrants "animals" in Michigan campaign speech" by KameraOne.
Article: "Will Mike Johnson be removed as speaker? Marjorie Taylor Greene issues warning over Ukraine aid" by Marina Pitofsky.
Article: "Full List of Capitol Rioters Jailed So Far and the Sentences They Are Serving" by Aleks Phillips .
Article: "Several Trump supporters involved in Jan. 6 are running for office this year" by Diana Paulsen.
Article: "Project 2025".
Article: "Dioxins and dioxin-like compounds" by Wikipedia.
Hour Two: Republicans hate Social Security and they're never going to give up
Article: "Andrew Biggs Is An Expert—On Destroying Social Security" by Alex Lawson.
Video: Franklin D Roosevelt: Democratic State Convention, 29 September 1936 'Let me warn you, and let me warn the nation'.
Article: "Freedom Caucus demands reversal of LNG pause before Congress approves bridge collapse funding" by Cami Mondeaux.
Could states be the ones who bring in Medicare for all?
Article: "State-Based Universal Health Care Act, HR6270, gets House & Senate sponsors, Medicare for ALL?" by Egberto Willies.
Article: "Tommy Douglas" (father of Canadian Healthcare) by Wikipedia.
Bill: "H.R.6270 - State-Based Universal Health Care Act of 2023" by Rep. Khanna, Ro [D-CA-17].
Bill: "H.R.9187 - Save Medicare Act" by Rep. Pocan, Mark [D-WI-2].
Article: "Trump Visits Shell Plastics Facility, Touts Petrochemical Future For Ohio Valley" by Erica Peterson, Brittany Patterson.
Article: "Lionel, LLC" (Model Trains) by Wikipedia.
Article: "World Central Kitchen drone strikes" by Wikipedia.
Article: "How an Aid Group Built a Jetty to Get Food Into Gaza" by Adam Sella.
Article: "Gaza aid convoy strike: What we know" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Spike (missile)" by Wikipedia.
Article: "LifeLock" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Revealed: Prebuttal of the GOP's Debate Trashing President Biden & Progressives" (Biden achievements) by Thom Hartmann.
Article: "Biden touts inhaler price drops with Bernie Sanders: "Finally, finally we beat big Pharma"" by Kathryn Watson.
Article: "'We want to help': Why climate activists are trying something new" by Chloe Veltman.
Article: "Electoral College" by Wikipedia.
Article: "'Absolute bloodbath' at RNC as new leadership loyal to Trump purges staff" by Hugo Lowell.
Article: "Howard Stern: Trump Ran for President as a 'Gimmick' to Get a Pay Raise on 'The Apprentice' (Video)" by Jon Levine.
Article: "The Lincoln Project" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Exclusive: Nearly half of the Israeli munitions dropped on Gaza are imprecise 'dumb bombs,' US intelligence assessment finds" by Natasha Bertrand and Katie Bo Lillis.
Article: "Putin Ally Says Ukraine 'Peace' Depends on Recognizing Zelensky as 'Nazi'" by Aila Slisco.
Article: "John Oliver Memorial Sewer Plant" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Here's a Timeline of Every Time Donald Trump Ran for President" by TV GuideNews.
Video: President Obama Roasts Donald Trump At White House Correspondents' Dinner! (2011).
Documentary: Echo in the Canyon.
Article: "Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination 56 years later" by Morning Joe.
Book: "Ultimate Sacrifice" by Lamar Waldron with Thom Hartmann.
Book: "Legacy of Secrecy: The Long Shadow of the JFK Assassination" by Lamar Waldron with Thom Hartmann.
Hour Three: How Trump is building an "authoritarian axis" around the world....
Article: "'Building an authoritarian axis': the Trump 'envoy' courting the global far right" by Robert Tait.
Law: "Logan Act", 1799 - forbids unauthorized citizens from negotiating with foreign governments having a dispute with the U.S.
Is this how Saudi Arabia weighs in for Trump?
Article: "Oil Holds Above $90 After Middle East Tensions Push Brent Higher" by Julia Fanzeres and Alex Longley.
Article: "Is Saudi Arabia trying to sabotage Biden?" by Liz Peek.
Article: "OPEC to Extend Oil Production Cuts Through June" by Stanley Reed.
Article: "The Saudi & Putin Scheme for Screwing Biden's Election Hopes" by Thom Hartmann.
Article: "OPEC+ Sticks With Supply Cuts While Oil Nears $90 A Barrel" by Grant Smith, Salma El Wardany, Fiona MacDonald and Nayla Razzouk.
Article: "Oregon electric vehicle sales rise again – when might they overtake gas-powered cars?" by Mike Rogoway.
Article: "Mexico said to cut some oil exports as global supplies tighten" by Seeking Alpha.
Seeking Alpha Article: "Medicare Advantage Plans Often Deny Needed Care, Federal Report Finds" by Reed Abelson.
Article: "President Joe Biden will unveil his new plan to give student loan relief to many new borrowers" by Seung Min Kim, Collin Binkley.
Article: "USS Liberty" by Wikipedia.
Article: "USS Liberty incident" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Israel rocked by largest protests since war began as Netanyahu faces growing pressure" by Joshua Berlinger, Lauren Iszo and Tamar Michaelis.
Article: "What we know about Israel's Supreme Court ruling on Netanyahu's judicial overhaul" by Christian Edwards.
Book: The Power of Positive Thinking by Dr. Norman Vincent Peale.
Article: "Heart rate variability" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Marisa Wood announces another run against McCarthy" by The Bakersfield Californian.
Article: ""Likely to weaponize intelligence": Experts alarmed as Trump poised to get security briefings again" by Areeba Shah.
Article: "Merrick Garland" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Louis DeJoy" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Everything you need to know before April's PA primary in Bucks County" by Chris Ullery.
Video: Willie Horton 1988 Attack Ad.
Article: "Former Republican and Democratic officials launch new political party" by Reuters.
Article: "For Biden 2024, in-person campaigning is back in a big way" by Tamara Keith.
Quote: "Human progress is neither automatic nor inevitable. Even a superficial look at history reveals that no social advance rolls in on the wheels of inevitability. Every step toward the goal of justice requires sacrifice, suffering and struggle — the tireless exertions and passionate concern of dedicated individuals." - Martin Luther King Jr..
Article: "Wisconsin's 'uninstructed' voters send Biden a strong message on the war in Gaza" by Padmananda Rama, Chuck Quirmbach.
Article: "Netanyahu's unprecedented snub of Obama meeting defies explanation" by Raphael Ahren.
Article: "Blinken: If Israel Does Not Change Its Policy in Gaza 'There'll Be changes in our Own Policy'" by David Israel.
Article: "Questions mount over Israel's killing of journalists covering the war on Hamas" by Oliver Darcy.
Article: "UN chief to Israel: 196 aid workers have been killed, why?" by Michelle Nichols.
Article: "The Long Wait for Help as Massacres Unfolded in Israel" by Lauren Leatherby, Emma Bubola, Arijeta Lajka, Amy Schoenfeld Walker, Molly Cook Escobar and Pablo Robles.
Article: "Oath Keepers Founder Betrayed Mission, Former Members Say" by Jessica Garrison, Ken Bensinger, Salvador Hernandez. "'This is starting to be way too much like a militia,' " Mack said".
Article: "Richard Mack" by Wikipedia.
Law: "2nd Amendment". A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed..
Article: "What were India's electoral bonds and how did they power Modi's party?" by Krishn Kaushik and Kripa Jayaram.
Case: "Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission" (2010).
Article: "Citizens United V. Federal Election Comm'n: Justice Stevens' dissent".